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Milfoil surfaces at ‘head’ of Long Lake

By Colin Holme A house-sized swath of milfoil and several Special to the News other smaller patches lurked in the shallow On Friday, June 12, one of our courtesy waters just south of Harrison Marina and in an boat inspectors pulled a plant off a trailer com- area with heavy boat traffic all summer long. ing out of the water at the Long Lake boat After finding the patches, longtime crewlaunch in Harrison. It is not unusual to find member and dive captain, Lucien Sulloway, plants on boats and trailers, but our inspector, was positive the patch was invasive variGilon Backlund, noticed it looked suspicious able leaf and eager to begin control efforts. so he bagged it up and brought it to Mary However, we still had not gotten the DNA Jewett at Lake Environmental Association’s results back and I was hesitant to commit Main Street office. time, manpower, and funds to the new site.

Red flags went up as Mary examined the There are two native milfoils that can look specimen. It appeared to be invasive variable alarmingly similar to variable leaf milfoil. But leaf milfoil. Even more alarming was the Lucien, who is familiar with the native varietfact that the boat had not been in any other ies, was positive it was the invader. waterbodies this year and the north basin of With boat traffic increasing every day and Long Lake had no known infestations of this the Fourth of July around the corner, we made invader. After a couple years of extensive the decision to cover the patches with benthic control work on infestations in Mast Cove and barriers that would smother the plants and Salmon Point campground, both miles away, keep their tendrils away from the props of these existing problem sites are mostly under boaters above.

Given the green light to move forward, control and unlikely to be a source of new Lucien and his team deployed four 20’x30’ plant fragments.

Mary raised her concerns in-house at LEA, barriers over the patches in the middle of last sent the plant fragment off to be positively week. On Friday, we received word back from identified by DNA and we sent out our milfoil Saint Joseph’s professor, Lucas Bernacki, that dive team to survey the north cove of the lake. the plant fragment we sent in was invasive

By Dawn De Busk an awesome ‘grand finale’ up before Memorial Day; Unfortunately, what they found was not good.

MILFOIL, Page 3A Staff Writer piece,” he said. and since then, it has been OXFORD — Fountains This summer, sales at busy all week, all day” on might have been the fad in area fireworks businesses a daily basis, Richards said.

May, but aerial fireworks have skyrocketed.

“The biggest thing I have are soaring upward as the Additionally, people’s noticed is people know there more popular purchase, desires for bigger displays isn’t going to be fireworks according to the owner of has factored into what is shows in town so people AAH Fireworks. being purchased. want to do their own shows. difficult. Sometimes, you for- in to talk about taxes and

By Wayne E. Rivet “In Maine, everyone According t o It’s a combination of that, get — as managers — all budgets. I have an open-door Staff Writer wants something that is Vandenbulcke, he hasn’t and people want to get out these figures make sense to policy,” Pellerin added.

HARRISON — going to go up high, be big seen a peak in sales like this of the house and blow stuff To the first question: Will and loud. That’s what peo- since it first became legal up to let off some frustra- Sometimes, too many num- me, but for the general public, it can be overwhelming.” taxes go up if the proposed bers can lead to confusion. ple in Maine want, espe- for private citizens to ignite tions,” Richards said.

Yet, there are some tax- budget is approved?

Town Manager Tim cially for the Fourth of July fireworks in 2012.

“People don’t want Answer: Yes, probably a celebration,” said Andre Catherine Richards, the smaller things, they want Pellerin always strives to be payers who want to see all transparent, especially when it the figures as a way to hold small amount.

Vandenbulcke, the owner of owner of Havoc Fireworks the big stuff,” she said.

This year, the municipal AAH Fireworks, based in in South Paris, said she “Most years I could comes to municipal finances. municipal officials accountSo, with Harrison ready able while also seeing how budget — operations, capiOxford. thinks that her sales have tri- gauge how much I need. But tal & reserve, capital roads “What my favorite? pled from the previous year. this year has been totally to try a new experiment — their money was spent.

“I encourage people to — went down almost a Multi-shot 500-gram kegs. Her store has been in exis- different. I could tell there to ditch the annual town One of my favorites is one tence since 2012 after the was a trend going upwards. meeting format and go with come in if they have ques- half percent ($3,461,265 to SNAPSHOT, Page 3A called Party Favors. It’s 49 fireworks law was passed.

Every week, I’ve needed to a secret ballot for all war- tions. I’ve had a few come shots, rapid fire, all gold “This year, business has reorder because people are rant articles (a decision made willow and blue stars. It’s been phenomenal. I opened FIREWORKS, Page 3A before COVID-19 entered the picture) — Pellerin looked to give taxpayers all the information they might need to make their decisions.

The town report is very detailed — almost to a fault, Pellerin found out.

“We tried to get as much information out to be as transparent to the public, but in doing so, it created some confusion. It became overwhelmEditor’s Note: Bridgton’s Community Development ing for some,” Pellerin said.

Director Linda LaCroix and Planning Board One elderly citizen called Chairperson Deb Brusini prepared the following article and simply asked, “What does to explain referendum items on the town’s secret ballot. this all mean?” and “Will my This year, Bridgton voters are being asked to contaxes go up?” sider a host of amendments to the Town’s Site Plan “It made me realize that Review and Land Use Ordinances, in the form of 12 we need to do a better job secret ballot questions. of keeping it simple so that Questions 1-8 ask the voters to amend the Town’s the citizens can understand ordinances to allow and regulate marijuana establishthe information,” Pellerin ments, and Questions 9-12 ask the voters to amend the said. “In municipal governLand Use Ordinance to clarify existing standards and ment, you fight trying to find change the list of allowed uses in certain districts. a balance. Municipal budgets Marijuana-Related Ballot Questions CUPOLA IMAGINED — The cupola is photoshopped into a space at Kent’s Landing are highly regulated, there are Question 1 asks the voters if they wish to enact local to show how it could look in that area of town. Now, the point is moot because Annual statutory requirements and yet standards for large-scale Medical Marijuana caregiver you want to be transparent, Town Meeting voters decided to relinquish ownership of the cupola. operations and allow these operations to be located in

(Photo courtesy of Jon March) but not be confusing, that’s the Inner and Outer Corridor.

These large-scale operations are different from small-scale caregiver operations. Small-scale caregivers are home-business type caregivers that grow a limited number of marijuana plants for a limited number of patients. There are many of these already operating in

By Dawn De Busk to keep it. (It appeared that not someone called to move the an important part of Naples Maine. Large-scale caregivers are a more commercial Staff Writer all the voters weighed in since article: to end all discussion history. type operation. Large-scale caregivers may serve unlimNAPLES — To some there were 47 people at the and just vote on it.

Therefore, the cupola ited patients and may process marijuana with chemicals people, the town unwittingly meeting but the final tally adds Selectman Kevin Rogers, should be preserved for comand solvents. let go of a valuable gift and a up to 38 votes.) who has been an advocate of munity members and tourists A “Yes” vote on Question 1 would not change local priceless piece of history.

Currently, the cupola sits preserving the cupola and also alike, he said. rules for home cultivation or small-scale caregivers To other people, it was in the playground of the Bay spearheading the fundraising, “There was nothing said (these would continue to be allowed town-wide), but good riddance to a potential of Naples campground, which made a comment on the heels better tonight than history is it would enact new local regulations, locational restricmoney pit that would have was purchased a few years of the vote. being erased left and right tions, and permitting requirements on commercial-scale gobbled up taxpayers’ dollars ago. The new owner gave the “That means we have vote on the news. They are taking caregiver operations. better spent elsewhere. town until December 2020 to to give up the cupola,” the down statues,” Rogers said.

Questions 2 through 8 ask the voters if they wish to Voters decided that the move the structure or pay a moderator said.

“We shouldn’t give up the allow certain medical and adult use marijuana establishtown should relinquish its storage fee.

“Yep, you guys should be ownership yet. It’s a disgrace ments in the Inner and Outer Corridor Districts. ownership of the cupola leftBasically, Warrant Article proud,” Rogers said sarcasti- if people give it up. A disVOTER’S CORNER, Page 4A over from the Bay of Naples 14 was an open one, saying, cally. grace,” he said.

Inn. “To see what action the town Rogers made his mind Rogers stressed it still may Less than 50 people were will take on the future owner- known during the discussion. take more time to fund raise at Naples Annual Town ship of the cupola.”

He talked about how history and get the cupola moved and Meeting on June 25, and those Priscilla Kyle made the is preserved in places like repaired. residents voted on whether motion to do away with own- Washington, D.C., so that “This article is about mainEstablished 1870 or not to give up ownership ing the cupola. Therefore, any- people can visit the museums, taining ownership. We’ve P.O. Box 244, 118 Main St. of the cupola. The first vote one who voted in favor of the the monuments and the his- been working on the Sign Bridgton, ME 04009 was close enough to require a article was voting against the toric homes. He said that local Ordinance for 8 to 10 years.

207-647-2851 recount. The recount resulted town keeping the cupola. residents have photos of the We have to keep working Fax: 207-647-5001 in 21 saying yes to giving up There was a considerable Bay of Naples Inn hanging in through this,” he said. bnews@roadrunner.com ownership and 17 voting no amount of rhetoric before their homes. That hotel was CUPOLA, Page 3A

Sales skyrocket

More private fireworks displays expected this Fourth of July

Balancing budgetary transparency, confusion

Voter’s corner

Referendum questions guide

Cupola ownership relinquished

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Voter turnout at tipping point of 50

By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer NAPLES— The Naples Town Meeting voter turnout of 47 residents was just shy of the maximum number of people allowed to congregate in one room per the governor’s order.

Preparations had been made for 50 people to be in the gymnasium of the Lake Region High School, and any overflow would be seated in the auditorium, with up to 50 people allowed there.

Of the 47 people who voted, six of them sat in the auditorium, where a movie screen revealed the activities in the gymnasium.

Regardless of the number of people who showed up, it was a meeting to go

down in the history books because it was held during the Coronavirus pandemic.

In slightly more than one hour, a fiscally conservative budget was passed; a Solar Energy Ordinance was adopted; and the Marine Safety Patrol was given some muscle in the ticket-writing department.

Because of the pandemic, a very different set of guidelines faced town staff and participants.

Also, Naples was one of few municipalities to hold a live town meeting rather than to put warrant articles questions on the ballot of July elections.

“Welcome everyone to our most unusual town meeting in a long, long time,” Moderator

amendment to the Land-Use Ordinance, which would allow solar array farms.

Naples Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) Renee Carter explained Warrant Article No. 17.

“We had a couple companies that wanted to put solar arrays on their land. It’s going to go into the gravel pit, land that is not worth a lot today,” Candidate Katey Branch Carter said.

Senate District 19 Because there is no ordinance governing solar energy, it is not allowed. July 1 was the state’s deadline for the solar companies to put in paperwork. The Naples Planning Board had approved the solararrays plans on the condition the ordinance passed.

“This is a stepping stone,” Carter said.

Katey Branch of South Paris is running for the Maine State Senate in District 19, which includes Paris, Norway, Oxford, Otisfield, Denmark, Harrison, Naples, Sebago, Bridgton, Fryeburg, Brownfield, Porter and Hiram.

Branch has been actively involved in community building for the last 33 years. She

By Dawn De Busk runs Halls Pond Healing Arts Staff Writer and is a founder of the Alan CASCO — In a twoDay Community Garden. week time period, two pubBranch promotes universal lic officials gave notices of healthcare, local food sysresignation without much MASKED RESIDENTS GATHER in the bleachers in the Lake Region High School gymnasium for Naples Annual tem security, equitable/green/ explanation.

Town Meeting on June 25.

(De Busk Photo) robust economy, adverse On June 9, Casco childhood experiences preSelectman Grant Plummer vention and student loan relief.

Two weeks later, not planned. Plummer conresigned rather spontane- with processes and proce- people were grabbing their Branch is holding a dures” was the main rea- belongings that had been left O’Donnell announced her firmed it had something to ously.

Facebook Live Town Hall on Then, on June 23, Casco son he stepped down from a behind during the executive resignation effective Sept. do with the June 9 meeting. Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m.

11. (See Bridgton News Town Manager Courtney position he had served in for session.

A longtime Casco resi- to share her plans for District As the motion to adjourn story, Page A-1, Edition 26) dent who owns a construcO’Donnell said she had eight years.

19. Branch will be answering The June 9 meeting was was being made, Plummer O’Donnell e-mailed her tion business, Plummer was tendered her letter of resquestions and sharing input ignation on June 16, which taped on Facebook Live; and interrupted. He said he was notice of resignation to serving his third consecutive from participants in the town gives the town three months’ the video is posted on the resigning. Apparently, it was the selectmen on June 16, term on the board. His term hall.

Town of Casco Facebook effective immediately. He one week after the June ends in June 2021. notice.

To register go to: https:// Plummer resigned on page. The selectmen had asked if there was any paper- 9 meeting. A selectmen’s Initially, Plummer did not sdcc.mainecandidate.com/act/ June 9, following an execu- returned from the small work that he needed to sign. meeting had been sched- state why he resigned. kateylive Casco Town Manager uled for June 16. It was on tive session of the Casco meeting room, where there During a phone interview Branch has pledged to run had been an executive ses- Courtney O’Donnell asked the municipal calendar but on June 24, Plummer said, “I Board of Selectmen. a positive campaign and is On June 9, on video, he sion. One of the women on Plummer to please put the it was postponed until June don’t have a lot of comment a clean elections candidate, 23. At the June 23 meeting, about that.” simply said, “I am going the board asked for a motion resignation in writing. which means she is not acceptLater, O’Donnell said it O’Donnell stated her intent to submit my resignation to end the executive session “I love the Town of ing donations from lobbyists, and then for a motion to is appropriate protocol for a to resign as part of the man- Casco. I live in the Town of tonight.”

PACs or big businesses. She selectman to verbalize his or ager’s report.

During a phone interview adjourn.

Casco,” he said. is running her campaign on Everyone was still stand- her resignation during a pubTo everyone’s knowlon the morning of June 24, “It was frustration with $5 donations from constituPlummer said “frustration ing up at the time. Most lic meeting; and a letter of edge, Plummer’s resigna- the processes and proce- ents in District 19 so she is resignation is not required. tion was impromptu and dures,” Plummer said. beholden to her constituents.

She is holding a town hall to hear from people so she can represent them well when she (Continued from Page 3A) NAPLES — If you called handful of residents to feel But, it was an equipment becomes senator.

To find out more about ignite fireworks to celebrate this nation’s birthday. the Naples Town Hall and outraged. error not a human mistake.

For the past several weeks, Maine’s dry weather pattern listened to the phone ring and Maybe, the town employThere were so many calls Katey Branch go to has resulted in restrictions on burning permits statewide. ring, you aren’t alone. ees’ ears were even ringing being made to the Naples KateyBranch.com In fact, the conditions were categorized as “extreme fire The situation caused a for a spell.

Town Office at one time that hazard” by the Maine Forest Service. the phones quit functioning Public Notice According to Casco Fire Chief Brian Cole, the rain has properly, according to Naples lessened the fire hazards but people should still use caution.

Town Manager John Hawley.

The conditions “have improved. That four inches of rain “This office is just crazy has probably soaked into the ground because it is so dry,” busy. We are not ignorCole said. ing people, we are doing “We still run a risk but we’re much safer now than our darnedest to keep up,” before the rain,” he said.

Hawley said. “Of the three The Town of Naples has cancelled the LOVELL — The Board “Certainly, the rain we are getting is going help the fire summers I’ve been here, this July 4th Fireworks show. danger,” he said. has been the busiest in the of Trustees of the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library are This is due to the Governor’s Orders related to crowds Catherine Richards, at Havoc Fireworks in South Paris, town office.” said some of her customers were cautious when it came to He conveyed the story to sad to announce that Shelby associated with the Coronavirus pandemic. making the investment in fireworks with the ground so dry.

