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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer CASCO — There was a spy at the Naples Town Meeting, gathering intelligence on the handheld voting devices that were being used.

Actually, Casco Town Clerk Penny Bean did not make her presence there a

secret. It was well-known that she was watching to see how the voting devices worked.

Now, the staff in both towns are sold on the idea of continuing to use the apparatuses, also known as clickers.

In 2021, during the town meeting that was held outdoors, Casco tested out the

clickers for the first time.

Those were loaners from Greater Portland Council of Governments.

This year, the towns of Naples and Casco pooled together their resources, splitting the cost of $6,635 for 200 voting devices plus the software system, according to

Spotlight on Bridgton Select Board race

Alfred Bottone IV

Seth Dresser

Kenneth Murphy

One seat up for grabs

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Three candidates — Alfred A. Bottone IV, Seth J. Dresser and Kenneth J. Murphy — seek the open three-year seat on the Bridgton Board of Selectmen, replacing Bear Zaidman.

Election Day is Tuesday, June 14 with the polls open at the Bridgton Town Hall (North High Street) from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee ballots are now available.

The News posed the following questions to the candidates, with their responses arranged in alphabetical order.

Q. Why did you decide to run for office?

Al Bottone: Our business has been open for over three years and we have lived here in Bridgton for over 20 years. Part of our business plan is to give back to the community anywhere we can. I like to listen and talk to people. I believe can help shape a stronger community and town as we move forward from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seth Dresser: Bridgton is a great town, and I have been looking for ways to give back and be more engaged in the town.

Ken Murphy: To continue to serve Bridgton and all its residents. Staying involved keeps me motivated to see Bridgton prosper and move forward into the future.

Q. What strengths (character/experience) do you believe you bring to the position?

Al Bottone: Communication and listening to people through my career have been a very fortunate learned skill and its part of my understanding of

About the Candidates Alfred A. Bottone IV: On my mother’s side, her family came to the colonies from Europe on the sixth ship from the Mayflower. My father’s side came from Italy to the colonies just before the Civil War. I was born in Gardner, Mass. My family spent every summer in Wells, and I spent most of my free time traveling and staying along the Maine coast most of my adult life.

Over 20 years ago, my wife and I moved to Bridgton and worked on the coast at the Dunstan School Restaurant.

I was a working executive chef and we enjoyed quite a few years there. Over the last 30 years, I’ve been in the culinary field specializing in catering and presentation/ exhibition cooking. We retired officially in 2019. With my wife and a friend, we opened our present business on Main Street, “Happy Valley Popcorn Company.”

“We are a one-stop popcorn shop. Specializing exclusively in European glazed popcorn, high quality butter infused olive oil and ancient grain popcorn products. The only company to have a built-in bowl found on our Grab & Go packages…What’s not to love …”

Seth J. Dresser: I grew up on the coast, in Rockland.

I spent a couple of years in high school in Aroostook County; a town called Limestone, just north of Caribou.

After college and a few years down in Maryland, I realized that I missed Maine, and found my way back, ending up in Bridgton. I’ve been in the area for about 15 years now.

I live in North Bridgton with my daughter.

Kenneth J. Murphy: Single/divorced; two grown children that are married with two children each and live in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Background in Advertising, Public Relations and retired from Sears before moving back to Bridgton; worked selling advertising for the Bridgton News for five and a half years, now working at the Umbrella Factory Supermarket in Naples handling advertising and in the Meat Department.

Been involved with many non-profit organizations, Bridgton Community Center (past president), past member of the Bridgton Lions Club, past president and current board member of the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, proud member of the American Legion Post 67 and U.S. Air Force veteran.

Casco Town Manager Tony Ward. Since the neighboring communities hold annual town meeting at different times of the year, the purchase made sense. The software includes an option to download an app onto a cell phone, Ward said.

Casco had the advantage

of watching Naples’ voting system in action in late April.

“Pam Griffin and Penny Bean both attended and saw what little glitches there were.

We now have learned from their experiences,” Ward said.

Casco Annual Town Meeting is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 15, at

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer In a matter of a few weeks, a wildlife mural came to life in vibrant colors.

On the last day of May, the artists and volunteers signed the mural that will be part of downtown Bridgton in the days to come.

The mural project is the brainchild of the Town of Bridgton Arts and Culture Subcommittee. The grant funding was secured through Opportunity Alliance and Maine Youth Action Network. Kate Erwin, of Harrison, was the artist whose image was chosen by the subcommittee to adorn the wall.

The mural process encompassed many community members, including

SIGNING THE MURAL— Artist Kate Erwin, of Harrison, puts the first signature on the mural, which was based on her design.

(De Busk Photo) a half-dozen art students. grass located in the lower Two sophomores from right-hand side of the scenic Lake Region High School image.

(LRHS) were present on Sophomore Kalee Tuesday when people put Charette, of Casco, said she their signatures in the green MURAL, Page 3A

Artists make a mark on their community

1,000 Origami cranes & the wish for peace

the environment around me.

Insights that I use with what is needed for research on an issue or subject presented to me and then decide on possible actions or reactions. This is not a skill set that is quick to judge, but it is not slow to act either. Less of a “kneejerk” reaction and a more informed decision process.

Seth Dresser: I have a relatively diverse history, and I believe that offers a unique perspective when approaching issues facing the town. I also have a relatively young family, and I feel that that offers a slightly different view and approach toward priorities within the town.

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FRYEBURG — It was almost serendipitous that two simultaneous Peace Crane Projects were in the works during April and May to create an astounding 1,000 paper origami cranes.

The project’s roots are based on the ancient Japanese origami art form, where delicate and colorful kami paper is folded into ornate objects. And, according to ancient legend, “anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the gods.” In this particular case, peace for Ukraine.

“The idea of a Peace Crane Project came as a recommendation from a friend’s dad,” says Jiwon Choi, a Fryeburg Academy freshman. “I thought it would be a meaningful project [for our origami club] if we all expressed ourselves through art in our hope for peace in Ukraine and all people around the world. When I heard Dawn Crowe was leading another similar project from the Fryeburg New Church, it motivated us to reach out to join our efforts.”

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Postmaster Foss looks forward to meeting with local residents and businesses to ensure that their mailing and shipping needs are being met and

that the trust placed in the Postal Service by all of our customers is being earned.

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Ward listed some of the advantages of using the clickers instead of colored pieces of paper to vote.

“It is very quick. It is a much quicker response than counting by hand,” he said.

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and staff participated in the project through paper donations or assisted in the cranes’ delicate folding to create a stunning 500 paper crane art installation in the Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts

Center.

“For us at the Fryeburg New Church, the project was more of an emotional group effort rather than a physical one,” says church member Dawn Crowe. “I was sitting in church one

The Peace Crane Project installed at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The project was led by members of the Academy’s origami club, Jiwon Choi ’24 and Isable Macht ’24.

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Race: Bridgton Select Board (Continued from Page 1A) Ken Murphy: Do something positive attitude, experienced leader of many organizations. Pushed hard to update roads coming in and out of Bridgton. Instrumental in the design of our “Welcome to Bridgton” signs. Recommended to develop Lower Main Street when doing our streetscape.

Q. What are three major issues/challenges/problems facing the town, and how would you approach addressing them?

Al Bottone: One of the most frustrating problems to me is the overall parking limitations in town. There is not enough around for people to use. There is no easy solution where you can strike a somewhat balance to please everyone.

Second — As a community, a better representation of the whole town as a community is needed. What I mean is show the diversity of the businesses and green spaces located all around town and highlight on those strengths when advertising Bridgton to the outside world. It will create a better picture of the town of Bridgton and its community. Keep the personality and history of each district in the town, but shine as one community.

Three — Ah, the elephant in the room, the debate over the old Bridgton Memorial School and property. Great ideas over the years. SAD 61 wants to turn the school property over to the town, but they want to see certain conditions guaranteed for the property’s use because of the close proximity to Stevens Brook Elementary. Redevelopment to be educational, historical and/or recreational not commercial or sold by the town to offset taxes (according to the article “BEDC gets green light to explore old Memorial School options,” Aug. 13, 2021, The Bridgton News). One idea from the BEDC (Bridgton Economic Development Corp) is transforming the property into a functioning facility to benefit a wide spectrum of the community. An estimated cost of around $10 to $20 million. The BEDC would seek out grant money and launch a capital fundraising effort. No tax dollars would be used to retrofit and build a new complex.

The proposal is a wonderful snapshot of what could be, but maybe a little too big and grand for now. According to the U.S. Census of April 1, 2021, our overall population in town is 5,527 residents. In 2010 the population was only 5,210 showing a growth of 317 new residents moving to town with a 10-year growth of 2.1%. With the average growth in Maine projected to be 2.1% between 2018 to 2028, we are ahead of the growth curve going into the future. (census.gov/ quickfacts/bridgtontowncumberlandcountymaine/). In time, as we grow as a community and town, projects like this will be more attainable and feasible.

By taking BEDC’s idea and breaking it up into smaller projects over time would be a way to achieve it. Another way in the short term is to create a “Lakes Region” boys’ and girls’ club by working with the BEDC and retrofitting their idea with a community-based organization that has no representation in the Lake Region. Six out of seven boys’ and girls’ clubs are located “in and around” South Portland and Portland. That is over 40 miles away. The closest club is Auburn/Lewiston, 33 miles away. By having a boys’ and girls’ club in Bridgton, surrounding communities benefit also. This is a way to get the ball rolling and to meet some of the conditions of SAD 61 while helping the community and our kids as a starting point for the redevelopment of the Bridgton Memorial property. It’s a win-win for everyone.

Seth Dresser: The first is the Memorial School. At this point, it’s an eyesore at best. It is a great piece of property in an important part of town. I believe that it needs to be transferred to the town, and we need to begin working on how it would be best developed for the town.

BELL TOLLED FOR THOSE LOST — The American Legion Post #67 in Bridgton honored those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country during an inspirational service Sunday morning, starting in Post Office Square at the war monument followed by a short march to the bridge over Stevens Brook. There, a wreath was dropped into the brook in honor of those in Naval service, followed by the traditional gun salute and playing of “Taps.”

(Rivet Photos) The second is updating the Comprehensive Plan. The last plan was very well done, thoughtful and purposeful, and Bridgton has really flourished over its life. Now, as the town is looking to update it, there needs to be the same intentionality to make sure the town continues to grow in a healthy and productive way. There are many great people already starting on it and I’m sure that they will create an excellent plan.

Finally, I think the biggest challenge facing Bridgton is our growth. We have grown and changed dramatically, with the pandemic only accelerating the change. I firmly believe that change itself is neither good nor bad; it simply is an inevitable reality of the world. My concern and focus are on making sure that the change that comes benefits all of Bridgton. We need to make sure that we can maintain the vibrancy that the town offers.

Ken Murphy: Recommend development of a Master Plan for all sections of Bridgton. Keeping our tax rate fair and balanced. Maintain the streetscape and connect-

Naples faces porta-potty plight

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Expenses Account at the end of the season.”

Selectman Kevin Rogers spoke, “If they keep up on cleanings, there would not be a need for more units,” Rogers said.

Hawley said that had been mentioned to the supplier.

“We complained we had bi-weekly cleanings and were getting only once a week.

They talked to us this morning. They said, ‘We have you down for bi-weekly,’” Hawley said.

“We should look for some reimbursement if they aren’t doing it,” Rogers said, adding, “It’s not like we have any leverage.”

Hawley agreed that holding back on paying the bill wouldn’t resolve anything — if the portable toilets were not being maintained in a timely manner.

“We called three other companies to get better pricing this year,” he said.

With the price increase sending the total cost up to more than $14,000 for the summer, the town has its hand forced in putting it out

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“This now puts us over our bidding requirement threshold so we will be going out to bid next year,” Hawley said.

“It further emphasizes that we need a place” on the Causeway to put a permanent restroom facility, he said.

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(Continued from Page 1A) “It allows for autonomy when someone votes,” Ward said. “They can vote their true feeling instead of worrying about how everyone else is voting or if anyone else is watching.”

The person sitting nearby cannot see whether his or her neighbor pushed the yea or nay button on the devise, he said.

“It has the advantage of both worlds,” Ward said, referring to the ability for people to keep secret how they vote while asking questions about warrant articles.

“With a ballot-style election, voters have the element of secrecy,” he said. “But unlike the ballot election, this allows for discussion that is so helpful in the town meeting forum.”

There is a lot less preparation before town meeting.

The old way took a week of preparation. With the voting devices, that can be done the night before, he said.

“We will have it all on a PowerPoint presentation,” he said.

“The efficiency of the meeting is proof,” Ward said.

“It is now more evident than ever that we need to consider a brick and mortar bathroom facility for the Causeway area,” according to Naples Town Manager John Hawley.

There was talk last year of the town finding property for permanent public bathrooms.

That discussion stemmed from a reduction in portable toilet cleanings because of a shortage of employees.

On Monday, Hawley reported the price increase to the Naples Board of Selectmen.

“We were notified at the end of last week that our cost for the rental and biweekly cleanings went from $187 per unit per month to $350. We have eight units we use from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. This jumped our cost from $1,496 a month to $2,800 — an increase of $7,824,” Hawley said.

“We did not budget for this,” he said. “So, we have a couple options. We can reduce the number of units we use or we can plan to expend money from the Unanticipated

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By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES — Nothing can duck from the grip of inflation.

The price of porta potty rentals plus bi-weekly maintenance has surged upwards.

The monthly fee increased by almost 90 percent for each unit supplied by the company Blow Bros Inc. It went from $187 per unit to $350 per unit, which is an 87 percent increase.

ing our new sewer lines properly, plus working with the Comprehensive Plan committee to be completed in time.

Q. Finally, when faced with a difficult issue or situation, explain how you approach the matter and come to a decision?

Al Bottone: Well, my answer is the same as Question 2 — Communication and listening to people through my career have been a very fortunate learned skill and its part of my understanding of the environment around me. Insights that I use with what is needed for research on an issue or subject presented to me and then decide on possible actions or reactions. This is not a skill set that is quick to judge, but it is not slow to act either. Less of a “knee-jerk” reaction and a more informed decision process.

Seth Dresser: I like to understand the depth of the problem. There are positives and negatives to every decision. I think it’s important to understand those consequences, especially the unintended ones, before making a decision. Once I understand the full reality of a decision, I find that the best options become self-apparent.

Ken Murphy: Meet with the Select Board to resolve any issues that involve our town. Follow up on those issues right to its completion.

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Signature moment for mural artists (Continued from Page 1A) was pretty proud to be part of the project and planned to bring her friends by to see it.

“I thought it was a lot of fun, really great. Every part of it was fun. I enjoyed all of it,” she said. “I did a lot of line work, cleanup work, refining details. I worked on the stars, the flowers, the loons.”

“I feel like I’ve learned a lot,” Charette said.

The experience will come in handy since she will be doing a mural inside the Crooked River Elementary School, too.

Rianna Reynolds, also a sophomore, was a bit more meditative about her part in it.

“Personally, I found it really relaxing to be able to paint. It was a calming process,” she said. “It was good to make a mark on the community.”

“Overall, it was fun. I enjoyed working with Kate and the other volunteers,”

Reynolds said.

This past weekend, Reynold’s mom Carrie spent some time painting the mural. The next day, Carrie brought along her other daughter and that daughter’s boyfriend. They joined the long list of volunteers, helping with the final push to complete the mural.

“We had four to five [students] who came multiple times to help. Their parents brought them. That was all on their own without any help from me — they worked around their sports schedules and work schedules,” according to LRHS art teacher Ian Carlson.“I am so happy for them to get to work with a professional artist outside of the school and to see what that life is like.

For a two of my students, [they saw] the on-the-fly problem solving that Kate and her team had to do. For example, the initial projector wasn’t working. They ended up with Deertrees Theatre

Budget validated

The proposed SAD 61 budget has been validated.

Following approval at the district budget meeting on May 10, the budget was approved on May 24 through the validation referendum. Here’s how the vote went: • Budget Validation Referendum Article 1 (Do you favor approving the Maine School Administrative District No. 61 budget for the upcoming school year that was adopted at the latest district budget meeting?): Bridgton: 76 Yes, 14 No Casco: 33 Yes, 4 No Naples: 276 Yes, 77 No • Budget Validation Referendum Article 2 (Do you wish to continue the budget validation referendum process in Maine School Administrative District No. 61 for an additional three years?): Bridgton: 60 Yes, 24 No Casco: 19 Yes, 17 No Naples: 269 Yes / 76 No / 18 Blank

CALLING ALL ARTISTS — Several of the volunteers who helped with the Bridgton mural line up for a photo on Tuesday evening. The mural is located on Nulty Street, the side wall to Bridgton Books.

(De Busk Photos) giving them a projector to shine the image on the wall.

My students were impressed that within a matter of a couple hours, Kate was able to come up with a solution,” he said. “As a school teacher that is what you want to see your students do: active problem solving skills.”

“For a 15-or 16-year-old kid who’s interested in the art to see it is not just, ‘I sit at a table and it’s done.’ But, it is really a team effort and a community effort is a good outcome,” he said.

“I live in Bridgton. I think it is really special that we have someone like Kate who is making an effort to feature art work in the downtown area,” Carlson said.

Artist Kate Erwin recalled the challenges with the projector, the wrong caulking and the colorless minnows.

“The projector. The first night I tried the projector it was a total failure,” she said, adding it only shone on a small section of the wall.

“We gave that up, and we got one from Deertrees Theatre. I live in Harrison so I made a few phone calls, and Deertrees was generous enough to let us borrow theirs. It was a projector that we would have had to rent for hundreds of dollars a day,” she said.

“This would have been totally overwhelming to do myself or even with a small team,” Erwin said.

“We put the wrong kind of caulking on all the boards.

We couldn’t sand it down.

Paul Whiting helped me peel it off inch by inch,” she said.

“Fun times. Fun times,” Whiting said sarcastically.

People have looked at the mural and asked about the red fish being eaten by the red-eyed loon.

“The fish were meant to be minnows, lake fish of Maine. They were supposed to be the traditional browngreen color that almost all minnows are,” Erwin said.

“They just disappeared.

ART STUDENTS at Lake Region High School (from left) Rianna Reynolds and Kalee Charette pose next the mural.

And they looked really, it for another hour or two. really boring. You couldn’t Then, we painted the fish see them from far away,” bright orange and they look she said. “We agonized over really cool.”

Origami cranes & peace wish

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(Continued from Page 1A) day and trying to think of a creative way to help with the events unfolding in Ukraine, and my thoughts went to origami cranes.”

Crowe said it was a fortunate stroke of luck that Jiwon and the origami club had the same idea and that [Fryeburg Academy faculty member] Greg Huang-Dale connected the two.

“I love the idea of this being a ‘sister project’ as it feels broader in scope to have 500 cranes in each location,” Crowe added.

While the two Peace Crane Projects are housed in different locations, both share the same symbolic expression of peace.

“I love the idea of a visual representation of peace,” concludes Crowe.

“It seems that each crane can represent the thoughts and prayers in all of our Fryeburg New Church’s Paper Peace Crane Project led by church member Dawn BEHIND THE CRANES PROJECTS — Dawn Crowe, hearts when tragedy and Crowe.

