FREEPORT — Laura Brown of West Poland was awarded a scholarship by The Maine Innkeepers Education Foundation, affiliated with the Maine Innkeepers Association at the eighth annual Tees & Textbooks event at the Senator Inn and SPA in Augusta on June 4. Brown is a student at Husson University in Bangor. She is studying hospitality […]
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Poland Spring awards $5,000 in scholarships to Poland students
POLAND – Poland Spring Water Company recently awarded 20 Good Science Scholarships to Maine high school seniors who are pursuing post-secondary education in science, engineering or the environment. Each scholarship of $1,000 is meant to support the students as they continue on to the next stage of their academic career. Scholarships were given to five […]
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Poland board asked to consider Lower Range dam site for park
POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday were asked to reconsider their decision to post no trespassing signs on the town’s Lower Range Pond Dam. Resident Donald Stover told selectmen he considered the area surrounding the dam on Waterhouse Brook, near the town’s Fire Rescue Station, one of the town’s more attractive assets — and one […]
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Police respond to report of home invasion in Poland
POLAND — Androscoggin County deputies are searching for three men who may have been involved in a home invasion on Route 26 late Thursday morning. According to Det. Sgt. William Gagne of the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department, at 11:38 a.m. on Thursday his department was called to 409 Maine St. in response to a report […]
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Youth leader attends national conference
POLAND — Jenifer Boyd of Poland recently attended Modern Woodmen of America’s Merit Club Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. Boyd was one for approximately 430 youth service club leaders from across the United States who earned the opportunity to take part in the conference. While in Orlando, she attended educational and motivational workshop sessions, networked […]
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RSU 16 School Committee approves appointments
POLAND — The RSU 16 School Committee on Monday approved hiring all four of Superintendent Michael Wilhelm’s nominees for some top administrative positions. Tina Meserve of Livermore was signed to a two-year contract as assistant superintendent, a new position created when school officials decided to fold three positions into two. The duties were formerly performed […]
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Poland teacher 1 of 3 Teacher of the Year finalists
AUGUSTA — , a seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher at Bruce Whittier Middle School in Poland, is among the three finalists to become the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year, the Maine Department of Education announced Monday. The other 2013 finalists are Kathy Bousquet, a second- and third-grade teacher at Central School in South […]
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Poland students earn Whitter Scholarships
POLAND — The winners of the annual Bruce M. Whittier Scholarship were announced this spring, with two Poland Regional High School seniors each receiving a $1,000 award. Elijah Breton, son of Elaine and Peter Thibodeau of Poland, will attend Ithaca College. Jacob MacDonald, son of Lori and Nathan MacDonald, will attend Bowdoin College.
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Administration appointments scheduled for RSU 16 Monday
POLAND — RSU 16’s administrative shake-up, which began with the superintendent and business manager being placed on administrative leave in February, is scheduled to come to a conclusion at Monday’s school board meeting. The School Committee will be asked to appoint: * Tina Meserve to a two-year contract as assistant superintendent, effective Aug. 20. * […]