RANGELEY – The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum is accepting items for its annual auction on Saturday, July 7. This is the museum’s largest fundraiser of the year. Items, including merchandise, gift certificates or services, for the auction will be accepted until mid-day Friday. To donate items contact: Vice President Steve Richard at 864-5595, President […]
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Independence Day celebrations in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Parades, fireworks, barbecues and more are all set for Independence Day celebrations in Franklin County. Some July 4 celebrations taking place Tuesday and Wednesday include: * Carrabassett Valley: July 4 Celebration in Town Park, 1001 Carriage Road (behind the town office) starts at noon on Wednesday, July 4, with opening of pool and […]
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Logging festival seeking artists, crafters
RANGELEY – Saturday, July 28, marks the celebration of the 32nd annual Rangeley Logging Festival & Parade. State and Federal dignitaries will be on hand to help honor this area’s long-held tradition of working in the woods. After the parade The Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum will host the Logging Festival at the museum grounds […]
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Rangeley school board gets look at new website
RANGELEY — The School Committee was introduced to the new Rangeley Lakes Regional School website at Tuesday’s meeting. They also approved the Middle School science field trip for the fall and approved a bid to replace the school building’s windows. At the beginning of new business, the committee moved to the adjacent technology lab, where […]
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What Not Shop sale benefits Fourth RUMFORD — The Hope Association What Not Shop, 85 Lincoln Ave., will hold a sale on Thursday, June 28. Anything red, white and blue will be 50 percent off. Fifty percent of shop sales that day will benefit this year’s Fourth of July fireworks. Grange yard, bake sale WILTON […]
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Winners drawn in moose lottery
Click here to see the results OQUOSSOC — Hunters, their families and friends listened attentively, hoping this would be their lucky year. Rangeley and Oquossoc hosted a weekend of all things moose, including lottery drawings for state moose hunting permits. More than 54,000 applicants hoped to be picked for one of the Maine Department of […]
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Madawaska man wins moose-calling contest in Oquossoc
OQUOSSOC — The still-elusive Western Maine moose population stayed undercover Saturday, despite the romantic calls of love coming from the Oquossoc Marine boat storage shed. The region’s first World Invitational Moose Calling Championship offered finalists a chance to show 1,000 or more attentive visitors their best bull and cow moose calls. Kevin Deschaine drove seven […]
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Well done – Brigitte Smyth
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Brigitte Smyth was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Springfield College with a GPA of 3.9. She is majoring in criminal justice. She is a graduate of The Gilbert School class of 2011. Smyth is the daughter of the late Terence Smyth and Becky Smyth of Winsted and […]
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Oquossoc man faces OUI charge
RANGELEY — An Oquossoc man faces a drunken driving charge after he was stopped Tuesday and failed a field sobriety test, police say. Kevin Bliss, 56, was charged with drunken driving for operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit. Rangeley police officer Jared Austin said he responded […]
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Rangeley native wins woodcarving title
RANGELEY — Several hundred Rangeley residents were hardly surprised to hear that Ashley Gray took the world championship woodcarving title at the Ward Wildfowl Art Championships of 2012. After all, Gray bought his first carving knife at Scribner’s Hardware in Rangeley in 1978 when he was 7 years old. He took it back to his […]