AUBURN — Adolph L. Fisher Jr., age 73, of Lisbon passed away at Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice in Auburn on Monday, June 25. He married the love of his life, Claudette Houle Fisher, on July 25, 1964. He enjoyed his kids and family, and also his cat, Betsy, and dog, Petie. He leaves behind his […]
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Street Talk: Not today, rabies
LISBON — You’ll never hear Mr. James Ross bragging about killing the rabid fox with a meat cleaver in his kitchen. It’s a London-esque tale of quick thinking and self-preservation, but the 82-year-old isn’t crowing about it because the way he sees it, the ending is a sad one. “I’ve lived with animals all my […]
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Varsity Maine Awards to celebrate 'best in high school athletics' Tuesday
Edward Little’s Wol Maiwen, center, leads a cheer with both his team and members of the girls’ team after they both won gold balls in March. Both teams are finalists in the Varsity Maine Awards’ “Winter Team of the Year” category. The winner be unveiled Tuesday night at the Varsity Maine Awards show. (Russ Dillingham/Sun […]
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Lisbon honors veterans
Howard “Shep” Shepardson of Lisbon Post 66, American Legion, lays the remembrance wreath on Lisbon’s monument to its veterans of wars prior to World War II during local American Legion Posts’ Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Lisbon woman seeking safe home for emu
LISBON — Janet Tuttle just wants to find Ralphie a proper home. Ralphie, aka “The Bird,” is a 100-pound emu who is almost tall enough to look Tuttle in the eye. Tuttle has cared for Ralphie for about nine years. He escaped May 31, prompting local public safety officials to sound the alert. He was captured the […]
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Lisbon woman hopes to send Maine’s wandering emu to a safe home
LISBON — Janet Tuttle just wants to find Ralphie a proper home. Ralphie, aka “The Bird,” is a 100-pound emu who is almost tall enough to look Tuttle in the eye. Tuttle has cared for Ralphie for about nine years. This month, he escaped, prompting local public safety officials to sound the alert. He was captured […]
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Lisbon American Legion Post officers
Auxiliary officers for American Legion Post 158 in Lisbon are, from left, front row, Robyn Carter, sergeant at arms; Terri Hall, 2nd vice president; Doreen Heath, president; and Sara Warner, historian; back row, Joan Caron, vice president Department of Maine; Cynthia Pomelow, 1st vice president; Karen Saindon, secretary; Janice Jordan, chaplain; Amy Smith, treasurer; Virginia […]
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Coach Hall steps away from the classroom after 44 years, but he’ll stay on track
Lisbon High School teacher Dean Hall at this desk recently after starting to pack up his classroom. He is retiring Wednesday after 44 years of teaching, but plans to continue as head track coach. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) LISBON — Eight years after graduating from Lisbon High School, Dean Hall was back as an acting department […]
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Lisbon voters OK school budget
LISBON — Lisbon voters Tuesday approved a $16.4 million school budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The tally was 1,057 to 656. The budget is 4.3 percent higher than this fiscal year. Of the total, $7 million will be raised by taxes, an increase of $493,786 from the current budget, or a 7.5 percent increase.
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Martha Poliquin captures primary win for House seat from Lisbon
LISBON — After two straight unsuccessful shots at the 56th state House district seat, Scott Gaiason will not get another shot this year. “I’m a little disappointed,” he said, to have fallen short in a Democratic primary against Martha Poliquin, a school nutrition director. Poliquin will take on Republican incumbent Rick Mason in the Nov. […]