May 19, 2022

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Serving Bridgton and the surrounding towns of Western Maine since 1870 Vol. 152, No. 20

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Let creativity commence

HANDING OFF TOOLS — Area artist Kate Erwin hands off tools to an art student from Lake Region High School. This week, work began to prepare wall for public mural project.

(Photo courtesy of Kate Erwin)

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer The plain brown wall resembles an artist’s empty canvas.

Almost a year after one artist’s image was chosen to become the future Bridgton Mural Project, the work on the wall has begun.

Essentially, a group of people, including high school art students and professional artists and other volunteers, will participate in painting the mural — creating a sense of community while at the same time offering up something lasting to the community and to the people who visit this town.

The Bridgton Mural Project is the on-taking of the Town of Bridgton Art and Culture Subcommittee, according to Chair Susie Guthro.

“The mural will be on the Nulty Street side of Bridgton Books.

[Owners] Pam and Justin Ward are so excited to have a wonderful piece of public art created by the community to spruce up an otherwise blank wall,” Guthro said.

“This is a project that we have been working towards for a long time with many moving parts but

it is all finally coming together,” she said.

The image was selected last year.

“The subcommittee voted on a mural design submitted by local artist Kate Erwin last summer that would be a community wide public art effort,” Guthro said.

“It is really interesting, very illustrative. It’s a lakescape-landscape kind of combined. It is a happy piece. There is a lot to look at without it being busy. There are a lot of ways for a viewer to get connected to it,” she said. “I am so looking forward to seeing the large scale version.”

The first steps have been somewhat similar to prepping a canvas.

Since last weekend, there has been quite a bit of activity along that wall with people removing the old material.

“There was vinyl siding on that building. We had to remove the vinyl siding and put MDO board that is waterproof and has a smooth surface,” Guthro explained.

Already, the high school students have been caulking and spackling under the guidance of Erwin who

has done murals before.

The goal is to complete the mural in a couple weeks so that it can be unveiled before Memorial Day, Guthro said. Likewise, another objective is to get it done before school is officially over, she said.

Lake Region High School (LRHS) art teacher Ian Carlson expressed his delight about the mural project coming to fruition.

“As a high school teacher, I’m always looking for opportunities to provide my students with authentic tasks/experiences where they can apply their skill and gain new knowledge. To be able to connect my students with local artists and community members in an experience where they can physically see the positive impact they can make on their town, well, that’s something really special,” Carlson said.

“Not only do these LRHS students get to interact with professionals in a field they are passionate about, through this project we are also able to instill in them a sense of altruism and connection to their home. To be able to play a positive MURAL, Page 4A

Adams, Kenneally vye for Naples BOS seat

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES—Once every three years, there is only one seat, instead of two, open on the Naples Board of Selectmen.

This year, Bob Caron II, the person who held that position for nine years in a row, decided not to take out nomination papers.

Two Naples residents did take out papers. Neither William Adams, Jr., or Jennifer Kenneally have served as selectmen before.

However, Adams has family ties to local politics. Also, he volunteers his time for various civic groups. Kenneally has volunteered for town committees such as Recreation and Activities Committee, and the Community Center Exploratory Committee.

The Town of Naples will hold its Election for local boards during the school budget referendum on Tuesday.

The candidates took some time to answer questions so that The Bridgton News readers could learn a little bit more about their viewpoints.

B-News: What made you to decide to run for the selectman seat?

Adams: I have been living in this town my entire life and I have seen its good and bad days. I decided to run for this position of selectman, when I felt the town was losing its way, in more ways than one way. We need a clear plan for our town’s families and future families. Right now, we are very reactive instead of being proactive. I am very much for equal treatment of all of Naples residents and businesses. I feel and see that this is not always the case.

The town needs to embrace the thought process of “What will benefit the town and its future?” and “Being Equal, Fair and Consistent.”

Kenneally: I have been

William Adams Jr.

serving on several committees and when I heard Bob Caron wasn’t running again I knew this was the right time, right place. Some of the committees include Edes Falls committee, Recreation committee, and Community Center and Town Office Exploratory committee, just to name a few.

B-News: What ordinance or ordinance amendment

Jennifer Kenneally

does the Town of Naples most need?

Adams: I personally don’t see the need for these new amendments and changes. I think we are putting the cart before the horse. We need a Town Charter first and foremost! We keep putting “Band-Aids” and/or temporary fixes on pressing items.

We need a clear path, and we need clear guidelines set up

townspeople. The town can make sure that protocols and guidelines are set in place.

Kenneally: Article 13 addresses many of the concerns regarding solar energy development. I hope it passes so that there can be accountability and actionable items for companies that want to bring Solar Energy to Naples.

B-News: The bond for the proposed town hall and community center will be on the ballot during the November Election. Should town officials take on the role of educating the public about this referendum question?

Adams: The need for the gym to be fixed is very well known. Now a brand-new town hall/community center, does that fix the gym issue? Yes. Was that what we tasked a committee to come up with? No. We asked them to give us options, so far they have given us an BOS SEAT, Page 8A

Naples PB: Three for two

The case of the extra headstone

By Michael Davis Special to The News Howdy neighbor!

On the edge of a swamp in the woods off North Bridgton’s Middle Ridge, cast up along a languid bending of Roger Brook and overspread by shadowy pine, a single headstone can be found laid out as on a bier of moss.

Despite its position perilously close to the swift-running stream, and despite the erosion wrought by a century’s measure of storms and the encroachments of frost and lichen, even still, the white marble of this lonely headstone rises like a pale ghost to meet one’s eye, as if to affirm amid the moldering overgrowth of its surroundings the eternal and unperishing nature of that soul whose graven name can still be traced on its timeworn surface. It is the stone of Martha E. Longley, born March 8, 1824 and wife of J.R. Longley, and the inscription informs us that Martha went to her peace on Nov. 30, 1896 over 125 years ago.

The situation of this wayward stone was recently brought to my attention by Paul Waterhouse, who had first noticed it on a hike a couple of years ago and who, walking by Roger Brook in recent days, had thought again of Martha and gone down to see if her headstone was still there. He found it just as it had been, but this time, spurred on a moral urge to set right the problem of a gravestone seemingly so far from its proper place. He contacted me down at the Bridgton Historical Society, offering the case up as a mystery for me to solve if I was able. Eager to learn more, and ever-ready to investigate the secrets of our town, I resolved to find it out. But as it happened, the case of the missing headstone was not to be an easy one, and the secret of the stone, once learned, is a far greater one than even I expected.

We began with a supposition, that Martha was not actually buried beside Roger Brook. Now, it must be allowed

to make sure we are true to the town and what our residents want and need!

Kenneally: I would like to see more work with North Star Planning. Their goal is to help communities chart their own path toward creating and sustaining the places that make New England a special place. Change and growth is inevitable BUT if we can do it wisely and planned out, we can have “Smart Growth” in Naples.

B-News: What are some important things to address as the town faces future solar energy development?

Adams: I feel we just need to listen to the townspeople. We do not ask for enough input from the townspeople. We also cannot forget these solar farms are also being put in by residents, so their voices count as well.

Solar is going to be a big part of this state’s future and we should have input from the

MYSTERY AT ROGER BROOK — Why is there a headstone near the brook off Middle Ridge Road in Bridgton? Sleuth Mike Davis found the answer. that remote, solitary gravestones are not an unknown thing, even in Bridgton, as of the case of Seth Cole on the Merrifield farm, and sometimes such burials are even overgrown and forgotten, as with the Brocklebank Yard in Side City, but in most cases, such burials are known to us, as our archive maintains an active collection of all known graves in Bridgton. Looking through the archives, I found nothing of Martha. And beyond that, the situation of her slab on the very marge of the river, less than a foot away from the rushing water on a swampy peninsula utterly devoid of any development, fencing, or gradation to indicate a small family burial yard, indicated to me that this stone did not actually mark out an unknown grave.

Paul supposed it might have been carried there by some unknown action from the nearby Ridge burial ground, STONE, Page 8A

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — On Tuesday, Naples voters will have the chance to choose two people to sit on the planning board.

As it does every year, that race takes place during the school budget vote.

In 2022, three people are running for the two planning board seats: Incumbent Jimmy Allen, alternate Larry Anton and Sue Fleck.

Fleck has spent time on the Naples Ordinance Review Committee (ORC).

The Bridgton News asked a few questions so that candidates could share what is on their minds.

The answers from Allen were not available before press deadline.

B-News: Regarding solar energy, what are some factors that should be considered in the Solar Ordinance amendments?

Anton: These vital amendments reflect everything we have learned over the past year from listening to neighbors, feedback from the community, analyzing applications, closing loopholes, and discovering items that needed to be added to the ordinance.

It adds requirements to maintenance, operating and decommissioning plans. It limits the size of solar farms by limiting the amount of output that is permitted. It increased the wooded buffer at property lines to 50 feet. It requires that solar NAPLES PB, Page 5A

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Serving ice cream, pure joy

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — It’s hard to frown when there is ice cream around.

“Giving ice cream to kids and seeing the pure joy and happiness on their faces as you hand the ice cream out the window makes it worth it,” Amanda DeCoster said.

“Sometimes, the adults are just as excited as a fiveyear-old,” she said.

“Nobody is ever unhappy. Nobody is ever cranky,” Ross DeCoster said.

Amanda added, “The worst thing that happens is a kid drops their ice cream, cries, and then gets another one.”

The same people who have been running the Lakeside Dairy Bar for the past two summers have opened up C’s Ice Cream Stand. That new business is located in the building next to Sun Sports+ directly on the Naples Causeway.

“It’s the same people, the same product, the same speed. They don’t have to wait in line up there [Lakeside Dairy Bar] when they can walk down here,” Ross said.

“We carry Gifford’s. It is

C’s Ice Cream Stand, 894 Roosevelt Trail in Naples Spring hours: Wednesday through Friday, 3 to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.

Summer hours, starting in mid-June: Daily, Noon to 10 p.m. the same in both places. I am not ashamed to say it,” he said.

Amanda explained why Gifford’s is preferred.

“We like that it’s made in Maine. The tourists love that.

They ask where it’s made and when we say Maine.

They like that,” she said.

C’s Ice Cream Stand will offer only hard ice cream while Lakeside Dairy Bar will carry both hard ice cream and soft serve.

“We have a nice sign outside that says if you’re looking for soft serve visit our friends up there. That way they don’t wait in line,” Ross said.

The couple met in the Virgin Islands, where both of them had jobs in the food service industry. After the hurricane season in 2017, they

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“I can’t have a favorite flavor because there are so many good ones,” Amanda said. “I have a top five: Ice cream for cake, peanut butter caramel cookie dough, peanut butter pie, sea salt and caramel truffle, and muddy boots — which is vanilla, caramel and brownie pieces.”

Ross shook his head, saying he and his wife had very different ice cream preferences.

“The Maine wild blueberry is my favorite. Toasted coconut — that is close second,” he said.

For people seeking few calories or avoiding dairy, there are dairy-free sorbets and a couple frozen yogurts.

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Ross grew up in Raymond, and had lived in surrounding towns along the Route 302 corridor at different times in his life. He worked at Sydney’s and at Sunday River.

In August 2021, the owners of the Sun Sports+ approached the DeCosters and asked if they wanted to lease the building that was formerly Causeway Dairy Bar. “We knew late last summer that the opportunity to rent the space was going to happen. We thought we’d be fools not to take the opportunity,” he said.

Last Tuesday, the health inspector came and gave them the thumbs-up. The next day the ice cream order was delivered, allowing C’s to be open during the first 80 degrees days in May. Once the hours increase for the summer, the number of employees will increase too.

“We have a dozen-anda-half employees on paper ready to go. We have some high school kids, some college students,” Ross said.

“We have got some good staffing. They are all local

KEEPING IT COOL — Amanda and Ross DeCoster pose in front of the window of C’s Ice Cream Stand, which opened up this month. The husband-and-wife team also run the Lakeside Dairy Bar. (De Busk Photo) thing similar,” Amanda said.

Plus, both ice cream businesses cater to the fourlegged family members by offering pup cups.

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A moratorium on solar projects was imposed last year so the Planning Board could work on developing an ordinance concerning this very important issue.

The results in the form of a proposed ordinance are now ready for public comment and discussion.

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The Board will take questions at the public hearing. If, based on input from the public, the Planning Board feels that significant changes need to be made to the proposed ordinance, it can choose to make those changes and hold a second public hearing. If only minor edits are needed, then the Board may make those edits and the ordinance would be put forth for the town to vote on. The final draft of the ordinance will be posted, along with a notice for a Special Town Meeting and vote, which is expected to take place on Saturday, June 25.

The draft of the proposed ordinance draft can be viewed at http://swedenmaine.org/ public-hearing-notice/ or a copy may be obtained at the Sweden Town Office, open on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. The public is welcome to attend the public hearing.

Written comments should be sent prior to the attention of Bill Graham, Planning Board Chairman, at 147 Bridgton Rd., Sweden, ME 04040.

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Loaded ballot for Sebago voters on June 14

John B. Calarese Jr. Wo r k / c o m m u n i t y / civic experience: I took over the family business 26 years ago as an Independent Manufactures Representative, servicing the NE area for cleaning and food service supplies in all businesses-to-business (B2B) type accounts. In this position, I work with all forms of businesses and municipalities when it comes to budgeting, identifying needs and meeting those needs in a fiscally responsible way. Our biggest customers, by far, are schools and universities.

I am on the Sebago Broadband Internet Committee that will help determine the Internet Service Provider (SP) our town secures with federal funding.

On a personal side, I am a Certified Level 4 USA hockey coach and have spent 10 years or so coaching at all levels and in many different sports where needed.

Education: Bentley University, McCallum Graduate School of Business, MBA in Business Management, 1994-1996; University of Massachusetts, Lowell, BSFI, Finance, 1988-1992.

Q. Why did you decide to run for office? I have been to several meetings and see the frustration brewing within the community. I also am well aware of the fiscal challenges the Town of Sebago will face within the years to come. I truly believe this town needs an independent thinker, one with a broad range of experience dealing with budgeting, negotiating and bring-

Scott S. Douglas

ing people together. I am a new resident of this wonderful town and have some wonderful friends already.

I do not know everybody.

I truly hope that does not influence their vote on what direction this town needs to go for a fiscally responsible future.

Q. What strengths do you feel you would bring to this position? How can you help? I have a wide range of experience dealing with municipalities all over New England. I can offer a different perspective. I have a degree in Finance and a master’s degree in Administration. I am extremely analytical and know how to use it. Most important, as an owner/ operator of a sales company, I understand that you need to listen, listen, listen and ask questions before making any hasty decisions.

How do you truly know what the customer’s (townspeople of Sebago) needs are unless you listen to them? I have made a living listening, analyzing, and providing solutions that meet the needs of those customers.

Q. What are your ideas about your role on the board or committee? My role would be to keep “Sebago,” the community the townspeople want it to be. Along with finding taxable, commercial opportunities that will keep our personal property taxes as low as possible but allow the town to function in these unprecedented inflationary times.

Q. What are your some of your major concerns concerning the town? Do you have possible ideas about or solutions for these? Frankly,

Barry Jordan

my concerns are for every move the town makes, a yes or no, there are consequences. For instances, lost tax revenues to excess commercial traffic. I would work toward win-win solutions that pose better tax revenues for the town, lay out the benefits so the townspeople can see the benefits. We can’t say “no” forever and to everyone, unless we want property taxes to escalate every year. Look around the lake and you will see what we would be in for if we continue down this path.

Q. Finally, how would you answer a person asking, “Why should I vote for you?” People should vote for me because I am very qualified for the position and offer more to the town than any other candidate. I am an independent, conservative thinker that believes there is a better way. Furthermore, I am not influenced by any internal forces or preceding matters.

Finally, I see the challenges that are coming for the town in escalating expenses and there is no way to avoid them without hitting the people. I understand the Town of Sebago has been rich in tradition and now with an unprecedented six candidates running for the selectman’s seat, this is the time for this vote to not be a popularity contest and be the one person who can make a difference, that one person in John Calarese.

• Scott S. Douglas, 44 Family Info: Married to Lisa Douglas of Sebago; one son Matthew Douglas; two stepdaughters, Nicole Shrier of Denmark and Ashley Hutchins of Sebago.

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Work/community/civic experience: I work for Ware Butler, and I am an active member of the Sebago Fire Department as a captain of Station 2.

Q. Why did you decide to run for office? I am a concerned taxpayer and want to offer my experience with town history and making sure that our Sebago departments are being run cost effectively, as well as being a voice for all town residents. I want to make sure that we are being diligent about applying for government grants and not leaving free money on the table.

