LISBON — With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the seventh of a deadlocked game, there was no one Lisbon coach Randy Ridley wanted more at the plate than Austin Fournier. The Greyhound junior didn’t disappoint, dropping down a perfectly-placed bunt on a designed squeeze play to score Ryley Austin from […]
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H.S. softball: Oak Hill extends streak with win over Lisbon
LISBON – For a veteran team looking to have success this softball season, it wasn’t the most encouraging of starts for Oak Hill. The Raiders lost to some quality teams early and have been battling from the bottom of the Western B standings ever since. “It was a little scary,” junior center fielder Jamie Prue […]
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H.S. track: Gamage is making giant leaps
LISBON — Coaches Doug Sautter and Carlo Kempton watched each other’s jaw drop. Drew Gamage had been getting better at the triple jump this season, but last Thursday, the Oak Hill senior took a giant leap into track history. “I was standing across the runway with coach Kempton, whose coached at Winthrop for years and […]
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Lisbon residents approve School Committee’s budget
LISBON — By way of applause and comment, residents showed their support Monday night for the School Committee’s proposed budget for 2015-16. Superintendent Richard Green said he would recommend to the Town Council that it “take a risk” on using the expected $304,551 surplus from the bond for the gym and track in the 2015-16 […]
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Lisbon school budget meeting moved to May 19
LISBON — The second and last public meeting for the municipal and school budgets has been postponed until 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at Lisbon Community School, the Town Council announced Monday. The meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, May 12. Although the Town Council was within the time frame to have the budget articles […]
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Rosaire A. Jalbert
1931 – 2015 LEWISTON — Rosaire A. “Rosie” Jalbert, 84, passed away Friday, May 8, at the Hospice House in Auburn after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Lewiston on March 2, 1931, to Roseanna Morin Jalbert Jacques. He graduated from Lewiston High School in 1949. Following […]
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H.S. Baseball: Dirigo wins pitching duel against Lisbon
DIXFIELD — Typically, it takes more than one hit to win a baseball game. But with Gavin Arsenault on the mound, Dirigo didn’t need a surplus of offensive production to bypass Lisbon on Monday. The Dirigo starting pitcher went all seven innings, scattering five hits while striking out 10 and walking just two in the […]
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Lisbon council, School Committee clash at budget hearing
LISBON — What started as a relatively quiet public meeting Tuesday on the proposed town and education budgets ended with some Town Council members saying they will not vote to pass the proposed school budget as presented and some townspeople questioning why members of the School Committee and Town Council can’t work together. “How often […]
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H.S. Baseball:
WISCASSET — What a difference a week makes. A little over a week ago, Lisbon and Wiscasset watched as a heavy round of showers washed out the baseball field on which they were playing. The Greyhounds led, 7-0, but the game was called off in the third inning, and the teams had to start all […]