LISBON — The Town Council voted 6-0 Monday night to deny an appeal of a petition that called for a special town meeting to override the council’s May 19 school budget vote. According to a statement from the town’s lawyer, Donald Stockford, the Clerk’s Certificate that denied the petition stated it was insufficient because the […]
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Class C Track and Field: Second’s fine with Lisbon boys, this time
YARMOUTH — Second place in the Class C state meet was both a blessing and a curse to the Lisbon boys’ track and field program for so many seasons. Then the Greyhounds went and got themselves off the hook, winning that elusive title last June. So did that spoil them for yet another runner-up result Saturday […]
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H.S. Track: Resurgent Lewiston hoping banner year ends with state title
Expectations have never been higher for both the Lewiston boys’ and girls’ track and field teams. Since the beginning of the outdoor season in early April, the goal has been a state title under first-year head coach Paul Soracco. The Blue Devils head to Topsham on Saturday for the Class A state meet hoping to […]
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High School softball: Marston hurls Mountain Valley past Lisbon
RUMFORD — Mountain Valley senior pitcher Lindsay Marston had too much to do Thursday to let the aches of an errant pitch spoil her day. As a batter in the bottom of the first inning, Marston took an offering off the jaw, ear and neck. “It hurt really bad,” Marston said. “It wasn’t fun. I’ve […]
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H.S. Baseball: Lisbon, Bourget mystify Mountain Valley, clinch first-round bye
RUMFORD — A high-and-mighty, early-afternoon sun probably cost Kyle Bourget a no-hitter, but Thursday otherwise was a perfect day for his Lisbon baseball team. With a 10-0, five-inning shutout of Mountain Valley at Hosmer Field, Lisbon locked up No. 4 in the Class C West Heal Point standings. The Greyhounds (13-3) know the significance, because it’s […]
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Bernadette ‘Becky’ Miller
1918 – 2015 PORTLAND — Bernadette Mae “Becky” Miller, 97, of Buxton, died Tuesday, June 2, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, following a short illness. She was born in Gorham, N.H., on Feb. 10, 1918, the daughter of the late John W. and Ellen (Wight) MacKenzie. She was educated in Gorham and Berlin, N.H., […]
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Video: LePage to take tax reform to voters
“The press is going to love me (for this tip),” LePage said, adding that he will lead a citizen initiative to get his tax reform and relief plan to referendum if the Legislature doesn’t take meaningful action to reduce the income tax before breaking for the summer. LePage also said he will veto every bill […]
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MVC Track and Field: Lisbon boys make it 10; Monmouth ends girls’ streak
LISBON — Lisbon High School track and field has dominated the Mountain Valley Conference for so long that when the Greyhounds began their streak of nine consecutive clean sweeps, Monmouth Academy was a second-year expansion team. A decade later, the Mustangs have more than doubled in size and have accomplished what other league rivals found impossible […]
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LePage to hold town hall meeting on budget Tuesday in Lisbon
LISBON (AP) — As the battle over the state budget heats up in the Maine Legislature, Gov. Paul LePage is heading to Lisbon to discuss his tax overhaul plan. The Republican governor will hold a town hall meeting at the Open Door Baptist Church auditorium at 26 Gartley Street at 6 p.m. LePage has been […]
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Auburn considers larger role at Great Falls TV, taking over studio
AUBURN — Great Falls TV, the Twin Cities’ cable access channel, would move its studio into Auburn Hall and would focus more attention on Auburn events, according to City Manager Howard Kroll’s plan. Kroll outlined a set of cost-saving changes designed to make better use of the city’s cable station and focus less on Lewiston. […]