This week the Buzz is expanding, skiing and not dining-and-dashing. Valley Beverage, formerly known as Federal Distributors, is going in front of the Planning Board on Monday for permission to build a single-story, 23,612-square-foot addition at 2019 Lisbon St. in Lewiston. “Our product line has expanded so much over the years that we’re putting on […]
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Roland "Oscar" Annis Jr.
BETHEL — Roland “Oscar” Annis Jr., 89, of Bethel, passed away on Sunday, March 18, at his home. He was born in Gorham, N.H., on Nov. 8, 1928, the son of Roland and Eugene Blowers Annis. He attended Bethel schools and married Louise Bishop in 1951. He worked for the town of Bethel before working for […]
Boyne to acquire Sunday River, other resorts
Boyne Resorts Monday announced an agreement with Ski Resort Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Oz Real Estate, to acquire six mountain resorts and a scenic chairlift attraction currently leased by the company. As operator of the assets and owner of additional resorts, Boyne Resorts is the third largest mountain resort company in North America, according […]
Boyne Resorts going from operator to owner of six resorts, including two in Maine
While Boyne Resorts officials weren’t talking the day after announcing plans to buy Sunday River and Sugarloaf, the head of the Ski Maine Association called it good news for Maine. Boyne, which has long managed Maine’s two largest ski resorts, announced an agreement on Monday with Ski Resort Holdings LLC to buy six resorts and […]
Legends ski race rescheduled
Due to adverse winter weather conditions, the Ski Museum of Maine has rescheduled its inaugural Legends of Maine Ski Race to Tuesday, March 6. Originally scheduled for Jan. 23 at Sunday River Ski Resort, the giant slalom race is open to men and women ages 50+. Divisions are Men and Women age 50-59, 60-69 and […]
Sunday River offers free season pass to Super Bowl ‘Selfie Kid’
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts teenager who took a selfie with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show has become a social media sensation. Thirteen-year-old Ryan McKenna said on “Good Morning America” on Monday his phone “exploded” with messages and phone calls and he now has thousands of new social media followers. McKenna, known as the […]
N.H. student, 18, dies snow tubing on Sunday River ski trail
NEWRY — An 18-year-old man died while sledding early Wednesday on the Tempest ski trail at Sunday River Ski Resort, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. The dead man has been identified as David Kohlhase, a student at Portsmouth High School. Kohlase’s 17-year-old companion and schoolmate, Max Malila, was seriously injured and transported to a […]
Cold-weather workers: Hydrate and wear layers
“I always say there’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.”
Ski ME: Western Maine ski resorts getting ready for winter
Black Mountain’s Angry Beavers created four new glades. Sugarloaf spent $250,000 on a pair of snow machines that open up back-country terrain for an experience it says can’t be found anywhere east of Michigan. Sunday River Resort skiers are already riding its first new lift in nine years and its Christmas week bookings are up […]
Santas shred the slopes for a good cause
NEWRY — The bells were jingling and the ho-ho-ho’s were jolly at the 18th annual Santa Sunday at Sunday River this weekend. The event raised more than $2,500 for the Sunday River Community Fund. “Whenever you can combine giving and a great time, you should do it,” skier Mark Hitchko of Portsmouth, N.H., said. Participants […]