GRAY — Poland still believes it will find a way into the Western Class B boys’ basketball tournament. Gray-New Gloucester has ample reasons to think playoffs in the next year or two. Tuesday night was pretty good practice. Playing before a bipartisan full house, Gray-NG whittled a 16-point deficit in the final minute of the […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Gray-NG hangs on against short-handed Poland
GRAY — If Poland’s offense arrived an hour earlier Tuesday night, there’s no telling what drama the final minute of its WMC girls’ basketball battle at Gray-New Gloucester might have harbored. As it was, the Knights turned a 20-point third-quarter deficit into a three-possession game at the finish before falling 57-49 to the Patriots. Gray-NG […]
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Dorothy I. Irving
AUBURN — Dorothy I. Irving, 94, of Poland, passed away Jan. 21, at Clover Hospice. She was born in Compton, N.H., March 19, 1918. She was a long-time employee of Sampson’s Supermarket and managed Goodwill Industries for many years. She is survived by her three children, John Pulsifer, Judith DeSanto and Stephen Pulsifer; and many […]
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Maine Majorette Competition in Poland
Sunday morning at Poland Regional High School there were 29 young ladies, ages 4-20, competing in a Beauty Walk and Interview session for the Winter Wonderland Confidence Pageant. The celebrity guest judge was Amanda Gagnon, Poland’s own Miss Teen Maine. Divisional winners, 2013 Wonderland Queens, were Bella Ricard of Mechanic Falls, Sadie Kyllonen of Mechanic […]
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Towns, cities report more residents paying off tax liens
In Lewiston, property tax liens are down and property foreclosures for nonpayment of taxes are expected to decline in 2013. In Sabattus, property foreclosures are down markedly: Sixteen in 2011. Four in 2012. In Farmington, liens are steady but foreclosures up, some of that property swamp land. The town will work with owners and hope […]
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Roger A. Labbe
1940 – 2013 POLAND —Roger A. Labbe, 72, a resident of Orange City, Fla. and Poland, passed away at his residence on Thursday, Jan. 17, following health complications. He was born in Lewiston, Sept. 27, 1940, the son of Laurien H. and Alderie (Poirier) Labbe. Roger grew up in Lewiston and attended local schools. He […]
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Well done – Students honored for achievement
PARIS — Kelly Laplante has been selected as the 2012-13 recipient of the Central Maine Community College Aspire Higher scholarship. This scholarship enables her to take up to 15 credits of CMCC courses tuition free at the Western Maine Community College Center in South Paris. Laplante is an Oxford native and attended Oxford Hills Comprehensive […]
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Lawyer says Poland selectmen’s actions follow charter
POLAND — Two selectmen removed in the Jan. 3 recall election have obtained a legal opinion that says they acted properly when they voted to fire the town manager in October. “We have maintained right along that we didn’t violate the town charter and that what we did was done correctly,” former Selectman Larry Moreau […]