The pain and grief over the loss of four snowmobilers on Rangeley Lake on Dec. 30 is still fresh, as the community prepares for its annual Snodeo snowmobile festival.
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Snowshoe sales help veterans experience Maine outdoors
BINGHAM — In a tiny snow-covered cabin, Dave Giampetruzzi weaves the dark green lacings of a snowshoe between the wooden frame.
Farmington art gallery showcases ‘Spiral’ exhibit
FARMINGTON — The multimedia art exhibit Spiral made its debut as one of the early exhibits to be displayed at the Emery Community Arts Center when the show opened last week.
Hands Around the Capitol rally mourns 40 years after Roe v. Wade
AUGUSTA–There will be a day, Teresa McCann-Tumidajski believes, when laws that protect people of color will be extended to “unborn children,” and a day when the idea of a woman having an abortion will be as abhorrent to the average American as the notion of one man owning another.
Fired Waterville officer sues city in federal court on disability claim
A fired Waterville police sergeant has taken his claim of disability discrimination to federal court.
TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Bolduc’s spot secure
Recently, David Bolduc was reading the New England Hockey Journal. The magazine ranked the top 100 players from New England, and there, among the 50 honorable mentions, was his uncle’s name. Dan Bolduc, Waterville, Maine.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Iman sparks UMF past Thomas
Yusuf Iman not only scored 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting, he directed an offense that shot 63 percent from the floor as the Beavers pulled away for a 94-72 North Atlantic Conference men’s basketball victory Saturday afternoon.
Casco says no to plan for tar sands oil tar
Voters pass a resolution to oppose a proposal to allow tar sands crude to be piped from Montreal to Portland.
No. 1 Duke upset by N.C. State
The Wolfpack hand the Blue Devils their first loss, 84-76.
Beauty queens vie for Miss America title in Vegas
The winner will go on tour, speaking to groups around the country and raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network, the organization’s official charity.