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Wilhelm Reich Museum will open for summer
RANGELEY — Orgonon, the Wilhelm Reich Museum on Dodge Pond Road, will open for the season on Thursday, July 1. Orgonon is the home of one of the 20th century’s most controversial figures, Austrian born physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich. Now maintained as The Wilhelm Reich Museum, Orgonon is an historic site and nature preserve comprising 175 […]
Recreation in the Rangeley region
The major waterways of the Rangeley Lakes region are part of the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail. The trail is one of America’s longest recreational blueways and an American Canoe Association Recommended Water Trail. The Rapid River, Upper and Lower Richardson Lakes, Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Rangeley Lake and the South Branch of the Dead River make […]
Boston co-anchor and regular Rangeley visitor featured speaker
RANGELEY — Peter Mehegan, a former Boston co-anchor known for his feature, “On the Road Again,” is the keynote speaker Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society’s annual program at 7 p.m. at Rangeley Lakes Regional School. Mehegan, who worked for Boston’s WCVB-TV “Chronicle” news magazine, is a familiar figure and regular […]
Rangeley officials, commissioners disagree on fire service costs
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners told Rangeley officials Tuesday that the commission budgeted $18,542 for that town’s Fire Department to cover structure fires in some unorganized territories but wouldn’t pay for equipment. The county contracts with Rangeley for that service. Rangeley Town Manager Perry Ellsworth, fire Chief Rudy Davis and Capt. Dennis Marquis met with […]
Community radio coming to Rangeley
RANGELEY — The dream of a community radio station is becoming a reality in Rangeley. On May 29, the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit to establish an FM station, 90.5 WRGY, to broadcast from the town. David McMillan, president of the Trans-National Networking Organization, a local educational nonprofit behind the effort, said the next step […]
Oquossoc museum to host archaeology seminar Aug. 21 on the Vail Site
OQUOSSOC — Archaeologist Richard Michael Gramly will hold a seminar on Wednesday, Aug. 21, on the Vail Site of early Palaeo-American Indian visits to the Rangeley region. The informal talk will be held at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum in Oquossoc, Don Palmer, president of the Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society, said Wednesday evening […]
Orgonon season starts July 2
RANGELEY — Orgonon, The Wilhelm Reich Museum on Dodge Pond Road, will open for the season on Wednesday, July 2. The museum has joined the over 2,000 museums nationwide in becoming a “Blue Star Museum,” which means active duty service members and their families will be welcomed free of charge during the summer months when […]