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free activities, food, art and local live music and dance. It is about the families, friends and community members that showed up to this event and had a day of fun.”

ATM use to benefit Casco Days

CASCO — Before the month of September is over, the purchase of two lots at the edge of Webbs Mills Park is something upon which Casco voters will have the opportunity to decide.Oneof the lots the town purchased in 2002, and accidentally sold this year after it was placed on a list of tax-acquired land that was offered to the public through the bid process.

‘Over moon’ about Festival

ago. If approved by voters, the town would pay to pur chase the lot and dispose of theBothbuilding.lots face Route 11 and also the edge of the townBothpark. owners have been contacted, according to Casco Town Manager Tony Ward. Both are will ing to sell. One is willing to negotiate with the town; the other has asked a real estate agent to deal with that, Ward said.

A new Pleasant Mountain logo and website were unveiled. Full implemen tation of the new identity will be completed ahead of skiers and riders being welcomed for the 2022/23 winter

What: Public hear ings on Naples refer endum questions for November Election When: Tuesday, 6 p.m.

At the birdhouse building table, parents were delighted that their children were learn ing real life skills. Employees from Main Eco Homes set up an assembly line, supervised the children using the car pentry tools, and high-fived children as they completed eachMeanwhilephase.

“This event was for the community by the commu nity and I think we all accom plished this,” according to organizer Pam Ward.

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efforts made the festival what it was.

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That has Naples select men concerned that people won’t buy into the idea of constructing a new town building at these inflated prices.Earlier this month, the Naples Board of Selectmen voted to place on the November ballot the ques tions about the land pur chase and the construction

More than 1,200 people attended the Harvest Moon Festival, which was held in Bridgton on Saturday.

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“A big thank you has to go out to all the people who showed up. Without them, there wouldn’t be a fair. It

Pleasantseason.Mountain sup porters are credited with the momentum to restore the area’s original name.

NAPLES — In 2016, the Town of Casco was looking at two warrant arti cles: To purchase land next to its fire station and to build a new town hall. Both passed.In2022, the Town of Naples will be consider ing two referendums dur ing the November Election: to purchase land between the Village Green and the Naples Fire Station, and also whether to build a new town hall and community center.The construction climate is entirely different from what it was six years ago, let alone two years ago.

Or a person can use the ATM just because he or she needsThecash.Casco Board of Selectmen threw its support behind placing the ATM, owned by Casco Days, in the town office lobby. The

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Association instead of the State of Currently,Maine.the ATM is set up and operational in the lobby, according to Casco Town Manager Tony Ward.

Ward emphasized that by “community” she was refer ring to the Lake Region, not justAlso,Bridgton.Ward focused on the fact that in order to pull off the festival, there were so many individuals, business-owners and non-profit people, sound engineers, musicians, dancers and artists whose time and

Last week, Shawnee Peak announced the ski area will return to its roots and once again be known as Pleasant Mountain. As Maine’s first ski area, the name change honors its 84-year history and the mountain it calls home.

HOOPING IT UP — Kids and adults alike enjoyed spinning colorful hoops dur ing the first Bridgton Harvest Festival. (Photo by Pam Ward)

It Takes a Village

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All day long, different musicians and dancers took to the stage — either creating the backdrop sound for the day’s doings or entertaining those people who were sitting down and taking it in.

Yes, there is still a fee of a few dollars for using the ATM. However, it would go toward the Casco Days Fair

One of the food vendors said he estimated about 1,200 people when it was most crowded, she said. The fan tastic turnout pleased her.

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Where: Naples Town Hall

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at Gallery 302’s table, copies of The Bridgton News were being recycled. Citizens were cre ating hats from newspapers and adding embellishments such as ribbons, glitter and fresh picked flowers. All around the festival, people had newspaper hats on their noggins.Speaking of heads, at Lakes Environmental Agency’s (LEA) table, peo ple were learning skull identi fication, a skill that interested many and kept that volunteer busy.In another area, an oldfashioned apple press provid ed children and their parents with the chance to partake in making apple cider.

“It gives me great plea sure to return to our origi nal name and to know that this ski area is poised for a great future so others may experience what many of us already have,” said Ralph Lewis, general manager and Bridgton local. “Memories of growing up on these slopes were instrumental in framing my passion for ski ing and like many others, Pleasant Mountain changed myInlife.”1936, the state’s Civilian Conservation Corps cleared a single ski trail on the western slope of Pleasant Mountain, launch ing history now 84 years in the making worthy of honor and celebration. Skiing quickly proved popular among local residents and by 1938, a rope tow was introduced, and Pleasant Mountain Ski Club was born.Through the years,

“Clearly, it is about one special community that came together for a day to provide

The other lot is one that the town has been eyeing in order to expand Webbs Mills Park. The house on the lot burned about a year

“I had several reasons: Bringing the community together, giving the children lots of activities, showcasing area talent, and making an affordable fair for the com munity,” Ward said.

business at the town hall.

Shawnee Peak was a name chosen by the group that assumed ownership of the ski area in 1988, to cre ate brand alignment with another of its ski areas, Shawnee Mountain. Uneasy with the replacement of the only name they had ever known, generations of loy alists have remained vocal and enthusiastic about the preferred name of their

CASCO — People who live in Casco and who use a credit or debit card to pay town-related fees, including property taxes, will be able to donate to Casco Days by using the ATM instead.

Pleasant Mountain, the ski resort, is back.

Resort returns to its ski roots

HATS OFF to Gallery 302 for coming up with this craft idea. Friends and school teachers Sophie Eldredge, of Massachusetts, and Summer Lamprey, of Raymond, cannot wait to share the hat-making craft with their respec tive students. (De Busk Photo)

By law, the town cannot enter into any real-estate agreement until that has been okayed by voters at town meeting.

beloved ski area. Feedback gathered in a recent sur vey was overwhelmingly in support of bringing back the original name.

Machine (ATM) located in the Casco Town Hall lobby provides residents with an option to withdraw cash instead of using credit cards, which incur a 3.5% fee.

Going forward, individu als can support the annu al summer-time event in Casco Village while doing

“There are so many thank you’s. It took everybody. It wasn’t about one person. There were so many pieces that had to come together when that happened,” she said.The Harvest Moon Festival was the brainchild of Ward but she said without the support of the Bridgton selectmen earlier this year, she might not have gone for ward.

“Casco Days last year found itself in a situation,” Mulkern said, where an ATM would have come in handy.

“We think you have a need for an ATM in the town office, and it would serve the citizens. We would be more than happy to move the ATM to the lobby of the town office until mid-July and return it in mid-August,” Mulkern said.

“Forsaid. the two or three-day weekend, it was very busy. But we need to get more use of it to help offset the cost of owning it. A return on investment— if not next year then by year three, it would be paid for,”

cess. It has 140 feet of frontage to Route 11. Ward has contacted the new“Heowner.wasn’t comfortable negotiating with the town. He said would prefer to go through his realty agent,” he said. “The listed price is $19,000. It was listed for $24,000 and it dropped down. Any price that is list ed is based on town meet ingWardapproval.”summarized the condition of Lot 6 on Tax Map“Robert32. Libby pur chased it a month ago. I advised him the town was looking to buy and asked what he would sell prop erty for. The bottom line is $50,000 for 1.1 acre,” WardLibbysaid. has already taken out the permit for the disposal of the build ing. He told Ward that the siding is asbestos based. Libby called contractor and received a quote for remediation of $18,500 that included getting rid of the asbestos, Ward said.

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Sam Brown, who lives in the Webb Mill Village area,“Thisspoke.is one small step toward the long-term comp plan that illustrates how Casco feels about and cares about green space,” Brown said.

Each warrant article has a fiscal tag. However, none will require the rais ing of new funds through taxation. The Undesignated Fund Balance (UFB) will be the financial source for these

“I would encourage anyone to sit in the park and envision the house not being there,” Casco resi dent Jeff Raymond said. “It is not a large dollar figure.”

“Right now, if someone comes in to pay by credit card, they get charged 3.5%. This way, for every transaction [at the ATM], Casco Days Park would be getting some money. In a sense, the selectboard has discussed this — we feel we will do anything we can do to support Casco Days,” he

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“If you don’t have a need for it that is fine, too. We wanted to offer to the town for a partnership,” he said.

Hancock Lumber’s east ern white pine operations will expand to four mills with its first sawmill acqui sition in over 20 years.

“If you want to do it, the Casco Days Fair Association would maintain it,” Mulkern said.

“The addition of Madison Lumber is filled with synergy for both com panies. The current owners, Kim Moore and Jim Smith, have built an exceptional company. When you find caring owners that are look ing for an exit strategy that can preserve and perpetuate their love for their business, employees, industry, and customers – well, it’s a winwin,” said Hancock Lumber CEO, Kevin Hancock.

“What I would recom mend to the board is to purchase and mitigate the building,” he said. “A war

BURNT OUT — If approved by voters, the Town of Casco could purchase this lot and dispose of the build ing in order to expand and preserve Webbs Mills Park.

Casco ATM

“So, the discussion has been: if the town has a need for the ATM at the town office, Casco Days would be willing to store it there and keep it with a supply of cash and make it available for citizens to access ATM. It would require running a phone line,” Mulkern said.

the lot that town purchased 20 years ago.

Peoplemeeting.”spoke in favor of purchasing the land and demolishing the structure.

Selectman Avery shared his thoughts.

“For the residents, I see the benefit,” Ward said.

Tom Mulkern presented the request to the board during a meeting on Aug. 23.

International Paper mill in 2001.Hancock Lumber last acquired an eastern white pine operation when the company purchased the Chadbourne Sawmill in Bethel in Adding2000.this fourth mill to its portfolio will make Hancock Lumber the larg est eastern white pine pro ducer in the United States, expanding not only their manufacturing capacity, but also their talent with the addition of Madison Lumber Mill’s sales, opera tions, and log procurement teams.General Manager John Fuller, along with all of Madison Lumber Mill’s

BUY IT BACK? Casco voters have a choice to pur chase for a price not to exceed $20,000 the lot next to Webbs Mills Park during Special Town Meeting on Tuesday. (De Busk Photos)

“Casco Days has made the investment, the ATM is not paid for yet. We would collect the fees,” he said.

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Oneprojects.ofthe proposed land purchases is for Tax Map 32, lot 7. The total purchase price would not exceed $20,000.

“First of all the small lots that were sold were retained for a particular purpose, and the purpose was obvious when the town went through comp plan process,” Morton said.

“I think it would be a great investment. It will increase the value of the homes in that area,” Mulkern said.

Mulkern did some research, talking to different busi nesses about the ownership of an ATM.

Another warrant arti cle is to approve the use of $2,500 to complete the Pleasant Lake Beach improvement project.

Owning an ATM would allow the group to benefit from user fees, he said.

So, a special town meet ing has been scheduled as quickly as possible. In fact, during its meeting last week, the Casco Board of Selectmen set the date.

vote was 4-0-1, with Selectman Scott Avery recusing him self because he sits on the association.

Although for some tax bills, that 3.5% adds up. However, it would be a flat fee to use the ATM.

rant article would be in the $100,000 range. You can not spend anything more than what is approved at town

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Lumber’s employees, man ufacturing systems, custom er relations, and products produced unchanged.

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During the Casco select men meeting on Sept. 13, the board put the special town meeting on the cal endar. Prior to that, there was some discussion about the two lots next to Webbs Mills

The Casco Special Town Meeting has been sched uled for Tuesday, starting at 6 p.m., to vote on three warrant articles.

The selectmen responded favorably to the idea.

ers, and employees. This is a rare opportunity, and we are excited to maximize its full potential for the benefit of everyone associated with both companies. Our com mitment to eastern white pine takes a long view and this partnership enhances thatLocatedview.” an hour west of Hancock Lumber’s head quarters in Casco, Madison Lumber Mill is estimated to be the sixth largest manu facturer of eastern white pine. In addition to produc ing pine boards and prod ucts, the company operates a significant wholesale divi sion.Current co-owners, Kim Moore and Jim Smith purchased the former

“For the town itself, there is no benefit. However, the benefit would be to the residents of this town,” Ward said.

“All those little spac es become valuable. The original thinking process was not about what was happening now [then] or in 5 or 10 years, but in 50 years,” he said. “The one in Webbs Mills was retained. The worse that could hap pen is that people could place a camper on it so the town retained that lot.”

He said he was guilty of not paying better attention to what was going on with those parcels. The sitting selectmen didn’t ask the right people questions to know why certain lots were being kept by the town, he said.Later that evening, Ward presented the board with the most recent develop ments regarding the two lots.The land designated as Tax Map 32, Lot 7, was sold through the bid pro

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Tom Mulkern spoke, saying, “I support the town purchasing both these piec es ofSomeproperty.”ofthe pluses are the town could put a dry hydrant in the area for fire fighting purposes and it would give the town con trol of the water levels of Mill Pond, he said.

“I will speak but I won’t vote because I am a member of the Casco Days Association. I think on a town side it is a great idea. I would rather the few dollars that I would spend on fees go to something local instead of giving it to the state,” Avery said.

Chairman MacDonald asked the town manager what he thought about it.

CASCO — Two of New England’s top performing eastern white pine manu facturing facilities will be stronger together as Hancock Lumber announc es its plans to acquire Madison Lumber Mill.

While Hancock Lumber will be purchasing Madison Lumber Mill following the expected Sept. 30 clos ing date, the Madison, N.H. based location will continue to operate under the Madison Lumber Mill name. A synergistic oppor tunity for both companies, the plan is to keep Madison

“We bought our own ATM. It worked beautifully. It did exactly what we had hoped it would do for Casco Days,” he “Itsaid.sits in storage until next Casco Days,” he said.

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He cited the tennis courts on Libby Hill as an example of small parcels that are utilized for the community.“Iunderstand a cou ple of the lots were sold for way under [the mini mum bid amount]. That is money that should have been in town coffers not to some in-between person,” Morton said.

The other proposed land buy is for Tax Map 32, lot 6. The total cost would not exceed $100,000. That is about $50,000 for the land; and up to $50,000 to dispose of burned out house, which has evidence of asbestos in the siding.

Dave Morton spoke during Public Participation, pro viding some history about

“Hancock and Madison combine to offer a dynamic set of capabilities within the eastern white pine industry for log suppliers, custom

Bridgton Town Manager Robert Peabody last week gave the Select Board an

“We don’t have an end date for the pump stations, but we are trying to have it be consistent with the treat ment facility,” Peabody said.

