LISBON — The for-sale sign is up. Buyers are looking. And the old hall’s pool table will sell if someone offers enough money. Yet, William Thomas — commander of the Raymond J. Lavigne Post 9459 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Lisbon — isn’t ready to quit on the hall where a generation of […]
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Nine town positions expiring in Lisbon
LISBON — The following elected positions will expire this year, according to town officials. Elections are in November. For Town Council: at large seat, District 1 seat, District 2 seat For Budget Advisory Board: at large seat, District 1 seat, District 2 seat For School Committee: two seats For Water Commission: one seat For those […]
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K. Kucera: A recipe for rainbow chicken
Personally, I don’t eat at Chick-fil-A because I can taste the bigotry. Yes, only in this country of plenty, one where most homes average two to four flat-screen TVs, would Americans take up figurative arms, er, wings, over a fried-chicken chain in this latest salvo of the unending culture (read: religion) wars. Never mind that […]
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Picking raffle winner
The Lisbon High School Class of 2013 has announced its auto raffle winner as Steve Miller of Lewiston. From left are Luci Charest, Class of 2013 secretary; Ryan Brewer, class president; and Monica Millhime, Class of 2014 adviser. The class raised $4,890 for Project Graduation activities in June 2013.
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Rotary presents scholarships, awards
LEWISTON— The Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Club presented $10,500 in scholarships and awards to local students and community organizations on May 9 at the Ramada Inn. To raise the funds, Lewiston-Auburn Rotary conducted several fundraisers including an annual auction, Comedy Night, the Balloon Festival, selling poinsettias, spring flowers and more. William Denehy, Vocational Service Committee chairman, was […]
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B. Huot: Democrats pick wrong target
This is in response to John Kelly (July 24). The last time I checked, former President George W. Bush is not running for president, so why do Democrats always have to play that card? Did President Ronald Reagan ever harp on President Jimmy Carter, or any Republicans for that matter? The job growth isn’t keeping […]
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Briefly
Bridge winners listed LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Social Bridge Club winners at the Lewiston Armory on July 23 were as follows: first, Jan and Vern Arey; second, Jeanine Kivus and David Lock; third, Connie and Ron Reynolds; fourth/fifth tie, Richard Balian and Dick Allen with Scott Rivard and Jim Gray. First in B, Connie and […]
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E. Stacey: Party is alive and thriving
This is in response to Charles MacDonald’s sarcastic reply (July 16) to Thomas Shields’ letter (July 2). I find MacDonald’s argument that the liberal media networks are a response to Fox network to be totally fallacious. Fox is one of the newcomers on the block. It came into existence long after the major networks were firmly […]