Webber Hospital expansion plans spark zoning debate in Biddeford
Biddeford officials and Webber Hospital Association discuss zoning impact on possible expansion options. If a new facility is built on the Alfred Road site, a zone change to industrial would be required. present Elm Street expansion faces height and setback approvals. DEP indicates potential approval contingent on treatment plant plans.
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Biddeford
Richard Murphy
Association
Lucien Dutremble
City Council
Zoning Board of Appeals
Elm Street
Alfred Road
Cole
Mountain Roads
Saco
Kenneth Omundson
Dutremble
Webber
Department of Environmental Protection
Appeals Board
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Planning Board
Bradford Jerome
York County Superior Court
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Rugby
May Streets
License Hearings Set At OOB With Workshop Session
The town council will hold a license hearing at Loranger School followed by a workshop with Portland firm E C Jordan to discuss the proposed secondary treatment plant and personnel policy. Several license applications are listed for victualer and entertainment services including Palace Playland and various motels and cottages.
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Portland
E.C. Jordan
Loranger School
Mariette J. Dussault
West Grand Aven
Victualer
Lawrence
Dorothea Haskell
Ocean Ave
Edward Melanson
East Grand Avenue
Joseph W. Lothrop
Saco Ave
Richard Skillin
Temple Ave
Christopher Gallagher
Cedar Ave
Harald Henriksen
Park Ave
Saul A. Shrem
Old Orchard St
Abraham Hassoun
Dennis Desjardins
Joseph and
Janalie Desjardins
West Grand Ave
Norman Cloutier
Saco Avenue
Rudolph and
Lois Martin
Antonios
Maine House approves fishing gear damage fund bill
The Maine House unanimously approved a bill to reimburse fishermen for gear losses from foreign fleets. Sponsor Rep. Elmont Tyndale says the plan creates the Maine Fishing Gear Damage Fund with a $50 000 appropriation and seeks Senate enactment and gubernatorial signature.
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Maine
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
MFGDF
Appropriations Committee
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Tyndale
Cape Purpose
Biddeford Pool
Jeffrey's Ledge
House
Senate
Marathon run for Saint Francis College fund drive
Richard Lamie an intermediate student at Saint Francis College plans a 26 mile run in Monument Square Portland along Route 1 to the college to raise funds for the Bicentennial Fund Drive The event aims to show district support for state funded high school construction and to sponsor sponsors at $1 per mile through local stores and individuals contact David De Turk at Saint Francis College for contributions.
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Saint Francis College
McMahon
Kennebunks
Kennebunk
Walter Hichens
R-Eliot
Sen
Hichens
York County
John Roberts
Labor Committee
Mike Scanlon
Sen. Roberts
Sonal
Lamie
Monument Square
Portland
David de Turk
New England Veterinary School Backed to Boost Training
Maine veterinarians urge creation of a four-year New England College of Veterinary Medicine to address shortages. Owen Stevens cites dependence on Ohio State, Michigan State, Penn State and Cornell for training, with Maine share about 8 percent and a total cost near 35000 dollars. Local slides show Worcester’s old Grafton hospital site as campus plan.
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Augusta
South Berwick
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Connecticut
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Newampshire
Actress Death Turns The Exorcism Into Box Office Flop
London AP reports three weeks after Mary Ure's death on opening night the stage drama The Exorcism has become a box office disappointment.
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Mary Ure
Appeals Ruling Pending In Guay Village Plea
In OLD ORCHARD BEACH Robert and Huguette Cote seek a zoning board ruling to allow Guay s Village tent and trailer park on Walnut Street. The board weighs authority from Town Attorney Gaulin while planning board input is deemed nonessential. The Cotes face a prior injunction and $1000 contempt penalty for operating during the ban.
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Old Orchard Beach
Robert
Huguette Cote
Guay’s
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Francis Daupeer
Clarence Roberts
Edward Gaulin
Cotes’ Park
Fire destroys Lyman Snowmobile Club meeting house in Kennebunk
A fire suspected arson destroyed the Lyman Snowmobile Club meeting house on Route 35 at the Kennebunk Lyman lines after 7 p.m. Police and fire units from Kennebunk Central Washington Hose and Goodwins Mills battled the blaze. No suspects yet. Also reported were a break in at Knights of Columbus Hall and a dump fire on Sea Road. A court decision on recall of four councilors and Mrs Belair ouster is pending with a 30 day appeal window.
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Comsora
Lymanock
Route 35
Kennebunk-Lyman
Lewis Burr
Kent Berdeen
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Burr
Kennebunk Central
Washington
Goodwins-Mills Fire Department
Sea Road
Central
Wernick
Kenneth Kimmel
Biddeford
Gaulin and
Kimmel
Council
Today's Weather Cloudy with Night Frost
Cloudy conditions extend through today with a low of 26 and a high near 53. Tonight remains cloudy with colder air and a low around 26.
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