LISBON — The Lisbon School Department last week awarded a multimillion-dollar construction project to a company that was not the lowest bidder. Now that lowest bidder may be headed to court to stop the project. Superintendent Richard Green acknowledged the chosen construction company will cost the school system more — between $15,300 and $77,500. But […]
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Class D West Football Semifinals: Lisbon loses Bourget, but Grover rolls over OOB
Junior tailback Shawn Grover, all 5-foot-7, 140 pounds of him, certainly tried. Grover, the latest in a long line of little engines that could in the Greyhounds’ camp, rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, lifting No. 1 Lisbon to a 25-12 victory over relentless No. 4 Old Orchard Beach in the Class D West […]
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Lisbon passes efficiency improvements
LISBON — Lisbon voters approved air quality improvements in municipal buildings and schools Tuesday night. There will be new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems at Lisbon Community School, Sugg Middle School and Lisbon High School as well as changes to the buildings to make them more efficient. Efficiency changes will also be made to […]
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Field hockey: Winslow holds off Lisbon to capture Class C state title
“I saw her coming, and I was saying, ‘Brooke (Haskell) behind you, Brooke behind you,’” Wood said. Too late for anything else, Wood asserted herself, cut down the angle and kicked Philbrick’s tip aside with 10:10 to play in regulation, turning back Lisbon’s last great scoring chance to help preserve for Winslow a 2-1 victory […]
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Efficiencies to pay for improvements to Lisbon buildings if approved
LISBON — Town leaders hope to make more than $2.5 million worth of improvements to public buildings if a local referendum passes on Tuesday. Voters will be asked to approve a lease/purchase contract, not to exceed 19 years, on Question 3 of the town ballot. The money will be federally subsidized and will employ a […]
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Western C field hockey final: Kahler leads the way for Lisbon
SCARBOROUGH — On opening day of fall tryouts, Arianna Kahler watched her teammates complete a timed run. She spent her time flicking balls into an empty cage, practicing skills that involved little movement. A leg injury prevented the expected leader of a young Lisbon front line from doing any more. And it killed her. Thursday, […]
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Western C field hockey final: Kahler’s goal in second OT lifts Lisbon past Oak Hill
“I just sprinted in there. It happened it was coming to me. I looked up and I saw (Arianna Kahler), and she yelled for a through, and I just hit it right to her,” Lawrence said. Kahler redirected the ball to Chase Collier, who returned the favor on a perfect give-and-go and Kahler buried a […]
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High school field hockey: Lisbon overwhelms Yarmouth in West C semifinal
YARMOUTH — When Yarmouth coach Mandy Lewis called a timeout with 16 minutes left in the first half, the coach hoped to focus her Clippers as visiting Lisbon began to take over the flow of the Western C field hockey semifinal on Tuesday. Instead, it was the Greyhounds who benefited from the stoppage, and that […]
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The Hot Corner: Forfeit lengthens chain of wrong choices
If two wrongs don’t make a right, just imagine the mess a chain of missteps and unfortunate decisions leaves in its wake. The easy thing to do Tuesday morning, when word got out that Telstar will forfeit this weekend’s scheduled Class D West football quarterfinal at Lisbon, was criticize Telstar. The school, the program, its […]
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H.S. Football: Telstar will forfeit playoff game to Lisbon
One football forfeit has begotten another. Telstar, invited to the Class D West playoffs by virtue of a forfeit victory at Traip in the next-to-last week of the regular season, has elected to forgo Saturday’s scheduled regional quarterfinal game at top-seeded Lisbon. The Greyhounds won’t play again until hosting the winner of Friday’s Winthrop at […]