Our clean lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers are unique, making Western Maine one of the last strong holds for native brook trout and landlocked salmon.

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Stream Survey on Burgess Brook, upstream of the old stone dam.

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the Ballfield (Junior Harmon Field) disposal area and new pump stations at the school (in back of Walgreens), Hannaford and along Route 302 at Mack’s place and Mark Lopez’ site just before Sandy Creek Road.

update regarding the exten sive project which started on April 19, 2021.

of a community center with a gym and town offices and a space for the post office.

part

Thefund.three parcels, which total 2.7 acres, are owned by Norway Savings Bank. The most recent property assess ment places the combined land value at $156,536. The land abuts the Naples Veterinary Clinic and the townowned land sometimes referred to as the Begin Estate.

During that meeting on Sept. 7, both the Naples Budget Committee and the selectmen voted to recommend the

If work stays on track, Bridgton’s new sewer col lection system construction will be “substantially” com plete (operational) by April 17, 2023 and the project fin ished by June 1, 2023.

usual.

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and more resilient stream crossings in collaboration with private landowners andRemovingmunicipalities.abarrier to fish passage can mean dif ferent things: replacing an undersized pipe with a larger open bottom culvert or removing unused dams and allowing the stream to return to its natural state. The project on Burgess Brook requires both — the decommissioning of an old stone dam and replacing an undersized and damaged culvert.The Jugtown Forest is owned by Hancock Lumber, a key partner in the project, and consists of 5,000 acres of privately-owned working forest open to the public for hiking, horseback riding, ATVing, snowmobiling,

Being in the lumber busi ness since 1848 says more about Hancock Lumber’s commitment to the future than it does about their past. Today the company is a

“This could slip a month or so, but I would think by the end of June 2023 at the latest,” Peabody said.

chairlift (1954). Pleasant Mountain progressed to garner national fame in the 1970s as a hotbed for the burgeoning freestyle skiing

NAPLES — Lakes Environmental Association (LEA) and partner orga nizations yesterday (Sept. 14) worked to remove rem nants of an old stone dam in Burgess Brook that restricts fishBurgesspassage.Brook is a tribu tary of the Crooked River, which has a wild population of brook trout and smelts, and provides nearly all of the spawning habitat for the landlocked salmon in Sebago Lake.

All the sewers will be in place including service lat erals this year except North High Street from Pleasant to Creamery. The collection system is approximately 85%Thecomplete. Wastewater Treatment Facility (located in back of Bella Pointe) and pump stations work being done by Apex started on March 1, 2022 and will be substantially complete by Sept. 2, 2023 (can start receiving flow) and com plete by Oct. 17, 2023.

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LEA and partners are work ing to expand this habi tat, reconnect fragmented waterways, and install safer

On Monday, starting at 6 p.m., a public hearing will be held for those referendum items. The public hearing will held in the large meeting room as part of the selectmen’s meeting.Itshould be noted that the proposed land purchase would not impact taxpayers since the financing for that real estate deal would come from existing money — the TIF

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“For all the storm drainage and paving work being done by the town in the inner cor ridor, all that work will be completed this year except the final paving course on Church, Creamery, Iredale, Kennard, Bacon, Bennett, Wayside and Chase and potentially and hopefully Elm Street, as we want to wait until after the sidewalk install next spring.”

“The Treatment Facility work is approximately 30% complete. The waste water plant concrete work is mostly done with only pouring the influent chan nel and the control rooms floors remaining,” Peabody reported. “The disposal beds have been installed, but not fine graded, the piping to the beds form the treatment facility has been installed but Oakson has not yet installed theThetubing.”pump station work is slated to start work in November of this year. The pump station work includes upgrades at existing Meadow, Depot, Park pump stations and conversion at

employees, will remain of the Monday, Oct. 3, will be business as

completion June ’23

The tax payments made on the land were $1200 a year, according to Naples Town Manager John Hawley.

Pleasant Mountain contin ued to grow and expand, becoming one of the pre miere ski areas in Maine. Located less than an hour’s drive from Portland and offering the most night ski ing terrain in New England, Pleasant Mountain became an insti tution for the region’s ski ers and riders. It boasts several firsts, notably being Maine’s first ski area, also home to the industry’s first ski patrol (1938), and installing the state’s first

andThehunting.work planned for this year will be led by a stream restoration specialist and representa tives from LEA, Sebago Clean Waters, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Trout Unlimited, and Hancock Lumber Company. The

Downstream view of Burgess Brook.

Resort returns to its ski roots — Pleasant MountainSewerwork

Saturday, September 17

3:46 p.m. Disorderly conduct complaint on Portland Road involving subject with mental health issues.

These items appeared on the Fryeburg Police Department log (this is a partial listing): Monday, September 12 1:38 p.m. Radar detail at Molly Ockett Drive.

arrested a man and charged him with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.

8:25 a.m. Traffic detail at Portland Road and Frances Bell

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10:14 a.m. Dispute between a business owner and vendor on Portland Road.12:36 p.m. Welfare check on Del Chadbourne Road.1:19 p.m. Attempted court service on Knights Hill

9:03 a.m. Police attempt ed to locate a man with an active arrest warrant.

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8:59 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Main Street.

— The nimble fingers and opposable thumbs of four blueberry pickers from Windham brought the total amount of blueberries picked this season at Crabtree’s PYO Blueberry farm in Sebago to 4,000 pounds. Picking were Karen and Peter Godfrey and Randy and Dave Harrigan. “We are picking our late variety Elliott blueberries and the picking continues strong with lots of berries on the bushes,” Allen Crabtree reported. There will be blueberry picking at the Route 107 farm through September. Come on by!

5:01 a.m. Traffic detail on Portland Road.

NAPLES — A child was struck in a Lambs Mills Road driveway at about 1:06 p.m. Saturday and later died from his injuries.

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Monday, September 19 1:18 a.m. Mental health event on Kansas Road.

2:10 p.m. Motor vehicle crash on Portland Road.

9:50 p.m. Noise com plaint on West Fryeburg Road.10:41 p.m. Noise com plaint on West Fryeburg Road.10:56 p.m. Noise com

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location. Saturday, September 17 1:44 a.m. Suspicious activity at solar field on Bridgton Road. 5:10 a.m. Vehicle off the road on Lovell Road. 12:50 p.m. Assist county deputy on Hampshire Road in Brownfield.

revive the boy and the child was pronounced deceased.

to downtown.

5 a.m. Traffic detail on Portland Road.

These items appeared on the Bridgton Police Department blotter (this is a partial listing):

12:49 a.m. Assist county deputy with an OUI arrest at the Harrison boat launch on Main12:34Street.p.m. Motor vehi cle crash on Main Street.

Tuesday, September 13

11:30 a.m. Assist citizen on Lovell Road.

10:42 p.m. Report of an intoxicated driver on Main Street; unable to locate.

3:09 a.m. Traffic detail on North High Street.

1:30 p.m. Disturbance at Main Street library, unfounded.2:15p.m. Radar detail at Molly Ockett Drive. 3:26 p.m. Unwanted subjects at Bridgton Road business.

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11:19Drive.p.m. Following a traffic stop at the inter section of Portland Road and Commerce Way, police

2:37 p.m. Attempt to locate missing female from Massachusetts.3:24p.m.Welfare check on Main Street.

2:54Road.p.m. Traffic detail on Portland Road.

Due to the age of the child, the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit responded. The investiga tion revealed the father of the child was moving a pickup truck and camper trailer and unable to see the child when the child was struck. The parents imme diately grabbed the child and transported him to the Naples Fire Department.

3:45 p.m. Receiving information from Oxford County, police attempted to locate a dump truck, report edly traveling erratically, on North High Street; unable to locate.5:09p.m. Citizen assist regarding information on a previously reported assault in 2021.

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7:24 a.m. Cease harass ment order served at a Portland Road location.

4:30 p.m. Welfare check on West Fryeburg Road. Thursday, September 15 7:35 a.m. Traffic com plaint on Portland Street.

Juvenile problem on Main Street.

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12:49 p.m. Suspicious person report on Highland Road. A female told police that she was approached by a male, who was unknown to her, in a dark-colored truck. The male attempted to get the female to “take a ride” with him. She declined, and reported the incident to police for “docu mentation” and to remind other females to be cautious while out walking alone.

3:44 p.m. Citizen dispute over property on Sandy Creek Road.

4:05 a.m. Traffic detail on Harrison Road.

plaint on West Fryeburg Road.

Tally: “In our continued effort to keep our communi ty safe and address concerns around speed and vehicle operations, the Bridgton Police Department logged 20 traffic details, stopped 28 vehicles for violations and made one OUI arrest” in this reporting period.

Friday, September 16 2:25 p.m. Domestic disturbance at Main Street

REACHING THE TWO TON MARK

Sunday, September 18 10:39 a.m. Citizen assist regarding concealed weap ons.2:41 p.m. Citizen assist at Sawyer Circle.

8:59 a.m. Welfare check at Bells Point Road.

The Cumberland Country Regional Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call from the area of Lambs Mills Road in Naples. Shortly after the call, the Naples Fire Department reported there was an unre sponsive 2-year-old child at their station. Cumberland County deputies respond ed and learned the child, a male, was struck in the driveway of a residence on Lambs Mills Road. Lifesaving measures at the fire department were unable to

Thursday, September 15

10:45 a.m. Assist United Ambulance with a patient suffering from mental health issues on Portland Road.10:43 a.m. A raft washed ashore onto property on Crosby12:28Lane.p.m. A pedal boat washed ashore onto proper ty on Two Tall Pines Road.

Bridgton Police blotter

6:10 p.m. Assist fire department at Fryeburg Academy dorm.

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8:42 a.m. Assist fire department with a residen tial smoke alarm activation at Secret Harbor.

11:45 a.m. Prescription drug disposal request.

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Sunday, September 18 3:39 p.m. Radar detail on Bridgton Road. 9:33 p.m. Suspicious activity on Woodland Street. 9:38 p.m. Late motor vehicle crash (Smith Street) report filed.

12:53 a.m. Mental health event on Kansas Road.

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8:50 a.m. Request for a police escort due to a dis pute with another subject.

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1:05 p.m. Police looked for a subject who reportedly struck two vehicles and left the scene on Sam Ingalls Road; unable to locate.

7:30 p.m. Burglar alarm at Pepi Lane checked. Tuesday, September 13 5:14 to 7:52 a.m. Four motor vehicle stops (Main Street 3, Bridgton Road), warnings issued. Wednesday, September 14 1:23 a.m. Animal com plaint at Silver Parkway.

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“These three girls were only 19 seconds apart from each other with our fifth scoring runner, Sadie Plummer, only 24 seconds behind them,” LR Coach Laura Pulito reported. “All four of these girls ran a smart first mile and moved up steadily throughout the race, which is exactly what we needed from them.”

than a 5K, perhaps one to two tenths of a mile longer. Despite that, some Lakers still managed to run sea son best times or personal records, including Lizzie Brewer, Sage Cormier, Sam Kilgore, Caitlin Lees, Sadie Plummer, Micaela Reed, Lucian Bassett, Tristan Cormier, and Dom Falcon.

Freeport 2, Lakers 1: This one was tight through out with the game scoreless after one half, although the Falcons had the better chances on goal.

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“In our future matches, we will want to work on solidi fying our defense on our opponent’s serves, as well as maintaining our pace and momentum in every set of a match, no matter the score,” Coach Shible said.

Senior captain Olivia Pearson has her eye on the ball as she looks to return a Cony volley during last Friday’s match against the Rams. (Rivet Photos)

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Greely 4, Lakers 0: Another though opponent for the Lakers as Greely opened the scoring 10 minutes in and added another goal late in the half. The Lakers competed and held strong in the second half, eventually giving up one with 15 minutes left and a penalty kick late.

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Junior Alice O’Connor unloads a serve.

Here’s how runners fin ished: Girls’ Results

Greely struck again not too long after with their second goal of the night.

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Junior Rianna Reynolds makes a return shot.

Madelyn McDougal and Kaylee Maguire sparked the Laker offense in Game 1 with each earning three and two kills respectively. Maguire did a “great job” of getting the ball up to the front row hitters, Coach Shible said, but Cony’s defense did an equally good job of defending LR’s attack.“Cony was able to edge us out in set one, with some well-placed serves and hits. We continued with some great defense and offensive attacks in set two, with Olivia Pearson picking up five kills, and Kaylee Maguire added to her total with six kills,” the coach reported. “Marissa Payne and Rianna Reynolds both did a fantastic job on defense against Cony’s hitters in set two, with each earning eight and six digs respectfully.”

Greely struck first with a nice lofted ball over netmind er Emily Rock’s outstretched arms to score the first goal.

Cony 3, Lake Region 0

“The games came down to a few well-placed serves or hits; which gave them (Cony) a big momentum boost!” Lake Region Coach Ryan Shible said. “Our girls have a lot of fight in them this year, and we’ll keep working on it!”

BOYS’ SOCCER

LR netminder Colin Coyne had 12 saves.

“We pushed hard for another chance just before the buzzer. I have to give the girls credit that they never stopped battling against a very good team,” Laker Coach Peter Webb said.

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Sometimes, a long road trip can leave one a little lethargic.Despite a lengthy bus ride from Naples to York last Thursday, Abigail Roberts and Sam Laverdiere had plenty of juice in their legs when the horn sounded.

VOLLEYBALL

After the meet, the Lakers learned that the course was actually longer

The Lakers answered with a nicely placed ball from Marissa Harlow on the righthand side connecting with Kayli Goodwin, who made a beautiful touch to her right and put the ball in the corner of the net once again to tie it

1. Abigail Roberts, 21:53 Susie Butler, 24:33 Carly Dyer, 24:51 Micaela Reed, 24:52 Sadie Plummer, 25:16 Caitlin Lees, 31:37 Sage Cormier, 33:50 Lizzie Brewer, 34:40

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Lake Region found the difference between a win and a loss can truly come down to mere inches. A spirited Laker effort Friday against Cony came up just short in the open ing two matches. LR started quick in Game 1, but were unable to hold onto the lead late. In Game 2, they battled back to force a tie late, but ran out of steam as the Rams pulled ahead for the win.

