RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce has announced that the 14th annual Mountain Holly Days event is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 7, through Sunday, Dec. 10. This year’s event promises to be the most exciting ever. There will be shopping and dining specials, refreshments, horse-drawn wagon rides, Christmas carolers, special festivities, family activities, tasting […]
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Rangeley after-school arts program offered to grades 6-12
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts’ Creative After School Arts program is a free drop-in center for students in grades 6-12. It is held every day after school, Monday through Friday, until 5:30 p.m. (5 p.m. on Tuesdays) at the RFA Lakeside Theater in downtown Rangeley. Students can attend every day or any […]
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40th 'Walk to Bethlehem' in Rangeley
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts has been sponsoring the annual “Walk to Bethlehem” celebration for 40 years. This year it will be held on Sunday, Dec. 10. The event, which recreates Mary’s and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, will begin at the Rangeley Inn at 5:30 p.m., with the reading of Caesar Augustus’ decree […]
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Reich Museum to host Breakfast with Santa
RANGELEY — Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves will visit the children again this year from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center, Dodge Pond Road. Come and enjoy another great “Breakfast With Santa.” No one knows for sure what Santa’s elves will bring from the North Pole […]
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Second man charged with torching bulldozer in Sandy River Plantation
FARMINGTON — A second man has been charged with arson in a fire that destroyed a bulldozer in Sandy River Plantation near Rangeley on Tuesday. Fire investigators Thursday night charged Alexander Allan, 37, of Dallas Plantation, according to a statement released by the State Fire Marshal’s Office on Friday. His roommate, Devon Clark, 18, of Rangeley, […]
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Missing Rangeley man found alive in Massachusetts
A Rangeley man, missing since last week, was found alive overnight in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Robert Wetherbee, 75, was found sleeping in his pickup truck by Foxborough Police, said Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland. Wetherbee left Rangeley last week enroute to North Windham, Connecticut, where he also lives, and never arrived. Police throughout New England […]
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Rangeley man charged with torching bulldozer, stealing excavator
SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — A Rangeley man is accused of burning a bulldozer and stealing an excavator, both owned by Cousineau Inc. of Wilton. Devon Clark, 18, was charged Tuesday by a state fire investigator with Class A arson. The charge carries up to 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. Clark was being […]
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Police searching for missing Rangeley man
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Farmington is looking for Robert Wetherbee, 75, who has a summer home in Rangeley. He left Thursday to drive to North Windham, Connecticut, and had not arrived as of Monday morning. (Submitted photo) RANGELEY — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing […]
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Saddleback may sit idle for third straight year; sale not completed
The ski season kicks off this weekend at Sunday River and Sugarloaf, but Maine’s third-largest ski area – Saddleback – may sit idle for the third consecutive winter. Saddleback owners Bill and Irene Berry of Farmington announced on June 28 that they would sell the Rangeley ski area to the Australia-based Majella Group. Majella CEO […]
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Richmond mops up Lakers in Class D South quarterfinal
RICHMOND — The Richmond boys soccer team has been known to play its best in the second half. That trend continued Tuesday, when the Bobcats delivered all of their offense after halftime on the way to a 4-0 victory over Rangeley in a Class D South quarterfinal match at Coughlin Field. Three of those goals […]