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The Many Newspapers of Bridgton

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All the News that's Fit to Print - and then Some!

A history of the many newspapers in Bridgton, Maine. Collection organized and cataloged by Mike Davis of the Bridgton Historical Society.

The Town of Bridgton has quite a surprising history when it comes to how its citizens received their news.

Unlike most small towns in Maine that even today lack a single newspaper to their name, the town of Bridgton has a long and vibrant tradition of journalism going back 160 years, the currents of which survive to this day. When Bridgton's first newspaper opened in 1858, it served a small, secluded industrial town of just over 2500 people. Today, while Bridgton is still a small town with a population of just over 5000, it nevertheless remains as much a hotbed of journalism as it ever has.

Despite out small size, you may be surprised to know that Bridgton has been served by no less than 7 full-size newspapers over the course of its existence; most of them spanning many years of publication, and all but two seeing publication concurrent with at least one other existing newspaper. If you're looking for a local event that's happened here sometime in the last century and half, you can bet someone in Bridgton was there to report on it!

The Many Newspapers of Bridgton
The Many Newspapers of Bridgton
The Many Newspapers of Bridgton
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