RANGELEY and ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Spring graveside services for Rita W. Oakes of Rangeley and Zephyrhills, Fla., were held Saturday morning, May 30, at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, Rangeley, with Rhonda Wiles-Rosell as celebrant. Her grandchildren, daughter, Susan Ackor, and son, Stephen Oakes, gave personal eulogies. Following services, a reception was held at Loon […]
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William ‘Bill’ Ellis
1920 – 2015 RANGELEY — William “Bill” Ellis, a native of Rangeley, peacefully passed away on Monday, May 25. Bill enjoyed his family, the Rangeley area, traveling, visiting new cultures, skiing on Saddleback Mountain, sailing on Rangeley Lake and especially his garden, which gave him the opportunity to share his knowledge and plants with friends. […]
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Island games: Challenging to be an outlier
VINALHAVEN — Tim Kane has been around athletics all his life, but nothing compares with the sporting life on an island school. “There’s things you deal with that you don’t normally deal with at mainland schools,” said Kane, who is in his first year as Vinalhaven’s principal. “But it’s enlightening and it’s fun. It’s a […]
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Island games: Not all away games are created equal for East-West Conference teams
First up for the Buckfield Junior/Senior High School baseball team, a three-plus-hour rollick across the winding, pothole-dotted back roads of Maine. Then, a ferry. After loading the vessel, the team makes the final leg — a 75-minute ride — over western Penobscot Bay’s following seas and rolling waves to one of Maine’s largest and most […]
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Three Androscoggin County residents indicted in Rangeley burglary
FARMINGTON — Three people accused of stealing guns, medical marijuana and cash in April from a Rangeley resident were indicted Thursday. Danielle Nelson, 25, and Kevin O’Donnell, 25, both of Lisbon, and Steven Sharpley, 21, of Lewiston were indicted on felony counts of theft of a firearm and burglary, and a misdemeanor charge of stealing […]
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Police: Suspect steals car in Dixfield, caught after crashing into Rangeley store
RANGELEY — A Dixfield man remained hospitalized in Portland on Saturday after the stolen car he was driving at a high rate of speed down Main Street slammed into a Rangeley gift shop, police said. Several charges from police in three towns are pending against Christopher Labbe, 43, including felony burglary and eluding, Rangeley Sgt. […]
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Laura Siletti Hale
1928 – 2015 CONCORD, N.H. — Laura Rita Siletti Hale died Monday, April 20, in Concord, N.H., after a period of declining health. She was 87 years old. She was born on March 17, 1928, in Teaneck, N.J., to parents Aldo Charles Siletti and Helen Boylan Siletti. The family moved to Lisbon in 1936, where […]
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Class D West baseball: Rangeley revives program
The baseball program at Rangeley isn’t new, but it might as well be. Current players are barely old enough to remember when the Lakers won back-to-back Class D West titles in 2007 and 2008, capping the second run with a state championship. For most of them, though, that’s the extent of what they know about […]
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2015 Rangeley softball preview
Coach: Chip Smith (first year) Conference: EWC Class: D Last year’s results: 3-9, (lost in Western D quarterfinal Returning athletes: Seniors —Taylor Esty (P), Seve Deery-DeRaps ((OF), Valerie Roy-Lessard (OF); Juniors — Blayke Morin (1b), Maddison Egan (2b), Michaela Shorey (3b); Sophonmores — Haley Morrill (OF), Natalie Brooks (UT), Celia Philbrick (UT); Freshman — Natasha […]
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Rangeley baseball preview
Coach: Jeff LaRochelle (first year) Conference: EWC Class: D Last year’s record: No team Players: Senior — Mason Cavalier (P/C); Juniors — Tim White (CF), Ben Forsman (OF/C); Sophomores — Ricky Thompson (P/1B), Carl Trafton (2B/OF); Freshmen — Zack Trafton (C/OF), Tristen Dresser (3B), Kyle LaRochelle (P/1B), Bo Beaulieu (SS/2B), Hunter Lowell (OF), Luke Quimby (OF); Eighth graders — Leo […]