The Rangeley Lakes High school Golf Team won the East-West Conference Championship for the 3rd year in a row, on September 29, at Lakewood Golf Course, with a combined score of 342 (top three golfers). The team, led by captain Trevor Dolbier, along with veteran junior Isabelle Whittier, and rookies, senior Abi Madrid and freshman […]

The Rangeley Lakes High school Golf Team won the East-West Conference Championship for the 3rd year in a row, on September 29, at Lakewood Golf Course, with a combined score of 342 (top three golfers). The team, led by captain Trevor Dolbier, along with veteran junior Isabelle Whittier, and rookies, senior Abi Madrid and freshman […]

AUGUST Temperature Maximum: 87° Date: 8/13 Minimum: 41° Date: 8/4 Average True Temp: 61.03° Precipitation Total for month: 2.432″ Greatest: 0.72″ Date: 8/14 Daily Average: 0.078452” Year to Date:18.356 Wind Peak: 31mph Date: 8/1 Low: 0 Date: Average Peak 13 mph Barometric Pressure High: 30.15 8/28 Low: 0 Wind Chill Low: 42° Date: 8/16 Humidity […]

The Rangeley Lakes Regional Middle and High School Drama Club presents Little Shop of Horrors at the RFA Lakeside Theater on November 19 – November 21. Showtimes are Nov 19 and 20 at 7PM and November 21 at 2PM. General admission tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to show time. Adult […]

The Rangeley Board of Selectmen received an update from their TIF Attorney Alyssa Tibbets at their October 4th meeting.  Rangeley’s Downtown Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) application has been approved by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.  The approval was not completed prior to the required August commitment date which means that the […]

The community gathered on the evening of October 6 to celebrate the completion of the Nancy A. Perlson Scenic Turnout and the Rangeley Region Wayfinding System. Nancy Perlson is well known in the region for her passion for conservation. For 18 years, she was Executive Director of Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust. Retired, she chooses to […]

The community gathered on the evening of October 6 to celebrate the completion of the Nancy A. Perlson Scenic Turnout and the Rangeley Region Wayfinding System. Nancy Perlson is well known in the region for her passion for conservation. For 18 years, she was Executive Director of Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust. Retired, she chooses to […]

The State of Maine November 2, 2021 ballot is available for absentee voting.  There are two Franklin County Referendum questions on this year’s ballot.  Question 1 asks if the position of elected County Treasurer should be abolished and replaced with a Treasurer appointed by the County Commissioners.  Question 2 asks voters if they favor increasing […]

Well summer has indeed slipped on by again. As the years roll on by, the summers go even faster. When you are young and just a little tyke, the summers are so long and filled with adventure. But after seventy plus summers, they go by with a gentle poof. It becomes fall again. And then […]

What follows please find a smattering of tidbits from the October 15, 1896 edition of THE RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. I hope you enjoy the wonderful simplicity of what was considered “newsworthy”. We certainly can learn a great deal from the past. Enjoy and have a great week! (Editor’s comments in Italics otherwise reprinted just as […]