The Seahawks routinely have drawn players from one of the smallest enrollments among the state’s football-playing schools, but overcame that reality to win its most recent Class C state titles in 2001 and 2002. But that battle against the numbers game reached crisis proportion at the outset of preseason practices, prompting a decision by school […]
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Lisbon home destroyed by fire
LISBON FALLS — A two-story, cape-style house was destroyed by fire Saturday morning while no one was in the residence. Lisbon Fire Deputy Chief Robert Robitaille called the fire in at 9:25 a.m. after the second floor of 2 Josephine St. was heavily involved. Before units could respond, the fire flashed to the first floor. […]
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Fresh-baked cookies — right from the dashboard
LISBON FALLS — Fry an egg on the sidewalk? Steve Yenco doesn’t know about that, but he does have a plate of delicious proof that it was hot enough during the recent heat wave to bake cookies in his car. He proved it on Thursday, the second day in a row during which temperatures rose […]
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Lisbon council OKs Yard Sale Ordinance
LISBON — The Town Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to approve a Yard Sale Ordinance. Voting for the regulations were Normand Albert, Eric Metivier, Chairman Roger Bickford, Chris Brunelle and Allen Ward. Katie Kolbe voted against and Dale Crafts was absent. The vote followed a second reading of the ordinance and a public hearing. Nancy Sanborn told councilors she often holds yard […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: East holds off West in shootout
BIDDEFORD — Defense be darned. The East scored a team-record 58 points and combined with the West for game-record 110 overall points in the East’s 58-52 victory in the 27th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic at Waterhouse Field on Saturday. “That’s a first for me and a lot of other guys,” said West quarterback Dalton […]
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Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl: Oak Hill players enjoy Raider reunion
Among the chatter of various players and assistant coaches at practice for the Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl this week, there’s still one voice that may still stick out this week for the former Oak Hill Raiders. Dalton Therrien and teammate Connor Elwell are among the players on the West roster playing for their former Oak […]
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Lisbon Police Chief David Brooks retires after 36 years
Telling parents that their son had died. Handling a car crash that killed a child. Trying to talk a man out of killing himself and watching helplessly as he did it anyway. And then there were the good days, like the one a couple of years ago when a man walked into the Lisbon Police […]
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Lisbon accepts $200K environmental assessment grant
LISBON — The Town Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to accept $200,000 from the federal Brownfields Assessment Grant program. Brownfields are properties that may have hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants present. The federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields program provides grants and technical assistance to to assess, safely clean up and sustainably reuse the contaminated properties. […]