PORTLAND — “What-ifs” and “woulda-coulda-shouldas” abound at tournament time, but none was greater Saturday than this: What if Falmouth’s Jack Cooleen didn’t have a career day in his team’s first playoff test after an undefeated season? The answer likely would have been a Poland Knights victory. But Cooleen, the team’s senior leader and only member […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Western B tournament overview
Players to watch Falmouth — Jack Cooleen (Sr. C), Matt Packard (Sr. G), Matt Kingry (Sr. G), Jeremy Lydick (Sr. F); Spruce Mountain — Jake Bessey (Sr. G), James Barker (Sr. F), Zach Bonnevie (Sr. G), Nate Shink (Sr. F); Yarmouth — Josh Britten (Sr. G), Chris Knaub (Sr. F), Sam Torres (Sr. G), Christian […]
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Darius E. Chadbourne
AUBURN — Darius E. Chadbourne, 66, of Poland, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Hospice House. He was born in Poland, April 13, 1945, the son of Edward Sr. and Amy Gary Chadbourne. He attended Poland schools. He is survived by his sisters, Rose Pratt of Poland and Susie Leighton of North Yarmouth; and many […]
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Girls’ basketball: Phoenix rise above nerves
JAY — There’s planning for the jitters and then there is curing them. Spruce Mountain girls’ basketball coach Gavin Kane expected his team to be a little nervous Wednesday. It was the first playoff game in the program’s history and much of his roster had never played a varsity tournament game before. What he was […]
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High school roundup: Patriotic Knights roll
GRAY — After a slow start, the Poland/Gray-New Gloucester boys’ hockey squad erupted for five goals in the third period and skated to a 8-1 romp over Fryeburg/Lake Region in a late-season matchup Wednesday. Evan Bagg, Ryan Davala and Lucas Nickerson led the Patriotic Knights (3-13) with two goals apiece, while David Despins and Evan […]
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Western Class B Boys’ Preliminary: Knights get well, flatten Falcons
RUMFORD — If you don’t believe timing is everything in life, you never broke a bone in the middle of your senior basketball season. Jake Littlefield suffered the fractured right wrist on Jan. 6. The moment he was given the customary six-to-eight-week recovery window and left the hospital, the Poland Regional High School big man’s […]
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History of metal detecting will be Historical Society topic
POLAND — The speaker for the Poland Historical Society’s Saturday, Feb. 18 meeting will be Gregory Sherwood, who will speak on, “The History of Metal Detecting.” Sherwood is a graduate of Oxford Hills High School. He took up the hobby of metal detecting after retiring from the Air Force in Colorado and has been detecting […]
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Saint Anselm College dean’s list
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The following students that were named to the dean’s list for the first semester at Saint Anselm College. Alexander J. Lafreniere of Lewiston, a psychology major and a member of the class of 2012. Grace K. Reynolds of Lewiston, a biochemistry major and a member of the class of 2013. Lynn M. […]
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‘Somali Experience’ POLAND — This month’s Check It Out! program, The Somali Experience in Maine – A Conversation, will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Community Room of the Ricker Memorial Library. Hibo Omer will be the guest speaker. Omer is co-chairwoman of the New Mainers Community Collaborative and […]
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Solar power project proposed for Poland schools
POLAND — The RSU 16 committee Monday referred a proposal from ReVision Energy to construct a solar power project for the high school and middle school complex to the facilities subcommittee for further investigation. Steve Hinchman, ReVision Energy’s director of finance, told the board that a deal could be structured whereby the school would be […]