The junior pitcher had a seamless outing for much of Monmouth’s MVC showdown with Lisbon, even though her Mustangs trailed for much of the game. When Monmouth took the lead and Lisbon threatened in the seventh, Canning had to dig a little deeper, but that wasn’t a problem either. With a runner on third and […]
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H.S. Baseball: Monmouth takes advantage of 10 Lisbon errors, wins 6-5 in eight innings
MONMOUTH — The conditions for Monday’s MVC baseball showdown between Lisbon and Monmouth were summer. The level of play at crucial times, well, decidedly spring training. Monmouth prevailed 6-5 in eight innings at Chick Field in a walk-off situation that you might never see again, but a fitting footnote to this one. Previously undefeated Lisbon dropped […]
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People You Know: Verla Ridley – Beaver Park’s longtime ranger, on to her next adventure
LISBON — When Verla Ridley was hired as Beaver Park’s first ranger, the park didn’t have trails or even a picnic table. Locals used its 337 acres as a dump when the landfill down the road was closed. “I didn’t hear a bird sing for three years because they’d all been shot,” Ridley said. “The […]
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H.S. Track: Lisbon’s Rogers overcoming odds as double leg amputee sprinter
Don’t tell Nick Rogers he can’t do something, because he’ll prove you wrong at every turn, whether that turn is in his personal life or on the track. The Lisbon senior sprinter has had to overcome adversity literally since birth when he was born without fully formed fibulas on both legs, a medical condition known […]
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Flat budgets will be focus of two Lisbon public hearings
LISBON — The municipal budget is coming in lower than anticipated as the Town Council prepares for one of two public meetings, the first of which will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, at Lisbon Community School. The proposed municipal budget of $7.3 million for 2015-16 is down from the current year’s budget, […]
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Joseph St. Michel
DURHAM — A Mass of Christian Burial for Joseph St. Michel was celebrated on Monday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon, officiated by the Rev. Chouinard following morning prayers at Crosman Funeral Home. A committal service followed at Union Cemetery in Durham with military honors present and the Unites States […]
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Roland A. Ridley Sr.
1953 – 2015 AUBURN — Roland A. Ridley Sr., 62, of Lisbon, passed away on Monday, April 27, at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. He was born in Lewiston on April 19, 1953, a son of the late Leonard Sr. and Roberta (Darling) Ridley. He grew up and attended schools in the Lisbon area. […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Lisbon dominates first home meet in 14 years
LISBON — When Nicholas Harriman got out of class Tuesday, his immediate thought was to change into his track uniform and head to the bus for yet another road meet. It wasn’t until a fellow teammate told him there was no reason to head to the bus that it dawned on the Lisbon junior distance runner […]
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Lisbon principals report fewer cyberbullying complaints
LISBON — Proactive teachers and staff are the main reason reports of bullying are down in Lisbon schools, principals told the School Committee on Monday night. There have been fewer than 10 reports of bullying and no reports of cyberbullying at Lisbon Community School, Principal Robert Kahler said. Having educational technicians ride on buses to […]