AUGUSTA — Rachel Kuklinski and Caleb Nottingham, students at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland, were honored as Middle Level Scholar Leaders at a banquet on May 15 at the Augusta Civic Center. The students were presented with an award whose criteria included demonstrating academic initiative and scholarship, providing service to classmates and school, […]
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RSU 16 residents vote on budget Tuesday
POLAND — A referendum on the RSU 16 budget will be held Tuesday, June 10. Polls will be open in the Mechanic Falls’ municipal building, Minot’s Town Office and Poland’s Town Hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The $20 million proposed spending plan was approved at the May 12 districtwide meeting. It is up […]
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Army sash stirs controversy in Poland
POLAND — On Sunday, ShaiAne Belinski will graduate from high school. A month later, she’ll report to the U.S. Army in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. She thought she could wear her Army sash to graduation to mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. She was wrong. Regional School Unit 16 officials […]
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Poland selectmen address septic system problems
POLAND — Selectmen took steps Tuesday to resolve problems with two malfunctioning septic systems on private land. Code Enforcement Officer Nick Adams told selectmen that he examined the system at 13 Storm Cove Lane in the company of a local contractor who estimated it could cost as much as $7,000 to repair. “A new tank […]
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H.S. Baseball: Yachtsmen get defensive, edge Knights
Beating Poland and moving up in the Heal Points standings on Tuesday probably helps, too. The Yachtsmen flashed the leather impressively to back up a gutty effort by pitcher Addison Foltmer and hold off the scrappy Knights, 3-2, in the teams’ Western Maine Conference finale. Foltmer allowed two runs on four hits, fanned four and […]
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Poland Junior Historical Society is hosting potluck supper
POLAND — The Poland Junior Historical Society, which is made up of 11 third-grade students from the Poland Community School, will host a potluck supper at the A.B. Ricker Memorial Library and Community House on Sunday, June 8. Reginald “Bud” Jordan and Rose Aikman will present a slide program on the homes and businesses at […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievements
BRUNSWICK — Viola Rothschild, daughter of Norman Harry and Cheng Mei Rothschild and granddaughter of Catharine and Michael Rothschild of Phillips, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in China for 2014-15. She also received the Government and Legal Studies Department Prize for Excellence in Comparative Politics at Bowdoin College and attained highest honors […]