POLAND — A local man died and his passenger was critically injured Thursday after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car. Kevin A. Lemm, 45, was driving north on Plains Road on a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday. A 1996 Oldsmobile driven by Glenn Stoodley, 21, who lives locally, was […]
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Well done – Area students attain dean’s lists
MANCHESTER, NH. – Tessa Theriault has been named to the dean’s list at Saint Anselm College for the 2011–12 fall and spring semesters. Tessa is a Presidential Scholar majoring in classical archaeology. She is a 2011 graduate of Poland Regional High School. BOSTON — Wentworth Institute of Technology announces the names of students who have […]
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Poland Regional High School honor roll
POLAND — Poland Regional High School has announced the second semester honor roll for 2011-2012: Grade nine High honors: Ethan Cailler, Kelina Demers, Summer Emery, Marissa Gammon, Emily Gibson, Samantha Heino, Bethany Levesque, Caroline Littlefield, Kylie Martin, Ainsley Parent, Jessamyn Quint, Alexis Usher, Emily Whittemore, Kolby Woods. Honors: Hannah Belanger, Alex Biron, Gabrielle Comeau, Nicholas […]
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Benefit supper for Cherie Sargent BUCKFIELD — The Buckfield Literary Club is sponsoring a benefit supper for Cherie Sargent at the Masonic Hall in Buckfield on Saturday, July 7. The supper will help with expenses involved with chemo treatments for Cherie at Dana Farber in Boston. Poland museum open for summer POLAND — Poland Historical […]
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American Legion Baseball: Rogers continues rise, trips Mechanic Falls
POLAND — The program that lost multiple seasons, forfeited doubleheaders and has generally struggled to regain its identity in Zone 3 American Legion baseball is showing signs of life. William J. Rogers Post 153 continued its climb back into the race for a state tournament berth Thursday night, riding the middle of its order and […]
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R. Cailler: They don’t think like we do
The Maine Turnpike drives me nuts. You pay the toll of $1.75 now at New Gloucester and get off at Auburn or Lewiston. The new “fair” toll will be $2.50. I must be missing something about fairness with the tolls, and this has been for many, many years. Maybe it is because the people who […]
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Linda Bragdon Litchfield
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Linda Eileen Bragdon Litchfield, 60, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, June 28, at her home in Palm Harbor, Fla., following a long illness. She bravely fought her illnesses with determination and dignity. Linda was born Nov. 5, 1951, in York, to Patricia Morrison Bragdon and Robert G. Bragdon of […]
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Walter B. ‘Pete’ Sleeper
AUBURN — Walter Bernard “Pete” Sleeper of Woolwich, beloved husband of Helen (Dunn) Sleeper for 23 years, passed away peacefully on June 27, from a longtime illness at Clover Manor. Pete was born March 27, 1927, in Mechanic Falls, to Ernestine (Coffin) Sleeper and the late Ralph Sleeper. He attended school in Mechanic Falls, until […]