POLAND — Registration is open for the 45th season of Camp Connor, a co-ed day camp owned and operated by the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA and licensed by the state for youngsters entering grades 1-8 in the fall. Camp Connor begins the week of June 20, and campers can sign up for any number of individual weeks […]
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Track and field notebook: Third place is charm for Knights
Third place in a triangular track meet doesn’t sound like anything special. Well, not all last-place finishes are created equal. The Poland girls were a relatively distant third in their meet last Thursday. That’s the headline. Now the fine print: The Knights (44) were in the mix with host Greely (73) and York (68), arguably […]
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Bruce M. Whittier Middle School honor roll
POLAND — Bruce M. Whittier Middle School has announce the second trimester honor roll. Grade seven High honors: Sarah Bolduc, Erin Brewer, Mia Comis, Brooke Yorkey. Honors: Lincoln Anderson, Morgan Ayers, Elizabeth Bertrand, Cody Burgess, Kimberly Cressey, Leah Desjardins, Isaiah Dubois, Joseph Dunn, Mathew Futch, Evan Gallagher, Amanda Grenier, Nicholas Hodge, Cody Kalinka, Paisley Keene, […]
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Gymnastics: Going national
LEWISTON — Neither Dylan Tanguay nor Josh Abrams believed they had achieved their goal last weekend. The two gymnasts were competing for an opportunity to advance to the Junior Olympic National Championships in Long Beach, California next month. Tanguay made it that far last year but was sure he’d cost himself a chance in the […]
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Auto Racing: Rewarding an old-school racer
POLAND — Ten dollars today will buy you one ticket to your local speedway on a Saturday night. Or maybe, if you’re wheeling a vehicle that sips fuel instead of swallowing it, enough gas to make the round trip. Back when Bob Greeley was graduating from high school and plotting a strategy for life in […]
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Family says competition, coaches, lack of information factors in injury that left Poland cheerleader struggling to recover
Olivia Doyer hit the ground, hard. One moment she was flying, tossed 20 feet into the air by her Poland Regional High School championship cheerleading teammates during an after-school practice. The next moment she was falling. The feel of the ground instead of the arms of her teammates was the first fleeting surprise. Then the […]
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Despite snow, local elections in Farmington, Poland, Durham and Turner go on
FARMINGTON — Polls for the town election of two Selectmen seats and two unopposed RSU 9 school board director seats open at 9 a.m. today despite an April fool storm. The polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community Center on Middle Street. Three candidates, Nancy Porter, Dennis Pike and Jess […]
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Unattended candle starts fire in Poland home
An unattended candle in a basement room caused a home fire in Poland early Monday morning, Poland Fire Chief Mark Bosse said. The home’s residents, as well as several visiting guests, all escaped the burning house uninjured after a smoke alarm was set off, Bosse said. The fire was contained to the basement, he said, […]