CARRABASSETT VALLEY — On Saturday, Oct. 12, Carrabassett Valley Academy and the greater Carrabassett Valley community will come together to celebrate the many exciting initiatives taking shape at CVA, including the opening of their new academic center. The public is invited to attend the open house from 3 to 6 p.m. It will include academic […]
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Search for missing hiker highlights need for more trained volunteers
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A 10-day search for a missing Appalachian Trail hiker highlighted the state’s need for greater numbers of search-and-rescue volunteers. The search by air and foot for Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., who was last seen July 23 on the trail north of Saddleback Mountain, yielded no physical evidence of the experienced […]
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Search for missing AT hiker scaled back
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for Geraldine Largay, 66, of Brentwood, Tenn., has been scaled back significantly, according to the Maine Warden Service. Warden investigators will continue to chase down leads and gather information, including more cellphone data. Some of that data takes time to get, said Doug Rafferty, a Warden Service spokesman. Largay sent […]
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Wardens focus search for missing AT hiker Geraldine Largay on about 4.2 square miles
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee was intensified and concentrated Sunday, but no new clues were found, according to the Maine Warden Service. The service also said the search effort, which has gone on for more than 10 days, would be “extensively scaled back.” As many as 115 wardens and […]
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Inside the struggle to find missing hiker Geraldine Largay
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Looking for a person lost in the wilderness is often compared to looking for a needle in a haystack. In reality, it’s far more difficult than that. “When you think about the total square footage of a person’s body — whether they are lying down or standing up — and you think about trying […]
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Maine volunteers make search for lost AT hiker possible
MOUNT ABRAM TOWNSHIP — Matt Clark likes to think somebody would do the same thing for him and his family if he were lost in the Maine wilderness. Clark, a member of Franklin Search and Rescue, was volunteering Tuesday to clamber along miles of streambed and through the thick underbrush of the deep woods in […]
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Search for missing hiker enters Day 6
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee entered its sixth day Tuesday as members of the Maine Warden Service and volunteers from area search and rescue groups assembled early at Sugarloaf. Officials said late Monday they remain “mystified” as to the whereabouts of Geraldine Largay. “We don’t typically have searches for […]
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Search for missing hiker enters Day 6
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – The search for a missing hiker from Tennessee entered its sixth day Tuesday as members of the Maine Warden Service and volunteers from area search and rescue groups assembled early at Sugarloaf. Officials said late Monday they remain “mystified” as to the whereabouts of Geraldine Largay. “We don’t typically have searches for […]