York County Budget Doubled With Social Services Cut
Taxpayers face a twofold increase in York County's general budget while social programs are slashed to zero. At a public hearing, over 100 residents pressed three commissioners on rising costs, with Chairman Clement Auger clashing with Democrats Joseph DeRoy and Paul Reny over pay raises and service needs. The debate highlighted mandatory statutory funding versus trimmed discretionary items, including a drastic cut to the Extension Service.
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Alfred
York County
Clement Auger
Joseph DeRoy
Paul Reny
Auger
Salay
Raymond Nadeau
James McMahon
R-Kennebunk
DeRoy
McMahon
Augusta
de Roy
Extension Service
York
O Leary Installed Bishop Calls For Unity
The Most Rev Edward Cornelius O Leary was installed as the ninth bishop of the Portland See leading 270000 Catholics in Maine. Prominent church leaders and Protestant officials attended the ceremony at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception as Cardinal Medeiros and other dignitaries concelebrated.
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Portland
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Congress Street
Edward Cornelius O'Leary
Maine
O’leary
Peter L. Gerety
Newark
Daniel J. Feeney
O'Leary
Bangor
North America
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
Boston
Jean Jadot
Vatican
United States
New England
Fernand Lacroix
Edmundston
N.B
Edward C. Campbell
Glastonbury
St. Anselm’s Abbey
Joseph Gerry
Rockefeller Approval Expected Today for 41st Vice President
Nelson A Rockefeller heads toward final congressional confirmation and a televised inauguration as the nation’s 41st vice president. The House set aside six hours of debate but was not expected to take that long before voting. The inauguration in the Senate chamber would be televised for the first time.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
House
Rockefeller
Senate
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Carl Alberti
Ford
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
New York
Malcolm Wilson
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A humorous line notes that aging is slowed by continual learning as one avoids stopping new tricks. The quip implies that remaining curious keeps the mind young and agile.
Zoning Question Reopened On NEESCO Oil Pipeline Case
SPRINGVALE The Board of Environmental Protection will meet with PUC official Peter Bradford at a January hearing to decide zoning issues affecting the NEESCO oil refinery pipeline through Saco Kennebunk and Berwick. BEP chairman William Adams said the board may resolve the zoning matter at the January session or delay further BEP hearings until it is settled.
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Springvale
Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
Peter Bradford
Public Utilities Commission
Saco
Kennebunk
Berwick
New England Energy Co
NEECO
William Adams
PUC
Charles Wyman
York County
MRPA Faces Setback in Anti Refinery Effort
Kennebunk town officials denied MRPA requests for indirect funding to oppose the Sanford refinery. MRPA co founder Thomas Chappell urged the selectmen to seek technical advice from Dames and Moore to bolster local intervenorship, proposing shared access to engineering information.
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Kennebunk
Mousam River Protection Association
MRPA
New England Energy Co
NEECO
Sanford
Thomas Chappell
Selectmen
Dames
SAD 71 Reapportionment Cuts Kennebunkport Director Count
The State Board of Education approved a plan for SAD 71 reducing Kennebunkport’s board seats from six to three while keeping Kennebunk at six. Lot draws by Kennebunkport directors will determine who is dropped, within seven days. The 63 realignment, favored by the SAD 71 committee, balances seven other proposals and narrows the Kennebunkport presence.
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Augusta
State Board of Education
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk
SAD
Kennebunk Committee
Herman Cohen
Geraldine Serreze
Mayor and Meter Man Dispute B&E tale
Two local figures offer conflicting versions of a break in at a Buxton Road home. Mayor Berton Braley says he caught two men breaking in and held them at gunpoint until a meter reader arrived. The meter man Adrian Caron disputes key details and questions the mayor's portrayal of events.
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the Journal
Berton Braley
Buxton Road
Adrian Caron
Central Maine Power
Caron
Lake Arrowhead zoning fight pits growth against river ecology
At Lake Arrowhead Estates in Maine the Saco River Corridor Commission and a citizen group clash over whether the 3290 lot 2690 acre development should be in a general or limited residential zone. The dispute centers on water quality and on site waste disposal with hearings in Limerick and Waterboro scheduled, while Leisure Living Inc. warns of potential bankruptcy and a multi‑million dollar impact depending on zoning.
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Limerick
Lake Arrowhead Estates
Saco River Corridor Commission
Ossipee
Saco River
Waterboro
Saco River Corridor Association
Commission
Lake Arrowhead
Rod Potter
Saco
Potter
Bernard J. Mayer Jr
Leisure Living, Inc
Lake Arrowshead Estates Inc
Mayer
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Ropa
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