Saco Council Rejects Faulty Zoning Ordinance Plan
The Saco City Council deferred passage of a 15 page zoning ordinance due to known errors and sent it to the planning board for correction. Citizens questioned approving a faulty document, while the council scheduled a first reading later. The meeting also covered bids for fire and street equipment, the appointment of a part time tax assessor, a safety committee, dog license enforcement, tar bids, a seawall request, and a second reading of a new dog ordinance.
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Saco
Planning Board
White
Brown Motors
Police and Fire Commission
Howe Equipment Co
Files
Machinery Inc
Fred Decoteau
A. Raymond Gannon Jr
Sis
Ward
Malcolm McLeod
Thomas Moore
Walter Whitney
Chester Buck
Huot’s Cafe
Richard Kezar
Ferry Lane
Delta Alpha Club Holds Meeting In Saco Home
The Delta Alpha Club met at Miss Ethel Roberts on Old Orchard Road Saco with Mrs. Dorothy Tarbox assisting. President Mrs. Geraldine Hutchins led a short session. a fruit basket was sent to convalescent Mrs. Ruby Packard. Plans for a post Easter card party were made. Members worked on leprosy bandages and refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Edith Hutchins Biddeford Maplewood Avenue with attendees bringing cards and powder packages for a Vietnam bound member's son. Present were Mrs. Esther Cobb Mrs. Luella Graham Mrs. Ethel Cobb Mrs. Mae Hurrell and Mrs. Mildred McIntire.
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Delta Alpha Club
Ethel Roberts
Old Orchard Road
Saco
Dorothy Tarbox
Geraldine Hutchins
Ruby Packard
Maine Medical Center
Portland
Edith Hutchins
Maplewood Avenue
Biddeford
Vietnam
Esther Cobb
Luella Graham
Ethel Cobb
Mae Hurrell
Mildred McIntire
March Busy Month For Local Firemen
Biddeford firefighters answered 33 blazes in March vs 19 in February, according to Fire Chief Arthur King. The city ambulance crew handled 51 calls in March, down from 54 in February.
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Biddeford
Arthur King
Ruling Raises Ward Balance Questions for Town Councils
Westbrook uses a mix of at large and ward elections for aldermen while Biddeford Saco and Salisbury note ward balance issues. The court’s ruling may affect towns electing by wards or districts but few fit that charter type. Old Orchard Beach elects councilors at large despite voting districts.
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Westbrook
Biddeford
Saco
Salisbury
Old Orchard Beach
Girl Scouts Study Camping At Saco Meeting
Girl Scout Troop 19 met at School Street Methodist Church Saco with leader Mrs Lillian Husser and assistant Mary Dawn. They practiced camping techniques for an upcoming overnight trip, covered buddy burners waterproofing matches and Raper charts, and planned the Shriner Circus event for April 20 with plans to be decided by the group.
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Beaver Patrol
Mary Dawn
Saco
School Street Methodist Church
Shriner Circus
Janice Boucher
Angela Coito
Eleanor Coney
Bertha Dawn
Pamela Emerson
Debra Ketchum
Linda Ketchum
Marie Lesieur
Linda Lonsdale
Patricia Loring
Susan Mazeiko
Deborah McLeod
Catherine Morrison
Colleen Nannery
Diane Nolette
Denise Rondeau
Jane Trask
Lillian Husser
Saco Girl Wins School Union 7 Spelling Contest
Donna Truman fourteen eighth grader at C K Burns Junior High in Saco won the Union 7 spelling title at Young School Saco with Rebecca Davis eleven sixth grader from Young School runner up Donna earns a spot in the county spelling bee set for eight p m April 11 at Kennebunkport Consolidated School Bee master was Raymond Kenneally St Francis College faculty Judges Dr Roger Verrier and Louis DeAngelis both school board members Howard Cushman Union 7 superintendent Also listed: Saco grade 6 Sheila Donahue grade 7 Dawn Withee Ranoy Sargent grade 8 Albert Alice and Old Orchard Beach junior school entrants Michelle Roberge Mark Andrews Linda Maloy Joseph Presley Gary Fitzgerald Michelle Leroux
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Donna Truman
C.K. Burns
Saco
Union 7
Young School
Rebecca Davis
Donna
Kennebunkport Consolidated School
Raymond Kenneally
St. Francis College
Roger Verrier
Louis DeAngelis
Old Orchard Beach
Howard Cushman
Sheila Donahue
Dawn Withee
Ranoy Sargent
Albert Aice
Saco Churchwomen Meeting in Vestry Tonight
Saco United Baptist Church Women hold annual business meeting and potluck supper in the vestry tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Saco, with Mrs. Alfred Warrett of Ocean Park as guest. The report mentions a burglar tiptoed by a dog, noting the dog’s value as a burglar deterrent.
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Saco U
Nited Baptist Church
Vancouver
Wash
Alfred Warrett
Ocean
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School Street
Monica Jacques
Douglas Doherty
Sharon Hayes
Robert Perkins
Carolee Maynard
Irene Gendron
Usua
Craig Chamberlain
Jeanne Gagnon
Kevin Crosby
Pamela Gilbert
William Zafirson
Melissa Fenderson
Anne-Marie
Glen
Ollege
MFA
Boston
Donald C. Doyle
Pete
School Union
Michelle Roberge
Mark Andrews
Linda Maloy
Joseph Presley
Gary Fitzgerald
Michelle Leroux
Man
Jane Austen
Persuasion and
Emma
John Storks
Neva Press
Cape Cod
Valance
Plaid
Helen Whiting
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