LISBON — This may be her first season at the helm of the Lisbon girls’ soccer team, but Jenniffer Perron has been a face most of this year’s team has seen before in one way shape or form. Perron is taking over the Greyhounds program after coaching in the town for many years, replacing Brian […]
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Trailer on big rig breaks pole in Jay
JAY — A Lisbon truck driver told police Tuesday that he swerved the tractor-trailer he was driving to avoid an animal on Route 4, causing the trailer to break a utility pole on Jay Hill. Driver Kristopher Benoit, 51, of Lisbon was not injured in the accident that occurred across from Northside Auto at about […]
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Working: Second generation ice cream entrepreneur
LISBON — Growing up, Tyler Angell pitched in at his parents’ ice cream shops on Main and Sabattus streets. Then he headed off to Maine Maritime Academy after graduating from Leavitt Area High School. “I had a few good jobs after college,” said Angell, 29. “I worked down in Boston for a while, worked at […]
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Graziano's may get new life
LISBON — If you miss Graziano’s chicken Parmesan and lasagna, you may soon be in luck. Five years after the popular Graziano’s Casa Mia closed its doors, Mary Frances Graziano Richard plans to open her own takeout-only restaurant using a mix of her family’s old recipes and some new, healthier options. It will be called […]
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Fire destroys Lisbon home
Firefighters respond to a fire overnight in Lisbon. LISBON — Fire destroyed a vacant home on Lisbon Street Tuesday night. Lisbon Fire Chief Sean Galipeau said the single family home at 31 Lisbon Street was for sale and no one was there when the fire broke out. Someone in the neighborhood called to report the […]
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H.S. Football: St. Dom's linking up with Lisbon
AUBURN — For the first time in 56 years, students at St. Dominic Academy will be playing football. St. Dom’s has reached a cooperative agreement with Lisbon High School to combine efforts on the gridiron, the school announced during a press conference at its Auburn campus Thursday. The new co-op will compete in Class D South, […]
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Free seminar explores 'The Way of Harmony' at Lisbon church
LISBON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church is offering a free seminar, “The Way of Harmony,” led by the Rev. Dr. W. Beau Wagner, church rector, from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 19. “The desire to live in harmony, with each other, with nature, even with God has been one of humanity’s great and ancient […]
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Lobster Bowl: West jumps out early, drubs East 55-18
Lisbon’s Tyler Halls hauls in a long touchdown pass during the second half of the Lobster Bowl on Saturday at Thornton Academy SACO — The West used a little misdirection to score first in the 28th annual Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic. Everything after that was straight-ahead, no-frills domination. The West roared out to a […]
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Walter F. Parker
LISBON FALLS — Walter F. Parker, 95, a resident of Frost Hill Avenue, passed away at home in the care of his loving family on Saturday, July 8. The son of Clarence and Mary (Moses) Parker, Walter was born at “The Parker Homestead” in Durham on Aug. 8, 1921, and lived there with his family until […]
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Tuesday morning crash closes Route 9 in Lisbon
LISBON (WGME) — Route 9 in Lisbon is closed Tuesday morning in the area of Wing Street due to a car crash. Lisbon Police say they do not know how long the road will be closed. This section of Route 9 is also known as Ridge Road. A power line is down across the road. […]