CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Nearly 500 athletes gathered Monday for the opening ceremony of the 31st annual Special Olympics Maine Winter Games at Sugarloaf. The games are dedicated to Maine Special Olympics founder Melvin “Mickey” Boutilier, who passed away Dec. 24, 2012, at the age of 83. Winter games volunteer Lisa Bird told the athletes, volunteers […]
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Broken sprinkler disrupts Sugarloaf hotel guests
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Frozen pipes and a broken sprinkler head temporarily forced guests out of the Grand Summit Hotel at Sugarloaf on Sunday night, Carrabassett Valley fire Chief Courtney Knapp said Monday. Police sent guests and others next door to the base lodge, he said. Sugarloaf is hosting the Special Olympics Winter Games from Sunday […]
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CVA students volunteer for Special Olympics
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Every year, more than a thousand athletes, coaches and volunteers converge onto Sugarloaf Mountain for one of the largest Special Olympics Winter Games in the country. This year’s event will be held Jan. 27-29. Now in its 44th year, the games have evolved to offer alpine/nordic skiing, snowshoe racing and speed skating. […]
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Development director visits Carrabassett Valley students
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Dr. Lester Keller, the USSA National Development Director, recently made one of three east coast stops to Sugarloaf Mountain. Keller spent the weekend with the SCVA Alpine program, launching the SkillsQuest system for the athletes and coaches. SCVA is a weekend training program collaboratively run by Carrabassett Valley Academy and Sugarloaf. The […]
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HUD survey seeks count of homeless
LEWISTON — If you or someone you know is homeless, Tri-County Mental Health Services needs your help. Government funds are sent to states and agencies based on the number of homeless that live in each community. Help get the resources you need simply by standing up being counted. There are two ways to be counted: 1. […]
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Warden Service to search for three snowmobile riders in Rangeley Lake
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Maine Game Warden Service found several pieces of evidence while searching Rangeley Lake Monday for Yarmouth snowmobiler Dawn Newell that indicate three snowmobile riders reported missing Sunday night from Carrabassett Valley may have also ended up in the lake. The Warden Service will resume search efforts in Rangeley Tuesday morning to […]
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3 snowmobilers missing near Carrabassett Valley
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — Wardens say three snowmobilers are missing in western Maine after going for an evening ride and failing to return. The Maine Warden Service says the three men left Carrabassett Valley at about 6 p.m. Sunday and were last heard from in Eustis, a couple of towns away. Corp. John MacDonald says […]
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Some Maine Nordic centers open with snow aplenty despite rain
BETHEL —Some Nordic ski centers in Western Maine opened in time for Christmas vacation, thanks to December snows that weren’t washed away by accompanying rains. Carter’s Cross-Country Ski Center in Bethel and Oxford is one such place. The Bethel center opened its trails on Sunday for the season, offering 5 kilometers of Nordic trails that […]
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State police trooper named police chief in Carrabassett Valley
CARRABASSETT VALLEY – Selectmen voted Monday to hire Maine State Police Trooper Mark Lopez of Kingfield as the town’s new police chief and director of security of Sugarloaf, Town Manager Dave Cota said Tuesday. He was one of 14 candidates to apply for the job, he said. Two of the candidates dropped out and the […]
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14 applications for police chief received
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The town received 14 applications for the position of police chief, Town Manager Dave Cota said Thursday. Three candidates have been interviewed to date, he said. The search committee is comprised of five selectmen, police Chief Scott Nichols Sr., fire Chief Courtney Knapp and Cota. Nichols was elected sheriff of Franklin County […]