Lakers 5, Sacopee Valley 1: Adan Chavez opened the scoring for the Lakers and they didn’t look back. Senior captain Jacob Chadbourne took over and scored four goals. Aiden Bourgoin held strong in net with 15 saves. Josiah England, Braden Coyne, Zach Vogel, Chadbourne all had an assist.

Up next: The Lakers (1-6) host Cape Elizabeth Friday at 4 p.m., and travel to North Yarmouth Academy on Tuesday, Sept. 27 for a 4 p.m. contest.

Freeport scored two goals in the second half, while Laker Abby Lavoie broke the shutout bid with a score approximately a minute left on the.

Margo Tremblay had six shots on goal, Kayli Goodwin had two shots, and Melissa Mayo also had two shots on goal. Netminder Emily Rock had 18 saves on 20 shots.

CROSS COUNTRY

The Laker boys placed three runners in the top 10 out of 72 total runners, with Sam in first, Grady Kemp in third, and Bhavnish Tucker in sixth. Ezra Gronlund and Tristan Cormier ran strong races as LR’s remaining scoring runners.

“We have four boys all within a minute of each other vying for that fifth scoring position and would love to see all of them con tinue to move up, getting closer to Ezra. That will be a huge difference-maker in future meets and we know that all four of them are capable,” Coach Pulito said.

Unfortunately, the Lakers were unable to maintain momentum after Cony took the first two sets.

“We defended well in our end and was able to transition out into our attacking third with Kayli Goodwin chasing down a beautifully placed through ball and putting it in the left corner of the net for our first goal,” Coach Webb said.

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The Laker duo each cap tured wins at the five-school event. The LR boys’ and girls’ teams both took sec ond behind York and placed ahead of Waynflete, Traip, Fryeburg Academy and Wells.Laverdiere, still unde feated this fall, won his fourth race in a row, 11 seconds better than Wells’ Indie Brogan with a time of

Up next: The Lakers next home match is Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. against North Yarmouth Academy. JV open at 4:30 p.m.

18:05 while Abigail Roberts won her third of the season by a wide margin. Abby posted a 21:53 while run ner-up Greta Yauch of York finished in Excellent23:26.“packing” by Laker girls as Susie Butler, Carly Dyer and Micaela Reed allowed the Lakers to secure second place.

Greely 3, Lakers 2 OT: The Lakers traveled to Greely on Friday night. Greely came out strong and pressured the Lakers hard in the first half, but was unable to score as the clubs went into intermission 0-0.

The Lakers moved ahead 16-6 as sophomore Landon Ross scored from 14 yards out, to top off a nine-play, 54-yard drive to start the third quarter. Gibbons tacked on the 2-point try.

slipped a tackler and rum bled 32 yards for a score. The 2-point try failed, leaving LR up 16-12.TheLakers dominated the fourth quarter, stuffing the run and constantly pressuring Greely’s quarterbacks (the Rangers managed a meager 35 yards rushing). Offensively, LR scored three times — Jingst on a 10-yard scamper, a pretty 17-yard touch pass from Gibbons to sophomore tight end Jackson Libby, and a Gibbons’ 12-yard sweep.

LR was 3-for-3 on 2-point tries with Gibbons tossing to Chadwick and Libby, and running one in.

It was a slow week for the Fryeburg Academy field hockey team last week, playing one game, Sept. 13 against Lake Region at home.

Up next: The Raiders (ranked third in Class B South at 4-1) host Greely today, Thursday, Sept. 22. FA travels to top-ranked York (5-0) on Monday then hosts secondranked Cape Elizabeth (5-1) on Wednesday, Sept. 28. All games are scheduled for 4 p.m.

Matteo De La Porta and Pato Pinera also scored for Fryeburg, which led 2-0 at halftime.

18:05 3. Grady Kemp, 19:04 6. Bhavnish Tucker, 19:09 17. Ezra Gronlund, 20:10 24. Tristan Cormier, 21:14 27. Alecs Freitas, 21:40 29. Domenico Falcon, 21:47 30. Ethan Kutella, 22:10 36. Wesley Martin, 23:14 55. Lucian Bassett, 26:07 59. Jacob Kuvaja, 26:32 60. Gabriel Lunt, 26:34 70. Brian Harmon,

Gibbons rushed for 168 yards and scored two touch downs as Lake Region solved some early fumble problems to rush past Greely 38-12 Friday night at Art Kilborn Athletic

“AlthoughComplex.we had some trouble with fumbles, we weren’t frustrated. From what we were seeing, we knew we had holes to run. We were going to run all over them. We just had to hold onto the ball,” Gibbons said.

Laker Colby Chadwick was a ball magnet, recovering to Greely drops. Play was chip py at times, with both squads drawing unsportsmanlike penalties (there was plenty of yellow laundry on the field as the Lakers were hit for 12 penalties for 125 yards and Greely 11 for 85).

“I am pleased to have so many new faces this season. We have eight new dorm students learning to play the game and seven freshmen adding some great dimension to the team,” Coach Frost said. “Senior captains Eliza Thorne and Grace Murley lead the team well by providing experi ence and motivation to their teammates.”

Raider takes

Sophomore Greta Hermanson scored on an assist from Eliza Thorne with 12 minutes remaining in the first quar ter. Then with 37 seconds remaining in the second quarter, junior Gabbu Udoto scored on a cross in front of the cage from Jocelyn Roy in the Raider victory.

Sean Davis has held the number 1 spot for the Raiders and seems to slowly be rounding into form and gearing up to make a run to qualify for Individual States. Bryce Richardson had been in a brief, surprising slump, but rebounded nicely in the last match and hopefully will be the boost needed for a strong finish to the season, “as he is a key part for the team scoring,” Coach Dutton added.

Cheverus 20, Raiders 6

Up next: Fryeburg Academy (2-1) looks to rebound Friday night when they travel to York to face the Wildcats (2-1) at 7 p.m. York lost its opener 50-0 to Leavitt, but clawed back with a 34-33 win over Biddeford and a 22-6 victory over Westbrook.

FOOTBALL0

Standings:

Lakers roll past

After the team’s opening drive, which stalled in three plays, sophomore quarter back Brock Gibbons went to Lake Region Coach Mike Meehan and simply said, “I want the ball.”

FIELD HOCKEY

The Fryeburg Academy golf season is in full swing and headed toward the state qualifier this coming Tuesday, Sept.

The Raiders had a home match with Cape Elizabeth Tuesday, and then traveled to Poland yesterday (Sept. 21) before the qualifier at Natanis on Tuesday of next week.

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The Raiders have also received good contributions from Quinn Hagerty, newcomer Quinn Dickey, Sam Day and Tommy Ontengco, while Ethan Lord has come on strong of late and will try to earn a consistent spot in the lineup.

“Give it to #28, he is a beast. He hits the hole, he’s fast and he runs downhill,” said Gibbons of Jingst. “Our line made the difference. They got better with their technique to be in the right place, and gave us room to run all Bothday.”teams struggled with ball security, each fumbling three times, while the Rangers also tossed up an interception.

Freeport 3, Raiders

RAIDERS IN ACTION, Grace Audette and Eden True. (Photo by Lakyn Osgood Ela) Samantha Kilgore, York 30, Region Waynflete Laverdiere, 33:40 York 37, Lake Region

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“The line gave me the time to throw it to him (Jackson). And, they gave the look that Greely thought it was a run,” said Gibbons on the TD pass to Libby.“We came together this week. We’re coming,” Gibbons said.

“When we look quickly at some of the teams we need to beat at the state qualifier, it’s attainable as they been some of our close loses, but we need to get everyone play ing well on that day and let things sort out,” Coach Dutton said. “At the beginning of the season, I say we didn’t have a great chance to sneak in as a team, but now we are in much better spot if we play consistent that day. It will be a tight race between five teams for just two spots. However, that being said, I really like where we are progressing now and for next season as we have a good young core that will be back next year to continue.”

Lake

39:44 Standings:

Next up is a road trip Friday night to Morse.

Raiders 7, Wells 1: Matteo Sbuell scored three goals, and Jacob Adams added two goals and three assists as the Raiders (3-0) handled the Warriors (0-5) in Wells.

GOLF

Fellow sophomore Kale Jingst showed good burst inside and a gritty attitude that it often took several Greely defenders to bring him down. Jingst rushed for 64 yards, and a 10-yard TD.

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BOYS’ SOCCER

By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer

63, Traip Academy 98, Fryeburg Academy 143 Boys’ Results 1. Sam

A Laker fumble stalled a potential game sealing drive as the Rangers recovered at their own 12. Padgett connect ed with Nick Colamaria on a sideline, one-handed catch, good for 47 yards. Padgett found Ryder Simpson, who

45, Wells 51, Waynflete 114, Fryeburg Academy 128 Up next: The Lakers travel Friday, Sept. 23, to Gray-New Gloucester. The meet starts at 4:30 p.m. Laker XC times (Continued from Page 5A)

finally get a grip,

At press time, FA is 3-6, but the Raiders have been is some close contests. “In one match, we lost by a single shot; another match by 2 shots; and other by 4 shots, so we could easily flip the script and be 6-3 or 5-4,” Coach Dutton noted. “We mainly have struggled to have everyone playing well or close to their average in a match. Seems we have one or two play well, over slightly overachieve, but then in the same breath, two or three really struggle that day and shoot well below their averages.”

Numbers27. have been strong this year as the Raiders are at 19 at present time, with a huge increase of girls (8 total), “the most we had at one time,” FA Coach Chris Dutton said.

“Our defense was great,” Gibbons said. “I like how they get me the ball back right away.”After a messy first quarter, the Lakers scored first, set up by an Aundrew Edwards fumble recovery at the GRE29. Gibbons erased a holding penalty with a 14-yard run and later scored from a yard out. Jingst added the twopointGreelyconversion.answered as quar terback Andrew Padgett found Jonah Guibord on a quick sweep pass from 5 yards out with 7:38 left in the half. Chadwick stuffed Padgett on the 2-point con version try.

“It was a good day for Fryeburg Academy to pick up the win. We had two players score first time career goals which was exciting,” Raider Coach Dede Frost said.

Plays were called for #22, and he didn’t disappoint.

“Brock is just dangerous. What you saw Friday was him just getting started. Man, he can run! He’s 200 pounds, and can pierce a defense with his legs, or air it out on you. Or you can watch him do both! He felt comfortable enough Friday using his legs and we were able to keep

“SeanClutch!”Murphy — Has to sneak this guy in here! Wow. Another one of our sopho mores, who played lights out for us on both sides of the ball! He blocked his tail off! Made plays all over the field on defense! Another matchup nightmare.”

“Jackson Libby — Who is this guy!? Absolutely night mare to game plan against defensively. His size, his speed, his strength, and now I’m starting to see he can be mean and physical in between the whistle! We are also going to start taking advantage of him a lot more on offense, as

focal point. We can’t expect to put the ball on the carpet against a well-coached team like Morse. I know our guys will work hard and improve this week, because now they believe in each other. We are a dangerous group if we can maintain possession of the football.”Whydid the Lakers strug gle with fumbles?

“Again, it’s all about the repetition and the mental focus, and how hard we work this week to get better and fix some of those bad hab its,” he said. “This week, ball security will absolutely be a

After two demoralizing losses to start the season, Head Coach Mike Meehan went to work to get ready for Greely.“Lots of reps, physical and mental. We didn’t need to go back to the drawing board, we just needed to fine tune and get everyone on the same page. We had a great week of practice, everyone stayed healthy, and our guys came out hungry and felt like they had something to prove to everyone,” the coach said.

The discussion two weeks ago was whether or not to offer more options to voters about what to build. There was a deadline for what could end up on the ballot.

Naples Community Center Exploration Committee Chairman Bob Caron II and other people said the town could not afford to keep using the substandard mightKenneallyCommitteegymnasium.memberJennsaidthegymnotlastmuchlonger.

interest. It makes more sense than slamming $18 million on voters all at once.”

“We have some size, but peo ple forget, our average player age right now is 15 years old.”Early against Greely, mis takes hurt the Lakers.

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things simple. We didn’t think we needed to open our play book,” Coach Meehan said. “Brock took advantage and it was super fun to watch!”

stone dam will be removed by hand to limit the amount of disturbance to the surrounding ecosystem. Next year, the team plans to remove a damaged and undersized culvert directly downstream and replace it with an open-bottom structure that will allow fish, amphib ians, and other aquatic species to easily move upstream. Removing these two barriers will allow access to two miles of priority brook trout and likely landlocked salmon habitat.This work is part of a larger project to correct stream crossings that are negatively impacting fish habitat and pose flooding risks in the Sebago Lake watershed. Over the next five years, LEA hopes to work with landowners to open up many miles of stream habitat for native brook trout by upgrading failing culverts as part of its collabora tive work with Sebago Clean Waters.

Fish passage project

well.”“Colby Chadwick and Sean Murphy. Colby is our glue, having him back on the field for us Friday night after being out the last two weeks was huge for us as a whole. He came through as expected, on the stat sheet with mul tiple huge turnovers, recov ers, forced fumbles, and one of our leading tacklers. And, he is our lock down tight end, Mr.

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Coach Meehan said. “We have our (3) older guys Colby Chadwick (captain), Logan Buchanan, and Aundrew Edwards (seniors) who anchor us with their senior leadership, maturity and toughness. But we are young! Our adjustments at half were simple — hold onto the ball, and finish our drives. And for the most part, they did, then turned it up a notch!”

Selectman Colin Brackett threw out the idea of erecting a new gym on the new land — if the voters agreed to buy it — and add ing a few offices to the gym for the time being. That idea did not end up as a referen dumDuringquestion.the meeting on Sept. 8, someone in the audience said, “If you know that you are going to build a building, start saving for the

Budget committee mem ber Jim Turpin agreed with being prepared financially. His focus was on having the down payment set aside — which would lower interest.

“It is a no brainer. The town has had its eyes on that lot for decades. If we pass it up, we will regret it,” said budget committee member Ephrem Paraschak.

Greely scored in overtime on a “controversial” goal.

“I can’t see it costing us any money,” he said.

Caleb Humphrey made a last-minute comment, too.

“Every year, we put a cer tain amount of unexpended back into Undesignated Fund surplus. That is a kitty that is growing. We could be using some of that money as a meaty down payment on whatever building you want to build,” Turpin said.

