RANGELEY — The Select Board expressed dismay at Monday’s meeting when Earl Ross from the Road Committee reported that the new road surface on School Street is nine inches lower than the Town Office and Fire House parking lot, and extra excavation and paving will be required to connect the two levels. When Ross approached […]
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Logging Museum parade winners named
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum’s 34th Annual Festival and Parade was a success and set an attendance record. Yankee Magazine highlighted the event as “One of the Top 20 Events in Maine.” The museum was presented with a certificate of award from the State of Maine by Sen. Tom Saviello. Winners of […]
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Local quilter receives awards
RANGELEY — Dan Perkins, co-owner of Threads Galore Quilt Shop & Quilt Inn Rangeley Retreat Center, recently won awards for quilts he exhibited at both the Vermont Quilt Festival at the Champlain Valley Expo and Maine Quilts 2014 at the Augusta Civic Center. “Spotlight on the Stars,” an award winner at Maine Quilts 2013 and […]
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Morin and Pepin inducted into Rangeley Logger’s Hall of Fame
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum inducted Luc Morin of Weld and Leo Pepin, formerly of Stratton, into the Logger’s Hall of Fame on July 25 during the evening program of the Logging Festival. Begun in 1985, the Logger’s Hall of Fame honors people who have worked in the woods for a significant […]
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Western Maine Committee awards grant to 4-H for youth program
ELLSWORTH —The Western Mountains Committee of the Maine Community Foundation recently awarded $63,507 in grants to nine nonprofits, including 4-H, for Youth Trustees in Philanthropy to inspire youth leadership and promote personal integrity. Other grant recipients include: ·Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, Inc., to fund an interpretive program of culture, history and environment on a […]
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Rangeley’s WRGY streams online
RANGELEY — WRGY, community radio for the Rangeley Region, has announced it is now streaming its broad range of programs live on the Internet. WRGY began broadcasting four years ago after securing an educational, noncommercial license from the FCC. The broadcast studio for WRGY is housed downtown at Lakeside Theater, and the region’s only “city […]
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Rangeley leadership team presents goals to school board
RANGELEY — Two members of the Rangeley Lakes Region School’s leadership task force presented a report to the school board Tuesday night on professional development for the instructional staff. Principal Charles Brown and Title 1 Coordinator Georgia Campbell made a PowerPoint presentation on six major goals: • Examine and realign grading practices. • Define guiding […]
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Senior Resource Expo planned in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Helping Elders Live in Place will sponsor a Senior Resource Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Rangeley Inn. HELP is a group of residents that came together earlier in 2014 who are working in the Rangeley region to identify and advocate for the needs of elders, including […]
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Elks scholarships available RUMFORD — The Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship and Elks Legacy Award information has been distributed to the Guidance Offices at Mountain Valley, Dirigo and Telstar high schools and Gold Academy for seniors who wish to further their education at a four-year college or university. Home-schooled students whose legal residences are within […]
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ATV clubs request lower speed limit on Rangeley road
RANGELEY — Members of the Rangeley and Rumford ATV clubs attended Monday’s selectmen meeting to request dropping the speed limit on Bemis Road in Oquossoc from 50 mph to 35 mph. The two groups presented a petition containing signatures of 64 residents of the road. Reducing the speed limit would allow ATVs to use the […]