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‘Smooth, groomed and nice’
Norway Trackers Snowmobile Club Rally Ride takes snowmobilers through 35 miles of trails. Rob Mowatt, club president, said riders were treated to some of the best quality trails the winter has had to offer.
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Oxford Hills snowmobile clubs fighting flooded trails, water holes
Many snowmobile clubs in the Oxford Hills region have temporarily closed large sections of their trails after a Jan. 24 storm dumped more than 1.5 inches of rain across the state. The rainstorm made a mess of most Oxford Hills trails, said Fran Chickering, trail master for the Otisfield Trail Blazers. He had one word […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Pennsylvania man injured when snowmobile hits rear tire in Eustis
EUSTIS — A Pennsylvania man was injured Tuesday when the snowmobile he was driving hit a rear tire on an empty logging truck driving by on Tim Pond Road. John Derea, 71, of Nazareth, Pennsylvania, who was operating a 2014 Arctic Cat snowmobile with a party of snowmobilers, had brought the machine to a stop where […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Rhode Island man hurt in snowmobile crash near Rangeley
A Rhode Island snowmobiler was hurt Friday when the machine he was riding slid off a trail and struck a rock in northern Franklin County. Investigators said John Paquin, 57, of Kingstown was snowmobiling with a group that started out in the Rangeley area and headed toward Stratton village for a late lunch, according to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
More snow arrives, but ice is unsafe
LEWISTON — At Lewiston Public Works, the equipment is still wet from the last storm, but the staff is bracing for another nor’easter. Just five days after Winter Storm Quinn dropped a foot of snow or more onto most of Maine, forecasters are predicting another 12 to 18 inches Tuesday into Wednesday. “Basically, we’re still […]
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Briefly: Region
Historical society to discuss bylaws BUCKFIELD — The Buckfield Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, at the Buckfield Town Hall. Members will discuss revisions of the bylaws. Everybody is welcome. Farmington Rotary to meet FARMINGTON — The Farmington Rotary meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays in the Olsen Student Center at the University […]
Posted inFranklin, sj-web
Second man injured when snowmobile hits pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Massachusetts man was injured Friday night when the snowmobile he was driving collided with a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, said Cpl. John MacDonald, the spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Kevin Barrett, 45, of Clinton, Massachusetts, was taken by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after emergency […]
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Maryland man seriously injured in snowmobile crash on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Maryland man was seriously injured Wednesday when he was thrown from his snowmobile when it hit a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said in a news release. Mark Chase, 46, of Baldwin, Maryland was operating a 2017 Polaris Switchback 800 snowmobile near Hunter Cove […]
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Massachusetts woman injured in snowmobile crash in Franklin County
TIM POND TOWNSHIP — A Massachusetts woman was injured Monday after she was thrown from the snowmobile she was driving onto a gravel road in northern Franklin County. Katelyn Viveiros, 29, of Fall River was driving a 2003 Ski-Doo snowmobile around a plowed corner on a logging road just before noon. As Viveiros looked back […]