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These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, May 23 8:12 a.m. Assist to United Ambulance with a medical emergency on Buswell Road.

9:51 a.m. Disorderly conduct on Portland Road.

11:02 a.m. Assist to Biddeford Police on Fowler Street.

6;25 p.m. Responding to possible underage drinking on Burnham Road, police issued a summons to a female.

8:13 p.m. Police investigated an alleged sexual assault (fondling).

8:54 p.m. Motor vehicle stop on Burnham Road; female charged with operating while under the influence.

Tuesday, May 24 11:07 a.m. Report of a dump truck operating in an unsafe manner on Harrison Road; truck located and operator warned.

3:23 p.m. Several coins found on Main Street and turned in to the police department.

4:38 p.m. Juveniles throwing rocks at Frances Bell Drive.

4:56 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Portland Road; no injuries reported.

8:27 p.m. Citizen had questions about firearms background checks.

10:25 p.m. Noise complaint (loud music) on Church Street; residents advised to turn down music to a “reasonable” volume.

Wednesday, May 25 11:18 a.m. Ongoing dispute between neighbors on Stonehedge Drive; one subject served trespass and harassment notices.

11:25 a.m. Ongoing dispute over property lines on Highland Road.

12:51 p.m. Speeding complaint on Main Street.

2:02 p.m. Motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Highland Road and Reynolds Road; multiple people transported due to injuries; both vehicles towed. Police issued a summons for failing to maintain control.

3:45 p.m. Mental health event on Kansas Road.

Thursday, May 26 7:42 a.m. Lost wallet on Sandy Creek Road.

10:11 a.m. Burglary on Elm Street.

1:35 p.m. Traffic detail on North High Street; three stops made.

4:16 p.m. Report of vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and unsafe passing on Harrison Road; unable to locate vehicle.

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Friday, May 27 10:34 a.m. Report of a protection from abuse order violation on Portland Road.

10:43 a.m. Fraud complaint on Del Chadbourne Road. Citizen reportedly made an electronic deposit to purchase a motor vehicle, but when subject arrived to make the purchase, the vehicle had allegedly been sold to someone else and the vehicle owner refused to return the deposit.

1:13 p.m. Sex offender registration.

3 p.m. Suspicious vehicle at a South High Street property.

7:07 p.m. Man on Fosterville Road arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Saturday, May 28 9:34 a.m. Routine sex offender registry update.

12:04 p.m. Two vehicle crash on Portland Road; minor damage, no injuries reported.

9:09 p.m. Noise complaint on Knights Hill Road.

Sunday, May 29 6:07 a.m. Missing teenager from Hidden Hollow Road; female located in Oxford County and returned to her parents.

8:14 a.m. Assist United Ambulance with medical

emergency on Pond Road.

8:57 a.m. Animal problem on South Bridgton Road.

9:40 a.m. Attempt to locate “aggressive” driver on Portland Road.

2:39 p.m. Criminal trespass complaint on Bells Point Road.

3:05 p.m. Assist to Fryeburg Police on Bridgton Road.

7:45 p.m. Attempt to locate vehicle “all over the road” on Harrison Road; unable to locate.

7:46 p.m. Report of suspicious male at a North High Street business; subject left prior to police officer’s arrival.

7:57 p.m.

Female attempted to flag down cars on North High Street; police locate subject and assisted

by Fryeburg Police.

11:07 p.m. Fireworks complaint on Moose Pond Drive; police unable to locate source.

Monday, May 30 2:37 a.m. Noise complaint on Knights Hill Road.

11 a.m. Citizen dispute over property on Willett Road.

4:48 p.m. Cell phone turned in to BPD; owner BLOTTER, Page 5A

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, May 16 2:21 p.m. Traffic complaint on Main Street.

8:50 p.m. Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Bridgton Road.

Tuesday, May 17 8:35 a.m. Alleged sex offense on Smith Street; report taken.

9:15 a.m. Sex offender registration.

2:31 p.m. Radar detail at Molly Ockett Drive.

3:21 p.m. Assist citizen on Elm Street.

10:37 p.m. Burglary alarm at Molly Ockett School.

Wednesday, May 18 4:14 a.m. Radar detail on Bridgton Road.

11:10 a.m. Burglary on Nursery Lane.

12:50 p.m. Welfare check on Portland Street.

2:56 p.m. Welfare check on Main Street.

5:47 p.m. Complaint on Charles Street.

5:31 to 10:26 p.m. Seven motor vehicle stops (Main Street 3, Bridgton Road 4), seven warnings issued.

11:03 p.m. Suspicious

DON’T DUMP — Lake Region High School Interact Club and Lakes Environmental Association recently painted storm drains throughout downtown Bridgton.

It is a common misconception that storm drains lead to a wastewater treatment plant, but in many urban and rural settings, the water entering drains receives no treatment and is discharged directly into the closest waterway. In Bridgton, storm water travels right into the Stevens Brook, which drains into Long Lake. By stenciling “No Dumping, Drains to River” next to storm drains, LEA hopes to raise awareness of water quality issues and prevent chemicals and detergents from entering waterways.

Fryeburg Police Department activity at Fryeburg Shopping Plaza.

Thursday, May 19 10:13 a.m.

Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Main Street.

4:30 p.m. Complaint on Lovewell Pond Road.

4:40 p.m. Suspicious person in Thriftway parking lot.

Friday, May 20 12:43 a.m. Domestic disturbance on Hemlock Bridge Road.

11:30 a.m. Burglary alarm on Fish Street.

1:05 p.m. Assist agency on Denmark Road.

4:37 p.m. Suspicious activity on Main Street.

11:15 p.m.

Assist Fryeburg Rescue on Harbor Road.

Saturday, May 21 2:23 to 8:05 p.m.

Seven motor vehicle stops (Portland Street 2, Main Street 2, Bridgton Road 3); seven warnings issued.

8:50 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on West Fryeburg Road.

9:13 p.m. 9-1-1 hangup call at Canal Bridge Campground; unable to locate.

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Area news

June 2, 2022 The Bridgton News, Page 5A

Named to Ham board

New DFD Russell staff DFD Russell Medical Centers (DFD) is pleased to announce the addition of three new staff members to the DFD team in Bridgton: board-certified family nurse practitioner Jennifer L. Michaud, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC; board-certified primary care physician Trisha Gushue, DO; and board-certified adult-gerontology nurse practitioner Bridget Ross-Fitzgibbons, AGNP-C. Jennifer L. Michaud, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, specializes in primary care for all ages, and has experience treating mental health issues such as substance abuse and opioid addiction.

She approaches healthcare with empathy, deep listening skills, and a desire to help people, all central components of DFD’s personalized, patient-centered care philosophy. Jennifer comes to DFD from Hometown Health Center in Dexter, Maine, where she worked as a family nurse practitioner.

wife Patty and two daughters Bailey and Laura were first introduced to the region through their love of hiking.

In his role as Ham Foundation Advisory Board member, Michael has been a part of the decision making in selecting grantees, a difficult but rewarding process: “I have enjoyed seeing the fruits of the Ham’s generosity in the resurgence of the Magic Lantern Movie Theater, the prosperity of the Rufus Porter Museum and the essential services provided by the Chalmers Ice Arena

at Bridgton Academy and look forward to continuing to honor the Ham generosity in the future.”

Michael and his wife Patty reside in Lovell. Patty is the District Librarian for SAD 72 (Fryeburg School District), having served as the Library Director for the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library.

The Kendal C. & Anna Ham Charitable Foundation has been actively supporting the nonprofit efforts in the communities of Bridgton and Fryeburg, and Mt. Washington Valley region of New Hampshire for 25 years.

Kendal and Anna loved these communities and wished to make a lasting impact on the lives of its residents and visitors with their generous establishment of the Foundation.

For more information about the Foundation, please contact Executive Director Dorthea Seybold at 603-3563389. Applications for grant funding can be obtained at the Foundation website at HamCharitableFoundation. org

Highlands chip shots

Foss new Postmaster

(Continued from Page 1A) community to the nation.

Our Post Offices serve as a lifeline for our small businesses to reach customers no matter where they are,” Foss said.

Fourteen months ago, the United States Postal Service published an ambitious, but achievable 10-year strategic plan, Delivering for America, Foss noted in a press release to The News.

“The plan established a route to building a Postal Service that is financially strong and consistently delivers on-time for the American public, our top customer,” Foss wrote.

Michael G. Friedman

are the hand-stenciled teebox markers, continued improvements to many fairways, and of course, the shiny new souped-up golf carts in the parking lot.

Both the ever-popular week-night “Scrambles” and slightly less crowded weekend “Sweeps” were in full swing signifying the onset of all kinds of summer banter that makes golfing at the Highlands so much fun for players of all ages and ability levels.

Scramble Czars Bob Bissonnett and Jeff Anderson welcomed full fields of competitors to start the season. Last Tuesday, 1st Gross went to the team of Marlon Bahr, Scott Paradis, Bruce Hilton, and Steve Gollomy. 2nd Gross belonged to the squad of the aforementioned Bissonnett, and his cronies Steve Vacchiano, Chris Harriman, and Ed Crowell. 3rd Gross was captured by “Barefoot Sue” Antannese, Ed Miller, Russ Sweet, and Teddy “Bear” Raymond. Taking

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The Board of Directors of the Kendal C. & Anna Ham Charitable Foundation recently appointed Michael.

G. Friedman Esq., P.A. to the board, following the resignation of the Honorable Peter Malia.

Judge Malia served on the Ham board for many years prior to his appointment as a District Judge for the State of Jennifer Michaud Trisha Gushue Maine in March.

Attorney Friedman is a graduate of the New York Law School and has been a Maine resident since 2001, opening his law practice in “Providers have a Bridget Ross- Bridgton in 2002. Michael responsibility to the pub- Fitzgibbons, AGNP-C, is very active in the greater lic to provide safe, holis- practices a comprehensive Bridgton community. He has tic, patient-centered care,” style of healthcare, part- served on the Advisory Board said Jennifer L. Michaud, nering with her patients to for the Ham Foundation since FNP-BC. “My patients are create individualized care 2017. He has served as presinot just numbers or medical plans that respect patients’ dent of the Greater Bridgton conditions, but individuals wishes and specific situa- Lakes Region Chamber of that require and deserve tions. A nurse practitioner Commerce and is General individualized attention and for more than a decade, Counsel for the Greater care.”

Bridget comes to DFD Lovell Land Trust and serves Trisha Gushue, DO, from Genesis Physician on their Board of Directors. has been a family medicine Services in North Conway, Michael was an organizer of the Bridgton Musher’s Bowl physician for the past 25 New Hampshire. years, Dr. Gushue is par“Listening to patients is sled dog races and ran sled ticularly interested in child key,” said Bridget. Taking dogs recreationally in the development, women’s the time to listen, explain, western Maine foothills.

Like many, Michael, his health, wellness and pre- and understand care issues ventative care, and osteo- brings about better care pathic manipulation. She and better outcomes, she comes to DFD from Poland believes. “My role is to Community Health Center help my patients get the in Maine. best care and always be

By Whit Lesure “I see wellness as their advocate… I believe Bridgton Highlands a shared responsibility that care should always be Columnist between the patient and phy- individualized and patientMemorial Day Weekend sician,” said Dr. Gushue. “I focused.” celebrates the history of know that healing comes The new staff mem- proud service by those who from within the individual, bers are seeing patients at gave their lives for this and anything I can do as a the DFD Russell Bridgton country but has also served physician in support of the location. Appointments can as a traditional start of summind, body, and soul will be made by calling 207- mer for many folks includhelp patients complete the 647-2311. Full bios can be ing those of us lucky enough healing cycle.” viewed at dfdrussell.org. to either visit or perhaps live in the Lake Region.

On many occasions, it is a beginning in name only, too often resulting in mediocre “Just over a year into our winter. And in the 2021 weather, damp camp fires, 10-year plan, and under the Fall election, we delivered and extended families tryleadership of Postmaster completed ballots from ing their best to get along General Louis DeJoy, we voters to election officials despite the unfavorable conare taking action on its four in an average of 1.4 days. ditions.

That was not the case key pillars: Investing in our We’ll take that success people, modernizing our into delivering this year’s this year, as mid-July like network, providing service midterm elections. All of weather took over the region excellence, and creating this on top of delivering and had Bridgton Highlands financial sustainability.” mail and packages to more Club Pro John Boswell Foss added, “Our than 161 million addresses down-right cackling with actions are already lead- across our nation every glee, “It’s gonna be big,” ing to concrete results. We day. On behalf of the the gregarious Boswell had an exceptionally 650,000 women and men offered when pressed on the positive peak holiday of the U.S. Postal Service, reasons for all his exciteseason in 2021, learn- I thank you for continu- ment surrounding the club. ing from the failures of ing to support the Postal Visible changes that one 2020, and followed that Service. Providing reli- might notice at first glance up by successfully deliv- able mail delivery while ering more than 320 mil- strengthening the future of lion COVID-19 Test Kits this treasured institution is to the American public this our commitment to you.”

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1st Net was the foursome of Seth Purdy, Sam Ross, “Tom” Brady, and Josh Truman. 2nd Net was won by the team of Brent Barrett, Glenn Pierce, Andrew Plummer, and John Clancy.

3rd Net went to Jeff Sands, Tim Ebling, Mike Karusus, and Bob Henderson. Bruce Hilton took home NTP (Nearest to Pin) on #2, while Brian Grosso earned the NTP honors on #8.

On Thursday evening, the Bridgton Academy team of Aaron “Izzy” Izaryk, Tim Atwood, Whit Lesure, and Dave Lepage took home 1st Gross honors at 7-under. 1st Net winners were the team of Jim “smoke ’em if you got ’em” Apovian, Brian Grosso, Cliff “I’ve never accepted ‘net money’ in my life” Walker, and Jeremy “Let me keep the score” Meunch. 2nd Net was won by the team of Cody “just a boy out of Texas” Reid, Bob Pollard, Paul Howard, and Patty Howard. All Scramble players are duly reminded to follow proper cart rules and regulations throughout their “round(s).”

In Sweeps action Sunday, Cliff Walker took home Low Gross with a selfdescribed “steady” 75. Bob “Shooter” Holden earned Low Net honors. The duo HIGHLANDS, Page 6A

Police

(Continued from Page 4A) 10:18 p.m. Noise complaint on West Fryeburg Road.

Sunday, May 22 12:25 a.m. Following a stop on Portland Street, police charged Michael J. Carey, 33, of Hiram with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence (alcohol).

1:07 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Main Street.

3:25 p.m. Radar detail at Dearborn Drive.

Monday, May 23 12:03 a.m. Burglary alarm on Maple Street.

12:10 a.m. Assist county deputy on Bushrow Road in Denmark.

Blotter

(Continued from Page 4A) located.

5:07 p.m. Vehicle reportedly “all over the road” on Harrison Road; police stopped vehicle on South High Street; operator trying to “avoid all the pot holes in town.”

6:31 p.m. Rollover crash with injuries on South Bridgton Road.

Tuesday, May 31 7:01 a.m. Motor vehicle crash on North High Street (Causeway); no injuries reported.

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Area sports

Highlands Golf (Continued from Page 5A) of Cliff Walker and Nick Stuart earned Low Gross Team. Jim Macklin and George Sawyer won Low Net Team. Macklin added to his early season earnings with both the Quota victory and NTP #13 at a nifty 1-foot 5-inches.

On Monday morning, Low Gross went to reigning club champ Jim Thombs.

Low Net went to Wayne Kuvaja. Team Low Gross went to the rather odd pairing of Walker and Stuart again, causing this beat writer to suggest that he wasn’t alone in his recent need for a healthy dose of Prevagen, a condition brought on by his sudden propensity to misplace wedges and divot tools. The BA hoop coach’s good friend Wayne Kavaja added that Lesure had needed various forms of help for some time. Meanwhile, “Gentleman” Jim Macklin added to his summer lead in

the points ($) program with another pair of wins in the Quota and NTP #2.

“Shot of the week” this week belonged to the venerable surveyor George Sawyer, who apparently hit a tee-shot mere inches from the strike. On-lookers, while mortified, theorized Sawyer wanted more time to study the soil in that particular area.

New vocabulary of the week belonged to local star Cliff Walker who when coming up short on multiple putts claimed he was “Robbed,” a reference to dear Jersey friend Rob Pressman.

Finally, if your golf game doesn’t bring you enough ups and downs in your life, tune in to the NBA Finals featuring our beloved Boston Celtics and their quest to win Banner 18.

That’s a story I want the “rights” to. “Tee it, and Be it” my friends.

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TIGHTLY CONTESTED — Lake Region made a strong bid to hand third-ranked Poland just its second loss last Wednesday, battling the Knights before falling 2-1 on Senior Day. Top, shortstop Emily Rock catches a sinking blooper and outfielder Sabrina Lopez tracks down a deep drive. Above, catcher Sadie Tirrell applies the tag for the out at home plate.

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WESTERN MAINE CONFERENCE TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Division 1 Boys Standings: York 221, Yarmouth 84, Cape Elizabeth 69, Greely 67, Freeport 56, Gray-NG 47, Lake Region 26, Fryeburg Academy 18 100 Meters: 1. Frazier Dougherty, Yarmouth, 11.26; 4.

Jacob Adams, FA, 11.64 200 Meters: 1. Frazier Dougherty, Yarmouth, 23.04; 6.

Jacob Adams, FA, 24.42; 19. Payton Owens, LR, 27.04; 20.

Andrew Irwin, FA, 27.22; 21. Ethan Kutella, LR, 27.22; 27.

Keegan Owens, LR, 29:10; 28. Aiden Dean, FA, 29.70 400 Meters: 1. Frazier Dougherty, Yarmouth, 51.51; 13.

With FA scheduling Jacob Stone, LR, 57.93; 22. Payton Owens, LR, 1:00.44 800 Meters: 1. Henry Horne, Freeport, 2:00.33; 8. Ezra graduation on the same day, numbers totaled six athletes Gronlund, LR, 2:15.05; 20. Michael Clarke, LR, 2;23.01 1600 Meters: 1. Landon Morrison, York, 4:35.07; 11. from a roster of 38.

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TRACK & FIELD The Raiders traveled to Lake Region for WMC Championships Saturday.

“The weather held and the meet went very well due to (Laker Coach) Mark Snow and his crew. LR does a fantastic job and I think every coach in the conference would agree,” Raider Coach Kevin McDonald reported.

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Alecssander Freitas, LR, 46.07 High Jump: 1. Henry Horne, Freeport, 6-0; 5. Arkie Baptista, FA, 5-6; 10. Jacob Gilmore, LR, 4-8 Long Jump: 1. Jacob Adams, FA, 20-6; 6. Arkie Baptista, FA, 18-3.75; 12. Domenico Falcon, LR, 15-11 Pole Vault: 1. Reece Perry, Freeport, 12-7; 10. Colin Murphy, LR, 8-6 Discus: 1. Matt Charpentier, York, 159-8; 16. Alex Kuvaja, LR, 74-10; 17. Ben Allocco, FA, 68-10; 18. Calvin Kestner, LR, 66-6 Javelin: 1. John Nicolo, York, 149-10; 22. Ben Allocco, FA, 67-7 WMC RESULTS, Page 7A

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Regional Sports

June 2, 2022 The Bridgton News, Page 7A

Lake Region report

TRACK & FIELD Both the Laker boys’ and girls’ track and field teams placed seventh in Division 1 at the Western Maine Conference Championships held at Lake Region Saturday.

