The trail includes over 70 barn quilts and is part of the largest grass roots art installation in the country
Dee Menear
Staff Writer
Dee Menear is an award-winning journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in community news. She is the editor and staff writer for The Rangeley Highlander. She has worked for the Franklin Journal, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Advertiser Democrat, Daily Bulldog and Original Irregular. Dee enjoys live local music, cooking, hunting, fishing and hiking.
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White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival returns June 6 & 7
Are you curious about fly fishing? Maybe you already love it and are eager to learn more. Whether you’re a beginner, an enthusiast, or somewhere in between, we have an event for you at the Rangeley Inn on June 6 and 7: the White Nose Pete Fly Fishing Festival. If you’ve ever visited the Outdoor […]
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Feasting on foraged fiddleheads
If you’ve taken a walk in the forest or along the banks of a river, stream or brook, chances are you’ve stumbled across the delicate fan-like leaves of ferns. In the spring, ferns awaken from winter dormancy and new life begins to sprout on dark brown crowns. For many ferns, the sprouts appear as a […]
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2025 Rangeley Birding Festival
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust teams up with Saddleback Mountain for the annual festival which takes place June 5-8.
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Rangeley to address police overdraft at special town meeting on April 8
The projected $95,000 overdraft is due, in part, to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement being ratified prior to the adoption of the current budget.
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Rangeley school board approves 2025-26 budget
RSU 78 Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the proposed $5.9 million budget. The open format budget hearing will be held on May 6 at Rangeley Lakes Regional School.
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Laliberte receives MPA Principal’s Award
RANGELEY — Brook Laliberte of Rangeley, a senior at Rangeley Lakes Regional School has been selected to receive the 2025 Principal’s Award, Principal Georgia Campbell announced Wednesday, March 19. The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. When asked about Brooke, these […]
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Smalls to the Wall scheduled for April 19
The whitewater kayak Steep Creek Race will take place at Smalls Falls and Chandler Mill Stream.
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Rangeley Police and Fire calls for February 2025
RANGELEY — Each month Rangely Police Chief Richard Caton IV and Rangeley Fire Rescue Chief Michael Bacon submit their respective department’s data to Town Manager Joe Roach. The data, which includes a breakdown of calls for service, is included in information packets provided to the Board of Selectmen prior to a regular meeting. Here is […]
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Wandering: Hooked
“It’s all about the fishing and not at all about the fishing,” Bonnie Holding former Casting for Recovery Maine program coordinator