RANGELEY — Police have charged two 17-year-old boys from Rangeley and Avon with breaking into Rangeley Lakes Regional School and causing more than $8,000 in damages. Damage included spray-painted anti-Semitic messages, swastikas, racial slurs and anti-police statements, Police Chief Russell French said. Cooking oil stored in a large storage room that was broken into was […]
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Museum hosting cruise on Upper Richardson Lake
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum will offer a half-day adventure on the legendary Upper Richardson Lake Tuesday, Aug. 16. Known as “the Jewel of the Rangeley,” the lake affords visitors an historical look back to the time when Captain Farrar’s steamboats transported visitors from South Arm to the landing at Upper Dam, […]
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One dead, two injured in Rangeley
RANGELEY — State Police say one man is dead and two others have been injured in a confrontation at a home in Rangeley early this morning, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety on Thursday. Several people are being questions by detectives, he said in a release. The two injured […]
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Carrabassett Valley official faces 3rd OUI charge
RANGELEY — A former Carrabassett Valley selectman is accused of driving drunk on Tuesday. Stephen E. Pierce, 65, of Carrabassett Valley was arrested on a felony charge of operating under the influence, two priors, and a misdemeanor charge of operating without a license, according to Sgt. Kevin Hartley’s report, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Wednesday. […]
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Retired superintendent leads RSU 78 on interim basis in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Veteran educator and retired superintendent William “Bill” Richards is serving as interim superintendent of Regional School Unit 78, school board Chairwoman Nancy Hilliard said Wednesday. Richards began July 1 and is being paid $450 per day, Hilliard said. He replaces Jay McIntire whose last day was June 30. “We are going to take […]
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Massachusetts woman credits Rangeley responders for saving life
RANGELEY — Twenty-year-old Janessa Gordon is thankful to be alive, and credits firefighters and emergency responders for saving her life two years ago. Gordon of Melrose, Mass., was a front-seat passenger in a car that went out of control at about 90 mph June 1, 2014, on Route 4. It went off the road and rolled […]
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Sunday’s all right for fighting in Rangeley
RANGELEY — It had all the makings of a beautiful beach day. Though many people ventured to Rangeley on Sunday for summer fun in the sun, there was another event in town that lured people to the lakes region. And they weren’t lying out on mats to catch a suntan. The Black Fly Kids Brazilian […]
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Black Fly Tourney draws grapplers to Rangeley
For the better part of a decade, Shawn Smith taught kids the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the small town of Rangeley. He worked with between 15 to 20 kids for years but regretted not being able to take them to various competitions. Opportunity to compete in tournaments proved too costly and too far […]
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Rangeley changes town meeting process, approves recall ordinance
RANGELEY — The annual town meeting will be conducted by referendum next year rather than an open town meeting. Townspeople voted 64-34 Thursday night to change the voting method to secret ballot at the polls, Town Manager Tim Pellerin said Friday. There was a positive debate that became contentious at times, but the article passed […]
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RSU 78 budget passes by 66 votes
RANGELEY — Voters passed the Regional School Unit 78 budget of $3.89 million Tuesday night by a vote of 242-176. Rangeley voters approved the budget by a margin of 174-108 and voters from the four plantations passed it by a vote of 68-62. Voters in Dallas Plantation and Sandy River Plantation approved the budget, while […]