The new pandemic relief bill includes stimulus checks (or direct deposit) for most Americans, and scammers are already taking advantage of the news. BBB is getting reports of con artists claiming that you need to either pay for your stimulus check or provide personal information to receive it. Watch out for scam calls as this new government […]
Stephanie Dellavalle
Stephanie Dellavalle has been the general manager and editor of The Rangeley Highlander since 2013 and writes about the community and events in the area. A graduate of Hunter College in NYC, she and her husband are empty-nesters who live in the village of Oquossoc in Rangeley.
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Property Spotlight: Super Sweet Cottage on Quimby Pond
SUPER SWEET on QUIMBY POND!! Seasonal 1BR cottage offers comfortable living all on one level. Fabulous views of the pond and Ephraim Ridge from the open living/kitchen area. Spacious deck great for entertaining and relaxing. Gradual slope to 100′ frontage with dock. Quiet setting – listen to the loons, gaze at the stars. Fully updated […]
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Free Snowshoe Sky Tour with Northern Skies Planetarium
Rangeley, ME – John Meader, owner of The Northern Skies Planetarium will lead a night snowshoe at the Rangeley Lakes Trails Center the evening of Tuesday, January 12 at 6 pm. Since 1987 the Northern Skies Planetarium has traveled across Maine schools and libraries educating children in an inflatable star theater. The pandemic has created […]
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Covid Closes Town Office
Due to someone associated with the Rangeley Town Office testing positive for Covid-19 the Town Office is closed to the public from December 31, 2020 until January 11, 2021. As a result of the office closure the January 4, 2021 Board of Selectmen’s meeting was conducted via Zoom. District 17 State Senator Russell Black briefly […]
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Nature and Science
The author of the essay on nature appearing below spent many years as a Rangeley resident until moving to NH. His love of the area’s beauty was never lost, and so it was appropriate to write as shown. GCA ____________________________________________________________________________ Return to nature The gracious hovering of hummingbirds, the yellow finches, and all the […]
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December Savage Stats
Temperature Maximum: 56° Date: 12/2 Minimum: -4° Date: 12/16 Average True Temp: 21.2258 ° Precipitation Total for month: 5.03″ Greatest: 1.55″ Date: 12/6 Daily Average: 0.162258” Year to Date: 40.729” Snow Total: 17.68” Snow on the Ground First Day: 0” Snow on the Ground Last Day: 2” Season to Date: 20.788″ Wind Peak: 45 Date: […]
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‘Splaining The Plant Base
The sign said “The Impossible Burger”, and Burger King, putting the original whopper next to a look-a-like whopper pretending to be a “real” whopper actually made of plants, and even giving it a name…”The impossible burger”~. They have been advertising the heck out of it, grown construction type of men being offered a burger made […]
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Assessment
Yes, I know it is only 4 am when I write this little ditty. But you see, the day started out quite a bit earlier. I put in a movie last night because there was not anything good on the Dish. Well, I will admit I have seen this movie at least once or twice […]
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Franklin Memorial Hospital administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to front-line caregivers
Farmington, Maine – Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) administered the first vaccinations for COVID-19 to its front-line caregivers today after receiving a shipment of 500 Moderna doses this morning. At approximately 1:15 p.m. Melody Hill, BSN, RN, became the first care team member at Franklin Memorial Hospital to receive the vaccine. Hill is a nurse who has […]
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Saddleback opens slopes after 5-year closure
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — On a cold, windy Tuesday morning in Sandy River Plantation, Saddleback Mountain was back in business. The embattled ski area fired up its lifts for passholders, a first in more than five years of stalled operations after its former owners abruptly closed the mountain in 2015. Even with COVID-19 still looming, […]