Reforestation funding blocked by budget fights in Congress
In Washington, a national reforestation bill stalls over financing methods as budget officials wield power. Rep. Foley urges action to restore public lands, with Senate-approved compromise funding set at up to 65 million annually and potential direct financing reconsidered if needs remain unmet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Thomas S. Foley
Dash
House
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
John Kyle
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Dear Abby Sparks Debate Over Judge Sepe Sentence
Readers critique Judge Alfonso Sepe for sentencing a 17 year old to prison for drug possession. Letters accuse the judge of arrogance and call for rehabilitative approaches over confinement, arguing parental involvement and support are key to preventing drug use.
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Abby
Sepe
Gene
Brett Retty
Rae
Sudy
Geivenss
Alfonso Sepe
Adam
Veterans gain option to buy more insurance with dividends
The Veterans Administration explains a new program allowing NSLI policyholders to use annual dividends to purchase paid up life insurance. Effective July 1, veterans with term and permanent plans may convert dividends to added coverage without new medicals. Notices went to 3.5 million NSLI holders and about 135,000 of 219,000 replies requested more insurance.
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Kittery
Navy
G.I
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Clambake Held at Rumery Home Fortunes Rocks Biddeford
The annual clambake at Reed W. Rumery’s home Fortunes Rocks Biddeford drew many relatives from Saco Sanford Hudson N Y Ohio Fla and Mass with Reed as chef assisted by cousin Laurence Ladd. Navy Joe Ladd on leave and numerous guests from across New England attended.
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Reed W. Rumery
Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Reed Rumery
Laurence Ladd
Saco
Ronald Lobdell
Bonnie Crossman
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Witham
Betsy
Ted
Sue
Fred Hoskins
Peter Pete
Sandra Tersigni
Hudson
N.Y
Roy P. Fairfield
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Everett Crossman
Pinellas Park
Fla
Christopher Neefus
Ipswich
Mass
Boroug
Barbara Jones
Cambridge
Arthur Borst
Pittefi
Wilbur F. Fairfield
Ivory Towle
Howard Jones
Bethany
Brian
Steven
Kermis Jones
Elaine Nadeau
Marc Poisson
Sanford
Bernard H. Chadbourne Jr
Jane
Somes
Raymond Enoediad
Recents
Barry
Barry C. Ladd Cusn
U.S. Navy
Dave Fahey
Lewiston
Artie
Kimball
Kittery
Peter Sandville
Cumberland
William Harris
Willie
Kenneth
Dayton
Jesse Rumery
Bruce E. Ladd
Mare Mary Jones
Andre Boivin
Joyce Rumery
Earle Rumery
Varth Stephen Eer
Arthan Mery Goulet
Reed Semery
Albacore to be decommissioned at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The USS Albacore, once touted as the world's fastest submarine, will be decommissioned from service at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery on September 1, according to a Navy report.
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Kittery
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Navy
Saturday Night Dances Return to September Activities
The Biddeford St Jean Baptiste Council meeting at Adams Street hall outlined plans for resumed Saturday night dances on Sept 9 with Mystic Four, a Sept 27 meeting, and a Lake E. Hart Council anniversary sponsorship. Reports covered Ladies Night, a Fenway Park bus trip, and Augusta State Hospital donation.
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Council Chagnon
Union St. Jean Baptist
Adams Street Hall
Biddeford
Norman Laverriere
Ernest Alliere
Leo Chretien
Richard Charbonneau
Fenway Park
Boston
Augusta State Hospital
Mystic Four
Fernand Roy
MDOT Finishes Ragweed Spraying Along Maine Roads
The Maine Department of Transportation says the seasonal anti ragweed pollen spray project is complete. About 2 100 miles of state roadways were treated at roughly one dollar per roadside mile.
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Augusta
Maine Department of Transportation
MDOT
Literary Contest Prize Winners Are Announced
Ocean Park announces prize winners across categories from adult non fiction to poetry and humorous verse. Winners include Abbe Denes Elyria Ohio and Marion R. Shaw Tewksbury Mass with multiple honorable mentions. Adelbert M. Jakeman chaired the session with staffers and speakers listed, and the Sea Haven garden party hosted an annual banquet at Old Orchard Beach.
