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New Milbridge Theatre being built
MILBRIDGE It’s been six years since the Milbridge Theatre went dark and seeing movies there ceased being a local pastime. Built by Charlie Murch in 1937, the Main Street theater closed after its last owner, Dave Parsons, died in 2014. Subsequent snowstorms further damaged the already deteriorated historic structure, most of which was razed save for the taco stand in 2017. 
Earlier this week, the theater’s revival, and the promise of movie-going there again, became a reality as Milbridge officials, merchants and citizens ceremoniously thrust shovels in the ground to begin construction of the new Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center on Main Street. Gateway Milbridge, a nonprofit group that promotes downtown economic and cultural revitalization, led a successful campaign to first purchase the theater and raise more than $400,000 to “Bring Back the Milbridge Theatre” at 26 Main St. Schoodic Insurance, Kelco Industries, Wyman� ....

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