Free Frontage Proposal Fractures Biddeford Beach Dispute
The Pool Beach Association offers the city title to a left of bathhouse parcel for a parking lot and beach, while keeping ownership from bathhouse to adjacent private homes. The proposal, from trustee Peter Lindsay to Ward One Councilor John Fournier, would cost the city only if it later rescinds, with price tied to the 1973 market value or prevailing price at the time of taking. Conditions include maintaining access roads and beach safety, plus a right for the association to repurchase at a capped price. Council debates follow a 6-5 Feb vote ending prior negotiations. The dispute stems from last year’s eminent domain taking for a public park and a $250,000 damages assessment.
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Pool Beach Association
Biddeford
Association
Peter Lindsay
Ward One
John Fournier
Mile Stretch
Associaton
York County
Alfred
Lindsay
Fournier
Lucien Dutremble
Gilbert Boucher
Pier Beach Association
Braley Ousted By 8 3 Vote In Biddeford Parks Post
The Biddeford City Council voted 8-3 to appoint Richard Joe Saucier Director of Parks and Recreation, removing John Braley who had held the post since May 1971. Saucier, formerly Deputy Director, was chosen amid long standing department tensions and council politics.
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Biddeford
Richard
Joe’ Saucier
Parks and Recreation
John Braley
Saucier
Dutremble
Braley
Boucher
Guy Farrell
Joseph Zuke
Daniel Boucher
Parks and Recreation Department
Claire Malasnik
Lucien Dutremble
Council
Zuke
Farrell
Parks and Recreation Commission
Department
Althoug
Public hearing on Gibbs oil refinery fuels heated dispute
A Sanford public hearing on Gibbs Oil Co.’s plan to rezone 1,500 acres for a 250,000 barrel per day refinery devolved into a shouting match as residents and FOIL members pressed for delaying action. Chair Gowen faced repeated outbursts over speaking time limits while Gibbs supporters cited tax and economic benefits. State and federal regulators were present as testimony continued amid disorder.
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Friends of Intelligent Land-use
FOIL
Sanford
Planning Board
Fred Gowen
Gibbs
Gowen
Roger Chadbourne
DEP cites treatment plant fails in Biddeford waste dispute
A DEP letter to Biddeford officials says the municipal sewage plant is not meeting secondary treatment standards due to solids bulking and mill lint. The council voted 10 1 to spend 3000 for an engineering study with Dodge as project lead to measure industrial versus domestic waste strength and flow and to explore pre treatment by the mills.
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Biddeford
State
Department of Environmental Protection
Dennis Purington
Division of Municipal Services
Bureau of Water Quality Control
DEP
Guy Farrell
Robert Dodge
Claire Malasnik
Finance Committee
Dodge
Farrell
Edward Gaulin
Inside The Journal Horcosope Movies Obituaries Sports
A garbled clipping lists Horcosope items, movies, obituaries, and sports scores with scattered notes. It mentions France's President Pompidou and dock square merchants, with a playful aside about a new drink called Foreign ade in a refashioned national memo.
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France
George Pompidou
E’port
Dock Square
N. H
Gibbs Oil refinery showdown stalls at WSME arena
Sanford residents and Gibbs Oil officials debated a proposed 250000 barrel per day refinery. FOIL pulled out and deputies missed the radio showdown as callers pressed for clearer data on noise odor and public access to plans. Pachios defended rezoning risks and BEP EPA DEP scrutiny while outlining potential town growth and regional impact.
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Pachios
Lovett Peters
Alan Epstein
Gary Whiting
Robert Brown
Gibbs
Fallsville
Gibbs Gang
WSME
FOLL
Gibbs Oil
South Sanford
Pete Smith
Foil
Sanford
Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
Fluor Corp
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Army Corps of Engineers
EPA
Maine
Ferndale, Wash
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City
By Christopher Couch
Dick Danforth
John R. Braley
By Brian Thayer
Phil Smith
North Berwick
America
Highpine
E. K. Day
Eastport
Sterling Dow
Kennebunkport
John Hallett Kittery
New England
Hallett
Olympic Oi! Co
Durham Point
N.H
Springvale
Norma Scott
Smith
Scott
Wallace Stickney
The
Environmental Pentaction Agency
Don Alexander
D.E.P
Committee On Public Property
York County Arts Council
Mandala Players
Old City Theater
Inside the Journal
Abby
Annette Eee
City Editor
Chrysler
Harold Pachios
Wsme Corral
Maverick
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