BRIDGTON — Gallery 302, 112 Main St., has a new artist, Audrey Jordan, who works primarily in watercolor. Jordan has lived in New England all her life. She is mostly self-taught and has also studied with local and nationally known artists. Tube watercolors are her first choice of medium, though she also uses other watercolors, […]
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Loon Echo Land Trust offers sunset-moonrise hike at Bald Pate Mountain Preserve
BRIDGTON — Loon Echo Land Trust staff will lead a sunset-moonrise hike to Bald Pate Mountain on Saturday, March 31. Meet at the Bald Pate parking lot on Route 107 in South Bridgton at 6 p.m. for the 45-minute scramble to the summit. Sunset will occur at 7:05 p.m. and the full Pink Moon will […]
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Bridgton gallery showing stained glass by local artist
BRIDGTON — Nancy Fitch, who has lived in Sebago for 44 years, has recently begun showing her work at Gallery 302, 112 Main St. Fitch has always had a fascination for stained glass. Growing up in Chicago, she studied art and collected colored bottles and broken glass. She was self-taught and her first project was a […]
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Heather Pierson Trio to perform in Bridgton March 4
BRIDGTON — The Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio will perform at the Hayloft at Dragonfly Barn at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4. Maine-raised and now based in the Mt. Washington Valley, Pierson is a veteran performer and songwriter known best for her bell-tone vocals and virtuosity at the piano. With her trio, she released Singin’, her […]
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Texas Hold’em poker PARIS — The AMVETS monthly Texas Hold’em poker tournaments are held at from 5 p.m. to midnight on the first Friday of the month at the American Legion Hall. The event is open to the public. The Auxiliary will have a food concession open from 5 p.m. until the end of second […]
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Textile program weaves new Mainers into workforce
WESTBROOK — A city business is partnering with Portland Adult Education and Southern Maine Community College to not only create American-made products, but to train immigrants to be part of the American workforce. A class of eight stitchers graduated Dec. 15 from a program facilitated by Dory Richards Waxman, owner of Old Port Wool & […]
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Bridgton: Truck hauling home goes off Route 302 and into Moose Pond
BRIDGTON — Police say a tractor-trailer hauling a modular home about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on Route 302 plunged into Moose Pond in Bridgton. Only one lane of Route 302 is open. Drivers are urged to avoid the area. The tractor-trailer driver was not hurt, according to police. There is no word on what caused the […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Bridgton or bust
Pop quiz: It’s 95 degrees out and 100 percent humidity. What do you do? What do you do? Well, if you’re Shopping Siren, you drape yourself across a broken air conditioner and suck on rapidly melting ice cubes. This is not recommended. If you’re anyone else — say, for example, you — you head to […]
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Man injured in Bridgton home explosion, fire
BRIDGTON (WGME) — A man is injured after witnesses reported an explosion followed by a fire Tuesday night. The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. Crews responded to 3 Noble Lane where witnesses told the assistant fire chief that an explosion was heard. A man was hospitalized with unknown injuries, firefighters said, and the State […]
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Military Note: Airman, OHCHS alum graduates basic training
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — U.S. Air Force Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Michael C. Doucette graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and […]