Q. What strengths do you feel you would bring to this position? How can you help? I feel that I have a voice and opinions of my own and not afraid to stand my ground, even if it is not of the majority.

Q. What are your ideas about your role on the board or committee? My role as a selectman is to be the voice of the people, do my due diligence and make educated decisions for the Sebago citizens.

Q. What are your some of your major concerns concerning the town? Do you have possible ideas about or solutions for these? The town needs to address the

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Comprehensive Plan, our ordinances, and making sure local businesses are given every consideration before we take away their livelihood and food out of their families’ mouths.

Q. Finally, how would you answer a person asking, “Why should I vote for you?” You should vote for me because I have grown up in this town and have worked for several years in various departments. I have a strong character, good morals, I take pride in my work and this town. I want the best for all taxpayers, so we are all getting the most bang for our buck!

• Barry Jordan, 67 Family Info: Married to my wife Christine for 48 years; son Brian Jordan; daughter Kelly Hale; four grandchildren.

Work/community/civic experience: Have been a mortgage loan officer for over 35 years with past Real Estate sales.

Present: Chairman of the Sebago Ordinance Review Committee and member of the Capital Improvement Committee. Past: Budget Committee member, Sebago Fire Chief 1988-1994 and EMS Chief 1987.

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Six candidates will seek two seats on the Board of Selectmen for three years. They include: John B. Calarese Jr., Scott S. Douglas, Barry Jordan, Mark Roy, Michael Vacchiano and Joseph Williams.

While Margaret Williams in the lone candidate for a three-year term on the Sebago School Committee, Krystal Carriere and Billy Jo Karwowski will battle for a two-year term on the committee.

Richard M. Bianculli and Michelle Vacchiano vye for the one-year term on the Sebago School Committee.

Other candidates for municipal offices include: • Sherrill Brown for a five-year term as Sebago Cemetery trustee.

• Write-in candidates needed for two Budget Committee seats (three-year terms).

• Write-in candidates needed as Dr. Joseph Fitch Potter trustee (seven-year term).

Candidates profiled The following candidate profiles are presented as a project of Sebago’s Spaulding Memorial Library, as part of its mission to “inspire life-long learning, advance knowledge and strengthen the community.” The profiles for each race are arranged alphabetically.

Board of Selectmen • John B. Calarese Jr., 51 Family Info: Our families date back to 1954 in the town of Sebago. My grandparents, Albert and Regina Lemire, purchased and built on South Beach Street. My wife Carolyn’s grandparents, Charles and Ruth Binda, purchased and built on Cross Street. Both Carolyn and I have been constants in the Sebago area our entire lives. We made Sebago our permanent home in 2020 on South Beach Street. We have two young adult children (ages 24 and 26), Anthony of Austin, Texas, and Danielle of Medway, Mass.

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Police news

Bridgton Police Department blotter neighbors on Stonehedge Drive.

7:58 p.m. Vehicle crashed into a guardrail on Willett Road; no injuries reported.

Wednesday, May 11 12:42 p.m. Assist elderly man with dementia wandering on Fosterville Road; taken to Bridgton Hospital for evaluation.

1:11 p.m. Citizen dispute on Stonehedge Drive.

2:10 p.m. Request for extra patrol regarding speeding on North High Street.

6:36 p.m. Request for extra patrol regarding speeding on Kansas Road.

Thursday, May 12 8:38 a.m. Traffic detail on North High Street; eight vehicles stopped.

10:29 a.m. Suspicious person at a Portland Road business; subject left location prior to officer’s arrival, area check but unable to locate.

1:53 p.m. Officer escorted code enforcement officer on an inspection on Howard Trail.

2:09 p.m. Disturbance on Lumberyard Drive between two individuals regarding dogs being left in a hot vehicle; situation resolved, dog owner warned.

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These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, May 9 2:35 p.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Main Street and Bridgton Road.

3:41 p.m. Radar detail at the intersection of Fish Street and McNeil Road.

Tuesday, May 10 12:43 a.m. Disturbance at Franks Way. 1:39 p.m. Welfare check on Cobb Street.

Wednesday, May 11 12:40 a.m. Suspicious activity on Porter Road.

4:15 a.m. Suspicious activity at the intersection of Main Street and Melanie Lane.

1:53 p.m. Animal complaint at intersection of Portland Street and Budrich Drive.

Thursday, May 12 6:45 a.m. Juvenile offense on Bridgton Road.

12:16 p.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Main and Portland Streets.

10:05 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Haley Town Road.

Friday, May 13 12:23 a.m. Suspicious person on Maple Street.

8:45 a.m. Theft on Porter Road.

12:55 p.m. Fraud complaint on Portland Street.

2:30 p.m. Suspicious activity investigated, unfounded.

4 p.m. Peace officer detail on Stuart Street.

5:25 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on West Fryeburg Road.

Saturday, May 14 5:37 a.m. Domestic disturbance on Bridgton Road.

3:59 p.m. Radar detail on Main Street.

5:33 p.m. Non-reportable motor vehicle crash on Portland Street.

4:43 to 11:53 p.m. 11 motor vehicle stops; 10 warnings issued, one vehicle towed.

Sunday, May 15 7 p.m. Welfare check at the intersection of Bridgton Road and Pine Street.

7:02 p.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Main Street and Highland Park Road.

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Friday, May 13 between roommates on 7:49 a.m. Suspicious Noble Lane; individuals person at the intersec- separated for the night. tion of Portland Road and Saturday, May 14 Willis Park Road; subject 12:17 a.m. Citizen was turkey hunting. reported vehicle sustained 10:41 a.m. Request two flat tires due to confor police presence on struction work.

Highland Road while con12:43 a.m. Noise comtract workers at a home plaint on Sunset Road and due to recent issues with Summit Drive. Officer neighbors. checked the area, but 2:05 p.m. Two-vehicle “noise was not heard.” crash on Main Street; 1:11 a.m. Several minor damage reported, motorists reported flat tires no injuries. at the Portland Road con4:58 p.m. Report of struction zone; cones were unattended dog in a hot placed to alert drivers. vehicle in the Hannaford 4:58 a.m.

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These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, May 9 12:58 p.m. Subject on Portland Road warned for littering.

1:20 p.m. Verbal argument between two individuals on Kimball Road; officer located subjects and situation was resolved.

Tuesday, May 10 5:02 a.m. Noise complaint (construction noise occurring in the Portland Road area) on Journeys Path.

9:27 a.m. Welfare check on a woman reportedly walking in traffic with a shopping cart on Main Street.

9:45 a.m. Criminal trespass complaint on Swamp Road filed; subject referred to sheriff’s office since situation was in Sebago.

9:53 a.m.

Phone and other items found “stashed” under a porch of a business on South High Street; items turned in to police.

11:33 a.m. Police escort requested to retrieve belongings on Wildwood Road.

12:48 p.m. “Ongoing” trespass issue between

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PB: Three for two seats (Continued from Page 1A) farms not be visible from any public road, great pond, or from the Crooked or Songo Rivers and it limits the slope of the site to less than 20%. Finally, it caps the number of solar farms to those degraded sites that were included in the original Solar Overlay District plus an additional five sites.

These amendments protect the character of Naples by preventing well financed companies from coming in and destroying our scenic views, forests, and open areas.

Fleck: Currently, there is a new ordinance ready for the voters to consider in June. It seems we have a plan to find the right balance between preserving our Maine scenery and at the same time contributing to the solar grid and alternative energy. I believe as solar energy evolves the ordinance may need to grow

with the changes we face at that time.

B-News: Do you favor impact fees for solar energy? Why or why not?

Anton: If the amendments to the Solar Ordinance are approved by the voters on May 24, there should be little or no impact to Naples that would justify impact fees.

Fleck: Solar energy is just getting started and there are things that will present themselves in the future, staying cognitive of the changes, specifically being mindful of the health of the companies that are doing business in Naples and their ability to handle the cost/procedure if necessary to dispose of a retired field and how to manage the potential costs involved will be important.

I just saw an article that stated retired windmills are being used to construct bridges hopefully there

will be a future for retired solar panels.

B-News: What should be done to guide development in the Town of Naples?

Anton: We need to update our Comprehensive Plan which was started in 2002 and took over three years to complete. It has served us well but it has exceeded its design life. We have to find out how our residents and taxpayers in 2022 want to see for the future of Naples. After the plan is completed with its goals and objectives for the future of our town and is approved by the voters with a referendum vote, we will need to adjust our ordinances to implement the plan.

A Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee appointed by the select board could be valuable to push for changes needed to implement the plan.

Fleck: A topic that keeps coming up over again is the

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need to review the comprehensive plan and see if it still matches the current world and its changing needs that will help guide decisions to maintain a balance of sustainable change and encourage year-round businesses to create local jobs.

B-News: What do you think the role of the planning board is?

Anton: The role of the Planning Board is to impartially look at the project before it, understand the project, and decide if it meets the criteria of the applicable ordinances. This is not always easy to do when you are handed an eighty page booklet prepared by lawyers and engineers. The duty of the Board Member is to read everything in the application before the meeting so that the appropriate questions can be asked of the applicant. We must look carefully at any requested waivers and determine if there is a hardship or other justification for the waiver. The Board must also insist on restrictions

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and conditions to protect the neighbors and to protect the environment keeping in mind that runoff almost always will end up in one of our lakes or rivers. The role of the Planning Board is to protect the interests of the Town of Naples, its residents, and its taxpayers.

The Board members should be a diverse group. A Board with five business owners or a Board with no business owners is not diverse. You need the different points of view to come up with the right decision. After a decision is reached, the Board must insure that everything is documented. Any con-

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ditions or restrictions must be on the signed plan that is filed with the registry of deeds. A verbal promise to appease the neighbors will not stand up when the property is sold.

Fleck: For a balanced group of townspeople to oversee and approve the development of the town that together through public hearings when warranted match the wishes of our community in coordination with the town manager, code officer, select board and ordinance review committee keeping the town on an even keel moving forward in the 21st Century.

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(Continued from Page 3A) Present and for the past eight years as New England Regional Commissioner, International Board of Directors, Chairman of Rules Committee. 18 years as the Maine State Commissioner. Officiated 19 World Series (four as an Umpire and 14 as the Tournament Director).

Q. Why did you decide to run for office? I believe that the Town needs to have someone that is a proven leader and can represent the citizens of Sebago. We need someone that knows how to get the job done and is willing to make the tough decisions. The Town needs to have strong leadership. I have a long history of leadership with a strong financial background, including over 50 years of volunteering my time and resources

to the Town of Sebago.

Q. What strengths do you feel you would bring to this position? How can you help? I have a long history of leadership with a strong financial background, including over 50 years of volunteering my time and resources to the Town of Sebago.

Q. What are your ideas about your role on the board or committee? My role will be to help bring the Board together and represent the citizens of the Town of Sebago.

Q. What are some of your major concerns concerning the town? Major concerns are to make sure Sebago stays a small Western Maine town with family values, and to maintain what Sebago is known for.

Q. Finally, how would

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(Continued from Page 4A) Bridgton Road; area searched for suspect, unable to locate.

11:32 a.m. Trash illegally dumped in a private dumpster.

2:02 p.m. Bail check on Wildwood Road, no violations.

3:19 p.m. Assist citizen to open locked vehicle with a dog inside at Lakeside Pines Road.

3:54 p.m. Family fight at a Main Street location.

Sunday, May 15 5:56 p.m. Report of a “loud explosion” in Sandy Cove Road area; police checked area, no findings.

6:52 p.m. Assist United Ambulance with call (male allegedly assaulted by an unknown group) on Smith Avenue.

10:02 p.m. Male allegedly assaulted by another male on Portland Road as the result of a dispute over a female.

11:11 p.m. Assist hospital personnel with out-ofcontrol individual.

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you answer a person asking, “Why should I vote for you?” You should vote for me because I will represent each and every one of the citizens of Sebago. Even if I disagree on something, I will certainly work with all.

• Mark Roy, 37 Family Info: Partner Shannon St. Peter (22 years); parents Daniel and Nancy Roy; brothers Jeffrey and David Roy; nieces Abigail, Hannah and Madeline Roy. Work/community/civic experience: Town of Sebago Volunteer Camera Operator.

Q. Why did you decide to run for office? I have a keen interest in serving the residents of Sebago. My goals include preservation of the town’s rural character; listening to the needs of the taxpayers of Sebago and representing those needs directly as a representative; helping maintain current small-scale local businesses of all types while helping guide future business growth toward a direction that fits with Sebago’s tourist, vacation, recreation, and wedding industries.

Q. What strengths do you feel you would bring to this position? How can you help? I have over 15 years of sales and service experience in the HVAC industry, as well as seven years of management experience as a Regional Manager for 30-plus employees. I feel I can translate this day-to-day management and operation experience to a role on the Select Board. Dealing with employees and the general public in a managerial capacity dovetails nicely with the duties of a Select Board member. As a part of my job, I need to be skilled at dealing with employees and customers from all backgrounds. This skill is very valuable when listening to the needs of the public. Every taxpayer is going to have different interests based on the personal and professional background. A

farmer nearing retirement age in town is going to have different interests than a young family with children that works from home. It takes a skilled leader to listen to these groups of equally important taxpayers and make conscientious decisions based on the feedback from both groups. I also believe that people from all demographics in Sebago have the same core desire to preserve the rural character of this town. This common thread is what links all of us and has kept many families in this town here for generations. It is also the attracting factor for young families that represent the future taxpayers of this town.

Q. What are your ideas about your role on the board or committee? A board or committee role in any town boils down to one word: service. I feel a solid Select Board member is one that listens to the constituents of the town he/she works for and makes voting decisions based on the will of the voters and taxpayers of Sebago regardless of personal feelings or goals. It is important for a town representative to represent the townspeople he or she works for and focus on implementing requests and goals of the townspeople based on popular demand.

Q. What are your some of your major concerns concerning the town? Do you have possible ideas about or solutions for these? My major concerns for the town are need for updates to town codes and ordinances so Sebago can be prepared for the rapidly changing industrial/commercial landscape we are seeing in other towns. I also seek to preserve the rural character of the Town of Sebago with expedient updates to these codes and ordinances. My plan, if elected, would be to work with other appointed town officials and boards to identify projects and industries that match with the

town’s rural character and work with the voters and taxpayers of Sebago to grow industries that are congruent with the quiet tourist and recreation economy that sustains the town today.

Q. Finally, how would you answer a person asking, “Why should I vote for you?” I will listen to you and your concerns and give you the time and attention needed to address them. We may not always agree, but I promise to be fair and professional and give you the respect you and your ideas deserve when it comes to the town you pay taxes in.

• Michael Vacchiano.

No information provided by the candidate.

• Joseph Williams, 44 Family Info: Married to Margaret (Maggie) Williams; son Ethan (age 9); daughter Samantha (6); both attend Sebago Elementary.

Work/community/civic experience: Own and operate a construction company.

For 12 years, I worked in finance as a licensed financial consultant and stockbroker.

Q. Why did you decide to run for office? I would like help to keep our town a small community, that is a safe place for our children, and residents.

Q. What strengths do you feel you would bring to this position? How can you help? I have developed multiple successful business entities, and with my past experience in finance, feel that it would be beneficial. A town is essentially a business entity that needs to be managed and monitored to ensure it is allowed to develop on a path that is in conjunction with the will of its tax paying residents.

Q. What are your ideas about your role on the board or committee? To make a commitment to conduct myself as a representative

of the town, with full intent to vote and act on all decisions with the understanding that my family lives in this town, and my children will grow up in this town.

I will do all that I possibly can to keep them safe and healthy. My wife and I moved to Sebago in 2015 because having grown up in Windham (Maggie in New Gloucester), it reminded us of our childhood. We are both concerned with how our hometowns have grown. It would be one of my main goals to do all that is possible to keep Sebago a small community.

Q. What are your some of your major concerns concerning the town? Do you have possible ideas about or solutions for these? The town needs its younger generation to step up and become involved with the operations. If we do not encourage the “next generation” to take a stand and become involved, then who will. I have personally attended several meetings since becoming a resident, and fear without a combined effort of the townspeople, the growth could quickly spiral out of control before it can be addressed.

Q. Finally, how would you answer a person asking, “Why should I vote for you?” If you want a conservative voice that is concerned about further development (both commercial and residential), with an understanding of finance and budgets, I would be a good person to vote for. I want to keep Sebago with the “small town feel” that brought us there in the first place.

The annual town meeting will be held at the Town Hall Building on Tuesday, May 31, at 6 p.m. Immediately following, there will be a Sebago School budget meeting.

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GIRLS’ TENNIS Kate Halpern captures title. Junior and number one singles player for Fryeburg Academy, Kate Halpern, Class of 2023, is the MAISAD Girl’s Singles Champion. Kate absolutely shined in her performances throughout the entire tournament.

