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Think you could be an Olympic curler? Don’t make these women laugh

LONDON, Ontario — American curling champion Tabitha Peterson has heard it all: Anyone can curl. My grandmother can curl. The Swiffer sport. Housekeeping comes to the Winter Games. “Everyone thinks they can go to the Olympics in curling because they think it’s so easy,” she says, shaking her ponytail. She’s sitting in a nearly empty […]

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Curling season ends in Rangeley

Rangeley Bonspiel Competitors: Back: Allen Wicken, Brent Quimby, Greg Andrews, Ken Johnson; Front: Dawn Drexel, Jim Farrar, Pete Christensen, Doug Dunlap RANGELEY — The second consecutive season of Rangeley area curling concluded on March 5 with a championship bonspiel held on Haley Pond. In a closely contested match, the champion team of Pete Christensen, Doug […]

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Curling returns to Rangeley

The sport of curling returns to Rangeley for the second consecutive winter. Instruction and pick-up matches will be Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. at the outdoor curling rink on Haley Pond, next to the public skating area. Sessions are January 18 and 25; and on February 1, 8, and 15. The season ends with a for-fun Bonspiel […]