LISBON — A school budget for fiscal year 2015-16 will go before voters for the fourth time on Nov. 3 — this time for $15.01 million. Voters rejected similar budgets in June, August and September, saying they were too low. Town councilors, School Committee members and townspeople are hoping that the November election will put […]
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Class C South field hockey final: Oak Hill breezes to title over Lisbon
Oak Hill field hockey won its first regional championship in grand style, avenging a double-overtime loss to Lisbon in last year’s Class C South title game with a 3-0 victory at Fitzpatrick Stadium that was a breeze by comparison. “I’m going to remember this forever,” junior Erika Hannigan, one of three different goal-scorers for Oak […]
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Civil War autograph album sells for $55,000
LISBON FALLS — A southern New England collector added an album full of Civil War-era autographs to his collection Saturday at a Lisbon Falls auction. Appraiser and auctioneer Daniel Buck Soules said the unnamed collector paid $55,000 for the 122-page book, collected by William Kettles, a White House telegraph operator at the time. Soules said […]
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Cross country: A battle to the finish for Harriman, Hickey
CUMBERLAND — Lisbon’s Nicholas Harriman and Winthrop’s Jacob Hickey have gotten to know each other at the finish line during the cross country season. Hickey was right on Harriman’s heels for the entire race Saturday, but Harriman stayed out in front to win the 3.1-mile Class C boys’ race at the Southern Regional Cross Country […]
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H.S. Football Roundup: Oak Hill, Lisbon roll
KITTERY — Oak Hill wrapped up the second undefeated football regular season in school history and its first since 1982 on Saturday, taking care of Traip, 32-6, at Memorial Field. Dalton Therrien threw three touchdowns and Cruz Poirier rushed for two more to lead two-time defending state champion Oak Hill (7-0), which is the No. 1 […]
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Class C South field hockey semifinal: Collier launches Lisbon past NYA in OT
YARMOUTH — Between the first and second overtime periods Saturday, Lisbon field hockey sniper Chase Collier received a quick reminder about what to do if her speed produced a breakaway during the 7-on-7 sequence on North Yarmouth Academy’s fast, sometimes slippery artificial turf. “She has a lot of pressure on her. She’s aggressive and she’s fast. She’s […]
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Girls’ soccer: No. 7 Lisbon ousts No. 10 Carrabec in Class C South preliminary round game
LISBON — Throughout the regular season, Lisbon High School girls soccer coach Jake Gentle and his Greyhounds worked tirelessly on improving a defense that entered the season having lost a ton of talent to graduation. Though the ’Hounds struggled at times this season, the defense has finally come together. Lisbon showcased that hard work on […]
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Field hockey: No. 8 Lisbon shocks No. 1 Dirigo in quarterfinal
DIXFIELD — It is often said that history tends to repeat itself. That saying rang true as Lisbon and Dirigo met in the Class C South field hockey playoffs for the third year in a row. And as happened the first two times, the Greyhounds came away with a 1-0 victory. Where history wasn’t repeated, […]
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High school golf: Plourde captures girls’ title; Owens third in Class C
VASSALBORO — Bailey Plourde knew she had something special going Saturday at Natanis Golf Club. It wasn’t until she joined the growing throng of people craning their necks to see the manually updated scoreboard on the wall of the scoring shed that she realized just how special. Plourde, of Lincoln Academy, fired a 2-under-par 70 […]
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H.S. Football: Halls perfect on fourth down as Lisbon routs Maranacook
LISBON — Whether by air or by land or by trickery, Lisbon quarterback and punter Tyler Halls owned fourth down Saturday at Thompson Field. The Greyhounds were a perfect 6-for-6 at converting get-to-the-stick-or-else plays Saturday afternoon, and Halls had a hand or feet in all of them to spark Lisbon’s 30-11 Class D South football win […]