CARRABASSETT VALLEY — There were many hugs and hurrahs for nearly 500 participants at the annual Special Olympics Maine Winter Games at Sugarloaf on Monday. A forecast of snow for Tuesday shortened the three-day event to two — everyone was leaving by 6:30 p.m. Monday — but it didn’t dampen spirits as Olympians competed in […]
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Sugarloaf president plans retirement in April
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Maine’s Sugarloaf has named a successor to the resort’s retiring president and general manager. The ski mountain announced Tuesday that Karl Strand will take over when John Diller retires in April. Stephen Kircher, president of Boyne Resorts’ eastern operations, said Strand is familiar with “Sugarloaf’s unique DNA” because he’s been skiing there […]
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Maine skiers revel in ‘White Friday’
NEWRY — While shoppers rushed to stores early Friday to cash in on the first of the holiday-season deals, Maine skiers and snowboarders were flocking to the slopes to enjoy extra-early, extra-good snow conditions, thanks to a storm that walloped the region Wednesday night. “This is the best conditions have been for Thanksgiving Day weekend […]
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Paco Defrancis wins Sugarloaf Uphill Climb
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Colby College’s 21-year-old Paco Defrancis took finished first in the annual Sugarloaf Uphill Climb on Sunday, completing the grueling course in a time of 28 minutes and 50 seconds. Defrancis beat a field of nearly 200 runners in a race that takes runners up more than 2,500 vertical feet over a 3-mile […]
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Golf: Fall into scenery, savings
You’ve used up all your summer vacation weeks and floating holidays. Once or twice, you’ve already had to dig out the ice scraper or use the remote starter to remove that thin coating of frost from the windshield before the morning commute. Those golf clubs still take up residence in the trunk, but these days, […]
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Comeback Kim: Oxford Hills junior stays the course despite battling seizures
Macarthur Kim mentioned the toughest part of his Thursday morning round at Sugarloaf Golf Club matter-of-factly, the way someone might describe chunking an approach shot into a pond. “I shot 90, but I had a partial seizure on the 10th hole,” Kim said. “It’s been happening to me for a while now.” Kim, 16, has […]
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Sugarloaf GM John Diller to retire following 2014-15 ski season
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — John Diller, Sugarloaf’s general manager since 1998, announced his plans to retire after the 2014-15 ski season. The announcement was made to Sugarloaf employees at a summer employee party last week. Diller’s retirement will conclude nearly 45 years of employment at Sugarloaf, the past 16 of which were as the resort’s general […]
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Carrabassett Valley gives green light to $2.1 million entertainment center
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — After four years of a stop-and-go financing process, resident Kerry Audet’s proposed development of a $2.1 million family entertainment center and sports pub received a green light from state and municipal officials. The plan calls for a 10-lane bowling alley, a golf simulator, game room, sports pub with 25 high-definition screens and […]
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RSU 9 sixth-graders to have own block of Mt. Blue Middle School
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 sixth-graders from three elementary schools will attend the Mt. Blue Middle School for the first time when school opens Sept. 2. RSU 9 directors approved restructuring five elementary schools in the 10-town district in February, voting to send the sixth-graders to middle school in 2014-15. The students will not loop with […]
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Sugarloaf undertakes summer projects
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf is undertaking a number of summer projects, including upgrades to its snowmaking system, a new state-of-the-art ski tuning machine, continued terrain expansion, and numerous resort and village enhancements. The projects are part of the Sugarloaf 2020 Ten-Year Road Map for development. In the four years since the plan was introduced, the […]