The coach spoke glow ingly about his young quar terback, Brock Gibbons.

Gibbons — He put our offense on his back. He wasn’t going home without a W. And that’s his mentally going into next week. I’m

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measure to voters.

The budget commit tee gave the referendum a stamp of approval, 7-0. Likewise, the board recom mended it, However,5-0.it was a dif ferent story when it came to the proposed community center and town hall that has a cost estimate of more than $11 million.

up. Regulation time ended with a 2-2 tie.

“Someissues.of us on the select-board haven’t bought into the idea that we need a new town hall,” Grattelo said. “We need a new gym.”

Cape Elizabeth 3, Lakers 1: The Lakers shocked the second-ranked Capers with a quick score to start the game as Reannah Dingley netted a goal, assisted by Audrey Philbrook.But,the Lakers (1-4) were unable to sustain that momentum as Cape regrouped and controlled territorial play from most of the afternoon. Keeping the pressure on, the Capers (4-1) responded with three straight goals, one a bullet from the right side that managed to catch the far corner of the goal.

EXCELLERATING past two Greely defenders is Lake Region sophomore run ningback Kale Jingst, who had a big night in propeling his team to a 38-12 vic tory — LR’s first win of the season. ( Rivet Photo)

In the end, the decision was to offer one option. That one referendum question will be the subject of the public hearing on ChairmanTuesday.Jim Grattelo expressed his opinion that it was not in the best interest of the taxpayers to construct new“Inow.would say that build ing a building right now is the worse time to build a building,” he said. “If the average business had to build a building. They wouldn’t build it. They would say, ‘We cannot afford this right now.’ ”

“We have some young guys stepping up into larg er rolls for us, as #1s. For Kale Jingst and Landon Ross (both sophomores, Ross had 8 carries for 52 yards), Friday night was their varsity debut as our varsity #1s. From an offensive standpoint, my O-Coordinator Ben Mullins and I are smiling because they are both only 15 years old! Along with our start ing QB Brock Gibbons, TE Sean Murphy, LG Cooper Miller, RB Sethlen Lester, TE Jackson Libby and WR Jaiden Meehan (freshman),”

“You still have the blue tarp that is an embarrass ment to the town. All the mechanisms that run the building are located in the gym,” she said. There was mention of leaks inside the offices, electrical problems and heating

excited to see his week of practice leading up to Morse!”

Up next: The Lakers (ranked 10th in Class B South at 3-2) travel to Cape Elizabeth Friday for a 6 p.m. game, and host Yarmouth on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:15 p.m.

“There is a couple million dollars sitting there that we could live Grattelowithout.”saidthat the town could use at least $1,000,000 from the Undesignated Fund Balance to put toward a down pay ment and still keep a few months’ worth of operation al costs in the account.

Up next: LR travels to Gray-New Gloucester on Saturday for a 1 p.m. game, and host Freeport on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 4 p.m.

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Brilee Mains had one shot on goal, Margo Tremblay had two shots, and Kayli Goodwin had two shots. Goalie Emily Rock made 26 saves.

Who sparked the team to the win, in Coach Meehan’s mind?“Brock

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Game Numbers First Downs, LR 12, GreelyRushing:6 LR 47-273, GreelyPassing:25-35 LR 4-12-43, Greely 11-22-156

“That was one of the best games we played against a very solid team. I can’t be more proud of the girls and the effort they put in to almost come away with the win against a top-shelf team,” Coach Webb added.

“It was much bigger than the music— this festival was far-reaching. The music was just one component,” he said.

It was about them. They were having so much fun. They were happy. They were engaged,” Ward said.

“But, I am not surprised it was a success,” Holme said. “A lot of it had to do with the fact that we’ve been in the pandemic reality for almost twoHeyears.”credited Ward with doing an incredible advertis ing blitz that spread the word about the Bridgton-based fes tival. He gave Ward credit for reaching out to everyone who would make the festival better including small details like the hulaWardhoops.said one of the aspects of the festival was bringing area talent to the stage.“One reason for the festi val was to showcase the local talent. We don’t have to reach too far to find talented people. There was so much talent: Just walk up and down Artist Alley and see how gifted the adults are,” she said.

and people working together — it has always been here. It is more magnified because the community has grown,” Ward said.

PICTURES WORTH a thousand words: On Saturday, more than 1,000 people took part in the Harvest Moon Festival, which was held in the Depot Street parking lot and on the property around the Bridgton Community Center. “The photos really say it all,” according to organizer Pam Ward. “They show the local businesses, non-profits, artists, local musicians and volunteers coming together for a great day.” (De Busk Photos) ‘over moon’ about Festival

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mented on the festival.

In fact, a woman running one of the booths overheard a father say to his daughter: Here is $20. You have $20 to

“I was excited about the turnout. I didn’t realize the size and scope of vendors. I was surprised and delighted by the overall size. I didn’t know how big it would be. You just never know how many people will show up,” he said.

“It has been a tough couple years. This festival was about having a day of community and getting together,” she said.

She hoped that as people walked around on Saturday,

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Colin Holme, LEA’s exec utive director, has a second calling as a member of the band Second String, along with Justin Ward, who is also Pam’s husband. So, it isn’t the first time Holme has been part of an event or get-together that Ward organized, he said.

At the end of the day, she still had“The$20. kids stole the show.

they would be awestruck by how the community pulled together to make the festival happen.“The sense of community

Local businessman and longtime Bridgton resident Justin McIver, who along with his employees manned the MEH birdhouse booth, com

He talked about volun teerism as well as how people responded to the free offerings at the“Therefestivalis no better gift in life than to give of your self with zero expectations in return. That’s especially true for children — the best thing any parent or anyone can give to a child is their time. My MEH team gave their own personal time. They made sacrifices on Saturday to do this. They were happy to do it. It was very rewarding,” he said.Theparents “loved it. They were so grateful for us doing this and giving it away. The experience of the kids really using the tools was impactful versus handing them one that was complete. One man said, ‘This is something my grand child is not going to forget, ’ ” McIver said.

“This was definitely a victory for Bridgton. This is another great thing for this community. Just another reason to be in Bridgton,” McIver said.

was really about the people who showed up. The kids — it was great seeing them happy, away from their tablets and phones, away from the cares of the world,” she said. “The parents were really apprecia tive of everything. That did resonate with me. That is what made it so special. They didn’t have to stress about having money to have a good time.”

nizer of music get-togethers for as long as I can remember. She is very good at organizing people to play together and celebrate together. It is not a surprise that Pam contacted me,” he said.

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Holmes said he was at the festival from set up to take down.“Iwent early and enjoyed the whole festival,” he said.

spend all day and that is all.

“We have to involve the children. You can see how many people came out for this, and you can see there is demand. People want to do these activities. People want to get out in their own home town,” he said.

trained school staff and childcare providers to teach children the skills they need to manage their emotions, to resolve conflicts, and to make safe choices in life.

To The Editor: I was at Forest Hills Cemetery today and was appalled at the amount of animal waste there. I do not see anything wrong with walking your animals there, but I strongly believe that you should pick up after you pets. I feel that it is very disrespectful of the place, where so many loved ones are at their final resting places.

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homes, they can also lead to the possibility of increased property taxes. Escalating property taxes make it hard er for families to stay in their homes, particularly for community members who are living on fixed incomes, including older Mainers.

We used to have a sys tem called The Fairness Doctrine. Beginning in 1949, FCC policy required

To prevent fatal opioid overdoses, we have distrib uted several hundred thou sand doses of Naloxone statewide. And keep in mind, the number of people saved by Naloxone and interven tion is far, far greater than the number of people who unfortunately died from an overdose.Toexpand treatment options, we have expand ed MaineCare. So far, MaineCare expansion has covered substance use disor der treatment for more than 22,000 Maine people suffer ing from addiction.

Ignorance is powerless ness, and knowledge is power. Ignorance is sim ply the lack of knowledge. The remedy is to acquire more knowledge, so it’s no wonder that powerful peo ple have deliberately kept knowledge away from ordi nary folk since time imme morial. They have a vested interest in that. Exploiting the ignorant rabble has been a key strategy of the rul ing class throughout history. That’s why Vladimir Putin has tried desperately, and apparently failed, to keep the Russian people ignorant of the facts about his barbaric invasion of Ukraine. That’s

These are just the few of the actions we have taken, but recently I announced another step we are taking to expand treatment options for substance use disorders, especially in rural Maine.

Maine.This funding is also in addition to an historic $230 million investment in behavioral health through our biennial budget — a bipartisan budget — to sup port the workforce, capacity, and resilience of substance use and mental health pro viders as well as sustainable MaineCare rates into the future. It is also in addition to the $20 million in my Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan that is increasing Maine’s health care

To set people on a path to lifelong recovery, we have supported 17 different recovery community centers and 16 recovery residences, and we have trained more than 1,000 recovery coaches across the state.

Forworkforce.alltheMaine people impacted by substance use disorders, whose lives are disrupted, or destroyed by drugs, for all those who have

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Howdy neighbor! Did I see you down to the Harvest Moon Festival this past Saturday? Though I’m not much a betting man, I’d be willing to wager there’s good odds I did, for truly it seemed everyone in town was around our little fair at one point of the day or other. As a booth operator there, representing the Bridgton Historical Society, I was greatly encouraged by the public’s warm reception to our exhibition of Timothy’s Quest, and beyond this speaking as a member of the Town Committee which planned and pulled off the whole affair, I must fur ther thank the public for their generous patronage of the whole event; reports are still being tabulated, but at present, our attendance estimates are already well into the several hundreds.

I’ve now dedicated $1.9 million to behavioral health providers for startup costs, like staff training and development, allowing them to increase the num ber of patients they serve in rural areas of the state. This new initiative complements our State funding for reno vation and capital costs that I announced in July to increase the number of available beds for residen tial treatment and medically supervised withdrawal in

Now the old County Fair which I mentioned a few weeks ago, moving around Cumberland County throughout the early 19th Century, did at times come to Bridgton before we had a fair of our own; we hear it was held here in both 1854 and 1855, and Naples held a Cattle-Show and Fair on

Ensuring that our com munity members can age gracefully with dignity in their homes is an important priority for me. Recognizing that this ongoing issue has made an impact right here in our district, I co-sponsored legislation this session to promote the construction of affordable, energy-effi cient homes in addition to repairing and weatherizing existing homes for older, low-income Mainers. While the measure ultimately did

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Also, a big thanks goes to Bill Severance and his assistants who seemed to effortlessly provided us with a quality PA system for announcing our selections eachThanksweek. to SAD 61 Superintendent Al Smith and Director of Grounds & Maintenance Andy Madura and his Bridgton staff for

We also thank some new members for joining our ranks and adding more great musicians to our core mem bers. All members were very loyal and dependable. Thank you, musicians.

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not become law, the 130th Maine Legislature worked hard to pass legislation to ease the financial burden of home ownership, including the development and expan sion of property tax relief programs.Together, we expand ed Maine’s Homestead Exemption Program. This program allows homeown ers to reduce their home value by $25,000 and only

In the old days, that was much easier. The Church and the nobility possessed what few hand-copied books existed. They refused to share knowledge with the common folk, most of whom were illiterate anyway. Sharing knowledge inevita bly leads to losing power. Once Johannes Gutenberg invented movable-type printing about 1450, keep ing common people ignorant became more difficult. For the first time, the Bible and vast troves of other literature became readily accessible to wide segments of society.

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to plague our society today. Another book-banning cam paign is underway right now.

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Nothing terrifies reac tionary media propagandists more than losing their audi ence to other networks and sources which supply reli able, truthful information. That’s why MAGA-world constantly tries to drown out accurate information with their bullhorn of B.S.

pay property taxes on the remaining amount. The recent biennial budget approved by the Legislature increases municipal reim bursement of the program by three percent each year until the state fully reim burses municipalities to cover the entire cost of this program.Additionally, we expanded the Property Tax

Within less than a century, the Protestant Reformation erupted; European literacy rates rose sharply, and the Catholic Church responded with ever stricter attempts at censorship. That effort was crowned by the infa mous Index Librorum Prohibitorum, the Index of Prohibited Books, first pub lished around 1600, and not abandoned until 1966. At one time or another, most of the important secular writings in Western civi lization appeared on it. If writings dealt with ideas churchmen didn’t like, they were banned. Censorship by church and government remained widespread for centuries, and it continues

To The Editor: The “Big Lie” is like cancer, and it may termi nate American democracy if allowed to propagate further and become more entrenched. Part of this grand deception is that people’s lives don’t matter. How they’re treated doesn’t matter. Their suffering doesn’t matter.

Perhaps you’ve heard this all before, in church, mosque or synagogue, or in meditation. Perhaps you should listen and finally understand that we are all One because that is all that really matters — unity of Spirit.

For years, much of the nation has faced a housing shortage. A study conduct ed by Freddie Mac found that the United States had a housing supply deficit of roughly 3.8 million units near the end of 2020, an increase of 1.3 million units since 2018. This growing demand for homes has also contributed to more compe tition and rising prices. Maine has not escaped this worrying trend. According to the Maine Association of Realtors’ recent report, the median home sale price in our state was $354,000 this past July, which was up nearly 12.4 percent over July 2021. While higher prices are beneficial for sellers and can raise prop erty valuations of nearby

To The WithEditor:the end of the Bridgton Community Band’s 84th season, there are several parts of the community that we wish to thank.We thank the Bridgton Select Board for their con tinued support of our con cert series. We all feel this season’s concert perfor mances were the best that any of us can recall. We saw our audience grow through out the summer, and thank the many repeat audience members for their enthusi asticOursupport.conductor, Steve Sweetsir, is responsible for guiding the band throughout the season, and requiring all the musicians to play cohe sively and well.

A proverb suggests that ignorance is bliss, but it isn’t.

But, they matter and you matter. We all matter, because in a very real sense, I am you and you are me because we are all created in the image of God, and whatever is done to any of the human family is done to all humanity, and God.

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why every tyrant from Genghis Kahn to MAGAGUY has ruled by lies, pro paganda and disinformation.

To prevent addiction from an early age, we have

They’re afraid people will believe facts instead of lies. Imagine how much better our nation would become if every news source were required to report only veri fied facts, not lies and crack pot conspiracy theories.