Leading the way was Campbell Johnson. She won the high jump, was second in the triple jump, fourth in the long jump, and ran the first leg on the fifth place 4x400 meter relay team. She was clean through 4-feet 10-inches in the high jump, which gave her the win over two other jumpers who also made 4-10. Leah Plummer jumped 4-8 and finished fifth.

“Campbell has focused on high jump all season and added in the triple jump halfway through the season.

Both those events were in the afternoon so Campbell suggested the long jump in the morning. Great forethought on her part,” Laker Coach Mark Snow said. “She has

been a pleasure to work with and talk with about events and the details within.”

Another strong event for the Lakers was the 800 meters. Abigail Roberts finished a solid third and Sadie Plummer passed five girls on the last lap and ran a negative split to earn a ticket to the State Meet. She placed fifth in the event. Sadie, Abigail, Leah, and Campbell ran a seasonal best time in the 4x400 meter relay, earning fifth place.

Leah Edwards and Izzy Apovian placed fifth and sixth respectively in the javelin, less than one foot from fourth place.

“We will enter them both in the State Meet. Izzy already qualified and we think Leah will get in based on Saturday’s throw of 76-4,” Coach Snow reported.

Hailey Brewer finished 10th in the 100 meters and 200 meters — a solid finish

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Brock Gibbons epitomizes what Lake Region varsity baseball Coach Andrew Stacy looks for in a player.

“Brock is a tremendous young man, and a tremendous baseball player. He has stabilized our defense in centerfield, on the mound, and he’s starting to get hot with the bat, as well,” Coach Stacy said.

“He’s a competitor; has that edge about him and even at such a young age is a leader on our team.

Works hard in the classroom as well, which is just another compliment to this young man.”

In recognition of his strong work ethic, determination, commitment and good sportsmanship, Brock is this week’s Boosters Club and Hancock Lumber “Player of the Week.” Each week, a Lake Region athlete is recognized for his/her dedication (does more than what is asked), work ethic, coachability and academic good standing. Recipients receive a specially-designed t-shirt, sponsored by Hancock Lumber.

Name: Brock Gibbons What town do you live in: Naples Year in School: Freshman Parents: James and Mary Gibbons Sports you play: Football, Basketball, Baseball Q. Why did you choose to play baseball?

I chose this sport because ever since I was little I just loved being on the baseball field.

Q. What do you enjoy most about baseball? I enjoy having fun and creating memories with my teammates. Also, I love the adrenaline that comes when you play.

Q. How has competing in sports changed you as a person? Competing has changed me because I am a lot more competitive and dedicated to what I do. It makes me realize how much I love the game. I went down to Alabama for a tournament and played against some of the best players in the U.S. That’s when I realized I needed to become more competitive and dedicated.

Q. During COVID19, what was the most difficult adjustment?

During COVID-19 the most difficult adjustment was to stayed focus and to stay motivated.

Q. What is one of your most memorable sports moments? My most memorable baseball moment was going to

Brock Gibbons Cooperstown for a week with my travel ball team, just the players stayed in a bunk the whole week. We didn’t end up winning, but it was the most fun I’ve had playing baseball. It was one of my best and favorite memories.

Q. What is your most disappointing sports memory? I feel like I have a bunch of sports memories, good and bad. I don’t have any disappointing sports memories. It’s the good and bad memories that push me. I feel there are no disappointing memories, just games that motivate me to play harder next time.

Q. How has sports prepared you for your future? There are many ways sports have helped me prepare for the future, one of them is that sports taught me how to have a good work ethic. It showed me hard work pays off, it’s what you put into something that matters. Sports also prepared me to work with many different types of people.

Q. Name a coach who has made a difference in your life and in what way? I have had many great coaches throughout my baseball career, but the first person that comes to mind is my dad.

My dad has taught me so much about sports and more importantly how to be a good person. He pushes me every single day to become a better player. My dad has always been there to support me throughout my good and bad days.

Q. What are your future goals? My goal right now is to play college baseball and if I am lucky enough to do that I would love to get drafted.

Q. Ten years from now, when you look back on your high school sports career, what do you think you will remember most? I will remember my teammates for sure and all the stuff we went through together.

Also, how much I love the game of baseball.

for her first year in track.

“She has been dedicated all season and often leads the sprint workout. Great leadership from this sophomore. We are so fortunate she joined our team this year,” Coach Snow said. “Her hard work along with Sage Cormier, Jonalisa King, Lizzie Brewer, and Reannah Dingley paid off in a season best (1:00.72) in the 4x100 meter relay and they placed sixth in the event.”

Leading the boys’ team were Sam Laverdiere and Alex Freitas. Sam was able to run with winner Owen Patry in the 3200 meters until the final lap. He placed second with an automatic State Meet mark of 10:23.31. A great race and outcome. He also ran on the fourth place 4x800 meter relay team with Jacob Stone, Ezra Gronlund, and Bhavnish Tucker. Alex placed in both hurdle races.

He was fifth in the finals of the 110-meter high hurdles and second in the 300-meter hurdles. He will run the 300meter hurdles at States.

Ezra Gronlund and Bhavnish Tucker took the paces out in their respective races, the 800 meters and 1600 meters. Bhavnish was pushed over the last lap and held on to win the third section and place 11th overall.

He just missed out on breaking the 5-minute barrier, finishing in 5:01.54. Ezra battled for the win in section 2 of the 800 meters. He finished second in the section and eighth overall. He also narrowly missed the State Meet mark.

“We will put Ezra and Bhavniush into the State Meet and see if their times will be good enough,” Coach Snow said.

The State Meet is this Saturday at Mount Desert Island High School. Events start at 9 a.m. The top 32 athletes in each event will compete to get on the podium and earn a medal (top 7 places).

BASEBALL Greely 9, Lakers 0: The Lakers watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in a 9-0 loss to Greely on Monday. Greely took the lead on a single in the first inning.

“Johnston was tough from pitch 1. We had some decent at bats, but unfortunately when you go down by more than 2 or 3 against a guy like him it seems insurmountable,” Laker Coach Andrew Stacy said.

The Lakers struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing Greely, giving up nine runs. Johnston was credited with the victory for Greely. The ace went seven innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, striking out 16 and walking zero.

Mike Chase took the loss for the Lakers. Chase went two and two-thirds innings, allowing eight runs on four hits and striking out two.

Poland 8, Lakers 4: The Lakers watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-4 loss to Poland last Wednesday at home.

The Lakers tallied three runs in the fourth inning.

The Lakers big bats were led by Matt Aker and Dexter Thayer, who each had RBIs. “This loss was on me. We got a little greedy and had a miscommunication that kept us from having an even bigger inning. After that, we continued to battle until the sixth when they broke it open,” Coach Stacy said.

Poland scored four runs in the sixth inning. Drew Saylor and Gwarianski all drove in runs in the frame.

Mitchell Bean pitched Poland to victory. The fireballer went three innings, allowing one run on six hits, striking out two and walking zero.

Brock Gibbons took the loss for the Lakers. The LAKERS, Page 10A

OUT OF THE GATE and shifting into high gear is Fryeburg Academy’s Jacob Adams during Saturday’s Western Maine Conference Championships held at Lake Region High School.

(Photos by Kevin Murphy)

Raider report

TAKING FLIGHT, LR’s Campbell Johnson.

WMC T&F results

(Continued from Page 6A) Division 1 Girls Standings: York 188, Cape 91.50, Greely 87, Freeport 61.50, Gray-NG 61, Yarmouth 48, Lake Region 38, Fryeburg 6 200 Meters: 1. Tori Hews, Cape, 26.99; 10. Hailey Brewer, LR, 29.81; 12. Isabel Macht, FA, 30.04; 21. Jonalisa King, LR, 33.02; 26. Sage Cormier, LR, 35.60; 29. Lizzie Brewer, LR, 37.59; 30. Reannah Dingley, LR, 38.57 400 Meters: 1. Elizabeth Buckley, York, 1:02.31; 3. Isabel Macht, FA, 1;03.46; 9. Leah Plummer, LR, 1:06.18 800 Meters: 1. Hadley Mahoney, Cape, 2:22.91; 3. Abigail Roberts, LR, 2:28.59; 5. Sadie Plummer, LR, 2:36.66 High Jump: 1. Campbell Johnson, LR, 4-10; 5. Leah Plummer, LR, 4-8 Long Jump: 1. Lia Traficonti, Greely, 15-4; 4. Campbell Johnson, LR, 14-4.75 Triple Jump: 1. Lia Traficonti, Greely, 32-3; 2. Campbell Johnson, LR, 31-1.75 Discus: 1. Lorenza Piper, Gray-NG, 99-0; 8. Izabell Apovian, LR, 69-8 Javelin: 1. Chloe Slovenski, York, 97-6; 5. Izabell Apovian, LR, 76-8; 6. Leah Edwards, LR, 76-4; 15. Susie Butler, LR, 61-6

(Continued from Page 6A) driving a bus with no athletes in my life. It was weird.”

Jacob Adams won the long jump, finished fourth in the 100 meters and sixth in the 200. “A great meet for this young man,” McDonald said.

Arkie Baptista finished fifth in the high jump. Ben Allocio had a great day recording two personal records in the discus and the javelin. Only a freshman, Ben has a very bright future in Track & Field, the coach added.

Andrew Irwin and Aiden Dean both competed in the 200 meters and finished 20th and 28th respectfully.

The lone Raider female competitor was Isabel Macht. Isabel attended graduation as her sister, Sophia was a member of the senior class. Arriving just before the 400-meters, with no warm up, Isabel raced to third place.

“An outstanding performance. We look for Isabel to rock it at States next week,” Coach McDonald said.

“Tough day. I’m not sure why FA went to Saturday graduations, but is does have an effect on Track & Field. Young athletes are forced to make a choice and it is a difficult one.”

Onto States at Mt. Desert Island next Saturday. “We should have seven athletes making the trip and are looking for impressive performances by these Raiders,” Coach McDonald said.

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Taylor Gunther singing the National Anthem.

Zoe Kleban and Liam Patterson

Head of School Erin P. Mayo with Class president Shelby Purslow receiving her diploma.

Awards presented to FA Class of 2022

The Medical Staff at Memorial Hospital Scholarship. This scholarship is given to these students to support additional education beyond high school — Brooke Emery The Jaden Dennery Armed Forces Award. In honor of Jaden Dennery, Fryeburg Academy Class of 2019, United States Army.

This award is presented to a senior graduating Fryeburg Academy who has chosen to pursue an enlistment in our United States Armed Forces, to protect our country from all enemies, foreign and domestic — Christopher Ricks Love Your Community Scholarship — Marcos Barrionuevo Class of 1972 Award — Brooke Emery Cranmore Mountain Employee Scholarship — Dana Hamlin Lovell Lions Club Scholarships — Chester Adams Memorial Scholarship to Dana Hamlin; David Mason Recreational Scholarship to Reilly Brown; Winfield Adams Memorial Scholarship to Camden Jones; Malcolm Wilson Memorial Scholarship to Patrick Fitzgerald Four-year Sports Awards — Brooke Emery, Dana Hamlin, Camden Jones, Katy McIntyre, Alanna Nataluk, Shelby Purslow, Emma Rydman, Emily Walker The following awards have been chosen outside of Fryeburg Academy: The Fryeburg Academy Alumni Association Awards — Alana Cini, Sebastian Drosa, Brooke Emery, Dana Hamlin, Ian Jacobson, Maddie LavertuForeman, Lucy Wang The Fryeburg Recreation Department’s Dick Cote Community Service Award is presented to two members of the graduating class who best represent the dedication and service that Dick Cote gave to this community during his 18 years as recreation director for the Town of Fryeburg. The

award is presented to the following two graduates: Brooke Emery and Shelby Purslow The Dearborn Foundation Scholarship is presented to the following student, who is pursuing studies in engineering — Zech Hoeft Clark McDermith Service Award is presented to a graduating senior who is a resident of Denmark, in good academic standing and has a documented history of public service to their community — Riley Miller Denmark Lions Club Scholarships are awarded to the following Denmark graduating seniors who are going on to an advanced educational institution — Riley Miller, Charlotte Lougee, Sophie Milo James Hadlock ’62 Memorial Scholarship given by the Lake Kezar Country Club, to well-rounded students who have been involved in extracurricular activities and have represented Fryeburg Academy with class, respect, and pride — Jade Blood, Dana Hamlin, Shelby Purslow Chatham Historical Society Award given to graduating seniors who are residents of Chatham, who have successfully participated in the Chatham Historical Society’s archival essay project — Emily Sakash and Eden Voter Joan Irish Award given by the Kezar Lake Watershed Association to a deserving senior who intends to pursue studies in environmental science — Lindsay Shute Fryeburg Fish and Game Association Awards to a member of the graduating class a scholarship for further study at a college of their choice. The recipient has displayed real interest in the conservation of natural resources through community and school efforts — Lydia Andrews Fryeburg Lions Club Scholarships presented to deserving students from the geographical area served by the club — Bobby Hallam

and Amanda Howe Fryeburg Area Rotary Club Scholarship to Fryeburg Academy seniors who have exemplified the Rotary Club motto “Service Above Self”— Marcos Barrionuevo, Jade Blood, Bobby Hallam, Maria Harris, Ian Jacobson, Riley Miller, Ethan Nemeth, Shelby Purslow, Emily Sakash, Daryna Serediuk, Eden Voter, Lucy Wang Settlers’ Green Outlet Village Scholarship is awarded to a deserving graduate to assist in furthering their education beyond high school, in recognition of an exemplary work ethic along with academic achievement — Ethan Nemeth

degree or career in these fields — Lydia Andrews, Marcos Barrionuevo, Dana Hamlin 16th Masonic District Award selected the following two students, in recognition of their hard work, dedication and ambition — Alana Cini and Luke Tripp Reny’s Scholarship awarded to a deserving graduating student who is an employee of Reny’s — Acadia Brackett Embark Scholarship — Alia Day, Emily Simmons, Maci Thompson David Leddy Construction Technology Scholarship awarded to the following two students, in recognition of your hard work, dedication, and ambi-

community involvement — Alanna Nataluk Frank W. Shaw Post #137 American Legion Award given annually to a senior student from the local school district, to assist in furthering their education beyond high school, in recognition of good school citizenship and genuine concern for their fellows — Sophie Milo Pingree-Trumbull Scholarship given by the Pingree-Trumbull Family to a student from Denmark who is pursuing a career at a vocational/technical college — Riley Miller Sacopee Valley Health Center Scholarship awarded to a senior accepted at an accredited post-secondary institution and planning to

Maine Association of Agricultural Fairs Scholarship is to give recognition and financial assistance to the recipient in their quest in pursuing a post-secondary education in an agricultural related field — Lydia Andrews Constance Warren and Henry Warren Andrews Award is awarded to young people from Stoneham seeking a college education, or at least two years of post-high school technical education, with preference to be given to those who are likely to choose either school or college teaching as their life work — Camden Jones and Dana Hamlin Warren B. and John W. McKeen Educational

(Left to right) Molly Pratt, Alana Cini, Riley Miller, and Leah Charles. (Photos by Lakyn Osgood Ela/FA) Poland Spring Good Science Scholarships given to members of the graduating class who have demonstrated an ongoing classroom and/or extracurricular knowledge of and interest in life science, physical science, earth science, engineering or environmental science or policy, or similar field; and who will likely pursue a

Maddie Lavertu-Foreman, Jillian Lindgren, and Ashtin Harding

tion — Devin Gilpatrick Oxford County Education Association Retired Educational Award based on character and academic excellence, is given to a deserving graduate who is a resident of Maine, and is pursuing a career in education — Katy McIntyre Maine Obsolete Auto League Scholarship Award — Luke Tripp Tin Mountain Conservation Scholarship awarded to a student pursuing an education in environmental science or a related field — Mazy Karuzis Raiders Pride Booster Club Awards presented to these graduating seniors who plan to further their education — Marcos Barrionuevo, Reilly Brown, Camden Jones, Shelby Purslow, Ian Jacobson, Emma Rydman, Zoe Jung, Amanda Howe The White Mountain Milers Gretchen B. Hatch Scholarship was established to support students who have demonstrated a commitment to track, crosscountry or road running, academic achievement, and

major in a health-related field — Brooke Emery Memorial Hospital Healthcare Scholarships — Marcos Barrionuevo University of Maine at Farmington Academic Achievement Scholarship awarded to seniors who have received a merit scholarship and confirmed their plans to attend Farmington in the fall — Jade Sargent Hult Business School Hult Scholar Grant is a full-tuition scholarship for dynamic thinkers, high achievers, and influential leaders. Grant recipients are also entrepreneurial, openminded, and they learn by doing. The Fryeburg Academy recipient of this award is — Rafael PereiraHonorio Western Maine Conference Citizenship Award awarded to the senior girl and boy who have made outstanding contributions to their school in the areas of academics, athletics, leadership, extracurricular activities, consideration of others, and attitude — Shelby Purslow and Bobby Hallam

Foundation Scholarships are chosen by the selectmen of the town of Lovell, from applications received from students who are residents of the town of Lovell — Graham Blood, Jade Blood, Caileigh Crowe, Jillian Lindgren, Brody McGrath, Katy McIntyre, Shelby Purslow The Worthington Scholarship Foundation Scholarships provides multi-year scholarships with values ranging from $14,000 to $16,500. Over the past 12 years more than $11 million has been granted to graduates of 23 selected Maine high schools who attend partnering Maine colleges. This year the Foundation has expanded to award scholarships to students in 69 Maine high schools including Fryeburg Academy — Caileigh Crowe, Rohan Hikel, Amanda Howe, Charlotte Lougee, Padric McGrath, Katy McIntyre, Sophie Milo The following awards have been chosen by Fryeburg Academy Faculty: AWARDS, Page 9A