“Kate used her speedy defense to counter the opponents’ offensive strikes. She was able to turn defense to offense and used her powerful groundstrokes to dominate play. All of Kate’s tools were on full display. She did a great job of mixing in her slice backhands with her topspin backhands. She was coming to the net and finishing off points with her pinpoint volleys,” Raider Coach Chris Chaffee said. “Kate’s strategy was to use the angles of the court, to create winning opportunities. This tactic would pull her opponents off the court. Doing so, she could either go behind her opponents or hit into the open court. Hitting her spots and sticking to her game plan was huge and resulted in a positive winning outcome.”

Coach Chaffee also thought Halpern stayed patient and made few mistakes, which proved crucial in her matches.

“I also liked how Kate was mixing up her flat and slice serves to keep the opponents off-balanced on the returns. Her slice-serve helped her get out of jams,” he added.

Kate didn’t drop a set as she cruised against the number 3 player from Gould Academy T. Lewis in straight sets in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Kate’s experience saw her stay on top versus the number 2 from Gould M. Lindquist.

In the finals, long rallies and a well-executed confident game plan saw Kate defeat Gould’s number one singles player K. Henderson 6-2, 6-3 for the trophy.

“Her confidence grew every game she won,” Coach Chaffee noted. “Kate made Fryeburg girls’ tennis history on Saturday (May 14) at Hebron Academy. It was the first singles title ever captured by a girl tennis player for the school. When Kate first joined the team this year, she had a ton of talent and a lot of power and weapons. She had nice strokes and could do everything very well. We did some minor tweaks with her game. We worked on things with her serve and also some technical things with her strokes that were very minor. We also really focused on improving tactics and strategy like hitting the ball with a purpose and how to construct points. Playing a safe aggressive style while executing her shots with patience and consistency.”

Coach Chaffee wanted Halpern to use the power of her lefty forehand as a set-up shot and a knockout shot.

“Cleaning up the errors gave Kate the upper hand. Kate became an even more serious weapon,” the coach added.

“Kate progressed and improved in every practice and match.

We prepared well and put in the work on her game not only on the court, but also on the mental game which is so important.

She is an amazingly talented tennis player. She has a quiet competitive fire inside.”

Halpern was pretty nervous going into the tournament.

“I told her the same thing I would tell her before every match this season. I just reassured her that she has to take the game plan we have talked about and to stay focused, remain positive and confident. I told her to keep that positive attitude and to trust her shots. I finally encouraged her with ending the same words we would always end with which was, ‘I believe in you and your ability. If you play with your heart and a clear head then you will win.’ Hearing those words ‘believe’ just gives so much inner strength. Kate really did deserve and earn the title. She is a champion with a winner’s mindset. It was an unforgettable moment for her. The smile of joy on her face and look of accomplishment in her eyes was wonderful for me to see as a coach and I’ll never forget that.”

Fryeburg Academy is definitely back on the tennis map, Coach Chaffee said.

“Tennis is making an impact and a statement here at the school. The whole team has improved a lot each year. We had our number one doubles team made up of Riley Miller and Mimi Albert advance to the semi-finals. They gave 100% and fought hard. That is all you can ask for. This season, we had record numbers sign up for the team. It’s awesome to see all the girls enjoying the journey of being tennis players, playing on the team for their school. I’m proud of the whole team and how they progressed this year,” he said. “Congratulations again to Kate. I’m grateful to have coached you this year and I am also thankful to have the opportunity to have helped out and share this accomplishment with you. Well done.”

TRACK & FIELD Last Thursday, May 12, the Raiders traveled to Wells for a meet with Poland, York and Seacoast Christian. FA had 18 athletes on the bus due to Covid, injury and a music performance. The FA girls finished last with only 26 points, and the FA boys finished fourth with 10 points. York dominated both boys and girls.

Girls’ side: Eliza Thorne lowered her season best to 1:03.55 in the 400 meters and although she will not compete in the last meet or WMCs due to prom and graduation, FA coaches are very excited with her progress. Eliza also finished third in the 200 meters with an impressive 28.46.

Haley Littlefield threw a P.B. (personal best) in the javelin at 61-feet 11-inches.

Boys’ side: Bruno Brandow missed three weeks of practice due to Covid and this was his first meet back. Boy did he shine! Bruno finished third in a very tight 100 meters in 11.61 and punched his ticket to States. Right behind Bruno was Jacob Adams, who also punched his ticket to States with a 11.69.

“The States 100 meter looks to be a very tight race and may take a sub 11.40 to win it. Bruno and Jacob will only get faster as we fine tune their training,” Coach McDonald said.

Jacob finished second in the long jump with his best jump of the year of 21-01. The winner jumped 21-02.

Captain Padric McGrath led the charge in the throwing events with finishes of fourth in the shot, third in the discus and 11th in the javelin.

“Could you ask for a better athlete sure, but this young man is on top of the heap for athletes I have had the pleasure to work with. We wish him all the best,” Coach K said.

Luke Dupuis asked if he could drop the mile and focus on the 2-mile. Luke said he was ready to try and meet the State standard.

“Coming in with a time of 11:02, I said let’s get after it. The race unfolded very well and Luke was knocking off perfect splits. The deuce is a tough race and laps 5 and 6 will tell the story of what kind of shape you are in. Luke was rolling. The final two laps can be a hardest work of your life, but when you are close to your goal, they can be the best laps of your life,” Coach K noted. “Luke rocked it, running 10:47.35. A huge improvement and a ticket to States.”

ULTIMATE Though rain postponed their last two games, the Fryeburg Academy Ultimate team was pumped to be finally playing again with a match against South Portland this past Wednesday. It was a spirited match going back and forth that ultimately led to a Fryeburg loss, 13-12.

Having not played over the past three weeks due to weather, the Fryeburg team was looking forward to washing away a tough 13-1 loss to Forest City. With the golden hour hitting

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SINGLES TENNIS CHAMP, Fryeburg Academy’s Kate Halpern with Raider Coach Chris Chaffee after winning the MAISAD girls’ title.

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EYE ON THE BALL, Raider infielder Shelby Purslow makes a play during last week’s game at Lake Region.

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PULLING THE TRIGGER on a shot on goal is Raider Owen Reinbach.

(Rivet Photo) Wainwright Athletic Complex, Fryeburg took the field to what would be an intense yet exciting game.

The Raiders kept themselves competitive throughout by taking the lead multiple times while never falling more than two points behind. Even at the half, Fryeburg was only down 7-6. All of the athletes, both new and seasoned, were contributing both offensively and defensively, Coach Dylan Jennings said.

Sebastian Mull, a junior, made himself an offensive weapon by both scoring one goal and assisting on five others.

He was moving throughout the field at times handling the disc while providing some clutch cuts and catches throughout the game.

Leading FA in scoring from their first game, junior Isaac Twombly-Wiser added three goals to his total along with three assists. He was joined by senior Aaron Zakon and junior Stacy Thunder Horse with three goals along with newcomers Braden Harlow and Sam Vallee with one goal each.

RAIDER SCOREBOARD Boys’ Lacrosse York 18, Raiders 3 Deering 4, Raiders 3 (Patrick Harris 15 saves) • At 2-5, the Raiders are ranked 12 in Class C. Girls’ Lacrosse Gray-NG/Poland 10, Raiders 2 Greely 16, Raiders 1 (Phoebe Satory goal) • At 0-8, the raiders are ranked 13 in Class C.

Sadie Tirrell has been a rock for the Lake Region varsity softball team this year.

“Sadie’s hard work and positive attitude are infectious,” Lake Region Coach Shawn Rock said.

“She has been a captain for the past two seasons and emulates what our program is built on. Her quickness and aggressive baserunning are adding to the success of this team so far this season. She’s seeing the ball really well right now and is an effective leadoff batter. She’s an outstanding athlete and a great leader. Very lucky to have this young lady on our roster.”

In recognition of her strong work ethic, determination, commitment and good sportsmanship, Sadie is this week’s Boosters and Hancock Lumber “Player of the Week.” Each week, a Lake Region athlete is recognized for his/her dedication (does more than what is asked), work ethic, coachability and academic good standing. Recipients receive a specially-designed t-shirt, sponsored by Hancock Lumber.

Athlete: Sadie Tirrell What town do you live in: Naples Year in School: Senior Parents: Jennifer Daruszka, James Tirrell Sports you play: Field Hockey, Softball School groups/honors: Varsity Club Q. Why did you choose softball? In a cheesy way, I feel like softball chose me. When I picked up a ball and a bat, I knew that I had found my passion. From then on, softball has been my escape. I cherish the countless hours of practices and games, endless miles spent driving in my mom’s car, money, time, and work spent on softball. I would never dream of taking back any of it. I am so grateful to my mom and family for allowing me to reach the player and person I am today due to softball.

Q. What do you enjoy most about softball? There are so many things to love, how could you choose just one?

Catching is my passion.

Every time I put on my gear I get excited. It’s so complicated to explain, I just LOVE catching.

Thanks to Melissa, too, for making it easy for me;) Q. How has competing in sports changed you as a person? Competing in sports has taught me that you can’t always win, no matter how hard you work. But also, that it isn’t always about winning. It’s about the practice, the time spent with your sisters, the relationships built and the memories made that make something so special. For example, we (softball team) lost in the first round of playoffs last year. We know we had more potential than that,

Sadie Tirrell but through being a captain and a teammate to this team, I had won so much more than a game.

Q. What is one of your most memorable sports moments? Probably the field hockey preliminary game against Greely this school year. It was a home game and we went into 7v7 overtime. During an offensive corner, we won the chance for a penalty shot. I had never taken a penalty shot before, but Coach Webb chose me to take the line. I scored and that moved us on to the quarterfinals.

Q. What is your most disappointing sports memory? Losing against York in the playoffs this school year.

Q. How has sports prepared you for your future? Sports have so many lessons that can be applied to the real world.

But in softball, I think the biggest lesson is learning to play with your heart, you have to. You chose a sport where failure is more common than success. For that, you really have to love it.

Q. Name a coach who has made a difference in your life and in what way? Coach Shawn Rock has made a huge impact on my life ever since I moved here and started playing softball for Lake Region. He is one of the coolest people I have ever met and I know I am really lucky to have been coached by someone with so much softball IQ. He is always finding ways to keep practice and games fun, I don’t know if we have ever had a boring practice. If you have ever heard us in our games while we cheer you’d probably be questioning our sanity, but I love it and couldn’t imagine anything else.

Q. What are your future goals? My future goals are to attend college at Saint Joe’s, undecided if I play softball and field hockey. Hopefully, within the first 2 years, I find a career path I would be happy pursuing.

Q. Ten years from now, when you look back on your high school sports career, what do you think you will remember most? I think I would remember the constant positive radiation that our team carries and the multiple lessons these beautiful girls have taught me.

Lakers make 1 run stand against FA

SOFTBALL Lakers 1, Raiders 0: Freshman Margo Tremblay took a very aggressive approach in her first at bat Monday at Fryeburg Academy, and it paid off — big time.

After fouling off the first two pitches, Tremblay belted a letter-high fastball into right-centerfield, which fell before hard-charging Raider outfielder Katy McIntyre could arrive. Tremblay had a one-out double, then moved up to third base on a tagplay after Emily Rock lined a blistering drive to left field, caught by FA’s Jilyan Byrne.

Like her teammate, Melissa Mayo jumped on FA hurler Abby Ontengco’s first

pitch, rocketing a base hit to center to score Tremblay.

That would be the lone run of the afternoon as the Lakers swept the season series with the Raiders with a 1-0 victory at the Academy.

Ontengco scattered six hits, and just one other Laker reached second base the rest of the day (Lyla Levesque, who singled in the fourth).

She struck out five.

LR players with hits were Sadie Tirrell, Hailey Gove and Kylie Myers.

The Raiders had chances to score in the second, fourth and fifth innings. Emily Walker led off the second with a single and moved up to second, but Laker junior pitcher Melissa Mayo (nine

strikeouts, two hits, one walk) fanned two to end the frame.

A walk and stolen base by Camden Jones in the fourth gave FA another scoring opportunity with one out, but again, Mayo rose to the occasion, retiring Walker on a fly ball out to left and inducing a line drive out by Shelby Purslow.

The Raiders threatened in the fifth as Emma Rydman opened the frame with a single. After a strikeout, Keyshaw Winters reached on an outfield error. But, FA was turned away as Mayo retired Byrne on a comebacker to the hill, and closed the inning as Brooke Emery flied out to shortstop.

Mayo retired the final six hitters she faced, striking out two.

The Lakers improved to 7-4, and climbed into sixth place in Class B South. The Raiders fell to 5-6, ranked 11th.

York 5, Lakers 3: After being held to three hits and striking out six times over the first four innings, the Lakers found themselves down 2-0 on the road against undefeated York last Friday.

Almost getting on the board in the fourth, loading the bases only to see the rally squelched by a ground ball out, the Lakers finally erased the goose egg off the scoreboard, plating three runs in HIGHLIGHTS, Page 7A

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GIRLS’ LACROSSE Lakers 17, Traip Academy 5: The Lakers (3-5) earned a great “team win” against Traip Academy Tuesday as Katie Keenan scored five goals and dished out five assists.

“The girls came together today to finish strong, with multiple girls scoring/assisting,” Laker Coach Lindsey Keenan said.

Brooke Toole recorded 3 goals, Rebecca Caron and Brianna Sargent each had 2 goals. Goalie Gwen Gagnon had another huge game with 12 saves.

NYA 10, Lakers 9: Sometimes, a little patience goes a long way in sports.

It was a lesson the Lakers learned last week against the Panthers. With the game tied 9-9, the Lakers possessed the ball with 2:21 left in regulation. Instead of taking some time off the clock before going into attack mode, the Lakers settled for a quick shot.

They failed to score.

The Panthers went down the field and netted the game winner. NYA then controlled the face-off, took precious seconds off the clock, but gave the ball up enabling the Lakers to make a final push only to see a desperation deep drive sail wide.

It was a tough 10-9 loss, a game Coach Lindsey Keenan felt could have gone either way.

“Usually, we’d like to get the last shot when we’re on the attack, and that we’re not rushing anything. We really haven’t been in a situation like this yet, so sometimes we get excited and it’s easier for us to shoot a shot than taking our time with it,” Coach Keenan said.

The Laker offense showed good balance with Rachel Lake and Rebecca Caron each netting two goals, while Abby Elsaesser, Carly Dyer, Katie Keenan, Brooke Toole and Brianna Sargent each had one goal.

“We have a really good team and some really athletic players who love to play lacrosse, but we still need to come together and play together as a team,” Coach Keenan added.

Goalie Gwen Gagnon made several big stops throughout the nip-and-tuck contest.

BOYS’ LACROSSE Lakers 15, Massabesic 7: Junior Zach Vogel triggered the LR attack with 7 goals and 2 assists, while junior Aiden Bourgoin netted 3 goals and an assist as the Lakers shook off a slow start to run past Massabesic Saturday morning at Art Kilborn Athletic Complex.

Jacob Lemery chipped in 2 goals and 6 assists, while Tyler Jones had two scores and Josiah England one.

LR netminder Aundrew Edwards recorded 18 saves.

“It took Aundrew a little time to get warmed up, but once he did, he was very

good. He got in the zone and made good clears, getting the ball up to the offense, which moved it around and developed good scoring chances,” Laker Coach George Lawson said. “The defense played very well, and our young midfielders are starting to get back, be in the right position, and understand what we’re trying to do, working as a unit.”

Initially, LR’s passing game was a little off the mark giving Massabesic the opportunity to enjoy first quarter leads. But, LR found a rhythm as both their passing and physicality picked up.

“We did pick up a few penalties during one stretch because the guys were getting a little too exuberant.

It’s bound to happen. When you play aggressive, you’re going to miss with your stick and hit someone. We’re trying to coach them to play the percentages, which is not a slash-type check but more of a lift and good body

TRADING HITS AND SHOTS WITH PANTHERS — LR goalie Gwen Gagnon tries to pass the ball; above Rebecca Caron nets a goal.

(Rivet Photos) position to free the ball up,” Coach Lawson added. “The biggest thing that happened for us today was that our midfield was playing good defensive rides. They were getting back and it helped us a lot. I liked the overall team attitude today. Some younger guys got into the game in the second half and the enthusiasm for them was excellent.”

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(Continued from Page 6A) the fifth on a RBI single

by Emily Rock. LR took advantage of a single by Kylie Myers, a walk to Sadie Tirrell and an error.

York, however, took advantage of three Laker errors and two hits to score three times to regain the lead and thwart LR’s upset bid.

The LR hitters managed six hits, and struck out nine times. Tirrell went 2-for-3, while Melissa Mayo and Lyla Levesque each singled.

