Main Street celebration Bridgton celebrates the completion of the Upper Main Street Wastewater and Streetscape Project on Saturday, Sept. 12, starting with a ribbon cutting at Brookside Park (across from the Magic Lantern) at 4 p.m. A celebration concert featuring the music of the Maine Marimba Ensemble and G. Love & The Juice begins at […]
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Senate veteran, political newcomer vie for District 19 seat
Rick Bennett, who previously served in both houses of the Legislature, faces Katey Branch, a business owner and community educator, in the November election.
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Senate veteran, political newcomer vie for District 19 seat
Rick Bennett, who previously served in both houses of the Legislature, faces Katey Branch, a business owner and community educator, in the November election.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Decision violates land rights, Bridgton family says
The Sanborn family, which owns 125 acres of property off South Bridgton Road, said that the Planning Board’s Aug. 18 decision denying their land grandfathering status is part of a larger pattern of “unlawful actions.”
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Inside Bridgton: Aug. 27
Great Bridgton Duck Race The duck has arrived. She was late this year and found that the water level in Stevens Brook was too low for her ducklings to race and — to her surprise — that there was a pandemic going on. But she landed anyway to let you know the “race” will be […]
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Tworog wins Bridgton Selectboard seat
BRIDGTON — Voters elected Paul Tworog to the Board of Selectmen in Tuesday’s run-off election, beating challenger Bernard King for the three-year-term seat. Tworog won 260 votes to Bernard’s 126. Tworog and King tied in the July 14 election with 347 votes each. Incumbent Fred Packard won the other open seat in the July election.
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Bridgton gravel pit ruled ineligible for grandfathering
The Planning Board determines that the Sanborn family did not provide the evidence necessary to prove their gravel pit should be exempted the Willet Brook Aquifer Protection Ordinance.
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Jones appointed police chief in Bridgton
BRIDGTON — Phillip Jones is the new chief of the Bridgton Police Department. Jones has been with the department since 2006 and most recently served as a sergeant on the force. Former Chief Richard Stillman left the department at the end of June to take a position as police chief in Moultonborough, New Hampshire. Town […]
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Bridgton voters to decide on Selectboard member Aug. 25
BRIDGTON — Voters Tuesday will determine whether Bernard King or Paul Tworog will win a seat on the Board of Selectmen. The candidates tied with 347 votes each in the July 14 election. King, a 32-year veteran of the Police Department who served on the Selectboard from 2011 to 2017, told the Lakes Region Weekly […]
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Inside Bridgton: Aug. 14
I hope everyone out there has been staying safe and healthy and enjoying the summer. The heat and humidity have been oppressive at times but all too soon we’ll be complaining about the cold and ice so revel in the warmth while you can! Taking a hike on Pleasant Mountain to pick some wild blueberries […]