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Franklin Community Health Network is offering drive-up flu clinics in October for community members 18 and older on the Franklin Memorial Hospital (FMH) campus, as well as via mobile outreach by the Healthy Community Coalition of Greater Franklin County (HCC). No appointment is required. Staff will meet with individuals outside under a tent. All individuals […]

As a long time member of the Sharon, MA Conservation Commission, I was pleased to read Mr. Wicken’s column on the good state of health of the Rangeley lakes.  We havedealt with infestations of invasive aquatic plant species in our local lake.  I totally agree that preventative measures are much less expensive than the cost […]

Many longtime Maine hunters have deep-rooted connections to their favorite hunting areas. Most grew up in the area and have connections to the landowners or own land themselves. For new hunters and those who are new to an area, it can feel like quite a challenge to find places to hunt. Scouting for deer increases […]

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“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything!” my mother would repeat most days during breakfast. Never a morning person, I needed her constant reminders to stop belly aching and just eat so I wouldn’t miss the bus. Mean girls, gym class, homework hassles—all such commentary was censored while she jibber-jabbered in her usual […]

Way back in the 50’s we had this game of marbles.  Cousin and I would draw a large circle in the dirt. Each player would then put the same number of marbles inside this circle. The object of the game was to knock marbles out of the circle. Each marble you knocked out you would […]

Like I have said before, I am not good with vegetable growing, never had that luck to grow those luscious tomatoes, long green cukes, fluffy lettuce and robust radishes. Experimenting vegetable gardening this year has been an adventure, especially when MaMa got these boxes to put on top of the back patios rails. After my […]

  The Rangeley Friends of the Arts (RFA) is pleased to announce the winners in the Western Mountain Photography Show currently on display at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery, in the lobby of the RFA Lakeside Theater in Rangeley. The theme of the exhibit is “REFLECTIONS.” The winners were recognized at an Awards Reception held […]

  What follows are some clippings from the pages of the September, 1896 edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. It was Fair Time in Franklin County. (Editor’s note: Contemporary commentary in italics, otherwise copy is reprinted just as it was in 1896). The entire first page of this edition was devoted to the Big Doins’ […]