Franklin Savings Bank has announced the retirement of longtime Rangeley Branch Manager Leeanna Wilbur and has named Seth Noonkester as her successor. “After 41 years of dedication to Franklin Savings Bank and the Rangeley community, it is hard to imagine the Rangeley branch without Leeanna,” said Morgan Allarie, senior vice president, director of branch administration […]

Each year The Rangeley Highlander hopes to shed a little light on the young adults who make up the graduating class in the hopes we can get to know them a bit better.  The questions vary each year and the graduating students have a lot on their plates so they are given the option of […]

May 27 – Friday American Red Cross Blood Drive 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Rangeley Family Medicine Call 1-800-733-2767 for more information Movie: Cyrano 5:00 PM RFA Lakeside Theater Call (207) 864-5000 for more information May 28 – Saturday Artist Reception: John Hooper Woodcarvings & Giuseppe Ribaudo Textiles 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM RFA Lakeside […]

The RSU #78 Board of Education met on April 5, 2022. There were two presentations on how staff utilized the additional planning time from the early release for the Ski Tuesday program. The first presentation was from Doris Mitchell, representing grades 3 through 5, and the second presentation was from the High School Team. Holly […]

  Nearly 100 people recently attended the evening of music to honor the people of Ukraine at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The Concert included music by the Rangeley Ringers, Sue Downes-Borko, Robert Ludwig, Sam Meehan, Michelle Cerminara and many more.  All of music was written for or by the people of Ukraine and […]

The parishioners of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish would like to extend an invitation to all to join them for the first Mass of the 2022 season at their historic church in Oquossoc. Mass will take place on Sunday, May 29th at 7:30 AM. The church is located at 39 Rangeley Avenue in Oquossoc. […]

The following short articles appeared in the June 4, 1896, edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. In our last installment, we shared how the 1896 New York Sporting Exposition had concluded and Miss Cornelia Fly Rod Crosby, who was in charge of the Maine booth there, had blackballed the RANGELEY LAKES Outing Edition (10,000 extra […]

Thank you and congratulations to Alice (Quimby) Smith who was, earlier this month, presented with the Maine 2021 Spirit of America Foundation award. The letter from State of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows lauded Smith for “countless years of civic dedication and service to not just Rangeley, but across the state of Maine. From […]

A public hearing for two new Liquor Licenses was held prior to the start of the May 16, 2022 Rangeley Board of Selectmen’s meeting.  Classic Provisions located at 2455 Main Street in downtown Rangeley applied for an on premises beer and wine license and Porta House located on Route 17 in Oquossoc (formerly Parallel 45) […]

All persons charged are innocent until proven guilty 05/14/2022 0431hrs, Sgt. Close responded to a car vs. deer accident on the Rumford Road in Rangeley Plt. Mark Whitney (67) of Rangeley Plt. was driving a 2020 Nissan when the collision occurred. 0808hrs, Deputy Cusson received a complaint of a truck hauling garbage had bags falling […]