Carter Campaign Swing To Biddeford In Maine Visit
Jimmy Carter plans a Maine stop on Thursday as he campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. After meetings in Bangor Orono Waterville Augusta Lewiston and Auburn he will hold a Biddeford reception at Colonial Hut 7 to 7 50 p m then open Maine headquarters at 22 Monument Square Portland from 8 15 to 8 45 p m and finish with a Portland home reception at 195 Ashmont St 8 45 p m Carter says Maine delegates will be pivotal as early contests approach and predicts momentum from caucus wins in Maine Iowa Oklahoma and Mississippi ahead of New Hampshire’s February 24 primary.
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Biddeford
Maine
Rosalynn
Bangor
Orono
Waterville
Augusta
Lewiston
Auburn
Carter
Colonial Hut
Alfred Street
Monument Square
Portland
Annette Kearney
Ashmont St
Maine towns file suit over school funding law
Arguments in a civil suit challenging Maine's school funding law are set to begin the week of January 12 in Kennebec County. Castine Boothbay Boothbay Harbor Georgetown Mount Desert and Cranberry Isle join six communities with plans for more to join. A report for the Maine Law Court will be prepared by Justice Donald Webber.
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Augusta
Maine
Atty
Jon R. Doyle
Castine
Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor
Georgetown
Mount Desert
Cranberry Isle
Kennebec County
Maine Supreme Court
Donald Webber
Webber
Maine Law Court
Doyle
Developers Plead Guilty in Maine Land Fraud Case
PORTLAND Maine AP two Maine land development firms face sentencing in U S District Court Dec 19 after pleading guilty to land fraud charges Investigators from HUD estimated the case involved about 400 land buyers most of them CE O residents and some 850 000 Edward T Gignoux accepted the guilty pleas Monday and postponed sentencing The indictment accused Belgrade Lakes Colony Inc and Belgrade Lakes Development Co of defrauding purchasers who bought undeveloped vacation lots in an uncompleted Belgrade Lake resort in Rome Kennebec County The firms allegedly promoted a year round resort with promises of roads and recreation The indictment also named three others who pleaded not guilty in April The probe began in 1970 with some 400 buyers and land payments around 850 000 involved
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Portland, Maine
Maine
U.S
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Edward T. Gignoux
Belrade Lakes Colony, Inc
Igrade Lakes Delopment Co
Belgrade Lake
Kennebec
Rome
David L. Winn
Weston
Blaine Man Is Sentenced for Manslaughter Death
An 18 year old Blaine man was sentenced to 5 to 13 years in Maine State Prison after pleading guilty to a reduced manslaughter charge in the death of 57 year old Hannah M. Young whose body was found in Mars Hill on March 16 with multiple stab wounds.
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Houston, Maine
Blaine
Maine
Steven W. Barnes
Hannah M. Young
Mars Hill
Water District Seeks 31.5 Percent Rate Increase
The Brownville Junction Water District has asked the Public Utilities Commission to approve a 31.5 percent revenue rise. Serving 293 customers, the Piscataquis County district seeks higher quarterly charges from $10 to $14, aiming to boost annual district revenues by $2,900.
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Augusta, Maine
Brownville Junction
Public Utilities Commission
Piscataquis County
State to hold three hearings on railroad plan schedule
Maine Department of Transportation announced three public hearings next week on a new railroad plan produced during the cecail Reorganization. Sessions are Dec 17 at Pre sque Isle City Hall, Dec 18 at Bangor City Hall, and Dec 19 at Portland City Hall with two sessions per city at 3 30 p m and 7 30 p m.
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Maine
Maine Department of Transportation
Cecail
Presque Isle
Bangor
Portland
Local Bank Names Two Assistant Treasurers
York County Savings Bank of Biddeford announced the appointments of J. Rachel Smith and Paul J. Guertin as assistant treasurers. Smith, a bank teller since 1970 and bookkeeper since 1971, lives at 28 Lessard Ave with her husband and children. Guertin, head teller since 1974, is a Biddeford native who lives at 87 Prospect St with his wife Diane Goulet.
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Laurence Staples
J. Rachel Smith
Paul J. Guertin
Smith
Anna Marie Petrin
May St
Joseph A. Petrin
St. Joseph High School
York County
Maine Association of Savings Bank
St. Louis High School
Business School
University of Maine
Portland
Maine and New Hampshire Savings Bank School
Dartmouth
Guertin
Diane G. Goulet
Prospect St
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