NEWRY — After an unusually warm winter with little natural snow, the last three open ski resorts are close to shutting their doors for the season. Sunday River in Newry, Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley and Saddleback in Rangeley are looking to close soon, but not before big event weekends. Sunday River is closing the season […]
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Newry selectmen deny homeowner abatement for third time
NEWRY — For the third year in a row, selectmen have denied a tax abatement request from Sophia Bilinsky on her vacation home and property that’s assessed for $2.8 million. Bilinsky, of Kennett Square, Pa., claims it should be assessed at $1.7 million. Monday’s denial was for a 2011 tax bill of $25,331. She was […]
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Maine Forest Service continues efforts to contain mountainside fire in Gilead
Many have been small, “but we jump on them very quickly,” said Currier, Southern District ranger for the Maine Forest Service. Currier said the spring fire season began two or three weeks earlier than usual. Normally, it occurs in April and May. The largest fires — those in the 20-acre range — have been in […]
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Ski-A-Thon expected to raise $300K for Maine Adaptive
NEWRY — The 27th annual Ski-A-Thon is expected to raise $300,000 for Maine Adaptive Sports and Recreation. The Ski-A-Thon took place March 24 at Sunday River, and pledges totaling $270,000 were reported during the weekend. There were 89 fundraising teams, each with five members, participating. Pledges continue coming in, and the total is likely to […]
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Maine resorts launch late-season snow-making effort
RANGELEY — Wrestling with a weak-snow winter and premature summer temperatures in March, the trio of ski resorts still open in Maine are taking advantage of the recent dip in temperatures and have fired up their snow-making systems. Saddleback Ski Area in Rangeley first announced it was making snow early Monday followed shortly by announcements […]
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Ski resorts hurting
NEWRY — Skiers stripped down to shorts and bikini tops to keep cool Wednesday as they got in a few final sun-drenched, slushy runs, bidding what could be an early goodbye to a season that has disappointed all around. An unprecedented spell of record temperatures soaring into the 80s had New England skiers dodging dirt […]
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Jay firefighters in ski race for Maine Handicapped Skiing program
JAY — The skis are waxed and ready to go. So are two teams from Jay Fire and Rescue. Once again they’ll compete with other fire departments from around Maine and New England in the 22nd Annual Firefighters’ Fundraising Race slated for 10 a.m. Sunday, March 25, at Sunday River in Newry. Firefighters in teams […]
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New Gloucester, Newry game wardens sworn in
AUGUSTA – The Maine Warden Service swore in four new game wardens in January. from New Gloucester, Sarah Miller from Newry, Clifford Littlefield from Morrill and Troy Thibodeau from Augusta successfully completed an intensive hiring process as well as the 18-week basic law enforcement training program at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro. The […]
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Newry town meeting voters OK $834,262 municipal budget
NEWRY — Town meeting voters approved a municipal budget of $834,262 on Monday night. That’s $2,621 more than last year’s $831,641. This doesn’t include the school and county tax assessments, which are done later in the year. “It went pretty good,” Town Administrator Loretta Powers said Tuesday of the 75-minute meeting with Les Otten as […]