RANGELEY — The School Committee unanimously approved a $3.4 million budget for 2012-13 in front of an overflow crowd of staff, teachers and students Tuesday. The budget goes to the town’s annual budget meeting at the Rangeley Lakes Regional School gym at 6 p.m. June 5. The Rangeley Lakes Regional School Committee adopted the budget, its […]
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Sky Program rescheduled RANGELEY — The Wilhelm Reich Museum has postponed the free Sky Program four times this month due to cloud cover. The weather forecast claims to have cloud-free skies over Rangeley on Monday, April 30. The program will take place at the museum’s Conference Center on Dodge Pond Road at dusk if the […]
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If skies are clear, Sky Program to be April 25
RANGELEY — The Wilhelm Reich Museum has postponed the Sky Program three times this month due to cloud cover. The museum will try to host another program on Wednesday, April 25, at the Conference Center on Dodge Pond Road at dusk. The program will be held only if the sky is clear and participants can […]
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Alumni planning meeting STRATTON — The Alumni Association of the Dead River Area will hold an alumni planning meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at the Stratton/Eustis Community building. Anyone attending schools in Stratton, Flagstaff High School and Mt. Abram Regional High School, Dead River and Coplin Plantations is invited. Ideas and suggestions are […]
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With performance, Rangeley students meet Shakespeare
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Regional School’s spring intersession provides three days for thinking outside the box and outside the classroom. Students can chose among several creative activities, such as video production or music and dance, and they get to stick with them for three days for an in-depth experience. For five students from Tim […]
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Quilt raffle to benefit student programs
“This quilt was created in celebration of, and appreciation for, the marvelous time we’ve all had coming to Rangeley every year for Quilt Camp,” said Novak. “This is a project we could all be part of, and in the end, give something back to Rangeley.” For it was, from the beginning, the intent of the […]
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Rangeley selectmen renew licenses for businesses
RANGELEY — In a run-up to the summer tourism season, the Board of Selectmen granted or renewed licenses to several restaurants and organizations recently. The board also heard an update of the airport master plan, which is in its final stages. In a public hearing before their meeting, the board heard requests and comments from representatives of Bald […]
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Mary Leavitt Linane
BELLINGHAM, Mass. — Mary (Brackett) Leavitt Linane, 76, of Bellingham, Mass., and formerly of Milford and Natick, died Tuesday, April 17, at her residence, surrounded by her family, after an illness. She was born Dec. 21, 1935, in Rangeley, the daughter of the late Gerald and Irene Brackett. She graduated from Rangeley High School and […]
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Supper will benefit Wilcox SALEM — A benefit supper and auction for Natalie Beckett Wilcox in her fight against breast cancer will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Mt. Abram High School. The meal will be potluck; bring a favorite main dish to share. Desserts and drinks will be provided. An auction […]
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2012 High School Baseball Overview
Class A Lewiston won its first regional crown in 61 years in 2011 and has the talent back to make the wait for the next one a lot shorter. Ace Corbin Hyde returns to anchor a staff otherwise short on varsity experience but battle tested on the mound and at the plate during Gayton Post’s […]