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Inside Standish: Nov. 29

BERT receives grant Bonny Eagle’s robotics team recently received a $1,500 Community Spirit Grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation. The grant is part of the Foundation’s Community Spirit 9/11 grant program, which commemorates Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. The funds will be used towards the team’s yearly budget, […]

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Inside Standish: Nov. 15

Stuff for the pantry Standish Scout Troop 874 will hold a “Stuff the Tent” event on Saturday, Nov. 16, in support of the Standish Food Pantry. Donations can be dropped off at the Standish Hannaford between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. If you cannot make it to the event, donations can be dropped off throughout […]

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Voters OK referendums; Bridgton nixes recreational pot

Residents across the Lakes Region approved nearly all the referendum questions at the polls Nov. 5, with the exception of a proposed ordinance about recreational marijuana in Bridgton.   The ordinance would have allowed recreational marijuana retail stores and cultivation facilities, among other related businesses, in town, but it was voted down 725-453, with eight blank ballots.  Also in Bridgton, voters approved […]