University of Maine at Orono Archives

Rangeley woman named Maine Outstanding Forester of 2014

by Terry Karkos, Staff Writer September 26, 2014

RANGELEY — A former Rumford land manager for Boise Cascade was named Maine’s Outstanding Forester of 2014 earlier this month by the Maine Forest Products Council. Tricia Quinn of Rangeley, resource supervisor for Plum Creek Timber, is the first woman to receive the award, according to a Sept. 19 news release. Quinn was recognized on […]

Franklin

Eustis voters OK $1M budget in 30 minutes

by Terry Karkos, Staff Writer March 2, 2014

EUSTIS — It took half an hour for about 35 residents to approve a budget of $1 million at Saturday’s town meeting. “It was quick,” Selectman Jay Wyman said early Saturday evening. “Basically, everything went very well. Everything was approved and there was very little discussion.” The warrant included 22 articles, some of which increased […]

River Valley

Former Rumford ski coach, teacher publishes book on Black Mountain

by Matthew Daigle, Staff Writer September 27, 2013

RUMFORD — Richard Kent was at the Black Mountain Ski Resort the first day it opened in 1961. “I lived right next to the mountain growing up,” Kent said, “and my whole family grew up there as skiers and racers.” Through the 1970s and 1980s, Kent was a ski coach for Rumford High School and, […]