Coaches: Boys: Rick Kramer (12th year); Girls: Dan Roy (11th year). Class: B; Conference: Western Maine. Last year’s results: Boys: fifth in District 1 at WMCs, 23rd at state; Girls: seventh in District 1 at WMCs, 23rd at state. Returning athletes: Boys: Senior — Justin Gannon; Juniors — Gaeb Bouchard, Kyle Greene, Sam Stone, Sam […]
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Poland sets new date for annual town meeting
POLAND — Selectmen have rescheduled the annual town meeting for 9 a.m. Saturday, April 22. It will be held at Poland Regional High School on Route 26. The meeting was originally scheduled for April 1, but the charter requires a quorum of at least 100 people to attend and there were not that many. The […]
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Poland, Scarborough arson investigation continues
POLAND — Fire officials continued Wednesday to investigate a pair of Sunday night fires that destroyed six tractor-trailer cabs and damaged two others in what has been called “likely coordinated arson.” Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said the State Fire Marshal’s Office was analyzing evidence taken from the fires at R.C. Moore […]
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‘Likely coordinated arson’ in Poland, Scarborough
R.C. Moore President Kelly Moore surveys the damage to several of his trucks that were destroyed in what police are calling arson at two of his companies locations, including this one in Poland. POLAND — An R.C. Moore truck driver was sleeping in his parked rig at the company’s Ginn Road, Scarborough, location Sunday night […]
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Trucks go up in flames in Poland, Scarborough
POLAND — Fire crews from several towns were called to Spring Water Road Sunday night after several tractor-trailers were reported on fire. At about the same time, firefighters to the south were heading to a similar call in Scarborough. In Poland, firefighters called for help from several towns, including Gray, New Gloucester, Durham, Paris and […]
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Poland town meeting not held due to lack of turnout
POLAND — The annual town meeting wasn’t held Saturday as planned because not enough people showed up, said Walter Gallagher, chairman of the Board of Selectmen. “We didn’t make quorum,” Gallagher said. “We need 100 people” to attend to hold a town meeting, as spelled out in the town charter, he said. Sixty-five people showed […]
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Leighton brothers are March Students of the Month
The Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland Tri-Town Optimist Club announces its Regional School Unit 16 Student of the Month recipients for March, Greg and Kurt Leighton. Both students are avid basketball players, who have displayed an amazing effort over the past couple of years to overcome challenges, by accessing school and community resources, in order […]
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Trucks collide on Route 122 in Poland
Androscoggin County sheriff’s deputies and Maine State Police troopers confer on Route 122 in Poland on Wednesday at the scene of a head-on accident involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer. Lt. Glenn Holt said pickup truck driver David Seeley, 55, of Gray was critically injured, while rig driver Steve Naud, 43, of Quebec, sustained minor […]
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Whittier students going to Maine History Day competition
POLAND — Bruce M. Whittier Middle School hosted its sixth annual Whittier History Day on Feb. 15. In preparation, seventh- and eighth-grade students chose historical topics related to the theme, “Taking a Stand in History,” and conducted research through libraries, archives, museums, oral history interviews and historic sites. After analyzing and interpreting their sources and […]
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Robare leads Oxford Hills to victory
PARIS — Brandon Robare paced the Oxford Hills with 20 points in a 40-26 unified basketball victory over Poland on Thursday. Branden Skinner chipped in with 10 points for the Vikings, and Trevor Larrabee finished the game with eight points. Justin Dumas led the Knights with 10 points, while David Ellington dropped in six.