Bridgton Hospital plans to host its 30th annual golf tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Bridgton Highlands Country Club, 379 Highland Drive in Bridgton. The tournament has raised more than $1 million over the years to support the many services and programs offered by Bridgton Hospital, according to a news release from the hospital. “We […]
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Girlfriend says Bridgton man charged with assaulting couple was high on meth
Michael Holden appeared disoriented to his girlfriend around midday Tuesday, hours before 77-year-old Robert and Margaret Macdonald were assaulted in their lakeside home.
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Lake Region Community Chorus to perform
The theme of this year’s concert is “Sing With Joy.”
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Missing man found in Bridgton
Ralph Knight, 79, was suffering from advanced stages of hypothermia, according to the Maine Warden Service.
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Bridgton, Rumford hospitals honored among nation’s top rural hospitals
LEWISTON — Bridgton and Rumford hospitals have been named among the best rural hospitals in the country. The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that tracks health care safety, quality and value, this week named the two hospitals to its 2018 list of top rural hospitals in the United States. Seventeen made the list nationally, […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Connections, The Bethel Citizen
Loon Echo Land Trust to lead snowshoe walk, seeks donations for proposed Peabody-Fitch Woods acquisition
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust has received a $50,000 grant from an anonymous foundation to match donations received for the acquisition of the Peabody-Fitch Woods in Bridgton. The conservation effort protects the Bridgton Historical Society’s historic Narramissic Farm from development encroachment. The acquisition of 252 acres of land surrounding the 18th century farm will […]
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Gallery 302 to feature Rebecca May Verrill as December artist
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 will welcome guest artist Rebecca May Verrill from Dec. 4 to Dec. 31 at 112 Main St. There will be an artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. A western Maine native from Otisfield, Verrill is a potter based in Portland. For more than 20 years, she has been […]
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Painting to be raffled for scholarship funds
The watercolor “Spring Garden” by Polly Hayton will be raffled at a public reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Gallery 302, 112 Main St. in Bridgton. Hayton was a member of the gallery and the Bridgton Art Guild until she passed away a few years ago. Her family donated several of […]
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Lake Region Community Chorus to perform holiday concert
BRIDGTON — The Lake Region Community Chorus is proud to present its sixth annual Holiday Concert at the Twitchell Chapel at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton. The concerts are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9. This amazing choral group is comprised of 55 singers from 14 surrounding towns. […]
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Gallery 302 featuring Conversations exhibit
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 is showing Conversations, an exhibit proposed six months ago as an artistic and fun opportunity for Bridgton Art Guild members. Artists willing to take the challenge — 10 in all — submitted new work, put their names in a hat, chose another artist’s name and made a work that responded, in […]