Mayo struck out eight, scattered six hits and walked one. LR committed five errors.

Lakers 5, Raiders 4: There were fireworks early with each team scoring three times, but the game was ultimately decided in the sixth inning as Melissa Mayo singled to start the frame and Emily Rock crushed a home run as the Lakers edged Fryeburg Academy last Wednesday afternoon in Naples.

FA jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first as the Lakers committed four errors. Laker hurler Melissa Mayo finally ended the charge with a pair of strikeouts (she struck out 10 and allowed just four hits).

Lake Region answered the challenge with three runs as the Raiders suffered from miscue-it is, as well, committing four errors. LR’s first three hitters — Sadie Tirrell, Lyla Levesque and Mayo each reached on singles.

FA pitcher Abby Ontengco held the Lakers in check through the middle innings, retiring 11 straight until issuing a walk with two out in the fifth. She struck out six, gave up six hits and one walk.

Fryeburg threatened in the fourth with runners on second and third, but the Lakers erased one runner on a tag play at the plate, and Mayo recorded a strikeout and ground ball out. The Raiders regained the lead in the sixth as Camden Jones (2-for-3) singled, moved up on a wild pitch and later scored on an error.

After the Lakers took a 5-4 lead in the sixth, Mayo struck out two and induced a ground ball out, pitcher to SURROUNDING THE SHOOTER, Lake Region defenders Elle Hall (left), Shelby-Lynne Sheldrick (#16) and Brianna Sargent (#18) look to take the ball first to end the game.

“I am so proud of this away from a North Yarmouth Academy attacker. team for not quitting. They ing six and a third innings, In the first, York led off The girls finished a strong play seven innings every allowing eight hits and with a homerun, putting up 2 second in the meet with 101 game. Really positive bunch four runs while striking out runs in the first inning. points. The boys placed fifth of kids and extremely fun seven. Chadbourne threw “We still have a tough with 47.5 points. to coach. Whether we win two-thirds of an inning in time early in games. We Abigail Roberts won the or lose, they battle every relief out of the bullpen. need at least an inning to 800 meters in a seasonal inning,” Laker Coach Shawn “Brock really did a nice settle in and in some cases best (SB) time of 2:31.76.

Rock said. job of minimizing every- that puts us behind against a More importantly, her time BASEBALL thing. Threw strikes, mixed very talented team,” Coach was an automatic qualifiLakers 8, Raiders 4: in the change-up to get some Stacy said. er for States and ranks her Jacob Smith singled twice early outs. Hopefully, a start Matt Aker started, and sixth in Class B. She won and scored twice, and Jacob like this can breed some con- the Lakers bullpen did what the 3200 meters with a PR Chadbourne knocked a RBI fidence on the team,” Laker they could but it seemed too by 4.6 seconds (12:46.15) double to key a three-run Coach Andrew Stacy said. many free bases and hard-hit and placed second in the fourth inning as the Lakers LR added two runs in the balls allowed for the runs to triple jump (31-4). erased an early 1-0 deficit to fifth as Noah Duprey and N pile up.

Winning the triple jump outscore Fryeburg Academy Peterson each singled.

“We had some okay at in her outdoor debut of the in Naples last Wednesday.

Lord took the loss for bats, but when you are down hop, step, and jump was In the first inning, Fryeburg Academy, pitch- big early, you really take the Campbell Johnson. Her disFryeburg Academy got ing four and a third innings, ability away to play small tance of 31 feet, 7 inches their offense started Gunnar allowing seven hits and eight ball and get guys moving,” qualified her for States proSaunders doubled, advanced runs while striking out four.

Coach Stacy added. visionally and ranks her on a wild pitch and scored The Lakers tallied nine Raiders 4, Lakers 2: ninth in Class B. Campbell when Ethan Lord grounded hits. Jacob Smith and Raider senior Noah Grant had a PR in the 400 meters out.

Gibbons each collected mul- allowed just five hits and (placing fifth in 1:08.39) and The Lakers knotted the tiple hits for the Lakers. struck out five for a com- won the high jump (4-7) in game up at one in the botFryeburg Academy plete-game victory over a jump off with teammate tom of the second inning racked up eight hits. Gunnar Lake Region Monday.

Leah Plummer. Leah had a when Matt Aker was hit by a Saunders, Dameon Doe, and “He threw strikes, SB time in the 400 meters pitch, stole second and third, Caleb Micklon each man- mixed speeds and locations. (placing second 1:06.14) and scored on an error. The aged multiple hits.

Biggest difference in this and placed sixth in the 200 Lakers pulled away for good York 12, Lakers 1: game was his ability to get meters (29.83). with two runs in the third Couple of early runs for our lead off guy out,” Laker Placing third in the 200 inning, keyed by singles the Wildcats put the Lakers Coach Andrew Stacy said. meters (29.34) and sixth from Brock Gibbons, Smith behind the 8 ball and they In the first inning, FA got in the 100 meters (14.38) and Aker. just couldn’t get anything their offense started scoring was Hailey Brewer. Hailey Gibbons earned the vic- going, losing 12-1 on the a run on a stolen base. The earned PRs in both events. tory for the Lakers, pitch- road.

Lakers evened things up at Samantha Kilgore was one in the top of the second the other Laker to PR in inning courtesy of a Raider those two dash races. She error. Fryeburg pulled away also competed in the javfor good with one run in elin event that was won by the third inning. In the teammate Izzy Apovian third Noah Grant singled on (85-5). Izzy had two PRs in a 1-0 count, scoring one run. the meet. One in the discus Mike Chase took the loss placing third (79-11). The for the Lakers (3-8). The other for her 4x400m relay righthander went three split. Sage Cormier had innings, allowing two runs a PR split in that relay as on three hits and striking well as in the 200 meters. out two.

Sage ran the other scoring Bryan Martinez led relay (4x100m) with Hailey Fryeburg (3-8) with two Brewer, Lizzie Brewer, and hits in four at bats. Fryeburg Jonalisa King. Jonalisa PRed Academy tore up the base in the 200 meters (33.34) by paths, as two players stole 1.1 seconds. at least two bases. Michael The remaining PR on Malia led the way with two. the girls’ team was by Sadie TRACK & FIELD Plummer in the 800m (sixth The Lakers had their best in 2:42.77). The 800 meters weather of the season on was won by Abigail Roberts Friday at Gray-NG against (2:31.76). the Patriots, Yarmouth, St. Alex Freitas won the 300Dom’s and Sacopee Valley, meter hurdles for the boys’ CELEBRATIONS & BIG HITS — Left, Zach Vogel and the team took full team in a PR by 1.3 seconds (#10) and Jacob Lemery celebrate after a goal; top, advantage. The team earned (45.68). He also PRed in the a season high 34 personal 200 meters (26.31) edging Chris Caron puts a hit on a Massabesic attacker.

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The Mystery of Martha’s stone (Continued from Page 1A) but whatever its origins we both agreed it did not seem likely that Martha was really buried there.

In light of this, I began my research in the vault and, quite honestly incredibly quickly, I hit on a result. In our archive of the Bridgton Police Blotter, I found a note that on Saturday, April 30, 2005, Bridgton Police dispatch got a call reporting that, “A gravestone was seen in a Middle Ridge Road brook.” I have little doubt that this call is in reference to Martha’s stone, which can be seen with slight difficulty even now by persons passing over the Middle Ridge Road bridge. In 2005, Martha’s stone was not where it now lies, but was down in the water beside the bridge, and after being noticed there, the responding officer must have fished it out and propped it up on the river bank nearby. While today Martha’s stone has fallen backwards, a pair of now crumbled cinderblocks beneath it indicate that it was once set erect along the river’s edge sometime in recent memory. Inquiring down to the Bridgton Police office, looking through their archives and talking with officers, it became clear that the stone had been retrieved and, without knowing of any grave in that vicinity, it was judged most appropriate to erect the stone on the riverbank near to where it was found, rather than remove it entirely for fear of further desecrating the site.

But to my mind, I recognized that the Longley’s were not Bridgton settlers, but rather lived in our neighboring Waterford.

It stood to reason to me that if Martha married a Longley then she was probably from Waterford also, and was likely buried there too, which put me on the phone with the Waterford Historical Society. This theory proved correct. Initially searching for Martha through the History of Waterford, I failed to find her, which sadly is common when researching women of that era; however, looking up her husband in the Biographical Review of Oxford County gave me more than enough information. Martha’s husband, who I knew from her gravestone only as “J.R. Longley,” was Mr. Jonathan Robbins Longley, born Oct. 4, 1825 in Waterford. A local stonecutter and a holder of minor political offices, he married Martha on Oct. 21, 1847. Her full name was Martha Elizabeth Munroe, of the Waterford Munroe clan, and she too had been born and spent the whole of her life there. I knew they weren’t Bridgton

people! After her marriage to Jonathan, the couple had settled on a large farm in South Waterford, where they raised two children, Eugene and Lizzie Ada. From her stone, I knew Martha died in 1896, while her husband outlived her, dying in 1913.

Next, with information courtesy of the genealogical and burial records of the Waterford Historical Society, I discovered that Martha and Jonathan, lifelong Methodists of South Waterford, had been buried with many of their fellows in the Elm Vale Cemetery in that village. This same burial ground contains Jonathan’s parents and his brother and many other Longley relations, as well as Martha’s parents and her various siblings. So, I thought it would be a simple matter of taking a jaunt out to Waterford, rambling around the lake to Elm Vale, and finding the family plot, from which I expected to find Martha’s stone missing.

But there proved a deeper mystery at work than I expected, for when I visited Elm Vale and canvassed it — though it took me two separate trips to find the Longley’s — when I did I was most surprised to find that Martha’s grave was already marked by a gravestone, and not only that, it was one which perfectly matched the headstones of her husband and her two children. All were blanketed under a uniform coating of moss and Martha’s stone looked in no ways different or newer than those on either side. Having come up against a seemingly insoluble dilemma, of a duplicate headstone a town away from where it should be found, I knew I needed to start talking to others who had grown up in the area, and who might be able to tell me more.

My answer came from Mr. Liam Opie, who grew up on the Middle Ridge and now lives in Waterford, just a bowshot from Elm Vale. The story I obtained from him perfectly explained the mystery of Martha’s second headstone, and I’d like to share it with you now. Just up from the brook, through the woods on the left-hand side, there stands a long low building, painted white with many windows. Once upon a time, for over 30 years at the close of the 19th century, the Allen family — of whom Mr. Opie is a near descendant — lived nearby and Mr. Allen, who was a stonecutter by trade, used that shop as his workspace. He often cut headstones, and sometimes owing a mistake or mischance, he would err in his engraving in some manner, and the stone would be unsalable. Perhaps it broke halfway through

carving, perhaps he spelled the name wrong when he started, or — as was the case with Martha — perhaps he messed up on the final piece of engraving, where either from bad information or an honest mistake he miswrote the date of death, in Martha’s case, a day too early. Despite having almost all the finishing touches already in place, despite Martha’s stone looking quite literally finished, Mr. Allen could not allow it to leave his shop. Martha’s husband Jonathan was a fellow stonecutter; both respect for the dead and professional courtesy required that this headstone not go out incorrect, but rather be cast aside and replaced. That is what he did, with all of his rejects. He would take them a short walk through the woods to the riverbank, and cast them in disgust and remorse into the flowing waters.

Liam told me that, after his death, many other stones were left unfinished or never started in his shop, and some of them ended up in the brook too, so that by the middle of the 20th century, his grandmother told him that one could walk along Roger Brook and see half a dozen or more headstones poking up amongst the boulders, all in various states of decay and incompleteness. Since then, as the decades lapsed into more a century, these other stones have broken and sunk down in the mud, and some have no doubt been taken by ne’er-do-wells or impulsive youth in some flight of morbid curiosity, so that today only Martha’s stone, which looks finished to the unfamiliar observer, is left to tell the tale.

Perhaps because it is complete, and does not look unfinished, it has been allowed to remain by all who have discovered it, thinking as many have that it means Martha is actually buried there. So, when it was fished up from the river in 2005 and set on the bank, it was regarded by those locals “in the know” that it should be allowed to sit there as a monument, not to Martha specifically, but to the now vanished headstone shop of the Allen’s.

So that lonely headstone by the brook remains a memorial after a fashion, for it is a thing which speaks of the Ridge’s history, a specific reference to a piece of local culture, which those still living in that vicinity hope remains in the public’s memory. That is why I am writing this column today, having been

told it was acceptable to do so, for it may well be that the time has come to better document and spread this story in the public’s conscience. With more and more development in Bridgton of late, and with many new homes going in along the Middle Ridge, several near the marge of Roger Brook itself, more and more people are discovering the spot. Perhaps it began in 2005, but I’ve since heard it was noticed in 2015 by a group of photographers, and Paul first saw it a few years ago. The chances are high that it will be noticed by more and more people in coming years, and I think it is equally likely that many will think the same things that Paul and I did, that either someone is buried there or, more likely, that it is stolen or missing and should not be there. For fear that some well-meaning person might try to take it away or move it without knowing the facts, I have shared this story today and hope soon to place a small wooden plaque on a nearby tree, which explains the story for all who may come to visit the spot, so that it may safely remain there for generations to come.

As Paul said to me when we first talked of this, he felt that Martha’s stone reminded him of Poe’s Annabel Lee, and I must agree that there is a haunting sort of spirit about the place, and the lonely desolation of the swamp in which it lies. Even now, wildflowers are now rising in bright color and verdant life about it, ready to paint the scene in the fresh beauty and promise of spring, when I walk past that bridge and peer down into the brook, the stone seems to look back at me as some pale, ghostly face; a shade of a now vanished past, quietly maintaining its solitary, lonesome, eternal vigil by the stream as it has done for generations. Going down to visit it, I received this tale, which I am now sharing that it may not be lost to the knowledge of men. May it last a century more to be told. Till next time!

Adams, Kenneally vye for Naples BOS seat

(Continued from Page 1A) “Option” not “Options.” We, once again, need more town input and we did not get that. Townspeople need to feel their input and concerns are heard. Many people in town are still suffering from the wake of Covid and other world issues. Spending/ Borrowing large amounts, needs to be weighed and discussed very carefully.

Kenneally: I served on the TownHall/Community Center exploratory committee. We have put a lot of time and effort into the committee. The selectboard has recently approved the referendum to go on the ballot in the November election. Yes, the town officials have taken (and should continue) to take on the role of educating our community members about the referendum.

Below is the latest update regarding the Community Center and Town Office: “The Naples Select Board formed a committee tasked with exploring a new Community Center and Town Office. This decision followed significant research to replace the gym roof which is in disrepair. It was determined that replacing the existing roof with an appropriate structure to prevent

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future leaking conditions (a pitched roof) was impossible due to the current building construction. In addition, an engineering study determined that the construction standards have changed since the gym was built.

Therefore, supporting wall structure would need to be added to meet the snow load requirements of today. When considering the overall age of the building, now over 75 years old, the Select Board requested a full assessment to help determine a direction for the building as a whole.

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report can be found below.

It presented no surprises in that the mechanical systems of the Town Office are all reaching ‘end-of-life’ and will need replacement sooner than later. This, of course, triggers the debate of investing in the future. The most concerning issue about this proposal, naturally, is going to be the overall cost. With today’s elevated construction costs, the price tag has justifiably caused sticker shock.

However, the committee continues to look at ways to ensure that what is being proposed will be the best,

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(Continued from Page 1A) the PR by teammate Jacob Stone (26.58). Jacob notched a PR in the 400 meters (57.73), breaking 58 seconds and finishing fourth in the event.

Sam Laverdiere topped that with two fourth place finishes, both in PR time. His 1600-meter time (4:56.56) provisionally qualified him for the State Meet. Sam led off the second place 4x400 meter relay team with a PR split. Jacob, Alex, and Ezra Gronlund also ran on that relay.

Ezra took out a strong pace in the 800 meters and lowered his PR for the second straight week. He placed fifth (2:16.52) in the event as well as third in the high jump (4-10).

Another PR for height was Colin Murphy’s 6-inch PR in the pole vault (8-6). He tied for fifth in the event.

The other 8 points scored by the Laker boys were from Tristan Cormier’s second place finish in the 3200 meters (12;47.01). He had 7-second PRs in that event and the 1600meter run (5:47.30).

Five other Laker boys had two PRs in the meet. They were Alex Kuvaja (shot 26-1 and discus 81-2), Bhavnish Tucker (800 in 2:20.86 and 1600 meters in 5:10.22), Ethan Kutella (long jump 14-2.5 and 100 meters 13.41), Michael Clarke (100 meters in 13.37 and 800 meters in 2:30.73), and Jacob Gilmore (100 meters in 13.01 and javelin 76-5).

reasonably priced building for the community that will last the next 75 to 100 years. The Select Board has also asked for alternatives to

replacing the whole building and will also be looking at just replacing the gymnasium. While certainly an option worth consideration,

it is essential to note that all mechanical systems, as stated previously, are located in the town office portion of the existing building.”

