This is the time of year they play for. Some hope for that one-game experience. Others hope to make memories that last lifetimes. Before there’s madness in March, there is a frenzied February. High school teams around the state gather for what is like a hard-court family reunion. It is what February vacations are made […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Familiar finishes
The end of the regular season has a familiar feel as far as the Edward Little girls’ basketball team is concerned. With the final Heal Points being released Sunday, the Red Eddies finished second In Eastern A for the fourth straight year. In addition to that, EL not only plays in tonight’s KVAC championship game […]
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Adult ed courses PARIS — Oxford Hills/Buckfield Adult Education is offering the following classes. Tuesday, Feb. 14 Broadband Internet access, with Matthew Clark, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Free. Tuesday, Feb. 28 Basic computer repair, with Mathew Clark, 5-8 p.m. $60 Digital camera: Point and shoot, with Ingrid Small, 6-8 p.m. $40 Meditation 101, with Maria […]
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Rangeley fire chief set to retire
RANGELEY — The Board of Selectmen has accepted the resignation of longtime fire Chief Rudy Davis. The resignation, which was read and accepted “with regret” Tuesday, is effective May 1. Davis has been chief for 12 years and, according to testimony from townspeople and supervisors, has been an example of good communication, efficiency and inspiring leadership. […]
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Tires slashed on truck
RANGELEY — Police are following leads after two tires were slashed on a truck in a driveway at a Cross Street residence. The criminal mischief was reported at 6:38 a.m. Tuesday. It looks like a knife was used to cut the front and rear passenger tires on the half-ton truck, officer Ron Wood said Tuesday. […]
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Dinner, dance JAY — The VFW will host a Valentine’s Day dinner and dance Saturday, Feb. 11, at the VFW on Jewel Street. Prime rib will be served. Baked chicken is available at prior request. Cost is $20 per person. Dinner served at 6:30 p.m. followed by “DJ Mikie T” from 8 p.m. to midnight. […]
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Children’s author visited elementary students
RANGELEY — On Jan. 30, Maine children’s author Lynn Plourde visited the kindergarten through second-grade students at Rangeley Lakes Regional School. In a multi-grade assembly Plourde presented a few of her 27 titles. With her use of lively student participation she invited the children into the magic of the rhyme and imagination of Dino Pets. […]
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New England Pond Hockey Festival brings 200+ players on 31 teams to Rangeley
RANGELEY — On a gorgeous sunny Saturday in subzero wind chills, more than 200 men and women on 31 teams skirmished in the New England Pond Hockey Festival on Haley Pond. Each team would play two 15-minute periods per game; three games apiece in the initial round-robin elimination. Then the winners in four divisions — […]
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James L. Turner
GREENVILLE, S.C. — James L. Turner, 83, died in Greenville, S.C., Feb. 2. He was born April 18, 1928, in Wentworth Location, N.H., the son of Leslie and Grace Linnell Turner. He was educated in New Hampshire schools of Errol and Berlin, graduating in the Class of 1947. He married Olive Prescott in 1947 in […]
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Museum hosting February ‘Sky Program’
RANGELEY — The Wilhelm Reich Museum will host a “Sky Program” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at its Conference Center, Dodge Pond Road. Since it is getting dark later in the day, the time has changed. The program will be held only if the sky is clear. The telescopes will be set […]