Naples Board of Selectmen Monroe has resigned her They are tentatively rescheduled for September 5th. position as Library Director 1T27 “People concerned about how dry it was. I had a few recently. people saying if it didn’t rain they wouldn’t have bought For a couple of days in effective July 11, 2020.

“Shelby has given her time any fireworks,” Richards said. mid-June, “we had problems Casco Fire Chief Cole said the fire department actually with our phones. We couldn’t and expertise to the library does not get a lot of calls about fires stemming from firecall out because too many for several years now and RIVER STREET (Route 113) FRYEBURG works. In fact, there have not been any. calls coming in,” Hawley she will be greatly missed,” trustees remarked in a press His advice for people letting off fireworks: “All the stansaid. dards safety tips should be applied.” — DD Also, many calls were release. “The Board wishes going unanswered. So, the Shelby success in her future town called in its telecom- endeavors. We thank Shelby munications provider; and a for her efforts on behalf of representative was sent to the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial s Shortcake Library.” office.

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207-693-3912 Penn Worcester said after being sworn in for the June 25 Annual Town Meeting.

Since the town meeting was set up to take place in two rooms, the gymnasium and the auditorium, a deputy moderator was nominated. Jason Moen was elected as deputy moderator.

The meeting lasted one hour and five minutes.

Voter approved a $12,625,000 budget, which includes Cumberland County’s taxes and the School Administrative District (SAD) 61 taxes.

On the municipal side, the Naples Budget Committee had slimmed down the budget to compensate for lost revenues, especially during the lockdown period. Essentially,

the town did not put any money into capital reserves this year.

At town meeting, the Marine Safety Department’s ability to write tickets and take offender to court was strengthened, when voters approved Warrant Article No. 15.

Harbor Master Shawn Hebert explained.

“We had to make changes to the language so that it is more enforceable so when we take it to court” the town has a chance of winning and collecting a fine, he said.

“Yes, it is more of an enforcement,” Hebert said, adding the ordinance would not give the Marine Safety Patrol the ability to carry firearms or arrest citizens.

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Milfoil

(Continued from Page 1A) variable leaf milfoil.

This alarming find won’t be the last of its kind. Long Lake stretches for 10 miles and connects to waterbodies to the south where this invader has had a strong foothold for decades. As boaters, we all need to be more careful where we go and what may be hitchhiking along with us.

Both within the Long LakeBrandy Pond-Sebago system and trailering from one waterbody to another.

If we don’t do that now, then we should plan on investing a lot more money in control work in the future… or get used to swimming and boating through weeds.

Colin Holme is the executive director at Lakes LEA INSPECTOR Gilon Backlund, inspecting a boat before it launches in Harrison.

(Photo courtesy of Lakes Environmental Association) Environmental Association.

Fireworks sales ‘skyrocket’ just buying bigger stuff and more people are coming in to buy. It’s definitely going to be a crazy Fourth,” she said.

Richards is confident she will have the products to please people’s pyrotechnical needs.

“My phone is ringing off the hook. People think I’ve been sold out,” she said.

“I am completely stocked through the Fourth,” Richards said, adding shipments are arriving today and Friday.

Havoc Fireworks is located off Route 26 in South Paris. The number is 739-2579. AAH Fireworks is also along Route 26, kitty-corner from the Oxford Plains Speedway. That contact number is 539-6070.

AAH Fireworks owner confirmed sales have been impressive.

“Sales have been strong.

Probably, a little stronger than when we first opened.

When we started selling fireworks here in 2012, there was a huge surge,” Vandenbulcke said.

With Independence Day coming up this Saturday, there is definitely a surge in customers. In fact, the store is often opened until after midnight.

The most popular sellers are: “All the big kegs,” Vandenbulcke said.

“We are selling more 500 gram, multi-shot repeaters,” he said.

“Starting off the season, the fountains were [popular] because of the fire danger.

But now because we are getting rain, more people are going toward the aerial stuff for sure,” he said.

Another trend has been people pooling together their money to increase their purchasing power, according to Vandenbulcke.

“The difference this year versus previous years is more people are buying

wholesale than retail. People are doing bulk purchases they are being smarter with their buying. People are grouping money together and buying bigger items,” he said.

The customers have changed this year, too.

“I am seeing a lot of people I haven’t seen in years.

We have seen a lot of people who have never done fireworks,” he said.

In fact, Vandenbulcke said he spoke on the phone with a man who wants to do

(Continued from Page 1A) $3,459,401 — decrease of $1,864, -0.0539%.

There were increases in municipal operations, so officials decreased the reserve and capital road lines to balance the budget.

“We felt it was imperative — that due to the economic times — that we should try our best to present a zerobased budget, as close as we could get,” he said. “These are the factors we have control of, which we brought in at under zero percent.”

The items Harrison officials don’t have control of include the county tax and

education.

The county tax dipped $3,252. Pellerin said the county had another budget proposal in the works (an 18-month split budget to change the cycle to mirror municipalities), but the pandemic struck, and officials decided to stay the current course.

The tax payment to SAD 17 could jump $153,034 (up 4.97%) if the budget is approved.

If you combine county and school, the increase is 3.87%.

When you mold the entire package together, Harrison will see a $147,918 increase or 2.017% increase.

Based on that number, Pellerin attempted to give taxpayers a “snapshot” of what it will cost them if the budget is approved. There is one catch — Pellerin had to use last year’s figures, in some cases.

“There are three to four items that we don’t have the factors or figures on yet, which need to be figured in for us to determine the mill rate,” Pellerin emphasized. “We won’t get them until mid-July.”

An example, the town’s property value assessment will change.

“We know we built more homes and additions, so the town’s property value will be

a show for his family. He agreed to provide a one-onone consultation.

When asked what information he would pass onto customers, Vandenbulcke addressed safety.

“I would definitely tell people to be safe. If you’re not familiar with something, ask questions,” he said.

“Have a fire extinguisher on hand or a bucket of water.

Think safety first,” he said.

“Don’t drink until after you shoot off the fireworks,” he said.

Please, use caution The weather seems to be lining up nicely to be cooperative for Independence Day. (But, this is Maine so that could change.)

First off, Saturday promises to be one of the few days this week that is partly or mostly sunny with temperatures in the upper 70’s, according to the National Weather Service.

Secondly, this week’s rain has helped to reduce fire hazard conditions during a time when many people like to CAUTION, Page 2A

Cupola (Continued from Page 1A) Resident Ed Cash spoke at the microphone when Warrant Article was first on the floor.

He was against spending public funds on the cupola project.

“We have plenty of things we need in the Town of Naples. We need a 20-year plan. We need a lot of things, but we don’t a pile of 2-by -4’s I say if the campground [owner] wants it, let him have it,” Cash said.

“I am wishy-washy on this issue. Right now, across the whole country, what are people doing? They are erasing history. I don’t know why but this would be another piece of the puzzle of people erasing history,” Paul Dale of Naples said.

Jim Grattelo said if cupola was worth preserving something should have been done sooner “If the hotel was coming down last week or last month, but {the cupola} has been sitting in a field for 40 years and no one has cared,” he said.

“The swing bridge was historical to the Town of Naples but when it came down to it the swing bridge made no sense to the town, and it had to come down.”

“We have to make a decision now so we can stop talking about if forever. We have wasted so much time, so much talent, so much staff time, so much energy,” Grattelo said.

Kyle, who made the motion to relinquish ownership of the cupola, agreed.

“I drove by where the cupola has been for the last 40 years,” she began.

“It is time we call it quits,” she said.

“We aren’t tearing down statutes in Washington, DC., for goodness sakes,” she said.

She said that the Edes Falls Grange Hall, which has been the location of the Edes Falls sewing circle and also once a schoolhouse, is an aging building that has been maintained by the group. The grange

Simple ‘snapshot’ of Harrison budget going up. When you apply that value, taxes go down,” he said. “So what we came up with is the highest estimated calculation for what the increase in taxes will be for next year.”

Right now, Harrison has a mill rate of $11.02. The highest the rate will be, Pellerin predicted, will be $11.60.

So, to the question, “how much will my taxes go up?” the answer is: For a property valued at $75,000, the hike is $30. $100,000 — $40 $125,000 — $50 $150,000 — $60 $200,000 — $80 $250,000 — $100 $300,000 — $120 “I think it will be lower (the tax increase), but I think $11.60 is the highest it will come in,” Pellerin said.

The number of tax lien notices sent out this year was “substantial,” Pellerin reported. Last year, 90 to 96 lien notices went out for failing to pay taxes by the deadline (30day final notice goes out in May, if taxes aren’t paid a lien is placed at the end of June).

This year, the number reached over 200.

“There weren’t many $6,000 to $10,000 owed taxes, most of them were small amounts, $1,000 or $1,200 or $978. What that tells me is people with properties valued at $150,000 and down are having a tough time,” Pellerin said. “We’re not in the business of real estate. We don’t want to take people’s properties. We set the budget on the amount of taxes we assume we can collect. So, we have to get close to that amount.”

is history worth preserving, partly because it is regularly maintained. The cupola has not been maintained, she said.

The cupola “hasn’t been kept up,” she said.

Kyle had spoken against spending more money on the cupola.

Jon March, who owns property in Naples but is not registered to vote here, has been a big advocate of the cupola’s preservation. He tried to address financial concerns that Kyle and others had brought forward.

“Not one dime out of taxpayers pocket until private funds raised in good faith,” March said. “Let’s not lose it to private hands. It is one of the most iconic {structures} in town.”

Selectman Jim Turpin spoke in favor of the town keeping ownership of the cupola.

“The cupola much like the schoolhouse is worth preserving,” he said. “It can be a challenge to find the money to preserve history, but history is worth preserving. I think there is a good chunk of people in the town to whom history and nostalgia is important.”

“Initially, I thought people would have their hand out for proverbial blank check from the municipality,” he said.

But, people were willing to be as fiscally responsible as possible. People were willing to try to get the cupola moved and put together for $40,000, he said.

Turpin, like March, referred to Warrant Article 18 that would have provided $20,000 in matching fund to move and repair the cupola once fundraising efforts had been made. However, the article was not discussed so that information was not admitted while voters were deciding on Warrant Article 14.

“The current offer represent pencil sharpening on the end of people who want to get this done and a more meaningful” town contribution than last time, Turpin said.

This spring, Turpin went to the campground and inspected the cupola. He countered Kyle’s assertion that it was falling apart and beyond repair.

“It’s as solid as an old boat.

Structurally, it is quite sound,” he said. “The point is to move it and make something of it whether it’s a wedding chapel or whatever.”

Resident Larry Anton also made a reference to Warrant Article 18, which would have provided matching funding for the cupola project.

“Historic preservation is never cheap. You have to realize that right off the bat,” Anton said. “If you look around other towns and other cities, things get torn down.

Then people say, ‘How did we let that happen? $20,000 is peanuts in the long term.”

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Police news

From Bridgton Police blotter These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing): Monday, June 22 8:19 a.m. Two planted flowers in decorative pots were reportedly stolen from a Chickadee Lane residence.

8:29 a.m. Officers met with Rec Department staff regarding a side door at the old Town Hall had been left unsecured and individuals illegally entered to play “pickle ball.” The building is off limits to the public overnight since the facility, which has been sanitized each day due to COVID19, is used for summer rec camp.

8:30 a.m. A South High Street resident reported the theft of a Trump political sign.

8:52 a.m. “BLM” along with a “smiley face” were spray painted on pavement at the entrance of the Bridgton Public Library on Church Street. “Prosecute police” was spray painted on the road nearby on Church Street.

9:06 a.m. Citizen question whether a criminal trespass order was still in effect.

9:13 a.m.

Officer Hammond responded to a disturbance (assault between sisters) at Ward Acres.

10:11 a.m. Report of a SUV striking a work trailer on North High Street; Officer Hammond responded.

12:18 p.m. A vehicle sustained “extensive” damage when it struck a concrete barrier in the Bridgton Hospital parking lot.

2:33 p.m. Report of erratic vehicle operation (crossing the center line) on North High Street. Officers located vehicle, checked the driver, and found “no apparent impairment.”

3:27 p.m. Sgt. Reese and Officer Hammond responded to a reported domestic situation on North High Street.

One subject went to District Court to seek a protection order. Information will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s office for review regarding domestic violence assault charge.

6:56 p.m. Report of suspicious person in Deerfield Village parking lot.

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8:02 p.m. Sgt. Reese and Officer Smolinsky responded to a domestic situation (verbal argument, and subject refusing to leave premises) at Edgewater Lane.

Tuesday, June 23 1:40 p.m. Police requested by a state agency official to be present when dealing with a family in reference to a child custody matter; Sgt. Reese and Officer Muise responded.

2:01 p.m. Report received of a lifeguard rescue, patient status okay.

3:04 p.m. While backing out of a parking space at Hannaford, a vehicle struck another vehicle, as it made a right turn into the lot. No injuries were reported.

5:40 p.m. A pick-up truck went off the road on South High Street and went into a ditch. The driver complained of leg pain following the crash.

10:31 p.m. A caller claimed she had been threatened by another female; Officer Smolinsky was sent to a Sandy Creek Road residence.

Wednesday, June 24 8:44 a.m. Fraud complaint (received a package the resident did not order and she believes someone might have her credit card information) on Walker Street.

1:47 p.m. A caller reported subjects allegedly making threats of physical harm on a local chat website. At 7:42 p.m., police received a call from an individual who had been told an accusation had been made about him, and he wanted to “clear it up.”

3:59 p.m. A truck backed into another in the Hayes True Value parking lot; no injuries reported.

8:10 p.m. Responding to a report of a truck backing into a stone wall on Mountain

Road, police charged a subject with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.

11:44 p.m. Agency assist at Hummingbird Lane in Harrison for suspicious person report.

Thursday, June 25 12:50 a.m. Officers assisted United Ambulance personnel with wellbeing check on Pond Road.

5:40 a.m. Tree on house, pulling lines down on North Bridgton Road.

9:39 a.m. Motorists — operating pickup truck towing trailer with lawnmowers — failed to pay for $120 in fuel on Portland Road.

3:16 p.m. Attempt to locate silver car “all over the road” on South High Street.

3:49 p.m. Citizen assist regarding “tenant issue” on Walker Street.

9:03 p.m. When a Toyota Tacoma backed a boat into a

(Continued from Page 1A) Although registered caregivers are already allowed to operate in Bridgton, other types of marijuana establishments are prohibited until such a time that the Town votes to allow them.

Thus, Questions 2 through 8 ask the voters if they wish to allow or “opt-in” to certain types of medical and adult use marijuana establishments.

A “Yes” vote for any one of these Questions 2 through 8 would add that particular type of establishment to the list of allowed uses in the Inner or Outer Corridors, as follows: • Question 2 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Medical Marijuana Retail Stores. These stores are operated by a registered caregiver to sell medical marijuana directly to qualifying patients.

• Question 3 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Medical Marijuana Manufacturing Facilities.

These facilities produce marijuana products and concentrates such as oil extracts, creams, and food for medical use. These facilities are not open to the public.

• Question 4 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Medical Marijuana Testing Facilities. These are accredited public or private laboratories that analyze contaminants, potency and

cannabinoid profiles of marijuana samples using certified protocols and equipment common to analytical laboratories. These facilities are not open to the public.

• Question 5 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Adult Use Marijuana Cultivation Facilities. These facilities grow marijuana for wholesale to retail stores, manufacturing facilities and other grow operations.

Proposed new local standards would limit the number of such cultivation facilities with 20,0000 square feet of plant canopy to no more than two total and would require all cultivation to be indoors. These facilities are not open to the public.

• Question 6 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Adult Use Marijuana Stores. These are retail establishments that purchase marijuana from cultivation and manufacturing facilities and then resell marijuana and related products directly to consumers for adult use (age 21-plus). These stores are open to the public.

• Question 7 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Adult Use Marijuana Manufacturing Facilities.

These facilities manufacture and package marijuana products such as oil extracts, creams, food, and marijuana cigarettes for resale to adult use marijuana stores. These facilities are not open to the

public.