ABOUT THE CANDIDATES William Adams Jr. — I was born and raised in Naples. Our family has been here since the early 90s on Wiley Road. My father was a town selectman in the 1990s alongside Dana Watson and Rick Paraschak. I graduated from Lake Region High School in 2001. Studied Architecture and Design, Business Entrepreneurship, and Web Design from CMCC and SMCC. For 10+ years I ran a DJ service for weddings and other events though out Maine and New England. I currently run a trivia, game show, and laser tag business called Play207. I volunteer my time with the Naples Fire Department on various events such as The Santa Tour, Comedy Nights, and other fundraising ventures. I am also an Eagle Scout, and my Eagle Scout Project was the Covered Shade Area at the current Town Playground to the side of the town office.

Jennifer Kenneally— I am married to John Kenneally (a professor at St. Joseph College). We are a busy family with four children and one grandson. Alyssa 23, Brendan 11, Chloe and Courtney 6 and a grandson Patrick 6) Brendan attends Crooked River, and Chloe and Courtney attend Songo Locks School so we are always out and about with school and recreational activities. Education: Masters in Public Administration from Norwich University and undergraduate degree from Husson University. For over 10 years, I owned my own marketing company working with municipalities, local businesses, and non-profit organizations. I’ve worked for Biddeford, Saco, Windham, Rumford and Sanford to name a few. The marketing involved branding, recruiting employees (fire, police emt’s), economic development videos, public informational programs, and more! By working closely with cities and towns on their marketing, it has helped me prepare for the selectboard. Last fall, I accepted a position with Gorham Parks and Recreation as the office manager.

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Opinion & Comment

May 19, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 1B

Independent Thought

by Rev. Robert Plaisted Guest Columnist

Abortion: News or noise?

A working draft of a pending Supreme Court opinion was leaked to the public. If finalized, it would overturn Roe v. Wade and take away a woman’s constitutional right to receive a safe, legal medical abortion. Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed the document is authentic, and requested an investigation. Pro-choice Americans erupted with protests against the draft ruling. That’s called news.

Meanwhile, Republicans ignored the ruling, indulged in paroxysms of fake outrage, and demanded the leaker be identified and punished. The GOP propaganda machine quickly instructed candidates not to talk about abortion, or to change the subject to late-term abortion (which wouldn’t be affected by the decision). In other words, the GOP will respond to questions about abortion by answering questions they weren’t asked. That’s called noise, or in Shakespeare’s words, “sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Should reporters choose to pursue it, the real news story is that we’re driving another nail in the coffin of constitutional democracy, and taking another giant step toward tyranny by the white-supremacist Christian patriarchy. I’ve alluded to that threat in previous columns, and here it is, written in the grating, supercilious language of Samuel Alito, avenging angel of reactionary Medieval Catholic theocracy. One gets the impression that he sees Americans as a bunch of disobedient Sunday school children, and himself as their priest, “laying down the law.”

Authoritarianism drips from every line. The message is loud and clear. “I and four other religious-right colleagues believe abortion is sinful. What you believe doesn’t matter.” The trouble is that most Americans aren’t Catholic and most American Catholics are pro-choice. Therefore, “Houston, we’ve got a problem.”

Alito appealed to history for proof that abortion rights aren’t “deeply rooted” in American culture. Several eminent historians quickly rebuked him for sloppy research, especially for cherry-picking dubious evidence to support his conclusions. He cited the 17th century British jurist Sir Matthew Hale over a dozen times, while ignoring his misogynistic history. Hale condemned women to death for witchcraft and authored the odious precedent that husbands cannot be guilty of raping their wives. Alito’s opinion is academic sleight of hand, unworthy of a Supreme Court Justice.

He didn’t attempt to cite Christian doctrine in his opinion but, for the sake of argument, I’ll note that the word “abortion” doesn’t appear in the Bible. The Church didn’t decide abortion was a sin until well into the 2nd century, and then vacillated until the 19th century on the question of when human life begins. Women who received abortions before “quickening” (an archaic term for fetal viability outside the womb) rarely were punished.

But in 1588, Pope Sixtus V ruled that abortion at any stage of pregnancy was murder. His decree promptly was reversed by his successor, Pope Gregory XIV, who NEWS OR NOISE, Page 4B

Letters Taxpayer Alert IV

To The Editor:

Please take some time to visit the Town of Harrison website and look at more detail budget information than I am providing in these letters.

Article 23 is for Community Services and covers library funding (both the Village Library and the Bolsters Mills Library), Memorial Day and Christmas celebrations, LRTV, milfoil funding and water testing. The request amount is 21.0% more than this year. $196,166.00 is the amount for Assessing/Code Enforcement in Article 24.

New to this account is a request for Vehicle Maintenance resulting from a request for a vehicle found in the Capital Account (Article 26).

The Capital Roads account is an annual budgeted item for road improvements.

There is a priority listing to decide which roads will be improved, depending on available funds. Priority One includes Upton Road, Edes Falls Road, and Kimball Road.

Priority Two lists Maple Ridge, Summit Hill, and Island Pond. $500,000.00 is the requested amount.

Article 26 is the Comprehensive Capital Reserve Account. This is a “savings account” to allow the Town to purchase capital items without incurring interest charges if we had to borrow the funds. Two new dump trucks are an example. $150,000.00 is the requested amount. On Feb. 1, the amount in that account was $975,551.00. At our first meeting, the administration presented a “wish list” of

many items requested by the departments. Computers, printers, sand shed roof, gate repairs, new vehicle for Code Enforcement, loader, and a new or used boat for the harbor master were some of the requests.

Absentee ballots are now available. Elections day is Tuesday, June 14. Please take the time to vote in person or by absentee ballot.

Richard Sykes Harrison

Knowledge is Power

To The Editor:

There are three events over the next weeks leading up to the Sebago election at Town Hall on June 14. At stake are Select Board seat(s), School Board seats, Budget Committee seat(s), Potter Trustee and Cemetery Trustee.

The first event is in today’s edition of The Bridgton News, which is “Meet the Candidates” sponsored by Sebago’s Spaulding Library.

Candidates for the various offices filled out a form describing themselves and why they want to run for particular offices. Get to know the candidates.

The second event will occur at the School Board meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24. A last-minute scheduling of a mini meet the candidates for the three open seats on the School Committee. Candidates will present their biographies and the chairperson will select questions from the audience.

The third event will be a proposed debate between two candidates, Michelle Vacchiano and Richard Bianculli Jr. for the one-year term. Then, Krystal Carriere and Billy Jo Karwowski are proposed to debate for the twoyear term. Maggie Williams is

VIBRANT RED TRILLIUM — This early wildflower graces the trail’s edge seeking the dabbled shade the forest offers. (Photo by Suzanne Richard)

Queen bees and budget gardening

Last week, I was inspecting my gardens and I was excited to see my first bumblebees of the year. The first bumblebees each year are the queen bees that overwintered alone underground. The queens emerge and immediately begin to search for a nesting site. Once a site is determined, she will begin to collect nectar and pollen. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation has a website where in 2020 Katie Lemke and Rich Hatfield wrote an article titled, Five Ways to Support Queen Bumble Bees This Spring. They wrote that after the queen emerges, “Right away, she needs to find nectar and pollen to replenish her energy level and fat reserves.” After the queen chooses her nesting site, the authors continue, “the queen will construct a few waxen pots, fill them with nectar and pollen, and proceed to lay her eggs on top.” After about one month, the larvae will emerge and become the worker bees. As I have said in a previous column, bumblebees are extremely important for the pollination of crops

Down the Garden Path

by Nancy Donovan, Ph.D., PT Master Gardener Volunteer and wildflowers.

Because the queen bees emerge from hibernation in the early spring, sources for the necessary nectar and pollen are limited. Much has been written about the decline of bee numbers and so a focus now is to adopt strategies to increase the numbers. The five strategies outlined in the article are: 1. Plant early blooming flowers, 2. Allow dandelions to live long and prosper, 3. Help your yard be wild, 4. Help us track and conserve bumblebees, 5. Plan for fall with food and habitat resources.

Regarding number 1, I have listed early blooming perennials in previous columns. I suspect that several readers may cringe at the thought of leaving dandelions to bloom.

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Harrison voters face increase

In the midst of what appears to be a self-made budget crisis, Harrison voters will be asked to vote on a municipal spending increase of $570,000 for 2023. The selectmen refused to commit to a budget recommendation by voting unanimously, 5-0, to make their official budget suggestion as “none.” This happened after finding themselves supposedly out of time to finish the budget process and needing to make recommendations in time for the June 14 annual town meeting.

Most times, either a budget committee or selectman will recommend a certain dollar level for an appropriation, but selectmen chose the “none” recommendation — probably an unprecedented occurrence for Harrison. Most of the 10 individual departments initially requested appropriation increases ranging from 10% to 110%, which included a combined increase in payroll costs of 30%. These are the amounts which will be up for a vote. Because of the change in the town meeting process, the budget vote will be a series of secret, closed ballot referendum questions in which voters will have only two choices, either “yes” or “no” on each of the department requests on articles 15 to 24 and article 27.

At last Thursday selectmen’s meeting, several town residents in attendance sought to express their concerns about running unopposed for a threeyear term. Williams will have the same amount of time to present her views on the policies. The debate will be an opportunity for Sebago parents, grandparents, and taxpayers to hear from the candidates directly without the filter of vested interests. Come one come all to the Sebago Town Hall on Saturday, June 4, at 3 p.m.

Jock MacGregor Chairman Sebago School Board Debate Committee

Learn about Sebago schools

To The Editor:

A frequent letter writer from my town has declared a meeting of the Sebago School Board Debate Committee.

That is interesting, there is no such committee officially, and Sebago has a School Committee not Board. A few people have made a habit of attending School Committee meetings to rail against Critical Race Theory, even though they have had it explained over and over and over, no such program exists here. Looking for CRT, they seemed to have settled on two other programs:

Social Emotional Learning and Greater Sebago Educational Alliance. These programs have no relationship to CRT. (My daughter took CRT in Law School, where it is taught.)

Social Emotional Learning was chosen by the teachers to help kids with getting along, behaving in school and stop bullying.

The Greater Sebago Educational Alliance is a cooperative of six school districts who can optionally provide educational programs, services, and business operations that each district, standing alone, may not be able to do as well, or as cost effectively. (Translation: save tax dollars). Not communism, not socialism!

Perhaps parents and others should take the time to go to our lovely school, which we all fought so hard to preserve, and see what goods things are happening there.

The School Committee members have no political agenda, but really care about the students and staff, and are doing a great job. Suspicions and conspiracy theories aren’t particularly constructive, and our school is too important to our town for this type of destructive talk.

Anne McMahon Sebago

Focus on Budget

by Walter Riseman Maine State Representative the budget process and other related issues. The speakers appeared ready to identify concerns and offer solutions, but were limited to speaking for only two minutes each, a self-directed board protocol. Resident Gordon Davis suggested that the budget committee should consist primarily of citizens and not be staffed with only selectmen. Wendy Gallant, another full-time resident, expressed concerns about the level of communication between the town and the general public. She questioned why, after five months, there has been no significant progress in finding a permanent replacement for the town manager. She said, “Kudos to the interim town manager and assistant town manager for trying HARRISON, Page 2B a reality: run for political office, run for school board, become active in your town management. We are all responsible for the future.

To The Editor: Robert S. Wilkinson July 16, 1951, The Catcher Bridgton in the Rye was published. The story points out the hypocrisy of young and old people. It is not until the last part of the book that the meaning of the ti- To The Editor: Life doesn’t always go in a tle is revealed. The “Catcher in Rye” was a mythical figure that straight, unbroken line. That’s Holden, the main character, en- why they invented duct tape visioned standing in a rye field and bungee cords.

Bob Casimiro, in which children were playing.

The Sage of Bridgton The rye had grown so tall that the children could not see the hidden danger of the cliff over which they were about to fall.

The rye field represented the playful, innocent years of childhood. Falling over the cliff was symbolic of falling into To The Editor: What were those dates? the inescapable realty of adultHmm? According to Mr. hood. The Catcher in the rye Angelo, 1850, 1890, 1920 was a mythical person, who caught the children and pre- and the present were dates of vented them from falling. The acute threat to our democraanalogy holds true today just as cy, and conventional wisdom it did in 1951. There are thank- (such as is so regrettably presfully many adults, (catchers, ent today) looked to Buchanan, if you will) who are trying to McKinley, Hoover and Trump prevent the corruption of chil- to save us. His obvious indren by exposing the insidious ference is that notwithstanding teaching of CRT and the evils “conventional wisdom” none of these men succeeded. of “WOKE history.”

There is one problem with I urge everyone to become this little homily, however. In a catcher to save our children.

Only you can turn that myth- 1850, there was a “split presLETTERS, Page 2B ical figure from the book into

The Catcher in the Rye

Sage-isms

Use proper time line

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idency” between Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, who was in turn succeeded by Franklin Pierce, who was in turn succeeded by the aforementioned Buchanan, who no one at the time had high expectations of as everyone acknowledged his pro-southern orientation. Lincoln, by the way, final-

ly showed up in 1860, not 50 and despite receiving less than 40 percent of the popular vote turned in a pretty good job.

In 1890, Benjamin Harrison was president, in turn succeeded by the previously defeated Cleveland, who proceeded to validate the electorate’s previous decision to turn him out, and then in 1896 McKinley appeared doing by contemporary historian’s opinions a creditable job until succeeded by TR in 1901 not 1890.

In 1920, Wilson was still

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TOWN OF HARRISON Harrison Planning Board Site Walk There will be a site walk conducted by the Harrison Planning Board on Wed., June 1, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at Harrison Block 46 Main St., Harrison, for a Change of Use Site Plan Review Application submitted by Teresa Pattle. Meeting will be at 6 p.m. on June 1, 2022, at the Town Office, 20 Front St., Harrison.

Opinions president to be succeeded by, in turn, Harding, Coolidge and then Hoover, who in 1920 was a private citizen.

Finally, in 2020, Mr. Angelo’s dates and personalities match up and in so doing present an opportunity to explain what Republicans did then and stand for now.

Anybody that thinks we are better off today under Biden than under Trump is delusional or like the current president’s dementia can’t recall that, nor are capable of processing that.

So, Mr Angelo, that is the answer to your question. Right in front of you which apparently you can’t see or remember.

Don Vose Naples

ing Mainers, with more work to do remaining for helping Maine people and our communities. This includes problem solving with meaningful remediation of issues, including services provided by Departments of Labor (DoL) and Health and Human Services (DHHS), including to unemployment claimants, etc. The pandemic of these past two-plus years made it evident that many issues exist with state bureaucracy, including many “system failures” needing substantive overhauls with remediation and reforms. This includes the Department of Labor’s Unemployment Compensation Division, among its other divisions. Sadly, these issues weren’t adequately or timely addressed or resolved, including by this legislature and this administration.

Many claimants got “locked-out” of their accounts, To The Editor: preventing claimants from The Maine Legislature just getting weekly claims done, recently adjourned. Limited and resulting in claimants beprogress was made for help- ing stiffed out of anticipated

Let’s improve

TOWN OF SEBAGO ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

will hold a Meeting at the Sebago Town Office on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 5 p.m. to hear closing arguments in the 12 appeals filed against Gorham Sand & Gravel, INC. The continuation date is Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

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TOWN OF NAPLES Public Hearing

A public hearing will be held on Monday, May 23, 2022, at 6 p.m. in the Naples Town Office located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the agenda: • A Liquor License Application for the property found on Tax Map U01 Lot 044, located at 852 Roosevelt Trail (also known as Rick’s Café).

• An Entertainment Permit Application for the property found on Tax Map U01 Lot 044, located at 852 Roosevelt Trail (also known as Rick’s Café).

The public is welcome.

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Nouria Energy Public Hearing The Planning Board for the Town of Bridgton will hold a continued Public Hearing at 5 p.m. on June 7, 2022, to hear public comment(s) on Nouria Energy, LLC application located on Bridgton tax map 5 Lot 85-1 & 85-2.

Proposed application can be reviewed by request to Lphillips@bridgtonmaine.org or at the Town Office by appointment.

