Rangeley area happenings and events for Friday, August 29, through Thursday, September 11, 2025.
Local News
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News, Schools & Education
Buckfield, Hartford, Sumner hosting forum on community schools’ future
The communities of Buckfield, Hartford and Sumner have their own community elementary and secondary schools but belong to Regional School Unit 10, headquartered 30 miles away in Rumford.
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Posted inMaine, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington property owners to learn about new valuations Sept. 12
Town officials caution that an increase in a property’s value does not mean a similar increase in taxes on the property.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News
Young porcupine stands up for itself
As fall marks a milestone for kids going to school, animals in the wild are also ready to engage in their own independence. (Nicole Carter/Staff Writer)
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Gilead officials reduce budget by $107,000, ease tax burden
The mill rate has gone down 1.9% from the previous year thanks in part to budget cuts.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News, Maine
Norway salon sends students to school in style
Stylists Tova Millett and Bobbi Fogg donated a Sunday to snipping locks for kids heading back to school in the Oxford Hills region.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News, Schools & Education
Amid ongoing mass violence, Oxford Hills prioritizing school security
Maine School Administrative District 17 is putting renewed focus on safety, as the nation reels from a school shooting in Minneapolis last week.
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Historic Rangeley vignettes and other big fish items
Circa 1880 stereoview of Rangeley Dam. We hope you enjoy these short excerpts found in the pages of the August 17, 1883, edition of the PHILLIPS PHONOGRAPH newspaper. Photos courtesy of the late Arthur Guerin. Contemporary comments in Italics. Big Fish Items We learn that the Mountain View and Mooselookmeguntic Houses are filled with […]
Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Historic Rangeley vignettes and other big fish items
Circa 1880 stereoview of Rangeley Dam. (We hope you enjoy these short excerpts found in the pages of the August 17, 1883, edition of the PHILLIPS PHONOGRAPH newspaper. Photos courtesy of the late Arthur Guerin.) (Contemporary comments in Italics). Big Fish Items We learn that the Mountain View and Mooselookmeguntic Houses are filled with […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
War of 1812 POW from Paris topic of program
At its monthly meeting on Thursday, Sep. 18, the Paris Cape Historical Society will present a talk by Larry Glatz on the War of 1812 veteran Joseph Penley of Paris. Glatz has worked with Executive Director Will Chapman and Executive Director Randy Bennett of the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society to publish a new […]