• Question 8 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow Adult Use Marijuana Testing Facilities. These are state-licensed laboratories that develop, research and test marijuana products using certified protocols and equipment common to analytical laboratories. These facilities are not open to the public.

A “Yes” vote on any one of these Questions 2 through 8 would also impose on these establishments new local regulations and would require new local permit approvals before such establishments could operate in Bridgton. The proposed new local regulations include requirements for odor mitigation, waste disposal, setbacks from residences, and buffers from sensitive uses such as churches, schools, and public parks.

A “No” vote would be a vote to continue to “opt out” of allowing that type of establishment anywhere in Bridgton.

Land Use Ballot Questions Questions 9 through 12 ask the voters to amend the Town’s Land Use Ordinance to clarify existing standards and change the allowed uses in certain districts, as follows: • Question 9 asks if Bridgton voters wish to adopt certain “housekeep-

driveway on Blue Jay Lane, it struck a parked Buick Enclave. When asked for insurance information, the truck’s operator reportedly refused, offered to pay in cash and left the scene without settling the matter.

9:33 p.m. Suspicious person (loud screaming) report

at Highland Lake Beach area. Police learned subject in vehicle was playing very “loud, depressing” music.

Officer was unable to locate the vehicle.

9:46 p.m. Responding to a crash on Burnham Road, police found a Volkswagen BLOTTER, Page 8B

ing” changes to clarify the dimensional requirements (including lot size, frontage, lot coverage, setbacks, and height) that apply to new development in each Land Use District.

• Question 10 asks if Bridgton voters wish to exempt subdivision applications from requirements in the Land Use Ordinance and instead regulate subdivisions based on existing standards in the Bridgton Subdivision Ordinance.

• Question 11 asks if Bridgton voters wish to allow additional uses in single-story structures in the Downtown Village Business District (DVB-I).

• Question 12 asks if Bridgton voters wish to add “Assisted Living Facilities” to the list of allowed uses in Downtown Village Neighborhood District (DVN). Assisted living facilities are residences for the elderly that provide housing, limited care, meals, personal care, and supervision, and may provide other services such as recreational activities, financial services, and transportation. Currently, these facilities are allowed in the Inner Corridor (IC), Outer Corridor (OC), Mixed Use Corridor (MUC), and Rural Neighborhood (RN) Districts.

For more information or to get a copy of the amendments, please contact Linda LaCroix, Community Development Director, at llacroix@bridgtonmaine. org.

“We encourage you to become fully informed before voting and to vote by absentee ballot or in person on July 14,” the town officials said.

BRIDGTON’S VOTE Bridgton’s annual town meeting this year will be by referendum only which allows the public to vote absentee on all 38 articles or vote in person by completing a ballot on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at the Old Town Hall (North High Street) beginning at 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

The Elections page on the town’s website (bridgtonmaine.org) is being updated regularly.

To accommodate voters, the town office will be open additional hours for the purpose of accepting voter registration, absentee balloting and other election related issues: • Tuesday, July 7, from 4 to 6 p.m.

• Thursday, July 9, from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Peabody said last week that the position would be advertised “in-house” first before a decision is made to extend the search to replace former Police Chief Rick Stillman, who has moved on to head the Moultonborough Police Department in New Hampshire.

Peabody said two applications were received last Friday.

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Erik Christiansen Naples

Philip Ganem South Casco

Paige Goldstein Naples

LRHS Class of 2020 Top 10%

Graduating as the Top 10% academically as members of the Lake Region High School Class of 2020 were the following (names arranged alphabetically, some students failed to return profile questions posed by The News): Erik Christiansen of Naples Philip Ganem of South Casco Paige Goldstein of Naples Carter Hall of Casco Nicholas Hall of Casco Ellery Hunt of Bridgton Parents: Kevin and Jessica Hunt Clubs, organizations, sports teams you belong to: ASTRA, Prom Committee, Varsity Club, National Honors Society, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field.

Community or volunteer efforts: Bridgton Community Center dinners, Holly Berry Fair, Middle School track meets, Pineland haunted houses, Bridgton Rec Halloween setup, Habitat for Humanity, roadside clean-ups, National Honor Society, ASTRA. What are your plans this fall?

Next year, I am attending Plymouth State University, where I will be majoring in Social Work. Growing up, I have always had a passion for wanting to help people and I believe that social work is a good way to follow that passion.

Favorite class and why? My favorite class is Pre-Calculus because it is one of my most challenging classes. Math is not a subject that comes easy to me all the time, but when the process finally clicks, I feel so accomplished.

Favorite LRHS memory? My

favorite memory of high school was Senior Awareness because it brought everybody together.

Julia Murch of Naples Parent: Lena Murch Clubs, organizations, sports teams you belong to: Field hockey, indoor track & field, softball, ASTRA, National Honor Society, Mets, Class vice president.

Community or volunteer efforts: Earth Day Clean-ups, Harvest Hills Freezing for a Reason, Pineland Farms Haunted Woods Walk, Habitat for Humanity 2018.

What are your plans this fall?

I’m attending Husson University, where I will be studying PrePharmacy and playing field hockey.

Chemistry is my favorite subject, which is why I chose this major. I would like to one day potentially become a pharmacologist.

Favorite class and why? My favorite subjects would be both Math and Science, just because I like experimenting to solve problems.

Favorite LRHS memory? My favorite memory would be being a part of such amazing sports teams.

What advice would you give to classmates regarding what you found to be a key to your academic success? Always put in 100% effort in whatever you do. Working on time management from the beginning of high school is crucial as well.

Finally, what was the biggest lesson you learned during your four years at LRHS? One of the greatest lessons I learned in high school is to make every moment count because time goes by quickly. I

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want to be able to look back and have no regrets.

Grace Plummer of Casco Parents: Sally and Grant Plummer Clubs, organizations, sports teams you belong to: Interact president, soccer, National Honor Society, Student Council, SAD 61 School Board representative, and Prom Committee.

Community or volunteer efforts: Interact Club, NHS and any other volunteer opportunities.

What are your plans this fall?

I plan on attending University of Southern Maine to major in Public Health. I have always loved helping people and this career path gives me so many different options to do that. I’ve also always dreamed of going into the medical field or political field and this major can combine them both.

Favorite class and why? Any science class really. The hands-on activities were always something I enjoyed and the experimenting tactic was always one I learned a lot from.

Favorite LRHS memory?

Homecoming senior year, Senior Awareness and senior shenanigans.

These are my favorites because they were experiences that pulled everyone together and they really brought us together as a class.

What advice would you give to classmates regarding what you found to be a key to your academic success? My advice would be get involved both in academics and extracurriculars. It can be scary to put yourself out there or try something new, but I promise it’ll be worth it.

Finally, what was the biggest lesson you learned during your four years at LRHS? The biggest lesson I learned from high school was that time flies by when you work hard and have fun. The experiences will

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be something you carry with you into the future and your job is to make them the most memorable they can be: Remember that the people around you are important, so surround yourself with people who want to see you grow and who will offer you hand when you need help.

Eleina Sturk Kaitlyn Plummer of Kaitlyn Plummer Naples Casco Naples Parent(s): Heather Breton, Tony Breton ever you put in is what you will Clubs, organizations, sports get from it. You have the ability to teams you belong to: Field hockey, control your life and it is what you indoor and outdoor track, ASTRA, make of it. secretary of National Honor Eleina Sturk of Casco Society, and a vice president of Parents: Asako and Joshua Sturk Varsity Club.

Clubs, organizations, sports Community or volunteer efforts: teams you belong to: Soccer, basYouth field hockey, Halloween ketball, tennis, Student Council. party in Bridgton, and Pineland Community or volunteer efforts: Farms Woods Walk.

ASTRA. What are your plans this fall?

What are your plans this fall?

I plan on attending Springfield I will probably attend Bowdoin College to major in Occupational College if my plans to study abroad Therapy. do not work out. I am planning on Favorite class and why? My becoming a Biology major because favorite class is Pre-Calculus. there are many careers that stem off This class challenged me much of Biology. more than any other class that I Favorite class and why? My took, but I always learned some- favorite class would be Humanities thing new. because I enjoy analyzing the difFavorite LRHS memory? ferent viewpoints and biases in big My favorite LRHS memory is events throughout history and modHomecoming. We do so much as ern times. a school and it really brings us Favorite LRHS memory? My together. favorite memory is playing differWhat advice would you give ent sports during rehearsals and to classmates regarding what you shows each drama season. found to be a key to your acaWhat advice would you give demic success? I would say keep to classmates regarding what you all of your assignments on a list found to be a key to your academic and accomplish one thing at a time. success? Nothing is perfect on the It always made me feel relieved first try so don’t see imperfections when I finished something and as failure. could cross it off.

Finally, what was the biggest lesFinally, what was the biggest son you learned during your four lesson you learned during your four years at LRHS? You can learn the years at LRHS? I learned that what- most from people who aren’t like you.

LR athletes dished Just Desserts; Shible named ‘Coach of the Year’

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer While the Lake Region High School sports season came to a thundering halt due to COVID-19 this spring, Athletic Director Paul True was able to close the book on this year’s story on a very positive note.

Under sunny skies Friday evening, True held — what in the past was called “Just Desserts” — a socially-distanced sports awards ceremony at Art Kilborn Athletic Complex.

In an early meeting in the complex parking lot, coaches gathered and True announced that varsity volleyball’s Ryan Shible was the 2020 Coach of the Year. Shible was very humbled by the recognition, and praised the efforts of the entire Laker coaching group.

Some coaches sat in the bleachers, while others relaxed in chairs outside of the complex as athletes and family members arrived at scheduled times for presentation of awards — Varsity Club, Principal’s Award (90 and above average, all-conference selection and team captain), and specialty honors. Photos were taken of each athlete — one with famCOACH OF THE YEAR, Ryan Shible, varsity vol- ily members and coach (who was socially distanced), along leyball.

(Rivet Photos) with athlete and coach by The News and local photographer Kevin Murphy.

GOOD SPORT — Colby Chaplin, who plays football and lacrosse, received the Sportsmanship Award. He is pictured with mom, Beth.

Awards were presented to: Football: Brandon Sargent Field Hockey: Delaney Meserve Cross-Country: Emma Cole, Nathan Casali Dan Dors Spirit Award: Jeffrey McCubrey. The Dan Dors Spirit Award is given annually to a deserving crosscountry athlete who best exemplifies the attributes of loyalty, love for team and school, and a passion for sport.

Coach Dors coached at LRHS for 22 years. During his tenure, he inspired many student-athletes and rarely missed a Laker home game in any sport. He always called you by name, may not have been your correct name, but always by design. He went out of his way to speak to everyone and share a warm “hello.” Coach Dors was a Laker through and through. He passed away unexpectedly in January 2018.

Boy’s Soccer: Thomas Kolofsky Girl’s Soccer: Eleina Sturk Volleyball: Samantha Pinet Golf: Noah Duprey Rick Worthley Memorial Award: Trevor Hill Girl’s Basketball: Shauna Hancock Boy’s Basketball: Derek Langadas Girl’s Indoor Track: Leah Plummer Boy’s Indoor Track: Nicholas Peterson Ice Hockey: Cam Lepage Boy’s Alpine Skiing: Logan Davis Girl’s Alpine Skiing: Alli Vogel Carol Youker Award: Zach Vogel. The Carol Youker Memorial Ski Award is given in memory of Carol Francis Youker, Class of 1970, who was a skier with grace, speed, precision, daring, but most of all, love for the sport. She grew up skiing, experiencing the sport first from a backpack on the back of her father who was the Bridgton Academy Outing Club director, once she took her first steps quickly advancing to skiing on her own. She skied for the Bridgton High School girl’s ski team and was on the first Lake Region High School ski team in 1970. Carol was a ski instructor at Pleasant Mountain before attending and graduating from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana with a degree in Outdoor Recreation. She returned to New England after graduation and taught skiing in Maine and New Hampshire.

Carol died in a car accident in New Hampshire in 1977. The Memorial was established to remember Carol’s skill and love for skiing, but also as much for her happy nature and likeable personality. She was enthusiastic, full of life and fun to be around. The award goes to someone who demonstrates all of these qualities.

Cheering: Brooke Chase Steve Gammon Award (Male Athlete of the Year): Ethan McMurray. The Steve Gammon Award is given GOOD SPORT, OUTSTANDING STUDENT- annually to the most outstanding male athlete. Steve was ATHLETE — Eleina Sturk, who received the an exceptional scholar-athlete in the Class of 1972. He was Sportsmanship Award and Principal’s Award. She a two-sport athlete competing in Football and Basketball. is pictured with varsity soccer coach, David Jaeger.

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MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Ethan McMurray, who plays football and FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR — Delaney Meserve, who plays field lacrosse. He is pictured with his family. hockey, competes in indoor track & field, and softball. She is with her family.

LRHS Just Desserts (Continued from Page 5A) Steve was a tenacious competitor who always gave 100%. One of Steve’s most admired qualities was his generosity. This award is given in his honor for his dedication and love for the game.

Sonya Flanigan Award (Female Athlete of Year): Delaney Meserve. The Sonja Flanagin Kenniston Award for the outstanding female athlete is given in memory of Sonja Flanagin a 1971 Lake Region graduate. While at LRHS, Sonja participated in a lot of activities; particularly the Yearbook. She came to LRHS in the 11th grade for two years. Before this,

Casco and Bridgton were separate schools — upon arriving at LRHS, she was involved in many sports: field hockey, basketball, softball, and track. Sonja was never a star, captain or high scorer, but always first to practice, last to leave, and always helped taking care of equipment. She was always the loudest cheering for all of her teammates. She was a key individual through her leadership skills bridging the community rivalries into a positive atmosphere. She was the first true “Laker.”

After graduation, Sonja returned to Lake Region and did photography for classes and sports teams. Sonja was killed in an auto accident in

the mid 70s.

Sportsmanship Award: Eleina Sturk, Colby Chaplin Spirit of the Game Award (first time presented): Gard Crawford Principal’s Award (grade point average of 90 or better, all-conference selection — given to a senior who has excelled in leadership, academics and athletics): Thomas Kolofsky, Cam Lepage, Delaney Meserve, Eleina Sturk, Julia Murch, Kaitlyn Plummer, Isabella Wears President’s Award: Varsity Club vice presidents Shauna Hancock, Delaney Meserve, Kaitlyn Plummer; SPIRIT OF THE GAME, a new honor this year went to Gard Crawford, a memVarsity Club president ber of the Laker football team. He is pictured with his family.

(Rivet Photos) Emerson Dinsmore

Area students excel at college FA senior named Anna Jo Laprise of Raymond was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College (New London) on May 29. Anna Jo majored in Government. The 427 members of Connecticut College’s Class of 2020 were celebrated during a special live event on Sunday, May 17, the day seniors were originally scheduled to participate in their inperson Commencement.

The College’s 102nd Commencement was held

Sunday, May 30, 2021.

Tyler Harnden of Bridgton has been named to the Plymouth State University (N.H.) Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.69 during the spring semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester.

Tyler is a Marketing major at Plymouth State.

Emily Wallace of

NICE SEND-OFF — Because COVID-19 canceled Teacher Appreciation Week, the SAD 61 Special Services administration and staff looked to recognize and honor two retiring employees with a “drive thru.”

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Naples is a member of the class of 2023 majoring in robotics engineering.

FRYEBURG — The criteria for the WPI Fryeburg Academy is Dean’s List differs from most pleased to announce that other universities as WPI Dawson Jones ’20 was does not compute a grade named a 2020 Mitchell point average (GPA). Instead, Scholar, who was selected WPI defines the Dean’s List from over 1,400 applicants. by the amount of work comThe scholarship was pleted at the A level in courscreated in honor of former es and projects.

