Stephanie Dellavalle

The Rangeley Highlander

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August 18, 2023

New Ventures Maine Announces Free Classes in Career, Business, and Financial Education for September

AUGUSTA, MAINE — August 15, 2023 — New Ventures Maine will offer free online and in-person workshops and classes statewide in September in three program areas: career, business and financial education. Workshops and classes are designed to help people in Maine gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to start a business, build a career, and manage money. The full class schedule […]
Published
August 4, 2023

RLHT to host Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Workshop

Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust will host their annual mushroom workshop on August 12 in Rangeley. Taught by expert Greg Marley, this day-long workshop is devoted to building the skills needed to identify common mushrooms and to begin a lifetime of wild mushrooming. The class will combine lecture and outdoor experience to look at identification features, […]
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August 4, 2023

Dancing in the Rain: Gary Levox and The Marshall Tucker Band

When The Marshall Tucker Band had to cancel last year’s annual Rangeley Health and Wellness benefit concert due to Covid, I for one was disappointed. I grew up listening to their music and seriously have played “Can’t You See” countless times, and often on repeat. Recorded in 1973, fifty years ago, it’s still on my […]
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August 4, 2023

SAD 58 citizens to receive survey on district’s vision on educational approaches

On Tuesday, the SAD 58 Board of Directors elected Jessica Caine to serve as chair of the board. Joanne Bachelder was elected to serve as vice chair. Incoming directors Benjamin Davis of Kingfield, Jessie Stinchfield of Strong, Joseph Ford of Phillips, Mary Nodine of Kingfield, and Rebecca Croteau of Strong, were all sworn in after […]
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August 4, 2023

Snapshots in Time: Juvenile Delinquency

What follows appeared in the August 1, 1957, edition of the RANGELEY HIGHLANDER. We begin with a appears to be a well-researched article by Zelpha Nile on the original homestead of Squire James Rangeley. Zelpha, a name not used much anymore, grew up in a portion of the original structure. The article included the original […]
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August 4, 2023

RLHT to host Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Workshop

Rangeley, ME – Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust will host their annual mushroom workshop on August 12 in Rangeley. Taught by expert Greg Marley, this day-long workshop is devoted to building the skills needed to identify common mushrooms and to begin a lifetime of wild mushrooming. The class will combine lecture and outdoor experience to look at identification […]
Published
August 4, 2023

Dan’s Data- July Weather

Temperature Maximum: 86°- July 7 Minimum: 48° July 30 Average True Temp: 61.77419° Precipitation Total for month: 7.06″ Greatest: 1.73″ Date: July 19 Daily Average: 0.227742” Year to Date: 28.48″ Wind Peak: 34 mph Date: July 8 Low: 11 Date: July 30 Average Peak 18.3871 mph Barometric Pressure High: 29.85 Date: July 21 Low: 29.6 […]
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August 4, 2023

Sale of The Rangeley Highlander, other newspapers, to national nonprofit is finalized

The sale of most of Maine’s daily newspapers, including the Sun Journal, to a national nonprofit that has pledged to preserve and invest in local news has been finalized. Masthead Maine owner Reade Brower and Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, CEO and founder of the National Trust for Local News, confirmed Tuesday that the sale has closed. […]
Published
August 4, 2023

Author Paul Doiron to Speak at Rangeley Public Library

Paul Doiron, author of the popular Mike Bowditch series, will be speaking Wednesday, August 16th at 6:00 PM at the Rangeley Public Library. Doiron will be sharing from Dead Man’s Wake, the 14th book in the Mike Bowditch series, which came out in late July. Dead Man’s Wake is the novel that will change everything […]
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August 4, 2023

Preserving History and Honoring Tradition: Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society Annual Meeting

On the evening of July 18, 2023, at 6 p.m., The Rangeley Lakes Region Historical Society (R.L.R.H.S.) held its highly annual meeting at the iconic Lakeside Theater, nestled in the heart of Main St. in charming Rangeley. The purpose of the gathering was to deliberate on important society matters and initiatives, and to pay tribute […]