Lisbon Maine
Six Questions for the CEO: Rick Rioux, Maine’s Mr. Internet-only Radio
Rick Rioux is president of Central Maine Internet Broadcasting and started WQRY106.com out of his Lisbon home six years ago. The internet-only radio station is growing talent (from eight people at the start to now 20) and claims the spot of Maine’s biggest internet-only radio station. The station will be broadcasting live from the Moxie […]
The buzz about Maine’s beer scene
50 new breweries in 6 years, with a dozen more on tap LISBON FALLS — Half a mile off Route 196, tucked in the Lisbon Industrial Park — not that you’ll find it on the sign — is the largest craft floor malting operation in North America. Capable of annually processing just under 900,000 pounds […]
Class C South regional softball: Lisbon no match for Madison
STANDISH — After reaching the regional final round for the first time in more than 20 years, Lisbon High School’s softball team was taking Tuesday’s loss to No. 1 Madison — a 12-0 setback to the Bulldogs — in stride. Coach Terri Tlumac chalked it up as a learning experience. “We can learn everything,” Tlumac […]
Class C South regional final: Sacopee Valley walks off on Lisbon
Sacopee Valley, the No. 4 seed, hung around long enough, though, and won in walk-off fashion, scoring three runs in the seventh frame for a 7-6 victory and a berth in Saturday’s Class C state title game, also at St. Joe’s. The Hawks will face George Stevens Academy, while No. 6 Lisbon finishes at 13-6. […]
Family drives Lisbon to baseball regional final
LISBON — It was never Lisbon baseball coach Randy Ridley’s intention to have his whole infield with the name Austin, it just worked out that way. And work out it has for a Greyhounds team that has made an underdog run all the way from the No. 6 seed to Tuesday’s Class C South regional […]
Softball semifinal: Lisbon shows Telstar the door
BETHEL — Lisbon pitcher Alyssa Hall has been in many jams before in her high school career. And there was nothing new that Hall couldn’t handle in Saturday’s Class C south semifinal softball game. Hall was her usual steadfast self and kept it all in perspective as the No. 6 Lisbon Greyhounds (12-6) showed the […]
H.S. Baseball: Lisbon regroups, upsets St. Dominic Academy
AUBURN — After two errors led to two runs in the bottom of the first inning, Lisbon settled itself down. The sixth-seeded Greyhounds cleaned up their defense, moved on from the frame, and their bats then came alive late to No. 2 St. Dominic Academy 4-2 and move on to next week’s regional final. “It […]
H.S. Baseball: Francis, Lisbon knock out Carrabec
He pitched five solid innings and paced the Greyhounds at the plate as well in a 4-2 victory over Carrabec in a Class C South preliminary-round game at Doughty Diamond. Francis’ first hit of the game — a two-out double to deep left-center in the bottom of the first went for naught. His second was […]
Class C Track and Field: Orono boys, girls complete repeat sweep
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Depth alone typically has been enough for Orono High School to dominate Maine’s small-school track and field landscape in recent years. The Red Riots added a dash of record-setting flair to that volume approach at Oakes Field on Saturday while sweeping the boys and girls Class C state championships for the second straight […]