WELCOME TO THE LISBON REPORTER. In an effort to keep our community informed of what is going on at local and Federal levels of government, we decided to create this on-line newspaper. It is our hope that this on-line newspaper will help you stay informed so that you can get involved and take action for the benefit of our ENTIRE community. Thank you for visiting and please check back frequently for information about what is happening in LISBON/LISBON FALLS, MAINE USA
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Friday, March 9, 2018
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Update on David Street Water Main Break
Update on David Street Water Main Break
Water service will be restored on David Street by 10:00 AM.
The water main had a circumferential crack which is identical to the
break on Crest Avenue yesterday. As the business office is closed today,
please let us know if you have any water quality issues by calling the
Lisbon Police Dept. at 353-2500 and a water technician will contact you
ASAP.
Thank you for your patience during this emergency repair.
Thank you for your patience during this emergency repair.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Water Main Break David Street, Lisbon Falls
Water Main Break David Street, Lisbon Falls
Lisbon Water Department
has responded to a water main break on David Street in Lisbon Falls.
Department staff is working to shut the main down at the time of this
posting. We anticipate that the emergency water service interruption on
David Street to last 8 hours. Repair crews and equipment are mobilizing
to the site at this time. We will update the project status when we
have the water line exposed.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON PLANNING BOARD
Planning Board - MEETING CANCELLED
NOTE: Agenda Items to be placed on the March 22 Agenda
NOTE: Agenda Items to be placed on the March 22 Agenda
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Town of Lisbon Storm Closures
The Lisbon Town Office, Transfer Station, Library, and MTM Center will be closed due to inclement weather March 8, 2018. Should you lose power during the storm please note that the Lisbon Police Department is available as a warming facility.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES
Approximately three weeks ago, I could not find the Town Council agenda for the following Tuesday’s meeting. I called the Town Manager, Diane Barnes, and asked her for the location. She informed me that the Town had changed the location on the Town website. I asked her why the website was only partly changed and she informed me that it was because a contract stopped and that the person who was responsible for the website was on vacation that week.
Larry Fillmore
LISBON LIBRARY GOVERNING BOARD
Library Governing Board Meeting postponed until April 4th, 2018
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON CREST AVENUE MAIN BREAK UPDATE
Crest Avenue Main Break Update
Water service has been
restored on Crest Avenue. However, we are still onsite backfilling the
excavation. Please let us know if you have any water quality issues. The
water main had a circumferential break which typically occurs due to
earth movement. These type of breaks happen most frequently as the earth
freezes and thaws.
Thank you for your patience during this emergency repair.
Thank you for your patience during this emergency repair.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON CREST AVENUE WATER MAIN BREAK
Crest Avenue Water Main Break
The water main has
failed on Crest Avenue in Lisbon. This leak will require an immediate
shutdown of the water main. We anticipate that the damaged main will
require 8 hours to repair.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON TAX PAYMENTS DUE
Tax Payments Due
The second installment for 2018 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax payments are due March 15, 2018.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Public Hearing Notice
Planning Board
The Planning Board will
hold a public hearing at 7:00 PM on March 8, 2017 at the Lisbon Town
Office (Public Meeting Room) to hear the following:
- Amendments to Chapter 70-Zoning Ordinance, SEction 70-530 Land Uses
- Marijuana Retail Sales
- Retail sales of products manufactured on premises
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
LISBON PARKING BAN
Parking Ban
Due to the impending snow storm, a parking ban has been scheduled to begin at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 until 12:00 AM on Friday, March 9, 2018.
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
L/A ROATARY CLUB TO WELCOME CELESTE YAKAWONIS - MAY 3RD
Auburn - On Thursday, May 3, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at The Village Inn, 165 High Street, Auburn, Celeste Yakawonis will be the featured guest speaker of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club. Yakawonis has been a self-employed Real Estate paralegal for over 30 years. She is a lifelong resident of Maine-attended Lewiston High School and the University of Maine at Orono graduating in 1974. In 2003, after joining the then Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce, she began to take a greater interest in the community around her. She decided that one business was not enough, and launched Gift Baskets by Celeste. Under various names this business lasted 18 years! She then established a new business, Party'n With Plants which hosts Garden Terrarium design classes. Currently she is a member of Central Maine Community College Foundation Board, and Treasurer / Board member of the Androscoggin-Sagadahoc Extension Agency. Recently, she has joined a group at Tri County Mental Health Agency to address the issue of the opioid crisis that is facing our community, State of Maine and country. Yakawonis was recently sponsored by Christine Wilson to re-activate her membership with the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club. She lives in Turner with her always supportive husband Peter, dog Bruce and six cats. She loves spending time with her grown daughters Katherine and Margaret. She loves growing plants, working out at Planet Fitness( yes really!) and taking time to enjoy life! Reservations are not required at the luncheon. Visiting Rotarians and community members are welcome to attend. FMI on future Rotary speakers, contact President and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 713.7045 or email millhime@myfairpoint.net. Events and other club information are posted at www.lewistonauburnrotary.org and www.facebook.com/lewistonmainerotary/.
