BALTIMORE — Joshua Charest, the son of John and Louise Charest of Lewiston, graduated from Johns Hopkins University with honors. Joshua was awarded the “Best Design” for his senior year design project. He designed a device that will assist leg amputees to improve the quality of an active lifestyle. The device has garnered the attention […]
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Lisbon shows its Moxie with new banners
LISBON — Drivers are seeing Lisbon’s Moxie with new town banners proclaiming “Lisbon Home of the Moxie Festival” which have replaced some of the “Welcome to Lisbon” banners. These 12 new banners are a joint effort of the Moxie Festival Committee and Positive Change Lisbon. “These two awesome civic-minded organizations are putting Lisbon on the […]
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H.S. roundup: Bucks roll in baseball; Lisbon baseball, Buckfield softball fall
BUCKFIELD — Owen Bennett went 3-for-3 from the plate as Buckfield rolled to a 15-1 victory over Greenville in a five-inning Western Class D baseball quarterfinal. Bennett crushed a pair of doubles while batting in three runs for the Bucks (10-4). Bennett and Jonah Williams combined to throw nine strikeouts in the five innings played. Williams, […]
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Lisbon votes to build school gym, track
LISBON — Residents voted Tuesday to build a $5.7 million high school gymnasium and a $500,000 high school track. The vote for the gym was 953-901, and for the track, 943-913. Residents rejected a proposal to build a $1.3 million public works facility, 1,071 to 833. The $14.77 million school budget was approved 1,245 to […]
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H.S. softball: Monmouth advances past Lisbon
Her drive toward deep left in the second inning felt good when it left the bat. As the senior catcher was supposed to be focused on running the bases, it was too tempting to keep an eye on her hit. Beck stopped watching when it landed on the other side of the left-centerfield fence. “I’ve […]
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H.S. baseball: Greyhounds dispatch Bulldogs
LISBON — Randy Ridley sensed his young team’s nerves during batting practice. With freshmen throughout his lineup, along with only two players who played key roles in Lisbon High School baseball’s last playoff win two seasons ago, Ridley tried to keep it loose. It helped that junior hurler Kyle Bourget was firing darts, with his […]
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H.S. softball: Lisbon peaking into playoffs
LISBON — Terri Trudel kept telling her team to hang in there. She wanted her Lisbon softball team to keep working hard, keep believing in themselves and know that good things were on the way. “I felt like a broken record after games,” Trudell said. “I felt like I was saying the same things over […]
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Class C track: Lisbon boys’ claim first state title
DOVER-FOXCROFT — With only the final relay left to determine the day, the Lisbon boys’ 4×400 relay team gathered in the infield. The four of them huddled together and prepared themselves for not only the biggest race of their young lives but potentially one of the most significant in the storied history of Lisbon boys’ […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Devils, Greyhounds go for gold
All track and field season long, the performance lists and virtual meets that suggested what to expect in conference and state meets were overly generous to the Lewiston boys. Some of the athletes showcased in those speculative rundowns left the team after posting their top-notch time or distance. Others were being counted in events they […]
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H.S. Track and Field: Greyhounds ready to state case
LISBON — Nine consecutive sweeps of the Mountain Valley Conference championships have made Lisbon the big dog among small-school track and field programs within a one-hour radius. Nobody needs to remind the Greyhounds how that has translated into Class C state titles. Or not. “We know the coaches haven’t won a state title yet, so […]