With 14,000 miles of trails and incredible views, help ensure Maine remains a snowmobiler’s paradise. Have respect for private landowners. The majority of Maine’s snowmobile trails are on private land. Stay on marked trails and remember that modified exhausts are illegal. Always follow the rules and help keep Maine’s trails open. Be safe and smart. Always operate your snowmobile at a safe and reasonable speed […]
2020
Posted inFranklin, Maine, Maine Crime
Wilton man arrested after a police chase ends in Augusta crash
Dillan W. Hatch, 27 of Wilton, was arrested after leading Kennebec Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through Manchester and Augusta.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Health groups propose statewide network of ‘low-barrier’ drug treatment clinics
The pilot proposal, which carries a price tag of $920,000, comes at a time when drug overdose deaths appear to be rising again despite efforts to tackle the problem.
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down
THUMBS UP: RRG&SA wants to thank the couple who lives here in Oquossoc for their donations of 2 very large XMAS baskets for our XMAS Party raffle with the profits going to the children’s programs we put on all year!! THUMBS UP to Brian and Sue Anderson of the Hungry Trout for offering the wonderful […]
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December Savage Stats
Temperature Maximum: 45° Date: 12/15 Minimum: -16° Date: 12/8 Average True Temp: 28.03° Precipitation Total for month: 2.51″ Greatest: .45″ Date: 12/15 Daily Average: .0694 Year to Date: 43.619“ Snow Total: 10.48” Snow on the Ground First Day: 14” Snow on the Ground Last Day: 5″ Season to Date: 24.48″ Wind Peak: 40 Date: 12/16 Low: […]
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Haley Pond Highlights
On Monday January 20th, RLRS PTA hosted Winterkids at Haley Pond-an opportunity for students to experience activities on ice including skating, ice hockey, and curling. The temperature was a mild 10 degrees, but all of the kids enjoyed themselves especially those trying to skate for the first time. Haley Pond’s skating areas are available […]
Posted inMaine, News
Five overdose deaths so far this month have Portland on alert
Police say the rash of overdoses is concerning and yet another sign that the state’s prolonged opioid crisis has not abated.
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Scrappy Chef: A Gadget Graveyard?
Every drawer in your kitchen, ours for sure, is filled with kitchen gadgets, utensils and small hand tools. An accumulation of hand me downs, borrowed, gifted or bought. The odds and ends you thought was a good idea but never used. It seems there’s a gadget for everything, especially those fancy ones that have that […]
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We Are Protected
Many people go through life just accepting things as they happen. They shrug their shoulders and consider themselves lucky to have escaped injury. If they had left a minute or two later, they just may have been involved in that car crash. A lot of times these are written off as co-incidence. I have […]
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15-year-old Coco Gauff upsets defending champ at Australian Open
Naomi Osaka loses in two sets to the American teenager. And Serena Williams suffers her earliest exit from the Australian Open in 14 years.