The Bridgewater Community Club will meet on Thursday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at the home of Edwena Whited, 427 Boundary Line Road, Bridgewater. The Community Club has been organized to promote friendship among women of all ages and to undertake projects that improve the community. Membership dues are one dollar per month, and all interested women are invited to attend. For more information, please contact Cheryl Porter at 429-8002.
On the first and third Thursday’s of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Community Center in Bridgewater, crafters are encouraged to join together to work on various projects. Bring your own supplies and projects as you share your knowledge of various crafts. Work together or individually with quilting, knitting, sewing, embroidery, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc. Everyone is welcome! For more information, please contact Chris Finemore at 425-6606 or Melody Goff at 420-4002. Come relax and enjoy yourself as you socialize with other crafters — and you.
Bridgewater Historical Association Book Sale
Would you like to buy a copy of the History of Bridgewater? To raise money for their Sesquicentennial events, the Bridgewater Historical Association has copies of the book, The History of Bridgewater by Annie Rideout for sale. The book is a hardcover and sells for $35 each ($29 plus $6 S/H). To avoid the shipping costs, books can be picked up at a BHA meeting. During the winter, the BHA meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Civic Center on Main Street in Bridgewater. Only prepaid orders will be accepted. For more information, contact Denis Gagne at 429-8290 or Jann Votaw at 425-7901. Orders with a check for $35 can also be sent to: Bridgewater Historical Association, P. O. Box 341, Bridgewater, ME 04735. Information on the BHA can also be found at www.bridgewatermaine.org.
The Bridgewater Sesquicentennial Committee has received copies of “The History of Bridgewater, Maine” written and originally published by Annie E., Rideout in 1953.
The Henrietta Bradstreet family and Helen Rideout, heirs to the copyright of the book, graciously granted written permission to the Sesquicentennial Committee to have the book reprinted as part of the town’s celebration activities planned for July 21 — 26.
The Committee received the permission just before Henrietta’s death this fall, and an Acknowledgement to the heirs of Annie Rideout has been included in the reprint of the book. Net proceeds from the sale of this copy of “The History of Bridgewater, Maine” will be donated to a charity designated by the Rideout heirs in memory of Megan Bradstreet, Henrietta’s great-granddaughter, who died in a tragic accident in 2005.
The cost of the book is $25 plus $1.25 sales tax plus $5.25 S/H for a total of $31.50. Anyone wishing to
purchase a copy can email Diane Clough at e&dclough@ainop.com, Rita Kingsbury at rmkme@ainop.com, or call Rita Kingsbury at 429-9359. 
Submitted photo
BOOK DONATION – The Bridgewater Historical Association donated a copy of “The History of Bridgewater” by Annie Rideout to the Bridgewater Grammar School. Pictured are, from the left, Denis Gagne – President, Jann Votaw – Secretary, Arlene Wiggins, School Librarian Jillianne Pendleton, Toby Hall – Historian, Dave McCleary and Stephanie Willette.