Please direct any questions to Brenda Day, Code Enforcement Officer. bday@bridgtonmaine.org or 207-803-9963 2T20

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PLANNING BOARD Subdivision Public Hearing

The Planning Board for the Town of Bridgton will hold a Public Hearing at 5 p.m. on June 7, 2022, to hear public comment(s) on Camp Woodlands Subdivision application located on Bridgton tax Map 6 Lot 5D. Proposed application can be reviewed by request to Lphillips@bridgtonmaine.org or at the Town Office by appointment.

Please direct any questions to Brenda Day, Code Enforcement Officer. bday@bridgtonmaine.org or 207-803-9963 2T20

MAINE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT NO. 61 INVITATION TO BID CARPET/TILE BID No. 5.26.22 Maine School Administrative District No. 61 is inviting bids for the installation of Carpeting and Cove Base at schools throughout the Lake Region School District.

Sealed bids will be accepted at the Superintendent’s Office, ATTN: Carpet/Tile Bid M.S.A.D #61, 900 Portland Road, Bridgton, ME 04009, until 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022, at which time and place they will be opened and read aloud. Bids received after 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2022 will not be accepted.

Bids must be in a sealed envelope marked CARPET/ TILE Bid No. 5.26.22 in the lower left-hand corner.

For a Bid Packet with specifications, contact Roxanne Gagne at 207-647-3048 x525. Due to COVID 19, bids may be faxed to 207-657-5682 or e-mailed to: roxanne. gagne@lakeregionschools.org as well as mailed or dropped off to the address above.

Interested bidders may arrange to inspect and measure the specific areas by contacting Mr. Andrew Madura, Facilities Director at 207-693-4635 or 207-415-2293.

Bidders will be held responsible for accurate measures; therefore, we strongly recommend that each bidder perform a site visit to verify measurements and become familiar with the scope of work.

Bidders may submit proposals differing from the specifications as an alternative proposal; such proposals must be clearly identified as alternatives and must be accompanied by detailed, supporting information.

The Board of Directors of Maine School Administrative District No. 61 reserves the right to waive all informalities, to reject any or all non-conforming or conditional proposals, and to accept any bid or reject any bid (or part thereof) should it be deemed in its best interests to do so. It is the intent of the Board to award bids subject to budget approval and authorization.

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Services Millard S. Davis Graveside services for Millard S. Davis, 93, who passed away on Dec. 21, 2021, at Mineral Springs Rehab in North Conway, N.H., will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 22, at Hillside Cemetery in Stoneham. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren Street, Fryeburg.

A memorial Mass will take place at St. Joseph Church in Bridgton for both George and Theresa Murphy on Saturday, May 28, at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in the High Street Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton. To place an online condolence please visit www.chandlerfuneral.com

Katherine Elliott Graveside services for Katherine Elliott, 88, who passed away on Dec. 16, 2021, will be held on Thursday, May 26, at 11 a.m. at Forest Hill Cemetery Annex in Bridgton. A reception follows at noon at the Campfire Grill, 518 Portland Road, Bridgton.

Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton.

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resentatives and state senators done about such issues, including the DoL’s issues, anything meaningful? Proper remediation and problem resolution are imperative and paramount! Enough already, of this administration’s misfeasance and kakistocracy too! Mainers have had enough of these system failures.

Going forward, Mainers must do a lot more protecting our inherent fundamental, unalienable rights. Much must be done to overhaul state government bureaucracy etc., with meaningful accountability and reforms. Reviews must

George and Theresa Murphy

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weekly benefits for lost wages, etc. Other benefits and services were not necessarily made available during the pandemic. Bureaucracy etc. have failed Mainers.

Concurrently, the people’s fundamental, unalienable rights were trampled on and usurped without due process by this administration, including one’s right to work and earn a living, having a livelihood, among others. Not acceptable! Isn’t it time for real accountability with substantive remediation and problem resolution? When will the Maine Legislature address and cure such matters, ever? What have our state rep-

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TOWN OF NAPLES Municipal Elections

The Town of Naples will conduct its municipal elections on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Gymnasium of the Naples Town Office located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the ballot: 1. Selectperson, Assessor, & Overseer of the Poor 3-year term (1) 2. MSAD 61 Board a. 3-year term (1) b. 2-year term (1) 3. Casco/Naples Transfer Station Council 3-year term (1) 4. Budget Committee a. 3-year term (2) b. 1-year term (2) 5. Planning Board 3-year term (2) 6. MSAD 61 School Budget Vote 7. MSAD 61 Budget Validation Referendum Process Vote For samples of the ballot, visit townofnaples.org/notices.

Absentee ballots are available. Visit or call the town office (207-693-6364) for details.

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TOWN OF DENMARK Notice of Public Hearing May 31, 2022 • 7 p.m.

MUNICIPAL BUILDING CHARTER AMENDMENTS The Selectboard will be holding a public hearing in accordance with Title 30-A M.R.S. §2104 for proposed amendments to the Denmark Town Charter. The hearing is scheduled to take place at the Municipal Building located at 62 East Main Street on May 31, 2022, at 7 p.m. A summary of the proposed amendments is listed below. A copy of the proposed amendments is available at the Town Office and online.

“Shall the municipality approve the charter amendment reprinted(summarized) below?”

• Gender neutral words have been added i.e., Select Board vs. Selectmen and Chair Person vs. Chairman.

• Select Board Powers and Duties: clarification on when payroll and accounts payable warrants shall be signed and a requirement of an annual adoption of a Treasurers Disbursement Policy.

• Boards and Committees, Planning Board and Board of Appeals, residency requirements have been amended to read “Members shall be Town of Denmark legal residents or State of Maine legal residents paying real estate taxes on property within the Town of Denmark.” Under State Statute members do not have to be registered voters or legal residents of the town or city in order to serve in an elected or appointed position.

• Recall of Select Board and Planning Board Members has been amended to include a detailed procedure for the recall of a member, including petition process, notice of intent and recall election process.

• Quorum, Voting and Abstention: The definition of a quorum has been clarified, including the explanation of a tied vote and specifies how a member abstaining from a vote is counted toward a quorum.

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SECRET BALLOT REFERENDUM The Municipal Officers of the Town of Bridgton will hold a Public Hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at the Municipal Building located at 3 Chase Street, in Bridgton to hear public comment on the following questions that will be presented to the voters via referendum ballot on June 14, 2022: Question 1. Shall an ordinance entitled, “Town of Bridgton Senior Tax Assistance Ordinance,” be enacted?

(Note: Copies of the text of this ordinance are available from the Town Clerk.) Board of Selectmen Recommend a YES vote.

Question 2. Shall an ordinance entitled “Town of Bridgton Ordinance Establishing a Moratorium on Commercial Solar Energy Facilities,” be enacted? (Note: Copies of the text of this ordinance are available from the Town Clerk.) Board of Selectmen Recommend a YES vote.

Question 3. Shall an ordinance entitled, “Amendments to Bridgton Land Use Code and Official Shoreland Zoning Maps to Correct Errors and Add a Limited Commercial (LC) Shoreland Zoning District,” be enacted? (Note: A “Yes” vote will enact the ordinance entitled, “Amendments to Bridgton Land Use Code and Official Shoreland Zoning Maps to Correct Errors and Add a Limited Commercial (LC) Shoreland Zoning District,” and will change the zoning of some properties or portions of certain properties from the Limited Residential (LR) shoreland zoning district to the Limited Commercial (LC) shoreland zoning district. Copies of the text of the ordinance, including the current and proposed Official Shoreland Zoning Maps, are available from the Town Clerk.) Board of Selectmen Recommend a YES vote.

Question 4. Do you favor voting on all business to be transacted at future annual town meetings by secret ballot election rather than traditional in-person town meeting? (Note: This is a non-binding advisory question.)

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be done to investigate, address and fix recent “system failures,” including unemployment system. The Legislature has failed doing so, thus far.

Let’s move forward rebuilding Maine’s economy and improve people’s livelihoods and fix bureaucratic system failures. It’s time to “just do it” and “make it so,” with or without this administration’s help?

Thank you.

David Hall Cornish

PPP is a tax

To The Editor:

Why vote “no” for Pay Per Bag even though it has been voted down before? We are told that now is the time to put in a regressive tax that hurts young families and the elderly with inflation the highest it’s been in years.

The town doesn’t know how much money they need, but let’s get our foot in the door and we can figure it out later.

My oldest son was paying $75 for a sticker and $10 for five 30-pound bags. With five children, they use all five bags each week, but now his town

has decided to charge more for the bags.

Why should we, the residents, be stuck with this tax all year round while people are struggling to get by? Why not have resident and non-resident transfer stickers like we have with fishing and hunting licenses. If you go to the ocean and you don’t have a resident permit, you will pay a lot to park.

One of the selectmen claimed if they dump on your property because they won’t or can’t pay this tax, the police will get the name and address out of the bag. If there is none, will they take fingerprints or use DNA? I think not, and what if it is tires or a

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stove? No one talks about helping the landowner dispose of it; not everyone is young and has a truck. I remember when the town would come and take it.

I can remember being here in the fifties. Bridgton was not a pretty town. It was a mill town where people worked at hard labor and the wealthy dropped their kids off at summer camp and went on vacation elsewhere.

If you think non-residents will be turned off by fees, bring back the days when there was dumping beside the road, fields, streams and trails. Not only will the non-residents be gone, but so will property values. I have not even mentioned

Obituaries “Sally” Sarosa Brown NORWAY — “Sally” Sarosa Brown, one of Norway’s oldest residents passed away peacefully in the early morning on May 12 at Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation. She was 101 and was born on September 12, 1920, in Annandale, N.J. Her maiden name was Sarosa Marie Mellick. An only child, her father was ill from the time she was very young and she was mostly raised on her grandparents’ dairy farm, providing her a stable retreat that she treasured.

Sally fought through her own illnesses, missing a year of school after coming down with rheumatic fever. Once recovered, she returned and was able to skip a grade to catch up, and from there enrolled at Ryder College in Lawrenceville, N.J. Then Sally’s life literally took off, as she met her future husband Robert V. Brown Jr. at Calco Chemical Company in Bound Brook, N.J., where she worked as a secretary. As a young woman during World War II, she served as a volunteer airplane spotter in Plainfield, N.J. Her husband worked at Calco Chemical Company, TWA and later for The International Basic Economy Corporation based in New York City and owned by the Rockefeller family. Sally had two sons, Bob Brown of Lovell, and Jim Brown of Putnam Valley, N.Y. The family’s fortunes took a hard turn when Sally’s husband, Brown Jr. passed away in 1960, forcing her to be a single parent as well as breadwinner at the age 38. She returned to the workforce to provide for her sons, first as a school librarian and then as an executive secretary at Geigy Chemical Co. in Ardsley, N.Y. The family continued to live in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was active with the local Cub Scouts, P.T.A. and Presbyterian Church in nearby Ossining, N.Y., teaching Sunday school and serving as a church deacon. She also participated in a hiking club with other women and studied geology in Croton. She liked to drive Ford Mustangs.

Sally was a terrific and loving mother who organized activities and vacations that brought the family to Maine and the White Mountains of New Hampshire where her sons would later establish vacation homes and she would ultimately reside.

When her sons became adults and started building their own lives, Sally continued her adventures without them. She loved to travel. After retiring, she lived briefly in Cocoa Beach, Fla., and then decided to drive across the United States with a friend in a van. They camped extensively and panned for gold “unsuccessfully.” Sally also spent time living in Tuscon, Ariz., San Diego, Calif., Fort Collins, Color., and Collbran, Colo. She would often come East to care for her granddaughter Sarah, house-sit for her sons who both traveled for work, and watch over their various pets. Sally also taught herself how to make quilts and made over 20 that she passed onto her family as treasured heirlooms. She also studied geneology and spent several years researching and recording the history of both her and her husband’s families.

In 1995 — at the age of 75 — Sally moved to Norway. Sally spent the next 22 years in her home on Whitman Street, assisted by her close friend and caretaker Barry Small. She also raised two Labrador Retrievers, Missy and Quincey. In 2017 she moved into Norway Center for Health & Rehabilitation, where her zest for adventure and learning continued. She had coterie of loyal friends and family members that visited and wrote to her. She was a prolific letter writer, avid bird watcher, and reader who often read three books a week. When possible she liked to celebrate her birthdays with a glass of Coors beer at Boomers overlooking Pennesseewassee Lake. In her last weeks she was well attended to by the nurses and staff at Norway Rehab who had befriended her, her loving sons, Bob’s wife Snowdie and Jim’s life partner Heather, and Sally’s close friend and care-giver Barry Small. She is also survived by her granddaughter Sarah Brown of New York City and her grandson Ian “Indy” Brown of Denver, Colo.

The family will host an intimate graveside memorial service in the coming weeks at the North Lovell Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are being made by Chandler Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 45 Main Street, South Paris.

For her friends mourning Sally’s passing, the family urges you to spend some time in nature, which Sally treasured, and think kindly of her and her incredible life.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www. chandlerfunerals.com

Graveside Service

A Graveside Service for Linda L. Thompson who died on Dec. 24, 2021, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday June 4, 2022, at the Harrison Village Cemetery. www.hallfuneralhome.net

Marion A. Monson

Graveside Service A Memorial Graveside Service for Marion A. Monson, 91, of Denmark who died on January 22, 2022, will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 28, 202,2 at the LA Barre Cemetery in Denmark. www.hallfuneralhome.net

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Robyn E. Guthrie Robyn Elizabeth Guthrie, 62, of Bridgton, passed away on April 16 after a two year battle with cancer. The daughter of David Guthrie and Shirley Ruth Scott Guthrie, Robyn was born in Methuen, Mass., on September 4, 1959, the youngest of six.

Robyn attended school in Methuen until her sophomore year when her family decided to move full time to their summer cottage on Moose Pond, and graduated from Lake Region High School in 1977 before attending Castle College in Windham, N.H. She was multitalented, working as a shoemaker, waitress/hostess, teacher, realtor, bartender, ski instructor, Mary Kay saleswoman, and eventually opening a thrift shop, Robyn’s Nest, on Main St. to share her love of secondhand shopping, while in her free time she loved gardening and creating floral arrangements, sewing, quilting, jewelry making, snow and water skiing, swimming and tanning at the lake, and singing along with her favorite niece, Jessica, to Rickie Lee Jones, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Counting Crows, Rusted Root and more… but her one true love was being Grammy to Adia Nina, Mia Imani, Amirah Maryam and Jibril Abdur Raheem, while homesteading at her beloved “house on the hill” given to her by her children.

Robyn is predeceased by her parents, and brothers Larry and David. She is survived by her son, Dawud Guthrie Abdur Raheem, daughter, Allison Ruth Adams, her four grandchildren, sister and two brothers, many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, friends, and her husband Thomas Hagan. Services were private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Robyn’s memory.

Dorothy L. O’Malley

Sandra L. Shulkin Sandra Logan Shulkin, 101, of Salem, Mass., formerly of Banning, Calif., Swampscott, Mass., Naples, Maine, and Palm Springs, Calif., bravely met death surrounded by her loving family on May 10, 2022, at home in Salem Mass. She was born in Lynn, Mass., to Joseph and Jennie (Backman) Logan. She attended Salem State College and obtained her Master’s in Education.

Sandra married her beloved husband, Fred Shulkin of Revere, Mass., and enjoyed 65 years together before he passed in 2008.

Sandra taught in the Swampscott Public School system for 16 years, from Special Education at Stanley School to the 4th grade at the Machon School. She was a member of Temple Sinai, Marblehead, Mass., and Congregation Shalom Bayit, Banning, Calif. She served with Fred as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron of the Lebanon Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Sandra served as Ambassador for the American Heart Association. She was a member of Canyon Country Club, Palm Springs, Calif., and Naples Country Club, Naples, Maine.w Sandra enjoyed playing in golf tournaments and especially sharing her trophies. Nina (as she was known to all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren), enjoyed boating, golf, her children, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. She loved life and was happy to watch her husband and children perform water and snow sports. She was our Rummikub queen and loved playing with her friends in The Bridge Club in Swampscott and later at The Lakes in Banning, Calif.

Beloved wife of the late Fred Shulkin; father of Penni Ellis of Mohave Valley, Calif., and Naples, Maine, Peter Shulkin and his wife Eileen of Windham, N.H., and Randy Shulkin and his wife Cathy of Salem, Mass., and Naples, Maine; grandmother of Michelle Gasper, Brandon Thorne and his wife Kathy, Joel Shulkin and his wife Geiza, Aaron Thorne, Magda Shulkin Alden and her husband Dan, Jennine Shulkin Clark and her husband Phil, Jason Shulkin and his wife Claudia and Zachary Shulkin and his fiancé Jen Ziswasser; great-grandmother of Kaitlyn, Skyla, Alexandria, Michaelan, Sarina, Valentina, Isabella, Bryson, Celia, William, Samantha. She was also looking forward to her latest great-grandchild, due around the time of her 102nd birthday, to make a Baker’s Dozen. Sister of the late Barbara Logan Tyler and the late Jack Logan. She adored her family and was loved by all.

