John Wolfe Ambrose emigrated from County Limerick as a boy and went on to leave an indelible mark on New York City. He cleaned the streets and turned New York Harbor into a world port. Like a true Renaissance man, John Ambrose had many interests and talents. His son-in-law, George F. Shrady, Jr., said his
What follows appeared in the January 14,1897, edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. The paper regularly printed a feature called “Rangeley Recollections” which shared what the region was like some 50 years prior to 1897.Enjoy what follows and be sure to make some great Rangeley history of your own! (Contemporary commentary shared in Italics). RANGELEY […]
As old man winter loosens his grip on the region, many a Rangeley angler is now braving our legendary, albeit chilly waters, in search of trout and salmon. This annual rite of spring via rod and reel is now a 185-year-old tradition. However, truly Native anglers would scoff at that number as they had been […]
What follows has been redacted from a column entitled “Rangeley Recollections” found on page one of the January 28, 1897 edition of the RANGELEY LAKES newspaper. Just as we do here in the faithful old HIGHLANDER, the ‘LAKES shared stories of earlier times in the region. The following harkens back to the 1840- 50’s! Please […]
available to the community to make sure we do the best job we possibly can in the search and rescue process. we have approximately somewhere between 30 and 34 service personnel working for us today. we provided equipment and will continue to work until we are sure we ve done everything we possibly can to find every single person who is missing and do a count for those who are currently unaccounted for. i want to thank the chairwoman for her compassion and direction to us to do everything we possibly can. she was on the phone to me almost immediately after the devastation, encouraging us to do everything we possibly can. senator frye and congressman ross are very supportive of what s taken place here. it s a tragedy in such a beautiful part of the country that something so devastate cog happen so quickly. we are going to continue to work hard, continue to have hope, and