Lisbon Falls News

LISBON a ' A wild 1.8 mile, seven-minute chase through side streets in downtown Lisbon Falls, which began when a A3 4-ton pickup truck slammed backwards into the front of a police cruiser, led to a foot chase early Sunday morning.

Apt. 1, Bath, was arrested at Hannaford on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and possession of drug paraphernalia.A 11/12 at 4:23 p.m. Brooke Ann Letarte, 28, of 64 Heath Lane, Bath, was arrested on Federal Street on a charge of violation of condition of release.A 11/12 at 4:57 p.m. Destiny Mae Oppedisano, 34, of 62 Pleasant Hill ...

On behalf of the Lisbon Trails Commission, I want to thank Lisbon voters, the Lisbon Town Council and all Lisbon Trails supporters for their enthusiastic efforts in passing the Androscoggin River Trail bond.

LISBON a ' A 22-year-old local man, Seth Card of Bowdoinham Road, lost control of the car he was driving on Route 196 in Lisbon Falls on Saturday afternoon, striking and snapping a utility pole in front of the Big Apple, police said.

LISBON a ' A Lisbon Falls family escaped apparent injury in a rollover late Friday morning on Route 9. According to investigating officer Jeffrey Williams, Christian Arsenault, 28, was driving north when he became distracted as he tried to brush an insect from his arm.

LISBON a ' Two drivers escaped with apparently minor injuries in a rear-end collision Saturday morning on Route 196 in Lisbon center.

Amanda Bergin, 7, of Lisbon Falls appears as a ghostly figure, front right, as she wanders through the haunted graveyard at the home of Christine and Danny Nicholson while trick-or-treating on Addison Street in Lisbon Falls on Saturday night.

LISBON a ' Voters in Tuesday's election filled 11 seats on various municipal boards and weighed in on two bond issues.

A Lisbon Falls man is in jail charged with a robbery that happened in Biddeford.

LISBON a ' An Auburn motorcyclist escaped apparent serious injury Sunday afternoon in a car-motorcycle crash on Route 196 at the intersection of Village Street.

Stephen King literally returns to his roots with has latest novel, Under The Dome .

A Kingston man suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg last night using a gun allegedly stolen from a Maine police department, police said.

ROCKLAND : Andy Blanchard said Oct. 9 that he likes to tell people he might get a real job someday.

The former Saints Cyil and Methodius Catholic Church at 51 Main Street in Lisbon Falls was purchased by business partners Nel Bernard and Jim Nutting in 2003 and transformed into the Maine Art Glass Studio and Sanctuary Gallery.

LISBON Falls a ' Police are investigating a report of a robbery near the intersection of Lisbon Street and Frost Hill Avenue Tuesday afternoon.

It took Doreen Jordan 4A1 2 years to complete her stained-glass sculpture named "Farmer Jim." There will be an open house from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct.

WALES a ' A Lisbon Falls man was charged with driving under the influence of drugs Friday after police said he crashed his van into the back of a dump truck on Route 132.

Tim Pettingill, hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, is being accompanied by an unusual support crew and, serendipitously, has found that he is not alone as he hikes during a pause in his so-called normal life.

If You Go Maine Art Glass Studio Butterfly & Insect Museum, 51 Main St., Lisbon Falls.

Sarah Faulkingham of Auburn, left, a 2009 graduate of Edward Little High School, studies for an exam with Brooke Siprell of Farmington, a 2008 graduate of Mt.