Services were graveside at Temple Sinai Cemetery, Danvers, Mass., 11 a.m., Friday, May 13, 2022. The service was livestreamed at StanetskyHymansonSalem.com, click on Sandra’s picture/obituary; there is a live-stream link at the bottom of the page. Shiva was observed following the internment at the Clubhouse at Village Vinnin Square, Salem.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Care Dimensions – Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan Street, B-102, Danvers, MA 01923, or a charity of your choice.

Dorothy L. (Holt) O’Malley, 85, of Peabody, Mass., died Saturday evening surrounded by her loving family at Beverly Hospital following a brief illness. She was the devoted wife of the late John E. O’Malley.

Born in Harrison, Maine, she was the daughter of the late William B. and Arlene (Harmon) Holt. She was raised and educated in Maine and was a graduate of Deering High School, Portland, class of 1955. She has lived in Peabody, Mass., for the past 54 years.

She loved her home state of Maine and was a longtime summer resident at her home in Harrison. She loved animals and spending time with family and friends. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was known for her “pranks” on family and friends and was a longtime member of the West Church in Peabody. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Dorothy is survived by her two daughters, Kathryn Ann Kingsbury of Lynnfield, Mass., and Shauna Marie O’Malley of Peabody, Mass., her brother William Holt and his wife Cathy of Westbrook, her sisters, Donna Hodges of Stoughton and Kaye Jeanne Holt and her husband Craig Reiche of Norton, Mass.; her beloved grandchildren, Jeni Clark of Lewiston, Nancy DeLeonardo of Virginia, and Laura Demidow of Arizona; her great-grandchildren, Caleb Demidow, Jacob Zacharias, and Alexander Clark. She was predeceased by her daughter Cheryl Lynn Demidow.

Visiting hours will be held on Friday, May 20, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., Peabody, Mass. Following cremation, a celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, June 4 at 11 a.m.,at the West Church, 27 Johnson St., Peabody, Mass., to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Burial services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to the Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Fryeburg, Maine. For directions and on-line obituary, visit www.ccbfuneral.com

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Pay Per Bag should not be a cash cow for town projects.

Instead of beating the drum for the same idea, think out of the box for new ideas and think To The Editor: Last week, the G7 Nations of the long-term effects on the pledged to ban, or phase out, town and the citizens.

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Abortion: News or noise?

(Continued from Page 1B) reinstituted the long-standing practice of not punishing early-term abortions. That continued until 1869, when arch reactionary Pope Pius IX returned to the good old days of 1588, again ruling that all abortion is murder. That’s exactly what Alito and his colleagues are trying to do in 2022.

Their opinion reminds me of what Martin Luther called “an epistle of straw.” It’s all noise, no substance. Jesus spent much of his earthly ministry teaching the disciples to ignore religious dogmatists, who believed following God consisted of obeying their own man-made rules. Instead, he taught them, “The rulers of the world lord it over people and their leaders have authority. It shall not be that way

Harrison voters face increase

(Continued from Page 1B) to keep things together, but a permanent replacement needs to happen sooner rather than later and then let these people address the issues in their permanent jobs.” Additionally, she questioned the town’s failure to adequately advertise public meetings and board agendas and the board’s lack of commitment to update the vastly outdated town’s Comprehensive Plan.

I offered two pages of written comments about the budget and included concrete recommendations on ways to solve the apparent budget crisis. Per instructions of chairman, the letter was not allowed to be discussed and or allowed to be read into the record. Fixes included immediately adopting an ordinance that would say, “in the event of a budget not passing at town meeting, a temporary budget would be established at the prior year’s level until a revised budget could be presented and voted on.” It’s a simple fix and a safety net to keep government running if a budget does not pass. Perhaps the selectmen assumed there was an automatic fallback position if the budget failed. Why is this important? Under the present system, if the pending budget HARRISON, Page 7B

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among you. If any among you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the others” (Mark 10:42-43).

Someday, maybe, people who profess the Christian faith will realize that we can’t follow Christ by bossing people around, by lording it over others, and by “laying down the law.” Leaders need to respect how severely their imperious exercises of power impact the lives of ordinary folks. Mr. Injustice Alito could benefit from a strong dose of humility. If he and his fellow theocrats think women are going to lie down and be walked over, just because they’ve issued an opinion, they need to think again.

Rev. Robert Plaisted is a retired United Methodist clergyman, formerly of Bridgton, now residing in Bath.

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end to their dependency, while aiming to cripple Russia’s economic standing.

What a great opportunity for the United States to open up the spigots of domestic oil and gas, which would reduce energy costs worldwide, reduce the cycle of inflation, and deal a blow to Russia’s ability to

fund their war in Ukraine! In a few months’ time, we would be able to supply all of our own energy needs, as well as, the G7 Nations, while helping the economy and employment here in the USA! Imagine if we could then make a deal to supply India with our clean burning, LNG (liquified natural gas). India currently gets 74% of its energy from coal, which is one of the worst sources of pollution.

The changeover from coal to LNG could reduce CO2 emis-

sions in India by 45 to 50%!

I can’t think of a better way to reduce the worlds CO2 emissions.

Seventy-nine percent of Americans think this country is on the wrong track (Monmouth University Poll).

Seventy percent of Americans think that inflation is a very big problem!

Credit card debt was up 20% in one month, according to the Federal Reserve, as Americans fall behind this inflation surge.

Meanwhile, the PPI (Producer Price Index) was up 11% year over year, (see graph) and the Import Prices were up 12%, thus guaranteeing a continuation of this Biden inflation surge for the rest of the year and beyond! Gas prices are now approaching $5 per gallon, and Biden won’t change his destructive energy policies. It is time to vote these incompetent politicians out of office.

Ultra-MAGA—Bring it on before it’s too late!

Bill Preis Bridgton

Gettin all medieval on us Judge?

To The Editor:

As if Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft of the imminent overturning of the 49 years of the settled law of Roe wasn’t dismissive and insulting enough of half of the U.S. population he marginalizes, it goes so far as to cher-

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ry-pick and cite a bizarre medieval treatise of the 13th century misogynistic English judge Henry de Bracton to justify his own deceitful shenanigans and those of his fellow theocrat “conservative” colleagues.

Delegibus of Consuetudinibus Angliae — a summation of English laws and customs — that explains, “If a person has ‘struck a pregnant woman or has given her poison, whereby he has caused an abortion, if the fetus be already formed and animated… he commits homicide.’” Seriously Justice Alito!? Your crowd insists quite differently that any abortion performed after the moment of conception is a homicide and contrary to English common law that was codified into our Constitution, life was not deemed “formed and animated” until its “quickening,” i.e. when the baby first kicks the mother’s womb. So, what’s up with citing de Bracton? Did you actually read it?

Some other tidbits of de Bracton’s treatise Alito elected to not cite deals with his prescriptive protocols for proper beheadings, burnings at the stake, and the removal of eyes and testicles of “defilers of chaste virgins” and other nasty things inflicted upon “adulterers” of either gender for the sex act performed out of wedlock, and God help those conceived by said unholy unions whom he despised wholeheartedly and said were of “no worth.”

It is noteworthy however, that unlike Alito and the current governors of Texas and Florida respectively, de Bracton recog-

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ACROSS 1. Found in Pandora’s box 5. Kind of trip 8. Toothy freshwater fish 12. Medieval headdress 13. Ne on periodic table 14. Golfer’s weapons 15. Biblical twin 16. Russian river or Russian mountains 17. Understand (2 words) 18. *Moisture in the air 20. Law school test acronym 21. Layers in plywood 22. Trigonometry abbr.

23. Uses a laser 25. Squawked or crabbed 29. Bitty 30. Two dots above a letter 33. Jasmine of “Aladdin,” e.g.

34. Forbidden, in Islam 36. Bruin legend Bobby 37. Lays in peace 38. “Metamorphoses” poet 39. Charge with crime 41. “For ____ a jolly...”

42. Easily irritated 44. *No clouds 46. Gremlin or pixie 47. *Check the weather before hitting this hiking path 49. Speech defect 51. *Cloudy

54. Classic TV’s Mrs. Brady 55. Same as island 56. “Cheers” regular 58. Elephant poacher’s ware 59. Pb on periodic table 60. *The first sign of rain?

61. Declare untrue 62. Pig’s digs 63. MacFarlane or Rogen a DOWN 1. *Road hazard 2. Eyelid hair 3. Oahu shindig 4. Assumes bad posture 5. Chill-inducing 6. Bearded ruminants 7. Unrivaled 8. *Barometer reading 9. Tiny bit 10. Purl partner 11. Three ahead of PST 13. Certain beachgoers’ philosophy 14. *Cold weather is needed for this meltable home 19. Part of small intestine 22. Cathode-ray tube 23. Hit the road 24. Falcon’s home 25. Mentor or expert 26. The Obamas’ daughter 27. Bruce Lee’s “____ the Dragon”

28. Treat without respect 29. Wallop 31. Scottish lake 32. *Rainbow shape 35. *Weather warning 37. Archeologist’s find 39. Venom source 40. Filled with dread

43. State indirectly 45. African antelopes 47. Living room centerpiece? (2 words) 48. 4 x 4 race 49. Cleanse 50. #14 Across, sing.

51. They don’t mix with

water 52. Sight for what eyes?

53. Between walk and canter

54. El ____ of medieval Spain 57. *Knot alternative, acr.

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May 19, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 5B

Low Lily has Americana roots Bellepoque

The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton presents an evening of American Roots music with Low Lily this Sunday, May 22 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

With a vocal blend that has been dubbed “outstanding” and “meticulous,” Low Lily’s cohesive sound comes naturally for musicians whose lives have been entwined on the road and onstage for almost two decades. Setting down roots in Brattleboro, Vermont, the band has crafted a signature sound which they have shared with enthusiastic audiences throughout North America and the UK, garner-

ing two #1 songs on international folk radio and two Independent Music Award wins.

Start with excellently matched vocals, add some world-class playing, sprinkle with raised-off-grid Americana and you get Low Lily. Flynn’s deft flatpicking on guitar and mandolin and Lissa’s virtuosic fiddle-playing are grounded by Liz’s percussive rhythm guitar playing, the sounds of which combine joyously in this stunning ensemble.

Chosen as Falcon Ridge Folk Festival’s “Most Wanted Band” of 2016, Low Lily

plays acoustic music that is deeply rooted in tradition yet sounds refreshingly contemporary. aWith their first full-album release, 10,000 Days Like These (March 2018, following their 2015 self-titled EP release), Low Lily shares an intimate, notricks-involved, collection of songs that showcases their

Moody, John Whelan, Cathie Ryan and Aoife Clancy. Liz has toured with Tom Chapin, Livingston Taylor, Melanie, and Long Time Courting.

Lissa has toured as a solo act as well as with Solas and Childsplay.

During the pandemic, Low Lily has released two singles, and a holiday EP. They are

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LOW LILY appears this Sunday, May 22 at The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton.

Texas Hold’em tournament

talents and proves them to be a formidable, ready-forprime-time act. A first album this strong doesn’t come from newbie’s — all the members have performed with numerous well-known names in folk and traditional music.

Flynn has toured with Ruth

Hooray! The Kettle Dinner moves back inside tonight (Thursday, May 19) at the Bridgton Community Center, or if you wish you choose “take out.”

Either way, the Bridgton Lions will begin serving at 5 p.m. All are invited to come and enjoy lasagna.

Tonight’s meal, courtesy of the Lions, is their way of saying “thank you” for your generous community support of our various service projects.

HARRISON — The Harrison Lions Club will be holding their Texas Hold’em Tournament on Saturday, May 21 at the Lions’ Den, located in the back of the Block Building on Main Street in Harrison. There will be a $60 entry fee. Doors will open at 12 p.m. with a start time of 1 p.m. Please bring your masks. Great food and refreshment are available. Proceeds will be used to support the Harrison Food Bank and the Harrison Summer rec program.

BHS Historical Walk

The Bridgton Historical Society will offer a series of low-impact informational walks once a month at Narramissic Historic Farm and the Peabody-Fitch Woods in South Bridgton. BHS Board President and Loon Echo Land Trust Stewardship Manager Jon Evans will lead the walks. This month’s walk will be held this Friday, May 20 at 9 a.m. For more information, please contact 207-647-3699.

Masonic Breakfast

Delta Masonic Lodge will host a breakfast at 920 Knights Hill Road in Lovell on Saturday, May 28 from 7 to 9 a.m. Cost is $10 per person, while children under 5 years of age are free. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries, French toast, pancakes (plain/blueberry), gravy on biscuits, baked beans, orange juice and coffee.

Church Breakfast

currently working on a new album set to be released sometime in late 2022.

The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn is located at 95 Sanborns Grove Road, Bridgton.

Tickets: www.hayloftatdragonfly.com

Mixology at SMAC 5/22

BROWNFIELD — Each year, Mountain Top Music strives to do something different and special for its annual Majestic Gala to celebrate musical diversity, support its students, and help complete and equip the iconic Majestic Theatre in Conway village.

Past Galas have featured performances from worldrenowned classical pianist Natalia Shevchuk, the incomparable “Sarasa” baroque music ensemble, a dazzling and unforgettable Portland Jazz Orchestra, and imaginative pianist Michael Arnowitt and his ImproVisions quintet.

Hosted for the third time

by Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield, this year’s Gala will be held on Sunday, May 22, from 5 to 9 p.m. and welcomes popular vocalist Susie Pepper, Mainebased pianist Kelly Muse, and their Mixology band for a one-of-a-kind dinner and tribute concert to the James Bond “007” films and other popular music classics.

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The United Parish Congregational Church of Harrison & North Bridgton (77 Main Street in Harrison) will hold its first Buffet Breakfast of the season on Saturday, May 28 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Menu will include scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee cakes, muffins, coffee, tea, and orange juice. No set fee for the breakfast, but donations are welcome. COVID guidelines for the building will be followed.

Bellepoque is a cultural event in Bridgton organized and curated by Lights Out Gallery in collaboration with the Bridgton Arts and Culture Committee, All Roads Hub Community Center, Factor Fine Art. The show will open at the All Roads Hub community center from Thursday, May 26, to June 1, 2022. There will be an opening event May 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. The show and all events will be open to the public at no cost and will operate among other events in Bridgton over Memorial Day weekend.

Lights Out Gallery is a non-profit based in Norway, whose mission is to connect artists to a broader community, especially in rural areas of Maine, by showing art without hierarchy and by building ongoing conversations that are supportive of artists and viewers of all ages.

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Mixology at SMAC (Continued from Page 5B) Susie Pepper and Kelly Muse’s polish and professionalism put them in high demand in New England.

Both have been guest artists with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and headlined recent shows at the Fryeburg Fair and Deertrees Arts Center in Harrison. Their sidemen, Dustin LeVasseur on drums and vocals, Mark West on guitar, and Rob Gerry on bass bring years of experience, talent, and overall good vibes to Mixology The public is invited to attend what is sure to be remembered as the “Party of the Year.” Advance reservations are required and tickets, which have been selling fast, can be purchased by visiting www.mountaintopmusic.org/concert-series.

Festive dress is encouraged and will likely range from classic black tie and tux to Hawaiian shirts and denims

Thursday, May 19 Men’s Monthly Cancer Support Group, 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine, 59 Winter Street, Norway. This group is open to all men experiencing any type of cancer, from diagnosis to survivorship. Masks are required.

Marie Antoinette in Maine. Join Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library online at 7 p.m. as Sue Lanser investigates the evidence and asks how the story of Marie Antoinette in Maine evokes the entangled troubles of two fledgling republics and the emergence of an American obsession with royalty. To join this free event, visit www. hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link. For a phone link or queries, contact the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at 207-925- 3177.

Kettle Dinner moves back inside at the Bridgton Community Center, or if you wish you choose “take out.”

Either way, the Bridgton Lions will begin serving at 5 p.m. All are invited to come and enjoy lasagna.

Friday, May 20 Informational walk. The Bridgton Historical Society will offer a series of lowimpact informational walks once a month at Narramissic Historic Farm and the Peabody-Fitch Woods in South Bridgton. This month’s walk will be at 9 a.m. For more information, please contact 207-647-3699.

Eat-In Buffet Supper. The Fryeburg Historical Society will hold an Eat-In Buffet Supper from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the East Conway, N.H. Community Hall (2861 East Conway Road). The menu includes ham, roast pork, baked beans, casseroles, salads, rolls, beverages and desserts. Cost: $15 for adults and $10 for children. Join the

plus everything in between.

