When the softball season began, Rachel Bernier had four seniors, holes to fill, a season-ending injury to her shortstop and a whole lot of youth and inexperience. Even after coaching for 20-plus seasons, the Monmouth Academy softball coach wasn’t sure what that might all add up to. How about a 12-2 record, and a No. […]
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Girls’ Track and Field: Turton turns it up
POLAND — The difference between a good track and field sprint and a great one for Emma-Jane Turton is measured in fractions of a second. Funny, because there was a day when the Poland Regional High School junior didn’t imagine her entire career would last that long. Turton was a reluctant newcomer to Coach Dan […]
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Baseball: Close shave as Cape clips Poland in eight
POLAND — Need a five o’clock rally? Go with the five o’clock shadow. Hey, in baseball, game of eccentricities and age-old superstitions, Cape Elizabeth’s strategy for snapping out of a late-season slump makes sense. As much sense as having chicken every night for dinner or wearing the same sanitary socks in back-to-back-to-back games. “We had […]
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Swingin’ Bears name officers, honor graduates
PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club graduated nine class members on May 9. Caller Ray Hilton will continue calling workshops of mainstream and plus each Wednesday through June 13 at the Oxford Hills Middle School on Pine Street. At the annual meeting of the club on May 10, officers were installed.
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Plastic surgery program LEWISTON — “Everything You Wanted to Know About Plastic Surgery, But Didn’t Know Who To Ask” is the topic of a program set for Wednesday, May 23 at Central Maine Medical Center. Plastic surgeons Alan Harmatz, M.D., and Charles Foley, M.D., and physician assistant Sarah Greven, from Central Maine Plastic Surgery, will […]
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Well done – Matthew Hyland
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Matthew Hyland of Poland, a junior at Gettysburg College, is spending the spring 2012 semester studying in Australia.
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Roger Williams University dean’s list
BRISTOL, R.I. — The following local residents are among those to be named to the Roger Williams University dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester. Poland: Jennifer Mickool. Wales: Alexandra Landry, Erynne Landry. Wilton: Sarah Smith.
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Elmira College dean’s list
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Elmira College has released its dean’s list for academic achievement for the fall 2011 term. Celia Blancato, 2012, of Canton, majoring in psychology and human services. Amy Chipman, 2012, of Poland, majoring in mathematics and childhood education. Katherine Slye, 2012, of New Gloucester, majoring in history and political science. Elizabeth Delmonico, 2013, […]
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Whittier Middle School honor roll
POLAND — The Bruce M. Whittier Middle School has announced the second trimester honor roll. Grade seven High honors: Hope DuBois, Allison Emery, Sigrid Sibley, Madison Simard, Mackenzie Tufts, Sarah Walton. Honors: Bryce Adams, Julia Bernard, Cheyenne Bisson, Celina Brown, Quinn Callahan, Jayson Carr, Elizabeth Champagne, Nathanial Chouinard, Cody Comeau, Nicole Cooper, Raelynn Derosier, Quinn […]