Superintendents say data does not suggest schools are a main source of transmission for the virus.
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Inside Bridgton: Nov. 20
Rotary activities Bridgton-Lake Region Rotarians and friends have been busy packing and distributing over 1,800 Health & Wellness Kits and Back-to-School Hygiene Kits through local food pantries. The kits contained basic toiletries and hand sanitizer, as well as dish soap and laundry detergent. In addition to a grant from the southern Maine and coastal New […]
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Inside Bridgton: Nov. 6
LEA education offerings School is looking quite different this year but the Lakes Environmental Association education program is up and running. Educators Mary and Alanna are currently part of the curriculum at Stevens Brook Elementary and Lake Region Middle and High Schools and holding classes in the great outdoors (following COVID-19 protection protocols, of course). […]
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Senate incumbents sweep the Lakes Region
With the exception of one race where the current senator is term-limited, Senate incumbents won their bids for reelection.
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No surprises in Lakes Region House races
The incumbent candidates won in the eight contested Maine House races Tuesday.
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Bridgton voters approve ordinance to regulate weed businesses
BRIDGTON — Bridgton voters Tuesday approved an ordinance that will require new and existing marijuana operations in town to obtain a local license. About 73% of voters, or 2,392 residents, voted in favor of the amendment to the existing victualers ordinance, which regulates businesses that sell liquor. 847 voted against it and there were 52 […]
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Hotel Bridgton gets another approval, but might be subject to appeals
Despite a citizens’ group’s appeals to stop the project, the Planning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night that developer Justin McIver’s site plan for the 66-room hotel in downtown Bridgton meets town ordinances.
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Bennett handily wins race for Senate District 19
The former legislator from Oxford, Rick Bennett, beat challenger Democrat Katey Branch of South Paris to serve as the state Senator from District 19.
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Inside Bridgton: Oct. 23
BHS annual meeting The annual meeting of the Bridgton Historical Society will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Magic Lantern Theater. It will include a business and activity report, a vote on bylaw amendments and a short program on “The Great Corn Riot of 1873.” Seating is limited and all CDC […]
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Hotel Bridgton remand order on Planning Board’s docket
The Planning Board is set take up the issue Oct. 20, three months after a Cumberland County Superior Court justice ordered the board to reconsider their approval of Hotel Bridgton.