FA Graduation

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Senior Awards

(Continued from Page 8A) The Angel “Tony” Torres Book Award is given annually in memory of Tony Torres, Class of 1996, by his loving family to a deserving member of the senior class who will attend a two or four year vocational institution — Addisyn Jean The Evelyn Amidon Book Award is given in memory of Evelyn Amidon. Lyn loved being outdoors, gardening, farm animals, photography, and had a passion for helping others. This award is presented to a senior who shares one or more of Lyn’s interests and passion — Alanna Nataluk Kendal C. and Anna Ham Charitable Foundation Scholarships presented to deserving graduating seniors who are Mt. Washington Valley, Fryeburg, or Bridgton residents, to assist in furthering their education beyond high school — Ethan Nemeth, Marcos Barrionuevo, Ian Jacobson, Emily Sakash, Aaron Zakon, Willow Carter, Alia Day, Brooke Emery, Maria Harris, Eden Voter Maine Principals Association Principal’s Award for academic excellence, outstanding school citizenship, and leadership — Katy McIntyre The Charles G. Rutter Industrial Arts Awards established by the late Mrs. Elroy O. LaCasce in memory of her uncle, this award is given this year to a member of the graduating class who has done the best work in industrial arts — Padric McGrath Dorothy P. Ingraham Award is awarded each year at graduation to a deserving student in business courses for furtherance of their education — Molly Pratt Charles E. and Blanche M. Fox Award is presented to a member of the senior class who intends to further their education and who has shown consideration and respect for fellow classmates and teachers — Emily Sakash Stella Nickerson Gray Award is presented to the senior girl who has best demonstrated the combination of academic scholarship and commitment to her school and community — Daryna Serediuk Madeline A. Savard Medical Award is given by her son, Emile J. Savard, in loving memory of one whose great passion in life was doing for others. This award is given annually to the most deserving student who has expressed a desire to pursue a career in the field of medicine — Naomi Harper Nancy Brooks Heath Nursing Award is given in loving memory of Nancy Brooks Heath, Class of 1964, by her family. This award is given to a deserving graduating senior who is pursuing a career in nursing and who exemplifies outstanding character and demonstrates the fine qualities inherent in Nancy — Alia Day The Stella N. and Lawrence M. Gray Award for postsecondary vocational education is awarded each year to a member of the graduating class — Padric McGrath Brooks Family Scholarship for a student who is pursuing a two-year degree program, apprenticeship, or technical education certificate program — McKayla Tripp The Richard Beckhard Memorial Scholarship is given in memory of Richard Beckhard. Richard liked to help people realize their potential and, in this light, this scholarship recognizes that many young people, himself included, would not have been able to attend college were it not for the benefit of such charitable funds as this — Melanie Boeker Knights of Pythias Award. The Pequawket Lodge has funded a scholarship for a deserving male student who has been accepted for post-secondary education in a vocational course — Liam Patterson The Class of 1950 Award is presented annually to a graduating Fryeburg Academy senior who will be attending an institution of higher learning. The recipient is selected by the faculty on the basis of academic achievement, character, and exemplary service to the school community — Roze Schenstrom John Fordyce Prize is given in memory of John S. Fordyce, Class of 1969, to a “boarding boy” who, through the same kind of determination and perseverance of John, has shown significant improvement in academics as well as demonstrating progress in the development of athletic skills — Roy Mugabe The Cal and Sally Harnden Award is given by the Raider Boosters Club in honor of Calvin and Sally Harnden. Cal and Sally were extremely involved in supporting their community for many years. Their support was unsurpassed. This award is presented to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the spirit with which the Harndens gave to the community — Shelby Purslow The John Freeman Memorial Award is given in loving memory of John by his wife, Robbyn, children John ’03, Robert ’07 and Aimee ’10, along with family members and friends to commemorate John’s service to school and community, and his love for and commitment to young people. This award is given annually to a graduating

NEW GRADUATES (left to right) Adriana Mas Soto, Jaden Victor, Caterina Zanoletti, Hira Avci, Daryna Serediuk, Maria Jurgova, and Alessandro Poma.

(Photo by Lakyn Osgood Ela/FA) senior who is continuing their education beyond high school — Kailyn Canfield Boyle Fund Award is presented to two graduating students who are interested in culinary arts or in the field of nutrition — Jade Blood and Eden Voter Wallace Blake Scholarship, established by Wallace Blake’s will, is given to a graduating member of the senior class who intends to further their education and who has shown individual merit, and superior scholarship — Bobby Hallam The Denise T. Stacy Scholarship Award is given in memory by her husband Butch, family, and friends.

Denise was a 1972 graduate of Fryeburg Academy, Farmington State Teachers College, and at the age of 54 attained her dream and graduated from the University of New England with a bachelor’s degree in Education. This award is given to a student attending college in the state of Maine majoring in education — Katy McIntyre Greater Lovell Land Trust Scholarships to a graduate who, in the opinion of the science department, is most interested in or likely to pursue a career in ecology, conservation or a related field — Lindsay Shute Tyler/Grandmaison MELMAC Scholarship given by the MELMAC Education Foundation, is made to a student who has made a difference in the lives of others and that of their community: a solid school citizen involved in extracurricular activities who has exhibited a commitment to public service, with the potential to make a difference in the world — Amanda Howe The 2022 Certificate of Arts, these certificates and plaques are given by Fryeburg Academy’s Arts faculty, in recognition of the completion of the course work, offcampus study, and capstone projects, required by the Certificate of Arts Program — Willow Carter, Naomi Harper, Roze Schenstrom The Drama Award is given to a deserving student who has excelled in the theatre classroom, as well as on stage and/or behind the scenes, by increasing their level of challenge throughout their four years — Mike Lawrence Vincent Manoriti Memorial Book Award is presented to a senior National Honor Society member who possesses the qualities so admired in Vinnie: academic achievement, athletic skills and concern for others. This is given by our B.W. Tinker Chapter of the National Honor Society at Fryeburg Academy — Mazy Karuzis The Frank Petillo Memorial Excellence in Arts Award is presented in memory of Frank A. Petillo, director of music at Fryeburg Academy for 26 years, to a graduating senior who has excelled in an area of the arts and who plans to continue that interest after graduation. Mr. Petillo was legendary in his dedication to music and inspired his students to strive for perfection — Roze Schenstrom Eva Mulford Music Scholarship provides for instruction for students attending Fryeburg Academy whose talents indicate real promise in the field of music — Willow Carter Joseph R. Austin Football Award is presented this year to two football players who best exemplify the standards emphasized by Joseph R. Austin during his 22-year career as coach and teacher – namely, a solid school citizen who has shown good team spirit and leadership and who excels all others in the attributes of character, desire and courage — Bobby Hallam and Jackson Witchley The Coaches Awards.

The Fryeburg Raiders

Booster Club honors the senior boy and senior girl who, as outstanding athletes during the year, have best demonstrated superior qualities of sportsmanship, loyalty, team play, zeal and skill, and who have carried out that same spirit into the classroom and all other activities at the Academy with which they have been associated — Padric McGrath and Alanna Nataluk Susan Harnden Fox Wrestling Award given in memory of Sue Fox, Class of ’69, for her enthusiasm, support and love of Fryeburg Academy wrestling —Job Fox Fryeburg Academy Soccer Award presented to the player who exemplified “the spirit of Fryeburg Academy” while playing soccer — Dana Hamlin Paul “Skip” McBride Memorial Award is given in memory of “Skip” McBride to two graduating students who best exemplify “Skip’s” competitiveness, zeal and enthusiasm in athletics — Brooke Emery and Liam Quinn Grover Women’s Athletic Award is presented to the graduating woman athlete going on to post-secondary education. She best exemplifies the spirit of Fryeburg Academy to her teammates and the school by promoting respect, tolerance, and cooperation on and off the field — Emma Rydman Eldon W. Heartz Track Award. For many years, Mr. Heartz was Director of Physical Education and Athletic Director at Fryeburg Academy, as well as coach of crosscountry. This award is presented to a girl who excels in track, and whose skills and perseverance best exemplify the philosophy and enthusiasm of Heine Heartz — Padric McGrath Harry G. True Basketball Award given annually by friends and former players of Harry G. True, to honor his more than 30 years of dedication to boys’ and girls’ basketball in the State of Maine. During his years of coaching, Mr. True stressed the importance of fundamentals, sportsmanship, and enthusiasm for the sport. This award is presented to members of this year’s teams who best exemplify these qualities — Brooke Emery, Bobby Hallam, Liam Quinn Harry G. True and Sandra G. True Memorial Scholarship given by their family and friends to a graduating student who will be attending USM and who has similar qualities as Mr. and Mrs. True: dedication to education, and service to the community and the State of Maine — Sophia Macht Residential Honors. Fryeburg Academy would like to recognize the following student, a member of the Residential Honors program, who is academically motivated, high-achieving, and who actively contributes to the school community and is an exemplary citizen in the school’s residential program — Lucy Wang Fryeburg Academy would like to recognize the students who, through hard work and dedication, have demonstrated superior academic excellence. The following students, based on their cumulative Fryeburg Academy GPA, will graduate tomorrow in the top 10 percent of their class — Lucy Wang, Ian Jacobson, Alec StokerBall, Marcos Barrionuevo, Ethan Nemeth, Jessica Tran, Crystal Chen, Vivian Nguyen, Stella Yoon, Rachel Frum, Emily Sakash, Aaron Zakon, Bella Iaria, Daryna Serediuk

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(Continued from Page 7A) pitcher allowed eight hits and seven runs over five and a third innings, striking out seven.

Cape Elizabeth 8, Lakers 2: The Capers (9-6) grabbed a 3-2 lead on an RBI single by Colin Smith in the third inning and pulled away from the Lakers (4-12) at Cape Elizabeth in the regular season finale.

Cape Elizabeth added two runs in the fifth, then tacked on three in the sixth.

Brock Gibbons and Jacob Smith had two hits apiece for Lake Region, as the Lakers dropped their fourth straight.

“Another decent battle for us. Second half of the season, we showed that we can compete but just weren’t able to consistently put 7 inning games together. Hoping the experience from the second half helps us click and go on a little run. The pieces are there,” Coach Stacy said.

SOFTBALL Poland 2, Lakers 1: Pitching dominated the match-up between the Lakers and Knights last Wednesday.

Seven 1-2-3 frames.

Poland hurlers Atlantis Martin and Gretchen Paradis combined for 10 strikeouts while surrendering just one hit and one walk.

Laker ace Melissa Mayo struck out five, and gave up six hits.

Breaking through wasn’t easy.

Poland pieced together

four straight singles in the first, and seemed primed to jump out to a big early lead.

But, the Lakers executed a perfect relay after a drive that hit the fence with centerfielder Margo Tremblay firing a strike to shortstop Emily Rock, who zipped a throw to home plate where catcher Sadie Tirrell tagged Khloe O’Leary out. The Knights managed a run on a Martin RBI single, but left two on as Mayo recorded a strikeout to end the threat.

Poland tacked on a run in

the third as O’Leary singled and later scored on Emma Bunyea’s ground ball out.

The Lakers closed the gap to 2-1 in the home half as Tirrell’s blooper dropped just inside the left field foul line. The LR senior speedster never slowed down rounding first and headed to second. A long throw overshot Poland’s second baseman, allowing Tirrell to score.

LR’s only other scoring chance came in the fourth as Mayo reached on a fielder’s choice, advanced to third on

a passed ball, but was left there as Poland recorded two infield outs.

Poland stranded a runner at second in the fourth as Mayo induced a line drive to second base. Mayo went on to retired six straight, but Poland (14-1, ranked third) was equal to the task, sitting down nine straight with six strikeouts.

• Losing 4-2 to Cape Elizabeth in the season finale, the Lakers close at 10-6 and currently are ranked sixth in Class B South.

BRIDGTON AREA NONPROFIT COLLABORATIVE THE RUFUS PORTER MUSEUM Founded in 2005, the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity celebrates the life, times, and legacy of a remarkable 19th century New Englander through preservation and promotion of creativity and invention. We are dedicated to capturing and sharing with the public Porter’s uniquely American blend of creativity, ingenuity, practicality, and energy by exploring the world and era in which he lived and worked. Porter is well-known in the folk-art community for his landscape murals and miniature portraits; however, Porter was more than just a painter. He was the founding publisher and editor of the magazine Scientific American as well as inventor, writer, teacher, musician, and more. Porter spent part of his childhood in Bridgton (from age 9 to age 15) and briefly attended Fryeburg Academy.

Going into its seventeenth year, the Rufus Porter Museum has become a vibrant force in helping to build a stronger community within Bridgton and beyond by encouraging life-long learning. 2022 is an exciting year for the Museum as we embark on the next phase of our growth – the construction of a third building on our museum campus. This long-awaited gallery will house and display previously unseen wall murals as well as provide much needed exhibit, classroom, and community meeting space. The Museum has already raised over one million dollars from private funding, with a goal of $1.9 million for the construction of the new building. Once this aim has been met, the Museum will ensure its future stability for generations to come with continued fundraising efforts.

In addition to fundraising efforts, the Rufus Porter Museum is offering some exciting events and activities this summer. � July 16th – 10 am to 4 pm - Bridgton Day – 10 am to 4 pm - Free admission for Bridgton residents (proof required); donation for non-residents. � July 23 rd – The Mystery Barnstorming Tour – 10 am to 3 pm - Our 2022 major fundraiser, this self-guided tour will feature seven local, private barns that could not otherwise been seen by the public. Each barn will have a special theme. $30 members/$35 non-members. � August 9th – Paint Like Rufus Porter – 1 pm to 5 pm – Back by popular demand, this class will release your inner (or outer) painter. $80, includes all materials. Advanced tickets only, space is limited. � September 10th – Harvest Supper, in collaboration with the Bridgton Historical Society – Advance tickets only, more information TBD The Museum is for the 2022 season from June 11th to October 8th, Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Adults $8, Students $4, Children Under 15 Free. For more information about our organization and events, and to purchase event tickets, please visit www.rufusportermuseum.org.

Opinion & Comment

June 2, 2022, The Bridgton News, Page 1B

Views from Augusta

by Janet Mills Governor of Maine

In memory of the protectors

Governor Mills: To all those who have served and to all those who continue to serve our country: our hearts are with you this Memorial Day, 2022.

As the daughter, the niece, and the sister of veterans myself, I always mark Memorial Day with gratitude and grief. Gratitude that my loved ones came home from conflicts around the world and grief for the Maine servicemen and women we’ve lost.

This Memorial Day, we honor those who perished to preserve our country and to protect our freedoms. Our state can proudly say that we are home to one of the highest number of veterans per capita of any state in the nation.

But when you consider Maine’s long and proud history of military service, that comes as no surprise.

From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Maine people have stood up to defend our nation and its ideals and our state has shouldered its responsibility to protect our country. Those Mainers — and many more — served and fought with determination and great hope for our collective future. A determination and hope that I respect and hold today.

This Memorial Day let us honor with reverence all those who have faithfully served our state and our nation in the Armed Forces and those who gave, as President Lincoln said, ‘the last full measure of devotion’.

In their memory, may we better serve our veterans and their families. To our servicemembers, I want you to know that my Administration is standing by your side, just as you have stood by us.

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Fatherhood cannot be ignored

To The Editor:

With the annual celebration of Father’s Day fast approaching and the catastrophic event in Uvalde, Texas, unfolding, a logical question to ask is, “Where are the fathers?” Now comes the hand wringing, the political recriminations and fault finding, committee hearings, gun control discussions etc. and life goes on as always except for the unfortunate families who lost a beloved child.

What anguish these parents must feel. We easily blame mental illness on the perpetrators and the lack of preparedness by our schools and law enforcement officers to prevent such tragedies. We’ve been down this road many times and yet the tragedies continue.

Again, “Where are the fathers?” Usually these crimes are committed by young men who come from broken homes and raised by a mother or other relatives creating fertile ground for drug or alcohol abuse, often resulting in some form of mental illness. A few years ago, a well-known politician wrote a book entitled, It takes a Village to raise a Child… no Hillary, it takes a father and a mother in a stable, loving family to raise a child to mature adulthood. In the past few decades, many fathers have abdicated their role as head of the household and in many cases have shunned their responsibility of being a real parent. Fatherhood is an awesome responsibility that men and society can no longer ignore. A real father is

one that shows love and respects his spouse and children and leads his family by example. He must guide his family with common sense and firm and fair discipline. Yes, he should also show respect for religion and God. One of the rewards of attending church is to witness a father and mother and their young children there also to bear witness to God. You can bet that these children will not be afflicted with “mental illness.”

As a society, we must elevate the stature of fatherhood if we are to get a grip on the cause of these tragedies like Uvalde. Fathers must not be allowed to forgo their responsibilities, but must be supported in that role and recognize the dignity of being a parent.

Bob Pelletier West Bridgton

Thank you Hayes

To The Editor:

Nulty Street mural — I would like to thank Hayes True Value Hardware for generously donating the staging required to install the paintable panels. I wish to also thank the many volunteers that gave of their time to install them. We had a signing event for all that helped on Tuesday, May 31.

Jeffrey Frey Bridgton

USPS to improve

To The Editor:

In referring to Michael Davis’s “In Ye Olden Times” column (May 21, 2022) — “Free mail delivery comes to town,” the article details the emergence of mail delivery in the 19th century to Rural Mail Delivery and once a day free mail delivery by 1923.

It’s apt to include Bridgton

THE LADY SLIPPER, also known as the Moccasin Flower, is a wild orchid native to Maine. If left undisturbed it will propagate and form clusters. These were near Moose Pond.

(Photo by Suzanne Richard)

We need hatred control

Another terrorist slips into the classroom, into the news.

Does anyone understand this? Even if guns are easily, readily available, why, why, why? I find it impossible even to be angry — it’s hard to be angry under incomprehensible circumstances.

Instead, I find myself imagining George W. Bush giving a speech in which he condemns the latest horrific murders a… but instead of saying Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, he blurts out “Iraq.”

These killers aren’t acting alone. No one acts alone.

There’s a cultural and structural connection here. As I noted in a recent column, quoting from the book A Promise to Our Children: A Field Guide to Peace, by Charles P. Busch, the ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in the wars we wage has changed astonishingly over the last century.

During World War I, one civilian was killed for every nine combatants. Today, that figure has been flipped on its head.

In recent wars — in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and no doubt Ukraine — the ratio is nine civilians (including children, of course) killed for every combatant.

And war is what nation-states believe in, all across the planet, but nowhere with such religious commitment as here in the USA, with our trillion-dollar annual military budget. And I confess: I kind of understand why this is the case. It’s not easy to run a country, to cohere a populace, to herd 300 million cats. But rallying the cause with a good,

Guest Columnist

by Robert C. Koehler Journalist and author solid enemy — evil itself — works pretty well. In the old days, we had krauts and nips; then of course there were the commies; and when they went away, we found the terrorists, along with Saddam Hussein, the iconic face of evil, whose anti-blessing gave us permission to launch a shockand-awe campaign in his country and turn every school in Iraq into a potential Robb Elementary School.

When we wage war, we dehumanize whole populations.

Killing isn’t easy — perhaps it isn’t even possible — without doing so. And the dehumanization process is collective.

I can’t let go of this fact. We cannot embrace militarism as our go-to method of self-defense without giving our tacit blessing to murder, though for some reason we don’t call it that. That nine-to-one, civilian-to-combatant death ratio?

That’s collateral damage.

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Normal is what we decide

We’ve heard about how much Americans crave a return to “normalcy.” That word was considered ungrammatical when I was young. The correct word is “normality.” It’s now becoming accepted, even by grammarians, which suggests how much educational ground we’ve lost. There’s no such thing as returning to normality. Normal is always new. What we consider normal is whatever the majority of our society is doing and tolerating at any given time. We remember what was normal in the past; we decide what is normal in the future.

