2021 Rangeley Highlander Summer Guide dedicated in honor and memory of Gaylon “Jeep” Wilcox, The Woodland Bard 1935-2020

This is what summer is all about. Grilling or “cooking” out as some say, finally. We love grilling outside for many reasons. 1. The convection heat of the grill providing texture and tons of flavor to meat, vegetables, fruits, and fish and found to benefit our health, of some sorts, especially when the fat renders […]

(Editor’s note: Contemporary commentary in italics, otherwise copy is reprinted just as it was in 1896) Seen and Heard by the Lakeside Kimball & Bowley’s carriages, with the span of white horses, driven by George Church take you over the carry to Hayne’s Landing through a pleasant piece of wood and along a nice road. […]

  The Rangeley Region Guides & Sportsmen’s Association will host its Annual Strawberry Festival in the Oquossoc Park on Thursday, July 8th. The festival runs from 10AM – 3PM and features over 40 crafters and artists, many of whom are new to us this year. Of course, our famous fresh Strawberry Shortcake will be available along with selections off the grill and […]

The View from Mrs. Priest’s 4th Grade Classroom, 1953-54 and How Public Health Came to Rangeley A few years ago, in a vaguely familiar converted school building in Northern New England, I studied the globe lights suspended overhead, scrutinized the tall, tall windows, noticed the radiators and hardwood floors and, for a moment, I was […]