Probable Cause Found In Slaying At York County Court
An 18 year old Sanford man Richard S. Tracy bound over to the September term of York County Superior Court in the stabbing death of 74 year old Biddeford resident Charles Cohen. A juvenile co defendant had a closed hearing. Police say Tracy admitted involvement under interrogation though no signed confession was obtained. An autopsy described a brutal multiple stab death with head injuries and a near severing of the victim’s skull.
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Saco District Court
Richard S. Tracy
Sanford
York County
Tracy
Charles Cohen
Porter Stret
Nicholas Danton
Biddeford
Cohen
Adelard Theriault
Porter St
Charles Branch
Branch
Basil Kellis
George Wood
Saco
Modular Home Dispute Heard In Saco Appeals Board
The Saco Zoning Appeals Board ruled that due to construction differences a Beaumont home on Berry Road appears to be a modular home rather than a mobile one. Building Inspector Dudley Roever argued the permit denial was for a mobile home, not a modular, and the board sided with the inspector that the plans resembled modular construction.
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Saco Zoning Appeals Board
Saco Mobile Home Sales Inc
Saco
Beaumont
Berry Road
Dudley Roever
Atty
Roger Elliott
Maine State Housing Authority
Wayne Sherwood
Lebanon Homes
Con
Sherwood
Atty. Elliott
Frank DeFrancesco
Richard Hawes
Elliott
Roever
Sea Conclave Ends With Call For Treaty
The third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference in Caracas closed with a call for negotiations on a treaty to be signed next year. Delegates, including Hamilton S. Amerasinghe, urged active talks after three weeks of statements and seven weeks of committee work. no treaty was agreed on any agenda item. The main outcome was broad agreement to extend territorial waters from 3 to 12 miles and establish a 188 mile economic zone open to navigation but resource control by coastal states. Unresolved issues include access for landlocked nations, rights and obligations of coastal states over fishing, and governance beyond the 200-mile zone.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hamilton S. Amerasinghe
Sri Lanka
sAfter
Geneva
Bolivia
Paraguay
States To Fight For Oil Rights Across Atlantic Seaboard
Twelve Atlantic states led by New Hampshire plan a Washington meeting to map action on a court ruling that the federal government holds offshore drilling rights. Attorneys general say the decision affects billions and environmental concerns, and they may appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Concord
N.H
Atlantic States
Washington
Continental Shelf
New Hampshire
Warren B .Rudman
Albert A. Maris
Philadelphia
U.S. Supreme Court
Rudman
Maine
King Resources Inc
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
National Association of Attorneys General
California
Maris
Supreme Court
Mainers Arrested In Teachers' Strike
A group of Maine teachers and Maine Teacher Association officials were among those arrested in Plaistow New Hampshire during a two day picket in support of Timberlane teachers. In total 86 people faced charges for parading without a permit and some for disorderly conduct amid the nation's longest teachers strike.
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Maine
Maine Teacher Association
York County
Plaistow
N. H
MTA
Timberlane Regional
State Supreme Court
Maine Teachers’ Association
Timberlane Regional Educational Association
John Marvin
John Alfano
Portland
Shirley Bissell
Saco
Fairfield
Robert Bourgault
Mary Woodman
Timberlane Regional Education Association
Kathleen Baron
Association
Miss Baron
Town Hall
E. Gene Cote
Timberlane
Timberlane Regional High School
OOB Police Chief Initiates Community Youth Programs
Old Orchard Beach Police Chief Richard Lamb responds to a survey showing 73 percent rate police performance as good to excellent and 89 percent feel comfortable approaching the force. The survey highlights youth outreach and a proposed youth center as key steps to improve community relations, with juveniles rating officers and Messer’s school program cited for reduced vandalism.
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Lamb
Lumb
Barbara Messer
Messer
Plan for youth center rap sessions faces town council
The Journal notes concerns about returning to normal and a proposed youth center plan to be presented to the town council in September. Chief Lamb reports officers are eager to start a community sports program and hold sessions to discuss mutual problems and policy, with many seeking greater input.
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Lamb
Lumb
The
Com
Police chief considers weekly public meetings on complaints
Chief Lamb weighs a weekly public session to hear complaints amid a heavy summer workload and emergencies. Five officers labeled leadership as the department's greatest weakness, with mixed views among ranks. Holly Bruner calls the survey a tool to align police with townspeople expectations and implement recommendations.
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Richard Lamb
Police
Holly Bruner
Munity
Lamb
Public Safety Commission
Bruner
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Bradstone
Cape Porpoise
John Ewing
Modular
Oob
Old Orchard Beach
Susan Morrison
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