STRONG — Students in instructor Graybert Beacham’s fifth-grade class offered the Regional School Unit 58 board, staff and audience an opportunity to appreciate their months of practice and lessons at their performance at the Strong Elementary School on Thursday evening. The performance included six short pieces that demonstrated the students’ understanding of timing, tempo and […]
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Wood chip truck overturns; Chesterville driver extricated
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Police said a Chesterville man was extricated from a truck loaded with wood chips that overturned and brought down electrical wires on Route 27 Wednesday afternoon. The accident is still under investigation and charges are pending. Speed was a factor, Carrabassett Valley police officer Rick Billian said Thursday morning. Joel McMichael, 30, […]
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Seth Wescott joins Winterstick Snowboards to make custom boards
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott is training for more gold, but he’s also preparing for life after competition. Wescott is joining Winterstick Snowboards’ ownership group. The company plans to open a custom snowboard manufacturing shop at Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, where the 39-year-old lives. He’ll help design and manufacture the boards. […]
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Larson named director of lifts
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf announces the hiring of Brent Larson as the resort’s new director of lifts. Larson will oversee both the lift maintenance and lift operations departments at Sugarloaf. With nearly 15 years of experience in the ski industry, Larson has held senior positions in mountain operations at Boyne Highlands, Sunday River and Summit […]
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Carrabassett Valley July 4 celebration
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The town’s Fourth of July celebration begins at 3 p.m. Saturday with a children’s parade from the Tufulio’s parking lot to the town park. The grand marshal is The Great Stefan. The Independence Day celebration will continue at the park with a children’s sawdust pile and craft projects from 3:30 to 4:15 […]
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Farmington crash sends two to hospital, one away with a ticket
FARMINGTON — Two people from New Portland were injured in a rear-end collision Tuesday afternoon on Route 27, Farmington police officer Justin Blais said. Lewis Belanger, 68, and his passenger, Elizabeth Day, 84, were taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital, Blais said. Belanger’s wife, Sharlene Belanger, 65, was not hurt. Blais said Lewis Belanger was driving north […]
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Ski lift safety in Maine: ‘Lightning struck twice’
The 24-second clip last month was jarring: Panicked skiers leapt from chairlifts at Sugarloaf ski resort, another dangled precariously from a chair and a man yelled from the ground over and over, “Get off! Get off!” The state is still investigating what happened on the King Pine lift that abruptly sent chairs hurtling backward for […]
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Carrabassett Valley hosting reception for Sugarloaf president
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Board of Selectmen will host a welcome reception for Karl Strand, the new president and general manager of Sugarloaf ski resort. The event takes place at 6 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center. Strand succeeded John Diller in December. The public is welcome to hear a brief presentation […]
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Pair of lifts remains closed at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — A second chairlift shut down at Sugarloaf is going to remain out of service for the remainder of the season. Resort officials announced that they were unable to get a part needed to repair the Timberline lift in time for the weekend. Sugarloaf took Timberline out of service on April 2 […]
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Well done — Students honored at colleges
SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Greta Castonguay of Turner served an internship last fall at Clinical Curvo Dental (Curve Dental Clinic) in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Castonguay will spend over a month shadowing dental professionals to learn more about the requirements of the field. She will spend at least 40 hours observing the daily activities and procedures conducted […]