RANGELEY — RSU 78 voters on Tuesday approved establishing July 1 as the date new school directors will begin their terms. The vote was 927-95. Rangeley voters approved the measure, 600-54. Dallas Plantation residents also favored it, 207-15. Rangeley Plantation voted 42-5 and Sandy River voted 72-13 to approve the measure. Residents in Magalloway Plantation […]

RANGELEY — With two towns reporting late Tuesday, a question to establish a common date for beginning the terms of new RSU 78 directors was passing by a vote of 78-21. Residents in Magalloway Plantation in Oxford County voted 6-8 to reject the July 1 start. Sandy River voters voted 72-13 to approve it. Results […]

RANGELEY — On Election Day, voters here and in four plantations will consider changing the date when RSU 78 directors’ terms become effective to July 1. The four plantations are Dallas, Magalloway, Rangeley and Sandy River. Municipalities in the district hold annual town meetings and elections at different times, school board Chairwoman Pam Ellis of […]

RANGELEY — Firefighters were out all night Monday into Tuesday morning dealing with several downed utility poles and trees caused by wind and rain in town and surrounding plantations. “We ran pretty steady all night,” Rangeley fire Chief Tim Pellerin said at about 11 a.m. Tuesday. “It was very, very windy.” Two or three utility […]

FARMINGTON — A University of Maine at Farmington faculty research group has received a grant of more than $89,000 to continue its study in the Rangeley Lakes Region. The money comes from the National Science Foundation with assistance from the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. “The goal is to work with people in Rangeley […]

RANGELEY —  The School Committee heard a report Tuesday on customized learning and held a hearing on a referendum establishing a common start date for elected committee members. Judy Enright of Western Maine Educational Collaborative showed a PowerPoint presentation on Maine schools using mass customized learning, the individualized learning process, which comes from the standards-based […]