NAPLES — The scary thing about Leavitt’s 62-0 Western Class C football rout of Lake Region is that it probably could have been worse. It’s the second straight week the Hornets have won by that score. Leavitt (5-0) turned it over twice and had a pair of touchdowns called back due to penalties. And the […]
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Gettysburg, Appomattox to be Lisbon Historical Society topic
LISBON FALLS — Civil War historian and living-history performer Charles W. Plummer will speak on “The Long Road from Gettysburg to Appomattox” at the Oct. 9 meeting of the Lisbon Historical Society. At his most recent presentation for the group, Plummer detailed the contributions of units from Maine at the battle of Gettysburg. By popular […]
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Legion Riders plan breakfast AUBURN — American Legion Riders Post 31 will hold a public breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the post home on Washington Street. Cost is $5. Spaghetti supper at Trinity LISBON — A spaghetti supper will be held from 4:45 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at […]
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H.S. Football: Greyhounds won’t back down
LISBON — Sometimes all the pieces just fit. Taken individually, the quartet of Quincy Thompson, Jordon Torres, Joe Philbrick and Kyle Bourget would make themselves at home on any high school football team in the state. Put them together in the Lisbon High School backfield, however, and they become something greater. Their collective talents put […]
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H.S. Soccer: Wolverines stop Greyhounds
WISCASSET — Two teams entered Thursday’s Mountain Valley Conference girls soccer contest riding hot six-game streaks. Lisbon came in winners of five of its past six contests, while Wiscasset took to its home turf riding a 5-0-1 stretch, including a shutout victory over previously unbeaten St. Dom’s on Sept. 23. Something had to give. Shania […]
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H.S. Football: Aylward, Hathaway, Mynahan up for USA Today award
Jim Aylward of Mountain Valley, Dick Mynahan of Lisbon and Mike Hathaway of Leavitt are three of eight Maine football coaches vying to be named the USA Today’s Best High School Football Coach in the country contest. Aylward, Mynahan and Hathaway are joined on the ballot by Kevin Cooper of Bonny Eagle, John Hersom of […]
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Louise M. Curtis
1940 – 2013 LEWISTON — Louise M. Curtis, 73, of Lisbon Falls, passed away peacefully Monday morning, Sept. 30, with her loving family by her side, and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren in spirit. She was born in Damariscotta on June 13, 1940, a daughter of the late Roy and Marie (Hall) Paradis. She grew up […]
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Lisbon gets $71,000 from drug case
LISBON — More than $71,000 seized in a drug-trafficking investigation that began three years ago has enriched the resources of the Police Department, Town Council members learned Tuesday night. The money represents 4 percent of “a very large seizure of cash,” police Chief David Brooks told the council. “I will leave it to you to […]
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H.S. Football: Greyhounds de-flock Seagulls, 42-6
LISBON — A little stumble out of the gate sent Lisbon to the back burner of Western Class D buzz. Given what happened on both ends of Route 9 Saturday, the Greyhounds will find themselves a hot topic once again. Quincy Thompson tallied three touchdowns and 322 yards of total offense running, receiving and passing, Jordon […]
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Family out to save horse
LISBON FALLS — The horse is named Knotty, and it could be put down in a matter of days. But not if Dan Buck Soules has anything to say about it. Soules and his family once owned the horse, a former racer they got in 2003 through a rescue outfit in Canada. They bought the […]