RANGELEY — The Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust announced the acquisition of 70 acres on the eastern shoreline of Hunter Cove on Rangeley Lake. The property abuts 100-acre Hunter Cove Wildlife Sanctuary, which was donated to the trust in 2004 by Maine Audubon Society. It is directly across the cove from the 180-acre Hunter Cove Uplands. […]
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Teenager injured when snowmobile hits rocks in Rangeley
RANGELEY — A 14-year-old girl was injured when her snowmobile hit rocks along the shoreline of Rangeley Lake in City Cove on Saturday night, Maine Warden Service spokesman Cpl. John MacDonald said. The girl struck her hip and was treated and released from Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, MacDonald said. She was operating alone and there […]
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Undercover Recovery Team divers have the coolest jobs
Diving underneath the ice is not that much different than diving in open water, said Maine State Police Underwater Recovery Team Commander Matt Grant. “Working on the surface is what’s different,” said Grant. Grant was on the surface of Rangeley Lake last Wednesday with members of his dive team and members of other New England dive […]
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State police, law enforcement dive teams train on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — Maine State Police and other law enforcement dive teams will be conducting training exercises on Rangeley Lake for the next two weeks. They were out on the lake Tuesday morning, Police Chief Russell French said. They will be training about 300 feet offshore. Four people died in December 2012 when their snowmobiles went […]
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Connecticut brothers rescued from Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — Two brothers from Connecticut were rescued Tuesday from Rangeley Lake after one of their kayaks capsized. The two were in the 55-degree water for about an hour, Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said. The younger, Mark Lovesoy, 17, was taken by a NorthStar EMS ambulance to be treated for near hypothermia at Franklin […]
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Rangeley selectmen appoint assessor
RANGELEY — Selectmen appointed Rob Duplisea as town assessor on Tuesday. His one-year contract will run through June 30, 2015. Duplisea recommended lowering the town’s property tax rate from $11.70 to $11.60 per thousand dollars of valuation. After studying the tax base and available funds, selectmen voted to reduce it to $11.55. David James advocated […]
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Man breaks legs when snowmobile hits ridge on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts man broke his legs late Thursday afternoon after his snowmobile hit a small pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake and he was thrown off, Maine Warden Reggie Hammond said Friday. The accident happened at about 5 p.m. on the first day of the Rangeley Snodeo that runs through Saturday. The accident was […]
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Rumford snowmobile trails need more snow for good riding; Rangeley trails ‘quite good’
RUMFORD — Members of the Rumford Polar Bears Snowmobile Club remain optimistic that they’ll have a good riding season to offer sledders in 2014 on nearly 90 miles of trail. All they need is 10 to 15 inches of snowfall to create good riding conditions. “We’re just a storm away,” Bob Stickney, vice president, said […]