NEW LONDON, Conn. — The following local students have achieved dean’s honors, a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.65, or dean’s high honors, a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.77, for the 2013 fall semester at Connecticut College. Derrick […]
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Special Olympics at Sugarloaf starts with snow, cold and wind
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The 32nd annual Special Olympics Maine Winter Games opened Monday at Sugarloaf where crisp winds and blowing snow greeted the nearly 1,000 athletes and volunteers. “Energy, enthusiasm, everything is on track,” Lisa Bird, public relations worker for Special Olympics Maine, said after the noon torchlighting ceremony. More than 400 athletes participated in […]
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Special Olympics Winter Games start Sunday at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Special Olympics Maine will send nearly 500 athletes to Sugarloaf USA for the 45th annual Special Olympics Maine Winter Games on Sunday. Events start with one of Maine’s largest community suppers. Residents of Carrabassett Valley and surrounding areas will host a supper for more than 800 people. Evening activities kick off with outdoor […]
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Daughters of the American Revolution name Good Citizen at Mt. Abram High School
SALEM TWP — Mt. Abram High School has announced that this year’s Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen is Thomas Faraday, son of Michael and Madelyn Faraday of Carrabassett Valley. The DAR Good Citizen Program is sponsored by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and locally by the Colonial Daughters Chapter, which […]
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Snowshoe shuffle at Sugarloaf benefits cancer centers
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — This year’s Sugarloaf Charity Summit kicks off with the Snowshoe Shuffle at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center. All proceeds from Charity Summit events benefit the Maine Cancer Foundation and the Martha B. Webber Breast Care Center. According to organizers, if you can walk, you can snowshoe. The […]
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Sugarloaf grooming equipment goes pink for charity summit
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf unveiled the newest piece of its grooming fleet Friday, a shiny 2014 Prinoth Bison-X snowcat painted bright pink. The resort ordered the cat last summer and had it painted pink in support of the Sugarloaf Charity Summit, an annual event that has raised more than $1.6 million for cancer research and treatment […]
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Well done: Students honored for achievements
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kristen Lavallee of Lisbon has enrolled in Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation’s first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is a graduate of Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, D.C., and the daughter of Nancy and Jim Lavallee of […]
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Savvy Caregiver Training classes to be held throughout region
LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus will hold Savvy Caregiver 1 training sessions in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. This training helps those caring for a family member with dementia to learn how to take care of themselves, reduce stress and communicate more easily with their loved ones. This is a six-week workshop, with each session lasting two […]
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Sugarloaf opens for ski season
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — Maine’s Sugarloaf ski resort is opening for its 63rd season. The largest ski area east of the Rocky Mountains will open Friday thanks to the chilly temperatures in the teens and low 20s this week. It will be open seven days a week. Sugarloaf employed new snowmaking technology this year as […]
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Land deal allows Sugarloaf to open ‘most challenging terrain’
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Skiers and snowboarders will have exciting new terrain to explore at Sugarloaf this season, thanks to a land deal with Plum Creek Timber Company that will allow the resort to open new section of the mountain. The land acquisition was completed this summer, bringing roughly seven acres of terrain on the backside […]