Poorer, sicker, weaker, crazier, angrier; more divided, less educated, more vulnerable, less tolerant, more authoritarian, less democratic — those are just a few of the bad things that we’ll have to normalize by the time our current national crisis is resolved. The resolution will be for better or, more likely, for worse. Even with the best imaginable outcome, we’ll be worse off when the crisis is over. With the worst imaginable outcome, we’ll all be dead.

We barely bat an eyelash anymore when we experience mass shootings almost every day. Non-stop gun violence has become normal behavior for much of American society, no matter how awful that idea may be. It makes one question how “civilized” our society really is. European countries consider us pretty barbaric. I’ve long questioned how sane we are, and the current situation only accentuates the question. as a rural area as of 1923 — once a day was standardized across the nation. Bridgton had this standard in 1916.

In this well-researched article, the Post Office kept improving their delivery standards as our country was expanding their commerce.

This column was very timely as the Postal Service (USPS) has recently made a historic change once again in its history. On April 16, both Houses of Congress passed a landmark Postal Services Reform Act and was signed into law

MAKE ROOM — Chilly Painted Turtles collectively emerge from the pond to take advantage of the record setting warm temperatures. (Photo by Suzanne Richard)

by the president. This huge legislation culminated more than a decade long debate to end the USPS growing deficit in the billions of dollars in the red while services were being cut. It scrapped the former Postmaster General’s 10-year plan by the former President’s chosen Postmaster General, Louis DeJoie. Congress disagreed with this rebuilding and decided to enact a reform by a House vote of 34292 and Senate vote of 79-19 in March. The Reform Act begins immediately upgrading services, mandating sixdays-per-week delivery which was threatened, and allows the USPS to enter into agreements with state, local, and tribal governments to provide a whole range of new products and services to the public at large.

As Davis has pointed out, a representative of the USPS is working with Bridgton officials to improve delivery standards and improve the numbers on houses. The article was well written, researched and timely.

Peter Bollen Bridgton (The writer is legislative director of the NEMAL Postal Workers Union.)

Independent Thought

by Rev. Robert Plaisted Guest Columnist

President Biden recently called white supremacy “poison,” and said there’s no place for it in America. It’s definitely poisonous, but it has occupied a big place in American society from the beginning. In our history, there’s nothing new about violent, white-supremacist terrorism. For much of our population, it’s been normal behavior since colonial times. A bloodstained line runs directly from 17th century slave traders, buying and selling Black people, through 19th century Klansmen, lynching Black people, to a 21st century crazy white kid, murdering Black people in Buffalo. White supremacy seeps non-stop from the same poisoned well.

Six years of MAGA-madness have laid bare many problems that have festered under the surface of our society from its beginning. The United States began as a European colonial NORMAL, Page 2B

Not feeling it

To The Editor:

On Tuesday, May 24, I attended a “Meet the Candidates” event for candidates running for the Sebago School Committee.

Each of the five candidates spoke for about five minutes.

Prior to the meeting, I walked around the room expecting to see examples of the students’ work posted on the walls. Instead, the walls displayed professionally produced posters advising children on their behavior.

“Count to 4 and take a deep breath.” Granted, the meeting was held in the cafeteria, where one expects to see dietary advice or recommendations. Instead, the posters were behavioral in nature. There were a few posters that looked like children’s art with words such as POW, WOW, and POP. The candidates clearly had different approaches to and concerns about the educational direction of the school. Three of the candidates were strongly on board with the SEL, which is Social

Emotional Learning. One candidate is very troubled by this curriculum and believes that it is harmful to children, and the fifth candidate appeared to be neutral.

SEL is the newest “hot thing” in the Education Marketplace. There have been many “new” approaches in education in the past, including: Math programs from the University of Chicago, Cuisenaire Rods, the MultiModality Approach, E.D. Hirsch’s “What Every first grader (up to sixth grade) needs to know,” Common Core, the Montessori approach, and the Classic English model. There have been so many that it would be hard to list them all. The more modern or recent approaches seem to require less factual retention than the older models. The emphasis seems to be on feelings and emotions rather than knowledge or ability. Testing and grading the work of the students was always the norm, and the only true way to indicate the success of the teachers and the programs. In other words, “the dumbing down of education,” which is promoted by SEL, is leading our children into a life of chaos

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Decoration Day in Bridgton

Howdy neighbor!

For several weeks past, driving down South High Street in the morning, I have noticed teams of volunteers from the Lake Region Vocational School in the old burial ground, at work trimming weeds, raking together fallen leaves and boughs, and setting right the fencing and iron pickets about several family plots which winter’s wrath had disordered.

This last weekend, in culmination of these noble efforts, a new crop of flags now seen standing fresh and brilliant alongside the graves of our fallen veterans, each waving as proudly as did that Old Glory herself which each fought for during life. It is right that these should be replaced now, of all times, for this past weekend brought us Memorial Day, known unofficially nowadays as the “Start of Summer,” and known to our

forefathers in older years as Decoration Day, at which time we memorialize all those who have fought and died for our nation in the almost 250-year history of our Republic.

And fair Bridgton has yielded up more than her share to the armies of America, and her sons have done their part in well-nigh every conflict to which they have been called, from the early battalions of Lexington and Bunker Hill to the forward armies of our 21st century Middle Eastern theatre.

So here in the village, even while the monuments of our Revolutionary dead were being touched up and refreshed for the year, so too were memorial exercises held for the veterans still living today, and tribute paid to honor those fallen heroes whose names are yet too painfully fresh upon our lips, who have departed from us all too recently.

Over the weekend, there was an excellent memorial concert, which many of our readers may have attended, held at Music on Main to benefit the American Legion, and the morning afterwards, I with a crowd of my neighbors – friends, selectmen, tourists passing by, perhaps you yourself — gathered at Veteran’s Park in Post Office Square to hear the Legion’s very fine memorial address. I felt my heart thrill to hear the stories of fighting aces and heroic pilots from the Second World War and Korea; it despaired within me at the somber tones of the mournful bell, tolled out at the reading of every fallen soldier’s name; and leapt once again to joyous attention at the sharp report of the three-gun salute, issued as the memorial Wreath was lowered to drift in peace upon the clear waters of Steven’s Brook. It was truly a Memorial Day for the record books.

HONORING THOSE LOST AT SEA, a wreath is dropped from the Main Which, incidentally, got me looking Street bridge into Stevens Brook during Sunday’s Memorial Day service at Memorial Days of other years, and conducted by the American Legion Post #67 in Bridgton.

(Rivet Photo) today I’d like to share a very fine

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and failure.

I expect a substantial negative reaction to what I am writing, but please know that I started teaching in 1961 at the Rutland High School in Rutland, Vt. This was immediately after graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont. I went on to earn a master’s degree in Literature from the Bread Loaf School of English. I have taught in both public and private schools and community college, including grade levels of K through college, excluding grade 3, in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Florida and the Virgin Islands. I have seen many different approaches to education, and I have taught in schools that were predominately white and middle class, and private schools where all the students were advantaged and mixed ethnicity, and in schools that were predominately black and disadvantaged. I have found that about 10% of the students will excel, and that 10% will fail no matter what approach you take. The rest of the students (80%) will either succeed or fail depending upon the actual teacher and the programs that are being presented.

Robert S. Wilkinson Bridgton

Mainers have had enough

To The Editor:

The Maine Legislature just adjourned recently.

Limited progress was made for helping Mainers and our communities, with more work still remaining. This includes problem-solving needs with meaningful resolution of many issues, including services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and of the Department of Labor (DoL), among others, including for unemployment claimants, etc. The pandemic of these past two-plus years made it clear and evident that many issues still exist with state bureaucracy, including many “system failures” needing substantive overhauls with remediation and reforms. This includes the DoL’s Unemployment Compensation Division, among other department divisions. Sadly, these issues weren’t adequately, properly or timely addressed or resolved, including by this legislature and current administration. Many claimants were “locked-out” of their unemployment accounts, preventing claimants from getting weekly claims done, resulting in claimants being stiffed out of weekly benefits for lost

wages, etc. Other qualifiable benefits and services were not made available during the pandemic. Sadly, Maine’s bureaucracy failed all Mainers.

The people’s fundamental, unalienable rights were trampled on and usurped without due process by this current administration, including one’s right to work and earn a living, having a livelihood.

Neither good nor acceptable at all! Isn’t it time for real accountability with substantive remediation and problem resolution? When will the Maine Legislature address and cure such matters, ever? What have our state representatives and senators done about such issues, including the DoL’s issues, anything meaningful or substantive? Proper remediation and problem resolution are imperative and paramount! Enough already of this current administration’s failures and issues, with misfeasance and kakistocracy too!

Mainers have had enough of these bureaucratic system failures. All Mainers deserve better. Maine state government must improve substantively and fix its problems.

Going forward, Mainers must also do much more in protecting inherent fundamental, unalienable rights, including ones right to earning a living, among others, and holding their political leaders accountable. Much must be done to overhaul state government, its bureaucracy, with meaningful accountability and sys-

tem reforms. Reviews must be done to investigate, address and fix recent “system failures,” including unemployment system problems. Let’s continue moving forward in rebuilding Maine’s economy and businesses, improve people’s livelihoods and our communities and fix the state’s bureaucratic system failures. It’s time to “make it so” and “just do it” with or without this administration’s help. Also, let’s take time to inform ourselves about the issues, and vote responsibly for better political leaders toward future improvements needed here in Maine. Let’s get this done.

David Hall Cornish

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& Young: “____ Your Children” 45. Powerfully persuasive 49. 1990s negation 51. Formerly, formerly 54. “M*A*S*H” character 56. FlambÈ 57. Three-____ sloth 58. 0.405 hectare

Keeping it low key

To The Editor:

On Wednesday, I had the occasion to attend a meeting of the Sebago Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). The mining issue is still being kicked around. The appellant’s lawyers trying to finalize their arguments, and the applicant’s lawyer (Gorham Sand & Gravel) trying to muddy the water, complaining the appellants had not produced any proof and complaining about the wording of the moratorium.

There is no proof to present as they haven’t started

In Ye Olden Times

by Michael Davis BHS Assistant Director poem to that effect which was issued in The Bridgton News of May 28, 1909. Written by Willard C. Graffam in honor of his father, it is titled Those Unmarked Graves and, though more than a century since its completion, I find it still retains ample power to stir one’s soul within. Enjoy!

Away in the depths of a forest green, Where human footsteps seldom tread; Where birds in the tree-tops a requiem sing Lie a few of our honored dead.

Only a few lone graves are there, In a yard walled round with stone; With naught to trouble their quiet rest, They sleep in the forest alone.

No loving hands in the gat Springtime Deck these graves with blossoms rare; Only wild columbine, violets and fern, The blossoms God places there.

All forgotten, I said, and yet, Look by yon mossy stone, Fluttering gay in the morning breeze, One starry flag alone.

Nay, remove not the moss from white headstone, For what doth matter the name?

We know that a hero is slumbering here Though unknown to earthly fame.

But on the long, long roll of our honored dead That no human eye may read Is writ in letters of flaming gold DECORATION DAY, Page 3B any mining yet, and we hope they never do. (Absurd) the thought of mining granite in the middle of a quiet village.

We’ve managed to keep it low keyed for 100 or so years, now if successful, they’ll turn it into an industrial complex.

C’est la vie, C’est la guerre (translation: that’s life, that’s war).

We’ll be listening at their property line to hear if any of their sound waves sneak over illegally. That should close it down a while, at least.

Ted Davis Sebago

SEL’s influence

To The Editor:

There will be a debate about the Sebago Elementary School’s curriculum on June 4, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the Sebago Town Hall. Although the Mini-Meet the Candidates held May 24 spoke a little to the school’s curriculum and Social Emotional Learning (SEL), it was mostly a means to introduce the candidates to the public.

The Candidates’ Debate will allow the candidates for each of the three open seats to square off against each other and delve into their positions. They will ask each other questions about how SEL programs affect a child’s behavior. Do the SEL programs have academic value or is their val-

ue in indoctrinating children?

Also, how does the increase in classroom time spent on SEL programs affect a child’s academic test scores?

Invitations have been sent to Michelle Vacchiano and Richard Bianculli, who are vying for the one-year term; Krystal Carriere and Billy Jo Karwowski, who are competing for the two-year term; and Margaret Williams will have the floor to herself for her presentation for the three-year term.

This is an opportunity for all Sebago residents to hear the controversial SEL programs discussed by the candidates for the School Committee.

Instead of a moderator or selected questioners from the audience, the candidates for each seat (save Margaret Williams) will debate each other on the appropriateness of SEL programs in elementary school.

Jock MacGregor Sebago

Ukraine must decide

To the Editor:

Go back to your dotage Henry “Chamberlain.”

Decrepit old Russian propaganda asset, former neocon and secretary of state for disgraced “Tricky Dick” Richard Nixon apparently is so much

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This week’s puzzle theme:

Fabrics

ACROSS 1. Ingratiating behavior 6. Testing site 9. Mix together 13. Veranda on Moloka’i 14. Lennon’s widow 15. Pilaff, to some 16. Neural transmitters 17. Stumblebum 18. Renter’s paper 19. *Plaid weave 21. *Cozy pajama fabric 23. Thanksgiving side?

24. Sign up 25. ____ Francisco 28. 100 centavos 30. *Woven reversible patterned fabric 35. Tucked in at night 37. Unwelcome mail?

39. Italian alternative 40. Brazilian indigenous people 41. Give out 43. Eye part 44. Violinist Perlman or violinist Stern 46. Toy flyer 47. Clickable text 48. Lady Hamilton’s lover 50. Become puddle from icicle 52. Hula dancer’s necklace 53. Bloody 55. Cuban dance step 57. *Popular prom dress choice

61. *Namesake of a lemon cake 65. Approximately 70% of Earth 66. Daniel ____-Lewis 68. City in Belgium 69. Not slouching 70. Khan’s honorific 71. Viva voce exams 72. Expunge 73. Actor/director Howard 74. Boundary lines DOWN 1. Smelting waste 2. Longer than midi 3. Any day now, formerly 4. Long-limbed 5. Unfortunate outcome 6. *Rumpelstiltskin’s weaver 7. Saint Anne, or Santa ____ 8. Resoundingly successful 9. Demeanor 10. Slovenian ski maker 11. Cut with a beam 12. Matt Damon/Adam Driver movie “The Last ____” 15. 2-dimensional 20. Single-cell protozoan 22. Manhole cover 24. Joviality 25. *”Nights in White ____” 26. Bullying, e.g.

27. Katmandu country

59. Perceive by touch 60. *A wedding veil covers it 61. Blue hue

62. Notable achievement 63. Eye amorously 64. Scotland’s famous lake 67. Gone by

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Opinions Decoration Day (Continued from Page 2B) Many a name and deed

That men here thought of little worth On this beautiful earth of ours: But God sees fit o’er the humblest dust To scatter his fairest flowers.

And here on this half-forgotten grave Grow ferns and violets rare.

And harebell and foxglove and wild columbine Scatter their blossoms there.

The violet blue was his uniform He wore as he marched away; While the columbine red was the blood that he shed, There in the thick of the fray.

While the flowers and fern are his life here on earth, Born but to fade and decay; The evergreen creeping over his breast Is the memory he leaves today.

And fresh and green in these hearts of ours, Shall live as the years roll on, The memory of those who died for us In years that have long since gone.

And I like to think that when I have crossed To those that have gone before, I shall meet each soldier there again, And hear their tales once more.

And when I am dead I ask of you No funeral gloomy and grand, No marble monument lofty and high, Just a parting clasp of the hand.

Just a hymn be sung, a prayer be said And a simple white cross for me, Just a few flowerets over me shed And the banner of the free.

‘And deep and dreamless be my sleep, From which I may not wake to weep.’

Till next time!

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craving relevance in his dotage that he showed up at the elite Davos economic summit in Davos, Switzerland, recently and gave a cockamamie speech advocating for the ceding — by the United States and NATO allies — of territory of the sovereign nation of Ukraine to aggressor/invader Russia in order that Vlad the Impaler Putin might be appeased. He made the asinine claim that this is necessary to “stabilize Europe’s economy” and had to be rebuked and reminded afterwards by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Ukraine’s lands are not subject to cessation by anyone, but Ukraine itself, which will negotiate when and how to cease hostilities with Vlad on its own terms and will not be carved up like the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) which was made a sacrificial lamb offered to appease Hitler by spineless British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his fellow

Imperials in 1938 and later memorialized in his bungling “peace with honour” speech, mimicked by the architect of Nixon’s illegal clandestine bombings of Cambodia during the disastrous Vietnam debacle; reminiscent of Putin’s present debacle mired similarly in failure, defeat and conscription of Russia’s unwilling “subject” conscripts illegally — even by Russian bogus juris standards. Boys and now men over 40 “volunteers” are being sent to the front lines untrained and lied to regarding their mission by their incompetent commanders. Sure, as hell sounds like Nixon’s and Kissinger’s proxy war if you ask an old draftee like your writer. Piss off Henry, you old fart and go home and take some Prevagen and write another memoir or take up basket weaving or crochet or something and shut your gob once and for all. Either that or join the NRA convention in Houston with your fellow Russian assets and bedazzle that great crowd of unwashed with your fading inconsequential intellect.

Jon St. Laurent North Bridgton

Medicare Nugget: Medical Part A

The Hospital Insurance

By Stan Cohen Medicare Volunteer Medicare Part A, the hospital insurance part of Medicare, covers inpatient hospital stays as well as skilled nursing facilities, hospice and home health care.

If you get your Medicare benefits through Original Medicare, Part A covers most inpatient care you receive during your hospital stay. You or your supplemental insurance plan pay a deductible ($1,556 in 2022) for your hospital stay each benefit period. A benefit period lasts 60 days. Part A does NOT cover the services of a physician while you are an inpatient.

If you have Original Medicare, Part B covers physician services, a variety of outpatient services, as well as medically necessary durable medical equipment. If you are under observation in the hospital (not classified as an “in-patient”), you typically pay a 20% coinsurance for each medical service you receive after you have met your yearly Part B deductible ($233 in 2022).

It’s always a good idea to refer to your Medicare and You handbook to be sure you know what co-pays and co-insurance to expect.

If you get your Medicare benefits through a Medicare Advantage plan, also known as a Medicare private health plan, different costs and rules may apply. Contact your plan directly to learn more about your plan’s coverage of hospital care.

Need help? Get some unbiased advice by calling 1-800-427-7411.

In memory of the protectors

(Continued from Page 1B) Through the Maine Bureau of Veterans Services, we have re-established the Aides-De-Camp veterans’ advisory program; we have expanded free dental care for veterans; we have created the Governor’s Challenge to coordinate behavioral health services between agencies; and we have expanded our Homeless Veteran Coordinator team. Any veteran who is struggling to find affordable housing can reach out to the Bureau for help.

Through the Maine Department of Labor, we have connected veterans with employers through our annual HireA-Vet campaign, and through the Maine Revenue Service we have provided property tax relief to Maine veterans.

And just recently we fought to keep the Maine Veterans’ Homes in Caribou and Machias open for veterans and their spouses.

I am proud of that progress, but there is always more we can do to support those who wore the uniform. My Administration will continue to push for better services for all Maine veterans and their families — all of whom have sacrificed so much to keep us safe.

