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Annual wreath-making workshops offered in Lisbon

LISBON — Christmas wreath-making workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20,  at Beaver Park Lone Pine Lodge. There will also be a wreath-making workshop from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, […]

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Heidi L. Perkins-St. Onge

BIDDEFORD — Heidi L. Perkins-St.Onge, 48, of Sanford, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 5, at St. Andre’s Healthcare Facility. Heidi was born in Lewiston, Aug. 1, 1963, a daughter of Wayne and Sheila Westland. She graduated from Lisbon High School and later went on to the University of Maine at Orono. She was employed as […]

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MS meet at Denny’s AUBURN — To honor caregivers during Caregivers’ Month, the morning MS Support Group will meet at Denny’s instead of at the usual location, at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11. For more information, contact Sandy at 783-6431 or Ron at 783-1863. Christmas fair SABATTUS — Our Lady of the Rosary will hold […]

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Charlotte Rainha

AUBURN — Charlotte Rainha of Lisbon, died peacefully at Androscoggin Hospice House on Nov. 7. She was born May 5, 1926, in Marlborough, Mass., to Simon and Alexandrine Riani. She was married for nearly 50 years to Henry Rainha. She worked for many years as an insurance secretary. She was a master quilter and seamstress. […]

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Lisbon is going back to the 50s for ‘Grease’

LISBON — After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko’s world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock ‘n’ roll celebration of growin’ up, cruisin’ with friends and goin’ steady. Lisbon High School’s […]

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Lisbon voters to elect councilor, school board member

LISBON — There will be two contests in municipal elections Tuesday. Incumbent Roger J. Cote is being challenged by Lisa M. Ward for a three-year council at-large seat. School Committee member Marcey L. Crosskill, who was appointed earlier this year to fill the seat vacated by longtime member Prudence Grant, is seeking her first full […]

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Football: Yarmouth outruns Greyhounds

YARMOUTH — It took all of two plays before the Lisbon football team was playing from behind Friday night. That’s how many snaps it took for the Yarmouth Clippers to get their running game moving. The Greyhounds were playing chase from there and never could catch up as Yarmouth took home a 38-0 victory in […]

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Western Class C Football: Lisbon looks to clip Yarmouth’s wings

Lisbon football players left school a few minutes early Thursday afternoon and boarded a bus for Bates College. The game plan: Practice on the Bobcats’ new artificial turf at Garcelon Field to simulate the footing in Friday night’s Western Class C semifinal at Yarmouth. “It helps us prepare a lot better than running on a […]

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Teacher is chosen to participate in academy

LISBON — Marilyn Curtis, a third-grade teacher at Lisbon Community School, was one of 30 teachers selected from the state to participate in the Governor’s Academy for Science and Mathematics Leadership, 2009-2011. The academy provided two years of intensive, professional development in knowledge and skills needed for participants to initiate, implement and support standard-based and […]