POLAND — Selectmen want a traffic light at the five-corner intersection where Route 26 meets Route 11 near the Mechanic Falls town line. Selectman Larry Moreau noted at Tuesday’s meeting that past efforts to convince Maine Department of Transportation officials that a traffic light is warranted have failed for reasons he can’t quite imagine, but […]
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Poland man stabbed, Auburn man arrested
POLAND — A local man is recovering from multiple stab wounds after an altercation with three men Thursday afternoon, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. Lt. Glenn Holt said in a press release that Christopher Coolidge, 20, was stabbed at 59 Walnut St. When police responded, he was taken to Central Maine Medical Center. […]
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Patrick J. King
AUBURN — Patrick J. King, 73, of Poland, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Hospice House of Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice surrounded by his loving family and close friends. He was born in Lewiston, July 6, 1938, son of the late Edward and Grace Hartford King. He was educated in local schools and […]
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Poland man stabbed; Auburn man arrested
POLAND — A local man who was knifed in the back is recovering from his wounds and an Auburn man is in jail, charged with elevated aggravated assault, Lt. Glenn Holt said Friday. Christopher Coolidge, 20, was stabbed multiple times at 4:49 p.m. Thursday at 59 Walnut St., his residence, after a run-in with three […]
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Mistrial declared in Paris sex assault trial
PARIS — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in Oxford County Superior Court after a jury said it couldn’t come to a unanimous decision on 12 counts of gross sexual assault against a Poland man. The state alleged that Jeffrey A. Hedrick, 52, of Poland, had sexual relations with a woman whose mental disability made […]
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Judge considers tossing statements in Tomaselli sex-abuse case in Auburn
AUBURN — A Lewiston man who has accused a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse and who himself is charged with sexually abusing a child, says a Lewiston police detective coerced him into making possibly incriminating statements during an interview. Zachary Tomaselli, 23, is charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. His […]
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‘Meet & greet’
Poland Historical Society will hold a “Meet & Greet” open house for Poland’s new town manager, Rosey Kulow, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the District 22 Schoolhouse. This will be an opportunity to share Poland’s special history. Those willing to bake something for the open house are asked to call Barbara […]
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Testimony ends in Poland man’s sex assault trial
PARIS — A sexual assault case continued Tuesday in Oxford County Superior Court as mental health professionals testified whether the woman Jeffrey Hedrick is accused of having sex with is mentally impaired. Hedrick, 52, of Poland, faces 12 charges of gross sexual assault against a woman the state says is mentally impaired and unable to […]
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Sexual assault trial begins for Poland man
PARIS — Testimony began Monday in the trial of a man charged with sexually assaulting a woman the state says is mentally impaired. Jeffrey Hedrick, 52, is charged with engaging in sexual conduct with a woman diagnosed with mild mental retardation, according to Assistant District Attorney Joseph O’Connor. Hedrick faces 12 counts of gross sexual […]
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Fire caused by generator damages Poland home
POLAND — The quick arrival of emergency responders saved a local house from destruction after it caught fire early Monday afternoon, Poland fire and rescue Chief Mark Bosse said. A generator that was used as the main source of electricity for the home at 61 White Oak Hill Road was the source of the 1:30 […]