To some, it doesn’t matter that people can be devalued and dehuman ized and used as political pawns without any shame or consequence by the very people who swore an oath to uphold the rule of law.

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Maine remains within the crushing grip of an unrelent ing opioid epidemic. This is an epidemic which began decades ago, and which has now worsened from the effects of the pandemic and specifically the increased presence of dangerous, highly lethal drugs like fen tanyl. It’s an epidemic that is killing a record number of Maine people – people who are our family, friends, and neighbors.When I took office, I launched a coordinated response — something new to our state — a response to the opioid epidemic that broke down the silos of state government and tar geted every available state and federal resource to stop drugs from reaching Maine; to prevent addiction at an early age; to treat addiction when we couldn’t prevent it; to set people on a lifelong path to recovery – and above all else, to save lives.

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From the Farmers’ Market and artist’s exhibitions, to the area non-profit tables and children’s games, the local food trucks and bands and performers – there was something to suit all tastes of the day, not the least of which being the actual food, which ranging from popcorn and cotton candy to snow cones and fresh pressed cider, did much to increase the festive spirit of theForseason.amoment, it seemed to me that yes indeed, the olden times had come again, for here was a celebration of the sort we haven’t seen in Bridgton for well-nigh a hundred years – a true, autumn fair which, while still in its infancy, prom ises to become a worthy and beloved part of our local calendar if only next year’s event, which is already being discussed, can be carried out as well as this inaugural run. We shall see how it shall fare in the com ing years, and I for one am most eager to support its efforts, most particularly because it reminds me so much of those olden fairs of days gone by. For yes indeed, Bridgton once had a fair to rival Fryeburg’s own, and part of our museum’s exhibit at the recent festival included a case of tickets, flyers, and ribbons from the bygone Bridgton CattleShow and Fair, put on at the close of the 19th Century by the Bridgton Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Club.

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The Town of Casco will hold a Special Town Meeting on September 27, 2022, at 6 p.m. at the Casco Community Center. This meeting is regarding the appropriation of funds from the Unassigned Fund Balance for the completion of the Pleasant Lake Beach repair and upgrades as well as the purchase of two lots to expand Webbs Mills Park.

(10.) The wall – what remarkable progress? Even if a wall would solve the problems on the border, which I doubt, I seem to have missed seeing most of the border covered in wall. Incidentally, where there are parts of the wall people are going over, under and in some cases through it.

(2.) With respect to NATO, the political dis cussion in several NATO countries did change when Putin seized Crimea, but the bigger impact came from the full-on invasion of Ukraine. That I should have made clearer. However, Trump taking NATO mem bers to the woodshed just annoyed them.

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“pay for (15-17.)themselves”).Mr.Vose does not seem to want to argue about those either. Mr. Vose has totally misread my (18.) which was not a list of all of Trump’s misdeeds. My 18 was an addition to his list of Trump’s accomplish ments — undermining the Constitution of the United States. He didn’t get to finish it off, but he tried. Even if Mr. Vose was right about all of Trump’s other “accomplishments” this one is more important than all of them put together — indeed it trumps them.

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To The Editor: I will vote for Jessica Fay as my State Representative on Nov. 8. She currently rep resents Raymond, Casco and Poland (District 66), and has been doing a remarkable job preserving our environment, protecting seniors, and keep

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(11.) The UN doesn’t seem to get a comment from Mr.(12.)Vose.I do not agree that the current administration has done nothing. If any one thinks medical care for vets is now perfect I haven’t encountered them, it is — as I said — ongoing.

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(5.) China still did not cry and has continued to acquire U.S. technology. Chinese subsidies harmed some U.S. companies and peo ple and helped others — at the expense of the Chinese people.(6.) Major harm was done to ISIS during Trump’s term, just not as much as Mr. Vose seems to think, and I give most of the credit to the U.S. military and intel ligence services.

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(13.) Mr. Vose seems to have conceded on unem ployment.(14.)Not all tax cuts are well structured, Trump’s were not. Also, if anyone still cares about federal defi cits — those cuts increased them (and no, they did not

I do not mean to get involved in a lengthy exchange with Mr. Vose, and I do appreciate the almost pleasant tone of his remarks about me on Sept. 15. However, while I agree with him that facts are not always agreed upon, I must rise to defend my list.

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The public will be given the opportunity to be heard prior to the consideration of the above ordi nance by the Select Board. A copy of the ordinance is available at the Town Office.

Abandoned Boat Trailer

The Select Board of the Town of Denmark will meet at the Municipal Building Meeting Room, 62 East Main Street at 6 p.m. on September 27, 2022, for the purpose of holding a public hearing and enacting the following ordinance: General Assistance Ordinance

To The GovernorEditor: Mills has earned my vote for her reelection. As a former Lake Region teacher, I sincerely appreciate the investments in education made under her leadership. From mov ing toward universal pre-K, to fully funding the state’s 55% share of K-12 edu cation, and increasing the minimum teacher salary to $40,000, she has improved education across the state.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Place: Lovell Town Hall, 1133 Main St., Lovell, Maine 04051

TOWN OF DENMARK Notice of Public Hearing

(7.) I do not think that the top Navy (uniformed) peo ple are counting rowboats. The United States has an edge (diminishing) in large warships, but we are joining the Chinese in building up in the smaller, more nimble, not-such-good targets range.

Voters may make a written request for the voter’s own ballot, or that of an immediate family member by mail, in person or via fax.

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(8.) Mr. Vose does not seem to disagree with me on the Abraham accords — at least I don’t see them men

For more information, please contact the Casco Town Office or check our website at www.cascomaine.org

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(3.) I do not think I have any confusion about NAFTA. Trump mostly got the same deal with a new name. There were some

tioned.(9.) The relocation of our embassy to Jerusalem was a card — one prior adminis tration had used for leverage in dealing with Israel. Had we said we would do it, yes, had we said when, no. In making deals timing counts.

To request an absentee ballot, please contact the Town Clerk’s Office at (207) 452-2163; Mail requests to: Town Clerk, ATTN: Absentee Ballot Request, 62 E. Main Street, Denmark, ME 04022 or fax to (207) 452-2333. Please include your name, telephone number, residence address, signature and the ad dress that you wish the ballot to be sent to.

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changes and some of those were important to some peo ple, but it was not a whole new(4.)deal.The TPP was indeed a trade agreement, one that excluded China and stood to tie major Asian nations more closely to the U.S. economy — and that has political implications.

(1.) My denying Trump credit for energy indepen dence was correct. Trump’s policies were, quite publicly, focused on the coal indus try — which has contin ued to decline (and is the dirtiest energy source we have). The major increases of even fossil fuel energy sources were from natural gas and oil — chiefly due to fracking. Trump could have gotten in the way by siding with the anti-fracking move ment and I’ll allow that he did not get in the way by doing so. Which is what I said. Biden hasn’t gone into major anti-fracking policy either, but is encouraging other (non-coal) sources such as wind and solar.

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She has supported great er investments in our state’s Career and Technical Education Centers, which provide tremendous oppor tunities for students to learn workforce skills and trades. Most recently, she agreed to provide recent and upcom ing high school graduates

Phone: 207-925-6272 Fax 207-925-1710

Absentee Ballots will be available on October 7, 2022 for the November 8, 2022 2022 Charter Amendment Referendum

The application requests that: an Undue Hardship Variance (30-M.S.R.A. §4353(4)), be granted to allow a structure to be constructed within the 50-foot setback, (frontage). Setback requirements defined in Article 6.3 of the Lovell Zoning

providing and setting out their “No Thru Traffic” signs, which helped to cut down traffic and increased the safety of all in atten dance. It also allowed the audience to enjoy the con certs with much fewer inter ruptions.Again, thanks to every one involved in making our 84th season the success that it was. We are looking for ward to a great 85th season next year.

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I have a 1990s EZ-Loader 14-foot Boat Trailer with no VIN that was abandoned on my property by the former homeown er. If the owner or lien holder of the trailer does not properly retrieve or pay all reasonable charges for its towing, storage, and repair within 14 days from this publication, ownership of the trailer will pass to the owner of the premises where the trailer is located. To contact the owner of said premises the e-mail address is boattrailer14@gmail.com . 1T38

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On June 13, 1970, she mar ried, Robert G Evans Sr. at St. Anthony’s Church in Easton, Pa.

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Henry Precht, 90, a Bridgton sum mer resident and Bridgton News colum nist, died on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Maria is survived by her devoted husband of 52 years, Robert G. Evans Sr.; daughter, Pamela Heath and her hus band Robert; son, Robert G. Evans Jr. and his wife Jeanine; daughter, Maria A. Evans; daughter Christina D. Murphy; son, Thomas J. Evans and his wife Sherri; a brother, Croce Pete Curto; many nieces and nephews; 10 grandchildren, Alison, Joey, Justin, Jeremy, Stephen, Brielle, Jacob, Mar cus and Crystal; nine great-grandchildren. Maria was pre deceased by her parents Giuseppe and Crocifissa Curto. Her sister and brother-in-law, Lilliana and Francesco Mule, her sister and brother-in-law Giovanna and Vittorio Verdi as well as her nephew Giuseppe and grandson Brandon.

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Kolin loved to play outside, Mickey Mouse, Nerf Guns, loved watching Disney movies, cheese sticks, coloring, painting, playing pass, all animals, trucks, dinosaurs and spending time with his family.

NAPLES — Linda Sue Gor don (Hoyt) left this world sud denly on September 15, 2022. She died peacefully in her sleep at ageLinda67.was born to Charlie and Phyllis Hoyt (Skillings) in Bridg ton on June 25,1956. After grad uating from Lake Region H.S., Linda managed Mario’s in Na ples, then went on to become the assistant manager at the Bridgton Lobster Pound. Later she volun teered, full-time, at the Salvation Army Church before becoming a full-time homemaker.

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Online condolence messages can be submitted at the Poitras, Neal & York Funeral Home website, www.mainefuneral.com Memorial contributions may be made to: Harvest Hills Animal Shelter, 1389 Bridgton Road, Fryeburg, ME 04037 Plush Depot Street, Bridgton, 04009 800-834-8407

True to her word, Jess has sponsored groundbreaking and successful legislation that is helping Maine end domes tic violence. Her Economic Abuse Prevention and Recovery bill (LD 748) has even been called a national model that other states should follow.She listens, she’s experi enced and she’s getting the hard work done. So, for me, a vote for Jessica Fay just makes sense. And I hope it does for you, too.JeannineCascoOren

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To share memories and condolences with the family please go to www.woodfuneralhome.org. Arrangements are under the care of Wood Funeral Home, 9 Warren St., Fryeburg.

P ORTLAND Maria A. Evans, 80, of South Casco, sadly left this world on September 17, 2022.Maria was born on May 13, 1942, in Sommatino, Sicily, a daughter of Giuseppe and Croci fissa (Volpe) Curto. She emigrat ed with her parents as a teenager settling in Easton, Pa.

Henry is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Marian; daugh ter Katherine Precht (Chris Evans); and son Paul Precht (Katayoon Tajbaksh-Precht). His grandchildren Sophia Ong, Miranda Evans and Manoucher Precht called him Nonno, continuing his strong identification with Italy. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive him. He was predeceased by his parents and his brother David Precht.The family requests that those wishing to make a donation in Henry’s memory contribute to their local public library.

He joined the Navy as Lieutenant JG and served at the NATO base in Naples, Italy between 1954 and 1957, where he met Marian Olds, whom he married in 1958. Their time in Italy was the start of the couple’s lifelong love of Italy and its culture. After a short tenure at the U.S. Department of Labor, he joined the Foreign Service, securing a first posting as a consular officer in Rome in 1962. He loved Italy and Italian, which he spoke with his characteristic southern accent. His next assignment was to Alexandria, Egypt in 1964, for which he and Marian received language training in French (instead of Arabic).

To The Editor: Last week, Governor DeSantis (R-Fla), sent a busload of 50 illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Democrats accused DeSantis of

Linda found joy in making countless cakes, knitted and crocheted items, and baked goods for everyone she knew. She was known for her corn fritters, donuts, fudge, dinner rolls, and popcorn balls.

Linda is survived by her four children: Jennifer Smith, of Windham; Jeffrey Hanscom Jr., of Naples; Bradley Gordon, of Biddeford; and Kristen Gordon, of Westbrook. She is also survived by her husband Peter Gordon, her mother Phyllis Hoyt, a sister Debbie Matusiak, two brothers, Steve Hoyt, and Bruce Hoyt, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchil dren, and many, many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

DENMARK — Judy Parsons Transue, passed away on Sep tember 14, 2022. She was the daughter of Everett and Irene (Turgeon) Parsons of Denmark, Maine. She lived most of her life in Denmark, and graduated from Denmark Grammar School, Frye burg Academy and Gray’s School of Business (now Casco Bay col lege).Judy loved the outdoors, and all things nature, x-country ski ing, bicycling, and hiking. One of her greatest accomplishments was hiking all the New England hundred highest mountains.

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She is predeceased by her loving and caring husband Jay, of 53 years. She leaves behind her daughter Wendy, her hus band, Sanjee, and granddaughter, Jade whom she loved very much, also, siblings, Larry Parsons and wife Fran, Kathy Hemeon, and Duane Parsons, and many nieces and nephews.

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Blocked by Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) from confirmation as Ambassador to Mauritania — he was scapegoated for the fall of Iran’s Shah — he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo (then the largest U.S. embassy in the world) from 1981–1985. Throughout his career, he worked to advance America’s interests in the world, while remaining true to his ideals of justice.

DURHAM, N.H. – Ruth E. Mitchell, 95, passed away peace fully Sunday, September 11, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on January 9, 1927, and was the daughter of Edmund H. and Caroline F. (Kennedy) Mor rison. She shared 70 years of marriage with her husband, Fred, whom she met when he moved in across the street from her when she was in 3rd Grade in 1936. Ruth graduated from Endicott Ju nior College, Beverly, Mass., and University of Pennsylvania Den tal Hygiene School, Philadelphia, Pa.

Maria loved to garden and she had quite the talent for it. She also loved to cook for her family. Her spaghetti and meatballs and famous lasagna will be sorely missed!

At Judy’s request, there will be no service.

Linda’s greatest happiness came from loving her family and friends. Being called “Mammie” by her grandkids put the biggest smile on her heart! Her children were always her top priority no matter the circumstances.

