POLAND — A Maine State Police trooper on routine patrol Friday night says he interrupted a four-car drag race down Route 26 with speeds that reached 91 mph. Trooper Nathan Jamo said he was traveling north at 9:30 p.m. when four cars passed him by Cyndi’s Dockside Restaurant heading south at 80 mph. He turned […]
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Poland students take texting pledge
POLAND — Officials from AT&T recently met with teens at Poland Regional High School to educate them about the dangers of texting while driving. “Texting and driving is among the most dangerous forms of distracted driving,” said Owen Smith, AT&T’s regional vice president for Maine. “We are proud to be bringing this important message to […]
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E. Thorpe Tucker: Twin Cities renewal
I write this in response to Rayne Poussard’s comments in “Views from online readers,” March 13. I wish Poussard could have been present at the Senior College Food For Thought program on March 9 when Joshua Shea, editor of the Lewiston Auburn Magazine, was the speaker. Shea was so enthusiastic about all that is going […]
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Poland voters to decide on property purchase
POLAND — An article to purchase the property next to Town Hall will be on the April 7 town meeting warrant. But a woman’s request for an article asking the town to accept Whaleback Drive as a town road was refused. Selectman Wendy Sanborn told proponents of the article asking that the town purchase the […]
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Girls’ Soccer: Rand resigns at Poland
POLAND — There were times this winter when Aaron Rand’s resolve might have wavered a little. Just when he’d made a decision, he’d be tempted to change it. His mind contemplated coaching another soccer season and seeing the schedule for next year didn’t help. “I kept going back and forth,” said Rand. “I got the […]
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Local author to address historical society
POLAND — Local author, Martha Stevens-David of Minot, will appear at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the Poland Historical Society District 22 School House along Route 26. David will speak about her recently published book, “Autobiography of a Simple Soul,” a collection of short stories about growing up in the small Aroostook County town […]
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Poland man pleads guilty to lesser charges after mistrial
PARIS — After a trial for gross sexual assault charges ended in a mistrial last November, defendant Jeffrey A. Hedrick of Poland pleaded to lesser charges Tuesday. Hedrick, 52, pleaded no contest to three charges of endangering the welfare of a dependent person Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court. He was sentenced to two years, […]
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Mary Lou Felker
AUBURN — Mary Louise Anita LaRose Felker, 76, of Poland, died Sunday, March 11, at the Hospice House, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Auburn, April 16, 1935, the daughter of Ralph and Louise Hamel LaRose. She attended schools in Mechanic Falls and had been a homemaker all of her […]
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Poland says no to plowing school properties
POLAND — The RSU 16 School Committee on Monday learned that the town of Poland is not interested in plowing and sanding the parking lots and roadways in school facilities here. In a letter to Committee Chairwoman Mary Ella Jones, Town Manager Rosemary Kulow explained that, in an effort to reduce public service costs, the […]