HARRISON — The public will have an opportunity at next week’s public hearing in Harrison to ask questions and comment on proposed amendments to the Fireworks Ordinance, Dog Ordinance, Road Name & Numbering Ordinance and a plan to share a animal control officer with Bridgton. The public hearing has been set for Tuesday, Sept. 18, beginning […]
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Sara J. Robbins
BRIDGTON — Sara (Sally) J. Robbins died Saturday, Aug. 25, at Bridgton Health & Residential Care Center surrounded by her family and friends who were also her co-workers. She was born Aug. 31, 1934, in Portland, to Elmer and Annie Johnson of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sally had many cousins in the Stewiake Valley of Nova Scotia. […]
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival to present season's last program
HARRISON — Internationally renowned violinist and violist Todd Phillips makes his first appearance in the final concert of the 46th season of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Deertrees Theatre. Patriotism inspired the three composers whose works appear on the Aug. 14 program. As the festival continues to […]
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Heather Pierson Trio and Ordinary Elephant at Deertrees Theatre
HARRISON — The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio and Ordinary Elephant will perform in a double bill at Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10. Based nearby in the Mount Washington Valley, the Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio are three musicians from three distinct generations and backgrounds, bringing their skills and down-to-earth honesty to bear on […]
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Music festival continues at Deertrees Theater
HARRISON — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 46th season continues at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at the Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Road. Widely known as the summer’s highlight for many residents and visitors, the festival’s concerts have garnered a reputation for presenting five extraordinary concerts performed by 26 internationally acclaimed artists in a woodland setting with powerful […]
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival continues with chamber music
HARRISON — The third concert of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s 46th season continues at the Deertrees Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. The festival presents a chamber music repertoire performed by internationally acclaimed artists for three more Tuesday evenings through Aug. 14. Composers sometimes like to surprise listeners with unexpected combinations of instruments. […]
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Harrison celebrates at Caswell Conservancy Center
Harrison held its third annual celebration of Independence Day at the Caswell Conservancy Center on July 4. Like the original Declaration of Independence of 1776, of which copies were sent to Maine towns and read to its inhabitants, the Declaration of Independence was read by Samantha Irish of Bridgton and Frank Daggett and Muffett Crowell […]
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Garage, cars destroyed in Harrison fire
Travis Cummings looks out at what was once a three-bay garage where he works on friends’ vehicles. He was restoring an ’88 Oldsmobile where his father, Nelson Cummings, who owns the property, once operated a car repair business. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) HARRISON — A late-night fire destroyed a garage and four cars at 178 Plains Road […]
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Crystal Lake perfectly safe
HARRISON — Jump in, the water is fine! That’s the message from Town Manager Tim Pellerin after social media began circulating a false story that the popular Crystal Lake was polluted with E. coli. “Someone saw something, someone said something or heard something, and immediately we started getting calls,” Pellerin said late last week. The […]
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Music festival continues at Deertrees Theatre
HARRISON — The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival continues its 46th season at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at the Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. All three works for the program are part of the chamber music repertoire, lyrical pieces written in diverse times and places. The program opens with the Flute Trio by renowned American composer […]