CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The following is the schedule for the Carrabassett Valley Fourth of July celebration at the town park. Noon, town pool opens; 12:15 p.m., set up for children’s parade at Tufulio’s parking lot; 12:30 p.m., children’s parade begins and proceeds to the town park; 1 to 5 p.m., music by Kathy’s Karaoke; 1 […]
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Twins to serve as academy’s valedictorian, salutatorian
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — For the first time in the history of Carrabassett Valley Academy, twin brothers are the salutatorian and valedictorian. At graduation on June 4, Eagle Scouts Patrick and Christian Beauregard of Wyman Township will deliver their respective welcome and farewell speeches. Both said they don’t really know their grade-point averages. The academy doesn’t […]
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Ski resorts say goodbye to season: Heavier than usual snows blanket two Maine areas this season
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Western Maine’s three large ski resorts recorded whopping amounts of natural snow from a long, cold season that ended Monday for Sugarloaf when it closed. Additionally, spokespeople for two resorts raved about this season being one of the better ones on record. But it was Saddleback in Rangeley that recorded what they […]
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Olympian Julia Clukey to speak to CVA students
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Julia Clukey, a 2010 Olympian and Augusta native, will provide a presentation to the students of Carrabassett Valley Academy on Tuesday at the school. Clukey competed in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, finishing 17th in luge, and has announced she plans on participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, […]
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No charges expected in fire escape collapse at Carrabassett Valley bar
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say no charges are expected in the collapse of a fire escape at a Carrabassett Valley bar that injured five people. The State Fire Marshal’s office says the weekend collapse of the deck attached to the fire escape at the bar The Rack was likely caused by […]
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Maine’s skiers head to the trees as glade skiing grows in popularity
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — With a tree here and a branch there, ski resorts in Maine are literally cutting new niches for their industry. Over the last two winters, resorts have added more than 400 acres of terrain to their slopes largely the old-fashioned way: Workers with survey ribbon and chain saws hiking the mountains; cutting […]
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Sugarloaf reopens chairlift that derailed in December
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf reopened the Spillway East chairlift this afternoon to the public after it had been decommissioned two months ago when the lift derailed with passengers on it, injuring six and leaving about 220 people stranded. The resort completed testing and inspections of the lift last weekend, and the chief inspector for the […]
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Sugarloaf hopes to reopen lift that failed
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Sugarloaf ski area hopes to reopen a lift that failed in late December, injuring eight skiers. Load tests were being performed Friday on the chairlift that derailed on Dec. 28, causing the skiers to fall to the snow below. If the test results are favorable, Sugarloaf hopes to reopen […]
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Sugarloaf opens newly expanded ski area
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (AP) — Sugarloaf ski resort says the first area of its newly expanded ski terrain has been opened to skiers and snowboarders. Officials at the resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, say 60 acres of ski terrain in the new Brackett Basin area was opened for the first time Wednesday. The basin is […]
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Snow shortage, thaw closes Nordic centers
NEWRY — Wednesday’s snowstorm isn’t expected to drop more than 6 inches across western Maine. But that may be enough to reopen Nordic ski centers in Newry, Bethel and Oxford that closed this month due to a snow shortage and warm temperatures. “There are a bunch of different reports being forecast, but our weather contacts […]