Weather sketch for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont
Variable cloudiness with flurries north and sunny south in Maine. Winds westerly 15 to 30 mph. Highs 30s to 40s, lows 5 to 25. New Hampshire: mostly sunny south, increasing clouds Thursday with possible snow north and snow or rain south by evening. Vermont mainly cloudy north, sunny south, highs near 40. Boston area forecasts mostly fair Friday and Saturday, chance of snow north Sunday, snow or rain south.
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West Kennebunk welfare head feeds pup with ham burger
Eldora Boston of the West Kennebunk Animal Welfare Society personally buys a ham burger for an anxious dog at the shelter. The gesture is funded from her own purse, not from the shelter budget. Photo by John Young.
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Biddeford OKs subsidizing mini bus to aid transit
Biddeford city council voted 7-2 to spend 2500 for five months to lease a 16 passenger Mercedes mini bus operated by Biddeford Saco Bus Lines. The plan requires bi town participation with Saco approved and Old Orchard Beach set to vote. SMRPC study will gauge utilization and justify the subsidy as a community service.
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U S Concludes MIAs Are Dead Says House Panel
The House Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia states all Americans listed as missing in the Vietnam War should be considered dead. It cites 2,500 unaccounted, with 1,100 killed in action and 1,400 missing. over 750 still listed as MIA or POW. The panel urges a quick raid force to exploit intelligence on captured personnel and rescue prisoners in future conflicts.
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Kennebunk Officials Offer to Plow Private Driveways
Kennebunk officials at a November 30 special meeting granted the selectmen authority to use town equipment to plow private ways. Three requests were before them, with no standards yet set to decide eligibility. The move aims to ensure police and emergency access, despite potential liability for property damage.
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Kenneth Barrett
Selectmen
David Shields
Barrett
Watchdogs poisoned at two Arundel auto shops
In Arundel two watchdogs at John’s Foreign Car and Fritz’s Auto Sales were poisoned this week. Both owners suspect a break in motive. neither shop has been burglarized while machines and tires were stolen at John’s. Authorities investigate with no suspects yet.
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Fire Destroys Arundel Home On Anniversary Day
Local businessman Richard Fritz reports his Sun day home on 255 Gorham Rd Arundel burned while he was away with his wife celebrating their wedding anniversary. The blaze left the old farmhouse and all belongings destroyed. The fire marshal is investigating the cause. Fritz and his family are staying with relatives in South Portland.
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Lead Paint Rules Tighten on Apartments Affected Families
Barbara McGlinchey says landlords mostly comply with lead safety rules as 12 percent of York County children tested over five years showed lead poisoning. State law requires removal or secure covering of lead risk areas once notice is given, with eviction possible if repairs are not made.
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Barbara McGlinchey
Community Action Group
Saco
Hansen
York County
Swine flu clinic set at Beach in Beach, Maine
Beach town offers a swine flu clinic Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the high school gym. Shots are available to all including seniors 65 and older. Free shots will be administered by guns and require a consent form explaining swine flu and stating no liability.
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Old Orchard Beach
Bill Schlatterer
Schlatterer
McArthur Library hosts community Christmas party Sunday afternoon
McArthur Library in Biddeford opens from 2:30 to 5:30 for a family Christmas celebration. The event features a brass choir, French and Byzantine carols, Greek Orthodox songs, a mummers play, and readings plus refreshments as staff hope for an annual tradition.
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McArthur Library
Biddeford
Rebel Filgate
St. Joseph Church
Janeth Rue
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church
St. Omanos V. Melodos
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