This edition features two short articles from May 14, 1896, edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. Contemporary commentary found in italics. The Wildcat and Porcupine A large wildcat that had gone hungry three days sneaked down the big beech ridge above Balygump, Me., with its face screwed into as ugly a sneer as ever a […]
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News You Can Use – May 2025
Recently, I told a friend that I had a birthday coming up. It is a big one, the big seven zero. My friend quickly replied that I didn’t look seventy at all. Which was nice, but it made me wonder what, exactly, seventy should look like? Is seventy the new sixty? Probably not, but it […]
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Wandering: Wild western Maine neighbors
My neighbors have returned for the season. They are a loud bunch, causing quite a kerfuffle every single night. The disorderly disturbance usually goes on until the wee hours of the morning. Sleeping with the windows open is not even remotely feasible. Their kids will arrive soon. When they get here, the racket will be […]
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Snapshots in Time: Rangeley Recollections
This edition features two short articles from April 1, 1897, edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. The first fell under the title ‘Rangeley Recollections’ which was a regular feature in Rangeley’s first paper and shared regional history, much as ‘Snapshots in Time’ does today. The 1897 article provides an account of what may be the […]
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AARP News You Can Use: Real I.D.
As sure as April showers bring May flowers, warmer weather brings our minds to summer vacations and travel. Many of us have favorite spots to visit along the Maine coast or mountain lakes. However, if we plan to fly within the United States for our vacation, we will need to have the new Real ID […]
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Snapshots in Time: Leaves from a western Maine diary
(This edition of ‘Snapshots’ shares a charming account of a canoe trip up the Cupsuptic River retold from an old trip diary that appeared in the MAINE WOODS newspaper on September 9, 1903. I wonder if the mentioned “Herb” might be a young guide & newcomer to Haines Landing who would go on to become […]
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Snapshots in Time: Wolves in the Eastern States
This edition features an article found on page 7 of the March 26, 1896, RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. It shares an anecdote on the status of the panther and the wolf in New England at the time. Wolves were despised and feared by New England’s early settlers. They were hunted and poisoned at every opportunity well […]
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Wandering: Resisting the changes of the season
Winter is refusing to let go even though spring is steadily pounding at the door to be let in.
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Rooted in Rangeley: Spring Cabin Cleaning
Spring is in the air and, at last, the sun is peeking out. Finally, you can throw open your windows and exchange a breath of it for the staleness that’s been hanging in your house, along with the ghosts of that corned beef and cabbage you cooked a couple of weeks ago. The birds are […]
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Snapshots in Time: Early fishing at the Rangeleys
This edition features an article on the excellent brook trout fishing in “the Rangeleys” during the mid-19th century, originally published on page 5 of the March 25, 1897, RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. We hope you enjoy it. (Contemporary commentary found in italics). Early Fishing at the Rangeleys In conversation with Mrs. Sarah Soule, an early settler […]