Poland News

DEAR SUN SPOTS: I bought a tanning package at Madison's Tanning and Day Spa in Lisbon for $70 at the beginning of October.

POLAND a ' The A.B. Ricker Memorial Library may be losing control of its trust. The trust, a $300,000 pool of money created in the early 1960s to cover some expenses at the small town library, has been growing but yielding little income.

POLAND a ' Wood chips may become the fuel of the future at Poland Regional High School: The School Committee directed Business Manager Rick Kusterin to seek a grant that could cover 90 percent of the cost of a wood-fired boiler system.

A mobile home at 10 Edwards Road in Poland burned Friday morning. The family of five who occupied it were not at home at the time.

POLAND a ' The Regional School Unit 16 employees' union voted this week to authorize the union board to open the contract and negotiate with the school board and superintendent for up to four furlough days.

A late morning fire engulfed a couple's mobile home on Tuesday. Firefighters were called to 158 Mechanic Falls Road at about 11:15 a.m. Captain Shawn Cordwell of the Oxford Fire Department said the rear of the building was burning with heavy smoke when responders arrived.

Hundreds of Maine Boy Scouts are trying to keep Camp Gustin in Sabattus from being sold.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal Cub Scouts from Pack 109 in Lisbon donate one dollar each to the "Food for Scouting Families" program during a rally to save Camp Gustin in Sabattus on Sunday.

The Rev. Laurence Jordan holds a Nazi flag that he found in a building in Germany during World War II, and had fellow troops sign.

MECHANIC FALLS a ' Voters Tuesday elected six representatives to a new town charter commission.

Mary's Regional Medical Center Emergency Room, 45 Golder St. a Daniel Joseph Lavoie, 52, of 107 Pierce St., domestic violence assault, 1:45 a.m. Sunday at that address.

Daryn Slover/Sun Journal David Ferland, center with hat on, gives the Jordan family a tour of his father's farm in Poland during Open Farm Sunday on Sunday afternoon.

POLAND a ' In addition to state referendum questions, voters will act on a number of amendments to the town charter.

The Maine Press Association, with newspaper members from across the state, each year holds and annual Better Newspaper Contest.

OXFORD a ' A total of 1,800 doses of H1N1 flu vaccine in both nasal spray and injection forms are expected to arrive at the Oxford Hills School District on Oct.

ROCKPORT : Bob Webb will sing "Shanties and Songs from the Seven Seas" Thursday, Oct.

What most Mainers have not heard is what really is going on in Matinicus and other locations in the state of Maine.

AUGUSTA a ' Mainers concerned about the potential for international trade agreements trumping state and federal laws when it comes to regulating groundwater use and extraction testified at a public hearing before a state panel in Augusta on Thursday night.

"Do you want to repeal the 2007 law on school district consolidation and restore the laws previously in effect?" Since its passage in 2007, Maine's school consolidation law has been the subject of much debate, from parents at school board meetings to lawmakers in Augusta.

Amber Waterman/Sun Journal "I am so honored to be here tonight," said volunteer Carrie Hull-Chandler, right, of Lewiston, as she checks on fellow volunteer Ray Tripp, of Poland, at the benefit supper for the families affected by the August fire on River Street that killed a 9-year-old girl.