Senator George J. Mitchell UNH Dean’s List and marks its 25-year anniThe following students versary this year. Mitchell have been named to the Scholars exemplify the Dean’s List at the University characteristics of scholarof New Hampshire for the ship, leadership, and comspring 2020 semester: mitment to the community Bridget Bailey of and public service that Dawson Jones Fryeburg for earning High were hallmarks of Senator Honors. Bridget is majoring Mitchell’s own selfless dedication and legacy. in Psychology.

On Monday, June 29, the 2020 recipients of the Sydney Lisowski of Mitchell Scholarship, representing more than 130 high Harrison for earning High schools from every community in Maine were announced Honors. Sydney is majoring virtually. Each Scholar will receive a scholarship award in Nursing. for $10,000 to be paid in four equal installments of Olivia Toole of Naples $2,500. In an effort to help more Maine students attain for earning Honors. Olivia is higher education, the Mitchell Institute provides scholarundeclared. ships for Maine students planning to attend two- and fourStudents named to the year degree programs at colleges both in- and out-of-state.

Dean’s List at the University Once Scholars are selected, the Mitchell Institute of New Hampshire are stuhelps them navigate college and the world beyond dents who have earned recogthrough personal and professional supports. In addition nition through their superior to offering the financial support of the scholarship, the scholastic performance durMitchell Institute offers a wide array of personal, acaing a semester enrolled in a demic, and professional support programs, as well as a full-time course load (12 or network of more than 3,000 Mitchell Scholars, alumni, more graded credits). Highest and partners. honors are awarded to students who earn a semester Students with a 3.65 to 3.84 Upsilon Lambda Chapter of grade point average of 3.85 average are awarded high Pi Sigma Alpha, the national or better out of a possible 4.0. honors and students whose political science honor socigrade point average is 3.5 ety, for the 2019-2020 acathrough 3.64 are awarded demic year. honors.

Membership in Pi Sigma Saint Anselm College Alpha is by invitation.

Contractor student Haley Bragdon- Students must be in the top Clements of Casco, a Politics third of their class with a major in the Class of 2021, minimum 3.0 grade point has been accepted into the average.

Harrison has been named to the Plymouth State University (N.H.) President’s List for the spring 2020 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 or better for the spring 2020 semester and must have attempted at least 12 credit hours during the semester. Emily is an Early Childhood Education major at Plymouth State.

Cody Gullikson of Denmark and Grace Condon of Brownfield have been named to the Springfield College (Mass.) Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester.

Cody is studying Accounting, and Grace is studying Health Science/Pre-Physician Assistant.

WPI Dean’s List The following local residents were among 1,749 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2020 semester: Ella Forbes of Bridgton is a member of the class of 2021 majoring in biomedical engineering.

Lucien Wallace of Sebago is a member of the class of 2023 majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Senior Rambles Hiking Trips & Tips

by Allen Crabtree

Different look at Mount Tire’m

It never ceases to amaze me how fast Mother Nature can change her face! The Denmark Mountain Hikers normally hike Mount Tire’m in Waterford once a year. We do it deliberately in the spring to enjoy the blooming wildflowers at that time of year, usually in May. Mount Tire’m is a short, easy hike with great views, and our spring hikes are made even more delightful by the many purple or red Trillium (Trillium erectum) that grow at the start of the trail. Intermingled with the Trillium we often see False Solomon’s Seal

(Smilacina racemosa), Canada Mayflowers (Maianthemun canadense) and May Flowers (or Trailing Arbutus – Epigaea repens). Further down the mountain near the old apple orchard, we often see the colorful blossoms of the Blood Root.

With the self-imposed “hold” the Denmark Mountain Hikers have placed on our group hikes because of the pandemic, we weren’t able to do the hike in the spring. Our hike last Friday, June 26, was the first time we’d climbed Mount Tire’m this late in

MASKED HIKERS — Denmark Mountain Hikers masked and spread out for their summit shot at Mount Tire’m.

(Photo by Allen Crabtree) the year, and we missed all of the spring wildflower that we have come to expect. There were two Lady Slippers whose blossoms had dried on the stem,

and some dried bunchberries, but only a few daisies and other later flowers were in sight. Even the profusion on colorful mushrooms that fellow Denmark Mountain

Hiker Paul Waterford had found only a few weeks earlier were largely gone.

Mount Tire’m is a small 1,104-foot mountain in Waterford that offers nice

views of the Long Lake Region, Bear Pond and the Presidentials. This is an easy hike despite the daunting name the mounRAMBLES, Page 8A

Chip shots: Golf action heats up at Highlands Ladies Golf: Greetings ladies golf fans! Our Bridgton Ladies Golf Association is back in the swing. I am a late arrival this summer so I will report on the past two Wednesday nine-hole rounds today.

On June 17, we had a fine turnout for our first 9-hole match of the season.

The game was 3 Clubs and a Putter. I always enjoy this challenge as you must wisely choose what three clubs to take on the course with you.

Just three clubs to cover all shots, and of course, your putter. But, I was not in town, so I missed out on the fun.

However, several ladies did well. The low gross winner was Ellen “Sizzling” Cyr. She was followed by Shari Linsky in second and Lynne Gillen

in third. The contested fourth place slot was crowded with Nita Barker, Donna Bleakney and Carolyn Stanhope. Our low net winner was Kathy “Can Do” Blanchard. She was followed by Brenda Tyler in second, Susan Howcroft in third and Susan Jordan in fourth. The pot was for fewest putts over the nine holes.

That honor went to Linda “Mashie” Munger and her ever subtle winning putts. The second and third places were a tie between Kathy Blanchard and Lynne Gillen.

Our BHLGA second outing was on June 24 and the game was Throw Out One Hole. I was again not in attendance, but I believe this means that you chose your worst scored hole and deleted it from your total score. The low gross

winner was “Sunny” Susan Jordan, no doubt with a huge, beaming smile. Gail Triant claimed second place, Shari Linsky third and JoAnne Diller took fourth. The low net winner was our knowledgeable Carolyn “Striker” Stanhope. She was followed by a second and third place tie between Mary Barry and Kathy Blanchard. The fourthplace spot was taken by the not seen often enough Joanne Cohn. The pot was for fewest putts… self-explanatory.

The winner was Shari “Lights Out” Linsky. The second and third spots were again a tie between Kathy Blanchard and Deb Parabouschi. That’s how you get your score to drop… drop those putts!

Have a safe, happy week readers and remember to hit

Bridgton Highlands Country Club hosted its premiere tennis tournament of the 2020 season on Saturday, June 27. The second annual Member-Guest Mixed Doubles tournament consisted of nine teams with a total of 18 players. The ideal weather conditions and strong player field paved the way for a high level of tennis throughout the day.

The tournament was run by Brighton Highlands Tennis Director Justin Chaffee, and abided by the safe play tennis COVID-19 guidelines. Justin would like to thank all of the players for coming together to play, especially during COVID19.

“The tournaments at Bridgton Highlands are always fun, but this one was special because it showed that despite these tough

times, players were willing to be respectful, brave and enjoy themselves, by playing the sport they love in a safe manner,” Justin said. “Sports are important because they provide an outlet when times are tough.”

Justin would like to thank all the players for their support and participation, as well as the staff and Bridgton Highlands for hosting the event. A special thank you to Mike and Lynn Fusco for their dedication in the tournament preparations and Brighton Highlands superintendent George Thomas and his crew for their outstanding upkeep of the courts.

In the top of half of the main draw, the first semifinal saw David Chaffee and Carol Kelley relying on their doubles experience to overcome Jason Cicero and

Lee Fitzsimons 8-3.

In the second semi-final, Jose Azel and Anna Romer battled past Johanne and Bruce Camire 8-5.

The championship match continued to deliver a high quality of play between both teams and in the end Chaffee and Kelley were able to capitalize on the big points and edged out Azel and Romer 9-7.

In the consolation draw, Rich Siegrist and Chris Siegrist defeated John and Jimeye Russell 8-3 to advance to the final. In the bottom half, John Waldie and Diana Doyle defeated Mike and Chiye Harper 8-4.

Team Siegrist carried their momentum into the final with an 8-3 win.

Bridgton Highlands will be hosting their next tennis tournament on Saturday, July 11, the Joseph Wikler Mixed Doubles Memorial Tournament. Please contact Justin to sign up: Justinc1984@gmail.com

them long and straight! — Suze Kinney Whit’s corner: Sweltering heat and humidity highlighted another great week of golf at the Highlands. My personal favorite anecdote was the appearance of Mike Stuart. A stalwart at the course, Stuart’s disappearance had brought about more conspiracy theories than a Netflix documentary on Jimmy Hoffa. In any case, all of Mike’s many friends are happy to see him back in action. It’s too early to tell if the lay-off helped or

hindered his overall game.

In Tuesday’s Scramble, Low Gross honors were captured by the squad of Bob Bissonnette, Mike Ross, Steve Vachianno and Pete Gately besting the young guns of Matt Beauchesne, Jake Beauchesne, Ben Chaine and Chris Burns. First Net belonged to the team of Tim Ebling, Jeff Sands, Mike Karusus and Bob Henderson.

Second Net went to Ryan Hamlin, Bob Allen, Gordon Perry and Matt “Laker Hoop” Plummer. NTP #2 was won

(again) by Sue “pour and play” Attianese, while Chris Burns took home NTP #8.

Thursday’s Scramble Low Gross winners were Assistant Pro Lee Jatkevicius (try spelling last name to theme song of “Mickey Mouse”), Pete Gately, Steve Vachianno and Bob Bissonnette. Second Gross went to Kim “Giddyup” Pike, Doug Place, Len “the Bagman” Carsley and Steve Dearborn. First Net belonged to the consistently contending team of Willie Elliot, HIGHLAND, Page 8A

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CHAMPIONS Carol Kelly and David Chaffee (left) with finalists Jose Azel and Anna Romer (right).

CONSOLATION DRAW champions Rick Siegrist and Chris Siegrist (right) with finalists Diana Doyle and John Waldie (left).

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Race returns to its roots Bill Graham, director of Bridgton’s 4 on the Fourth Road Race and Chuck Hamaty of Maine Street Graphics, Inc., met last Friday to preview this year’s race shirt.

To commemorate the 44th running of Bridgton’s signature road race, the racing committee has chosen to feature an adaptation of the original 1977 artwork by race founders, Phoebe and Jerry Levine.

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OLDIE BUT GOODIE race shirt design will be used for this year’s Bridgton 4 on the Fourth, which is taking on a different format due to COVID-19. Race Director Bill Graham (left) is with Chuck Hamaty, owner of Maine Street Graphics in Bridgton. and Macdonald Motors.

The Bridgton 4 on the Fourth Road Race, held annually for the last 43 years on July 4, will take place this year as a “virtual” race beginning July 1 and continuing through July 19. A “virtual” race allows registered runners to run the four-mile distance on a course here in Bridgton or elsewhere at a time of the runner’s choice. Runners record and post their own times on the race’s Race Entry race registration site.

Race bibs and T-shirts will be provided as usual. Some summer camps are expected to participate by running in the vicinity of their camp.

This change to a virtual race will assure safety for all involved and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing requirements.

To make this race unique and because of concerns for the road work in progress on Lower Main Street in Bridgton, the local race will use the race’s original 1977 course that starts on Highland Road just north of the golf course and finishes on Highland Road at the town beach with race legs on Chadbourne Hill, Middle Ridge and Dugway Roads.

Appropriate signage will be posted to mark the course and notify traffic about the presence of runners.

Highland chips; benefit tourney (Continued from Page 7A) Mitch Berube, Ellen Cyr and Lorie Edgerly.

Finishing with Second Net was Glenn Yale, Danny Phillips, Lonnie Kollander and Daryl Walker.

NTP competition was apparently eliminated due to appropriate MSGA health concerns with regard to the handling of the tape measure. Perhaps a group could have the individual with a shoe size closest to 12 walk off the distance in a demonstration of healthy sportsmanship, respect for the game, and spirit of golf integrity…Just a suggestion.

With Bridgton Highlands hosting the weekly MSGA Play Day this past weekend, Sweeps were reduced to Sunday morning. Jim Thombs shot 35-37 for a Low Gross best 72. Bob Holden returned from a cross-country road trip reminiscent of a “Grateful Dead Head Tour” to earn Low Net. Jim Macklin won the Quota game. Russ Sweet and Bob “Garcia” Holden paired up to earn team

Low Gross honors. George “Surveys Every Shot” Sawyer and Pat Stuart (last year’s President Cup Champ) combined to win Low Net. Maybe we throw a buck in a “hole in one” pool to replace the now defunct NTP shot competition? All proceeds would help defer the subsequent cost of the shot to the winner.

As mentioned above, the MSGA brought a full field of participants to the course on Friday and Saturday. John Hayes shot an electrifying 65 in route to the victory. BHCC members Russ Sweet and Jim Macklin shot 75 and 76 respectively to finish among the top of the leaderboard.

Enjoy the rain; we need it, and maybe your back is like mine and could use the rest too. — Whit Lesure Drive Out Cancer The N.C.C. Ladies Golf Association is in the process of planning their 7th Annual Drive Out Cancer Golf Tournament for Aug. 13 at Norway Country Club.

Proceeds from this golf tournament will be donated to the Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine.

This year’s tournament will be an 18-hole ladies scramble. Players may sign up as a team or as an individual to be put on a team. In order to follow Covid-19 guidelines and to ensure individual safety, the scramble will be played by assigned tee times.

There will not be a sit-down luncheon although plenty of snacks will be provided.

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a.m. Thanks to the summer weather, the grasses, briars and weeds were rampant the further away from the summit we hiked.

When we reached the old apple orchard, we headed out to the road following the old farm road we usually take, and found it a nearly impassible thicket of blackberries, high weeds and grasses, and ticks. When we reached the dual stone walled cattle run, we crossed over to the other wooded side and found much easier going. We came out in some neighbors’ dooryard, who welcomed the string of hikers emerging from the woods. From there, it is an easy stroll down the road back to the trailhead and our cars. We reached the trailhead again at 11 a.m. Temperatures were in the mid-70s and were not uncomfortable.

Denmark Mountain Hiker Jeff Sturgis told me that he has learned of an easier way from the orchard to the road without bushwhacking and putting up with the blackberries and ticks.

“At the bottom of the orchard, follow the mowed way between the last two rows. At the end of the row, there is a mowed road that goes directly to the road, coming out on the left of the old apple shed,” he said.

We’ll try that on our next climb.

Mount Tire’m is always a good hike, and even hiking under pandemic guidelines it was a pleasure. After the hike, I did find one deer tick on me crawling around and checking things out, but he was still wandering around looking for a place to bite when I found him and he did me no damage. With all the good tick territory we hiked through while bushwhacking, I’m surprised I didn’t find more!

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Rufus Porter Museum changes name to reflect legacy The Rufus Porter Museum in Bridgton has changed its name to the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity. This update reflects the museum’s new mission to celebrate the life, times, and legacy of Rufus Porter through the preservation and promotion of creativity and invention.

Karla Leandri Rider, the museum’s executive director, explained that while Rufus Porter is, and always will be, the backbone of the museum, the staff and Board of Trustees felt that the stories they tell reflect not just the man but also his legacy.

“The museum is not just about Rufus Porter and the 19th century. We also provide educational opportunities and highlight modern achievements in art and science. Our longterm vision is to become Bridgton’s cultural hub, inspired by Porter’s remarkable creativity,” Rider said.

The decision to expand upon the name was made before the world pandemic. The name officially launches on the museum’s opening day, Monday, July 8, with a new sign, website and updated logo.

“I feel that now is the perfect time to officially adopt it. I hope people will view our new name and mission as some positivity in a world full of uncertainty,” Rider added.

The museum has been closely monitoring state and federal regulations to prepare for their opening. They have included the following changes to ensure visitors, volunteers and staff stay safe: • No more than five visitors will be allowed in the museum at one time.

• Visitors will be required to wear facemasks and sanitize their hands before entering.

