The Tri-Town Optimist Club of Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland has announced its RSU 16 Student of the Month recipient, Katelyn Dufour, Poland Regional High School. Dufour, a senior, is recognized as a well-rounded student who is an active, helpful and enthusiastic participant on the school leadership team, the senior class council and elsewhere in […]
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RSU 16 board considers snow days, bonds, audit
POLAND — The Regional School Unit 16 board of directors Monday voted to add two potential snow days to the calendar, ending classes June 22 if both days are used. The school system, which includes Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls, has used six snow days. The board could have ordered classes on Saturdays or during […]
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Good Neighbor Grant awarded
On Dec. 4, Heather Printup, community relations manager for Poland Spring, presented a check for $1,000 to Poland Regional High School’s media department as a part of Poland Spring’s Good Neighbor Grant Program. From left are Printup; Poland Regional High School students Caleb Nottingham, Isaac Ouellette and Holly Desjardins; and media instructor Dawnie Hodgkins.
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Wonderful array of musical choices
Kudos and good cheer to the musical students under the very able direction of band director Larry Williams and choral director Julia Edwards. On Wednesday night, Dec. 6, a full house of parents and visitors gathered at Poland Regional High School and thoroughly enjoyed the selections of a stage full of talented and enthusiastic student […]
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RSU 16 to discuss project delay
POLAND — Voters in Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls last week approved spending $5.7 million to renovate RSU 16’s combined middle and high school. Now the school board must decide when to begin the project. Waiting six months could save taxpayers some money. However, it would leave kids in portable classrooms for the bulk of […]
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School project supported
Fact: Nine years ago, Union 29 consolidated into RSU 16 (Mechanic Falls, Minot and Poland). Fact: The Union 29 budget was $22-plus million. Fact: The first year RSU 16 budget was $17-plus million. Fact: This year’s budget is $21.7 million. Fact: After nine years of RSU 16, the school budget is still less than the […]
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$5.7 million RSU 16 school project going to voters
POLAND — Voters in Poland, Minot and Mechanic Falls will decide whether to spend $5.7 million to renovate the school district’s combined middle and high school. Based on building committee recommendations, the RSU 16 school board agreed this week to send the issue to voters in November. The proposal calls for borrowing $5.7 million to […]
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A disaster waiting to happen
On June 23, there was an article in the Sun Journal about Poland building an addition onto the Whittier Middle School. When I read the article, I was stunned — nothing was said about the lack of a public sewerage system. The middle school shares a 17-year-old septic system with the high school. Even with […]
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Adam D. Verreault
1995 – 2015 POLAND — Adam David Verreault, 20, of 414 Poland Corner Road, Poland, passed away in his home unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 26. Adam was born July 16, 1995, a son of David and Colleen Verreault. He grew up in Poland and graduated from Poland Regional High School in 2013. Following high school, Adam […]
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Poland Regional High School honor roll
POLAND — Poland Regional High School has announced the first-semester honor roll. Grade nine High honors: Grace Banks, Morgan Brousseau, Emma Galipeau-Eldridge, Rachel Kuklinski, Sarah Moody, Erin Ridley, Samuel Stone. Honors: Peter Bolduc, Antinia Desmarais, Caitlin Doyle, Katelyn Dufour, Alyssa French, Garrett Goss, Sydney Gosselin, Katelynn Green, Jordan Gregory, Alexandria Grondin, Anthony Hart, Melina Herrick, […]