POLAND — Thirty seconds. The amount of time it takes to reheat a cup of coffee to his liking. Over the course of thousands of 30-second increments, Roger R. Simard lived a beautiful and meaningful life. Born in Auburn on May 17, 1935, the son of Albina Pelletier and Ronaldo Simard, and brother to Janine Reny, […]
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Enjoying summer weather at Tripp Lake Beach
Ethan Townson, 5, is a little hesitant to step into the cold water at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday afternoon as his friends Dominic Brunelle, 10, and Kaylee Bickford, 11, play pass with a beach ball. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) A boy enjoys the beautiful weather at Tripp Lake Beach in Poland on Thursday […]
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Track and field state meet capsules
Class A Boys Area athletes to watch: Oxford Hills — Dawson Stevens (100, 200, javelin), Dominic Sclafani (1,600 run, 3200 run); Edward Little — Russell Allen (400, 800, 4×400 relay), Fabrice Mpoyo (100, 200), Connor Jackson (high jump, triple jump, 110H, 300H), Alex Thompson (pole vault, javelin, long jump); Lewiston — Asad Abukar (300H), Connor […]
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Local roundup: Poland softball gets by York in eight innings
YORK — Morgan Brousseau ripped a single to left field in the top of the eighth inning, sending Amanda’lyn Gagne across the plate and securing 3-2 late-season softball win for Poland over York on Tuesday. Ally Gagne struck out eight for the Knights (9-7) and gave up five hits. Brousseau finished with two hits and […]
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Poland girls win first conference track and field championship
NAPLES — Her arms may have failed Darcy Cochran, but never her legs. And depth didn’t fail the Poland girls, who won their first conference title. A sophomore from Cape Elizabeth, Cochran false-started before the 100-meter final of the Western Maine Conference track and field championships Saturday when she tipped forward from the blocks. “I […]
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Local roundup: Farina’s homer helps Lewiston baseball take down Oxford Hills
LEWISTON — Brodi Farinas’ three-run blast in the first inning to left field provided enough offense for the Lewiston Blue Devils to defeat Oxford Hills 5-1 in a key Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Friday. Farinas’ homer was one of his two hits on the day. Jack LeBlond provided the other two runs with a […]
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Local roundup: Theriault pitches no-hitter for Lewiston softball
LEWISTON — Megan Theriault tossed a no-hitter and contributed to Lewiston’s offensive onslaught in a 17-0 softball win in five innings over Lawrence on Wednesday. Theriault struck out seven batters and walked only three. She also had three of the Blue Devils’ (11-3) hits and drove in three runs. One of Theriault’s hits was a […]
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Minot man accepts plea agreement in Poland robbery
AUBURN — A Minot man charged with robbing a Poland man at his home in October 2017 pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser related charges. Isaiah Strong-Gassama, 20, appeared in Androscoggin County Superior Court dressed in a tan jail suit, handcuffed and shackled. He pleaded guilty to felony aggravated criminal trespass, a charge punishable by up […]
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RSU 16 budget to go to referendum
POLAND — Residents approved a proposed $22.3 million budget for Regional School Unit 16 on Monday night, sending it to a final vote in June. Superintendent Tina Meserve said about 75 residents attended the meeting and vote. Residents passed all articles as proposed — most with few questions or few dissenting votes. “It was probably […]
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Local roundup: Leavitt baseball slips past Gardiner
TURNER — Eli Lind came up big in a tightly played defensive duel between Leavitt and Gardiner in a Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference baseball contest Monday. The Leavitt catcher led off the bottom of the sixth with a solo home run to give the Hornets 1-0 victory. Lind’s batterymate Tim Albert was outstanding on the […]