Heritage Trust annual meeting OQUOSSOC — The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust annual meeting will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Rangeley Region Guides & Sportsmen’s Association clubhouse. Logging Museum Hall of Fame RANGELEY — Richard A. Hale will be inducted into the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum’s Logger’s Hall of […]
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Author Louise Dickinson Rich exhibit featured at Oquossoc museum
OQUOSSOC — Famous Maine author Louise Dickinson Rich and her writings will be featured in a new exhibit from now through September in the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum. On display is the typewriter she used to write “We Took to the Woods,” a number of photos of family life at Forest Lodge in Upton, […]
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Oquossoc to host 17th annual Outdoor Sporting Heritage Day Aug. 10
OQUOSSOC — The Rangeley Region Guides and Sportsmen’s Association will host its 17th annual Outdoor Sporting Heritage Day on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the clubhouse on Old Skiway Road. “A celebration of Maine’s sporting life,” as members call the day, will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Heritage Day organizer Elaine Holcombe said […]
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Leslie Hilyard to demonstrate famed fly tier’s method at Oquossoc museum
OQUOSSOC — Leslie Hilyard will demonstrate the “Carrie Stevens’ method” of fly tying from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum. Hilyard owns Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies, which was founded by famed fly tier Carrie G. Stevens. He and his father, Graydon Hilyard, were so captivated by […]
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Hospital holding community tea FARMINGTON — The Franklin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will host a community tea on Wednesday, June 12, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Bass Room at Franklin Memorial Hospital. The tea, which is free and open to the public, will include information sharing, refreshments and live entertainment. The tea will begin […]
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Rangeley museum to host art of fly-tier and priest
OQUOSSOC — The work of fly-tier Sharon Wright and local artist the Rev. Paul Plante will be on display next month at the Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum in Oquossoc. On Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, Wright will also demonstrate her fly-tying technique and discuss her interests and connections to the Rangeley region, […]
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Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum open for third season
OQUOSSOC — The Rangeley Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum has opened for its third season. The museum’s Welcome Center is a reassembled authentic 1890s log sporting camp furnished with period items. “If you have not yet visited the museum this is the time to do so,” Kevin Sinnett, a director with the nonprofit Rangeley Lakes Region […]
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Barry Hill
FARMINGTON — Barry Hill of Oquossoc and North Fryeburg, passed away unexpectedly, March 23, at Franklin Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Barry was born in North Fryeburg, Nov. 16, 1950, the third of four children born to David and Peggy Jones Hill. Barry grew up on the family farm in North Fryeburg and […]