Obituary notices from Biddeford area locals
Obituaries list multiple Biddeford figures including Amos Perry age 44 obituary details with family survivors, funeral arrangements at St. Andre Church and St. Joseph Cemetery. Also notices Omer J. Roy 84 former Biddeford resident with community ties, Wilbrod Descoteaux 64 former box worker and Army veteran, Amanda Sylvain 89, plus Muriel R Hall 70 of Buxton.
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Biddeford
Joseph E. Richard
St. Andre Church
Maremont Corp
Saco
Angela (Duke) Perry
William Perry
Steven Perry
Carl Perry
St. Joseph Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Omer J. Roy
Union Street
Knollwood Ave
Nashua
N.H
Hamford
Que
Joseph
Celina (Beaudet) Roy
Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley Post
Wilbrod A. Descoteaux
South St
Adelard
Clara (Remillard) Descoteaux
Biddeford Box Company
St. Joseph Church
Christmas Carol to be staged at Saco city hall
The Civic Theater brings a new version of Dickens Christmas Carol to Saco City Hall this weekend with performances Friday and Saturday at 7 30 pm Tickets: 2 for adults 1 for children Cast lists include Scrooge Ed Smith Bob Cratchit Rick Lemire and many others For the St George and the Dragon play Jay Bordage St George David Merritt Dragon Rachel Forman Lady and more Joanne Forman led adaptation direction and musical elements Costs and crew noted with several contributors
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Saco City Hall
Scrooge
Ed Smith
Bob Cratchit
Rick Lemire
St. George and
David Merritt
Dragon
Kim Butler
Ben Sargent
Jay Bordage
St. George
Rachel Forman
Dick Danforth
Civic Theater
Saco
Hall
Stors
Fred
Tom Osborne
John Strong
Marley
Tom Pate
Rep Merritt
Norman Lemire
Fan
Melissa
Richard
Billy Hussey
Noreen Libby
Audrey Allen
Mark Girard
Mareany
Marty Foley
Claire Hussey
Gold Medal Ice Revue to perform at Biddeford arena
The Gold Medal Ice Revue, featuring professional skaters from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, will perform in Biddeford at the Maine Shore Ice Arena on Saturday night. The 8:30 PM show, titled Figures in Fantasy, promises solo and production numbers including a flaming board act. Tickets range from 4 to 8 dollars, with advance sales encouraged at the arena.
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Boston
New York
Biddeford
Maine Shore
Frank Kelley
Kelley
Massachusetts
Newampshire
U.S
Figure Skating Association
Alfred Road Arena
Canada
Augusta
Lewiston
Orono
University of Maine
Harry Bennett
Public safety beat notes and a two-vehicle collision
A collision occurred yesterday in front of the police complex involving Richard Potvin of 8 Pine Ave driving a Sante Bros. truck and Urban Minerve of Brooklyn driving a 1972 Lincoln. Police estimate $200 damage to the truck and $850 to Minerve’s car. Several quiet reports follow from Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Saco, Biddeford fire and police logs with brief mentions of past incidents including a flooded oil burner at 29B State St and a fire at 40 Harding St.
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OOB
Long
Richard Potvin
Pine Ave
Sante Bros
Beach
Minerve
Brooklyn
N.Y
Potvin
Biddeford
Pool St
Foss St
St. Andre Convent
Sullivan Street
Harding and
Gertrude Streets
Folk cantata scheduled at Advent Church
A Christmas cantata Shepherds Rejoice will be presented at Advent Christian Church Kennebunk Lower Village on Sunday at 11 am. Directed by Mrs Richard Monee, the performance features chancel and teen choirs with a list of soloists and participants led by Michael Andrews Brett Garrett Bernard Bunnell Charles Towne Herbert Baum III Joseph Iriana and Rev. Robert Hewitt.
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Kennebunk
Shepherds Rejoice
Advent Christian Church
Kennebunk Lower Village
Richard Monee
Michael Andrews
Brett Garrett
Bernard Bunnell
Charles Towne
Herbert Baum III
Joseph Iriana
Robert Hewitt
VFW Awards of Appreciation at Biddeford Post
The Biddeford VFW Post held an appreciation event at the post home 15 Thornton Street. Cmdr Lucien C Ruel presented citations to the Biddeford Saco Journal Dennis Flaherty the Biddeford firefighters led by Fire Chief Emile Bergeron and Police Officer Albert Morin. Citations went to Radio Station WIDE York County Coast Star Kennebunk and a special award to Sarah J Brooks. Guest speaker Atty Gen Joseph E Brennan spoke on law enforcement procedures. A roast beef supper followed.