• Self-guided tours will follow one-way

Bridgton Community Band ‘Alive and Well’ for 2020

to the ongoing COVID-19 BCC is pleased to let area mandated restrictions of large residents and visitors know group gatherings and social the band wishes to continue distancing requirements. to share its love of music, and that band members are “Alive and well!” The BCC will be performing select ensemble groups during July at various times and locations. The first performance will be a Brass Ensemble performing at noon on Saturday, July 4, at the Bridgton Public Library.

Look for future ensemble performances at the library, Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.

Visit Bridgton Community Band on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ BridgtonCommunityBand/ The Bridgton Communty Band at their last perfor- or at the BCC home page mace of 2019. The 2020 band is “Alive and Well” and at www.bridgtoncommunitywill be performing select ensemble groups during band.org for more informaJuly. See the Brass Ensemble at BPL July 4. tion.

traffic flow through the museum.

The museum will be open from 12 to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Hours and days may change as more information becomes available. Check the museum’s website for more information about the 2020 season of events, underwritten by Norway Savings Bank.

Links: Rufusportermuseum.org Facebook.com/RufusPorterMuseum About Rufus Porter Museum Founded in 2005, the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity celebrates the life, times, and legacy of Rufus Porter through the preservation and promotion of creativity and invention. Rufus Porter (1792-1884) was an artist, musician, teacher, inventor and founder of Scientific American New logo of the Rufus Porter Museum magazine. of Art and Ingenuity.

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The Bridgton Community Band (BCC) is unable to perform the traditional 2020 summer concert series due

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Starting Tuesday, July 7, Bridgton Public Library will be open to the public by reservation only. Please go online (bridgtonlibrary.org), e-mail (bplreference@ bridgton.lib.me.us), or call (647-2472) to make a reservation. BPL hours are limited, and staff asks each person/ family group to make no more than one reservation per week.

BPL will continue no-contact book drop-off and pickup, too. The book drop hours will be: Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Just ring the doorbell for service! BPL is also able to offer home delivery service through the mail if patrons prefer.

SPLASH OF COLOR — Join DAC online for a Sip n’ Paint workshop on July 9.

News from the Denmark Arts Center: • Denmark’s Reverse Parade starts at 10 a.m. this Saturday, July 4. Come celebrate Maine’s 200th Anniversary. Drive from Bicentennial Park to the Denmark Public Library to see a host of holiday displays. From the Rec Department to Fire Department, Library to Arts Center, there will be a mile of fun floats and parading puppets to drive by.

The photo (above) is a sneak peak of Denmark Arts Center’s 200-year-old Eagle puppet. This amazing creature was created by the talented Strawberry Dragon puppet maker, DAC NEWS, Page 2B

Birth Announcement: Lillian Louise Perry Lillian Louise Perry was born on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at 1:15 a.m. at Bridgton Hospital. Lillian weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

Parents: Nathan and Amanda Perry.

Siblings: Jada.

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Race and Relating; a community Grandparents: Tim and Gail Anderson of Sebago; discussion at Nurture Through Ray and Stacy Perry of Nature Bridgton.

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have illuminating conversations around what we can do to wake up to racism within ourselves and within our community.

NTN will be showing a short film around this topic on Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m., in Denmark. Immediately following the film, a discussion will be facilitated to share reactions and questions to better understand racism in the name of healing, positive action and RACE, Page 7B

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Pickle and Ferment

SNEAK PEAK of a float to be featured in Denmark Arts Center’s Reverse Parade being held Sat., July 4.

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(Continued from Page 1B) Ms. Suzi. Thank you!

• The Mountain Garden Club presented their Alice T. Madden Scholarship to four deserving students pursuing a degree in any of the “green” educational disciplines.

Congratulations to Denmark Arts Center’s own Youth on Board board member, Ms. Sonia Leone for her accomplishment. Great job!

• Upcoming Zoom offerings: Sonia Leone, DAC’s July 2, 9 and 16, Youth on Board board Thursdays, Rocket Rampage member – Kids Zoom Camp Class, 10 to 11 a.m.

July 9, Thursday, Sip n’ Paint online workshop from 6 to 8ish July 15, 22 and 29, Wednesdays, Dinner Time – Kids Zoom Camp Class at 4 p.m.

Check the Denmark Arts Center website (www.denmarkarts.org) for more information.

By Nancy Tripp Special to The News It is early in the season and our farmers and our own home gardens are beginning to produce large amounts of wonderful vegetables. It is the time of year that most of us wait for the other nine months here in Maine.

I’ve been making pickles for many years. The usual varieties are made with cucumbers and green beans. But in the past few years, I have begun to really explore the pickling process and even more so the process of fermentation.

I have a ceramic pot that I set on my counter and add vegetables I have thinned out of my garden such as baby beets and small carrots, or portions of a vegetable that I realize I am not going to be able to cook since I have over purchased that week or the bunch is simply too large for the two of us to eat … like half a bunch of broccoli or cauliflower.

I cut these veggies into appealing shapes and sizes, plunge them into a mild saltwater brine and set a heavy plate on top of them to keep them submerged. Then, I wait until the briny taste appeals to me, or I figure it has been long enough and is time to stop the fermentation process. I then empty them into a jar and place them in the fridge to stop fermentation and enjoy them with our meals throughout the upcoming weeks. Mixing different vegetables and herbs creates a variety of very pleasing flavors and is visually appealing. The added bonus is the health enhancing benefits of fermented foods.

With pickles, I do much the same, except I tend to keep one vegetable to a jar and enhance that vegetable with crushed garlic or a complimentary herb. Beets and thyme, carrots with thyme, chilis and toasted coriander seeds, or spring turnips with smashed garlic, orange zest and black peppercorns are just a few suggestions. Check out the recipe that follows and I will post more details about combinations on the BFM Facebook page.

Have fun!

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Grape leaves — a grape leaf or two will help the vegetables to maintain a fresh crispness.

Your choice of vegetables. GO!

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Local arborist Eli Hutchins will kick off the GLLT’s summer talks and walks series on Wednesday, July 8, and Thursday, July 9.

• July 8: Life of a Tree with Eli Hutchins, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Location: to be announced.

Bring your own chair, a face mask, picnic supper and insect repellent.

Preregistration required: leigh.hayes@gllt.org • July 9: Walking with the Trees (and Eli), 4 to 6 p.m. Location: TBA. Please bring a face mask and insect repellent.

Preregistration required: leigh.hayes@gllt.org Nature walk: GLLT’s volunteer docents recently installed a self-guided nature walk at John A. Segur Wildlife Refuge West on New Road in Lovell. Along the .3-mile IMMATURE Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly trail, you will find signs information upon the sign for White Pine along the Greater Lovell providing Land Trust’s self-guided tour at John A. Segur West about various plants, ferns, shrubs and trees. At the on New Road, Lovell. end, there is a mystery flower you are encouraged to identify. Instructions are on a signboard beside the kiosk.

For more information about these events and to view the calendar, please visit the GLLT website: https://www.gllt.org.

from Josh McFadden Six Seasons a New Way with Vegetables ½ cup rice wine vinegar 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1½ cups hot water 5 tablespoons of sugar 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt.

Put everything in a pot or a big pitcher and stir until the sugar and salt are dissolved.

Using clean canning jars, fill with your vegetable in a way that shows off the beauty of it, pour the brine until the vegetables are completely covered and the jar is full, and screw on the cap. Refrigerate for up to two months.

Start tasting the first day to see how the flavor and texture are developing. They are ready to eat as soon as you think they are.

Enjoy!

The Bridgton Farmers’ Market runs Saturdays on the Green behind Renys from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. For a full list of vendors visit at https://www.facebook.com/ BridgtonFarmersMarket/ or contact bridgtonfarmersmarket.me@gmail.com. SNAP/EBT always accepted — double your SNAP dollars with the BFM Harvest Bucks program, stop by and ask how!

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In a season full of unknowns and new “normal,” take some time out for something fun and familiar! Violinist Ashley Liberty and pianist Daniel Strange will be presenting their show, “Hot Fiddle — Virtually yours” on Saturday, July 11, at 7 p.m.! It will be a free concert (donations encouraged), full of dynamic and creative music in multiple styles, delivered directly to your living room! Special guest, 7-yearold violinist, Harrison Liberty-Strange, will join his parents on Daniel’s new arrangement of Eleanor Rigby. Ashley and Daniel have given their time, their production skills, and of course their musical talents at no expense for this 100% fundraising event, which aims to raise funds for NWUC and the Sebago Lakes Region Fuller Center for Housing.

Ashley Liberty, an accomplished violinist, and Daniel Strange, a talented pianist, have returned to North Windham Union Church to perform their “Hot Fiddle” concerts to sold out crowds of 300 people each summer for the past three years. Both are Maine natives from this area and are beloved favorites of local audiences.

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(Continued from Page 1B) • Recovery Coaching. Are you interested in becoming a Recovery Coach? If so, please contact the Recovery Coach Coordinator at christine. wightlrrc@gmail.com • New meetings for July: Wednesdays from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., AA Big Book meeting outside (please bring your own book, LRRC is not able to share books at this time).

Fridays from 6 to 7 p.m., AA open discussion meeting outside.

Saturdays (starting July 11) from 1 to 2 p.m., Meditation in Motion outside.

Saturdays (starting July 11) from 4 to 5 p.m. All Recovery online (check the website for more information).

Outdoor meeting guidelines include: All outside meetings are held behind the Recovery Center.

Please bring your own chair.

LRRC will practice social distancing and be seated six feet apart.

The Center will remain closed.

Restrooms are available through the front entrance of the hospital building during normal work hours, after hours there are no facilities available.

There will be no coffee or snacks, but you are welcome to bring your own.

Please, no smoking during the meeting.

Opinion & Comment

July 2, 2020, The Bridgton News, Page 3B

Tree Talk Guest Column

by Robert Fogg

Trees: Friend or Foe?

Trees are my friends. At least that’s what I tell people when I slice a golf drive and my ball bounces off a pine tree and ends up back on the fairway. Trees shade us in summer and heat us in winter. They provide lumber for our homes and fruit for our diets. They protect the lakes by keeping them cool and holding the soil from washing into the water.

But, trees can just as easily turn against us. They will drop dead limbs on our roofs or uproot in a storm and fall on our car or our house. They provide shelter for ants that invade our homes and they’ll give access for squirrels to our roofs and attics. Just try to cut one down and see what can happen. Cut it incorrectly and all h*## can break loose.

It may end up on a house or a car. It could fall on power lines and put the neighborhood out of power, or worse, electrocute someone.

Over the years, we’ve invented terms like “barber chair,” which is a dangerous situation caused by an incorrect cut, and “spring pole,” which will try to take your teeth out. Cut a limb incorrectly and it may pinch your saw or the tree trunk may try to roll over you. Ladders and trees don’t mix either. YouTube is loaded with examples of why not to use a ladder to remove a limb.

These are all good examples of why an inexperienced person should think twice before tackling that tree in the back yard. One wrong move and look out. Trees can be unpredictable too, fighting every inch of the way when being taken down. Even experienced tree workers can get into trouble occasionally, but years of experience definitely helps to predict and avoid potential hazards. A little bit of luck doesn’t hurt either.

Robert Fogg is general manager of Q-Team Tree Service in Naples. He can be reached at 693-3831 or RobertFogg@Q-Team.com

In Ye Olden Times

by Michael Davis BHS Assistant Director

The Court of Judge Corliss

TURTLE with the dragon tattoo. Painted Turtle in Moose Pond photo by Suzanne Richard.

A new normal during COVID-19

By Price Hutchins Contributing Writer NORMAL. I just heard from a friend that she hated the term “New Normal.” She wants old normal back. Sadly, old normal is probably gone for good. We can spend the entire morning on Facebook conjuring what the new normal will be. The new normal morphs almost daily. It develops imperceptibly during COVID-19 press conferences and whatever “Breaking News” Fox and CNN wave in front of our bleary eyes. When our forefathers founded Lovell, normal was established at a town meeting consisting solely of male landowners using the Farmers’ Almanac, and the Bible. Back then, normal lasted for generations.

I had another brief conversation a while ago that may seem unrelated, but which has some bearing. A Lovell friend expressed frustration that, “kids don’t know how to write cursive anymore.” I think she’s right, but if it is no longer useful, no amount of anger, or cajoling, or regulations will bring cursive back. If cursive writing is obsolete, it is not due to laziness, it is not a socialist plot, and it is not a reflection of

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our school — all included in my neighbor’s rant! It is just the new normal. In the 1700s, I’m sure someone was upset when printers changed what used to look like an “f” with a loop at the bottom to the normal “s.” I don’t know what the popular reaction was, but I’ve always suspected the Boston Tea Party wasn’t about tea.

Our Lovell micro ecosystem has all sorts of normal: when the trout begin to take flies, how long the black flies last, when NEW NORMAL, Page 4B

Don’t let your guard down

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and our gradual reopening process, the Maine CDC has been monitoring epidemiological data, like case trends and hospitalization rates as well as health care readiness and capacity, to inform all of our decisions on lifting restrictions and stimulating our economy.

We look at these metrics every day. We look at them in their totality and we look at them in context, as opposed to looking at daily changes of one metric itself to inform our decisions.

Adjusted for population now, as of June 25, Maine now ranks seventh lowest in the nation in positive cases; we are ninth lowest in the nation in terms of deaths from COVID19; we are sixth lowest in terms of patients that are everhospitalized out of the 36 states reporting; and fifth highest in the percentage of people who have recovered, out of the 42 states reporting.

In light of those data and those trends, we are moving ahead with Stage 3 of our Restarting Maine’s Economy Plan. Starting July 1, this coming week, spas and skin care establishments; outdoor amusements, like amusement parks and water parks; indoor amusements, such as bowling alleys, arcades, movie theaters and performing arts venues may reopen if they wish, with health and safety protocols in place. The prohibition on gatherings of more than 50 people remains in place for all activities for public health reasons.

My administration has also approved the first round of grants to municipalities under the Keep Maine Healthy Plan.

Hello neighbors!

Since several of you have reached out to me in the past days and told me how much you enjoyed last week’s sample of old-time court proceedings, this week’s focus will be along a similar bent. In The Bridgton News of July 2, 1897, we are taken back to the last years of the 19th century, when Maine still led the nation in that great experiment, then not adopted nationally, which was Prohibition.

Consequently, barring the occasional burglary or rare report of violent crime, a good number of the cases which our municipal court dealt with in those days related in some way to the use of alcohol, whether it was public drunkenness, unlawful possession or sale, bootlegging, etc. From all we have read, Judge Edgar F. Corliss was typically a kind and understanding magistrate; I have read reports of his letting kids and even young adults off on charges for which he had them “dead to rights,” and in many cases the sentences he handed down for lesser crimes were typically fines which covered only the costs associated with the court’s time for having heard the case. But alcohol, and the sale of it by anyone other than a pharmacist in Bridgton — now that was a cause he believed in fully, and in those cases, he would pull no punches when it came to sentencing. It was a rampant issue, and he meant to clamp down on it. As we will see from this report, which covers only one week of cases, these were certainly spirited days to be a judge in Bridgton.

Bridgton’s Municipal Court Corliss, Trial Justice Within the week just passed business at Judge Corliss’ Court and with the law officers and representatives has To The Editor: COURT, Page 4B Bill Shane has gone to meet his Maker in Heaven I know.

I would like to let everyone know that when you pass by the American Legion Post in Naples, think of Bill, Clarence Hunt and Bill Stuart, who built the stone pillars in front of the Post that holds the Bingo sign and notice board.

I really miss my fellow comrades very much. We had fun building it, and as you can see, it has quality put into it because it is still standing.

So, when you go by, please say “Hi!” to Clarence and Bill Shane for what they have done for our country and Legion Post 155.

Bill Stuart Naples

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Anti-Illegal

To The Editor: In response to Ursula Flaherty’s letter on June 25, in which she states that Bob Casimiro’s cause of securing the border “… is clearly antiimmigrant,” No, his cause is QUIET MOMENT ON THE LAKE, which was anti-illegal immigration in the somewhat rate last week as nice weather brought out interest of following the law, many boating enthusiasts. protecting its citizens and car-

ing for our country. A country without borders ceases to be a country.

