Voters will elect a selectman, a school board member and multiple Planning Board and Board of Appeals members.
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Massachusetts man drives truck into Sweden home
A Massachusetts man was critically injured after he drove his pickup truck into a house in Sweden. Nobody was in the home at the time.
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Lovell land trust conserves 7 miles of western Maine riverfront
This conservation achievement marks the largest land purchase in the trust’s history.
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Sheriff: Maryland man arrested after 4-hour standoff in town of Sweden, charged with domestic assault
James Godfrey Shepherd, 65, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, was arrested and charged with elevated aggravated domestic violence assault and creating a police standoff, according to officials.
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Porter motorcyclist killed fleeing from police in Sweden on Monday
Police said 42-year-old Thomas Welch died in spite of efforts by an Oxford County Sheriff’s deputy and witnesses who made attempts to revive him.
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Bridgton area club donates 4 Little Free Libraries
Over the past year, the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club has placed four Little Free Libraries built by the Lake Region Vocational Center in Waterford, Sweden, Denmark and the Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton. The libraries are being used to share books with no obligation to return them, according to a news release from the […]
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Fryeburg man gifts raffle winnings to Sweden Food Pantry
Bob Hatch of Fryeburg, owner of Bob Hatch Sign Maker, won a pig raffle recently held by the Fryeburg Area Rotary Club. He donated the 316-pound pig to the Sweden Food Pantry. Pantry hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 137 North Bridgton Road. The pantry […]
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Oxford County Commissioners Steven Merrill and David Duguay stepping down
State Rep. Sawin Millett and state Sen. Lisa Keim running for the vacancies.
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Improvements announced at Sweden Food Pantry
The Sweden Food Pantry announces improvements to its facility. The pantry has ordered a half cow over the past two years, all ground meat. The board decided to forego that option because of the availability of beef at a lower cost at Good Shephard Food Bank. An anonymous donor struck a deal with Smith’s Homestead […]
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Pietree Orchard’s 2023 harvest a fruitless affair
The popular fruit farm, which had been a staple for fans of pick-your-own seasonal fruits, closed at the end of 2022.