POLAND — Town officials are pleased with the wording of proposed legislation intended to improve the process for approving school budgets. LD 1668, whose prime sponsor is state Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello, seeks to prevent the sort of brouhaha that erupted last summer when Poland selectmen refused to pay the town’s July bill from Regional School […]
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HS Sports: Snow forces postponements
The first major storm of the winter sports season has forced area schools to postpone athletic activities scheduled for Thursday. The following is a list of scheduled games and their new times, if available: Boys’ basketball: Leavitt at Gardiner: NOW Monday, 6:30 p.m. Lisbon at Mountain Valley: NOW Jan. 25, 7 p.m. Boothbay at Dirigo: […]
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Memories sought for history projects
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Before the opening of Poland Community School in 1954, there were more than 20 one-room schoolhouses in the town of Poland. Rose Aikman of the Poland Historical Society is putting together a pictorial history for a presentation: School Days — Remember When. She is seeking scholars with memories of their attendance (and/or […]
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St. Michael’s students studying abroad
COLCHESTER, Vt. — The following Saint Michael’s College students are studying abroad during the spring semester: Katlyn Keane, daughter of Marie Corbin-Keane and Steven Keane of Bethel, is studying at University of Chile in Santiago, Chile. Keane, a junior Spanish and environmental studies double major, graduated from Telstar Regional High School before coming to Saint […]
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Boys’ Basketball Notebook: Dub these Knights serious contender
Poland Regional High School boys’ basketball enthusiasts have been waiting a while — OK, forever — for a team with honest-to-goodness tournament aspirations. Other than the brief “open tournament” era that coincided with their formative years as a school and a program, the Knights have never qualified for Western Class B playoff competition. Barring an […]
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Boys’ basketball: Knights knock out Patriots in second half
POLAND — Poland Regional High School was sweating style points and fretting about fine-tuning issues Wednesday night. And that’s all you need to know about how far the Knights have progressed as a boys’ basketball program. Locked in a knock-down, drag-out with its neighbor for much of the first half, Poland punched the accelerator and […]
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Mechanic Falls seeks traffic signal at Five Corners
MECHANIC FALLS — The Town Council has joined the efforts of Poland’s Board of Selectmen to improve safety at the Five Corners intersection of Routes 26 and 11. On Tuesday councilors signed a letter asking Maine Department of Transportation officials to reevaluate an earlier decision not to install a full traffic signal at what many […]
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Area students join Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipmen
CASTINE – Several area midshipmen were recently sworn in as members of the Maine Maritime Academy Regiment of Midshipmen at a ceremony held this fall during the college’s annual family weekend. The Midshipman Oath was administered to the 201 candidates by Capt. Jeff Loustaunau, commandant of midshipmen, marking the successful conclusion of regimental preparatory training. […]
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Whittier Middle School honor roll
POLAND — Bruce M. Whittier Middle School has announced the first trimester honor roll. Grade 7 High honors: Allison Emery, Sigrid Sibley. Honors: Bryce Adams, Benjamin Bernier, Chevenne Bisson, Quinn Callahan, Jayson Carr, Elizabteh Champagne, Nathanial Chouinard, Spencer Davis, Raelynn Derosier, Drew Dietterm Hope Dubois, Quinn Gerguson, Daisy Hans-Burrell, Ashley Hebert, Allison Kelly, Hannah Kwasnick, […]
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Former Minot firefighter pleads guilty to arson; he’s in therapy to address fire-starting issues
AUBURN — An unusual effort is under way to steer back on track the life of a former junior volunteer firefighter who pleaded guilty Thursday to arson in connection with a Mechanic Falls restaurant fire last year. A sentencing date for Joshua Michaud, 20, of Mechanic Falls was set for late June in an effort […]