RANGELEY — A historical inn in downtown Rangeley is once again a prominent landmark on the town’s Main Street. For the past 13 months, owner Travis Ferland has worked to “preserve it while, at the same time, elevate it to the standard of what guests and the community expects,” he said. The benefits of his […]
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Talk: ‘Commercial-Free Childhood’ FREEPORT — Dr. Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, will give a public talk titled “The Gift of a Commercial-Free Childhood,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Community Hall, 57 Desert Road. Donations will be accepted […]
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Free flu shots in Rangeley RANGELEY — Rangeley Family Medicine will hold its annual flu clinic from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the lower level of the Health Center. Vaccines will be available to everyone at no cost thanks to tremendous support from the Rangeley Region Health and Wellness Partnership. Insurances will […]
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Processing acorns into flour TEMPLE — A workshop on processing acorns into flour will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Koviashuvik Local Living School. Learn how to enjoy this ancient staple crop of humankind. All steps and stages, from gathering to baking, will be shown. For more information or […]
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Logging museum apple festival continues for 21st year
RANGELEY — The Church of the Good Shepherd will host the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum’s 21st annual Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. With Rangeley and Oquossoc’s businesses Oktoberfest list of event running Friday through Sunday, there will be something for everyone. From 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the Apple Harvest Festival’s breakfast […]
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Rangeley woman named Maine Outstanding Forester of 2014
RANGELEY — A former Rumford land manager for Boise Cascade was named Maine’s Outstanding Forester of 2014 earlier this month by the Maine Forest Products Council. Tricia Quinn of Rangeley, resource supervisor for Plum Creek Timber, is the first woman to receive the award, according to a Sept. 19 news release. Quinn was recognized on […]
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Rangeley businesses to host Oktoberfest weekend
RANGELEY — Autumn foliage is expected to be at peak color for the third annual Oktoberfest weekend Friday through Sunday, Oct. 3 to 5, Gail Spaulding of the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce said Thursday afternoon. Businesses in Rangeley and Oquossoc village celebrate during the three-day festival, which features food, entertainment and an abundance of […]
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Rangeley literacy project goes around the world
RANGELEY — Regional School Unit 78 directors this week were told that Rangeley Lakes Regional School students have sent their journals to friends and strangers around the world, who will add entries and return them. It’s a project that middle school literacy teacher Robin George works on with sixth-graders. She compares the project to sending […]
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Rangeley town manager quits after four days
RANGELEY — The search for a new town manager is on again after a recent choice backed out after four days on the job. Select Board Chairman Dave Burgess said candidate Jeff Grossman was hired last Thursday, but quit on Monday. Burgess said the selectmen and Grossman mutually agreed that it was not a good […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]