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Very few creatures in North America have as many names as the Mountain Lion. Catamount, Puma, Cougar, American Lion, Panther, Mountain Ghost, Painter, Red Tiger, Felis Concolor, Deer Tiger, Painted Cat to name a few and in the 19th century here in Maine they were known as the dreaded “Indian Devil.” In Central and South […]

Residents will also be asked to choose two selectmen from among four candidates.

By Mark Beauregard Read Article Rangeley’s Annual Town Meeting will be at the Rangeley Town Office on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.  Voting by written ballot will take place between 8:00am and 8:00pm.  A copy of the Annual Town report is currently available at the Town Office and should prove helpful for informed voting. This year’s Annual Town Report is dedicated to Alice (Quimby) Smith.  Alice was in attendance at the May 17, 2021 Board of Selectmen’s meeting.  A Selectmen signed copy of...

Sun Journal moving printing operations to South Portland The newsroom, advertising, circulation and customer service employees will continue working in the building at 104 Park St. in Lewiston. Share The brick three-story Sun Journal building on Park Street, lower left, stands next to the Lewiston Post Office at the corner of Ash and Park streets in Lewiston, upper left. The newspaper’s press is housed in the tan and brown building behind the main building and is the latest addition to the co...

Read Article As reported in the December 25, 2020 edition of the Rangeley Highlander, a public hearing was held on December 8, 2020 to provide information and receive input on the Rangeley and Oquossoc TIF (Tax Increment Financing) District and Development Program.  This 30 year program which includes 677.96 acres of the downtown areas of Rangeley and Oquossoc is expected to produce $6.5 million in increased tax revenue.  Up to 100% of this tax revenue can be put into the TIF account and be ...

By Allen Wicken Read Article Back in an early April, 2020 issue of The Rangeley Highlander, (April 3rd to be exact) when our quarantining and masking to prevent the spread of the Covid 19 virus was still a relatively new experience….I wrote about those who were on my mind a lot; 1) Our sons and their young families in Colorado, 2) My wife’s elderly parents (aged 92 and 94) in an assisted living facility in south Jersey….and 3) The already over-worked, and at-risk, staff members working ...