Respectfully, Alice Darlington South Casco

Get the facts for Question 12

To The Editor: I have to express my disappointment in the continued use of exaggeration tactics by those opposing the addition of “assisted living facilities” to the Downtown Village Neighborhood in Question #12. Signage placed near the site states that the facility will be “four times the size of Bridgton Hospital.” Even if both phases of the project, a memory center and assisted living, were to be constructed, the size of the structure would be about equivalent to the Bridgton Hospital, not four times its size as claimed

by Michael and Jill Sanborn on signs opposing the “Yes” vote.

In her letter last week, Dot Kimball reflected on the early discussions of the proposed assisted living facility to consist of a 48-bed memory center and a 60-bed assisted living unit for a total of 108 beds.

The developer provided me with the square footage of the memory center to be 23,735 for the 48 planned beds. I was

Views from Augusta

by Janet Mills Governor of Maine

Using federal Coronavirus Relief Funding from the CARES Act, these grants will help towns and cities implement their own COVID-19 prevention, education and protection plans to keep residents and staff and visitors healthy and safe.

For example, with this funding we’ll reimburse some municipalities for the purchase of personal protective equipment and hand sanitizer; it will allow some towns to place signs on sidewalks to encourage people to maintain six feet distance from each other; or we’ll fund a local health officer in some towns to ensure that local businesses conform to public health best practices.

As the economy gradually restarts, and as the hospitality industry looks to hire people, I also want to remind folks too that people who are on unemployment can go back to work part-time and take a part-time job and not lose unemployment benefits in their entirety. And anyone who is receiving at least $1 in unemployment and you go back to work partGUARD, Page 4B unable to confirm the square footage of the assisted living unit with the developer, but if the square footage required for the 48 beds is extrapolated to the additional 60 beds, there would be an additional 29,670 square feet required for a total of 53,405 square feet. That footprint would result in a structure only 405 square feet larger than of the hospital (53,000 square feet), not a total of 212,000 square feet as Michael and Jill Sanborn suggest in their letter last week.

I took the time to speak with Michael Sanborn to learn of his basis of fact and he informed me that he was very correct as the proposed 100-bed facility will be four times the size of the Bridgton Hospital as the hospital currently serves 25 patients in a 53,000-square-foot facility.

Thus, a facility with 100 beds would be four times that size!

This is a great exaggeration as the hospital has numerous other functions requiring space such as the oncology unit, the admission area, x-ray and laboratory units, emergency department, a general dining area, and ICU units.

I was unable to obtain the square footage of patient rooms, but I would expect it to be not more than half the total area of the hospital.

Again, I urge Bridgton citizens to vote “Yes” on Question #12 and allow the addition of “assisted living

facility” to the list of 19 other uses.

Bill Warren Bridgton and Gorham

The Plan is in place

To The Editor: The reason I am voting “No” on Question 12, about the assisted living facility on North High Street, boils down to the Land Use Ordinance.

I served for years on the Comprehensive Plan Committee, where, based on citizen input, we drafted goals for the town’s future.

People told us that growth should be planned so as to retain our small-town charm, keep our vibrant downtown and strip development should be avoided. Bridgton voters approved the Comprehensive Plan, the foundation for the Land Use Ordinance. Citizens voted for the ordinance; I don’t think we should add a use that is not compatible with a residential neighborhood.

While senior care is certainly a worthy project, it is allowed in many other districts in town. Asking to revise the zones for this project sets a precedent that suggests we will change the rules for any other proposed project.

Bob Wiser Bridgton LETTERS, Page 4B

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A new normal during COVID-19

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Doing the math

To The Editor: Ages ago, before personal computers or hand-held calculators (I’m talking about the 1960s), I remember a little mind game some kids played on each other. It went something like this: You’ve won a big money prize and you could take it in one of two ways. Either take a $10,000 lump sum, or, it could be paid over a month, starting with one penny on Day 1, and doubling the payout each day (two cents on Day 2, four cents on Day 3, eight cents on Day 4, etc.). If you got out your pencil and paper and started doubling pennies each day, when you got to one week, you only had gotten $1.28. If you continued calculating to half way through the month, you still had only gotten about $328. I probably would have said, “No need to calculate any more, I’ll take the $10,000 now!” How much would you have gotten if you had waited until Day 30? $10,737,418.24. Yep, over $10 million, the surprising but very real effect of exponential growth. If you don’t believe it, get out your calculator and run the numbers yourself.

I’m reminded of this by the current COVID-19 epidemic.

If one infected person can infect two people in one week,

To The Editor: WEAR A MASK! Our freedom does not include the right to risk the lives of others

Jon Chappell Bridgton

To The Editor: Democrats favor almost unlimited abortion.

Republicans favor almost unlimited firearms.

Both accept killing in the name of freedom.

Jon Chappell Bridgton

then each of those newly infected folks also infect two people a week, you get the same type of doubling growth seen in the penny example above. Early on, things don’t look bad at all; few positive cases, a bit more each week, no big deal. Even for a few months, not much to worry about. If nothing is done to slow the spread, after about four months, larger numbers of cases appear, and it only gets worse, much worse, quickly overwhelming medical facilities.

Substitute “infected people” and “weeks” for pennies and days in the example above, and theoretically every person in the state of Maine could be infected in about seven months. And remember, this example starts with only one infected person.

The only way to avoid the exponential growth phase

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The application is for an amendment to the Sebago Cove Estates Subdivision and proposes the redesign of Phase II for the creation of 79 new residential lots. The project is located between Burnell Road and Lake House Road in Naples, Maine.

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The application will be filed for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection’s office in Augusta during normal working hours. A copy of the application may also be seen at the municipal offices in Naples, Maine.

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is to reduce the number a people who will be infected by one infected person. Some variant of an “R” value is usually used to indicate this, R0 (“R naught”) being the inherent number of people in a given population who would be infected by each infected person if control measures are not implemented, sort of a theoretical maximum. Estimates of the R0 of COVID-19 are generally 2 to 2.5. In my penny/COVID-19 example above, R0 = 2.0 per week. Estimates of the actual R value are complex and vary with location, demographics, social behavior, healthcare facilities, etc., etc. (If you want to dig deeper into the complexities of R-values, see: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/ article/25/1/17-1901_article.)

If a safe and effective vaccine were available and widely used, the effective R-value would drop well below 1.0, and COVID-19 would be controlled. Until such a vaccine arrives, the best way to drive down the R-value is by “social distancing” and by wearing a face mask. It works.

So far, Maine is lucky: rela-

tively few cases and deaths, with a Rt (one estimate of R) of 0.98, as of June 28, 2020 (see https://rt.live/). I hope that it’s reasonably accurate, stays below 1.0, and that it even decreases. As the economy begins to open up again, let’s all do our part to ensure that the virus doesn’t rebound with its frightening potential for exponential growth.

Today, if someone were to challenge me with the “penny doubling every day for a month” vs $10,000 payout, it’s a no-brainer; and for me, so is “social distancing” and wearing a face mask until COVID-19 is truly under control.

Dan Sullivan Cambridge, Mass. and Sweden

A GOP mirror

To The Editor: Annabel Park wrote online, “Trump is a mirror, a warning, and ultimately a catalyst for change. Reflected in Trump is all that is wrong with the LETTERS, Page 5B

The Court of Judge Corliss

(Continued from Page 3B) been tolerably lively. The first act of the drama was as to the labelled liquors seized by Deputy Sheriff Webb, June 11 and 12, returnable June 26.

These liquors comprised eight gallons of whisky and one quart of alcohol, in bottles and jugs packed in wooden boxes, and were addressed, severally, to “N.W. Arlin,” “James T. Shen,” “L.D. Cowell,” “F. Milliken,” and “Thomas Leighton.” But no claimants appeared, and to the liquors are forfeited to the state.

The next scene was the arrest by Constable Michael Kirwin and the arraignment of one George Gilson, hailing from another State, on the charge of drunkenness. Trial at Chaplin’s office, Monday afternoon; D. Eugene Chaplin for State, respondent without counsel. Gilson pleaded guilty, and the sentence was payment of costs and thirty days in the county jail. He paid the costs, and was taken to Portland jail that afternoon by Officer Kirwin.

On Wednesday afternoon, Frank Kane, a chum of Gilson, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Webb, on complaint of Mrs. Kate Parks, who keeps the Forest Mills boarding house, which he had entered on several occasions when drunk and “raised Cain” generally. He was arraigned on two counts — one for drunkenness and disturbance, the other for resisting an officer. He pleaded guilty to the first and not guilty to the second. Judge Corliss’ sentence was costs and thirty days in jail for the first, and $10 and costs for the second offence. D. Eugene Chaplin for State, respondent without council. The costs amounting to about $10, and the fine, he failed to pay, which gives him ninety days additional in jail. He was taken to Portland the same day by Officer Webb and committed.

At the Martz show in Gibbs’ Opera House Saturday night, the services of Deputy Sheriff Webb were required to eject and restrain men drunk and disturbing the peace, but there has been no arraignment before the court as yet.”

We have a special column prepared for next week on Independence Day celebrations of old. Until then, stay safe, stay responsible, and enjoy this year’s Fourth of July as fully as you can! Till next time!

Mike Davis is the assistant executive director of the Bridgton Historical Society. He is writing special columns marking The News’ 150th year of publication.

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(Continued from Page 3B) the snowbirds return, and when the ice goes out on Kezar.

This summer, I have chipmunk gangs in numbers way above any normal. My new normal is having coffee at the kitchen window and seeing one of those chippies with a dollar’s worth of my seeds bulging in his cheeks, staring at me.

He can’t grin because his mouth is so full, but I see the smile in his eyes.

I haven’t seen the normal population of Monarch butterflies this summer. Are they quarantining too? Last fall, I wrote in an Earth Notes column that the birds had completely disappeared from my feeders and speculated what could be killing off the birds (by the way, not one of you started keeping your cat inside)? This summer, the new normal is how many and varied my birds are. Two nesting pairs of Orioles. Scores of Purple Finches, a Scarlet Tanager, a first-time House Wren family, Tree Swallows, Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks, all visit, nest build, and display. Fewer hummingbirds than normal visit. Do you think the Hummingbirds thought the neighborhood is getting too gentrified? Do they also dislike the new normal?

My vegetable garden is abnormally productive this summer only because I am home more to tend it. My normal summer fishing trip got canceled. And, normally I would work on the road two or three days a week. COVID-19 house projects is the new normal.

Global warming is normal. It was the new normal 20 years ago and some of my friends still don’t think it is real, let alone normal.

The big metropolitan centers like LA and Beijing and New York are experiencing a new normal complete with no traffic jams, no smog and audible bird songs no one remembers hearing for decades. Gasoline below $2 a gallon is a new normal, but so is not going anywhere! These are small consolations for being forced to stay at home, but it may be Mother Nature’s salve to our distress.

I vote in every election. It’s a thing. This year, I’m thinking of voting by mail just to see how it’s done. For me, normal is showing up at the polls when the doors open, but this July and November the new normal will be to stand at the town hall door and try to figure out who is smiling at me behind their mask.

If you know me, you will understand this next anecdote well. I’m at the post office with a fresh N95 covering my mug, leaving only my eyes and a large shiny forehead exposed.

When I pick up a sole package, I make some flippant, inane, supposed-to-be-funny remark to my friend the postmaster. As I depart, I am faced with four disapproving postal patrons — some masked, some not. Only the next day did the postmaster tell me the other customers thought I was serious complaining that it was her fault I didn’t get any mail. No one could see my face or the postmaster’s face. When I left, they offered to lynch me. I must learn to tiptoe around in this new normal.

Back in early March, I was right on top of this shelter-inplace order. I was going to make the best of a challenging situation. I made a list of the things I was going to accomplish while my business circled the drain and my social life evaporated. The list included: drink two liters of water every day, pay myself a bounty of $2 for every chipmunk either Otto The Dog or I dispatched, start a regimen of yoga in the morning, and learn to juggle. As this article goes to press, the score is COVID-18 3, Otto 1, Me 0.

Facebook is where you can locate the real new normal. I think years from now sociologists will write papers demonstrating that it was Facebook, not the president or the Russians or social unrest or aliens that broke us. It was the loss of the most productive two hours of the day: That window in the schedule when we line up the “to do list” ahead of us. The new normal instead is to flip casually through Facebook looking for a post that vaguely agrees with how we feel today. We will never get that time back!

Wash your hands, say “please” and “thank you,” blame the virus not your neighbors.

Price Hutchins is a reluctant hiker, impatient fly fisherman and clumsy handyman. He is at the peak of a mediocre career. This career includes restaurant owner, carpenter, toilet paper salesperson, stay at home dad, chemical salesperson and entrepreneur. Price continues to throw time and money at the Big Yellow House in Lovell, while teaching Otto to bully chipmunks.

Don’t let your guard down

(Continued from Page 3B) time, you’ll also keep the additional $600 a week federal unemployment benefit through July 25. Pretty good deal.

So, these new grants to our towns and cities, along with the July 1 reopenings, are positive steps for Maine and for our economy, but boy, Maine people and visitors and businesses have to keep remaining vigilant too. The very high increase and in some instances record-high increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in other states — that’s a cautionary tale for Maine as we continue our reopening and as we monitor the prevalence of the virus here, and work towards economic recovery. Boy, nothing would be more devastating to our economy than to see a significant surge in this virus, the virus that sickens and kills more people and jeopardizes our health care capacity.

It is possible, if not likely even, that the changes we are making will result in an uptick in cases so we will be keeping a close eye on all the epidemiological data as we have been doing from the very start. We’ll look at the data in our state, and the data in our neighboring states, and states like New York and Connecticut, where many people come from to visit Maine in the summer. And if a review of the data about Maine finds evidence of an increase in COVID-19 or a risk to the capacity of our health care system, we will have to move quickly to protect Maine people.

But, the most effective way to make sure that we do not have to reestablish restrictions and we can keep our economy going is by taking care of ourselves and each other.

So, I ask you as your governor — please — if you own or work at a public-facing business, please strictly adhere to all health and safety protocols. Don’t let down your guard now. Protecting your customers and your staff protects your business, as well.

I ask all Maine people, remember to wash your hands frequently, maintain six feet of distance between yourself and others no matter where you are, stay home when you can, especially if you are older or have an underlying health condition, and wear a face covering when you are out in public when it is hard to maintain six feet of distance between you and others. Please do that. Studies now show that those face coverings really work.

If we protect ourselves and protect one another by taking these steps, we can continue to reopen our economy in a safe way, and we can limit the spread of this dangerous virus as we welcome the tourist season in Maine.

It is up to every one of us.

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(Continued from Page 4B) United States: the injustice of our broken social contract, the crassness of our politics, and the cruelty of our economy.

Trump is also the shock that a mature democracy needs for action. To use a timely metaphor, Trump and his supporters are a virus, and they have activated our democratic antibodies. What we are seeing in the streets is the body fighting the infection.”

Trump really is a mirror, reflecting what “conservative government” looks like — reactionary, cruel, divisive, racist, tyrannical and incompetent. For years now, those who call themselves “conservatives” have promised that, once their system was in place, paradise would follow like magic. So, look around Trump’s America and answer these questions: Are we having fun yet? Are we winning yet? Is the virus going away?

How’s the world’s greatest economy doing? For good measure, throw in that old Ronald Reagan question, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

If you enjoy watching Trump lie while your fellow citizens die, keep voting Republican. The current COVID-19 death toll is 127,693, so at this rate we’ll hit 140,000 by August, not October. He boasted we’d win so much, we’d get tired of it.

If this is what he meant by “winning,” I was tired of it

months ago.

If you like leaders who refuse to uphold their oath of office, keep voting Republican. If you want a senator who looks the other way while the president commits high crimes and misdemeanors, keep voting for Susan Collins. She once promised to serve only two terms, but now she’s seeking her fifth. She says she’s “getting results for Maine,” but she never mentions what those results might be. Considering her recent record, that’s probably smart.