To all those who have served and to all those who continue to serve our country: our hearts, our gratitude, are with you this Memorial Day, 2022.

God bless you. God bless the State of Maine.

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Normal is what we decide

(Continued from Page 1B) power struggle among greedy monarchs, all of whom were seeking gold, silver, and resources of every kind, including human beings. The original sins of the American republic — white supremacy and slavery — were a direct outgrowth of colonialism. We’ve lived under their curse ever since.

How do we move from this poisonous ideology, which has been normalized throughout our history, to a saner normal in the future? We begin by admitting that we may not be capable of doing any such thing. The sad truth is that we could be stuck with this depraved ideology until it kills us. I wasn’t kidding when I wrote that our worst imaginable outcome is that we’ll all be dead. I was serious. We’re just a few clicks, along the ideological spectrum, away from an American “final solution.”

The people now trying to control the future United States are as crazy and deluded as the folks in Russia who are trying to destroy the fledgling democracy in Ukraine. They are as deranged as the “good Germans,” who ignored the stench of Nazi death camps and stayed silent while their government systematically murdered six million of their fellow Europeans, calling them Untermenschen, “inferior people.”

Many of our white supremacists masquerade as “pro-life, conservative Christians,” but they’re not. They’re pharisaic hypocrites.

The next few years will be a trial by fire for our constitutional republic. A murderous insurrection is now being waged against us. If it succeeds, white supremacists will discard our government of laws in favor of a tyranny of men, as John Adams feared. I don’t want to live in an America governed by people who move heaven and earth to protect a fetus, but who won’t lift a finger to keep little children from being gunned down in their classrooms. That kind of America is anything but normal, and I want no part of it.

Rev. Robert Plaisted is a retired United Methodist clergyman, formerly of Bridgton, now residing in Bath.

We need hatred control

(Continued from Page 1B) And beyond the actual waging of war, we clutch the concept as our favorite metaphor. Everything difficult is a war. And thus, over the years we have waged wars on pretty much every problem we have: from cancer to drugs to crime to poverty, etc., etc., etc. By calling these (losing) campaigns “wars,” we unite ourselves in the battle against a specific enemy — a specific evil. It’s us vs. them! Us vs. drugs, us vs. crime, us vs. cancer…

Here’s President Biden two months ago, speaking about Ukraine at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. His words are both bellicose and metaphorical: “But we emerged anew in the great battle for freedom: a battle between democracy and autocracy, between liberty and repression, between a rules-based order and one governed by brute force.

“In this battle, we need to be clear-eyed. This battle will not be won in days or months either. We need to steel ourHATRED CONTROL, Page 5B

Expand Affordable Broadband

Early in the 20th century, America’s cities were booming.

The era of electrification brought new jobs and opportunities to hubs like New York, Chicago, and Boston. Unfortunately, America’s rural areas didn’t see the benefits of these modern technological advancements; in fact, only ten percent of rural households had access to electricity by 1930. It took decades – and significant government effort – to help rural communities catch up.

A century later, a new technological shift is creating similar challenges for Maine’s rural communities. As the Internet creates immense new economic, educational, and social opportunities for those with access to a high-speed connection, rural areas continue to be at risk of being left behind.

We learned during the pandemic how important internet connectivity can be – and how lacking it can compromise our daily lives. Kids doing their homework, seniors accessing healthcare, and many being able to work from home – these essential activities all depend on a reliable connection. That is why we need to ensure every Maine town – even in our most remote areas – has high-speed, affordable Internet. There are two significant challenges our state must overcome to accomplish that goal. Fortunately, over the past year, Congress and President Joe Biden have taken significant steps to address both.

First is the actual building of Internet infrastructure, which must run not only through communities from Allagash to Arundel, but also directly to every house in the state. The biggest barrier here is simply investment; it costs significant money to build out broadband, especially in rural communities like Maine’s where houses are spread out and where our rocky coast and tree-covered terrain creates challenges. That’s why last year, we included the largest, most comprehensive investments in broadband infrastructure in both the American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Between these two historic pieces of legislation, Maine is expected to

From Washington

by Angus King United States Senator receive over $400 million in federal support for broadband expansion — close to the estimated costs to connect the entire state.

This money is a game-changer, but full connectivity won’t happen overnight. Building this infrastructure will take time and hard work from organizations like the Maine Connectivity Authority and ConnectME, who are leading efforts to deploy high-speed broadband. Thanks to these federal investments and Maine’s additional state funding led by Governor Janet Mills, I’m optimistic that we will see every Maine community connected to the Internet’s possibilities in the near future.

The second issue — and perhaps the bigger issue in years to come — is cost, because broadband access isn’t much good unless you can afford it. For many rural Maine households, some who may already be struggling to put food on the table, the current cost of Internet is simply too high. This affordability concern was front of mind when we were writing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is why we required any recipient of funding from the bill to offer a low-cost broadband option. In the bipartisan legislation, we also included $14.2 billion for the new Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). This program modernizes and extends the emergency COVID-19 broadband provisions that were included in the BROADBAND, Page 5B

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Community

Casco Celebrates Memorial Day 2022 IN CASCO, two of the speakers Rep. Jessica Faye (D – Raymond, Poland, Casco) and Casco resident Peg Dilley made references to the origins of Memorial Day, which prior to 1971 was known as Decoration Day. On Monday morning, people gathered at the Casco Day Park to observe Memorial Day. (De Busk Photos)

Obituaries

Sharon L. Plummer

Arlene E. Perry-Dyer

Guy O. Stickney

BRIDGTON — Arlene E. Perry-Dyer, 82, of Bridgton, Maine, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 14, 2022, with her husband, son and daughter by her side.

Arlene was born in Sorrento, Maine, daughter of Lucille Robinson-Perry and Donald Perry. She graduated from Portland High School in 1958. She lived many years in Westbrook, Maine, and her later years in Bridgton, Maine. She also spent her winters in Tavares, Florida for 13 years. She worked for Maine Savings Bank as a loan officer for the majority of her life. Her last, and favorite, job was at St. Joseph’s Manor in Portland working in the child day care.

Children were the most important part of her life — she absolutely loved all children. She loved animals as well. When not playing with the children she enjoyed shopping, getting her nails done, going to the beach, sunbathing, music and dancing.

She played the piano and enjoyed stamping and card making as well. She enjoyed family cookouts, traveling “Down East” to visit family and spending time with her friends. She also enjoyed reading; books by Sydney Sheldon were her favorite. Holidays, especially Christmas were very special to Arlene. Baking Christmas Cookies with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren was an annual event.

Most people were not aware that Arlene struggled most of her life with many health problems. She always had a smile on her face, laughter in her heart and light in her beautiful blue eyes.

She had a heart of gold and placed everyone else’s happiness and wellbeing before her own. Her body did its best to house Arlene’s beautiful soul for as long as possible. It was truly a blessing to know and love her.

She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Frederick W. (Bill) Dyer of Bridgton; a son, Frederick W. (Billy) Dyer Jr. and his girlfriend Shawn Marie of Standish; a daughter, Michelle Williams and her husband Vincent of Norway; a brother, Alan Davis of Fryeburg. Her three grandchildren; Nicole Parker and husband Luke of Sebago; Amy Parker and husband Abe of Raymond and Adam Williams of Hilliard, Ohio. Additionally, five great-grandchildren: Brooke, Braylea, Ava, Ayla and Ryan. She also leaves many nieces, nephews and cousins who adored her; along with many very dear close friends.

A special “Thank You” to her nephrologist, Dr. James Wasserman and his staff for the kind treatment and care she received from them during her six years on Dialysis. An additional “Thank You” to Bonny Dyer for her loving care and support and to the wonderful and loving caregivers that she was blessed to have during the last few months of her life.

Arlene’s wishes were to have no funeral services. A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. Online condolences may be expressed at the Poitras Funeral Homes website: www.mainefuneral.com. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to her favorite charity “St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital” or the National Kidney Foundation.

Guy O. Stickney Jr. 75, of Bridgton, died unexpectedly Friday morning, May 13, 2022, at his home in Bridgton.

He was born on July 9, 1947, in Farmington, the son of, Guy O. and Virginia Althea (LaDrette) Stickney Sr. Guy was raised in Mexico, Maine, and attended local schools, graduating from Mexico High School in 1965. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served four years, returning home in 1970.

Upon his return one year later in 1971, he married Louise Hamilton in Mexico. He enrolled in Farmington Teacher’s College and graduated with a degree in education which he put to immediate use in a teaching position in Livermore Falls and later back in the Mexico school system.

In 1987 he and Louise moved to Dexter and Guy taught in the local school system eventually serving as the assistant principal and athletic director. He also coached football, track, and women’s softball. After 17 years in Dexter, Guy came to Bridgton and served as the assistant principal at Lake Region High School and also as a coach. He retired from LRHS in June of 2017 only to take a math teaching position at Lake Region Middle School that fall. He retired for good in 2019.

Guy loved to fish and rarely traveled without his rod and reel in case a stream or pond caught his eye. He also enjoyed company of the European high school exchange students he and Louise hosted over the years, especially Peter Strom. He also cherished the time he spent on the sidelines, the bench in the woods and on the water with his dear friend and coaching partner, J.D. Warren.

He is survived by his wife, Louise of Bridgton; sister, Laurel Belanger of Sumner; several nieces and nephews; A Memorial Service celebrating Mr. Stickney’s life will be held on Wednesday, June 8 at 5 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, UCC, Bridgton, 33 South High St., Bridgton. Following the service there will be a potluck dinner at the Lake Region High School in Guy’s honor. For those unable to attend, the church will be livestreaming the service at https://www.facebook.com/FirstCongregationalChurchBridgtonUcc. Interment will be at the Lakeview Cemetery in Wilton. Arrangements are in the care of the Hall Funeral Home, 165 Quaker Ridge Road in Casco, www.hallfuneralhome.net.

Sharon Louise (Dingley) Plummer, 75, of South Casco, passed away peacefully May 29 at her home surrounded by her family following a recent illness.

Sharon was born October 28, 1946, to Fred and Madeline (Watkins) Dingley. She attended Casco schools, graduating from Casco High School in 1964. She graduated from Fisher College in 1966 in Boston where she earned her Associates Degree as a Legal Secretary. She married Cole in April of 1967 and remained a devoted wife until his death in 2015.

Sharon was active in many community activities including the Casco Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary, dispatched for Casco Fire Rescue from home, and worked alongside Cole in the Casco Days Bonus Prize booth for many years. Sharon was active in Cub Scouts as a den mother, Boy Scouts, and kept score for baseball teams her husband, Cole, coached.

Sharon was also involved during the 80s by volunteering with a citizen organization to stop the DOE from establishing a nuclear waste dump in the Lake Region area.

Her hobbies included cross-stitching, macrame, quilting and talking on the phone…for hours. Sharon spent a considerable amount of time tracing her and Cole’s family lineage through multiple ancestral lines as a legacy to pass down to future generations.

After Cole retired, he and Sharon enjoyed traveling the country attending numerous NASCAR races from New Hampshire to Las Vegas and parts in between. She also enjoyed spending winters in Florida for many years, sipping on her Early Times Whiskey. She was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and recently, great-grandmother.

Sharon is survived by her two children, Gretchen and Greg, along with two grandsons Ryan and Shaun, and greatgrandson Cole.

True to her sense of humor, when asked if she had a message for her beloved friends, she simply stated, “Don’t cry for me Argentina.”

There will be no funeral but instead, a party, per Sharon’s wishes. Date to be determined.

Cremation arrangements are in the care of Hall Funeral Home in Casco where tributes may be shared at www.hallfuneralhome.net.

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Calling out those who call out others I am an academic, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and a terminal degree. And today, I want to make what many certified smart people would regard as an antiintellectual argument in one specific area.

I abhor the emotional and social corrosive effects of many aspects of “wokeness” and the calling out culture that it produces.

Yes, some brilliant intellectuals can display their gifts for dissecting even excellent behavior by others and calling it “virtue signaling,” a term I despise.

You are a teenage girl. You help a little girl across a busy crosswalk. The snobby intellectual would sneer and tell his students, “That’s an example of virtue signaling. She’s just making her socially acceptable bid for approbation based on this act that is actually done in self-interest.”

Yup. And I thank you, teenage girl, for helping. If you only did it for approval, you’ve got it!

But it takes a serious cynic to view such altruism as selfish.

What I teach my students is that figuring out how to help others can be also considered enlightened self-interest. By “enlightened” I mean that my goal is to figure out how to work with others to achieve mutual gain. And I also mean that, if I lose nothing and someone else is helped or made happy, I regard that as in my enlightened self-interest as well.

One of the smartest young people I ever met is Daniel Hunter, and in one of George Lakey’s books (one I use in one of my classes, How we win: A guide to nonviolent direct action campaigning), Hunter is interviewed and tells a story about helping a young rural Indiana college student — we’ll call him Jimmy — start to see homosexuality differently than it had been framed and described to him as a boy growing up in a very Christian, conservative part of a red state.

Hunter’s style is not to call out negative conduct but to call others in, to help them think more deeply and with more compassion, about others.

Jimmy wrote a letter to the college student newspaper and tried to explain his new acceptance of anyone who was gay.

His letter used some outdated terms, but anyone reading it

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And so, we embrace the Great Battle for Freedom — with many people embracing it in their own way. Enemies are always knocking on the door, or hiding under our beds.

The enemy wants to make our children uncomfortable. It wants to replace us!

And indeed, this is a dangerous world, in many ways.

The problem is that we’re essentially blinding ourselves to the actual dangers by turning analysis and self-reflection into hatred and blame. To a large extent, the dangers we face are without an enemy.

Winslow Myers puts it this way: “In a possible emerging planetary story, we have the chance to see that we have more in common than what divides us, based in the challenges we face together. Tanks, fighter jets and nuclear missiles — and the greed, hatred and paranoia motivating their endless deployment — do nothing to address the death of coral reefs, the breakdown of ocean ecosystems and fisheries, the rise in sea levels, the mass migrations of refugees.”

And so much more! But as Michael Klare writes: “Sadly, geopolitical rivalry, not cooperation, is now the order of the day. Thanks to Russia’s invasion and the harsh reaction it’s provoked in Washington and other Western capitals, ‘great-power competition’ (as the Pentagon calls it) has overtaken all other considerations. Not only has diplomatic engagement between Washington, Moscow, and Beijing essentially ground to a halt, making international cooperation on climate change (or any other global concern) nearly impossible, but an all-too-militarized competition has been launched that’s unlikely to abate for years to come.”

This “all-too-militarized competition” isn’t just between the great powers, as the flow of news informs us. It’s also between deeply lost (and armed) souls and their inner demons. Barely a week ago, a crazed 18-year-old shot and killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. Eleven days later, another 18-year-old killed, my God, 21 people (19 of them students) at the Texas elementary school. I kneel in grief and try my best to put this into context.

Gun control isn’t enough. We also need hatred control.

The lone wolves out there, the lost souls, who have chosen to play real war in response to their own demons, might seek another course of action if they had fewer political and corporate role models. The human race will not evolve by waging endless war and killing itself.

Robert Koehler (koehlercw@gmail.com), syndicated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. He is the author of Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.

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by Tom H. Hastings PeaceVoice Senior Editor with any sort of open mind could see his authenticity.

A few from the “woke” culture on campus took extreme umbrage at the Jimmy’s failure to use the most current terms and attacked him on social media, in the paper, and on the campus.

Jimmy went to Daniel, literally in tears, and told him in no uncertain terms that was the last time he was going to try to say anything like that.

Daniel went on to tell Lakey that such calling out behavior is how social change happens — for the worse, back to intolerance, back to silence in the face of identity slurs, back to nonparticipation in events calling for inclusion.

I admit, it’s hard to avoid calling out some behavior, but I’ve learned in my 53 years as a white dad to two African American sons that it’s always possible to call people in and to begin the process of helping them pivot toward empathy, toward appreciation for all.

As a young dad, it took me a long time to develop alternatives to angry calling-outbursts. But when I stumbled on them it worked. Every time. For instance, with some who might use the n-word, I learned to say something like, “You’re a better man than that. You don’t mean that.” With others, I’ve used some version of, “Yeah, you have the right to say anything you want. But I want you to understand that when you use that word, it hurts my heart. My sons are good guys and that word stabs me in the heart.”

Those approaches work. Literally, one or the other works every time. I am not claiming that the person who used a

racial slur is now all cured of racism, nor even that he didn’t use it 10 minutes later when he was with other people and I wasn’t around. But I brought out the best in him, even if for a brief moment. And in every case for those past 53 years, whichever person that was never used such language around me again. So, to me, it’s a minor example of enlightened selfinterest. I was spared the rotten experience of hearing that word. He was treated like someone with power to hurt or not and he chose to stop hurting, almost certainly feeling better about himself for his compassion.

So, to conclude, I am hereby calling out those who call out others. Did I introduce myself as a perfect intellect, a consistent and brilliant guy? I did not. So please excuse my lapse as I call out those who call out others. No virtue signaling for me!

Dr. Tom H. Hastings is Coördinator of Conflict Resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University, PeaceVoice Senior Editor, and on occasion an expert witness for the defense of civil resisters in court.

Broadband

(Continued from Page 3B) 2020 bipartisan spending bill and is a massive step towards ensuring affordable Internet access for all. Specifically, the ACP provides eligible low-income households with a $30 per month credit for their internet costs and support for connected devices. These credits are being accepted by nearly every national internet provider and by dozens of local Maine broadband companies.

Earlier this month, President Biden took an important step to realize the promise of the ACP by securing commitments from many of the nation’s largest internet providers that they would provide a $30 a month high-speed internet option. This means that the program’s credit wouldn’t just reduce your internet bill — it would entirely cover it, eliminating the barrier for many to access the internet.

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Legals PUBLIC NOTICE

• Annual Meeting and Open House •

Bridgton Water District Bridgton Water District is looking to obtain a loan in the amount of $160,000 for the purpose of finishing our watermain replacement project, specifically for Kennard St. and the intersection of Routes 302 and 117, from the USDA Rural Development. This application will be discussed at the next public board meeting on June 6, 2022, at 3 p.m.

Any questions please contact: Kim Lorrain at 207-647-2881.

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DENMARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY Annual Meeting is being held on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at 2 p.m. in the Denmark Library. Election of Board of Directors and discussion of other business will take place.

Social Hour to Follow All are Welcome

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PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWNS OF CASCO AND NAPLES PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF CASCO CASCO COMMUNITY CENTER 6:30 P.M., JUNE 13, 2022

The Transfer Station Council will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 6 p.m. at the Naples Town Office located at 15 Village Green Lane.

On the agenda: • Proposed Fee Changes • Proposed Facility Improvements.

Public participation is encouraged.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

ADDITIONAL OFFICE HOURS The Town Clerk’s Office will be open on Thursday, June 9 from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m., for the purpose of accepting voter registration and other election related issues. No other town business will be conducted during this time.

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Public Notice

TOWN OF NAPLES Municipal Referendum Vote

The Town of Naples will conduct a Municipal Referendum Vote on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Gymnasium of the Naples Town Office located at 15 Village Green Lane. To view a sample ballot, access townofnaples.org/notices or visit the Town Office during regular business hours. Absentee ballots are available. Visit or call the town office (207-693-6364) for more details.