L/A ROTARY CLUB TO WELCOME KIM FINNERTY - APRIL 19TH
Auburn - On Thursday, April 19, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at The Village Inn, 165 High Street, Auburn, Kim Finnerty will be the featured guest speaker of the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club. with the Lewiston-Auburn Rotary Lunch Club. Finnerty is the Director of Whiting Farm in Auburn. She holds a B.A. in Chemistry from West Virginia University, 1996. Agriculture became an important topic for her while she was a teacher at Edward Little High School. She created the Chemistry through Agriculture program at Edward Little High School as a way of engaging her students in their learning. She became the director of Whiting Farm in January 2015. Under Kim’s leadership Whiting Farm has become a working four-season farm dedicated in offering education, nutrition and enrichment for our population of diverse needs. She is on the board of the Lewiston-Auburn Food Council and is a member of the Auburn Agriculture and Natural Resources Rezoning Committee. In her tenure as Director of Whiting Farm she has created partnerships with many area nonprofits, truly making Whiting Farm a community farm. The farm is open year round selling Poinsettia’s, annuals, fresh produce and offering community engagement and education space. The goal for the farm is to be a working-educational farm that is open to professionals and community members for locally grown produce, education and enjoyment. Reservations are not required at the luncheon. Visiting Rotarians and community members are welcome to attend. FMI on future Rotary speakers, contact President and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 713.7045 or email millhime@myfairpoint.net. Events and other club information are posted at www.lewistonauburnrotary.org and www.facebook.com/lewistonmainerotary/.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Lisbon Town Council Meeting Minutes - January 16, 2018
These are the minutes for January 16, 2018 of the Town Council
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Thursday, February 22, 2018
LISBON Public Hearing Notice
Renewal Special Entertainment Permit for the Railroad Restaurant & Pub
The Lisbon Town Council will hold a public hearing on March 6, 2018 at 7:00 PM at
the Town Office in the Public Meeting Room to hear comments on
a renewal Special Entertainment Permit for Sandra Harkins d/b/a the
Railroad Restaurant & Pub, located at 695 Lisbon Street, in Lisbon Falls, Maine.
The public is invited to attend.
The public is invited to attend.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
L-A Rotary Lunch Club to Welcome Jesse Harvey & Eric Skillings
Auburn - On Thursday, May 31, from noon to 1:00 p.m. at The Village Inn, 165 High Street, Auburn, Jesse Harvey and Eric Skillings will be the featured guest speakers of the L-A Rotary Lunch Club. Harvey is a person in long-term recovery. He is a Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialist (CIPSS) and is the Founder of Journey House Sober Living. He works full time as Peer Support Coordinator for Greater Portland Health, and volunteers as Chapter Lead of Young People in Recovery- Portland. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Health Equity Alliance and serves on numerous other boards and committees. A decade of drug use, marked in the end by trauma, psychosis, incarceration, and extreme isolation, brought Harvey to a very dark place. After several overdoses and suicide attempts, he was involuntarily committed for a fifth time into a treatment facility in a Massachusetts state prison. In mid-2015 he was discharged to a Portland Maine recovery house, and, with the support of his peers and with opportunities for growth, he began to rebuild his life. Today Harvey is a passionate recovery advocate who seeks to improve our communities by advocating for and implementing low-cost, low-barrier, and evidence-based public health interventions.
Eric Skillings grew up a broken kid who did not know how to deal with his emotions. He turned to alcohol at a young age after the divorce of his parents. In that bottle, Skillings found relief from his childhood for the first time. He was in and out of jails starting at the age of 11, and when he was a young adult he was injured in a work accident and became dependent on prescribed opioids. It wasn't long before he went to prison as a direct result of his Substance Use Disorder (SUD). He was defeated by the disease but luckily found help through a nine month rehab program in prison. Upon release he quickly became extremely involved in the Southern Maine recovery community, and today he has three years of recovery and co-owns and manages Journey House Sober Living's two Sanford recovery houses. Reservations are not required at the luncheon. FMI on future Rotary speakers, contact President and Program Chair, Monica Millhime, 713.7045 or email millhime@myfairpoint.net. Events and other club information are posted at www.lewistonauburnrotary.org and www.facebook.com/lewistonmainerotary/.
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