POLAND — Selectmen agreed Tuesday to form a seven-member Recreational Marijuana Use Committee by their Aug. 21 meeting. The committee is to draft an ordinance spelling out zoning, land use and other regulations for recreational marijuana facilities. The panel will include two selectmen, one planning board member, a member from the Community and Economic Development Committee and three residents. […]
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Maine Highland Fiddlers to play in Poland
POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will be hosting the Maine Highland Fiddlers at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 23. Like all concerts in the Sunset Concert series, it takes place outside at the gazebo in Poland Spring Resort. In case of rain, concerts will be held in the All Soul’s Chapel. All concerts are […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region softball
FIRST TEAM Name School Class Position Emmy Lashua Edward Little Sr. CF Alie Martell Gray-NG Sr. P Giana Russo Lisbon So. C Layne Audet Winthrop Jr. P Jordan Mynahan Lewiston Sr. 3B Haylee Langlois Monmouth Jr. 1B Ally Gagne Poland So. P Hannah Shields Buckfield Jr. C Lauren N. Merrill Oxford Hills So. P Kiera […]
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2018 Sun Journal All-Region girls’ outdoor track and field
FIRST TEAM Player name School Class Events Lauren Sterling Mtn. Valley Sr. 100H, HJ Nicole Daigle Leavitt Sr. 100, 200 Jadah Adams Oxford Hills Jr. javelin Lauren Berube Edward Little Sr. Pole vault, javelin Hanna St. Pierre Spruce Mountain Sr. LJ, TJ Madison Post Gray-NG Sr. 100, 200, discus Laila Bunnitt Lewiston So. discus, shot […]
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Summer youth track meet in Poland
Mason Weed, left, 4, of Norway starts the 100-meter dash during the USA Track and Field Developmental Meet at Poland Regional High School on Thursday. Eight youth track programs participated in the meet hosted by the Auburn Recreation summer track and field program. Auburn coach Angie Jalbert said 350 kids competed during the event that […]
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Who's supporting 'We the People?'
Jared Golden just lost my vote! Anyone who is blind to what has happened with assault-style weapons in this country is not representing the safety of our citizens. There are places for these type of weapons, and that’s in the military, weapons of war. That certainly doesn’t mean that I will vote for Bruce Poliquin, […]
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Sandra A. Mynahan
LEWISTON — Sandra A. Mynahan, 67, of Poland Corner Road, Poland, died Monday, July 9, at CMMC with her loving family at her side after a long illness. She was born in Lewiston on July 12, 1950, a daughter of the late George W. and Alice (Roy) Lever. Sandy was educated in local schools and graduated […]
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‘Ellen, we bought a limo’: 4 guys driving from Maine to California
POLAND — After his 1999 white stretch limousine sat for sale for years, Tim Morin sold it to four guys who wanted something flashy to drive cross-country to Los Angeles. The four — two from Oklahoma, two from Missouri — were in Maine on Monday to buy the Lincoln Town Car limo and start their […]
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Whittier Middle School honor students named
POLAND — The following students at Bruce M. Whittier Middle School were named to the second semester honor roll of the 2017-2018 school year: Grade seven High Honors: Emma Moreau, LiSha Powell and Jack Tetreault. Honors: Courtney Abell, Ava Anderson, Kai Anderson, Abbigale Ayers, Sayla Bergeron, Madeline Bouchard, Brayden Boutwell, Mason Brousseau, Tyler Burke, Hayden Christner, Graison […]
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'The Anatomy of a Gravestone' presented in Poland
POLAND — This week’s Wicked Wednesday program presents “The Anatomy of a Gravestone,” presented by Ron Romano, at 6:30 p.m. July 11, in the All Souls Chapel at Poland Spring Resort, 37 Preservation Way in Poland. Southern Maine’s early cemeteries are rich with folk art. Hand-carved gravestones created by local stonecutters are readily found throughout […]