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š± How Bridgtonās lost maternity unit fits a growing statewide trend.
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In today's newsletter:
- How Bridgtonās lost maternity unit fits a growing statewide trend.
Also on today's calendar: Vanessa Jones Duo at Lakeside Pines.
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? š¤ (Answer below!)
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š° News we're reading
ā¢ Where labor and delivery stands in Maine (wgme.com) ā Bridgton residents are already living with the loss of local labor and delivery services, after Bridgton Hospital closed its maternity unit in 2021 due to staffing shortages and low birth rates. This statewide look at hospital closures shows how rural families, including those in Bridgton, now travel farther for prenatal care and childbirth as MaineHealth weighs another potential closure in Damariscotta. 
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The Clements Brothers: The HAYLOFT at Dragonfly Barn ā
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Vanessa Jones Duo at Lakeside Pines ā
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Tuesday August 11
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Outings with Erika ā Greater Lovell Land Trust ā
Greater Lovell Land Trust, 208 Main St, Lovell
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Music & Movement ā
Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St, Norway
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An Evening with Maine Authors X ā
Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Rd, Brownfield
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Brownfield Day 2026 ā
Brownfield Community Center, 90 Main St, Brownfield
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Oxbow Beer Garden (Oxford) w/ Nora Haynes ā
Oxbow Brewing Company - Oxford (Beer Garden), 420 Main St, Oxford
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Rain Date Golf - Mini Golf Charity Tournament
Naples Public Library 940 Roosevelt Trail, Naples, me 04055
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Storytime ā Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, Lovell, Maine {Incorporated 1901} ā
Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library, 227 Main St, Lovell
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Barry Arvin Young ā
Point Sebago Resort, 261 Point Sebago Rd, Casco
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Sebago Long Lake Music Festival Program V ā
Deertrees Theatre, 156 Deertrees Rd, Harrison
7:00 pm
Thursday August 6
Friday August 7
Saturday August 8
Monday August 10
Tuesday August 11
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Sodexo, Inc. posted a job opening for Housekeeper - Bridgton Hospital in Bridgton. Apply here.
- Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Transportation Worker I at State of Maine in Bridgton, Maine in Bridgton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bridgton here.
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- Obituary: Keith Elton Pollis (sunjournal.com)
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- NASA Psyche Mission Faces Puzzle: Asteroid Collisions Restart Planetary Magnetic Fields (techtimes.com)
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