If you find someone beside the road, bleeding profusely, the first step is to stop the bleeding. That’s where America is today — bleeding to death from a thousand GOP-inflicted wounds.

The first step in healing our wounded nation is to stop the violence that has battered us.

Trump and his enablers have to go this November — the whole corrupt lot of them. I’m no big fan of John Bolton, but when he says our nation can’t survive four more years of Trump, he’s right. We must defeat Trumpism decisively, or else we’ll lose our country.

Rev. Robert Plaisted Bath

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To The Editor: It shouldn’t take a pandemic to underscore the importance of high-speed Internet in our state. Rural Maine’s strug-

Helen I. Smith CASCO — Helen Irene Smith, 89, of Casco, lost her long, courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, at home surrounded by family on June 20, 2020. She was born on March 11, 1931, on her Mother’s birthday, the daughter of Alfred and Emma Arsenault Barney in Portland, Me. She attended Cathedral and graduated from Deering High School.

In her younger years she won several beauty awards. She worked at a telephone company then worked for Peabody and Lane Shipping Company on the waterfront in Portland. Later in life she was a CNA and also worked at the Country Squire and Sandy’s Flight Deck in Naples. She became “Mom” to whomever she met. She was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 155 in Naples.

She was a proud member of the Sweet Adelines Barbershop where she became a director and sang at Carnegie Hall.

She was an accomplished artist, author and musician. She loved to travel and was privileged to walk in Stonehenge. She enjoyed going to the casino with her daughters.

She had a great sense of humor and she felt her greatest accomplishment was her tight-nit family, however extended it may be.

She was predeceased in 1992 by her son, Alfred Smith; she was also predeceased by her brother Richard Barney; her sister Theresa Forestell and their spouses.

She is survived by her daughters, Kathy Gregory, Terri Baird, Jackie Smith, Millie Beane and her husband Eric, and Tina Badalucco and her husband Jerry; 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her memory at the following: Patrick Dempsey Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 277, Auburn, ME 04212; Barbara Bush Miracle Network, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME 04102; Boston Children’s Hospital, 401 Park Drive, Suite 602, Boston, MA 02215.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton. Online condolences may be shared with her family at http://www.chandlerfunerals.com

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gle with connectivity has been going on for years, but with COVID-19, the true consequences of slow or no Internet can no longer be ignored.

During the last few months, residents throughout Maine have voiced their frustration.

Paul Armstrong’s small business in Palermo is foundering because the Internet service in his area is practically nonexistent. Ray Smith of Windham, an occupational therapist for children with developmental and physical challenges, now counsels his young clients by video chat due to COVID-19.

He describes many of the sessions as “disastrous” because some of his clients have such poor Internet service. A retired teacher from Lewiston, Joyce Bucciantini, laments the learning divide between those stu-

Obituaries

July 2, 2020, The Bridgton News, Page 5B

dents who have high-speed Internet and those who do not.

No matter where we live in Maine, and no matter our age, every Maine household should have access to highspeed Internet.

The Maine Broadband Coalition, of which AARP Maine is a member, estimates that 85,000 households in our state have no access to highspeed Internet. For many, this means they have little or no connection to family, friends, and critical services such as tele-medicine and counseling.

For some, lack of high-speed Internet creates barriers to doing business and creating jobs. Still others, particularly older Mainers, miss out on opportunities to offset loneliLETTERS, Page 6B

Helen E. Kenison DELAND, Fla. — Helen E. Kenison, 95, of Deland, Fla., (formerly of Bridgton and East Windsor, Conn.) died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, at The Cloisters of Deland.

She was born on Nov. 4, 1924, in Denmark, Me., the daughter of Harry Bean and Beryl (Dresser) Bean.

Helen graduated from Denmark High School, the Class of 1942. She married Francis Kenison on Nov. 8, 1942.

Helen was employed for more that 25 years at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn. She was either the first or second women foreman (forelady) at Pratt and Whitney. She truly enjoyed her years at Pratt and Whitney.

Following her retirement she and Francis moved to Florida.

They often returned to Bridgton to enjoy their summers.

Helen was very active in her retirement. She learned how to play golf and played several times a week until she reached her early eighties. She also enjoyed playing games such as cribbage, bridge, bingo and other games. She was also an avid reader. Prior to moving to Florida, Helen had been active in the Order of Eastern Stars.

She is survived by two sons, David Kenison and Daryl Kenison. Helen is also survived by her grandchildren, Tim Kenison and Tracy (Kenison) Madravazakis. She is also survived by three great-grandchildren.

Helen was predeceased by her husband. She was also predeceased by all four of her siblings and both of her parents.

A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. on July 8, 2020, at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Denmark, Me. Arrangements are with Chandler Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

Isaac C. Rawson DENMARK — Isaac Collin Rawson, 17, of Sebago, died Monday, June 23, 2020.

He was born Dec. 22, 2002, and was raised by his loving parents Tara “Nicki” Rawson and Lisa LaFlamme.

Isaac was looking forward to beginning his Senior year at the Lake Region High School where he was football captain and was a member of the track team, specializing in the 40 yd., 100 yd., and 200 yd. events.

He worked for Hannaford Bros. in Bridgton in the produce section for the last three years. His vision of the future was to major in psychology.

He enjoyed the outdoors, hiking with his dogs Arch, Jozee, and Jax, kayaking, and swimming.

Isaac was a giving, loving, and caring soul who touched many lives with his infectious smile.

He is survived by his loving parents Nicki and Lisa; his sister Mikayla Rawson; birth father Jason Brewer; maternal grandparents Sue Rawson, and Terry and Linda Rawson; Lisa’s parents Irene and Joe Zook, and Philip and Julie Laflamme; paternal grandparents Debby Brewer and Dwight Brewer; several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

A celebration of Isaac’s Life will be held Thurs., July 2 at 5 p.m. at the American Legion fields in Naples, Me. Arrangements are with Chandler Funeral Home, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton. Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

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Fear will have no place In a brighter tomorrow.

Healing and peace will replace pain, and We will have strength To be born again To build all our dreams In America.

Judith Randall Bridgton

David G. Bolles David G. Bolles, 72, of Naples, Maine, passed away Sunday June 21, 2020, at his home with his family by his side.

David was born May 16, 1948, in Peabody, Mass., the son of Fremont David Bolles and Dorothy Guzofski Ronan. He was a U.S. Army veteran for many years. David was a skilled carpenter, operating his own contracting business for most of his life. He was a member of the Oriental Masonic Lodge in Bridgton. He loved life, enjoying hunting, fishing, gardening, his cats, birds and raising many animals. David is survived by his wife Gayle (Tracy) Bolles; his two daughters, Laurie Martin and Cheryl Bolles; four stepchildren, Cory Smith, Bradley Smith, April Richardson and Deana Potts. Grandchildren, Mathew Ball, Brittany Chase, Andrew Ball, Amy Fielding, Chase, Parker and Madelyn Richardson, Tanner and Evelyn Smith; his brother Charlie Bergeron; three sisters, Judy, Carol and Barbara Bergeron and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Tommy Bergeron.

A celebration of life will be held in his honor July 18, 2020, 1 to 3 p.m. at his residence. Family and friends may send condolences to the event page created on Facebook.

Arrangements are under the care of Chandler Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton.

Rufus W. Head BRIDGTON — Rufus W. Head, M.D., 79, of North Bridgton, died Thursday, June 18, at the Bridgton Hospital.

He was born November 15, 1940, in Sherman, Tex., the son of Henry Oswald Head III and Dorothy (Womack) Head.

After graduating from Sherman High School, Rufus was accepted at West Point but chose pre-med and received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Austin College in Sherman. He started his medical education at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and received his M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. Rufus served his internship at the Maine Medical Center which began his love for Maine and resulted in many close lifelong friends. His residency in radiology was completed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison, Wisc., under Dr. Andrew Crummy.

He was a U.S. Navy veteran retiring as captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, for whom he served in Germany, Okinawa, and Hawaii as well as many Naval Hospitals in the continental United States.

Dr. Head worked as a civilian radiologist in Oregon and California. Later he was able to return to Maine, first working in Lincoln and then retiring from Bridgton Hospital.

Rufus had many passions including his love for Texas football, skiing, opera, animals and photography. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Maine Medical Associationís Retired Physicians Group.

Rufus married Susan Buck Wight in 1987. They traveled the world together for many years.

He is survived by his wife, Sue Head, a daughter, Bronwyn Head, M.D. and her husband Daithi Heffernan, M.D. of Providence, R.I.; a stepdaughter, Ramey Wight of Topsham, Me.; and grandchildren Katherine Chipman, R.N. of Washington, D.C. and Isabella Heffernan and Addison Heffernan, Providence, R.I. A Celebration of Life will be planned in the fall near his 80th birthday. In the meantime please raise a glass , smile and tell a Rufus story.

If you wish to make a donation in his memory, your local animal shelters are in need right now, as is Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Fryeburg — the source of many beloved Head family pets.

Arrangements are with Chandler Funeral Home, 8 Elm Street, Bridgton.

Online condolences may be shared with his family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

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Remembering sacifices and honoring founders

With the cancellation of the Fourth of July parade, Liam Opie of Bridgton has organized a July 3 “Wide Awake” walk, starting at Food City at 8 p.m. The walk will end with a wreath laying at the Civil War Monument.

I will certainly participate in my colonial garb. Participants might also stop for a moment at the small World War monument at Norway Bank, across the street from Food City.

We should also remember the sacrifices of local people in the Civil War. That statue of a soldier at the top of the monument is a not a generic representation of the Civil War soldier; it is the actual embodiment of Marshall Bailey, the 19-year-old Bridgton man, who died from wounds received at the Battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

I visited the Antietam battlefield two years ago, along with a second trip to the Gettysburg battlefield. The first

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thing that hit me as I entered the Antietam Visitor Center is a large wall photo of a battlefield scene, with dead soldiers strewn around a cannon. It would take your breath away, as it did mine.

My visits to other battlefields include the First Battle of Bull Run (known in the south as the First Battle of Manassas); I have also read extensively about the Civil War, including Shelby Foote’s monumental three volume, The Civil War. Foote was featured in Ken Burns’ 1990 The Civil War documentary.

But nothing has impacted me as much as that 8-foot by 14-foot Antietam battlefield picture. Why the carnage, the suffering, the maiming of human bodies, with piles of amputated arms and legs, decades-long survivors, reminders in each generation as these survivors deal with their infirmities, and gradually, over the post-Civil War years, die out, only to be replaced by others, maimed in subsequent wars: SpanishAmerican War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan.

I will have those thoughts, but also the remembrances of those sacrifices made throughout the years, sacrifices that first obtained our freedom, liberties and then extended them over the years in the laws emanating from our U.S. Constitution, and its 27 Amendments, changes and SECTION of Antietam National Battlefield Cemetery. improvements derived from the brilliance of our founders in Shown is the section containing graves of Mainers including Article V., which provided for such changes and who died at the Sept. 17, 1862, battle. (Photo by Bob improvements, and freedom and liberty for all Americans We should honor the founders, also.

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SECTION of Antietam National Battlefield Cemetery.

Shown is the section containing graves of Mainers who died at the Sept. 17, 1862, battle. (Photo by Bob Casimiro)

Letters

(Continued from Page 5B) ness, depression and isolation.

This is the time to take action, and I urge all Mainers to vote in the Maine State Primary and Special Referendum Election on July 14, and to vote “Yes” on Question 1. Question 1 is a ballot referendum providing $15,000,000 in funding for high-speed Internet expansion to underserved and unserved areas. This will par-

ticularly impact rural areas of Maine that currently lack the infrastructure for high-speed Internet. Of great significance is the fact that the $15 million bond will be matched by $30 million in federal and other funds to triple the impact.

This is an opportunity not to be missed. Maine is a rural state with a far-flung population. If Maine invests now, we can help Mainers, particularly in rural areas, who don’t have access to reliable, high-speed Internet service. It is essential for Mainers of all ages to be able to stay connected to LETTERS, Page 7B

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Area events

Music with a Mission (Continued from Page 2B) The concert will be broadcast from the North Windham Union Church on YouTube Premiere, and will be available one-time only on Saturday, July 11, at 7 p.m. A link to the concert will be posted to the website

Letters

(Continued from Page 6B) friends and family, but it is equally important for them to be able to access their caregivers, doctors, and other health professionals. High-speed Internet is a smart investment that will help businesses grow and help students gain access to education even when they are at home.

Access to high-speed Internet is extremely important to daily life in Maine, and not just during the coronavirus pandemic. Support of this referendum will put Maine on the right track. I urge you to vote “Yes” on Question 1 on July 14.

Pat Pinto AARP Maine Volunteer State President

Mwamconcerts.com and the Facebook page. If you can’t join in the Saturday night, the stream will be free for 48 hours.

The Music with a Mission concert series is sponsored by the North Windham Union Church, which donates a portion of the proceeds to area nonprofits. Now in its eighth season, MWAM has provided over $66,000 for mission support to the church and other community organizations. The community proceeds from this concert will help the Sebago Lakes Region Fuller Center for Housing, whose mission is to perform housing repairs and renovations to keep seniors safe and aging

in their homes in Raymond, Standish and Windham.

The concert is free but donations are gladly accepted with a suggested minimum contribution of $10 per person. Donations may be made before, during or after the concert either online or by mailing a check to: Music with a Mission, c/o NWUC, 723 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, ME 04062. For more information, please call 892-6142 or e-mail MWAMconcerts@gmail. com MWAM Committee: Jim McBride, Rick and Linda Nickerson, Michael and Ruth Kepron, Allen and Dawn Sample, and Peter and Dorine Ryner.

July 2, 2020, The Bridgton News, Page 7B

Wide Awake March July 3 A reminder for the general public of the patriotic “Wide Awake” march, this Friday, July 3 at 8 p.m. Those interested in marching, please park and meet organizer Liam Opie at the Magic Lantern/Community Center parking lot around 7:30 p.m. The march will start from the Depot Street/ Main Street intersection, and proceed to the Union soldiers’ monument, atop Main Hill.

There, speeches will be given by Opie and Mike Davis, along with the wreath laying at the foot of the monument. After this, there will be another wreath placement at the grave of Mr. Rufus Gibbs, an old Bridgton Wide Awake, at the South High Street Cemetery. His grave is toward the front of the cemetery and is accessible.

“A quick disclaimer; this is not a politiWIDE AWAKE, Page 8B

NTN Race discussion (Continued from Page 1B) transformation.

To prepare for this gathering, NTN invites all participants to view the film, 13TH prior to July 7. It is available for free on YouTube or Netflix. The link to 13TH: https://youtu.be/ krfcq5pF8u8 This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited to 10 people and safe distancing will be practiced. Please e-mail NTN to hold your spot. If you prefer to attend virtually, please MAKING A STATEMENT are activists demonstrating at the Bridgton Civil War e-mail NTN for the Zoom link at holisticcoachjen@gmail.com Monument on Main Hill on Saturday. (Photo by Mike Daley)

This week’s puzzle theme:

Human Body

NEED A

58. Plumber’s sealant 59. Fuzzy fruit, pl.

60. a.k.a. The Islamic State 61. Antioxidants-rich berry 62. Tolstoy’s Karenina 63. Grazing spot 64. Country singer-songwriter Loretta DOWN 1. “For the Benefit of All” org.

