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  • In Ye Olden Times: Golden quotes of country wisdow

    By Mike Davis BN Columnist Howdy neighbor! I am so very happy today to announce a slight change in form here at The News, which I am sure all of our discerning readers will have already noticed this past month; for the last three issues, on the front-page and appearing as part of the masthead, […]

  • In Ye Olden Times: The First (Modern) Olympic Games

    By Mike Davis BN Columnist Howdy neighbor! It’s that time again; America’s best athletes have once more voyaged far beyond seas to compete upon the international stage in behalf of our country, striving in honorable contest against the rival nations of the world to bring home the golden medallions and laurel crowns of the grand […]

  • In Ye Olden Times — A Community Fourth of July

    By Mike Davis BN Columnist Howdy neighbor! Our small town sure fills up for Independence Day, doesn’t it? Now, I don’t have any hard statistics for this year’s attendance numbers yet, though I’m sure someone somewhere in the town office is busy tabulating the data even now, but speaking just anecdotally, doesn’t it feel like […]

  • In Ye Olden Times: The case of Bridgton’s stolen Boston Post Cane

    By Michael Davis Guest Columnist Howdy neighbor! In our last issue, I was pleased to see featured as a front-page story the recent transferal of the town of Brownfield’s Boston Post Cane to Mrs. Della Smith, who at 95 years of age is the oldest legal citizen of that town. And as this story involves […]

  • The mystery of Martha’s headstone

    By Michael Davis Special to The News Howdy neighbor! On the edge of a swamp in the woods off North Bridgton’s Middle Ridge, cast up along a languid bending of Roger Brook and overspread by shadowy pine, a single headstone can be found laid out as on a bier of moss. Despite its position perilously […]

  • In Ye Olden Days — Look back to 1918 & Spanish Flu

    By Mike Davis Assistant Executive Director Bridgton Historical Society Hello Neighbors! This week’s column seems much too timely, given the state of things today, but it was our determination that the following information may prove useful to the public. What we’ve selected for today are excerpts from a lengthy interview which ran in the Bridgton […]

  • Family keeps war stories alive

    By Dawn De Busk Staff Writer HARRISON — Jean Robbins Peacock has been planning this family outing for about a year. Along the way — in the many months before coming to Harrison for Veterans Day — Jeanne and her brother Charlie Robbins learned about the journey their Uncle Joseph Pitts Robbins took during his […]

  • One on One with…Michael Davis — Leader of 250th Bridgton birthday bash driven by passion for history

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer Michael Davis was worried. The clocking was ticking and little planning had been done to prepare for Bridgton’s 250th anniversary. “At first, the town wanted to take care of it. They tried to form an Events Committee, but no one volunteered,” said Davis, who is Bridgton Historical Society’s Board […]

  • Bridgton architectural survey underway

    If you see someone walking around North or South High Street, the downtown area or Portland Street in Bridgton, or Portland Road carrying a clipboard and a camera, it’s just Bridgton Historical Society volunteers getting started on a survey that will create an inventory of the town’s historic structures and resources. They will be photographing […]

  • Mill land sale prompts citizen petition drive to change process

    By Wayne E. Rivet Staff Writer The sale of town-owned property at the Saunders Mill site to the developer of a proposed 68-unit hotel has sparked a petition drive to require a competitive bid process. In question is Bridgton selectmen’s decision to sell .75 acres (town-owned), which was used by the former dowel mill as […]