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Divers search for 19-year-old man who fell in Long Lake

Marine Patrol says that divers are still in the water @WGME pic.twitter.com/ofSZVDP0LB — Alexa Maslowski (@AlexaWGME) August 3, 2016 Wardens say the teen was riding on the front of a pontoon boat when he fell overboard and went under the boat. Passengers say they started seeing the man floating briefly before he went underwater. Divers […]

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Trucks collide, strike building in Bridgton

BRIDGTON — Police had an exciting morning when two trucks collided and struck the side of an unoccupied building on Harrison Road. According to a release from the Bridgton Police Department, a passenger truck and a trailer full of pigs collided and slid off the road, doing substantial damage to the building’s side wall.  Bridgton […]

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CMP workers rescue driver from fiery wreck

BRIDGTON — Bernard Graffam drove into a pole on Route 302 Thursday morning, flipping his truck and trapping him behind the wheel when the pickup caught fire. In spite of all that, you might say Graffam was lucky. Police on Thursday said Graffam, 54, of Bridgton, would have been in serious trouble if not for […]

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No butts; smokers fuming over drive-in smoking ban

BRIDGTON — New efforts to comply with its state license to serve food and drinks has some of the patrons of the Bridgton Twin Drive-In taking to social media to complain. According to posts on the drive-in’s Facebook page and a recorded message on its phone line, the summer business has been warned by the […]

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Thomas ‘Tom’ Pingree

1950 – 2016 DENMARK — Thomas “Tom” Pingree, 65, of Denmark died unexpectedly, Friday, April 1, at his home in Denmark. He was born on April 20, 1950, in Bridgton, the only child of Elwood Pingree and Elma (Pingree) Lord. He attended local schools, graduating from Fryeburg Academy in 1969. He went on to attend […]

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King to host forum on climate change

BRIDGTON — A forum on climate change, health and Maine’s winter sports will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, March 28, at the Maine Lakes Science Center, 51 Willett Road. The second annual event, titled Fishing on Thin Ice Forum, will be hosted by U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Laura Dorle of Environment Maine, David […]

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Ginzler announces re-election bid

BRIDGTON — Republican state Rep. Phyllis Ginzler has announced her intention to seek re-election to the House District 69 seat, which includes the towns of Bridgton, Denmark and Harrison. If re-elected, it would be her second term. During the 127th Legislature, Ginzler sponsored three bills, most notably LD 280, “An Act To Exempt Military Pensions […]

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Maine AG rules Bridgton officer justified in shooting at car

AUGUSTA — The Maine Attorney General’s Office says a police officer was justified in shooting at a car that backed into his cruiser during a chase. The Portland Press Herald reports that a report released Tuesday says it’s reasonable to conclude that Bridgton Police Officer Todd Smolinsky thought “deadly force was imminently threatened” against him […]