BRIDGTON — Sandra Lee Kimball is a new exhibiting artist at Gallery 302. Kimball has been a creator and artist as far back as she can remember. When she was 5, her dad gave her a jack knife of her own after she kept asking to use his to carve wood and plaster of Paris. […]
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Illustrator Kate Erwin newest artist at Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Primarily an illustrator, Kate Erwin is inspired by narratives. She loves nothing more than the combination of words and pictures and the stories they can tell together. Erwin, who recently joined the group of more than 40 exhibiting artists at Gallery 302, recently opened a small creative collaboration company called Big Bear Studios […]
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New photographer joins Gallery 302
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 welcomes a new photographer to its cooperative of over 40 artists. Tom McLaughlin taught history in Fryeburg for many years and still publishes a weekly column in Maine and New Hampshire newspapers about whatever is on his mind. McLaughlin says, “There’s beauty almost everywhere and my camera sometimes lets me take away […]
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Oxford Hills alum honored with recreation leadership award
BRIDGTON — Gary Colello, a 2005 graduate of Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and former resident of South Paris and Otisfield, was recently named the Maine Recreation and Parks Association announces the 2020 “Dr. Bill Eckart” Young Professional Award winner. The award is named for Dr. William Eckart, a former professor of recreational management at […]
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Oxford Hills seniors to graduate at Bridgton Twin Drive-In
Other school districts are considering similar plans for the Class of 2020.
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Rufus Porter Museum receives $4,000 grant
BRIDGTON – The Rufus Porter Museum has received a grant from the Davis Family Foundation totaling $4,000. This funding will improve the museum’s collection management system – including upgrading collection management software, improving photographs of collection items, and publishing the collection online for the public to access. It’s a large project that the museum is […]
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Two new cases of COVID-19 reported at Lewiston, Bridgton hospitals
LEWISTON — Two patients, one at Central Maine Medical Center and one at Bridgton Hospital, have tested positive for COVID-19, including one who had come in contact with an existing known carrier of the virus, according to officials at Central Maine Healthcare on Monday afternoon. Both patients are in self-quarantine at home. One of the […]
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Bridgton motel to be auctioned off
After receiving no bids for the First and Last Resort Motel, the town plans to find a buyer through an auction.
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PHOTOS: Firemen race for a cure
The annual Mary’s Firemen for a Cure fundraiser benefits breast cancer awareness and was started by Bridgton firefighter Wayne Allen and his wife, Mary, in 2003, two years before she died of the disease.