The event will include social time sprinkled with a few of our very own Bond Girls, an open bar featuring “Shaken, Not Stirred” libations, a scrumptious buffet dinner and dessert as only SMAC’s incomparable Carol Noonan can provide, and the concert performance.

Dance away the night if you like, enjoy a bonding drink with JB if you’re lucky, or just sit and marvel at the special community show of people, place, and pleasure.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit students of all ages and talents at Mountain Top Music by helping to keep local music lessons affordable, and will also contribute to Mountain Top’s ongoing outfitting of the Majestic Theatre providing a unique community performing space for music, theatre, movies, and meeting.

Bellepoque

(Continued from Page 5B) pop-up show, “Debut,” in August of 2021. That show ran for three days and over 500 people attended.

The Bellepoque show will feature nine artists from Maine, all at different stages in their careers, including: Gabriel Frey, a 13th generation Wabanaki basket maker; Pamala Moulton, a large-scale fiber artist; Ian Factor, a figurative painter; Jocelyn Lee, a photographer and founder of Speedwell Projects; and many others.

A public talk involving artists, historians, and members of Northstar Youth will discuss the themes of the show and how they relate to our current moment. The show asks artists and viewers to use the historical period at the end of the 1800s as a jumping off-point to investigate the themes of escapism, waste, constructed realities, and the relationship between opulence and ugliness.

Free Vet Cruise (Continued from Page 5B) Secure your seat(s) as follows: Search on the web for “Naples Maine Lions Club” and click on Vet Cruise tab; in person or call the Naples Public Library at 207-693-6841; in person or call the Naples

American Legion Post #155 at 207-693-6285.

For more information or to make a reservation call: Rolanda Leary at 207627-7117 or Dave Gerrish, Event Coordinator, at 207693-6854 or e-mail atozdave@yahoo.com.

Calendar of Events

Historical Society for its first sit down dinner in two years!

Saturday, May 21 Family Nature Hike, 10 a.m., Spaulding Memorial Library, Sebago. Join LEA for a Family Nature Walk on the Sebago School Trails. It is so important for children’s developing brains and bodies to go outside and move in the woods, explore, imagine and discover — and it is important for our mental and physical health too! This event is free and open to the public.

For more information e-mail alanna@mainelakes.org Bike Rodeo, 10 a.m. to noon at Songo Locks Elementary School. Food and games. Win a bicycle or prizes. Sponsored by Naples Parks and Recreation, Bicycle Coalition of Maine, Maine Department of Transportation, and Walmart.

Guest speaker, 11 a.m. at Waterford Library, Rowland Creitz of Stow has published two novels of literary fiction: Please join us for conversations, stories, and questions. www.waterfordmainelibrary. org Texas Hold’em. The Harrison Lions Club will be holding their Texas Hold’em Tournament at the Lions’ Den, located in the back of the Block Building on Main Street in Harrison. There will be a $60 entry fee. Doors will open at 12 p.m. with a start time of 1 p.m. Please bring your masks.

Sunday, May 22 Sunday Service, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 42 Sweden Road, Bridgton, 10 a.m.

Bible Study, 5 p.m., South Bridgton Congregational Church. Church service will follow at 6 p.m. The church is located at 16 Fosterville Road, Bridgton. For more information call Shirley Field at 6471218.

Tuesday, May 24 St. Joseph Food Pantry

will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, 225 South High Street, Bridgton. All are welcome.

Masks will be required or provided if needed.

Climate Action Group, 6 p.m., at the Caswell Conservancy Center (Main Street, Harrison).

Wednesday, May 25 and Thursday, May 26 Lake Region District Art Show, featuring K-12 student art, Lake Region High School gym, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free admission.

Thursday, May 26 Bellepoque is a cultural event in Bridgton organized and curated by Lights Out Gallery in collaboration with the Bridgton Arts and Culture Committee, All Roads Hub Community Center, Factor Fine Art. The show will open at the All Roads Hub community center from Thursday, May 26, to June 1, 2022. There will be an opening event May 26, from 4 to 8 p.m. The show and all events will be open to the public at no cost.

Saturday, May 28 Church breakfast. The United Parish Congregational Church of Harrison & North Bridgton (77 Main Street in Harrison) will hold its first Buffet Breakfast of the season from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Menu will include scrambled eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee cakes, muffins, coffee, tea, and orange juice. No set fee for the breakfast, but donations are welcome. COVID guidelines for the building will be followed.

Masons’ breakfast. Delta Masonic Lodge will host a breakfast at 920 Knights Hill Road in Lovell on Saturday, May 28 from 7 to 9 a.m.

Cost is $10 per person, while children under 5 years of age are free. The menu includes scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, home fries, French toast, pancakes (plain/blueber-

ry), gravy on biscuits, baked beans, orange juice and coffee.

Book, Bake, & Plant Sale at the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine outside at the library at 227 Main Street in Lovell.

St. Joseph Women’s Guild is having their Annual Spring Sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the church hall, South High Street, Bridgton. There will be a variety of plants, delicious baked goods, gently used clothing for all ages in the Boutique Section and special finds in the White Elephant display.

Annual Plant Sale, at the Denmark Public Library, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perennial, annuals, used books, raffles.

Donations to benefit the Denmark Public Library, 121 E Main Street, Denmark. Call 207-452-2200.

Pie Sale. The First Congregational Church of Bridgton will hold a pie sale on Saturday, May 28 at the corner of Nulty and Main Streets, in front of the Oberg Insurance and Real Estate building — rain or shine. The sale begins at 9 a.m. and runs until the pies are gone, which they do quickly! A wide variety of homemade pies will be available at a price of $15 for a 9-inch pie.

Spring Sale. The Hawthorne Community Association is holding their annual outdoor yard sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hawthorne House, 40 Hawthorne Road in Raymond.

It is a multi-group sale with tools, household goods, many new and used books, games and puzzles, clothing and jewelry available. Come early for the best bargains. Rain date is the following Saturday, June 4.

Yard, Pie and Bake Sale.

The Naples United Methodist Church will hold a Yard and Pie/Bake Sale from 9 a.m.

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WATERFORD — The very popular series, All About Books, returns to Waterford Library after a COVID hiatus of two years.

This summer series spotlights talents local Maine authors who have published books from numerous genres. Scheduled for Saturdays during MayOctober, events take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. under shade structures to the rear of the historic building on Waterford Road.

To kick off the series, Stow author Rowland Creitz this Saturday, May 21 will read from and lead a discussion about his two novels.

To Touch the Earth Again is a story of early 20th century life in a Tennessee coal town and is based on a journey Rowland’s father took to Appalachia in the 1930s.

A Debt Too Dear is a novel of mystery and suspense taking place on Maine’s

until 2 p.m.

Chocorua Lake Conservancy Wildflower Wander, 9 to 11 a.m., Charlotte C. Browne Woods, Washington Hill Road, Chocorua, N.H. Join us as we hunt for some of spring’s earliest wildflowers, the “ephemeral” treasures that sprout and flower early in the spring before leaves in the forest canopy block sunlight. More info: www.chocorualake.org.

Space is limited; please register in advance at bit.ly/CLCwildflower22.

With Flying Colors with Kristen Pobatschnig kicks off the Denmark Arts Center art exhibition season from 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery is open each Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m.

Kristen Pobatschnig’s artwork will show through Saturday, July 30.

Monday, May 30 Sixth annual Memorial Day free cruise for veterans and active military personnel will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m., rain or shine on the Songo River Queen II. Veterans or active duty service men or women and their immediate family board for free. Advance reservations are highly recommended.

For more information or to make a reservation call: Rolanda Leary at 207-6277117 or Dave Gerrish, Event Coordinator, at 207-693-6854 or e-mail atozdave@yahoo. com Blooms, books, bake sale at the Hiram Cultural Center, 8 Hancock Road in Hiram at 10 a.m., and will take a short break for the town of Hiram’s Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. Perennial, annual, local and heirloom plants, bargain books for children and adults, and baked goods, bbq pork sandwiches and drinks will be available for sale.

Rowland Creitz Mohegan Island.

The remaining schedule: June 18, Waterford author Amity Schlaes June 25, A book fair featuring four local authors July 16, Bangor’s Claire Ackroyd Aug. 2, Stoneham’s Mary Atkinson Sept. 17, Rumford native Shellie Leger Oct. 15, Waterford’s Robert Spencer

Hobbs Speaker LOVELL — Rumor has it that in 1794, a sea captain named Stephen Clough was plotting to rescue the Queen of France and bring her across the water to a house in Edgecomb, Maine. The “Marie Antoinette House” still stands, but was there really such a plot, and if not, why do traces of it still flourish on the internet?

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Join the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library online on Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. as Sue Lanser investigates the evidence and asks how the story of Marie Antoinette in Maine evokes the entangled troubles of two fledgling republics and the emergence of an American obsession with royalty. A Professor Emerita of Humanities at Brandeis University and a specialist in 18th-century studies, Sue Lanser lives in Lovell and in Cambridge, Mass.

To join this free event, visit www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link.

For a phone link or queries, contact the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at 207-925-3177. The Hobbs Library Speaker Series is supported in part by a generous contribution from Norway Savings Bank.

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May 19, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 7B

Harrison voters face increase

(Continued from Page 4B) vote fails to be approved, it is possible that municipal operations could be suspended on July 1 until a budget is adopted.

No approved budget could result in no town services.

As your state representative, let me say this: When I ran for the legislature in 2020, I pledged to work hard for the people of Harrison and the district and keep a mindful eye on government spending, accountability, and transparency. I have long been a strong advocate for a prudent

and thoughtful budgeting process, as well as demanding clear communications from government officials. The most important thing I have learned in my time in the legislature is that, as a public official, we are here primarily to serve our constituents and taxpayers. The town budget has grown by less than 10% a year over the three previous years. Can we justify a 21% this year alone? If the budget passes as written, Harrison taxpayers will be left to absorb a $570,000 tax increase. How, in this period of higher grocery and gas

prices, will our low-income and elderly property owners afford to pay more in property taxes?

What we have is the appearance of an unneeded and unprecedented budget crisis. With a little effort, we can solve the issues quickly and reasonably. Elected officials can bridge the gap between the legitimate needs for departmental operations and protecting our taxpayers from unreasonable increases in the tax rate. I suggest selectmen put aside any personal agendas and work for the benefit of the people they work for and the people that work for them. We have a great town here and have a bright future ahead. Let’s work as a team on a well thought out plan for our future and get the job done.

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PART-TIME ASSISTANT CLERK The Town of Casco is seeking a part-time Assistant Clerk in the Town Clerk’s Office. This position will support the office with various activities; however, the primary responsibilities will be assisting the public at the counter. Some of the duties will include motor vehicle and recreational vehicle registrations, hunting and fishing license sales, issue certified copies of birth, marriage and death records, assist with elections and process tax payments.

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Queen bees and budget gardening

Moisture conditions: dry Common name: Sundial lupine Botanical name: Lupinus perennis Color of blooms: lavender-blue Height: 12-18 inches Growing conditions: dry Moisture conditions: sun, part shade Common name: White turtlehead Botanical name: Chelone glabra Color of blooms: white Height: 18-30 inches Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: wet As I contemplated my summary words for this column, it came to my mind that all three topics are interrelated with each other. The queen bees need early blooming flowers for nectar and pollen. We need the queen bees to lay their eggs for more bees pollinate our vegetables and flowers. We need ways for each of us to grow our own vegetables to ensure that we can eat the freshest and healthiest foods within the budgets we have. I hope that each of you can take some time in the next few days to look for the large queen bumblebees and watch as they place their mouths in the center of each flower to retrieve the nectar. By the way, according to the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas, Maine has 17 species of Bumble Bees, though three species are labelled as possibly extirpated, with only historical records to document them. With our actions, my dream is that we can change those three to visual sightings. Those are sweet dreams.

possessed of more forgiveness and common sense than the 21st century Neanderthal GOP and its Catholic and evangelical SCOTUS. To my knowledge as well, he never called the cops for the peasants having written polite and perfectly legal multi-colored messages in chalk on the public sidewalks in front of his house. I could be mistaken though.

Jon St. Laurent North Bridgton

tling the controversy once and for all.

America ceased being a Christian nation decades ago, so it is all but guaranteed that killing the unborn will win overwhelming approval in all 50 states.

As one surveys the nation, out of control crime, rampant drug use and millions of citizens willing to let government support them from cradle to grave, I submit are we even a moral nation?

As he has done his entire presidency, Biden has pitted Americans against each other as he constantly harangues and belittles anyone who had the audacity to think differently than the Communist-loving tyrants calling the shots for the Democratic Party.

Robert M. Howe Jr. Bridgton

(Continued from Page 1B) However, dandelions, violets and clover are great nectar sources for bees. Toward the goal of providing food sources for the early emerging bees, there is a nation-wide initiative called “No Mow May.” Indeed, recently WMTW (Channel 8 news) presented a story about “No Mow May.” Officially, the Maine communities of Rockland and Lamoine have endorsed the practice, and the Portland Press Herald reported that Portland has over 30 acres of ‘no mow’ park space. Of course, it is extremely important that no pesticides are used on the plants and in the area. When purchasing plants for perennial gardens, it is imperative that you ask the growers if pesticides were applied to the plants as they are toxic to bees.

In my previous column, I wrote about the fact that during this pandemic time, gardening has increased. Indeed, when a neighbor tried to order some raised beds to plant vegetables, she was informed that they were back-ordered to a time when it would be too late to plant in Maine. I want to take an opportunity to report that gardening can be completed in ways that is much less expensive. Vegetables can be grown in five-gallon plastic buckets, or in five-gallon fabric bags. The buckets and bags can be purchased at garden centers, and online for prices ranging from approximately $5 to $20 and above. If using plastic buckets, holes must be drilled in the bottom to ensure drainage. A pre-made soilless mixture can be purchased at garden centers, or a recipe can easily be found on the internet.

Fertilizer will need to be applied at 1 to 2-week intervals and the plants must be watered once a day, or twice depending on dryness. An excellent article on how to complete container gardening can be found at https://extension.unh.edu. At the site, readers can get information by typing – container gardens- in the search box. I have both wooden raised beds and fabric containers and I used them successfully for tomatoes, green beans, beets, carrots, cucumbers, and strawberries.

Below are the final plants I will list for perennials that will bloom in July and August.

Common name: Bowmans root Botanical name: Gillenia trifoliata Color of blooms: white Height: 2-3 feet Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: average, dry Common name: Common milkweed Botanical name: Asclepias syriaca Color of blooms: purple Height: 24-42 inches Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: dry, average Common name: Butterfly milkweed Botanical name: Asclepias tuberosa Color of blooms: orange Height: 12-30 inches Growing conditions: sun Moisture conditions: average, dry Common name: Swamp milkweed Botanical name: Asclepias incarnata Color of blooms: pink Height: 24-42 inches

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Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: average, wet Common name: New York Ironweed Botanical name: Vernonia noveboracensis Color of blooms: purple Height: 4-7 feet Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: wet, average Common name: Nodding onion Botanical name: Allium cernuum Color of blooms: pink Height: 12-18 inches Growing conditions: sun, part shade Moisture conditions: dry, average Common name: Pale jewelweed Botanical name: Impatiens pallida Color of blooms: yellow Height: 3-5 feet Growing conditions: shade Moisture conditions: wet Common name: Pearly everlasting Botanical name: Anaphalus margaretacea Color of blooms: white with yellow center Height: 1-3 feet Growing conditions: sun

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nized that there were — even in his day — more than two genders. He called the third the “hermaphrodite” gender and lucky for him he wasn’t around in 2022 and subject to prosecution by Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t say gay” legislation or removed from the bench in Florida. This too was not mentioned in Alito’s draft.

Justice Alito et al. and senators McConnell and Collins et al. seem to long for the good old dark and unenlightened days of 13th century England, themselves ensconced as the lords and final arbiters of meted out cruel punishments meant to keep them atop the hierarchy of the fiefdom of their beloved Federalist and Heritage Societies respectively. In the final analysis, however, one must conclude that even old Judge de Bracton in his barbarous times was possibly

Most legal scholars agree that the Court had no authority to rule on the abortion case nearly 50 years ago, as the Court is charged with ruling only on items that are spelled out in the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, freedom of assembly and speech, etc.

The Bill of Rights clearly states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Nowhere in the Constitution is abortion mentioned.

For nearly 50 years, Americans have been at loggerheads over the abortion question. The Court decided to To The Editor: end the constant turmoil over Just when we were all pray- Roe by allowing all Americans ing that Joe Biden couldn’t to vote on the issue through possibly divide Americans any their 50 state governments, setmore than he already has, he tipped his unbroken streak of pettiness, meanness and vindictiveness by his over the top rant about the Supreme Court leak on the Roe v. Wade decision.

The division continues

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