Lisbon Maine
Lisbon High School honor roll
LISBON FALLS — Lisbon High School has announced the first-quarter honor roll. Seniors High honors: Monica Austin, Patrick Dexler, Mia Durgin, Taylor Feehan, Amanda Hazelton, Cosette Holmes, Reilly Johnson, Arianna Kahler, Taylor Plourde, Hannah Stritch, Dustin Wood. Honors: Kyle Bourget, Allison Bubar, Ashley Caron, Stevie Charest, Connor Craig, Adam Desjardins, Loren Grant, Michelle Martin, Taylor […]
School districts: Lisbon low-bidder decision may affect future projects
LEWISTON — School superintendents are discussing a recent court decision ordering the Lisbon School Department to take the lowest bidder to build a new $5 million high school gym. Two weeks ago, Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Nancy Mills ruled that since all of the bidders seeking that contract had prequalified in the Lisbon bidding […]
Truck-safety advocate criticizes Collins on budget fix additions
LEWISTON — The founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers said provisions that Sen. Susan Collins wants to add to a federal budget bill would “jeopardize the safety of everyone.” Daphne Izer of Lisbon, whose teenage son was killed by a trucker who fell asleep at the wheel in October 1993, said relaxing rest standards for […]
Concerts, gifts and lambs at Lisbon church
LISBON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church will host Lisbon Area Christian Outreach benefit Christmas concerts at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, and again at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14, featuring Grace — Janice Sargent, Tamesin Fleenor and Melissa Ciccarelli. People are asked to bring non-perishable food or make a donation. Members of the […]
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Parade of Trees happening all week MECHANIC FALLS — American Legion Post 150, at 41 Elm St., will host Santa’s Parade of Trees from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, and Thursday, Dec. 11; from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec.12; and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. Santa will visit […]
Lisbon committee awards gym construction to lowest bidder
LISBON — The job of building a new gym for Lisbon High School will go to the lowest bidder, the Lisbon School Committee decided Monday. The committee voted 5-0 to award the contract to general contractor Landry/French, as ordered by Maine Superior Court Justice Nancy Mills. On Dec. 1, Mills issued a restraining order barring […]
Boys’ basketball: Dirigo runs away from Mountain Valley
RUMFORD — The ability to run and score points quickly has been a trademark of the Dirigo boys’ basketball team in recent years. The Cougars showed flashes of that Monday night in their first MVC win of the season, at the expense of their rival. Junior Riley Robinson erupted for 29 points, and Dirigo stepped […]
Boys’ basketball: Lisbon outlasts Oak Hill, 65-64
LISBON — In an entertaining game between neighboring boys’ basketball teams that never met a shot they didn’t like, the difference Monday night was the one Lisbon’s Josh Huston didn’t let Oak Hill take. After emerging from the timeout huddle, Huston anticipated an inbounds pass to Adam Merrill and knocked it loose with four seconds […]
Apply now for Master Gardener volunteer training
Applications are available for the 2015 University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers program in Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and Oxford counties. Oxford Jan. 9 is the deadline to apply for training offered this winter and spring at the Oxford County UMaine Extension office, 9 Olson Road, South Paris. The first of the 14 sessions, held […]