Rangeley area fall festival for families will be taking place September 28th from 10am-1pm at the Rangeley Health and Wellness Pavilion! There will be food, games, and activities galore! Join us for a farmer’s market, apple press, pumpkin painting, touch-a-truck, face painting, corn hole, arts & crafts, music, and more! This is a free and […]
2019
Posted inCommunity Sports
YMCA basketball skills and drills for Pre-K and Kindergarten students begin Oct. 21
AUBURN — This is an instructional program for boys and girls in Pre-K and Kindergarten who are learning the game of basketball. Players will be introduced to the basic skills and rules through drills and interactive games. Pre-K will be Mondays from 4:15-5 p.m. starting on Oct. 21-Dec. 9. The kindergarten class will be on […]
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Hurricane Dorian to bring rain to Maine on Saturday
High thin clouds ahead of Hurricane Dorian will continue to stream over Maine today. At this time, it still looks like the state will be on the edge of the hurricane’s precipitation shield. Heaviest rainfall should be confined to the coast Saturday. At its closest pass, Dorian should be within 300 miles of the Maine […]
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Maine companies hailed for sustainability, social justice efforts
The 5 companies are recognized for exceptional dedication to community, social justice, worker rights, customers support and being agents of change.
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Maine Bats: A Question of Survival
Maine Master Naturalist Jan Collins will be at the Rangeley Public Library on Wednesday, September 11th, at 6:00 PM to discuss Maine bats. In Rangeley, summer evenings just ten years ago were filled with little brown bats swooping and diving for mosquitos. Now we will consider ourselves lucky if we ever see a little brown […]
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine, Sports
Search our online database of 2019 Deer Permit Lottery winners
Maine intends to issue a little more than 68,000 any deer permits this year. That represents a reduction of about 20 percent from the previous deer season. The firearms season for deer takes place in November.
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Invasion of the Frog Jumpers at Blueberry Festival
An army of frogs invaded Rangeley’s annual Blueberry Festival on August 15. “Army” is the term for a group of frogs, and it accurately describes the 36 frogs and 1 toad who took part in the Frog and Toad Jumping Contest at the Festival – the most contenders in a single contest since 2000 (when […]
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A weakened Dorian howls over North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Hurricane Dorian is howling over North Carolina’s Outer Banks — a much weaker but still dangerous version of the storm that wreaked havoc in the Bahamas
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Skorts
Have you ever heard of the word “skorts.” I had never heard of it and I wish I had never learned of it. Let’s go back in time at least 40 years or so. I was in the Caribbean vacationing with my great friend (now dead) with his wife (now dead). We dripped money, and […]
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Trump campaign names LePage honorary chairman in Maine
Joe Turcotte, the Republican National Committee’s director for Maine, will serve as the campaign’s state director.