2. Cheese in red casing 3. Lean like an athlete 4. Bad rep 5. Address to Kitty 6. A in A=ab, pl.

7. *Location of strongest muscle 8. *Part of both digestive and endocrine systems 9. Genesis twin 10. Like a desert 11. Used to fix a leaky roof 13. Limit in quality 14. Same as boatswain 19. “Pillow Talk” (1960) star 22. Same as #22 Across, in English 23. *It loses 80% of body heat 24. Root of iris 25. Music to a performer’s ears 26. *Fastest growing tissue 27. Popular Japanese dish 28. Orient Express, e.g.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE? THE BRIDGTON NEWS

31. Walkie-talkie word 32. *The teeth did it 34. “The ____ have it” 36. *Gut dwellers 38. *One of #36 Down 40. Males 41. Van Gogh’s famous flower painting

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

CONSULT OUR LISTING OF BUSINESS SERVICES AND LET AN EXPERT DO THE JOB! ACCOUNTANTS Chandel Associates Accounting, Taxes Audits, Full Service Payroll 3 Elm St., Bridgton Office 647-5711 Jones & Matthews, PA Certified Public Accountants Accounting and taxes Roosevelt Trail Prof. Bldg.

Route 302, Bridgton 647-3668 cpas@maine.com

ALARMS WAM-ALARM Systems Installation, Service, Monitoring Burglar-Fire-Temperature Sensors Free Security Survey 647-2323

APPLIANCE REPAIR

CARPENTRY Robert E. Guy General Carpentry – Additions Repairs – Remodeling www.bobguy@myfairpoint.net Harrison 743-5120 239-4804 (cell)

Caretake America Managing and Patrolling Kevin Rogers, Owner/Manager Rte. 35, Naples 693-6000

The Ballroom Dance - Exercise - Yoga - Aikido Main St., Harrison, Maine 207-583-6964

51. Field of grass 53. Having lace 54. Zeal

55. *The largest organ 56. Reggae precursor 57. mL

Solutions on Page XB

FLOORING

PAINTING CONTRACTORS

Bolsters Decorating Center Carpet – vinyl – ceramic Always free decorating consulting bolsters@megalink.net 9 Market Sq., So. Paris 207-743-9202

RedoProperties.com Interior/Exterior painting & repairs Local, experienced & professional Call/text 207-693-4663 (Home) (5320x)

Bridgton Storage 409 Portland Rd. 28 units & 4000’ open barn Bridgton 272-8085

Webber Painting & Restoration Interior/exterior painting & repairs Waterfront specialists – Free estimates Fully insured – References 207-831-8354

JB Self Storage Rt. 5, Lovell, Maine Monthly/yearly secure storage 207-925-3045

FOUNDATIONS Henry’s Concrete Construction Foundations, Slabs, Floors Harrison Tel. 583-4896

GARAGE DOORS

PLUMBING & HEATING Collins Plumbing & Heating Inc. Specializing in repair service in The Lake Region 647-4436

SELF-STORAGE

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Dyer Septic Septic systems installed & repaired Site work-emergency service-ecofriendly 1-877-250-4546 207-583-4546

Roberts Overhead Doors Commercial/residential – free estimates Ken Karpowich Plumbing SURVEYORS Now offering Master Card & Visa Repairs/Installation/Remodeling DENTAL SERVICES 207-595-2311 Master Plumber in ME & NH CARPETING F. Jonathan Bliss, P.L.S. Bridgton Dental Associates Over 20 years experience 207-925-1423 Bliss & Associates Thurlow’s Carpet & Home Center Dr. Paul Cloutier HEATING Surveying, Land Planning Carpet and Flooring Complete dental care PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 693 Main St., Lovell 207-925-1468 Bass Heating Sales and Installation blissinc@fairpoint.net 138 Harrison Rd., Bridgton 21 Sandy Creek Rd., Bridgton Oil Burner Service www.bridgtondental.com Clement Bros. Lawn and Landscape 647-5562 800-310-5563 Maine Survey Consultants, Inc. Sales and Installations 207-647-8052 Organic lawn & garden maintenance Land info services – Surveys Waterford (207) 595-8829 Shoreline restoration CHIMNEY LINING Boundary/Topographic/Flood elevation Bridgton Dental Hygiene Care, PA Creative stonework, property watch PO Box 485, Harrison, Maine Complete comprehensive oral hygiene care INSURANCE The Clean Sweep LLC Snowplowing & sanding Off: 583-6159 Infants – Seniors Chimney Cleaning Service 207-693-6646 www.clementbros.com D. A. Maxfield Jr. PLS Most dental insurances, MaineCare Chalmers Ins. Agency Supaflu and Stainless Steel Over 10,000 surveys on file 647-4125 bdhc@myfairpoint.net Chimney lining and relining 100 Main St., Bridgton REAL ESTATE Dana Richardson 935-2501 Tel. 647-3311 TREE SERVICE Mountain View Dentistry Dr. Shilo Annis, DMD CLEANING SERVICES Cosmetic/restorative & Family Dentistry Servicemaster 207-647-3628 Prof. Carpet Cleaning – Home/Office MountainViewDentistryMaine.com Fire/Smoke Damage Restoration 1-800-244-7630 207-539-4452

Jones Appliance Service/Repair LLC Quality service you deserve All major brands jonesappliances@aol.com 647-4432 TLC Home Maintenance Co. Professional Cleaning and Property Management ATTORNEYS Housekeeping and much more 583-4314 Shelley P. Carter, Attorney Law Office of Shelley P. Carter, PA COMPUTERS 110 Portland St., Fryeburg, ME 04037 935-1950 www.spcarterlaw.com Grammy Geek Tech support for seniors (jr.’s too) 1-1 support at your home Michael G. Friedman, Esq., PA Malware & virus removal/PC repair 132 Main St. Free pick-up & delivery 207-310-0289 P.O. Box 10, Bridgton, ME 04009 647-8360 Naples Computer Services PC repair/upgrades – on-site service Hastings Malia, PA Virus and spy-ware removal 376 Main Street – PO Box 290 Home and business networking Fryeburg, ME 04037 Video security systems 935-2061 www.hastings-law.com 71 Harrison Rd., Naples 207-693-3746

CARETAKERS

DANCE INSTRUCTION

44. Coffee shops 46. *____ cavity, a.k.a. mouth 48. Aplomb 49. Harbor city of Ancient Rome 50. *Humans are the only animals that have it

JUL 2020

ACROSS 1. It’s often breaking 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca 8. Bog deposit 12. Mine entrance 13. *Blood fluids 14. Sinbad the Sailor’s home 15. Delhi dress 16. Ball of yarn 17. On the radio 18. *Brain’s “fear factory” 20. Gulf War missile 21. Monkeys, in Spain 22. “____ Elise” 23. Capital of Tasmania 26. Unlike Pinocchio 29. Be mistaken 30. Meteorologist’s line 33. Radiant light 35. Popular horse breed, pl.

37. VIII predecessor 38. Lit test format 39. Prima donna 40. Like meters and kilograms 42. Step on it 43. a.k.a. association football 45. ____ Hood and Christopher ____ 47. *Result of UV exposure 48. Southern chicken stew 50. Staff leader 52. *The smallest bones 56. Social media button 57. Mange carrier

CONTRACTORS Quality Custom Carpentry From start to finish and from old to new Jeff Juneau Naples 207-655-5903

Oberg Insurance Auto, Home, Business, Life 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

THIS SPACE CAN BE YOURS Call 647-2851 for details or e-mail bnews@roadrunner.com

Southern Maine Retirement Services Medicare Supplements & Prescription Plans Life and Senior Dental Insurance 150 Main St., Bridgton 207-647-2900

ELECTRICIANS

INTERIOR DESIGN

D. M. Electric Inc. & Sons Dennis McIver, Electrical Contractor Residential/Commercial/Industrial Licensed in Maine & New Hampshire Bridgton 207-647-5012

Universal Designz Consulting – Design Decorating – Aging in Place www.UniversalDesignzMaine.com 207-754-0730

Chalmers Real Estate 100 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-3311

Kezar Realty Homes, Land & Vacation Rentals Lovell Village 207-925-1500 KezarRealty.com Oberg Agency Residential, Business, Lake Shore Property 132 Main St., Bridgton Tel. 647-5551, 888-400-9858

RUBBISH SERVICE

ABC Rubbish Weekly Pick-up J.P. Gallinari Electric Co. Residential - Commercial - Industrial INVESTMENT MANAGERS Container Service Tel. 743-5417 Aerial - Auger - Lifting Service Daniels D’Amelio Group Bridgton 647-9435 Donald M. Daniels 561-427-5859 AM Enterprises LLC McIver Electric Donald Daniels Jr. 561-427-5857 Trash & snow removal “Your on time every time electricians” www.ddimg.org Serving Harrison & Bridgton 221 Portland Rd., Bridgton ameinc@outlook.com 207-749-2850 647-3664 OIL DEALERS (53x) www.mciverelectric.net Worsters Rubbish Removal Trash hauling R.W. Merrill Electrical Contractor Dead River Co. Range & Fuel Oil Docks – Demolition 24 hour Emergency Service Oil Burner Service Snowplowing/Sanding Residential & Commercial Harrison 207-583-6914 Harrison 583-2986 Fax 583-4882 Tel. 647-2882, Bridgton

Q-Team & Cook’s Tree Service Removal-pruning-cabling-chipping Stump grinding-bucket work-bobcat Crane-licensed & fully-insured Q Team 693-3831 or Cook’s 647-4051 Toll free 207-693-3831 www.Q-Team.com Rice Tree Service – Sheldon Rice Complete tree service – free estimates Removal-prune-chipping-stump grinding Licensed and insured Utility and Landscape Arborist Waterford ME – 583-2474

VETERINARY Fryeburg Veterinary Hospital Small Animal Medicine & Surgery Route 302, Fryeburg 207-935-2244

WINDOW TREATMENTS Bolsters Decorating Center Custom window treatments Always free decorating consulting bolsters@megalink.net 9 Market Sq., So. Paris 207-743-9202 Universal Designz Window Treatments – Upholstery Slip Covers – 207-754-0730 www.UniversalDesignzMaine.com

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Continuations

Rotary Club Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club meets this morning, Thursday, July 2 at 7:30 a.m. via Zoom. Guest speakers will be Sally Chappell and Rotarian Therese Johnson, giving an update on Bridgton’s recycling program.

Want to join Rotarians? E-mail at LakeRegionRotary@ gmail.com for the meeting link.

This is an excellent time to be a Rotarian. There is much to contribute Club of to the community and many ways we Bridgton-Lake Region can do that together.

In addition to delivering food boxes to shut-ins, making masks, preparing meals, hosting Community Kettles, organizing and distributing toiletry packets through food pantries, honoring Citizens of the Month and handing out scholarships, Rotarians are continuing to play a role in the community by hosting speakers with important information to share.

If you would like to learn more about our projects and becoming a Rotarian, reach out to club members, come to a meeting or social event and volunteer.

For more about what Rotarians do and how you can help, check out https://www.facebook.com/

Wide Awake (Continued from Page 7B) cal event, or protest, of any kind. This is a patriotic event inspired by, and drawing upon, the sentiments and values of the old ‘Wide Awake Movement.’ All who love our country, its flag, and its history, are invited to take part in this event!” Opie said. “Come one, come all!

Bring your American flags, your bells, and banners, and come march with those who share your love of country.”

Once more, in regards to Coronavirus concerns, face masks are welcomed. Those who may feel more apt to become sick or are sick, are once again strongly encouraged to stay home.

Harrison Historical Society HARRISON — The program on early settlers scheduled for Wednesday, July 15, the Harrison Historical Society’s museum on Haskell Hill Road has been cancelled.

The barn sale at the museum farmhouse planned for late July or early August has been cancelled.

The museum — normally open Wednesday afternoons during July and August — will not open this summer, however, it will open most anytime by appointment. Please call Gerry Smith at 583-2213 for more information.

Diabetes program at Bridgton Hospital

ACT OF KINDNESS — The staff of Bella Point of Bridgton would like to give a great big “Thank You” to the Bridgton Lions Club and Subway for providing a delicious lunch through their generous donation to its super hero employees.

ing those with diabetes to live well and effectively manage the disease is the topic of an upcoming outpatient diabetes self-management program at Bridgton Hospital.

Classes will be held in the BHPG Administration Conference Room on: Tuesday, July 7, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Monday, July 13, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Thursday, July 16, from 2 to 4 p.m.

During the classes, participants will cover:

• An overview of diabetes, complications, hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia • Medications for diabetes • Diabetes process and treatment options • Goal setting and problem-solving • Nutrition management: meal plans, carbohydrate counting, cooking tips, dining out guidelines and much more For more information, to make an appointment or sign up for the program, call 6476064.

From Bridgton Police blotter (Continued from Page 4A) Jetta on its side and lodged in a thicket of trees and bushes near a residence.

Police found mailboxes had been hit, as well as a parked car. The driver suffered cuts and bruising on her arms, legs and face. She was transported to the hospital.

The crash remains under investigation (awaiting test results).

10:25 p.m. Sgt. Jones responded to a motorcycle crash (engine seized) on Kansas Road, near Salmon Point Road. The driver was issued a summons for operating without a license.

The driver and passenger escaped injury.

Friday, June 26 6:18 a.m. Attempt to locate SUV traveling at a high rate of speed on North High Street.

1:12 p.m. Sex offender registration renewal.

3:35 p.m. Speeding complaint on Sandy Creek Road.

Saturday, June 27 2:03 a.m. Theft of Dodge Ram truck on Beal Lane.

Officer Ryan McCloud located the vehicle on Smith Avenue and stopped it on Kansas Road. The 20-yearold was charged with operating after suspension and violating conditions of release.

The vehicle was returned to its owner.

8:42 a.m. While exiting a driveway, a vehicle entered into an embankment off Burnham Road, causing the vehicle to “dip sharply” and “lifting the rear wheels off the driveway.”

9:04 a.m. Citizen assist regarding violation of a protection order and receiving threatening text messages.

7:51 p.m. Disturbance (request subject be removed from the home) on South High Street; Sgt. Jones and Officer Regis responded.

10:21 p.m. Caller reported fireworks ignited in North High Street area, concerned

about dry conditions.

6:45 p.m. Disturbance 10:30 p.m. Officers (request for subject to be responded to a reported removed) on Mowatt Road. medical emergency (overdose) on Harrison Road.

Narcan had been administered before emergency personnel arrived. Subject was evaluated by United Ambulance personnel and then transported to Bridgton The SAD 61 school budget Hospital.

11:19 p.m. Suspicious passed its first test Tuesday person report of six to seven night as voters approved the people seen walking into proposal as presented. Now, park on North High Street; the budget goes to a validation vote on July 14.

Sgt. Jones responded.

The district meeting was Sunday, June 28 1:56 a.m. Noise com- held in the Lake Region plaint (loud talk and yell- High School gym. If turning) at Knights Hill Road out exceeded the 50 limit (as dictated by the governor’s property.

9:26 a.m. Police looked COVID-19 standard to maininto a report of a store tain social distancing), the employee “being chased overflow would have gone through a parking lot” the to the auditorium. Less than previous night at closing time. 50 people — which included 3:47 p.m. Criminal mis- board members and Central chief (graffiti on an on-site Office staff — were in attendumpster) at the transfer sta- dance, thus a second room Scheduled Performances was not required. tion.

Few attend

(Subject to Change)

Scheduled Performances July 2020 Scheduled Performances (Subject 9th Concert for 50 to withChange) Carol Noonan (Seating is at socially distanced tables and yes, (Subject to Change)

dinner is available before the show as always) July 2020 9th 2020 Concert for 50 with Carol Noonan July August 2020isforat 50 (Seating socially tables and yes, 9th Concert withdistanced Carol Noonan

28th Johnny Nicholas with Cindy Cashdollar dinner is is available before the show as always) (Seating at socially distanced tables and yes, (pending) dinner is available before the show as always)

August 20202020 September 28th Johnny August 2020Nicholas with Cindy Cashdollar 11th Kathy Mattea Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”

Charles Darwin said: Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”

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When you support our dining, you support the music to come too!

When you support our dining, you support the music to come too!

Inside Barn & Porch Dining Begins July 2 | Curbside Continues | 50-Person Concerts Begin July 9

A letter from owner, Carol Noonan:

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Indoors butshades very airy...We have three big screened doorways will make the dining experience special. are socially distanced. open weather permitting.

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