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Town of Sweden PUBLIC HEARING The Sweden Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sweden Town Meeting House at 147 Bridgton Rd., Sweden, Maine, to consider a proposed Short-Term Rental Ordinance for the Town of Sweden.

The proposed ordinance document is posted for the public on the town website at www.swedenmaine. org. You may also obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance by visiting the Sweden Town Office. Note that the office has limited hours. It is currently open on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the first four Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The public is welcome to attend the public hearing.

Written comments should be sent prior to the meeting to: Planning Board Chair, Town of Sweden, 147 Bridgton Rd., Sweden, ME 04040 2T21

Minor Subdivision Application, Meadow Road Subdivision – 4 lots. Map 10 – Lot 4-1, 15.8 acres in the Town of Casco, Maine, submitted by DM Roma LLC on behalf of RN Willey and Son Excavating.

Respectfully Submitted by, Mary Tremblay

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PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF HARRISON Absentee Ballots & Voting Hours Absentee ballots are available now until June 9, 2022.

You can call and request a ballot to be mailed to you (207-583-2241, ext. 1) or stop in the Town Office, 20 Front St., Harrison.

Our office will also be open late on Wed., June 8 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. for absentee voting only.

Election Day is June 14, 2022, and held at the Town Office from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Election information is available on our website www.harrisonmaine.org and in the Clerk’s Office.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING JUNE 7, 2022 CASCO COMMUNITY CENTER 6:00 PM The Casco Selectboard will hold a Public Hearing at the Casco Community Center, 940 Meadow Road, Casco, Maine on June 7, 2022, at 6 p.m. to review applications for three Major Mass Gathering Licenses – Maine Lakes Brewfest to be held at Point Sebago on September 24, 2022, Open Air Fair and Flea Market on July 9, 2022, to be held at Casco Village Church and Casco Days to be held from July 28 – July 3, 2022, at Casco Days Park.

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Public Notice

TOWN OF NAPLES Planning Board Meeting

The town of Naples will be holding a Planning Board meeting and public hearing on June 7, 2022, starting at 6 p.m. The meeting will be in person at the Naples Town Hall located at 15 Village Green Lane. On the Agenda: a. A requested Extension for an approved Solar Project located at 24 Old County Road (Tax Map 07 Lot 65) known as the Outback Salvage/Kimball property. b. A Minor Site Plan Review for Shipping Container Self-Storage located at 236 Roosevelt Trail (Tax Map U05 Lot 24-1A) submitted by Jones Associates on behalf of Denis Laliberte.

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Thursday, June 2 Roots & Rocks Ramblers, 5:30 p.m. Join Greater Lovell Land Trust, Lovell Rec, and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust for a fun run every Thursday evening from May through September. Come when you can. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Mountain Top Music Center Adult Singers will perform at 7 p.m. at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts on Christian Hill Road (just off Route 5) in Lovell.

The concert is free, but donations are appreciated.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information, go to www.lovellbrickchurch.org or call 207-925-1500.

Dragon of Wortley (C.A. Wortley) at Bear Mountain Music Hall, South Waterford, 6 p.m., donation at the door.

Friday, June 3 Feathered Friends Friday, 6:30 to 9 a.m.

Weekly bird watching series, all levels of experience are welcome. GLLT will provide field guides and binoculars if needed. This may be a paddle and you’ll need to BYOKayak/Canoe. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt. org Ken Turley, musician and composer from Bridgton

Calendar of Events

will play a concert of pieces for classical guitar at noon.

Admission is by donation, with open seating in the spacious and well-ventilated Majestic Theatre on Main Street in Conway, N.H. Tickets are available, and donations may be made, at mountaintopmusic.org/concert-series. Walk-ins are also welcome. Masks are encouraged but not required.

Saturday, June 4 Learn how to worm compost. Mark Follansbee of WormMainea will explain how to do worm composting at Spaulding Memorial Library in Sebago on Saturday, June 4 at 3 p.m.

This free presentation will be outdoors (under a tent if bad weather). The library is located at 282 Sebago Road (Route 114), Sebago. Bins and worms may be obtained that day if payment was made in advance. For more information, call 787-2321.

Book, Bake and Plant Sale, Harrison Village Library from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Gently used books, plants from local gardens, and delicious homemade treats will be available.

Decorate a Birdhouse Workshop, 11 a.m. (rain date June 11) at 857 Roosevelt Trail, Casco, hosted by Read

Between the Spines Book Club and Raymond’s Frozen Custard. Birdhouse are preassembled; tools, supplies, embellishments included.

Costs $20 to $30. Proceeds benefit Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

Love is a Rose — A Linda Ronstadt Tribute, featuring local singer and performer Teresa Dyer will take place at 7 p.m., at the Denmark Arts Center. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.denmarkarts.org/events (view calendar listing).

Pig Roast, Sweden Volunteer Fire Association at the Sweden Town Meeting House, 147 Bridgton Road (Route 93), 5 to 7 p.m. Menu: Roast pork, barbecue chicken, potato salad, macaroni salad, tossed salad, cole slaw, baked beans, watermelon, cookies and brownies. Cost: $15 for adults, $5 children ages 6 to 12, free to kids ages 5 and younger. Serving inside, some outside seating, to-go meals offered. BetteJean 583-7989.

Tuesday, June 7 Free lecture at the Bridgton Library on from 10 to 1130 a.m., “Why do young men become violent?” The lecturer, Kevin Kervick (Rev Kev) has 33 years of experi-

ence as a mental health professional specializing in the treatment of boys and men.

No RSVP required. Church website: www.livingagoodlifechurch.org Wednesday, June 8 Seeing What Draws Your Eye: A Photo Walk, 9:30 to 11 a.m. An informal walk along a GLLT trail with five stops for making images on phone or camera. Participation numbers limited. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Volunteerism with a Reward. Deertrees Theatre in Harrison is looking for volunteers to assist with various tasks. In return for your time, you are welcome to enjoy the show free of charge. A volunteer reception and sign up will be held at the Theatre, 156 Deertrees Road, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 9 Roots & Rocks Ramblers, 5:30 p.m. Join GLLT, Lovell Rec, and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust for a fun run every Thursday evening from May through September.

Come when you can. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt. org Paul Dube Memorial Jam, Lindsey Montana hosting at Bear Mountain Music Hall, South Waterford, 6

p.m., donation at the door.

Moving Past Fear — to Healing, a Christian Science talk by Lisa Troseth, CSB, 7 p.m. at the First Church of Christ, Scientist, 5 Morrill Road, Norway; call in by phone 605-562-8401, access code 955-5016.

Friday, June 10 Feathered Friends Friday, 6:30 to 9 a.m. For this weekly bird watching series, we’ll travel to a different location each Friday.

All levels of experience are welcome. We’ll provide field guides and binoculars if needed. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Forest Forensics, 9 a.m., Peabody-Fitch Woods, Bridgton.

Join LELT Stewardship Manager Jon Evans as we head deep into the forest to look for signs and clues from the past, and learn about some of the secrets the woods hold. This event will include walking off-trail on uneven terrain.

Free, no registration required.

Intimate evening with award winning singer/ songwriter Carlos Angeles Olmeda at the Denmark Arts Center at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.DenmarkArts. org/events (calendar listing).

Saturday, June 11 Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity, located at 121 Main Street in Bridgton, will open for its 2022 season at 10 a.m. Masks will still be required. Hours of operation will be Wednesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last tour at 3:30 p.m.).

ATV Poker Ride, hosted

by Pulpit Rock Trail Blazah’s ATV Club, Mountain Road, Stoneham, benefit for Harvest Hills Animal Shelter.

Registration 8 to 10 a.m., more info call Linda (207) 776-9090 or Marcia (207) 890-6403.

Church Supper, 5 p.m., South Bridgton Congregational Church.

Menu: baked bean, brown bread, delicious casseroles, salads and homemade pies.

With music and sing along songs after the meal. All for a donation of $12. By reservations only, please contract Shirley Field at 647-1218 to reserve seating. There will be a 50/50 raffle. The church is located at 16 Fosterville Road in South Bridgton.

Wednesday, June 22 Retirement Celebration for Carmen Lone and Lorraine Goldrup from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Bridgton Community Center.

Songs from the Road at Brick Church in Lovell LOVELL — Welcome in the summer season at the Lovell Brick Church with singers from the Mt. Washington Valley, led by Mary Bastoni and accompanied by John Waldie on Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m.

These singers are part of the Mountain Top Music Center’s Adult Singers’ class.

Each performer will sing “Songs from the Road” in a wide variety of genres, from classical, Broadway, rock, folk, and country. Performers in this concert include Bob Carper, Dave Mason, Maxine Booth, Louis King, Peter Cash, Virginia Spaulding, Tom Ferentz, Teresa Dyer,

Sierra Hopkins, and Kristen Burke.

This is a free concert, with donations going to both Mountain Top Music Center and The Brick Church for the Performing Arts.

This will be the first show in the summer concert series at the Lovell Brick Church for the Performing Arts. Other performers include John Waldie, performing the songs of Billy Joel; Birds on a Wire; the Mollyockett Chorus; Heather Pierson; Pete and Justice; Andrew Brosnan; and the Bradley Jazz Collective.

Once again through the generous support of the Sear Family Foundation, the

Lovell Brick Church will also offer a children’s summer theater week with Mary Bastoni during the month of July. More information on the BCPA schedule may be found at www.lovellbrickchurch. org.

The Mountain Top Music Center Adult Singers’ “Songs from the Road” concert will be held at the Lovell Brick Church for the Performing Arts on Christian Hill Road in Lovell. Admission for this concert is free but donations gladly accepted. For more information call 207925-1500 or go to the BCPA Facebook page or website at www.lovellbrickchurch.org.

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LOVELL — June events offered by the Greater Lovell Land Trust (GLLT): Thursday, June 2, 5:30 p.m., Roots & Rocks Ramblers. Join GLLT, Lovell Rec, and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust for a fun run every Thursday evening from May through September. Come when you can.

E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Friday, June 3, 6:30 to 9 a.m., Feathered Friends Friday. For this weekly bird watching series, we’ll travel to a different location each Friday. All levels of experience are welcome. We’ll provide field guides and binoculars if needed. This may be a paddle and you’ll need to BYOKayak/ Canoe. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@ gllt.org Wednesday, June 8, 9:30 to 11 a.m., Seeing What Draws Your Eye: A Photo Walk. An informal walk along a GLLT trail with five stops for making images on phone or camera. At each stop, we will share a photo or two, and look at the diversity of

perspectives and interests that are caught by the group. How complete a “picture” of the site is created in this way? Where do people tend to look? Where are individuals’ eyes drawn? What gets missed? If there is interest at the end of the walk, the docent will put the images together and send them back to participants. Participation numbers limited. E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@ gllt.org Thursday, June 9, 5:30 p.m., Roots & Rocks Ramblers. Join GLLT, Lovell Rec, and Upper Saco Valley Land Trust for a fun run every Thursday evening from May through September. Come when you can.

E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Friday, June 10, 6:30 to 9 a.m., Feathered Friends Friday. For this weekly bird watching series, we’ll travel to a different location each Friday. All levels of experience are welcome. We’ll provide field guides and binoculars if needed.

E-mail to register: leigh.hayes@gllt.org

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DENMARK — Spend an intimate evening with award winning singer/songwriter (San Diego Music Awards, H.A.T. Awards, runner up WMWV Song of the Year Award) Carlos Angeles Olmeda at the Denmark Arts Center on Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m.

His music transports listeners to a wide spectrum of emotional and cultural destinations, and his heartfelt delivery is aimed at changing gears and realigning perspectives. On any given night, fans can hear at least four different songwriting styles in at least two languages performed with passion as well as a sense of humor. In a social and Artistic Climate where great songwriting, and, heartfelt performance is fast becoming a forgotten art form,

and, where machines and computer apps create and deliver too much of the music we hear, Carlos Angeles brings us home musically to that place where great music belongs, the human heart. Come revel in matters of the heart!

The show is funded by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts Due to the recent rise in COVID cases and Oxford County at red alert, masks are currently required regardless of vaccination status. DAC’s new HEPA air purifier systems and ventilation will be engaged for indoor performances.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.DenmarkArts.org/events

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ogy, engineering and mathematics) skills and improve reading skills. This is all accomplished through collaborative, creative problem-solving activities that offer so much hands-on fun and excitement, kids don’t even realize how much they’re learning!

Camp Invention® is one of the ways that the Museum seeks to support the cultural and intellectual life of the Bridgton community, in addition to encouraging the creative inventiveness that Rufus Porter himself sustained throughout his life.

Camp Invention® will be offered in person at Stevens Brook Elementary School, July 11-15. To learn more please visit www.invent.org or call 800-968-4332.

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Main Street in Bridgton, will open for its 2022 season on Saturday, June 11 at 10 a.m. Masks will still be required. Hours of operation will be WednesdaySaturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (last tour at 3:30 p.m.).

The new exhibit for the 2022 season will be You Can Get There From Here: Itinerancy and Travel in the 19th Century. This exhibit provides an overview on the key element of itinerancy — travel — in the 19th century, with a focus on Rufus Porter’s journeys and how he likely got from place to place.

Closing day for the 2022 season will be Saturday, Oct. 8.

Admission is $8 for adults, $4 for students, and children aged 15 and under are admitted free. There is no charge to visit the museum’s well-stocked Gift Shop.

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CARLOS ANGELES OLMEDA will perform at the Denmark Arts Center on Friday, June 10 at 7 p.m. (Photo courtesy Susan Asato)

The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity in Bridgton received a generous grant that will enable 20 qualifying Bridgton-area children to attend Camp Invention®, a program run by the National Inventors Hall of Fame®. The Brick & Beam Society, a giving circle within The United Way of Greater Portland, provided the grant funds for these scholarships. This is the fifth year that the Museum has obtained scholarships for area children to attend the camp.

Camp Invention® is a weeklong summer camp for children going into grades K-6th. A new curriculum is developed every year with stimulating, customized activities that are child-centered and focused on creative thinking. This year’s all-new program — entitled EXPLORE — is designed to inspire confidence and persistence, build essential STEM (science, technol-

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House of Hamill at Dragonfly House of Hamill, a high-energy professional Irish/Folk music trio from Philadelphia, Pa., appears at The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton (Sanborns Grove Road) on Saturday, June 11 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan have toured internationally with their bands

“Burning Bridget Cleary” and “Enter The Haggis” for the last 15 years, and recently added Caroline Browing to the trio. All three members are accomplished multiinstrumentalists.

Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan first found themselves onstage together at the 2014 Folk Alliance International conference in

Kansas City. Rose’s band Burning Bridget Cleary was scheduled to perform, but inclement weather prevented two of her bandmates from flying. Desperate to salvage the showcase, Rose approached Brian, who she knew fronted Canadian Celtic rock band Enter the Haggis. She thrust a guitar into Brian’s hands, pulled

him onstage, and the two just clicked.

Four years and hundreds of shows later, the duo was booked to play a closing slot at a Colorado festival, so they hired a bass player and drummer to fill out their sound. By the oddest of coincidences, their hired bandmates’ flights were canceled the day of the show.

A frantic Facebook post introduced Brian and Rose to local musician Caroline Browning, who joined them on bass for the weekend.

Once again, the chemistry was undeniable, and House of Hamill became a trio.

Whether they’re ripping through a set of original jigs and reels, adding lush threepart harmonies into traditional folk ballads, or cracking up an audience with sto- FIRST FRIDAY performer Ken Turley will be at the ries from the road, House of Majestic Theatre in Conway, N.H. at noon on June 3.

Hamill puts on a show that captivates audiences from the very first note.

Info: https://www.facebook.com/dragonflybarnmaine/ Tickets:$35, www.hayloftatdragonfly.com Telephone: 207-749CONWAY, N.H. — Ken Turley, musician and comAN EVENING OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC with House of Hamill on Saturday, June 11, 6160 poser from Bridgton will play a concert of pieces for 7:30 p.m. at The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn in Bridgton. classical guitar this Friday, June 3 at noon. Admission is by donation, with open seating in the spacious and wellventilated Majestic Theatre on Main Street in Conway, N.H. Tickets are available, and donations may be made, at mountaintopmusic.org/concert-series. Walk-ins are also welcome. Masks are encouraged but not required.

The concert will include pieces from the Baroque era and later, as well as some of Ken’s own compositions.

Flute player and Mountain Top registrar Kate Vachon DENMARK — “Love is a Rose — A Linda Ronstadt will join him for “In the Garden,” an original suite of Tribute,” featuring local singer and performer Teresa duets.

Dyer will take place on Saturday, June 4 at 7 p.m., at the Ken has played and composed music since childhood, Denmark Arts Center. and is fluent in light rock, jazz, blues and country as well Linda Ronstadt’s musical career spanned over many as classical music. His compositions include pieces in decades. Her rich voice and wide singing range allowed many genres, for full orchestra and a variety of smaller her to cross music genres from folk to opera. Come ensembles. He plays guitar, bass, mandolin, recorder and and enjoy listening to many of her greatest hits from cello, and sings. He enjoys sharing and teaching music as the 1970s performed live! Local singer and performer well as creating and performing.

Teresa Dyer will present an evening of Linda’s songs Ken says, “Music has been and continues to be essenincluding Blue Bayou, When Will I Be Loved, That’ll tial and central to my life and well-being. It is the gift Be the Day, Silver Thread and Golden Needles and I have received and that I have to offer. With this, has many more. come a deep and growing appreciation for the efforts of Dyer will be joined on stage by musicians Mark Descouteaux (drums), Bruce Bjork (steel guitar/banjo TRIBUTE CONCERT to Linda Ronstadt on Saturday, others and an appreciation for every opportunity to share and dobro), Tom Rebmann (guitar), Jamie Ruhlin (bass), June 4 at 7 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center featuring all forms and styles of music with others.”

GUITAR, Page 8B Jeanine Lounger (fiddle) and John Waldie (keyboards). local singer and performer Teresa Dyer.

Due to the recent rise in COVID cases and Oxford County at red alert, masks are now required regardless of vaccination status. DAC’s new HEPA air purifier systems and ventilation will be engaged for indoor performances.

NORTH CONWAY, (MWVAA). Fine artists Approximately 60 artists registration date is June 29 Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.

N.H. — The 50th Annual and craftspeople are invit- from all over New England so don’t wait. Forms are denmarkarts.org/events (view calendar listing).

Art in the Park returns to ed to sign up. will be represented in all also available at our Main Schouler Park in North The art show tradi- media of painting, pho- Street Art Gallery, next to Conway Village on Aug. tionally attracts visitors tography, sculpture and Sawyer River Trading Co Dine-in 5-6. This two-day art show for the weekend who mixed media. It is a per- in Norcross Place, North Take-out or e is the signature event come to admire the talent fect opportunity to sell you Conway Village. id -s rb Cu of the Mt. Washington of these artists and buy original art and prints.

Volunteers are needed Valley Arts Association a treasure of their own.

