RANGELEY — The 33rd annual Rangeley Logging Festival events begin at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at Lakeside Theater when Cat Productions presents “A Mountain Home Companion,” loosely based on the famed NPR radio show, “A Prairie Home Companion.” All proceeds from the show will benefit the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum. Tickets are on […]
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Letters from Lac-Megantic read at Rangeley meeting
RANGELEY — Much of Tuesday’s selectmen meeting was spent reading several messages of thanks to the Fire Department for its help in the Lac-Megantic, Quebec train derailment disaster. A dozen Rangeley firefighters, including Chief Tim Pellerin, spent as many as 29 hours in the Canadian town, helping to extinguish the fire from the derailed oil […]
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Pre-K registration LIVERMORE — RSU73 is committed to serving all 4-year-olds in the towns of Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls area. If your child will be 4 years old on or before Oct. 15 and you want to register him/her in pre-K, pick up a registration form from Livermore Elementary, 107 Gibbs Mill Road, Livermore; or […]
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King calls volunteers from western Maine, ‘the best of America’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a brief speech late Monday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, praised the volunteer firefighters from western Maine that travelled to Lac-Megantic, Quebec, to help contain tragic fire there last week. King, speaking from the floor of the U.S. Senate, hailed the 30 firefighters from Eustis, Rangeley, Farmington, Phillips, Strong, New […]
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Rangeley Inn prepared for auction block
RANGELEY — A second preview of the Rangeley Inn and Motor Lodge will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday prior to the intended auction of the property on July 25. “People are interested,” Jill Daviero, senior vice president of Tranzon Auction Properties in Portland, said Monday. Several attended the first preview July 9 […]
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Merry Plinksters at Society meet NEW VINEYARD — The Merry Plinksters, a well-practiced band of enthusiastic ukulele players, will lead a sing-along at the next New Vineyard Historical Society meeting. The society will convene at Smith Hall on Main Street at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, for a potluck supper. The president, Sherwood W. Anderson, […]
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RRG&SA will hold NRA basic pistol shooting course
RANGELEY — As part of ongoing firearms education for the public, the Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsmen’s Association will host an NRA basic pistol shooting course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at the RRG&SA Clubhouse. The course will teach the basic knowledge, skills and attitude for owning and operating a pistol […]
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Grant funds books, gardening supplies for students
STRONG — When educators in Franklin County retire, they do not forget their students, their colleagues or their schools. Each fall they hold an auction to raise money for grants for local teachers. The grants rotate annually among the schools in MSAD 58: Mt. Blue Regional School Unit, Jay and Rangeley. This year the $300 […]