Kennebec River Pollution Cleanup Gains Broad Backing at Phippsburg Hearing
About 150 attendees at the Water Improvement Commission hearing in Phippsburg urged upgrading the lower Kennebec to at least a B-1 classification to protect tourism and shellfish. Critics warned costs could be high, while officials said state and federal subsidies could offset some expenses. Estimates for Bath’s interceptor and treatment plant ran around 2.5 million dollars, with broader costs shared by upriver communities.
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Kennebec
Water Improvement Commission
Phippsburg
WIC
Howard W. Mayo
Bath City
Arthur E. Hutchins
Bath
Commission
Hutchins
Arthur M. Bowker
Mayo
Donald
Congress
William Boyde
Daniel Connelly
William R. Donnell
MacDonald
P. Edward DeBerg
Atkins Bay Area
Harpswell
Albert B. Gray
Parker Head
Herbert Lilly
Woolwich Selectman
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Connelly
Frederick M. Haggett
Roland McIntosh
Popham Beach
Lars
Kennebec River
Phippsburg Center
Topsham
State Highway Commission
New Meadows
Casco Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Kennebec Valley
Phippsburg Selectman Pushes Kennebec River Cleanup
Kennebec River pollution debate outlined by Phippsburg selectman and Sea and Shore Fisheries representative Dana Wallace. He cited $2 million in shellfish value over 10 years and urged B 1 classification to protect tourism, docks, clam flats, and broader regional economy.
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Kennebec
Phippsburg Selectman
Dana Wallace
Phippsburg
Snow Removal Operations In Bath At Full Speed
Bath's snow removal rush includes 200 residents served by emergency taxi crews and staff through 4:30 pm then restart at 2 am. One injury reported as Forrest C. Legard, taxi operator and former legislator, suffers fractured hip and pelvis when a car skidded. Popham Beach rescues delayed until plows arrived. downtown and side streets gradually cleared amid continuing cold and slippery conditions.
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Bath
Memorial Hospital
Forrest C. Legard
Popham Beach
Stanley Perkins
Popham Marsh
Legard
Joseph Desmond
City Park
Front Street
Arthur Tainter
Perkins
Popham
Carol Wyman
Ralph Huston
Phone and Telegraph Co
Bath Iron Works
Omar R. King
King
Washington Street
Elm
Bath Merchants Expect Record Christmas Trade In Ten Days
Bath's shopping season returns with the start of evening shopping after a heavy snowstorm. Clerks anticipate a rush Tuesday night as downtown shops along Front and Center streets brighten with merchandise. Clothing jewelry toys and cosmetics top gift lists while transistor radios and electric knives appear among popular items.
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Bath
Barge Sinks Near Cape Neddick En Route From BIW
A Seaboard Construction barge loaded with equipment sank Friday night off Cape Neddick Maine while towed by the Mary Dee. Two brothers from Malden and Stoneham Massachusetts were rescued and treated at Portsmouth Hospital for immersion. They were part of underwater work associated with Bath Iron Works.
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Seaboard Construction Co
Cape Neddick
Maine
Bath Iron Iron Works
Chelsea
Mass
Portsmouth Hospital
Phillip
John MacDougall
Malden
Stoneham
Bath Iron Works, Inc
Urban Renewal Efforts Move Ahead in Bath Downtown Plan
Urban Renewal Authority Parking District and Planning Board met to coordinate downtown Bath redevelopment before renewal starts. They will route all releases via Charles Nelson while awaiting a $112000 federal grant for a planning survey and engineering study.
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Parking District and Planning Board
Cenfer
Urban Renewal Authority
Parking District
Planning Board
John R. Newell
Charles Nelson
The
Newell
Bath
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
City Council
Frederick Drake
Bath Area Chamber elects S. Jackson as president three-year term
S. Jackson was elected president of the Bath Area Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term, with Raven remaining on the board. Seven other directors were named from a slate of eight candidates after 141 of 222 members voted. New directors include Allen Karass Raven Steen Bisson and Mitchell Sewall Co employee, all active in local clubs and community groups.
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Raven
Frederick E. Drake Jr
King
James FE. Thorpe
Chamber
Stanley W. Wallace
Chambers
Jackson
Solar Lodge No. 14
Central Congregational Church
First Congregational Parish
Newcastle
Richard E
M. W. Sewall & Co
Allen
J. H. Miller Inc
Woolwich
Bath Area
Bath
White Gifts for the King at Central Church Family Night
The annual Christmas service at Central Congregational Church titled White Gifts for the King will be held next Sunday at 3 p.m. A Christmas pageant by the children follows, with a distribution of white wrapped food gifts and parish house parties. The Junior choir and primary department will perform carols under Carla Tukey, with Milton Swift at the organ.
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Central Congregational Church
Leonard Litchfield
Carla Tukey
Milton Swift
Snowbound Cars Hamper Bath Snow Cleanup Progress
Bath officials report crews slowed by parked and snowbound cars and a breakdown of a front end loader. Police urge extra caution as streets remain slick while sidewalks stay unplowed and drifts reach up to 15 feet. Weather service tallies 13 to 15 inches of snowfall in the area.
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Stanley W. Judkins
Robert E. Wagner Jr
Naval Air Station
Brunswick
North
Bath
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William Pynchon
Winthrop
Sewall
New England
United States
Upper
Atlantic
Board of Selectine
Loring R. Addison
Highway Department
Addison
Mechanic Falls
City Hall
Leo King
New England Tele
Bath Country Club
Hyde Windlass Co
Damariscotta
Bath Daily Times
Abe Greenblatt
BIW
Boston Shoe Store
Center St
Newcel
Margaret Chise Smith
Karcher S. Jackson
Polar Star Lodge No. 114
Bath Rotary Club
Karass
Bath Retail Trade Board
Masonic Order
Bath Police Reserves
Colonial
Edward D. True
Leo Paradis
Robert P. Mehlhorn
Edward J. McMann
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