POLAND — The deep end of the roped-off area at Range Pond where a Lewiston student drowned Tuesday is 8 to 10 feet deep, Maine Department of Agriculture spokesman John Bott said. The roped area is not for wading, it is for swimming, Bott said, adding that is the norm at state parks. The Bureau […]
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Hundreds gather in Lewiston in honor of drowned boy
LEWISTON — A ring of several hundred people formed at Lewiston Middle School on Wednesday night in memory of 13-year-old Rayan A. Issa, who drowned during a field trip a day earlier. As the boy’s classmates got up to speak about their lost friend, a theme quickly emerged. Rayan was always nice, said a sobbing […]
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Lewiston superintendent seeks additional investigation into drowning death of Rayan Issa
LEWISTON — A day after Lewiston Middle School seventh-grader Rayan A. Issa drowned during a field trip, Superintendent Bill Webster on Wednesday asked the school department’s law firm, Brann & Isaacson, to conduct an investigation into what transpired at Range Pond. Webster’s decision highlights the many questions that remained as authorities and school officials sought […]
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Lewiston Middle School student who drowned on field trip identified
[do_widget id=td_block_7_widget-12] POLAND — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office has identified the 13-year-old boy from Lewiston Middle School who died Tuesday at Range Pond State Park. Rayan A. Issa of Lewiston, a seventh-grade student at the school, drowned Tuesday while on a school field trip, according to a release from Chief Deputy William Gagne. The […]
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Fishing on a bitter cold day
Alan Gray of Otisfield, center, and his three granddaughters, Emma Gray-Richards, left, Baylee Buck, second from right, and Lilly Gray-Richards sit protected from the frigid wind in a portable ice shack during The Range Pond State Park/Sebago Rotary Club Kids Ice Fishing Derby in Poland on Saturday. “We are trying to tough it out,” said […]