With the uncertainty surrounding the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, The News will suspend the print edition indefinitely.

A newspaper’s financial lifeblood is advertising, and with so many stores and restaurants now dark due to the virus, the flow of working capital is barely a trickle. With the plan to restart the print edition once this pandemic ends, resources will be needed, thus the decision to suspend publishing at this point.

However, The News will work hard to continue to provide readers with news as it occurs here in the Lake Region. Articles generated by staff along with items received via e-mail (notices, letters to the editor, police logs etc.) will be posted regularly on the website. There will be no charge to view this material. The News office is closed at this time, but information can be sent via e-mail at: bnews@roadrunner.com

As always, if you have a story idea or a story to tell, we want to hear from you. Send us a line or story at our e-mail address. If you send a photo, please send it as a JPEG, actual size.

In regards to our paid subscribers — both print and digital — accounts will be somewhat “frozen in time,” meaning for as long as the print edition is suspended, that time will be back ended, thus pushing the subscription expiration date back. 

We certainly value and appreciate our readers and advertisers, and will continue to work hard to keep you informed during these difficult times. Everyone’s top priority right now should be taking all necessary steps to stay healthy. If we comply with what is being asked of all of us by our medical community, we — together — can put a stop to COVID-19 and ultimately return to normalcy.

Stay healthy!

Wayne E. Rivet

Publisher

The Bridgton News