Cold windy recurving forecast for New England and Vermont
Maine New Hampshire and Vermont all report wind and cold today with snow in northern sections. Temperatures fall to single numbers in the north and teens south with highs in the teens to low 20s. Tonight winds ease and skies clear with frigid lows from 15 below to near 10 above. Tuesday brings increasing clouds and a chance of light snow, mainly north in Vermont and New Hampshire.
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City hall plan eyed for hospital site conversion
Mayor Lucien Dutremble backs using the hospital for a municipal building housing city hall offices and the police and fire departments. A study committee will assess renovations and costs while exploring space options and potential lease arrangements. Fire Chief Bergeron favors a Five Points site, while Police Chief Morin supports hospital space on the ground floor for better access and centralized files. A Saturday tour reviewed hospital sections from 1911 to 1973.
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Lucien Dutremble
City Hall
Police Department
Fire Department
Dutremble
York County Counseling Services
Emile Bergeron
Five Points
Bergeron
Adelbert Morin
Morin
Town Election Voters Choose Council and Several Boards
The election lists candidates for a single three year town council seat with Joseph Mokarzel and Clarence Roberts, a charter commission with nine names, two constables including incumbents, two Beach school committee seats with several contenders, unopposed Louis DeAngelis for the public safety commission, unopposed Town Clerk Lord, a town park commission seat between Ernest Brousseau or King Weinstein, plus two advisory referenda on nudity in business licensing and on trash recycling requiring advisory votes.
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Ning
John Bird
Robert Corliss
Timothy Tucker
Leslie Wyman
Joseph Mokarzel
Clarence Roberts
Charter Commission
Norma Baker
William Farrington
Thomas Lee Jr
Arnold Morin
Robert Quinn
Maureen Ruess
Roger Tousignant
Stanley Weinstein
Santa's helper Warren rues Christmas commercialization
Warren, president of the Playland Research Center, notes many passersby drop coins into the pot while others take money. He recalls the center, founded as a nonprofit in 1974, is appalled by the season’s commercialism and believes the best teaching is through example and generosity.
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Warren
Playland Research Center
Biddeford Hospital Fund Drive Plans Plaque For Donors
A local fundraising effort to support a new hospital will honor donors with a plaque in the emergency room. The campaign began in May with public solicitations in July, and construction on the hospital near Alfred and roads is slated to start in April.
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Biddeford
Alfred and
Roads
Fun inexpensive teaching toys and crafts for children
A list of simple craft ideas uses everyday materials to aid learning. Activities include blindfold texture matching with cloth, sound based cans filled with beads, colored wood and paper shape matching, cloth gut reconstruction, felts trees with numeral marks, apple placement by number, and homemade puppets and mobiles. A White House aide notes President Ford has received several job offers, including a potential teaching post at the University of Michigan, but will not decide before leaving office.
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University of Michigan
Community group notices and meetings in Maine
Al-Anon and other local groups post Monday evening meetings at Kennebunk, Old Orchard Beach, Wells, Saco, and Biddeford venues. tasks include chair caning, dances, plays, and social services. Town boards and clubs hold regular Tuesday and Monday sessions, with locations in Kennebunk, Saco, Biddeford, and Old Orchard Beach. events include dinners, health clinics, and Christmas parties.
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Kennebunk
Al-Anon
Canal National Bank
Old Orchard Beach
Milestone Foundation
Union Ave
Alfred
York County Council On Aging
Carl Bohlin
Saco
Stanley B. Hyde
Biddeford
Spebsqsa Kennebunkport
Spebsqsa
Olympian Club
UCCA
Townall
York County Health Services, Inc
Knight’s of Columbus
Wednesday activity notices across Maine clubs and councils
Several organizations from Saco to Old Orchard Beach schedule Wednesday meetings and events. Saco Adult Citizens Organization meets at Trinity Episcopal in Saco. Lions, TOPS, Odd Fellows, Rotary, and Mothers Club hold weekly sessions in Kennebunkport Biddeford and Kennebunk. Zoning decision in Biddeford and council meeting in Old Orchard Beach are also set for Wednesday.
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St. David Ace Church
Saco Lodge Ioof
Saco Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Main Street
Saco
Saco Valley Squares
Saco Valley
Young School
Tasker Street
Mike Hjort
Sally Lennox
Biddeford
S.A.C
Saco Adult Citizens Organization
S.A.C.O
ODD Fellows Kennebunk
Ioof Hall
Arundel
Mildred Day School
B—S
Rotary Club
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Wonder Bar
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Members Tops
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Order of En
Birch Street
Kennebunkport
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Goodwins Mills
Massabesh
Biddeford Food Co-Op
Biddeford Food Cooperative
United Church of Christ (Congregational
Crescent Street
Mothers Club
Lower Village
Saco Jaycee
Sncore
Casco Bank
Thursday notices and meetings across York County
York County groups announce Thursday December 16 meetings across Biddeford Saco Kennebunkport Sanford and Old Orchard Beach. events include a salon supper and Christmas party fire department guest speaker school board session model railroad club conservation commission town meetings and club gatherings at local venues with open invitations to the public.
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Wonder Bar
Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
Ed Mayo
Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Dump Association
Model Railroad Club
York County Model Railroad Club
Beachwood Road
Conservation Commission
Old Orchard Beach
Beach flyer targets Mokarzel in town election
OLD ORCHARD BEACH residents receive political flyers from a group named DOB Citizens for Better Government accusing Joseph D. Mokarzel of past land deals and attempts to become town manager. Mokarzel denies the claims as propaganda while opposing candidate Clarence Roberts for a three year seat. Frances Larson leads the group. other members unnamed. Local candidates report threats and disclosures amid final election hours.
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Joseph D. Mokarzel
The
DOB Citizens For Better Government
Frances Larson
Journal
Mokarzel
Saco Avenue
J.D. Mokarzel
Seadrift Motel
Emerson Cumaine
Mokar
Bird
Helen Harvey
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