High Honors: 93 or above in ALL academic subjects. Grade 12: Dawson Archer, Samuel Cockerham, Mitch Coffren, Brooke Douglass, Ryleigh Frost, Cameron Frost-Grey, Jordan Futrell, Mathias Long-Frost, Payton Mitchell, Trey Reed, Madison Robb, Karsyn Rolbiecki, Bear Rollins, Sydney Sillanpaa, Alyssa Sniadecki, Alexandria Tripp. Grade 11: Lydia Chapman, Bailea Haines, Hannah Henshaw, Summer Love, Jany Pepin, […]
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Pets of the Week
Franklin County Animal Shelter, located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington is having a special on felines. Get ready for the Fluffy Frost Fest: Feline Flurries Adoption Event until Nov. 27.Embrace the warmth of a furry companion this season with our special $25 adoption fee for all adult cats aged 1 year and older. When […]
Now is the Winter of Our Sweet Content- Saddleback House
Dozens of folks from the Rangeley community as well as representatives of state and federal legislators, the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME), and area business owners, joined with Saddleback staff on Friday, November 17th for the celebratory ribbon-cutting and group tours of the long-awaited Saddleback House project. For years the struggle for affordable staff housing […]
Holiday Fair to be Held on Two Weekends
A festive Holiday Fair will be hosted by the ECW of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley. It will be held over two weekends in December: the 8th-9th and the 15th-16th. It will be open from 10 AM to 2 PM each day in the Undercroft of the Church at 2614 Main Street. […]
Help send RLRS student Eric White to Carnegie Hall
Join your friends and neighbors at the Lakeside Theater on Dec 4th at 7PM for an evening to support Rangeley Lakes Regional School Student, Eric White and his teacher Erin Smith with travel expenses to travel to NYC, where Eric White will perform in the prestigious Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall! The evening will […]
Madrid to launch holiday season Dec. 2 with tree lighting
Madrid is set to start the holiday season off with the Madrid Community Christmas Tree Lighting at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Madrid Historical Society Schoolhouse on the corner of Reeds Mill and Schoolhouse Roads. Meeting inside the schoolhouse, there will be refreshments and the opportunity to make ornaments for the tree, after […]
Snapshots in Time: Some Thanksgiving History
What follows appeared in the November 28, 1896, edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. The paper began on page 1 with a little recap of the origins of the thanksgiving tradition. We wish you a fine holiday and be sure to make some great Rangeley history of your own! (Contemporary commentary in Italics). Early Thanksgiving […]
Property Spotlight: Rare Offering on Magalloway River
SCENIC WILSON MILLS – VERY RARE OFFERING on the MAGALLOWAY RIVER! Year-round home very privately sited on 3 pastoral acres with 400’+/- frontage on the Magalloway River and 300’+/- frontage on Alder Stream (river/stream frontage is estimated). Perched on a knoll with commanding river and mountain views, this 3BR home with attached 2 car garage […]
Holiday Open House at the Lakeside Theater in Rangeley
Join us to ring in the holiday season! The RFA will be hosting our annual Holiday Open House on Friday December 8th from 5:00 PM 7:00 PM. Open to the public, light refreshments and a beer/wine cash bar. The Rangeley Friends of the Arts is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation “Bringing the Arts to Life” in […]
Movie Review: ‘The Marvels’
The fall from glory of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with “The Marvels.” This is not to say that this movie is the “worst” the MCU has ever put out (for one thing, there’s no M.O.D.O.K. in sight), but the franchise has seen better days, both commercially and creatively. I think the problem lies with […]