Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club’s Environmental Committee has launched a new initiative with the Lake Environmental Association to revitalize the Stevens Brook Trail. Seven Rotarians and Friends of Rotary met May 3 with Alanna Doughty, educator with the association at Highland Lake Boat Launch to walk the trail inside downtown Bridgton. The purpose was to assess […]
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‘I’ve never lived through anything like this in my life’: 5 area nurses reflect on being a nurse during the pandemic
For the second year in a row, National Nurses Week has taken on a renewed meaning as the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the role that nurses play in patients’ lives at their most vulnerable moments.
Legislature backs Bridgton man’s tribute to Maine as state’s official ‘Song of the 21st Century’
Terry Swett wrote “My Sweet Maine” in celebration of the state’s bicentennial, and a bill to make it “Maine’s Song of the 21st Century” was adopted by the Maine House.
Bridgton gallery aids local food pantry
BRIDGTON — With many families struggling because of the pandemic, the members of Gallery 302 decided to give some help to the Bridgton Food Pantry. Artist Ruth Boisvert donated a felted figure of the iconic “Bernie with Mittens” meme, to be raffled. Proceeds were shared between the food pantry and the gallery’s computer fund. The […]
Bernie Sanders felted figure raffle to raise money for food pantry, computer
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Gallery 302 welcomes stained-glass artist as member
BRIDGTON — Deborah J. Ripley, a stained-glass artist from Denmark, Maine, joins a group of more than 40 artists at Gallery 302, 112 Main St. Ripley learned stained-glass techniques from a gifted local artist in the winter of 2016. It brings her great joy to make something interesting, bright and beautiful from a pile of […]