As cases of COVID-19 rise across the state, Lisbon School Department is preparing for the possibility of moving from full in-person learning five days a week to a mix of in-person and remote learning.

Three Maine State Police bomb detection dogs searched Lisbon High School but didn’t find explosives.

Notes police and school administrators investigated “have at this time found the comment to be without any validity or substance.”

The town council agreed to pay for a study of the now-vacant plot along the Androscoggin River to determine the cost to reduce the risk of flooding.

In 2018, Lisbon voters authorized a $430,000 bond for its 10% share of the 1-mile reconstruction project. Now they’re being asked to borrow an additional $140,000 because the cost of the project has increased to $5.7 million.

Deo Gratias, an African asylum seeker who recently moved to Lisbon, said he is thankful for a new bicycle Lisbon Police Department purchased for him so he can get to and from the town’s transfer station where he volunteers.