NEWRY — Sunday River Resort will host its second annual Red Bull Frozen Rush event on Thursday and Friday Jan. 8 and 9, Director of Communications Sarah Devlin said. The event, which consists of a series of head-to-head races using off-road trucks, began in 2013, when eight professional truck drivers raced two at a time […]
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Effort on to aid Maine Adaptive volunteer
By Maria Holloway Described by friends as a “humble, quiet, shining star”, Andy Barlow gives of himself every day. Anyone who knows Andy would agree. Whether helping a friend to fix a car or teaching kids with disabilities to ski, Andy is there to give it his all. A recent effort to give back to […]
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Maine skiers revel in ‘White Friday’
NEWRY — While shoppers rushed to stores early Friday to cash in on the first of the holiday-season deals, Maine skiers and snowboarders were flocking to the slopes to enjoy extra-early, extra-good snow conditions, thanks to a storm that walloped the region Wednesday night. “This is the best conditions have been for Thanksgiving Day weekend […]
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Golf: Fall into scenery, savings
You’ve used up all your summer vacation weeks and floating holidays. Once or twice, you’ve already had to dig out the ice scraper or use the remote starter to remove that thin coating of frost from the windshield before the morning commute. Those golf clubs still take up residence in the trunk, but these days, […]
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Par for the Course: Warren takes lead with second win on Exotics Tour
With the Exotics Tour Pro-Am Series event No. 4 having been held this past Tuesday at Sunday River, No. 5 is on tap Sept. 23 at Falmouth. That would not seem newsworthy on its own. However, more than 20 entries already are submitted for the Falmouth tournament. “This is really starting to take off,” said […]
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Sunday River receives $5 million investment from parent company
NEWRY — Sunday River Ski Resort will receive $5 million to use toward capital improvements this year, resort spokesperson Darcy Morse said Monday afternoon. Morse said that the $5 million was given to Sunday River as part of a new investment from their parent company, Boyne Resorts. Boyne Resorts has invested over $40 million in […]
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Locals Ski Challenge winners
LOCALS SKI CHALLENGE WINNERS-The ‘Rooster Chicks’ ski team recently won the season-ending championship for the Sunday River Locals Challenge. The team, representing Rooster’s Roadhouse restaurant in Bethel, was one of 23 that took part in a season-long series of giant slalom races at Sunday River Resort. The teams were comprised of resort employees, local and […]
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Cold gold: Early signs show frigid, snowy winter heated up Maine’s economy
Not too long ago, Ron Fournier walked out onto North Pond, drilled holes for a day of ice fishing and returned to find three of the tourists in his ice shack wearing life jackets. A fourth had one cradled on his lap. The ice was 32 inches thick, but, just in case. “They’d never been […]
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Jay Fire Department Wins 24th Annual Firefighters’ Giant Slalom Race at Sunday River
NEWRY — Jay 1, one of two teams from the Jay Fire Department, won Sunday’s 24th Annual Firefighters’ Race at Sunday River Resort. Jay 1 beat out the team from Wolfeboro, N.H, by just 0.71 seconds. Ten teams from around New England competed in the event, which helped raise money for Maine Adaptive Sports & […]
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Dumont Cup: Kenworthy back on top
NEWRY — All Gus Kenworthy could do was keep his fingers crossed and hope his score was good enough. Kenworthy was the next-to-last skier to go Saturday afternoon at the sixth annual Dumont Cup at Sunday River. When Kenworthy missed a rail early in his final run, it was up to his rival Nick Goepper […]