The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Maine has announced Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings. The Rangeley training will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at the Rangeley Lakes Regional School, 43 Mendolia Road. The Rumford course will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 29, at […]
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Rangeley to celebrate canines, earth on Best Dog on Earth Day
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Rangeley Health and Wellness announce the second annual Best Dog on Earth Day event, a celebration of dogs and Earth Day from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21. The event will kick off at The Rangeley Inn, where participants can register for the Fun […]
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Rangeley senior has solo exhibit at Lakeside gallery
RANGELEY — Isobel Straub, a senior at Rangeley Lakes Regional School, has won numerous local and regional art awards for her photography work. Her work will now be featured in an upcoming solo exhibit in Rangeley. The RLRS Art Department, in cooperation with the Rangeley Friends of the Arts, is pleased to announce that […]
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Open auditions set Rangeley theater's 'Annie'
RANGELEY — Open auditions for “Annie” will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 7, at the Rangeley Friends of the Arts Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St. Students in grades 4 and up should arrive at 3 p.m.; adults should arrive at 4. Roles range from leads to chorus and include some memorable cameos […]
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New leader named for nonprofit that once hoped to buy Saddleback
RANGELEY — Eighteen months ago, it had hoped to buy Saddleback Mountain. This week, the nonprofit Saddleback Mountain Foundation announced a change in leadership and indicated it is watching the potential sale between the Berry family that owns Saddleback and the Australia-based Majella Group, which signed a purchase agreement for the resort last summer. “We have […]
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Questions raised after prospective Saddleback buyer’s comments are aired
An audio tape has been released indicating the cash-strapped, prospective buyer of Saddleback only wants the resort so he can take advantage of a federal program that gives U.S. visas to rich foreign investors, prompting a Maine official Wednesday to call such a situation fraudulent if true. Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner […]
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H.S. basketball: Theriault helps South win All-Star game; Butterfield is free-throw champ
BANGOR — Poland’s Nathalie Theriault helped the AA/A/B South girls’ basketball team beat the North 84-81 in the opener of the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star games at Husson University on Saturday. Theriault scored 15 points for the South. South Portland’s Meghan Graff led the South with 19 points. Cheverus’ Emme Poulin led the […]
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Tractor-trailer rolls over on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A truck driver escaped with minor injuries when his tractor-trailer went off the road on Route 4 early Saturday morning and rolled over. Arthur Chadwick, 38, of Brownfield, was driving on snowy roads for Superior Trucking in a truck fully loaded with water at 1:15 a.m. when he hit an S-curve […]
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Students busy creating in after-school program
RANGELEY — The Creative After School Arts program, operating daily in the Rangeley Friends of the Arts Lakeside Theater, is keeping students creating and engaged. It is a free program for students in grades five through 12. The CASA students work on arts and humanities projects. In December they completed a humanities project, raising $272 […]
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Second man injured when snowmobile hits pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts man was injured Friday night when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, said Cpl. John MacDonald, the spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Kevin Barrett, 45, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was taken by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after emergency […]