He was born on June 15, 1932 in Savannah, Ga. to Eva Middleton Davis and Herman Frederick Precht. Throughout his life, Henry retained his love for Savannah and for the friendships he made there. He attended Armstrong Junior College, where he developed a love of the Great Books and the ability to recite poetry from memory. He gradu ated from Emory University in 1953, the first in his family to receive a college degree.

In Loving Memory of Paul C. Walker 4-20-1930 – 9-26-2012 Ten years have passed and the pain of grief has softened and new memories are being made as we smile and laugh but you are still missed today and every day. With Love from your wife, great-grandchildrengrandchildrenchildren,&

Ruth grew up in South Orange, N.J., was a hygienist in Maplewood, N.J. and raised her family in Maplewood and Mountain Lakes, N.J. She moved to her beloved family prop erty in North Lovell, Maine, on Kezar Lake in 1997. She was proud that she went to “The Lake” every year of her life, except one. Ruth loved her family, spending time outside, cleaning up the woods on the family’s tree farm, picking blue berries and making griddle cakes or buckle, listening to the loons, telling a good joke, tap dancing in the kitchen, traveling the world, square dancing, chocolate, McDonald’s caramel frappes, being able to whistle with an acorn top, her extensive fun sock collection and being a devoted friend. She was an active member of the Lovell United Church of Christ, North Lovell Library, Lovell Historical Society and P.E.O. Sister hood.Ruth is survived by her husband Fred; daughter Martha Kinsel and partner Keith Rowe of Jupiter, Fla. and Lovell; son Kenneth Mitchell and wife Laura of Haverford, Pa.; daugh ter Jeanne Mitchell of Waterford, Conn.; and the “caboose” daughter Julia Manlogon of Amherst, N.H.; her grandchildren Meredith, Kyle, Owen and Diana; great-grandchildren Ford and Finn; sister Margaret (Peggy) Brokaw and husband, Rob ert. She was predeceased by her grandson Andrew Johnson; and sister and brother-in-law Caroline and Roger Sorg. Services will be held at a later date in Lovell.

He will be forever loved by his parents, Ryan and Kat; his sisters Riley and Kendall (Sid); paternal grandparents Teresa Stisi, Charlie Young, Karen Young; maternal grandparents Kevin Weeks and Carole Weeks; aunts and uncles Kristi Stisi, Frankie Stisi, Kaleb Young, Meagan Lalumiere, Brian Lalumiere, Joshua Young, Mindy Young, Michael Young, Kelly Young, Philip Stisi Jr., Kimberly Jamison, Kevin Jamison, Jonathan Weeks, Nathan Weeks, Nina, Chris, Kevin Benning; cousins Savannah, Lucas, Hazel, Elliot, Kenley, Aiden, Jaxon, Haylee, Connor, Alee, Bentlee, Logan, Brady, Joslin, Tanner, Raven, andHeCheyenne.waspredeceased by grandfather Philip Arthur Stisi and Baby Emmalee.

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Returning to Washington, D.C., he led a lunch group of retired Foreign Service Officers and published a book of semi-autobio graphical short stories (“A Diplomat’s Progress,” 2005).

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In 1966, the family returned to Washington, D.C., where Henry served as a liaison to NASA and on the Israel desk before complet ing a master’s degree at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Henry would return to Tufts later at the end of his career as diplo mat-in-residence. In 1970, he was assigned to Mauritius as Deputy Chief of Mission, where he objected to the U.S. eviction of the residents of Diego Garcia to create a U.S. naval base. Henry sub sequently served in a number of roles at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran before returning to the Department of State and head ing the Iran Desk from 1978 to 1981, through the Iranian revolution and the Hostage Crisis.

ing taxes low. She is respect ed on both sides of the aisle, and has sponsored legislation that has received overwhelm ing support from Republicans and Democrats alike.

Unrestricted memorial donations may be made in Ruth’s memory to: Lovell United Church of Christ, PO Box 232, Lovell, ME 04051.

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Linda S. Gordon

Visitation was held from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, at the Hall Funeral Home, 165 Quaker Ridge Road in Casco. A graveside committal service was held on Wednes day, Sept. 21, 2022, at the Murch Cemetery in South Cas co at 1:30 p.m. with a Celebration of Life to follow at the Naples American Legion. In lieu of flowers, Linda would be so pleased if you made a donation to a food pantry of your choice. Condolences and tributes may be shared with Linda’s family at www.hallfuneralhome.net.

Family and friends are invited to call at the Hall Funeral Home on Quaker Ridge Rd in Casco from 4-6 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m., on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at Our Lady of Per petual Help, 919 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, ME.

The Prechts have been regular summer residents of Bridgton since 1983, enjoying a shorter visit this summer.

And if there was ever a time that we need a respect ful, calm, considerate and compassionate candidate it is now.Imet “Jess” in 2016 when she was first campaigning. I invited her into my kitchen to tell her my story of domestic violence and asked for her help to raise awareness about the link between intimate partner violence and eco nomic abuse. Studies confirm that economic abuse leads to physical assault in nearly 100% of cases of domestic violence. After a few more meetings, she agreed that if she was elected she would join the fight to help pro tect Maine citizens, women and men, who are targets of abuse.

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Condolences and tributes may be shared with her family and friends at www.hallfuneralhome.net

After retirement from the Foreign Service in 1987, Henry became president of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs (1987–1995) and a regular opinion writer for the Bridgton News.

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In 1973, Maria and Bob moved to Point Pleasant, N.J. and she worked as an x-ray technician at the local hospital. In 1980, they were on the move again settling for good in Maine.Maria worked at Bath Iron Works as a welder for a few years until an injury forced her to take a leave of absence She became very involved in volunteerism and substitute teaching.Shewas a communicant of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Windham and was a member of the Woman’s Guild of the Knights of Columbus.

NAPLES — Beautiful 2-year-old baby boy, Kolin Philip Young, left us on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. He was born on November 21, 2019 in Bridgton, Maine, the son of Ryan and Kathrine Young.

A celebration of Kolin’s life will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 at the Bridgton Alliance Church, 368 Harrison Road, Bridgton. A time of visitation will be held from 12 p.m. until the start of the service at 2 p.m. Condolences and tributes may be shared on Kolin’s Tribute Wall at www.hallfuneralhome.net.

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• They may actually have been intentionally planted in some areas for erosion pre vention due to their strong and deep root systems

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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry published a list of Invasive plants in 2019. There were 125 plants on the list, and they were placed in three categories:

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LITTLE GUYS FIREWOOD Cut, split, delivered. Prompt delivery. 603-960-2537 or 9356302. Fryeburg area $210 cord, over 20 miles add $10. 52t2x $5 FOR TATTERED — U.S. Flag when purchasing new U.S. Flag 3’x5’ or larger. Maine Flag & Banner, Windham, 893-0339. tf46

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Invasives can appear in properties in several ways:

lost a loved one to this epi demic since it began – know that we will not give up. We won’t quit until every person in our state is able to become their best selves – the best that they can be, whatever their past, what ever their troubles, whatever

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with “There are currently approximately 2,100 plant species recorded in Maine. Approximately one third of those are not native. Of those plants that are not native, only a small fraction are considered invasive, but these have the potential to cause great harm to our landscape.”Theharm that invasive plants can cause includes:

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Creeping jenny Cypress spurge Dame’s rocket

• Potential decrease on property values (invasives can eliminate natives by taking over sunlit spaces and using the nutrients in theInvasivessoil. can also change animal habitats due to elimination of usual food sources and decreasing rest ing and nesting spaces.

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Asiatic nightshadeBittersweetAutumnbittersweetoliveorclimbingBlacklocustBlackswallowwortBrownknapweedBullthistleCanadabluegrassCanadaThistle

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theirWeneeds.have a long way to go towards healing our state from the opioid epidemic, but to me, there is always hope and there is the hard work of Maine people. The hard work and the hope that have seen us through hard times before.

Senior Citizen Discount Mowing, Spring/Fall Cleanup, Camp Checks Plowing, Odd Jobs, Material Hauling Light Tree Work

seeds. September is an excellent time to place plants in the garden so that they establish roots before the snow covers them. I deliberately chose plants based upon their color and height and what I needed to fill prepared spaces in my garden. One reason I buy from these sources is that I can be assured that unwant ed seeds are not hiding in the pot that these natives come in. These unwanted seeds can actually be what we categorize as invasive plants.Aplant is labelled as invasive when it is not native to a specific ecosys tem. It is a plant that has been introduced from other regions and has spread very quickly in its new area.

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CommonColtsfoot barberry Common buckthorn Common mugwort Common reed Common valerian

• Negative effect on recreation activity (some plants have thorns and can result in restricted areas)

• They may have been imported for ornamen tal and landscape planting (some ornamentals are actu ally quite pretty)

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• They may have been dormant in contaminated soilMost arrive in land scapes/gardens by seeds that are dispersed by wind, water, birds, animals, or people. They can grow in most conditions and they will grow and spread so quickly that they can crowd out native plants.

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HELP WANTED FOR SALE SERVICES

PAYING TOP DOLLAR — For unwanted vehicles. We also buy copper, brass, wire, aluminum, batteries and much more. Call 603323-7363 26t14x JESUS IS LORD — new and used auto parts. National locator. Most parts 2 days. Good used cars. Ovide’s Used Cars, Inc., Rte. 302 Bridgton, 207-647-5477. tf30

YARD SALES

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I must blanch and freeze other vegetables so that I can enjoy them throughout the winter

The Umbrella Factory Supermarket startingWANTEDHELPWearehiringnowforFallFullandpart-timepositionsareimmediatelyinalldepartments Call David Allenson • 207-693-3988 639 Roosevelt Trail, Rt. 302, Naples • Supermarket Hours Sun.-Sat • 7 a.m.-8 p.m. UFO Hours Sun.-Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. • 693-3988 TF29CD Green Firewood $275 per Cord Minimum two cords for delivery. Order online at westernmainetimberlands.com or call 207-925-1138 TF27CD HELP WANTED LAKE REGION SCHOOL DISTRICT SONGO LOCKS Custodian/Food2022-23SCHOOLServiceWorker (combo position) School Year Position. Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. Custodian 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Food Service Start Date: Immediately Interested candidates should visit schoolspring.com for more information and to apply Job I.D. #4030340 DEADLINE: Open until a suitable candidate is found EOE 2T37CD Call to order: 207-452-2157Call to order: 207-452-2157 PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX GREEN: $225 SEMI-SEASONED:/cord$2 75/cord 2 cord minimum TF 2 CD TF4CDSUPPLY$SEASONED:325/cordISLIMITED,ORDERNOW!DELIVEREDTOMAINEONLYGREEN:$250/cordDELIVEREDTONHANDME PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX TF4CDDELIVEREDDELIVERED$SEASONED:325/cordTOMAINEONLYGREEN:$250/cordTOMAINEONLY PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX TF4CDDELIVEREDDELIVERED$SEASONED:350/cordTOMAINEONLYGREEN:$275/cordTOMAINEONLY PREMIUM HARDWOOD MIX

• Accidentally with other plants purchased from gar den shops

MSAD72 SCHOOL DISTRICT — ((EOE) in Fryeburg, Maine has immediate openings: custo dians, Van Drivers, Bus Drivers, Bus Aides, Substitutes. Visit www. msad72.org, call 207-935-2600 or pick up an application today at Door #10, 25 Molly Ockett Drive, Fryeburg, ME tf36

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The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry continues with its description of invasive plants by writing that the invasive plant “…does or is likely to cause econom ic or environmental harm or harm to human health.”

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Each spring, I anxiously await the melting of the snow so that I can begin to get into my gardens again. I get out my gar dening clothes and tools and every year I am lulled into believing I have all kinds of time to get my chores completed. Then, it seems that all of a sud den, it is September. It is as though I pulled a Rip Van Winkle and slept through the summer and now it is autumn. As the temperature cools, I have just a few days to pick the remaining tomatoes and make tomato sauce.

• Not yet detected

Please DO NOT respond if you: are unable to set out sick a have to find think

False Februaryspiraeadaphne – para dise plant

Please call 207-557-2801

• Increased cost to agri culture (to eliminate the species from growing areas, and destruction of crops)

A bus trip is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, leav ing the American Legion in Naples at 7 a.m. and return ing at 8 p.m.

• Do not purchase inva sivesIf an invasive is identi fied, remove the invasive before seeds are produced. Place the invasives in a heavy plastic bag headfirst and follow guidelines out lined in the NH website for disposing of non-native plants.

Author Series

Wednesdays

Meetinghouse.Tourswillbegin at 2 p.m. and will last about an hour. Tickets will be limited and the cost of $5 per person (chil dren free) will be collected at the gate. To reserve your ticket, e-mail otisfieldhistori cal@ gmail.com or call 207423-1218.

OTISFIELD — The Otisfield Historical Society is sponsoring a guided tour of Bell Hill Cemetery, the town’s oldest cemetery, on Saturday, Oct.

AUTHOR Phuc Tran to speak on his book, “Sigh, Gone” this Sunday.

and a tremendous admira tion for the first generation of recorded Irish musicians, the duo conjures up the sounds of the dance halls, vaudeville theaters, and house sessions central to Irish American music from the first half of the twentieth century.

HALL RENTAL AVAILABLE —

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Doors open 6 p.m. • Game time 7 p.m. (Every 2nd & 4th Thursday)

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The1. program begins with a history of the original Meetinghouse built in 1797, but due to its dilapidated con dition was abandoned and replaced with the present Meetinghouse completed in 1839. Come meet the Rev. Thomas Roby, installed as the Meetinghouse’s pastor in 1797 and dismissed six years later for his “objection able behavior.” You will meet George Peirce, Otisfield’s first settler, who in 1775 arrived in the howling wilderness that became Otisfield. You will also meet Julia Ann Patch, granddaughter of Benjamin Patch, the town’s second set tler. A copy of Julia Ann’s 1824 sampler will be on dis play.The Historical Society will highlight three additional fam ilies influential in shaping the beginnings of Otisfield. The Knight family members were the hard-working masons, carpenters, and blacksmiths.

TheCenter.Arts Center’s HEPA air purifier systems and ven tilation will be engaged for indoor performances. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at listing).org/eventswww.denmarkarts.(viewcalendar

grates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pa., a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life.

