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Planning for Lake Auburn 5K AUBURN — The first planning meeting for the second annual Lake Auburn Half Marathon, 5K Run, 5K Walk, kids run and bike tour will take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at CMCC. Museum offers Pies-To-Go sale MONMOUTH — Monmouth Museum is taking orders for its President’s […]
Well done
WORCESTER, Mass. — Margaret Corrigan of New Gloucester, Maine, a junior majoring in civil engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in Nantucket. The project was titled “Evaluating the Condition of Private Roads on Nantucket.” At WPI, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that addresses an […]
Crafter should collect sales tax
DEAR SUN SPOTS: As others have said many times, thank you so much for your helpful advice! My question is: I sell crafts during the year at craft fairs and make a few dollars. At what point do I, or should I, apply for a tax ID number from the state? How much do I […]
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Poland Historical group meeting POLAND — The next meeting of the Poland Historical Society will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at the school house, Route 26, Poland Corner, weather permitted. For more information call 998-4391. Fortier Chapter/ Council meets LEWISTON — Members of Royal Arcanum Chap. 52, Association Canado-Americaine, will gather at the […]
Boys’ Basketball: Gray-NG rally falls short against Poland
GRAY — Poland still believes it will find a way into the Western Class B boys’ basketball tournament. Gray-New Gloucester has ample reasons to think playoffs in the next year or two. Tuesday night was pretty good practice. Playing before a bipartisan full house, Gray-NG whittled a 16-point deficit in the final minute of the […]
Girls’ Basketball: Gray-NG hangs on against short-handed Poland
GRAY — If Poland’s offense arrived an hour earlier Tuesday night, there’s no telling what drama the final minute of its WMC girls’ basketball battle at Gray-New Gloucester might have harbored. As it was, the Knights turned a 20-point third-quarter deficit into a three-possession game at the finish before falling 57-49 to the Patriots. Gray-NG […]
Dorothy I. Irving
AUBURN — Dorothy I. Irving, 94, of Poland, passed away Jan. 21, at Clover Hospice. She was born in Compton, N.H., March 19, 1918. She was a long-time employee of Sampson’s Supermarket and managed Goodwill Industries for many years. She is survived by her three children, John Pulsifer, Judith DeSanto and Stephen Pulsifer; and many […]
Maine Majorette Competition in Poland
Sunday morning at Poland Regional High School there were 29 young ladies, ages 4-20, competing in a Beauty Walk and Interview session for the Winter Wonderland Confidence Pageant. The celebrity guest judge was Amanda Gagnon, Poland’s own Miss Teen Maine. Divisional winners, 2013 Wonderland Queens, were Bella Ricard of Mechanic Falls, Sadie Kyllonen of Mechanic […]