AUBURN — Lost Valley Ski and Banquet Resort in Auburn has been sold. According to a Facebook post, the new owner is Scott Shanaman. No other information on Shanaman was provided. On Oct. 2, officials from Lost Valley said that they would open for the season. This will be the 55th year that the ski […]
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Lost Valley announces it will open for 2015-2016 winter season
AUBURN — Much to the relief of local skiers and snowboarders, the Twin Cities’ only ski hill announced via Facebook on Friday that it will open for the coming winter. Co-owner Connie King said in an email that more important news about the resort, which will be launching its 55th season, will be announced soon. There had […]
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Mary Briggs Kendall
1923 – 2015 AUBURN — Mary Briggs Kendall died peacefully at her beloved Brookside Farm in Auburn. Born in Augusta, the daughter of Henry and May Briggs, Mary spent her childhood in Augusta and her college years at Boston University’s Sargent College. A longtime lover of outdoor sports and athletics, Mary was voted the outstanding […]
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Head over heels
Pond Skimming Have you ever wondered what it’s like to skim across a freezing cold pond with a patrol toboggan in tow? Of course you have! Lucky for you, I recorded it! Posted by Jeffery Blackman on Sunday, March 29, 2015
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Wind gusts force several ski slopes to shut down chairlifts
Officials at several ski areas in central and western Maine said Monday that they were forced to shut down chairlifts because of wind gusts of 25 to 50 mph. The National Weather Service in Gray issued a hazardous weather outlook early Monday morning for areas in Oxford, Franklin and Androscoggin counties until noon, predicting winds […]
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Parents keep son’s spirit alive by helping others learn to ski
The coaches wanted the windows uncovered. The kids wanted them covered. The kids won. “Our emphasis was, what would the kids want?” Melinda Chadbourne of Auburn said. She and her husband, Miles Smith, were in the process of upgrading the race room at Lost Valley in Auburn. The room, where students from local ski teams […]
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2014: A year of tragedies, triumphs and tribulations
At first glance, 2014 looks like a year of staying the course — of familiar faces and the unchanging Maine way of life. We elected a new governor who wasn’t new to us at all. We voted against a referendum that would have changed the way sportsmen hunt bears in the Maine woods. A popular […]
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Lost Valley commits to second lift this winter
AUBURN — After the community rallied in September and saved the ski season for financially troubled Lost Valley, its owners committed to opening one chairlift this winter. The ski area announced Tuesday that running both lifts will allow it to open all 17 trails — and that season pass sales this year have already beat […]