The Winterpaloozah event is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, on Haley Pond on Pond Street in Rangeley. The free event will feature horse and wagon rides, cardboard sled races, ice skating, saucer bowling, pond hockey, curling, snow golf, fat tire bikes, kicksleds, snow kiting, XC skiing, snowshoeing, sledding, snow castle, […]
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Rangeley Winterpaloozah set for Feb. 20
The Rangeley Skating Club and the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce plan to host the seventh annual Rangeley Winterpaloozah event. The celebration of winter activities and competitions is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, on Haley Pond and at Haley Pond Park, 7 Pond St. The free event will include horse […]
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OUT Maine donors send 900-plus books to school libraries
This past fall, OUT Maine Executive Director Jeanne Dooley had a flash of inspiration: What if school libraries had more inclusive books available to their students? OUT Maine, an organization that serves LGBTQ+ youth, already had recommended reading lists for families and educators on its website. The key was to get these books into libraries, according […]
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Greene student completes Massachusetts institute project
WORCESTER, Mass. — Hope Hutchinson of Greene, a member of the class of 2023 majoring in biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was a member of a student team that recently completed a research project entitled “Promoting Sustainable Stewardship of Green Spaces in Venice.” At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, […]
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Local students finish research projects at Massachusetts institute
WORCESTER, Mass. — Two local students completed research projects last fall at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Hope Hutchinson of Greene, majoring in biology and biotechnology and a member of the class of 2023, completed a project entitled “Promoting Sustainable Stewardship of Green Spaces in Venice.” Harmoni Larrabee of Lewiston, majoring in computer science and also a […]
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Auburn student makes dean’s list at NY college
ITHACA, N.Y. — Annie Hazelton of Auburn has been named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at Ithaca College.
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Schools join nonprofit to break silence of dating violence
High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, according to a news release from the nonprofit group. Finding Our Voices is marking its three-year anniversary on Valentine’s Day with its posters and bookmarks going […]
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Oak Hill High School lauds honor students
WALES — Oak Hill High School has announced the following students were named to its fall semester honor roll for the 2021-22 academic year. Grade 9 Cum laude: Kacei Albert, Lily Ames, Lindsey Bailey, Spencer Baldwin, Ava Bean, Marielle Bean, Ryleigh Blackwell, Emma Bourgoin, Lydia Brough, Delia Custer, Kaitlyn Daisey, Cameron Dalessandro, Colton Davis, Kaiden […]
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Schools join nonprofit to break silence of dating violence
High schools from York to Caribou are bringing the bold, survivor-powered outreach of Finding Our Voices to their students starting in February’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, according to a news release from the nonprofit group. Finding Our Voices is marking its three-year anniversary on Valentine’s Day with its posters and bookmarks going […]
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Farmington university to host walk-in COVID-19 booster clinic
The University of Maine at Farmington plans to host a public walk-in COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 274 Front St., the former Notify MD Center purchased by UMF. The clinic is for individuals 18 and older. Vaccines are provided at no cost. Those attending will be administered […]