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and control over your animal. Thank you!

For a full list of vendors and information on ordering visit https://www.facebook.com/BridgtonFarmersMarket/ or contact BFM at bridgtonfarmersmarket.me@gmail.com BFM accepts credit cards and EBT.

Bridgton Farmers’ Market recipe

Shaved Asparagus Salad

By Nancy Tripp Bridgton Farmers’ Market Asparagus is one of the first spring vegetables that we get to enjoy here in Maine, and I cannot recommend the following preparation more. It is so fresh, so simple, and so satisfying. It’s incredibly delicious on its own, but also serves as a solid side dish next to a roast chicken, or piled high on a thick slab of fresh toasted bread.

cheese of choice Preparation Hold on to the thick, tough end of the asparagus stalk, and using a vegetable peeler, shave all the asparagus into long, thin ribbons. Discard the tough ends. Pile about half of the asparagus ribbons on your serving dish, drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste.

Don’t be afraid to make it really Shaved Asparagus Salad lemony! Shave about half the parmefrom Gina Hancock san cheese over the asparagus, then Ingredients repeat with the second half of your 1/4 cup pine nuts or sliced almonds, pumpasparagus ribbons, cheese, salt, pepkin seeds, or other nut/seed of choice, per, olive oil and lemon. Toss everytoasted and cooled thing, then sprinkle with the toasted 1-pound asparagus, rinsed nuts/seeds, and serve!

1 lemon, halved The Bridgton Farmers’ Market Olive oil has moved outdoors for its 27th summer season! The Market Coarse salt runs every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 29.

Freshly ground black pepper You can find BFM on The Green behind Renys on Depot 1 to 2 ounces Parmesan cheese, Romano cheese, or other Street. If you bring your dog, please maintain a short leash

als while helping us all grow as learners and citizens.

This workshop, taught by George Conant, professional educator and retired administrator will be held at the Magic Lantern on Tuesday, June 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee of $150 includes lunch. CEU certification will be available.

E-mail Susan.jennings@ maine.edu or call 207-6157300 to register.

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Upcoming Loon Echo Land Trust events in June: Dog Trail Etiquette Workshop, Thursday, June 9, 4 p.m. at Peabody-Fitch Woods in Bridgton. Join dog trainer Kelly Pontbriand for a 30 to 45-minute talk about hiking with your dog. Topics will include trail etiquette, recommended equipment, and safety tips. The talk will be followed by a 1-hour training session for a lim-

ited number of dogs. Dogs must have basic obedience skills (loose-leash walking, sit, down, and stay), be current on vaccinations, and be safe around unknown dogs and people. Registration is required, and a donation on a sliding scale is requested for those attending the workshop portion of the event.

Please register at lelt.org/ events.

Forest Forensics, Friday,

June 10, 9 a.m., PeabodyFitch Woods, Bridgton. Join LELT Stewardship Manager Jon Evans as we head deep into the forest to look for signs and clues from the past, and learn about some of the secrets the woods hold. This event will include walking off-trail on uneven terrain. Free, no registration required.

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(Continued from Page 7B) First Friday performers include Mountain Top faculty and staff, as well as other Mount Washington Valley musicians, who share their music with the community without compensation. All First Friday concerts are open to the public by donation, in keeping with Mountain Top Music Center’s mission of “enriching lives HIKING WITH YOUR DOG — LELT presents Dog Trail Etiquette Workshop on Thursday, June 9. with music.”

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The Magic Lantern Innovation Center in Bridgton is offering a Restorative Practice daylong workshop for teachers, educators, parents, and anyone interested in effective group work and collaboration.

Restorative practice is an emerging social science that studies how to strengthen relationships between individuals as well as build social connections within communities. Relationships are central in promoting successful growth in individu-

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(Continued from Page 8B) Magic Lantern while adding opportunities for educational outreach to local schools and youth groups.

The new Magic Lantern Innovation and Learning Center is dedicated to bringing research-based, hands-on experiential education to the Bridgton area. In addition, the center serves as a base for UMaine Extension professional staff to offer classroom programs to area schools, camps and others.

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Loon Echo events

(Continued from Page 8B) a full calendar of events, visit LELT.org/events or call 207647-4352.

StoryWalk. Loon Echo Land Trust and the Bridgton Public Library have installed a StoryWalk® in Pondicherry Park. The story featured is Hector Fox and the Giant Quest by Astrid Sheckles.

StoryWalk® is an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults — to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time.

Laminated pages from a children’s book are attached to wooden stakes, which are ENJOY A STORY AND A WALK IN THE PARK — installed along an outdoor StoryWalk has been installed in Pondicherry Park. path. As you stroll down the

trail, you’re directed to the next page in the story. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Feguson of Montpelier, Vt. and developed in collaboration with the Kelloff-Hubbard Library.

To read the story in order, access the trail via the Bob Dunning Bridge entrance to the park on Depot Street.

Page one is at the first intersection of the Pondicherry Loop, the last page is at the amphitheater. The story will be up through the first week of June. If you enjoy the story and want to read it at home, you may check it out from the Bridgton Public Library or purchase

it at Bridgton Books. The Pondicherry Park StoryWalk is installed in memory of JoAnne Diller.

Loon Echo Land Trust (LELT) is a community supported, non-profit land trust that works to protect the natural resources of the northern Sebago Lake region for future generations. Loon Echo conserves over 8,500 acres of land and manages over 30 miles of recreational trails in the towns of Bridgton, Casco, Denmark, Harrison, Naples, Raymond and Sebago. To learn more about Loon Echo Land Trust visit www.lelt.org or call 207-647-4352.

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SEASONAL HELP WANTED — at Wyonegonic Camps in Denmark: Full and part-time kitchen positions including meal cook, assistant/prep cook and general kitchen assistants; part-time housekeeping; full or part-time grounds maintenance/driver; part-time office administrative support. Position start dates available May 30-June 20 and ending August 18-31. Online preliminary application available at Wyonegonic.com; compensation commensurate with experience. Call 207-452-2051 to arrange local interview.

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LOOKING FOR — houses or camps to paint for 2022 season.

Fully-insured. Free estimates. 34 years experience. Dirigo Custom Painting. 743-9889.

18t9x ODD JOBS ­— by the hour, day, week or job. Power washing, light trucking. Free estimates. 6274649.

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NOW ACCEPTING — new clients at SALON @ 420 MANE ask for Tammy Reynolds 207-4610818 or 207-647-8688.

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HELLO MY NAME IS MARK ­— and I am looking to mow your lawn for you if you are not into that yourself. Please give me a call or text so we can meet and see what I can do for you, thanks. 207 5954296.

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Offering SeaSOnal/Year-rOund, Part-time/full-time POSitiOnS

Order online at wester nmainetimberlands.com or call 207-925-1138

KIMBALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE — Spring cleanup, Bark mulch, loam, aggregates installed. Brush removal, chipping available and more. Fully Insured.

Call 207-595-8321.

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IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ­— cleaned up or cleaned out, my trailer is 7x12. Call Chuck’s Maintenance 743-9889.

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SEASONED:

$275/cord GREEN:

DELIVERED TO MAINE ONLY

GREEN: minimum $2 cord $

250/cord 250/cord

DELIVERED TO MAINE ONLY DELIVERED TO NH AND ME

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Camp Cedar in Casco is hiring

DENMARK HOUSE PAINTING — Since 1980. Interior and exterior painting. Free estimates. Call John Mathews 452-2781. tf40x

D&D PROPERTY SERVICES — Carpentry, painting (interior & exterior), clean outs, cleanups.

Dump trailer for hire for gravel, loam, etc. Electrical & plumbing repairs. Firewood for sale. Call 400-1040. tf17

FOR RENT

ROOMS FOR RENT ­— in Casco, Maine. Call Everett Blakelund at 978-502-9019 for all questions/ showings.

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COMMERCIAL SPACE ­ — Available! Beautiful loft space available Main St. in Bridgton Approx 400 sq. ft. Private ½ bath.

Great for small classes, crafting, painting, small office. Reasonable rent includes utilities. Call 203530-9964.

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Please call Kim at 207 291-5868

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$24 per hour, 40 hours guaranteed for seven weeks. Must be vaccinated and able to show proof.

Henry’s Concrete Construction is looking to hire for a few positions: concrete laborer, concrete floor finisher, and Class B boom truck operator.

ALL – Vendors/Crafters Garage Salers

The Umbrella Factory Supermarket

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DO REPLY if you are a dependable hard worker that doesn’t whine, is able to be part of a team that provides quality work, you don’t mind working 50+ hours a week earning great pay, staying fit and getting a great tan and have a never give up attitude.

Please call or text 207-557-2801

HELP WANTED

TABLE SPACE AVAILABLE 10' x 10' each

Planning to reopen our Crazy Stallion Pizza Pie Factory Soon!

Reserve yours TODAY!!

Experienced Help Welcome Apply in person

Easy Access Great Location Plenty of Parking

Full & Part-time Positions Available In All Departments Ask for David Allenson • 207-693-3988

$10 per Table Space $15 For Two Tables Spaces

TWO FAMILY YARD SALE — Bridgton. 566 Portland, Rt. 302. June 11, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., rain day Sunday. Canning jars, kitchen items, toys, collectibles, vintage, books, tools, household goods, free 8-tracks and so much more! 2t22x

10' x 10' Unit – $75/mo.

10' x 20' Unit – $125/mo.

207-452-2157 HELP WANTED

TOWN OF HARRISON Public Services Director

Please DO NOT respond if you: are unable to set your alarm, text out sick once a week, have to find a ride to work, or think checking social media every five minutes is part of your daily tasks.

Coming Saturday, June 25

Call to to order: order: 207-452-2157 207-452-2157 Call

SELLING, BUYING — vintage merchandise and furniture, seven days, 9-5. Bear Mountain Vintage (next to True Value Hardware), 192 Portland Road, Bridgton, 207-8038318.

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DENMARK SELF-STORAGE

— TWO BUS DRIVERS NEEDED —

42 Sweden Road, Bridgton

TAG/GARAGE/

DK PROPERTY MAINTENANCE — Property watch/caretaking.

Mowing, trimming, tree/brush removal. Light tractor work, gravel/ stone, driveway repair. Dan Knapp 207-713-0779.

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SEASONED: GREEN: $225/cord $$ 325/cord 325/cord SEMI-SEASONED: SUPPLY IS LIMITED, ORDER ONLY NOW! DELIVERED TO MAINE

Minimum two cords for delivery.

Looking to fill a full-time auto-technician position.

Experience needed (mechanical and computer diagnostics). Related schooling and certifications are a plus. We are a fast-paced, friendly shop.

Resumes may be dropped off at Frechette Tire Company 164 Passaconaway Rd., Conway E-mail to: FrechetteTire@hotmail.com Or call 603-447-5538 or 603-447-2647 to schedule an appointment for an interview

Join Us!

VEHI­CLES FOR SALE

PAYING TOP DOLLAR — For unwanted vehicles. We also buy copper, brass, wire, aluminum, batteries and much more. Call 603323-7363 26t14x

Green Firewood $250 per Cord

FRECHETTE TIRE COMPANY

’s Episcopal Chu r e t e P rch St.

DRIED FIREWOOD — Dried twelve months. Selling seasoned hardwood year-round. One cord $300, cut, split, delivered. Call 207-595-5029; 207-583-4113. maineseasonedfirewood.com 52t31x

BUSINESS SERVICES

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207-461-1539 / johnallenhemi@yahoo.com

$5 FOR TATTERED — U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46

JESUS IS LORD — new and used auto parts. National locator.

Most parts 2 days. Good used cars.

Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridg­ton, 207-647-5477. tf30

PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX

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LITTLE GUYS FIREWOOD — Cut, split, delivered. Prompt delivery. 603-960-2537 or 9356302. Fryeburg area $210 cord, over 20 miles add $10.

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VEHICLES FOR SALE BUSINESS SERVICES

YARD SALES

Now accepting new candidates to join our team at Aries Landscaping. Starting pay $18 hourly, plus incentives!

Must be reliable and goal oriented. If you are a hardworking individual, we at Aries Landscaping offer all of the training for you to succeed. Two references required.

Contact John at ArieS

FOR SALE

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The Town of Harrison is seeking candidates for the position of Public Services Director. This position includes supervision of the Recreation Dept., Transfer Station, Parks Dept. and the Public Works Dept. This will include all budgetary items and putting out bids for paving projects.

This is a salaried position that includes benefits.

Class A/B CDL required, and equipment experience is a plus.

Please send or drop off your application and resume at the Town of Harrison, C/O Town Manager, PO Box 300, Harrison, ME 04040; 207-583-2241, by June 8, 2022. Preferred candidate will be able to start on June 20, 2022. Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug/alcohol screening.

THE TOWN OF HARRISON IS EOE.

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CAMP & CANOE RENTAL Applications now being accepted for Full and Part-time positions: • Canoe Shuttle Drivers • Camp/Canoe Maintenance • Office Receptionist • Camp Security Call 207-540-4979

Call and reserve your spot today!

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639 Roosevelt Trail, Rt. 302, Naples • Supermarket Hours Sun.-Sat • 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

UFO Hours Sun.-Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. • 693-3988

Brownfield Bridge Rt. 160 • Brownfield, Maine 2T21CDX

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Continuations

Hamlet Live in HD at PAC FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera presents the final Live in HD simulcast of the 2021-22 season at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 4 at 1 p.m.

When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good…

Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.”

On June 4, this riveting contemporary masterpiece appears live in cinemas, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, bringing his acclaimed staging to the Met stage. Many of the original cast members have followed, including tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. Nicholas Carter makes his Met debut conducting a remarkable ensemble, which

also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzosoprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and John Relyea as the ghost of Hamlet’s father. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Opera enthusiast Joe De Vito will be hosting his Opera Lecture Series on Thursday, June 2 at 3 p.m. in the LHE/PAC Seminar Room. The lectures, which are free and open to the public, are designed to prepare attendees for the upcoming Live in HD simulcast.

Live in HD tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, and $10 for students. Order online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac, or call the box office at 207-544-9066.

The LHE/PAC is located on the campus of Fryeburg Academy at 18 Bradley Street in Fryeburg.

Harrison Library Book, Bake and Plant Sale

HARRISON — The Friends of Harrison Village Library will hold their annual Book, Bake and Plant Sale to benefit the library on Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Gently used books, plants from local gardens, and delicious homemade treats will be available.

Donations of labeled plants and clean, gently used books will be accepted beginning June 1. For more information, please contact the library at 583-2970.

Spaulding Library Program

SEBAGO — Learn how to worm compost inside your home or workplace. Vermicomposting does not smell bad and you will be reducing your waste stream, so helping the earth. Indoor composting is the best way to continue composting over the winter months in our northern climate.

Mark Follansbee of WormMainea will explain how to do worm composting at Spaulding Memorial Library in Sebago on Saturday, June 4 at 3 p.m. This free presentation will be outdoors (under a tent if bad weather).

The library is located at 282 Sebago Road (Route 114), Sebago.

Bins and worms may be obtained that day if payment was made in advance. For more information, call 787-2321.

Sweden Pig Roast

Jazz at First Church this Sunday All are welcome to join the First Church for worship this Sunday as guest organist Mike Beling brings Jazz to the service. Mike’s specialty is Jazz Organ, and music begins at 9:50 a.m.

All are also welcome to an

outdoor pre-service Hymn Sing beginning at 9:30 a.m. in the field behind the church, and to stay for an Ice Cream Social following worship!

First Church is located at 33 South High Street, Bridgton.

It is an Open and Affirming

Diaper Drive

Did you know (stats from the 2020 National Diaper Bank Network): • 37,101 Mainers under age 3, average cost per month $80.

• 17% of Maine families live below the poverty line.

• 1 in 3 families struggle with diaper need.

The Maine Association of REALTORS® want to help Maine families, but they need the public to join an upcoming collection drive on Monday, June 6 through Wednesday, June 8.

The Maine Association of REALTORS® in partnership with our seven local REALTOR® Associations have organized a drive to help Maine families. During those days, over 50 real estate firms have volunteered to host donation drop-off sites across Maine for a statewide diaper-product drive.

Currently, 25 community organizations will receive donations in the days following the collection.

Area drop-off sites include: • Bridgton — The Lakes Real Estate, 175 Portland Road; Oberg Agency, 132 Main Street (adult diapers needed).

• Casco — Sunset Lakes RE, 53 South Casco Village Road (adult diapers needed).

• Fryeburg — Fairgrounds Coffee/Coldwell Banker Lifestyles, 7 Portland Street.

• Lovell — Kezar Realty, 224 Main Street.

• Naples — Maine Real Estate Choice, 18 Old Village Way.

Local Happenings

Congregation, and all people are welcome, always.

All are welcome on Sunday, June 12 at 10 a.m. for a service of prayers for the people of Ukraine. The First Church welcomes Mary Brigid to the pulpit to share about her travel to Poland, 10 miles beyond the Ukranian border, volunteering with a kitchen that offers meals to those who are fleeing Ukraine. Brian Cushing leads the Children’s Sermon, sharing about how members

of his third-grade classroom jumped to support Mary Brigid in her work.

Robert Lee, PhD, who lived and worked in Ukraine with Ukrainians for eight years, will offer an Adult Education session at 11:30 a.m. for all who would like to learn more about the history of Ukraine and the impact the current violence and upheaval has on the Ukranian people and the greater world. Come for prayer, discussion, and hope in a heartsick time.

SWEDEN — The Sweden Volunteer Fire Association will hold a pig roast on Saturday, June 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sweden Town Meeting House (147 Bridgton Road/Route 93) in Sweden.

The menu includes roast pork, barbecue chicken, potato salad, macaroni salad and tossed salad, cole slaw, baked beans, bread, watermelon, cookies and brownies.

Cost: $15 for adults, $5 for ages 6 to 12, and free for ages 5 and younger. There will be inside dining, some outside seating and to-go meals.

Barbecue done by Angry Man’s BBQ (if the whole pig is not available due to shortages, SVFA will do pork butt roasts).

For more information, contact Bette-Jean at 207-5837989.

Double Vision at WMAG NORWAY — “Double Vision” is a show of two artists, Judy Schneider and Judson Pealer, for the month of June at the Matolcsy Art Center, 480 Main Street, Norway.

Jud and Judy are both interested in abstracted imagery.

Color is a prime consideration for each of them. Judy is currently making monoprints that feed her large work and Judson is known for a bright palette. This show is a collection of paintings and prints that explore each of their individual processes and how they relate to each other.

Judson has a bachelor’s of fine art from Ohio State University, where he majored in painting, drawing and graphics. He is primarily a painter of acrylics on watercolor paper. He has been a member of Western Maine Art Group since 2018.

Judy Schneider is a designer, painter and printmaker, living and working in Norway. She received her BFA in Interior Design from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a master’s degree in studio art form Maine College of Art & Design. She is a member of the Peregrine Press in Portland and The Western Maine Art Group in Norway.

An opening reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, June 3. The gallery will be open Wednesdays, Fridays and NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY — A work by Judson Pealer on view now at Matolcsy Art Center.

Saturdays from noon until 3 p.m.

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