POLAND — When the Poland boys’ basketball team scored a pair of late baskets to open a small lead at the half Thursday, it didn’t seem like much. As the Knights added to that lead in the third quarter and started to pull away, that little late surge in the first half proved to be […]
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Poland to set election to replace ousted selectmen
POLAND — Town officials devised a schedule Friday for replacing three selectmen ousted Thursday in a recall election. Town Manager Rosemary Roy, her assistant, Nikki Pratt, and Town Clerk Judy Akers, with help from Selectmen Steve Robinson and Lester Stevens, came up with the plan. Robinson and Stevens will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. […]
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Poland gets good report on finances
POLAND — Selectmen on Wednesday were told by auditor Ron Smith that the town’s financial situation is good. He recalled how, not so long ago, the town was in distress and quite unaware that it had spent more than $1 million above what it had taken in. But through a combination of careful planning and […]
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Special Olympics Maine founder Boutilier dies at age 83
Special Olympics Maine founder and former CEO Melvin “Mickey” D. Boutilier died on Dec. 24 at age 83 after a brief illness with family members by his side, according to Lisa Bird, Special Olympics Maine’s director of media relations. Boutilier was a teacher, volunteer and veteran who served as executive director and then CEO of […]
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Whittier Middle School honor roll
POLAND — The Bruce M. Whittier Middle School has announced the first trimester honor roll. Grade seven Academic high honors: Katelyn Dufour, Emma Galipeau-Eldridge. Academic honor roll: Makayla Berube, Morgan Brousseau, Dean Clavet, Lillian Daigneault, Annie Desmarais, Caitlyn Doyle, Hunter Frechette, Alyssa French, Kayleigh Gagne, Sydney Gosselin, Jordan Gregory, Katelynn Greene, Keatin Herrick, Melina Herrick, […]
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Marion Dora Gayton
AUBURN — Marion Dora Gayton, 84, of Poland, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at The Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice, with her family at her side. She was born in Mexico, May 7, 1928, a daughter of the late John and Doris (Sylvester) Hunt. Marion was educated in Canton, Rumford and Auburn, until […]
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Vance R. Gregory
LEWISTON — Vance R. Gregory, 44, of Poland, died unexpectedly Monday, Dec. 24, at Central Maine Medical Center. He was the husband of Bridget M. (Turcotte) Gregory. He was born in Lewiston, June 13, 1968, a son of Claude Gregory of Poland and the late Edna (Brackett) Gregory. He grew up in Lewiston and graduated […]
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Poland minister making progress in recovery
POLAND — The Rev. Walter “Wally” Webb is making progress in his recovery from a debilitating accident on a slippery Route 119 in West Minot on Dec. 21, 2011. His car slid head-on into an SUV, leaving him with a broken neck, bruised spinal cord, broken ribs and a broken left wrist. His arms and […]
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J. Nickerson: Doctors deserve what they earn
This is in response to a column by Christopher Flavelle published Dec. 17 with a headline of “Cut medical care costs by paying doctors less.” Flavelle alleges that doctors are overpaid and that drives up the cost of health care. Let’s look at the issue from a different perspective. Movie stars and professional athletes make […]
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Patricia Howe Page
1924 – 2012 LINCOLN, Mass. — Patricia Howe Page of Poland and Lincoln, Mass., 88, passed away on Monday, Dec. 10. She was born Sept. 13, 1924, Patricia Louise Howe in Rutland, Vt., the daughter of the late Carleton and Dorothy (Howe). She attended the University of Chicago Laboratory schools and the Cambridge School of […]