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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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘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.
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
