Rotary Club mask distribution The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club received a shipment of 5,000 masks from the Rotary’s Million Mask Challenge to continue helping the community during these challenging times. The masks will be distributed along with health and wellness packets to food pantries in Bridgton, Harrison, Naples and Sweden over the next few weeks. […]
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Vaccination rollout leaves questions unanswered for Lakes Region residents
In the Lakes Region, pharmacy retailers and some long-term care facilities have declined to comment on where their allotment has gone and providers have said that the sporadic and limited supply makes it difficult to say when and where residents can get vaccinated.
At Bridgton Hospital, COVID-19 ‘part of everything we do’
The pandemic has not only stretched the small hospital’s patient care capacity to the limit, it also has an posed an immense physical and emotional challenge for staff, say the hospital president and the head of nursing.
Anti-hotel group says it will keep fighting despite recent loss
The Board of Appeals last week affirmed the Planning Board’s decision that Hotel Bridgton’s site plan meets the standards of an environmental protection ordinance.
Inside Bridgton: Jan. 15
Food for Thought The Bridgton-Lakes Region Rotary Club contributed $500 last month to the Friends of the Bridgton Public Library to enable a donation of over 725 books to the Harrison Food Pantry. This Food for Thought program supports literacy and was inspired by the Rotary’s distribution of health and wellness packets to local food […]
Overall crime down in Windham, Bridgton
The towns’ police chiefs, however, say drug-related crimes and substance use and its treatment are among their top concerns.
Snowmobile clubs ready for first big snowfall of season
Snowmobile clubs throughout the region have been working on clearing trails and repairing bridges for months now.
Letter: ‘Bell’ the GOP elitists, not members who support Constitution
The author of a recent opinion column, “Time for GOP to ‘bell the cat,’” Dec. 25., has it all backward in her assertion that the GOP needs to return to its roots. It is the GOP elitists, the hierarchy, the establishment, the politicians whose policies are directed by the globalists to the detriment of the […]
Area schools see a post-holiday increase in COVID-19 outbreaks
This story has been updated.
Bridgton Hospital welcomes its first baby of 2021
BRIDGTON —Bridgton Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2021 on New Year’s Day. Josephine Grace, daughter of Sarah and John Tucker, was born at 6:22 p.m. on Jan. 1, weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and measuring 20.75 inches. “She likes to burp. She likes to cuddle. She has a little head of blonde hair, chubby […]