LISBON — There will be a noticeable absence this year when the Moxie Festival parade rolls through town Saturday. Lisbon’s signature annual event is celebrating Gina Mason’s spirit by renaming the parade in her honor. The Gina Mason Memorial Parade will kick off at Capital Avenue at 10 a.m., follow Route 196 to Main Street, […]
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Lisbon GOP plans to back a successor for Gina Mason next week
LISBON — Lisbon Republicans plan Tuesday to choose a candidate to fill the state House seat left by the sudden death of Rep. Gina Crafts Mason this month. Her son, Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon, said last week that his father, Rick Mason, is going to run to replace her. There will be a special election […]
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Legislator's husband seeking her State House seat
AUGUSTA — The husband of the late Rep. Gina Mason is running for her seat in the Maine House of Representatives, their son said Friday. Rick Mason, a Republican from Lisbon Falls who runs an excavation business, will seek his party’s nomination to replace his wife, who was a first-term legislator representing Lisbon when she […]
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Lisbon mourns loss of Rep. Gina Mason
LISBON — Talk to those who knew Gina Crafts Mason and you hear a swirl of stories, from ice-skating on a winter pond to preparing a float for the annual Moxie Festival parade, that are in some ways typical of small-town Maine — until you knit them all together. What made Mason, a state representative who […]
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Maine House 56: Gina Mason
Age (on Election Day): 56 Party affiliation: Republican Occupation: Small business owner Community organizations: Lisbon Moxie Festival; Route 196 Committee; Lisbon School Committee Hobbies, activities etc.: Gardening, sewing, home design and decorating, cooking Family status: Married; 2 adult children Years in Legislature: 0 Clean Election candidate? No Committee assignments wanted: Criminal Justice and Public Safety; […]
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Face time: Moxie parademeister Gina Mason
To an outsider, the annual Moxie Festival parade, held on the second Saturday of July, appears to be orchestrated by a large group of paid professionals. Considered one of the largest summer parades in Maine, if not the largest, the logistics of this 90-minute-plus tour de force is handled primarily by one person, Gina Mason. […]