For a child to be truly healthy in body and mind, they need access to optimal nutrition, physical activity, safe and supportive environments and nurturing relationships with adults. As well as access to the outdoors. Time spent in nature positively contributes to human wellbeing, and communities improve when people connect and thrive outdoors. Recently,  Nini […]

The Farmington Public Library is holding a book sale on Saturday, October 31st, from 10am-2pm! The sale will be hosted outdoors by the main entrance to the library, and you determine the price by simply making a donation for the books you want! We ask that all customers wear masks and practice social distancing. The […]

RANGELEY — The Trails for Rangeley Area Coalition (TRAC), a Rangeley-based outdoors group, closed out its hiking season on Whitecap Mountain in Rumford on Friday, September 25. The group also organizes day trips for paddling, biking and snowshoeing. “TRAC brings so much to the Rangeley Area.  It is a chance for people of all ages […]

Vanilla scented candles, body lotions, soap, notes in perfume and with more than 300 complex flavor components, pure vanilla is everything but plain. It enhances flavors in a variety of foods, particularly those with coffee and nuts, and smooths out citrus’acidity. Its many tropical varieties will still make a big difference in any baking. That […]

A recipe challenge sponsored by Catholic Charities Maine’s Parish Social Ministry program provided an opportunity for Mainers to put their recipes and cooking knowledge to the test while helping local parish food ministries in the process. Forty entries were submitted, with Fr. Anthony Kuzia, CM, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish (Our Lady […]

RANGELEY, ME –Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust’s Courtesy Boat Inspection program inspected 3,340 boats and trailers – a record across the 18-year-old program. Throughout the summer, inspectors collected 45 non-invasive plants traveling in or out of the water at public boat launches. Inspectors showed boaters how to inspect their recreational equipment and encouraged them to do […]

How about this “Cliff’s Notes” version of Day 1 to whet your interest?: Flyfishing in a deep and remote pond that is one of a half-dozen lakes that harbor a very rare Maine trout, which is located in the middle of the largest tract of “Old Growth” forest in New England, (if not the entire […]

ON 09/30/2020 WE HAD A RAIN EVENT WITH PEAK WINDS OF 40MPH AND ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN. WHICH SINCE THE EVENT OCCURED ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH AND WE VIEW DATA ON A 24HR BASIS THE EVENT WILL SHOW UP ON NEXT MONTHS NUMBERS. Temperature Maximum: 83° Date: 9/10 Minimum: 26° Date: […]

Keith and Renee Dellavalle are pleased to announce the graduation of their son, Fletcher Francesco from Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Fletcher received his Bachelor of Science Degree after undergoing a grueling twenty month, non-stop curriculum that afforded no summer vacations and many 8-10 hour class days. This occasion is doubly momentous in […]