Fifty three high school and college athletes competed Sunday during The Maine Event, a head-to-head roller ski sprint race over and around features at Black Mountain of Maine.
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Jeannette Hamann
SOUTH PARIS — Jeannette “Janet” Knauer Hamann, 96, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother passed away Friday, Feb. 2, at the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris. She was a resident of Peru. Janet was born in Rumford, ME on August 11, 1921, the daughter of John and Christine (Cyr) Knauer. As a […]
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Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall, Maine skiing legend, dies
Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall, left, the oldest living member of the Chisholm Ski Club, talks as Scott Pitts listens at Black Mountain’s Winter Carnival in February 2017. Pitts asked Broomhall to autograph his newly purchased copy of “A Century on Skis” by Scott Andrews. (Sun Journal file photo) Maine — and the United States — have […]
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Marie T. Boudreau
WEST PARIS — Marie T. Boudreau, 84, lifelong resident of Rumford, passed away on Friday, Nov. 10, at Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris following a long illness. She was born in Rumford on Oct. 13, 1933, a daughter of Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi. Marie attended Pettengill Grammar School and was a graduate of Stephens […]
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Chisholm Ski Club discusses benefits of Black Mountain to community
Guest speaker at the River Valley Rotary fellowship luncheon on Oct. 30 was Roger Arsenault, representing the Chisholm Ski Club Black Mountain. Arsenault talked about the benefits of Black Mountain to the local community. The River Valley Rotary Club Runner League donated $600 to the club. From left are Dick Lovejoy, Roger Arsenault, Randall Therrien, […]
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Victor L. Collette III
RUMFORD — Victor L. Collette III passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Rumford Community Home with family at his side. He was born on January 14, 1955 in Keene, NH to Victor and Sally (Duguay) Collette II. He graduated from Dover High School in Dover NH in 1973. Vic was stationed in the Army […]
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In the Crease: Chisholm club a treasure in Maine’s hills
Driving a small, two-wheel drive Chevrolet up and over the sandy, undulating roadways of Rumford, Maine, was not how I’d anticipated spending the third week of February in 2003. It was far too early in the morning, the coffee was just kicking in, and despite the fact I’d grown up in Maine — a veritable […]
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On skiing: Black Mountain offers large area, affordable pricing
My quest to ski more of the community ski areas this winter took me to Black Mountain last Monday. Most of us think of community ski areas as small ski areas, but Black belies that belief. A decade ago, Black Mountain was a small ski area, but it was on a big mountain. It’s impossible […]
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Winterfest attracts hundreds to Rumford ski hill
RUMFORD — Black Mountain Ski Resort was swarming with hundreds of families of all ages on Saturday afternoon during the second day of the three-day Winterfest under a rare bluebird sky at 30 degrees. The lodge was packed with people eating lunch while volunteers hawked merchandise and the Marley Beverage Co. gave out free samples […]
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Black Mountain to host second annual John Roderick Marathon
RUMFORD — After a successful first year, the Black Mountain Ski Resort will be hosting their second annual John Roderick Marathon, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8. Roger Arsenault, president of the Black Mountain board of directors, said Tuesday morning that the event went “very well” in 2013. “We didn’t get a whole lot […]