RANGELEY — Drivers around the Bald Mountain Road area are checking out the large whitefish sculpture recently installed at A.G. Newmyer’s summer home, known as the Oquossoc White House. “People have already discovered it,” Newmyer said. “Strange cars pull into the driveway. People are asking who did it.” Fishing a popular sport in the area, […]
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Oquossoc ATV Club targeted by vandalism
OQUOSSOC — Nearly three years ago, a group of Oquossoc residents formed the Oquossoc All-Terrain Vehicle Club to work on connecting the western Maine town with the rest of the state through ATV trails. They wanted to help grow the economy by bringing off-road riding tourism to the region, President Clyde Chapman Jr. said Thursday […]
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Christine Elaine Gorham
1925 – 2015 RUMFORD — Our beloved Christine Elaine (Hanson) Gorham, Teena as she was known by family and friends, was called home on Good Friday, April 3. As she was all her life, Teena was surrounded by family in her last days before peacefully passing from this earth. She was born on Christmas Day, […]
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Students honored by colleges
KINGSTON, R.I. — The following students were named to the University of Rhode Island’s dean’s list for fall 2014. Sydney Grace Charles of Fryeburg. Joshua Wayne Harper of Gray. Emma Catherine Walker of Naples. Cameron Ernest Olson of Durham. Madeline Wiegman of Leeds. Kelynn Herlihy Laliberte of Norway. — STORRS, Conn. – Tyler Holmquist of […]
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Woman, 79, recovering after she was found lying in road in Rangeley
RANGELEY — A 79-year-old Buxton woman is recovering at a Lewiston hospital after she was found lying in a road in subzero temperatures Tuesday morning in a remote area of Oquossoc Village, police Chief Dennis Leahy said Thursday. The woman was found on Bald Mountain Road, a mile away from her car that was found […]
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Buxton woman found lying in road in remote area of Oquossoc
RANGELEY — A 79-year-old Buxton woman was found lying in the middle of the Bald Mountain Road in Oquossoc at 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, police Chief Dennis Leahy said. Her car was found a mile away in a snowbank in a remote area of the road by a person who called 911. She had severe hypothermia […]
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Auction, snowmobile ride to benefit cystic fibrosis cure
OQUOSSOC — On Friday, Feb. 6, the Rangeley World Record Snowmobile Ride for Cystic Fibrosis kicks off its fundraising weekend with a charity auction at The Gingerbread House in Oquossoc. The auction will include items from local artists, executive chefs, guides and sportsman, ski areas, boat rentals, an artist-painted snowmobile helmet promoting the cystic fibrosis […]
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Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum to open for two winter weekends
RANGELEY — For the first time ever, the Outdoor Sporting Heritage Museum in Oquossoc will open its doors in support of Rangeley’s celebrated Snodeo and New England Pond Hockey Tournament events. OSHM will turn up the heat and open its doors for a first-ever winter opening on Friday, Jan. 23 through Sunday, Jan. 25 for […]
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Logging museum apple festival continues for 21st year
RANGELEY — The Church of the Good Shepherd will host the Rangeley Lakes Region Logging Museum’s 21st annual Apple Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 4. With Rangeley and Oquossoc’s businesses Oktoberfest list of event running Friday through Sunday, there will be something for everyone. From 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the Apple Harvest Festival’s breakfast […]
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Rangeley businesses to host Oktoberfest weekend
RANGELEY — Autumn foliage is expected to be at peak color for the third annual Oktoberfest weekend Friday through Sunday, Oct. 3 to 5, Gail Spaulding of the Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce said Thursday afternoon. Businesses in Rangeley and Oquossoc village celebrate during the three-day festival, which features food, entertainment and an abundance of […]