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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.
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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. 
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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
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LISBON TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Council Meeting

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LISBON TOWN COUNCIL MEETING - WORKSHOP

Council Meeting - Workshop

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LISBON COUNCIL MEETING - SPECIAL

Council Meeting - Special

School Budget Presentation

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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.
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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.
 
This just highlight the Administration of the Town of Lisbon is in serious trouble.  In my eyes the first rule of operating a website is to make it accessible for its users.  I believe in the KISS theory.  Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS).  A website should always be designed with the Users in mind because it is for their use.  The Town website is not User friendly; in fact, it is totally confusion by having redundant ways to locate certain items.  I was always taught that redundancy is for saving/backing up data which is NOT the responsibility of the User. 
 
Simple ways to locate items eliminate confusion for the Users.  Users should be the primary focus when designing a website.  Right now, on the Town website there are at least two different paths to take to locate the Town Council agendas.  It is much easier to maintain and for the Users when there is one path to locate the Town Council agendas.  Also, if you follow the path of Town Council – Council Agenda & Minutes – Current Tuesday Agenda – Town Council – Agenda it takes you to the current Town Council agenda.  There is absolutely no need for the last two screens because the Town Council agenda should come up when you click on Current Tuesday Agenda.  The User should never have to go beyond that screen.  The current system is a waste of time and money to maintain and confuses Users.
 
Now if you go Minute and Agendas – Town Council – 2018 – Select the Town Council Agenda you are looking for.  This is less friendly to Users.  The Administration staff of the Town has absolutely no concept of what they are doing, in my eyes.  First of all, according to Mrs. Barnes there is only one individual that can make changes to the website.  I do not believe that I have to explain why this is not acceptable.  Because there are unnecessary screens that Users have to go through and the fact there are two different paths is a clear indication that very little planning when into the design of the website.  Clearly there is no oversight of this project.
 
Next, why was the changes implemented without making ALL the necessary changes to the website?  This is another indication of little to no oversight.  The Town Manager works for the Town Council who works for the people; so I ask again where is the oversight.  The Town Council needs to look into the Town website since they are overall responsible.  There needs to cross-training so that the town does not have to rely on just one individuals to maintain the website.
 
The residents of Lisbon deserve better.

 
Larry Fillmore

LISBON LIBRARY GOVERNING BOARD

Library Governing Board Meeting postponed until April 4th, 2018

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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.
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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.
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LISBON TAX PAYMENTS DUE

Tax Payments Due

The second installment for 2018 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax payments are due March 15, 2018.
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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
This building is handicapped accessible.
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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.  
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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/.

LISBON TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Town Council Meeting

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LISBON PLANNING BOARD MEETING

Planning Board Meeting

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Monday, February 26, 2018

Friday, February 23, 2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018

LISBON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA - FEBRUARY 26, 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. 
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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/.