Camdan Carmichael has returned home to serve a community he knows and loves. He was hired recently from among several applicants to be the Fire Rescue Department’s first full-time firefighter, Chief Michael Bacon said. Voters approved the position in July. He started the job on Monday. Rangeley has been growing over the past few years, […]

Don’t be put off by its name, whoever invented this is a brainiac, for what is considered the greatest invention in dessert history. Behold the power of the dump! A dessert with the most unappealing name, yet the best must-have to try. The history is cloudy, there was some overlap when it was sometimes called […]

Sun Journal Staff Writer Donna Perry has been named this year’s AP Sevellon Brown Journalist of the Year for New England. The award, named in honor of Sevellon Brown, the late editor and publisher of The Providence Journal-Bulletin, was announced Wednesday during the annual New England Newspaper & Press Association fall conference. The annual award, […]

Anyone who has to deal with Mother Nature gets to see the good and the bad. She can hand you many dangerous situations. But on the other hand, she creates most beautiful scenes. Every once in a while, if you pay attention, even a bit of comedy. I look at this as sort of a […]

What follows are some clippings from the pages of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. (Editor’s note: Contemporary commentary in italics, otherwise copy is reprinted just as it was in in the late 1890’s). Here in the Rangeley Lakes Region the old-timers used to say “We have 9 months of Wintah, and three months of rough sleddin”. […]

What follows are some clippings from the pages of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. (Editor’s note: Contemporary commentary in italics, otherwise copy is reprinted just as it was in in the late 1890’s). Here in the Rangeley Lakes Region the old-timers used to say “We have 9 months of Wintah, and three months of rough sleddin”. […]

Just about anyone who has lived in a home with just a wood stove for heat knows the feeling. Some one would roll out of bed and start the stove before the others would rise. There would be a mad dash for a warm spot to get dressed for the day.  One side of the […]

Saddleback Mountain will always be a family oriented resort in the western mountains of Maine that believes life is better outside. The Roger Page Ski and Ride School, a PSIA/AASI Member School, is headed by a team who is committed to sharing the fun and joy of skiing and riding at Saddleback with our guests. […]

MANOR WOODS – Great subdivision to raise your family, Great house to raise your family! Close to the village but privately situated on a nice elevated 3.3 acre lot with views of the village and town cove! Home is 5 beds, 3.5 baths, attached garage w/heat and has a great layout. Master bedroom w/bath on […]