Boothbay native competes practice runs in advance of downhill competition Tuesday at Sugarloaf.
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Olympic skier Bode Miller’s toddler daughter drowns in pool
LOS ANGELES — The 19-month-old daughter of U.S. Olympic skier Bode Miller drowned in a Southern California swimming pool, authorities said Monday. Emeline Miller died at an Orange County hospital Sunday, the day after paramedics tried unsuccessfully to revive her after the drowning incident. “We are beyond devastated,” Miller said in an Instagram post that […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy hires Garrett Lashar
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy has hired Garrett Lashar as alpine program director. He will be responsible for the staffing, programming, implementation and supervision of the academy and weekend alpine programs. The academy is a U.S. Ski and Snowboard Gold Certified Club and a U.S. Ski and Snowboard High Performance Center. After graduating from […]
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CVA partners with PT service
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy announces that it has partnered with ASCENT Rangeley Lakes Rehab to bring services to the Carrabassett Valley community and surrounding region. ASCENT began offering physical therapy services in the Capricorn building of the CVA campus beginning Nov. 1. Services include outpatient treatment for a variety of orthopaedic and neurologic […]
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CVA raises $536,000 for Alfond Challenge Grant
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy announced it recently met a challenge grant from the Harold Alfond Foundation to pay its construction debt for the new academic center. Later this spring, the facility will be formally named to honor Peter and Martha Webber, whose vision and hard work on behalf of CVA laid the foundation […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Just finishing was a prize for local skiers
Sam Conzelman, skiing for Carrabassett Valley Academy skis down her second run of the Ladies Giant Slalom at the US Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf on Monday. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman could be forgiven if she was a little nervous going down Sugarloaf’s Narrow Gauge trail on Monday, even though she’d skied the hill an […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Carrabassett Valley Academy trio takes on Nationals
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sam Conzelman, Emma Kearing and Rylee McCormack gave Carrabassett Valley Academy bragging rights by qualifying for the U.S. Alpine Championships at Sugarloaf. “This was our goal, and it’s so cool that all three of us made it,” Kearing said. “We’re the only academy that has three girls in this.” Making the U.S. […]
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Heating program accepting applications FARMINGTON — Western Maine Community Action Inc. is scheduling appointments for residents of Franklin County who have not applied since Aug. 1, 2016, for the Low Income Home Heating Assistance Program. HEAP is a supplemental program that is meant to assist in paying part of a household’s heating costs. Applications will […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy scholarship fundraiser set for Feb. 25
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy will hold its annual CVA Scholarship Fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Sugarloaf Inn. The event is a critical piece of the academy’s fundraising efforts to raise scholarship money for current and prospective student athletes. Each year, Carrabassett Valley Academy awards more than $800,000 […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy captures award, gets new coach
Growing up in Carrabassett Valley was hard for Kate Webber Punderson — who couldn’t ignore the towering peak of Sugarloaf Mountain that stood above the town. So naturally she gravitated toward skiing. That pull never let her venture too far from the mountain for too long, and like many skiers and snowboarders who take to […]