Lisbon football may be bruised, but the Greyhounds certainly aren’t broken. Two weeks after the team’s heart and soul, Quincy Thompson, was sidelined with a serious arm injury, the Greyhounds served notice Saturday afternoon that they’re plenty strong enough to make a run in the Western Class D playoffs. No. 3 Lisbon’s defense dominated No. […]
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Ernestine (Robbins) Menkevich
1922 – 2013 AUBURN — Ernestine (Robbins) Menkevich, 91, formerly of Lisbon, passed away Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, at the Clover Health Care Center, following a long illness. She was born in Stratford, Quebec, on April 9, 1922, a daughter of the late Odonias and Alice (Pariseau) Blais. She grew up in the Stratford area […]
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99-year-old Lisbon fan hopes Red Sox will prove worthy of her faith
LISBON — Ginny Tardiff was just 4 in 1918, when the Red Sox won their last World Series at home in Boston. Ninety-five years later, she hopes to watch them win it again in their hometown Wednesday night, when the Sox play the St. Louis Cardinals at Fenway Park in the sixth — and possibly […]
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Field Hockey: NYA victorious over Lisbon in West C final
It took four tries to earn a positive result the first time around. Tuesday, they went one round less, but it was North Yarmouth Academy doing the celebrating. Charlotte Eisenberg collected the ball at the right post and slid it past Lisbon keeper Stevie Charest on the team’s third penalty corner, and the Panthers’ defense […]
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E.Elcik: Savings on heating costs
Natural gas for Lisbon Falls? Possible, if enough Lisbon citizens will take the time to contact the town office to indicate their interest. It is a fact that natural gas is less expensive per heating unit than fuel oil. Think of all the money that could be saved on heating costs at the end of […]
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Cross Country Regionals: Telstar’s Holt-Andrews cruises to Western championship
CUMBERLAND — Everyone else’s regional championship race was Josef Holt-Andrews’ workout. No offense intended to the MPA’s Western Maine regional or any of the participants in it. Holt-Andrews respects the event and loves the running community. But he has bigger fish to fry. In order: Next week’s state meet, then New Englands, and finally the […]
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H.S. Football: Raiders better than Greyhounds on balance sheet
WALES — The rest of Western Class D has been given fair warning — Oak Hill is a very balanced football team, and as it showed Saturday, even cold, wind, rain and a very good Lisbon defense that had been giving up less than 10 points per game couldn’t knock them off-balance. Alex Mace rushed […]
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H.S. field hockey: Lisbon shuts out Saints
LISBON FALLS — When you’re the defending state champion, there’s no room for anything other than your best effort. That was the message Julie Wescott was sending her team Thursday afternoon. Her Lisbon field hockey team had muddled through a good first half, but it wasn’t good enough as far as the Greyhound’s coach was […]
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Brunswick narrows principal search to three candidates, including Lisbon HS principal
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School could have a new principal lined up by Saturday morning. That’s when the school board is expected to make a hiring decision after interviewing a finalist nominated by Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski. “I have interviewed the candidate and spent time with references discussing this person’s qualities, performance, preparation and […]