Obituaries from Saco and Augusta Maine Detail Local Losses
Lillian E. Davis 82 of 126 Elm St Saco died Friday after brief illness. John H. Wright 59 of Jenkins Rd Saco died Thursday at Togus VA Center after long illness. born Canonsburg PA May 7 1916. Surviving include siblings and step relatives. funeral services at Knowlton and Hewins Augusta with interment at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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Lillian E. Davis
Elm St
Saco
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
John H. Wright
Jenkins Road
Veterans Administration Center
Togus
Canonsburg
Earl and
Mary
Barringer) Wright
C. Fayette Staples Post
Old Orchard Beach
Wallace Wright
Insurance Increases Surprise Economists
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose seven tenths of a percent in November matching October as services costs surged and mortgage and auto insurance rates climbed. Food gains eased and gasoline fell but overall inflation surprised administration economists. Mortgage interest, auto insurance, property taxes, natural gas, clothing, new cars, dairy and fresh vegetables drove the rise in the CPI.
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Washington
Labor Department
Card of Thanks for Aldeus Parenteau
We extend heartfelt thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for aid sympathy and floral tributes during our bereavement Also thanks to those who furnished cars for the funeral Nuncias The family of the late Aldeus Parenteau Funeral directors Shumway and Gross Funeral Service 35 Spring St Saco 284-5611 Dennett and Craig 365 Main St Saco Maine Tel 282-0562 Emond and Conroy Funeral Home John P Conroy Jr Director 72 Hill St Biddeford 284-5511 or 282-1818 Sansoucy-Blais Funeral Home Stone St Biddeford 283-3653 R Martel Director
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Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Saco
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Biddeford
Kennebunk High Receives Educomputer For Math Classes
Kennebunk High School installed a three terminal Educomputer unit replacing a single terminal setup from 1968. Amos McCallum notes initial use by about 575 math students with hopes for broader access including junior high. The $25,644 five year purchase can expand for admin tasks and student records.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk High
Math Department
Amos McCallum
KHS
South Portland High School
McCallum
Biddeford OKs five member parks and recreation board
The Biddeford city council, in a special session, approved a parks and recreation ordinance creating a five member board with five year terms. The director is appointed by the mayor and confirmed annually by the council and reports to the mayor.
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Biddeford
Parks and Recreation Commission
Commission
Beach Complex Gets HUD Nod
Old Orchard Beach DHS approves a 10 unit elderly complex on Saco Avenue across from the high school. Begin Mokarzel and Fregean Associates must gain Maine State Housing Authority final plan approval and local planning board consent before construction. Eight one bedroom and two two bedroom units occupy about eight acres. The project uses Housing and Community Development Act funds with a 40 year MSHA mortgage. Rent will cap at 25 percent of residents’ income with HUD rent subsidies. The private firm will be taxed by the town. architect is finalizing plans, and start date is not set.
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Old Orchard Beach
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Saco Avenue
Begin
Mokarzel
Fregean
MSHA
Raymond Begin
Public Safety SACO Crash on Main Street
Vehicles driven by Russell Opie age 20 of Lynn Mass and Richard Fradette age 24 of Saco collided on Main Street at 1 20 this morning after skidding causing an estimated 1500 damage to Opie car and 1200 to Fradette car Police investigate two breaks Thursday night and early this morning at Hillcrest Avenue and Lake Avenue homes No arrests reported Employed alcoholics cost business and consumers 2 billion yearly
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Lynn
Mass
Richard Fradette
Saco
Main Street
Saco Ee
Opie
Fradette
OOB
Old Orchard Beach
Hillcrest Avenue
Lake Avenue
Reny Named Co-Chair of Mitchell Campaign in Maine
Paul Reny of Saco becomes co-chairman of the Mitchell for Congress committee at Augusta headquarters. A former mayor of Saco and state senator, Reny currently serves on the York County Commissioners Board and backs Mitchell as he seeks the Democratic nomination for Maine’s First Congressional District. Also named was Rosalyn Bernstein of Portland as treasurer. Beebeca and Mary Najarian are noted as supporters.
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Saco
Mitchell-for-Congress
James Mitchell
Maine State Housing Authority
Augusta
Reny
York County Commissioners
Jim
The
Journal Today
Ken Curtis
Kenneth M. Curtis
Jim Mitchell
Beebeca
Mary Najarian
Portland
Rosalyn Bernstein
Eee
Mitchell
Reny Bros. Printing
Maine Stateounty Commissioners Association
Biddeford-Saco
Paul Reay
Democratic Party
Maine
Bruce Reeves
Pittston
Don Lowry
Neil Rolde
York
Saco River Corridor considers three applications at South Hiram
The Saco River Corridor Commission met to review three requests including Peter Davis of anover Massachusetts for a Lake Arrowhead Estates residence with a 50 foot setback to aid sewage disposal and a vegetation plan to protect roots. It also heard Bryant Pond redistricting testimony with record open until Jan 7 and Jan 23 response options. Additional requests from Sarto Sasseville and Lora Leach were heard for a garage expansion and storage shed at Lake Arrowhead Estates. In Sidney two masked robbers stole over $2,000 from Farmer's Market deposits, fleeing on a snowmobile, with a gun-like threat observed.
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Saco River Corridor
Panel Y
Commission
Bryant Pond
Hiram
Saco River Corridor Association
Davis
Sarto Sasseville
Lenhaven Circle
Saco
Sidney
Maine
Malcolm Philbrick
Middle Road
Philbrick
Portland Weather: Sunshine and Cold Saturday
Considerable sunshine and cold Saturday across Portland with highs from zero to 20. Mostly clear and cold tonight with lows from 20 below in the north to zero in the south.
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Portland
Nasson offers student volunteers amid school funding fears
Nasson College proposes that up to 100 students volunteer two hours weekly in Sanford classrooms to help offset a 100000 budget cut. College insists volunteers would assist, not replace, professional staff, while local educators express caution about potential job impacts as talks continue. West Virginia leads in coal production and export.
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Springvale
Maine
Nasson College
Sanford
Nasson
John H. Marvin
Maine Teachers Association
William G. Cole
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