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Biddeford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Thornton St
Lucien C. Ruel
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Dennis Flaherty
Emile Bergeron
Cet
Police O Ment
Albert Morin
WIDE
York County Coast Star of
Kennebunk
Sarah J. Brooks
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Chase Libby
VFW Department of Maine
Archie LaBranche
LaBranche
Flaherty
Morin
Bergeron
Joseph EF. Brennan
Attorney’s Ofice
Dutremble Takes Narrow Lead In York County Sheriff Race
In Augusta Maine the York County sheriff recount shows Richard D Dutremble Democrat now leading Clinton Wesley Phinney Republican by 41 votes with 15206 ballots left to count. The recount since Monday has shifted 500 votes, Dutremble gaining 351 to Phinney 149. If elected Phinney would be the first Republican sheriff in years.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
York County
Richard D. Dutremble
Clinton Wesley Phinney
Dutremble
Phinney
En of State
United Fund workers race to reach 100 percent goal by Dec 15
United Fund campaigners press an eleventh hour push to convert 97.5 percent of the year’s $71,510 goal into a full total by December 15. Divisions report mixed progress with several exceeding quotas but others lagging, prompting a board meeting at the Biddeford UF office to review final tabulations and allocate funds.
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United Fund
John McDonough
Richard Beote
Donald Hendel
Donald Scribner
Randall Dunham
Mavis Thompson
Saco
Claudette Morissette
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Norma Winch
James Watson
William Nickerson
McDonough
Charles Fenderson
Main Street
Kennebunk residents push for police commission proposal
A citizens group plans a police commission for Kennebunk to oversee the police department. Members will present at Shoppers' Village on Saturday from 10 am to noon to explain the concept and circulate a petition to place the proposal on the warrant for the next annual town meeting.
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Kennebunk
Knnebunk
Police Commission
Kennebunkport
Town Selectmen
Selectmen
Citizens Committee
Cohen appeals decisions on civil cases in Portland
Kennebunk town selectman Herman Cohen, critic of SAD 71, appeals two civil cases to the Maine Supreme Court. He contests lower court rulings against SAD 71 and the Kennebunk board of selectmen over a bond issue for a new high school, arguing malapportionment of the district.
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Kennebunk
Herman Cohen
Kennebunk High School
Nine
Supreme Court
Portland
Cohen
Maine School Administrative District No. 71
Kennebunk Board of Selectmen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Perry
Victoria Perry
Linda Perry
Janice Perry
Caroline Perry
Carmen Perry
Greenville
S.C
American Legion
Carlton
Anita) Parslow
William Roy
Sansoucy-Blais
Stone St. Biddeford
Wilbrod Descoteaux
Descoteaux
Adelard Descoteaux Jr
Armand Descoteaux
Arthur Descoteaux
Albert Descoteaux
Irene Petit
Bertha Pelchat
Therese Descoteaux
Sansoucy-Blais Funeral
Stone St
Amanda Sylvain
Bacon St
East Lebanon
St. Patrice
Joseph and
Sarah (Robitaille
Tighe-Beaudoin- Farley Post
Sansoucy Blais Uneral
J. Roy
Sylvain
Bates Manufacturing Co
Oreanufacturing Co
Third Order of St. Francis
Christan
R. G. Bolduc and Sons Funeral
Alfred St
Muriel R. Hall
Buxton
Savage Road
Arthur P
Susan (Savage) Smith
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Guild of Organists
Lowell, Mass
Musicians Union
Bellerica
Mass
Charles G. Hall
Douglas S. Hall
Chelmsford
Patricia L. Locuson
Natalie S. Clough
Renton
Wash
Shumway Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
South Buxton Cemetery
Saco Rebekahs
Saco Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
The
Civic Theater Presen
Memoriam
Aldeus
Dennett & Craig
Saco, Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
A.L.S. Foundation
Society of America
St. Vincent Boulevard
Los Angeles
California
Ice Revue
Biddeford Arena
Bennett
Leslie Haliday
Public Safety
Advent Church
VFW
General Electric Appliances
George’s
Glass Top
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