The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is looking to use their webpage to connect local artists, artisans and musicians to the greater public. They are offering a free webpage with text and images to any area artist who is interested. The page will be at rangeleyarts.org and will offer basic information about the artist or musician complete […]
Stephanie Dellavalle
Stephanie Dellavalle has been the general manager and editor of The Rangeley Highlander since 2013 and writes about the community and events in the area. A graduate of Hunter College in NYC, she and her husband are empty-nesters who live in the village of Oquossoc in Rangeley.
Pandemic Mass Times for Rangeley, Oquossoc, and Stratton
Our Lady of the Lakes Parish Mass schedule St. John Church, Stratton – Saturday 6 p.m. Our Lady of the Lakes Church, Oquossoc – 7:30 a.m. St. Luke Church, Rangeley – 9:30 a.m. How do I sign up? To make a reservation for Rangeley, call Gerry at (207) 864-2601. To make a reservation for […]
Seasonal Friends of Rangeley Scholarship Winners Announced
Two graduating students at Rangeley Lakes Regional School have been awarded the prestigious Seasonal Friends of Rangeley Scholarship, and a pupil who has overcome a number of challenges received the Legacy Scholarship for 2020. Lauren Eastlack and Lauren Farmer were selected by […]
My college to COVID(eo) composite
“Don’t forget, be here this Thursday afternoon for composites!” one of my sorority sisters would announce over dinner each spring. First time I heard it, I had a Hill Street Blues moment, wondering why we needed an appointment with a police sketch artist. There’d been a particularly rough night that weekend when one of the girls allegedly […]
Letter to the Editor
I am writing in support of the funding request by the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce. For all of us who depend on tourism as our primary “industry”, the Chamber has really done an incredible job for our region. When the economy went wrong in 2008, the Chamber pushed Rangeley hard and the economy recovered […]
Angling art show features five artists
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host a reception for the Rangeley Angling Art Show, featuring the work of five outstanding artists, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery, located in the newly renovated lobby of the RFA Lakeside Theater, on Friday, July 10, from 5:30 – 7:00 PM. Enjoy cash bar (beer/wine) and meet […]
Ike Comes to Maine
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was really looking forward to getting out of Washington in late June 1955, as he wanted to get to Maine and catch his first ever Land Locked salmon. “Ike” was to fish the storied waters of Parmachenee country as a guest of the Brown Paper Co. Like many fishermen he quickly, […]
Rangeley Area Summer Resident Deserves a Personal “Thank You” from Each of Us!
Two or three weeks ago, The Rangeley Highlander, and this regular columnist, got word about the good work of a longtime Loon Lake summer resident, Bob Hunter that, you will soon notice, will save each of us more than a few dollars on our next automobile insurance premium! Are you curious now? Read on… First, […]
Scrappy Chef: 1,051 Fresh Summer Salads
Once the snow decided to bid adieu, and we started to make plans for warmth, wouldn’t you know the cold would not depart on the same train. I know MaMa started the rotation of her winter to summer clothes only to pull out warm stuff when it actually snowed on Mother’s Day and continued to […]