LISBON — Scoring points isn’t the type of thing that will get the Lisbon Unified basketball team fired up — they’re used to that. What will get student helpers like Tyler Halls and Austin Fournier pumped up, though, is when one of their teammates dives for a ball or blocks a shot. Those are the […]
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H.S. Bowling: Four local schools share in state title
LEWISTON — Lewiston boys’ hockey, Edward Little girls’ track and field and St. Dom’s girls’ hockey all celebrated state championships this recently completed season. That wasn’t the extent of winter glory for The Twin Cities, which had a fourth, less heralded team at the top of its game. The Androscoggin Valley Vipers bowling club, competing out […]
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Motorcycle crash sends two to hospital
LISBON — A driver and passenger were injured in a crash Saturday night when the motorcycle on which they were riding went off the road and hit a tree, according to a news release from the Lisbon Police Department. Driver Linden Houle, 43, of Lisbon and passenger Michelle Pinette, 39, of Durham were riding a […]
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Local Roundup: CMCC season ends with a victory
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — Pietro Badalassi paced the the Central Maine Community College Mustangs with 25 points and 14 rebounds in a 91-73 victory over the University of Maine Presque Isle in the consolation bracket at the Men’s Division II USCAA Tournament on Thursday. He was two assists shy of a triple double. The Mustangs finished the season […]
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Council asks for cuts in Lisbon school budget
LISBON — The School Committee presented a budget to the Town Council on Tuesday night and was told to go back to the table to consider cuts. The revised spending plan of $15.28 million — $97,000 more than in 2015-16 — proposes $1.29 million in additional local funds. That’s an increase of $817,000 from last […]
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Unified basketball: Lisbon, Oak Hill, Edward Little post wins
Brandon Paradis led the way for the Red Eddies (3-3) with nine points, while Ben Dumont and Carter Culleton each had eight points. Aleck Burnell paced the Knights (3-4) with eight points while David Ellington chipped in with six as the Knights scored all 20 of their points in the second half. Oak Hill 36, Oxford Hills […]
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Unified Basketball: Lisbon and Lewiston victorious Tuesday
BRUNSWICK — Wesley Lucas had 28 points to lead the Lisbon Greyhounds to a 52-36 victory over the Brunswick Dragons Tuesday afternoon. Jake Patenaude chipped in with 10 points while Dawson Martel had eight and Michael Farrington had six points. Tim Humphrey led Brunswick with 16 points while Tad Hugo dropped in eight points and […]
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A&E’s ‘Hoarders’ visits Lisbon: ‘No one wakes up, ‘Hey, I want to ruin my life”
Matt Paxton, a professional “extreme cleaner” and one of the stars of A&E’s “Hoarders,” drove up to Lisbon last June on his first trip to the state and pulled into the driveway with a yard of junked cars, ready to get to work. Except he’d pulled up to the wrong house. “They just laughed. ‘We’re […]
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Local roundup: Bangor stuns Lewiston in hockey finale
BANGOR — The Lewiston High School Blue Devils fired 40 shots on goal Wednesday night, but Bangor goalie Derek Fournier stopped them all in the Rams’ 1-0 overtime victory. Trevor DeLaite scored the winner for Bangor (9-7-2). Jacob Strout made 18 saves for Lewiston (14-2-2). St. Dom’s 8, Biddeford 5 AUBURN — Junior forward Noah […]
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Lisbon council OKs new polling location
LISBON — The Town Council voted 6-0 Tuesday to use the new Lisbon High School gym as the sole polling place because it’s more efficient and convenient. The school is at 2 Sugg Drive in Lisbon Falls. The town has previously used the Central Office on Gartley Street and the MTM Community Center on School […]