The Author Series is pre sented by Denmark Public Library, Historical Society and Arts Center. It’s a Books & Beer type of season –Sit back, sip and savor the spoken word. Concessions are available. This is a paywhat-you-can event with a suggested donation of $10 for future authors presenta tions. Register online at den markarts.org/events (view calendar listing).

Sun., May 8 4 p.m.

Naples/Casco/Raymond Legion Post #155

• Learn about plants that may be invasive

p.m. MEMBERS & GUESTS with Ericka Saturday,

The American Legion Post #67 (Depot Street in Bridgton) will hold a pancake breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m.

Route 11, Naples, ME • 693-6285

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David Ray, arriving in 1779, was active for 25 years in town governance and built his home, grist mill and saw mill on what is now the Rayville Road. Nathan Nutting, Jr. whose family, first arrived in 1796, served as architect and master workman of the present beautiful Bell Hill

DENMARK – Denmark Arts Center presents Will Woodson and Caitlin Finley this Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. and the Author Series on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m.

The Denmark Arts Center’s Author Series con tinues this Sunday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. with Phuc Tran, author of “Sigh, Gone.”

Salem trip SALEM, Page 6B Sept. 23 6:30 Sept. 24 6-9 p.m. 693-6285

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Unwanted plants

Want to get into the Halloween spirit by taking a bus trip to Salem, Mass.?

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Their 2019 debut album, The Glory Reel, recorded with the brilliant Chris “Junior” Stevens on piano and button accordion, is full of swing, lift, and exuberance, drawing largely upon the rep ertoires of North Connacht

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Game starts at 6:30 p.m.

Cooperative Extension Service has three very helpful websites titled “Spotlight on NH Invasive Plants,” “How to Get Rid of Invasive Plants” and “Methods of Disposing of Non-Native Invasive Plants.” (To get to sites just enter NH Extension Service and the title you want to read. For example: NH extension service spotlight on NH invasive plants.)

Will Woodson (flute, uille ann pipes) and Caitlin Finley (fiddle) play sparky and driv ing traditional Irish music that’s grounded in the tex tures and rhythms of the rich Irish American soundscape of the 1920s and 30s. With roots in the living Irish musi cal cultures of Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia,

MEMBERS & GUESTS with Paul Saturday, May 7 6-10 p.m.

Fine-leaved sheep fescue Garlic

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

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WESTON’S FARM HOME • WINE • DESIGN PURVEYORS OF GOOD TASTE • IN THE OLD RED APOTHECARY • OPEN TUE-SAT 10-5 31 MAIN STREET BRIDGTON 207.647.5555 JDECORMAINE. COM OPEN DAILY • 31 MAIN ST., BRIDGTON 207.647.5555 JDECORMAINE COM •IN THE OLD RED APOTHECARY• OPEN DAILY • 31 MAIN ST., BRIDGTON 207.647.5555 JDECORMAINE COM Dads Love Craft Beer •IN THE OLD RED APOTHECARY• 1T35 Wine OPENNoonSaturday,Tasting-5pmDAILY•31MAINST.,BRIDGTON207.647.5555JDECORMAINE •IN THE OLD RED APOTHECARY• Wine 10EVERYOPENDAYTO6SALE! 103 Main Street, Bridgton (across from Beth’s Cafe) 207-647-3672 • www.fireflyshopmaine.com Globally InspIred FInds From new enGland and beyond! • Homemade Fudge • Caramels • Fruit & Nut Clusters • Turtles & more! German Beers & Wines $1 OFF any order $10 or more! Please present coupon upon checkout 2 Cottage Street, Bridgton, Maine • 207-647-2400 2483 White Mt. Hwy., No. Conway, N.H. • 603-356-2663 www.bavarianchocolatehaus.com • bch@bavarianchocolatehaus.com TF29 HOURS: OPEN EVERY DAY 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Naples/Casco/Raymond American Legion Post #155 TONIGHT Thur., September 22 Doors open 6 p.m. • Game time 7 p.m. (Every 2nd & 4th Thursday) Meat Roll Friday,

Friday, May 6 6:30 p.m.

Thank you to the Onion Foundation for supporting live music for the Denmark Community and Denmark Arts

Sun., Sept. 25 4 p.m.

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The Arts Center’s HEPA air purifier systems and ven tilation will be engaged for indoor performances.

• Volunteer for invasive clean-up opportunities

Of course, as the saying goes “Prevention is Better Than Cure.” In the litera ture about invasive plants, there are several recom mendations for gardeners to implement to try to pre vent invasive plants from appearing in gardens/land scapes:

Since my main, or Maine, gardening goal is to spend my season- lim ited time planting beauti ful and pollinator beneficial plants, I will spend some of my time during my garden ing walks looking for what does not belong there. Of course, I will spend some time pulling plants that I did not place there, like the Common vetch (Ugh!). However, I especially do not want any invasives to crowd out what I intention ally plant. Once again, “pre vention is better than cure” is the best advice.

uge and inspiration in the art that shapes — and ultimately saves — him.

and Ulster, regions that have had a significant impact upon the style and repertoire of the duo. The flute playing of John McKenna, the piping of Michael Carney and Patsy Touhey and of course the foundational 78s of Coleman, Killoran, and Morrison are all at play here; a diverse set of influences that are channeled by the duo into punchy, pow erful, and joyous music.

The Casco Village Church, United Church of Christ is hosting its annual “September Saturday Night Supper” on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. This month’s dinner will be a Maine Harvest and will feature ham and potatoes, baked beans, roasted vegetables, squash, zucchini and pumpkin breads, cider with home made apple pie or crisp and ice cream! It’s all for only $10 for adults, and $5 for children ages 8 and under. The church is located at 941 Meadow Road in Casco or contact (207) 627-4282.

COME AND MEET Rev. Thomas Roby, installed as pastor of the original Otisfield Meetinghouse in 1797 and dismissed six years later for his “objectionable behavior” on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Meat Roll

The trip includes: wan der around the willows, see the Salem Witch Museum,

For anyone who has ever felt like they don’t belong, “Sigh, Gone” shares an irreverent, funny, and mov ing tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic lit erature.In1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immi

Relive Otisfield’s past

Inthiscoming-of-agemem oir told through the themes of great books such as “The Metamorphosis,” “The Scarlet Letter,” “The Iliad,” and more, Tran navi gates the push and pull of finding and accepting him self despite the challenges of immigration, feelings of iso lation, and teenage rebellion, all while attempting to meet the rigid expectations set by his immigrant parents.

WILL WOODSON & CAITLIN FINLEY on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Denmark Arts Center.

Thursday, May 12

Appealing to fans of coming-of-age memoirs such as “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Running with Scissors,” or tales of assimilation like Viet Thanh Nguyen’s “The Displaced” and “The Refugees,” “Sigh, Gone” explores one man’s bewildering experiences of abuse, racism, and tragedy and reveals redemption and connection in books and punk rock. Against the hair spray-and-synthesizer back drop of the ’80s, he finds solace and kinship in the wisdom of classic literature, and in the subculture of punk rock, he finds affirmation and echoes of his disaffection. In his journey for self-discov ery, Tran ultimately finds ref

• Educate neighbors

• Purchase plants grown from native seed and with no use of pesticides

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It is fall! My favorite season and the Farmers’ Market is in full harvest. There are so many wonder ful foods to take home and cook. Or, not cook. This week’s recipe includes no cooking, just good produce and a blender or a juicer.

If you bring your dog, please maintain a short leash and control over your animal. Thank you!

Refreshing

NORWAY— It’s rummage sale time at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. You can purchase new to you clothes for the family, or household items and linens at prices that won’t break your budget.

ted pumpkin hats, wreaths. For more information, e-mail Pamchurch@gmail.comdenmarkcongoorcallHaleat207-215-7101.

try and see if you don’t feel lighter and healthier. It also makes a great breakfast or lunch alternative. Full of vita mins, minerals and all the good nutrients.

may need to scrape down the sides several times, fol lowed by several rounds of blending to make a creamy smoothie.Store any leftovers in a sealed mason jar in the fridge for up to two days, but fresh is best!

Bridgton Farmers’ Market

BHS rescheduled guest speaker

The Lovell Lions Club returns to the 2022 Fryeburg Fair at a new location. Lovell Lions will be located at the former site of the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Booth, behind the grandstand.

Lions Club returns to the Fair

items; Karen Watson, cro chet gift items; Doris Tracy, quilted items, runners and wall hangings; Tracy Legare of Sugar House Gifts and maple syrup; Eileen Ficks, books and homemade jam; Ken and Kim Pelletier, hand-made bowls, spinners, vases; Brenda Coen of Coen Creations, purses, handbags, totes; Jessica Wentworth, soap and body items, cro chet dog hats; Patty Heath of Home Décor; Steven

Volunteers are needed to man the food booth 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Sunday, Oct. 2 to Oct. 10. Please con sider donating some time to this very worthy cause. Any help will be greatly appreciated. For more information call Bryan Molloy at 925-1700 or Bob Danforth at 4401486.

Rummage sale coming

Chenery, cotton candy; Linda Brown, purse sets; Jennifer Wells, tumblers, shadow boxes, home decor, hand-made gifts; Longpre’s Creative Crafts, cricut crafts, crocheted items; J & D Woodworks, woodburn keepsakes, boxes, clocks, signs; 4 Ewe Farm (Terri Pike) wool products; Kerry Enos of Worth the Wait Farm, farm prod ucts and baskets; Tina Richardson, rings, bracelets

1 cucumber chopped (about 1 large cuke. No need to peel if it is from BFM, peeled if from the grocery store)

Local Happenings

DENMARK — The Denmark Congregational Church will be holding its 19th Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine! If rain, the event will be held in the basement of the Denmark Municipal Building.

St. Catherine of Sienna Church is located at 32 Paris Street in Norway.

Trip to Salem planned

The Bridgton Farmers’ Market is in its 27th sum mer season! The Market is now offering a Community Tent to local organizations. Contact BFM at the e-mail listed below for more infor mation on how to reserve a date.The Market runs every

By Nancy Tripp Bridgton

2 or 3 stalks of organic celery chopped 2 cups fruit (apples, pears, pineapple, mango, berries)2tablespoons fresh mint (or basil, cilantro or pars ley)½ cup water or plain yogurtAdd all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. If you do not have a high-speed blender, you

Foxdale Farm, corn stalks and raffle items, bake sale table, a lunch table with cider, coffee, chili and muf fins and a wide variety of vendors.Vendors scheduled to take part in the Festival include: Brigham Brown Bag, dog treats; Noelle Gosbee Loupin, greeting cards, upcycled ear rings, quilts, wall hangings; Sue Wadsworth, bird baths and upcycled homemade

The program will take place at the Bridgton Community Center in downtown Bridgton on Thursday, Sept. 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more information, please contact BHS at 207-647-3699.

Twice a year at the crux of the seasons, I try to “lighten up” and give my digestion a wee break. In the spring, it is in the form of a deep spring cleanse and in the fall a mini cleanse. This year for my “mini cleanse,” I am going to do a lot of juicing or smoothies and simple steamed veggies with rice for a few days. Then, I feel really good about beginning to bake and to make soups, stews and roasted meats. Heavier, sweeter and warmer foods to balance the cooler weath er.

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Having had the opportunity to experience a lot of things that people with two working legs may not even try, he now resides in Bethel and is an avid skier, rock climber, and participates in many other sports.

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As a child born with Spina Bifida growing up in Patten, a small town in northern Maine, Enock Glidden had to learn to do things differently than others, but with the use of adaptive equipment and help from friends and family, he has had a very full life.

It is because of all of these experiences that he has made it his life’s mission to speak to anyone and every one about never saying, “I can’t” and instead always asking, “How can I?”

Lovell Lions will be offering delicious breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers and new items which include corn, clam chowder and grilled cheese

At 11 a.m. you can fill a bag with whatever fits into it for only $1. You will be surprised at what you can find at rummage sales. (Bring your own bags.)

½ yellow squash or zuc chini chopped 2 handfuls greens (romaine lettuce, kale, spin ach, chard)

The Festival will include a Harvest table, apples from Five Fields Farm, new pota toes from Green Thumb Farms, pumpkins from

This is a recipe for a smoothie that includes fruits, vegetables and herbs. Often, I will add a bit of yogurt to my smoothie to

Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, through Oct. 29 on The Green behind Renys on Depot Street in Bridgton.

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and necklaces with engrav ing on the spot, home-made crafts; Michelle Eastman, Tupperware; Annmarie Fiehn Weber, knitting, knit

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Pancake Breakfast, presented by American Legion Post #67, Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 to 11 a.m.

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Within 24 hours, 125 mem bers of the Massachusetts National Guard rounded up the illegals and transported them to a Cape Cod Military base. So much for inclusion, compassion, equity, sanctuary cities,Theseetc. 50 illegals caused the media and the govern ment to defend the Biden open border policy for the very first time. We all know that the border has been open since Biden took office, even while the Border Czar, (VP) Kamala Harris, Alejandro Mayorkas, and Karine JeanPierre have said many times that the border is closed. But, those politicians have not been to the border and the media simply ignores the issue because they are in bed with the Biden administra tion and it does not fit their narrative.Democrats have been transporting illegals around the country, often at night, with no warning. But, now that the tables have turned, it is now a crisis. Yet those cit ies won’t demand that Biden close the border.

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Friday, September 30 & Saturday, October 1 Lake Region Class of 1972 will hold its 50th Class Reunion with activities on Friday, Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct.

To The Editor: In November, we have a choice to make. We can follow revolvesference?Democrat).leftist/progressivismRepublican)RepublicanismConstitutional(mostlyorwecanfollow(mostlyWhatisthedifThedifferencearoundwhereour

Tear Cap Workshops is hosting an Open House Celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free or by donation. The day will feature artisan demonstrations, a small craft fair, live music by the Happy Wanderers, and delicious food. The event is part of the Maine Craft Weekend, an annual statewide tour of Maine craft studios and events. 22 Hampshire Street, Hiram, ME 04041; tearcapworkshops.org

Saturday, October 22 Rummage sale time at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway from 9 to 11:30 a.m. You can purchase new to you clothes for the family, or household items and linens at prices that won’t break your budget. At 11 a.m. you can fill a bag with whatever fits into it for only $1. You will be surprised at what you can find at rummage sales. (Bring your own bags.) St. Catherine of Sienna Church is located at 32 Paris Street in Norway.

