BRIDGTON — They are often beautiful and easily grown, but common landscape plants like Japanese barberry, Asiatic bittersweet and Morrow honeysuckle can do great harm to Maine’s forests. Invading plants out-compete native species, hogging sunlight, space and nutrients. Learn how to recognize these and other non-native, invasive species as well as strategies to control their […]
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Bridgton economic director: King prefers no festival
BRIDGTON – Community economic development director Alan Manoian said Thursday that he was disappointed to call off plans to develop a Stephen King Literary Festival, but his work to bring economic vitality to the town continues. “We just know it would have been so magnificently received. But we feel what’s most important is affording Stephen […]
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Bridgton official considers Stephen King festival
BRIDGTON — The town hopes to become a national or even international destination by celebrating the literary genius of former resident Stephen King. “I’m calling it a literary heritage festival,” said Alan Manoian, director of economic and community development, of the proposed Bridgton Celebrates Stephen King Festival. He will begin to develop the concept with […]
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Bridgton holds tour of historic features
BRIDGTON — The popular Downtown Bridgton Historic Tour series kicks off on May 26 with a “grand stroll” through Farragut Memorial Park. Alan Manoian, of the Bridgton Office of Economic and Community Development, announced that the first tour of the season will be held from 6 to 7 p.m., viewing the Farragut Memorial Park, the […]
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Court records in death of Maine mom sealed 90 days
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The New Hampshire court records of the investigation into the slaying of a Maine mother as part of what police say was a drug deal are going to be kept from the public for at least 90 days. The ruling means that information about the death of 20-year-old Krista Dittmeyer contained […]
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The Summer Camp is finalist in Toyota car giveaway
Toyota to donate vehicle to nonprofit based on votes BRIDGTON — Bridgton-based organization The Summer Camp is one of 500 finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, which will award vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public. Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program has been showcasing five nonprofit organizations each […]
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‘Walk a Rotary Mile’ to benefit polio eradication
FRYEBURG/BETHEL — The final eradication of polio will be the objective as Five Rotary Clubs combine forces in two separate locations, Fryeburg and Bethel, to “Walk A Rotary Mile” Saturday, May 7. The Rotary clubs of Fryeburg, Bridgton, Oxford Hills, Bethel and Rumford will host walkers and their sponsors as they walk a mile to […]
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Autopsy planned on body of Maine mom found in NH
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An autopsy is planned on the body of a Maine woman found in a pond at a New Hampshire ski area. Divers on Wednesday retrieved the body of 20-year-old Krista Dittmeyer, of Portland. It was about a quarter mile from where her car was found idling early Saturday in the parking […]
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Report on Krista Dittmeyer could take weeks
CONWAY, N.H. — Authorities said Thursday it could take six to eight weeks before they receive toxicology report results to help determine the cause of death of a Maine woman found in a pond at a New Hampshire ski area. An autopsy failed to conclusively establish the cause of death of Krista Dittmeyer, 20, of […]