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Stories about Carrabassett Valley

Sugarloaf to buy energy efficient snow guns

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — In an effort to avoid a repeat of last winter when the lack of natural snow kept skiers off the slopes, Sugarloaf ski area has announced plans to install 300 new energy-efficient snow-making machines. Sugarloaf spokesman Ethan Austin says a $300,000 grant from ...

The Associated Press • Business • Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 1:01 am

Carrabassett Valley students volunteer

On May 3, Carrabassett Valley Academy volunteered for an afternoon of golf course maintenance. Two bus-loads of CVA students and coaches were on hand to help Sugarloaf’s dedicated grounds crew rake, sweep and rid the fairways of debris. “It was a pleasure having the CVA students help ...

Connections • Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Sugarloaf wins $300,000 grant for low-energy snow guns

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — After a dismal snow season Sugarloaf announced Tuesday it would invest another $1 million in low-energy snow-making guns with the help of a $300,000 grant from Efficiency Maine. “After the weather we saw last w...

Staff report • Franklin • Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Bangor man proposes to running partner at finish line of Sugarloaf road race

KINGFIELD, Maine — When Michael Glynn reached the finish line of Sunday’s Sugarloaf 15K road race, he immediately went to one knee. But he wasn’t reeling physically from the 9.3-mile run along state Route 27 from Carrabassett Valley to downtown Kingfield. In fact, ...

Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News • Franklin • Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 9:09 am

Briefly

National Day of Prayer WILTON/FARMINGTON — The public is invited to join in this year's area National Day of Prayer events. These events are organized according to Judeo-Christian values. The theme will be "One Nation Under God" and take place on Thursday, May 3, at ...

• Connections • Thursday, May 3, 2012

Students serve as honorary pages in Senate

Carrabassett Valley Academy students who are members of the CVAJ2 Alpine National Team served as honorary pages in the Maine Senate on April 5. They are pictured here at the Senate President’s rostrum with Sen. Tom Saviello (R-Wilton). From left are Coach Sam Pelletier, Jamie Marshall, Max ...

Connections • Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Steel bands will converge at Sugarloaf

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The 22nd annual Pan NE Steelband Festival will be held Sunday, May 6, starting at 10 a.m. under the tent in front of the Sugarloaf Inn. Among the bands from throughout New England that will play are the Western Mountain Trash Can Band and students in the MSAD 58...

• Encore • Wednesday, April 18, 2012

More sandals than ski boots at Reggae Fest on Sugarloaf Mountain

Sugarloaf Reggae Fest 2012
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Apr 14, 2012
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CARRABASSETT VALLEY — At “the beach,” the courtyard by the main lodge where hundreds crowded in to listen to reggae at Sugarloaf's 24th annual Bud Light Reggae Festival on Saturday, more people wore sandals than boots. Temperatures were in the 60s for most of the day. Sug...

Tony Reaves, Staff Writer • Franklin • Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 9:09 pm

Report: EMTs followed protocol in Sugarloaf accident

AUGUSTA — The state board that oversees the licensing of paramedics and emergency medical technicians has voted to dismiss a complaint filed by the widow of a Canadian man who died after a ski accident at Sugarloaf Mountain in January. A report issued Wednesday by Jay Bradshaw, direc... 17

Staff report • Franklin • Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1:01 pm

Castafari headlines reggae festival at Sugarloaf

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf’s 24th annual Bud Light Reggae Festival on April 12-15 will feature headlining artist Castafari, a bevy of bands and a return of the popular reggae rave. The rave, first introduced last year, will run from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday night on The ...

• Encore • Wednesday, March 21, 2012

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