Narcan Training, today, Thursday, Sept. 22 at 1:30 p.m.

Kettle Dinner, today, Thursday, Sept. 22 from 5 to 6 p.m., presented by the Rotary Club. No charge, dona tions accepted.

Otisfield Historical Society sponsors a guided tour of Bell Hill Cemetery, located opposite the Bell Hill Meetinghouse on Bell Hill Road. Tours will begin at 2 p.m. Tickets will be limited and the cost of $5 per person (children free) will be collected at the gate. To reserve your ticket, e-mail us at otisfieldhistorical@ gmail.com or call 207-423-1218.

Thursday, September 29

Crafts with Annette, today, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Food Pantry board meeting, Friday, Sept. 23, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

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READY TO DISH — Rotarian Kitchen Crew at early 2022 Community Kettle were George Klauber, Aaron Hagan, Joe Barth and Skip Sullivan.

Thisout. dinner will have both a sit down and a takeout option. Rotarian and chef, Nick Orgo, of MANE Catering and Stella’s on the Square, will be preparing this delicious meal with Rotary helpers. Everyone is welcome.

Thursday, September 22

Saturday, November 5 Christmas Craft & Bake Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., North Sebago U.M. Church, Route 114 in Sebago. Light lunch.

It’s Kettle time!

If you would like to volunteer at this com munity event, con tact the Rotary Club at comsitehttps://lakeregionrotary.activities,Regionaboutgmail.com.LakeRegionRotary@FormoreinformationtheBridgton-LakeRotaryClubanditschecktheweborFacebookPage.

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The word hypocrisy does not do justice, Demlunacy seems more appropriate. The Democrats have lost their way and because they con trol all three branches of the U.S. government, they can do anything they want. We must bring back the checks and balances that will bring transparency.TheCalvary is coming.BillPreisBridgton

So, I guess we can safe ly say that Democrats have somehow crossed over to the Twilight Zone. To the Rev. Plaisted’s liege Joseph, based on your last letter, let me get this straight. The students who voluntarily took out loans to pursue their degrees in Art Appreciation and Basket Weaving, and now sit staring at their iPhones and iPads, drinking their double mocha lattes at a Starbucks wondering how they’re going to afford buying a new house as well as pay off the debt they voluntarily signed up for, are as deserving of financial benefits as the GI’s who were drafted, left their X-GENS, Page 8B

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Music on Main features Motor Booty Affair, 6 to 9 p.m., 144 Main Street, Bridgton. Free of charge. Food trucks, vendors, beer garden.

18th Maine Lakes Brewfest, 12 to 4 p.m., Point Sebago Resort, 261 Casco Road, Casco. 21-plus only, ID required. Online ticket sales only, no tickets at the game, gblrcc.org/ brewfest/ Music on Main features American Ride and Bryan Frates, 6 to 9 p.m., 144 Main Street, Bridgton. Free of charge. Food trucks, vendors, beer garden.

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Activities1. include Friday night Homecoming game on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. followed by bonfire. On Saturday morning, Oct. 1, there will be golf at Bridgton Highlands Country Club, time to be announced. Social gathering at the American Legion Hall in Naples from 5 to 9 p.m. with buffet dinner catered by Beacon Bar and Bistro of Naples. Music and dancing will be provided by The Visitors. Cash bar. Cost is $30. For more information or to RSVP, contact jackiebartlett2014@gmail.com

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The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club will host a Community Kettle at the Bridgton Community Center on Depot Street in Bridgton on today, Thursday, Sept. 22 from 5 to 6 p.m., or until the food runs

Fiber Arts, Sunday, Sept. 25, 1 to 3 p.m.

Guest speaker Enock Glidden at the Bridgton Community Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more infor mation, please contact the Bridgton Historical Society at 207-647-3699.

Girl Scouts, Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Saturday, September 24

Career Center, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Fitness Class with Dan Lyons, 6 to 8 a.m., today, Sept. 22.

Fall Harvest Festival. Denmark Congregational Church will be holding its 19th Fall Harvest Festival 9 a.m. to

1 p.m., rain or shine! If rain, the event will be held in the basement of the Denmark Municipal Building. The Festival will include a Harvest table, apples from Five Fields Farm, new potatoes from Green Thumb Farms, pumpkins from Foxdale Farm, corn stalks and raffle items, bake sale table, a lunch table with cider, coffee, chili and muffins and a wide variety of vendors.

Mahjong, Friday, Sept. 123, 1 to 4 p.m., new players welcome.

Menu: Roast chicken, mac & cheese, green beans, tossed salad and cookies for dessert. The meal is free to the public. Donations are gratefully accepted.

FRYEBURG — The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, will begin its 16th season on Saturday, Oct. 22, with a live trans mission of Cherubini’s Medea, a Met-premiere production starring soprano

Book Shed Book Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot by the Bridgton Public Library Book Shed.

Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library Speaker Series continues at 6.30 p.m. with a Zoom-only presentation for the whole family entitled, “A Seals’ Journey.” To join this event by Zoom, visit www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link. For a phone link or queries, contact the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library at (207) 925-3177.

Sunday, October 9 Pancake breakfast. Harrison Lions will be having an all-you-can-eat pancake (blueberry, chocolate chip or plain), French toast, sausage, juice and coffee breakfast, 7:30 to 11 a.m. at Long Lake Park (next to the Village Tie Up). Rain date following Sunday.

cheap political stunt, using immigrants as props for his Un-American and reckless transportation, calling it a humanitarian disaster! Hillary called it Human Trafficking. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) called for an investigation, suggesting that the immi grants may have been kid napped during this inhumane stunt.Of course, we see 5,000 to 7,000 illegals walk across the southern border each day, compared to 50 in one day in Martha’s Vineyard, home of the But,elites.this was not a cheap political stunt, It was a bril liant political move that exposed the hypocrisy of the Democrat policy of open borders and sanctuary cities — it was like the shot heard around the world.

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Inrole.addition to Medea, the 2022–23 Live in HD season will feature two more com pany premieres, both led by

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Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Kevin Puts’s The Hours, in its world-premiere production, starring the powerhouse trio of soprano Renée Fleming, mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato, and soprano Kelli O’Hara, and the Met premiere of Terence Blanchard’s first opera, “Champion,” about the life of boxer Emile Griffith.

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

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tattered and quite literally disintegrating in places, is to our knowledge the last poster which remains to proclaim the noble tradition of Bridgton’s once mighty fair, whose memory is now fast lapsing into an unde served oblivion. But there is fresh hope to this tale.

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Fairness Credit Program for both homeowners and rent ers. The program now pro vides a one-time boost in the maximum benefit from $750 to $1,000 for incomeeligible families, and $1,200 to $1,500 for older Mainers.

Live in HD audiences will also have the chance to see Michael Mayer’s celebrated production of Verdi’s La Traviata starring soprano Nadine Sierra as Violetta; and the return of two of Robert Carsen’s productions, includ ing Verdi’s Falstaff, with baritone Michael Volle sing ing the title role in his first Verdi opera at the Met, and Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, with soprano Lise Davidsen and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as the Marschallin and Octavian.Livein

coming across our porous border (many of whom come from places other than Mexico or Central and South America). Fine. But when you dare to make any type of comparison between our military veterans and the coddled 20-somethings of today, it’s shameful and pathetic.

Perhaps the greatest item yet preserved from the old Bridgton Fair is the only known local Fair Poster, now 132 years old, proclaiming the advent of the Bridgton Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Club’s annual Exhibition on Oct. 7-8, 1890, which I reproduce here (within this column) in miniature, since at pres ent it is in too poor a state of preservation to exhibit. We hope through the gen erosity of our members to one day have it profession ally conserved, to guaran tee it will survive the com ing ages and, in its quiet way, continue to speak of the reality of an important part of our cultural his tory. This fragile fly-leaf,

every station, if it offered opinion programming, to broadcast contrary opinions on the same show. In 1987, Ronald Reagan’s FCC abol ished it. Soon after, Rush Limbaugh was hired to host his nationally syndicated talk-radio show, and away we went, into our “informa tion silos,” where no con trary ideas can penetrate. One way to solve our selfimposed ignorance would be to eliminate those silos by restoring The Fairness Doctrine. We can hope. There are other reasons why people don’t acquire

fresh knowledge. It’s hard work, and some people are just too lazy. Nothing could be clearer about the great MAGA-GUY. Unless he’s really fascinated by some thing, he couldn’t care less about learning it. He brags about how he doesn’t read, preferring instead to “go with his gut.” Trusting gut instinct is a poor, unreliable substitute for knowledge. As Charles Dickens wrote in “A Christmas Carol,” the rum bling of our intestines may be no more than “an undi gested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone

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But it is really in the years after the Civil War that the Agricultural Fair movement begins to proliferate locally, with Harrison first organiz ing and putting on a Fair in 1871. Harrison held this fair all through the 1870s, and in 1880 the Harrison Farmer’s Club was joined by members of Bridgton’s own burgeon ing agricultural societies, and the event was renamed the Harrison and Bridgton Fair and Cattle Show. This joint effort would run through 1883 when Bridgton at last decided it was too much trouble hauling everything to Harrison, and resolved to host our own fair here beside the old Town Hall, the first of which was celebrated there in 1884.These associations met to transact much the same sort of business they still do today, at least on paper; the judging of the best agricultural products of the district, the awarding of diplomas and ribbons for premiums, and the exhibi tion of the newest farming procedures and equipment to benefit and reward the local farmers of the district. There was also horse rac ing, oxen pulling, and the occasional pig scramble to entertain the general public, and once in a great while, a hot air balloon ascension.

And while today, these elements are surly still a part of our surviving fairs – indeed the fair could not happen without the legal business of judging and awarding prizes – yet most of the folks I know who throng the Fryeburg Fairgrounds every year as passing tourists are more interested in the conces sions, the rides, and the indomitable Midway, those exciting elements which, in the 1880s, were still a good-ways yet to come.

Aside from stabilizing property taxes for older Mainers, the Legislature passed a measure to restore the state’s Property Tax Deferral Program, which allows qualifying individu als to postpone paying the property taxes on their homesteads until they pass away, move or sell their propertyTolearn more about eligibility and application requirements for all of Maine’s property tax relief programs, visit www.maine.

families behind, spent 2 to 4 years in dirty, smelly foxholes, eating K-rations, never knowing if they were going to live another hour or not?I’m glad you like pay ing double for gas and heating oil, 30% more for food, and think everyone should pay for the millions of undocumented aliens

HD tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65-plus), and $10 for students. Purchase tickets online at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac, or call the box office at 207-544-9066.TheLHE/PAC is located at 18 Bradley Street in Fryeburg on the campus of Fryeburg Academy.

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Services has identified technical issues with imple menting the new law. While changes to the program are likely, those who are eligi ble should still apply before the Dec. 1 deadline.

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their town common in 1863 – the first if I am not mistak en to ever come to that town.

So, perhaps the olden fairs do not on the surface so well resemble all they have become today, but rest assured that beneath all the glitz and glamor of the neon lights and spun-sugar

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State Representative Jessica Fay is serv ing her third term in the Maine Legislature and represents parts of Casco, Poland and Raymond. She serves on the OversightandFinancialAppropriationsLegislature’sandAffairsCommitteetheGovernmentCommittee.

The old Bridgton Fair, first held by the Bridgton Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Club and latterly by the Bridgton Agricultural Association, remained a yearly part of Bridgton’s harvest season until 1931, a period which – if we include the four joint fairs with Harrison in the early 1880s – represents a contin ued period of 51 years oper ation. So, one would think then, after more than a half a century of local fairs, that more in connection with these grand old exhibitions would have survived for our review today. But sadly, this does not appear to be the case. In the archives of the Bridgton Historical Society, we regret to tell that precious little can be found remaining from the old fairs. In a collection of institutional records, we do retain an archive of about 20 years of programs, a box of surplus ribbons from 1929, and various judges’ books, while certain pri vate family collections furnish us with scattered horse racing scorecards and prize diplomas, but even so our available information on the old fairs is greatly limited. Only three photo graphs of the old fair have

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candy-floss, even today these old familiar insti tutions are still plugging along in this 21st Century just as well as they once did in their boyhoods of nearly two centuries past.

survived for our review today, and none are very large or detailed. There is also an excellent scrapbook of horse racing ephemera preserved in the archives of the University of Maine, which we hope to digitize soon.To that end, if any of our readers know of any artifacts or papers in con nection with the old fair, still hiding away in attics or preserved as heirlooms among local families, our historical society would be very pleased to examine them, as we have a mind to make up a case on the old fair in the redesigned museum space once we transfer to the Methodist church next year.

For by way of events like our recent Harvest Moon Festival, it now appears we may someday rescue this tradition from the shadows of our past, even if only partly. Last Saturday, it surely felt as though we had. While if you’d asked me five years ago if the old fair would ever return, I’d have most

One new program, called the Property Tax Stabilization Program, will freeze property taxes for those who are 65 years and older. While intended to keep Mainers in their homes, there are a few issues with this program that will likely need to be addressed dur ing the next legislative ses sion. Municipalities across Maine have expressed con cerns that costs may fall to them, and Maine Revenue

gov/revenue/taxes.Theneedforsafe, afford able housing in our com munity will persist. While the Legislature continues to work closely with housing advocates and municipali ties to address our longterm housing needs, prop erty tax relief programs like these will help provide the immediate relief we need to stay in our homes.

certainly said “no,” today I’m not so sure. How about you?Till next time!

potato.” Lazy shortcuts rare ly produce either knowledge or wisdom.“Ignorance is bliss” applies only to cynical manipulators, who exploit it to keep themselves in power. They offer lies and fantasies to people handicapped by lack of access to reliable information. MAGA-cultists might as well be medieval serfs. Powerful people hate truth. Ignorant people are their best friends.

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Four additional new productions will be presented throughout the season: Giordano’s Fedora with soprano Sonya Yoncheva in the title role; Wagner’s Lohengrin star ring tenor Piotr Beczała; and two Mozart operas conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, including a cinematic staging of Don Giovanni by Ivo van Hove and Simon McBurney’s production of Die Zauberflöte, which raises the orchestra pit to allow interaction with the cast.