Old Orchard Beach May Rule On Smut
A Portland man seeks a license to run an adult materials store at 10 East Grand Ave in Old Orchard Beach. The council will review Frank Albano’s application April 22, amid plans to set local pornography standards post Supreme Court ruling. The town’s current ordinance confines x rated items to a closed section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Portland
Waterville
Westbrook
Barbara Lord
East Grand Ave
Frank Albano
Rita Belair
Group Forms WAIT to Delay Gibbs Oil Rezoning in Sanford
About 50 Sanford residents formed WAIT to seek a postponement of the Gibbs oil refinery rezoning 1590 acres. They want a written proposal and time to study environmental and social impacts before the May 6 town meeting. A referendum may follow if delay efforts fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Gibbs
South Sanford
WAIT
Tom Levasseur
Anggrestion
FOIL
Levasseur
Emile Fouger
Sanford Tribune
Roland Cote
Kay Lyons
Irving Kellman
Norma Scott
Linda Russell
Kent Kannenberg
Peter Kellman
Ronald Houle
Sanford Town Hall
Biddeford Approves $1 Million Industrial Bonds for Waterbury Plant
Biddeford City Council voted to apply to the Maine Guarantee Authority for approval of $1 million in revenue bonds to finance a Waterbury Companies factory in Biddeford Industrial Park. The plan would have Canal National Bank purchase the bonds at 6.75 percent, tax exempt, with city ownership of land and lease to Waterbury. The council also denied a police highway safety project funding request, after three votes, leaving $7,050 as the city’s share if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Maine Guarantee Authority
Waterbury Companies
Waterbury
Police Department
Maine Department of Transportation
Canal National Bank
Roger Johnson
Edward Gaulin
Gaulin
Guy Farrell
Claire Malasnik
State Department of Health and Welfare
State Department of Educational and Cultural Services
Saco Council Rejects Action on School Sewage Plan
In a unanimous vote the Saco City Council refused to act on a resolution allowing the new junior high to dump sewage into the city plant. The move assigns decision responsibility to the school building committee while cautioning about sewer extension costs and funding issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Paula Armstrong
James Ward III
Robert Shaw
John Dexter
Timothy Crowley
Robert Cassette
Gassette
Saco Council Approves Ambulance Purchase and Budget Actions
The council backed an ambulance decision tied to the ambulance fund covering total price. It authorized a city administrator secretary hire at 5720 yearly and moved 48099 from general to sewer construction for Cianbro payment, repayable when federal funds arrive. Saco Tannery users to cover 90 percent of interest lost from the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassette
Cianbro Corporation
Saco Tannery Corp
Factory Island
Parks and Recreation
Robert Moody
New England
Bruce Taylor
Ward
Saco
Beach Street
Portland Glass Co
Election Delays Over Burns Junior High Principalship
The Burns Junior High principal election remains unresolved after a dispute over posting the vacancy. Superintendent Cushman states the opening was posted and will notify applicants, while Mrs. Ken MacLeod questions posting legality. The committee tabled action to allow resolution and planned to appoint an acting principal with William Bogas moving to Buxton Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Junior High School
Saco
Howard Cushman
Ken MacLeod
State Department of Education
Cushman
Larry S. McFarland
Department of Education
McFarland
York County
Patrick Shaw
MacLeod
Burns School
William Bogas
Buxton Road
Bogas
Thornton Academy
Offshore oil map flags 89 sites near Atlantic coast
A new map shows 89 potential offshore oil and gas sites off New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Canada began offshore drilling in 1967 at Sable Island. A federal briefing to the Senate outlined environmental risks and benefits of offshore development, with New England and adjacent coasts viewed as least risky and southeastern coasts as high risk. The study highlights George's Banks on the Outer Continental Shelf and signals future debates between environmentalists and energy advocates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Canada
Mobil Oil Co
Sable Isand
Walter Anderson
Journal
Forestry Department
Augusta
Maine
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
Russell W. Peterson
Council of Environmental Quality
This Week
New England
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Onassis unit mulls Newmarket refinery proposal
Aristotle Onassis plans to propose an oil refinery for Newmarket New Hampshire after voters indicated openness to such a facility. Constantine Gratsos, president of Olympic Refineries Inc, said they have started the ball rolling and may reuse plans developed for a Durham Point refinery project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
N.H
Aristotle Onassis
Constantine Gratsos
Onassis
Olympic Refineries, Inc
Durham
Durham Point
Gratsos
Olympic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gibbs Oil
Biddeford Highway Safety Project
Christopher
Susan Morrison
Council
Burns
Inside the Journal
Abby
N.H. Town
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!