Poplar forms first Sister City connection with Papua New Guinea

Poplar forms first Sister City connection with Papua New Guinea

POPLAR — An international connection was celebrated during the Poplar Village Board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12. Board Trustee Kory Gilderman traveled to the other side of the world in July to formalize a sister city partnership between the village and Madang, Papua New Guinea. The agreement Gilderman signed was the first ever between the United States and Papua New Guinea. He and Briana Fiandt, director of collections and exhibits at the Richard I…