Mr. Bridges was born in Concord New Hampshire and as a young boy summered in Wolfeboro. Some of his fondest memories were of working at Goodhue and Hawkins Navy Yard and on the steamship, the Swallow. In the 70s John served as director of Safety Services, N.H. Marine Patrol, and founded Island Real Estate in 1979. John served on various state boards over the years, including trustee of the Youth Development Center, Department of Environmental Services, Water Council, Water Resources, Moorings Appeal Board and he was a committee member of the Milfoil Committee. In the early 1990s, he was known for his folksy weather reports from his summer home on Barndoor Island.
I met him soon after I moved to Wolfeboro in the early 90s. I got to know him a little better when he and his son attended a class I taught at Kingswood HS Adult Ed. I'm proud to have known him. He had every right to be a magniloquent person but was just a kind giving gentle man.
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