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Sarah Bridge Graves
Saco
Thora H. Wardwell
Bradenton
Fla
Jessie F. Lewis
Bridgewater
Mass
L. Atwood
Jean Cherson Knowles
Belmont Mass
Blanche Clark Nevers
Rye
N.H
J.H. Lowell
Havert
Linda Hillier
Helen Fountain
Plainfield
N.J
Charles J. Tierney
Bangor
Ethel M. Johnson
Brownfield
Arthur L. Atwood
Bhima M. Sturtevant
Old Orchard Beach
Leon R. Wood
Lewiston
Coro
Lindsey Lyden
Brockton
Dorothy D Bruce
Sudbury
Inspiraton Party
Katherine Saunders
Norwood
Rev. Sheldon
Christian
Brunswick
Rachel Sanderson
Boston
Olive Sherman
Ogunquit
Myrtle Doane
Delanne Stateman
Schen
Richard N. Coffin
J. Alan Jasper
Gladys Hasty Croll
Edward Mayo
Richard L. Keach
Richard F. Burns
Tillian L. Munroe
Bhima M. Sturevant
Addison J. Allen
Bertha Cornwall Pearson
Sheldon Christian
Adelbert M. Jakeman
Liliam S. Jakeman
Howard Pyle to Keynote Maine Safety Conference
Howard Pyle former White House Aide two term Arizona Governor and longtime journalist will keynote Maine State Safety Conference in September. He served 25 years as a radio correspondent in World War II and led the National Safety Council as president. The 45th annual event runs September 21 22 at Kennebunkport Shawmut Inn with safety officials from New England expected.
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Augusta
Howard Pyle
White House
Arizona
National Safety Council
Maine
Pyle
Missouri
Ernor
Presidy Eisenhower
Kennebunkport
Shawmut Inn
New England
Bowdoin Dean Names York County Dean's List Students
Bowdoin College dean of students Paul L. Nyhus announced second semester Dean's List honorees from York County. Recipients include Gregory G. Carroll Kevin P. Savage Donald P. Tarr Barbara E. Kotlewski June D. Smith Kevin S. Wellman and others from Biddeford West Buxton Kennebunk and Sea Road area families.
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Brunswick
Paul L. Nyhus
Bowdoin College
Here
York County
Gregory G. Carroll
Atty
Harold D. Carroll
Orchard St
Biddeford
Kevin P. Savage
Myron C. Savage
Tasker St
Donald P. Tarr
Community Club Schedules In Kennebunk Area
Coming events list weekly meetings in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. SPEBSQSA, Lions, Sparkettes twirlers, Fifty Plus Club, Rotary, and Duplicate Bridge invite members and visitors to Park Street School gym Webhannet Woman's Club and local restaurants.
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Kennebunk
Spebsqsa
Kennebunkport
Temple Street
Lions’ Club
Kennebunk Inn
Twirling - Kennebunk
Sparkettes Twirling
Park Street
Fifty-Plus Club
Webhannet Woman’s Club
Fletched Streeet
Rotary Club
Glen-Mor
Fletcher Street
State road crews spray gravel shoulders with 2 4 D
Maintenance crews sprayed gravel shoulders along state roads with the chemical 2 4 D at a rate of one gallon per hundred gallons of water. State landscaped architect Theodore Stone noted ragweed grows on open ground and air turbulence from passing motorists keeps pollen in motes, causing discomfort to hay fever and asthma sufferers.
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Theodore Stone
SAD 71 Board Meets Tonight At Kennebunkport
SAD 71 directors convene at 7:30 pm in the Consolidated School. On agenda are bids for the all purpose room at Kennebunk High, business manager position review, mobile stations and base station for bus radios, new telephone line installation, vacation pay for two former employees, a Wells family child’s enrollment, Federal Lunch Program, bus driver reimbursements from Farmington institute, and consolidation of lunch programs with Kennebunk. Also actions on sprinkler system, a post graduate tuition student from Wells, and transportation options.
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Kennbbunkport
Consolidated School
Kennebunk High School
Kennebunkport Consolidated School
Arundel
Kennebunkport
Farmington
Kennebunk
Gretchen Kline
Wells
Fischer 1% From World Title After Draw With Spassky
In Reykjavik the world chess championship game 19 ended in a draw keeping Fischer within two wins or three draws of the title. The 29 year old challenger leads 11 8 and with up to five games remaining needs 12 points to win while Spassky requires 12 to retain.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Succe
Icelandic Chess Federation
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Ocean
Miss Wells
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Mario di Frederico
Noreen Ducharme
R’port
Sanford Vocational School
Lee Marin
Saco Journal
Biddeford, Maine
Imperial Home Builders, Inc
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Kennebunk Office
York Street
Manley Dow
Imperial Home Builders
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Capes
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Pool Road
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