Cole Bolduc of Lisbon beats the throw to Oak Hill third baseman Casey Dion while stealing third at Lisbon High School on Wednesday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LISBON — After scraping enough runs together for a late rally past Dirigo on Tuesday, Lisbon left little doubt its offense was ready to hit against Oak Hill on […]
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Oak Hill softball silences Lisbon
LISBON — When making out a lineup card, coaches look at various key points of the lineup. Possibly the best hitter in the No. 3 hole, the most powerful at No. 4, or a player that can handle the bat in bunt situations at No. 2. But, the leadoff hitter, no matter the inning, always […]
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Capsized canoe retrieved in Lisbon
Lt. Tom Wrobel, left, and Jeff Carr of the Lisbon Fire/Rescue Department pull a canoe into the boat launch near the Paper Mill Trail in Lisbon on Wednesday. The canoe had capsized on the Androscoggin River in the area behind Lisbon High School. A firefighter said he believed the canoe was not occupied when it […]
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Charles Plummer to speak on Grand Army of the Republic
LISBON FALLS — American Civil War scholar, historian and living-history performer Charles Plummer will be the featured speaker at the Wednesday, May 9, meeting of the Lisbon Historical Society. He will talk on “The History and Ritual of the Grand Army of the Republic.” That fraternal organization was established for Union veterans shortly after the […]
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Carol J. Plourde
LISBON FALLS — Carol J. Plourde, 61, of Lisbon Falls, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, April 22. Carol was born in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 9, 1956, one of three children born to Charles and Marion (Swenson) Aldrich. She grew up and was educated in Westminster, Mass., schools and attended UMass Amherst following high school. Upon meeting her […]
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Barbara Bryant
BRUNSWICK — Barbara “Barb” Bryant, of Colonial Gardens, Lisbon Falls, died Wednesday, April 25. She was born in Gardiner on Jan. 29, 1934, to Roy C. and Dorothy M. Fraser. She was the foster daughter of Clair and Priscilla Oakes, who lovingly raised her after her mother died in 1937. Barb was a proud Navy veteran, […]
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Lisbon School Committee discusses bullying, budget
LISBON — Administrators told the School Committee on Monday night that incidents of bullying on social media are effecting students at school. The middle and high schools received no calls or texts through their cyberbully hotlines, but their respective principals, Darren Ackerman and Susan Magee, voiced concerns about social media. “The issues are usually a […]
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Local roundup: Telstar’s Zachary Hill no-hits Boothbay
BETHEL — Zachary Hill pitched a complete-game no-hitter with nine strikeouts and one walk as Telstar notched a 1-0 victory over Boothbay in baseball action Monday afternoon. The Rebels committed two errors in the top of the seventh inning that nearly cost them the game, but they held on for the win. Hunter Crocker suffered […]
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Robert R. Blais Sr.
LEWISTON — Robert R. Blais Sr., of Lisbon Falls, passed away suddenly Tuesday, April 17, surrounded by his wife and son. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Claudette Albert Blais, of Lisbon Falls; his son, Robert Jr., of Litchfield; two sisters, Juliette Beaulieu, Madeleine Brulotte; and three brothers, Ernest Blais, Leo Blais and […]
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Woman, 61, died of accidental drowning in Lisbon
LISBON — The unattended death of a 61-year-old woman Sunday was ruled an accidental drowning by the state’s Medical Examiner’s Office. Lisbon Police Chief Marc Hagan issued a statement Tuesday morning on the cause of death of Carol Plourde of Lisbon, whose body was pulled from a small private pond off Potter Road on Sunday. […]