POLAND — Approximately one hundred people gathered at Poland Community School gym on May 6 to mark the graduation of 41 students from the Mechanic Falls-Minot-Poland Adult Education program. The graduates marched to Pomp and Circumstance played by Han Libby, pianist. Superintendent of Schools, Dennis J. Duquette congratulated the graduates on their courage to return […]
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Legion baseball: Rogers, Bethel split doubleheader
BETHEL — Jon Clarke tripled home the tying run in the sixth inning and scored the winning run on a fielder’s choice to lift Bethel/Locke Mills to a 3-2 victory in Game 1 and a split of an American Legion doubleheader against Rogers Post of Auburn on Saturday. Rogers came back with an eight-run uprising […]
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122nd annual camp meeting opens Saturday
MECHANIC FALLS — The 122nd annual camp meeting opens Saturday evening, July 9, at the Advent Christian Camp on Route 121. All are welcome free of charge. The nine-day run includes: * Nightly and Sunday morning worship services featuring speaker, the Rev. Roger Brown of Meredith, N.H., on the theme “H2O: His2Own.” Music leaders are […]
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Student of the Month
Recently honored as Student of the Month by the Tri-Town Optimist Club of Mechanic Falls, Poland and Minot was sixth-grader Sierra Gary of Minot Consolidated School. She is pictured with club president Jeff Gagnon.
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Go & Do: Wolf Run Raceway go-karts — The thrills of Grand Prix racing at pull-start prices
MECHANIC FALLS — High-octane excitement on very little wheels. Wolf Run Raceway, a go-kart course on Route 121, has just opened for its first full season. The new track — it was purchased and moved from Houlton in July of last year — is a fifth-mile of straightaways and tight curves, offering racers the exhilarating […]
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Mechanic Falls Historical Society to display artifacts, scrapbooks
MECHANIC FALLS — The Mechanic Falls Historical Society has recently been given several interesting artifacts and scrapbooks which will be on display at the historical society for the Community Day Celebration on Saturday, June 25. Richard and Betty Clukey of Mechanic Falls bestowed a sign to the society which had been in their barn when […]
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Historical society holding open house
MECHANIC FALLS — The Mechanic Falls Historical Society will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, during the town’s Community Day celebration. Visitors can comb through some of the historical artifacts the society has on hand, including the Mechanic Falls High School Pilot yearbooks dating back to the early […]
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30th annual Pottle Hill Road Race June 25
MECHANIC FALL — Pathways, Inc. will host the 30th annual Pottle Hill Road Race on Saturday, June 25, starting from Town Square. Known over the years for having a challenging 10K, the event starts with a tamer one-mile Fun Run or walk at 8:30 a.m., followed by the start of the 5K at 9 a.m. […]