Stephanie Dellavalle

The Rangeley Highlander

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November 27, 2020

5 Ways to thank a landowner

If you hunted on private land this fall, show your appreciation for Maine’s generous landowners: Thank them at the end of the season and share how your hunting season went. Landowners especially enjoy seeing photos of youth hunters, or neat photos you may have captured on your game cameras (remember, you must have written permission […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Rangeley Board of Selectmen Nov.16 summary

The Rangeley Board of Selectmen convened their November 16, 2020 meeting at 6:02pm. The Board of Selectmen presented Ella Shaffer, a student at RLRS and daughter of Selectman Ethan Shaffer, a proclamation recognizing her as the State of Maine Poetry Out Loud Champion. Performing poet Ella Shaffer, Coach Tim Straub and Mentor Kate Philbrick were […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Identifying Winter Birds

Birds flittering around the neighborhood are a common sight during spring and summer, and these welcome guests can be enjoyable to observe as they nest, feed and interact. When the weather cools in fall and winter, many birds seek out warmer climates, but a good number of these feathered friends stick around. Certain birds can […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Identifying Winter Birds

Birds flittering around the neighborhood are a common sight during spring and summer, and these welcome guests can be enjoyable to observe as they nest, feed and interact. When the weather cools in fall and winter, many birds seek out warmer climates, but a good number of these feathered friends stick around. Certain birds can […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Yesterday, I Spotted a “Thankfulness Moment” that Changed my Planned Column Topic…in an Instant!

It happened yesterday, as I write this. It happened last week, as you read this. I had just climbed out of my car in front of Backwoods, after donning my face mask and starting to head for the post office across the street during last Thursday’s cold mid-morning…I quickly changed direction by about 40 degrees […]
Published
November 27, 2020

“Snap Shots in Time” …Historical Glimpses from the Region’s Iconic Past

What follows are some clippings from the pages of the November 29, 1895 edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. (Editor’s note: Contemporary commentary in italics, otherwise copy is reprinted just as it was in 1895). What follows is the last stanza of a poem called “Thanksgiving” by Elizabeth Akers Allen that appeared on Page 1. […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Rangeley Border Patrol arrests violent sex offender, reunites missing woman with family

A missing Virginia woman has been reunited with her family and a convicted violent sex offender arrested due to a combined effort by law enforcement agencies. According to a U.S. Border Patrol news release, agents at the Rangeley Border Patrol Station received a tip Thursday from an off-duty warden with the Maine Warden Service regarding […]
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November 27, 2020

Gadgets So Bad They’re Hilarious!

If we have all the toys we want in life, we should feel fulfilled. With Christmas creeping up soon and Covid beating the hell out of us, our mailman’s mail sack has been loaded with so many new catalogs, many we have never heard of, but interesting to look at, and good throne reading! Catalogs […]
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November 27, 2020

Rangeley teenager is first full-time firefighter in the town

Camdan Carmichael has returned home to serve a community he knows and loves. He was hired recently from among several applicants to be the Fire Rescue Department’s first full-time firefighter, Chief Michael Bacon said. Voters approved the position in July. He started the job on Monday. Rangeley has been growing over the past few years, […]
Published
November 27, 2020

Scrappy Chef- Simple Ingredients that Lead to a Delicious Cake!

Don’t be put off by its name, whoever invented this is a brainiac, for what is considered the greatest invention in dessert history. Behold the power of the dump! A dessert with the most unappealing name, yet the best must-have to try. The history is cloudy, there was some overlap when it was sometimes called […]

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