There is so much to love about chocolate, from its satisfying, sweet taste to its wonderful health benefits. Its no wonder, like a love affair, we find ourselves craving and caving in to a delightful chocolaty, delicious, melt-in-your mouth goodness. When we hear the word chocolate, we picture a bar or a box of bonbons […]

The window for annual enrollments under the Affordable Care Act opens on Nov. 1 Starting November 1, a six-week window opens for Mainers to explore affordable health care options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace. MaineHealth’s Access to Care team is prepared to assist and educate Mainers in shopping for health insurance […]

Four Maine State Bicentennial commemorative quilt murals have been created and installed in North Franklin County. Sites include the Avon Town Hall, High Peaks Artisan Guild in Kingfield, Fotter’s Market in Eustis, and the Pratt Farm in Strong. The High Peaks Creative Council received a Maine Arts Commission Bicentennial project grant to create the artwork. […]

The Maine Tourism Association (MTA) reports on the state of tourism and surveyed tourism businesses to determine how they fared over Indigenous People’s Day weekend compared to 2019. Some 36% of businesses responding said they were down over 50% from last year. Of those, 15% were down over 75%. Businesses that lost less than 50% […]

For many years Farmington Rotary has sponsored a window painting contest for area youth in downtown Farmington. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year Rotary invites youth to participate in a… VIRTUAL HALLOWEEN ART CONTEST Here’s how it will work: Create your masterpiece at home – however you choose.  It could be a painting or […]

Dear Letters Editor, Enjoyed the Highlander photo and wordsmith, expressing well-deserved congratulations, to Mike Lowell, for exemplary years of bus driving assignments in the Rangeley School System. Mike is mentor material! Judy and I owned a camp—that developed into a home— on the Edelheid Road in Sandy River Plantation, for more than fifty years. When […]

What follows are some clippings from the pages of the October 29, 1896 edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. On page one of this edition, Deacon Lake, known locally at the time as ‘Old Laker’, shares some memories of the “Old Days” in Rangeley. This refers to the period around the 1840’s and considering Rangeley’s […]

Rangeley Ski Scholarship Fund (RSSF) 2020-2021 Season We are all so excited to have OUR mountain back! The 2015-2016 season, when we made our last appeal for the Ski Scholarship Fund, seems like a really long time ago. What funds we had in our account since our last appeal have been used to enable all […]

Enjoy this Maine Farmhouse with Views and 160 Acres #530 MLS# 1430533 Maine farmhouse, with nicely blended renovations and a new section.  House has 4 bedrooms, hardwood floors and lots of charm!!There are spectacular mountain views, 160 acres close to hiking, skiing, ATV and sled trails, and located on Wheeler Hill Rd in Phillips, halfway […]

There is so much to love about chocolate, from its satisfying, sweet taste to its wonderful health benefits. Its no wonder, like a love affair, we find ourselves craving and caving in to a delightful chocolaty, delicious, melt-in-your mouth goodness. When we hear the word chocolate, we picture a bar or a box of bonbons […]