Winterfest Auburn 2020 is among the many opportunities for fresh air and exercise this winter and spring in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. Highlights of the Auburn festival Jan. 25-27 include Lost Valley Ski Area discounts, a torch parade and live music. Baxter Outdoors will host its annual Winter Duathlon, a snowshoe hike is set […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Sun Journal.
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Price Points: Burgers
Is there any foodstuff more versatile — more customizable — than the hamburger? One minute it’s as humble and no-nonsense as can be, wearing just a slather of mustard, ketchup and mayo, and maybe a pickle or two on a simple steamed bun. The next it’s gotten gussied up with carefully aged melted cheeses, roasted […]
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Snow School: Bates College makes life drawing practical — if not easy
Artists have been gathering like this since the Renaissance: Observing a nude model, drawing implement in hand, striving to capture the essence of the human form with three-dimensional likeness on a two-dimensional surface — week after week, year after year. “If you can draw a figure you can draw anything,” said 68-year-old Michael Heskanen, a […]
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Four ways to save money on ski trips
Skiing provides a great chance to enjoy the great outdoors at a time of year when such opportunities are often few and far between. As a result, ski trips can help combat cases of cabin fever that can settle in during winter months. Avid skiers and even novices often cannot wait for the season’s first […]
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Chef Scrappy: Souperishing! in three parts
Scrappy Chef, the regular column contributed by Joanne Blais, has become quite popular in The Rangeley Highlander and so we have decided to share parts 1, 2 and 3 of her “Souperishing” piece from the past for newer readers. ______________________________________________________________ Souperishing! (from 1920’s Great Irish Famine)…1890 to now… It is so cold outside and with […]
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Rangeley Winter Calendar of Events
NOVEMBER Nov. 29, 30, Friday and Saturday: Downton Abbey RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St. Showing at 5 and 8 p.m.; $5. The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early 20th century. Starring Matthew Goode, Tuppence Middleton and Maggie Smith. Drama/Romance – PG, […]
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Book discussions at Loon Lodge with Wess Connally
Winter book discussions begin at 5:30 p.m., and are held at Loon Lodge, 16 Pickford Road in Rangeley. Scheduled discussions are: Jan. 30: “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” by Bryan Stevenson. Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate […]
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5th Annual Winterpaloozah!
Winterpaloozah! is growing in its success as a winter event in Rangeley. The Cardboard Sled Race starts the day. Creatively made sleds zip down a small hill on the pond hoping to win the fastest time prize. A prize is also awarded for best sled design. Then come the dogs. The Dog Keg Pull has […]
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Prepare for a sledding adventure
Winter holidays are made all the more merry with the addition of some outdoor recreation. Sleighs and sleds are par for the Christmas course, especially when a bounty of snow is in the forecast. Sledding has been part of snowy celebrations for ages. Sledding is a fun-filled activity, but it can be made an even […]