Maine game wardens recover body of missing paddleboarder

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 3, 2026

The body of a Standish man who drowned Thursday while paddleboarding on a lake in Poland has been recovered by the Maine Warden Service. Maine Warden Service divers recovered the body of Todd Bradeen, age 51 of Standish, in Lower Ranger Pond at around 8 a.m. Friday in water approximately 30 feet deep and 200 feet from shore. He did not have his leg attached with the tether rope to the paddleboard, and was not wearing a life jacket. The wind pushed the paddleboard away from him, and after attempting to swim and catch up to it, he eventually went underwater and did not resurface.