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It’s Time to Return to the Library

Rangeley Public Library reopened to the public at the beginning of June. Like all public buildings, we have had to implement new safety procedures such as requiring face coverings and asking people to social distance while in the building. We also disinfect frequently-touched surfaces throughout the day and we send returned materials to the basement […]

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June Savage Stats

Temperature Maximum: 87° Date: 6/20 Minimum: 29° Date: 6/4 Average True Temp: 53.8°   Precipitation Total for month: 3.251″ Greatest: 1.58″ Date: 6/30 Daily Average: 0.1276 Year to Date: 19.269“   Snow Total: 0” Snow on the Ground First Day: .0” Snow on the Ground Last Day: 0 Season to Date: 99.87″   Wind Peak: […]

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THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN

THUMBS UP! I live in the greatest neighborhood (Quimby Pond area) in the nicest town in the greatest State in the good old USA  !!The neighbors keep everything going smoothly. One mows my lawn..unasked and unpaid…. just because he is a great guy..and with another neighbor who has all the big boy toys has  smoothed […]

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UMF professor and author Patricia O’Donnell’s new novel selected by Maine Humanities Council for “Read ME” summer program

FARMINGTON, ME  (July 8, 2020)—An author and professor of English at the University of Maine at Farmington, Patricia O’Donnell had her recent novel, “The Vigilance of Stars,” selected by the Maine Humanities Council for their 2020 statewide summer reading experience, “Read ME.” The reading program featuring O’Donnell’s novel and “Roughhouse Friday” by Jaed Coffin, will […]

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A few of my new Covid things

Anyone who’s lived with me for more than a day knows I can’t carry a tune. And they also know that doesn’t stop me from trying. At the top of my lungs. Because singing makes me happy. Or, better said with proper self-talk, nothing can make me happy without my permission. I make myself happy with the sound of […]

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Out in the Country

Since I first set foot in Rangeley as a boy in 1958, this will be my 62nd year as a vacationer, and eventually a property owner. Over those decades, I have been privileged to know a lot of terrific Rangeley residents, many of whom are no longer with us.  I have long believed that growing […]

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INDIE FILM Series Scheduled

The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is planning to host the RFA Indie Film Series 2020 at the RFA Lakeside Theater on six selected Wednesdays this summer. Showtimes will be 5 & 8 PM; the series is Exclusively Sponsored by Juliet Goodfriend. If allowed by state restrictions, these films will be screened: “First Cow” – July 15. Acclaimed director, Kelly Reichardt, trains […]