Weather Outlook for Biddeford Saco and Nearby Areas
Snow likely in the north with rain in the south today across Maine and New Hampshire. Highs range from the 20s in the north to the 30s in the south. Tonight snow or rain continues north and south with lows in the 20s to 30s. Snow or mixed precipitation ends by Tuesday in the south while highs reach the 30s. Vermont sees a mix of rain snow sleet and freezing rain north with rain south today, changing to snow tonight.
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York County budget hearing moved to December 27
County commissioners adjourned a Saturday meeting after a late poll of 23 attendees, mostly employees and spouses, postponing the public budget hearing to Monday December 27 at 7 p.m. The move aims to allow more time for scrutiny of about 1.4 million dollars in next year’s budget and to meet state timing requirements.
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York County
Commission
Donald Cote
Paul Reay
Fred Ayer
Cote
Richard Nadeau
Sanford
Nadeau
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SAD 71 to review school security and budget items
Kennebunk SAD 71 directors meet at 7 30 pm in the high school library to examine the cost of securing district buildings amid vandalism and bomb threats, review bids for security systems, and discuss the superintendent’s operating budget staff visits reelection and term.
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SAD 71
Kennebunk High School
Central School
Kennebunk Sad
Eagles lineman murdered in New Jersey domestic dispute
Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Brenda Gay, 26, was stabbed to death in Blackwood New Jersey during an apparent domestic argument. His wife Roxanne, 26, was charged with the murder as Camden County authorities investigated the case. Gay was declared dead on arrival at John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Stratford.
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UPI
Eagles
Brenda Gay
Gay
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Stratford
Roxanne
Camden County
Thomas J. Shusted
Shusted
National Football League
Local Service Groups Weekly Listings in Kennebunk Area
Community bulletin from AL ANON, chair caning, SPEBSQSA Kennebunkport, UCCA Wells outreach, public luncheons, lodges, Saco Jaycees, senior citizens, veterans counseling, Odd Fellows Old Orchard Beach, Kiwanis, Lions, TOPS, and many town meetings. Activities run Monday through Sunday with multiple venues across Kennebunk, Saco, Biddeford, Old Orchard Beach, Arundel, Wells, and surrounding towns. Public meetings, health clinics, and recreational groups feature weekly schedules and contact points.
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Al-Anon Group
Kennebunk
Al-Anon
Canal National Bank
Kennedy Shopping Center
Route 1
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
Planning Board
Loranger
Disabled American Veterans
Biddeford-Saco
Post Home
Bradbury Street
NAH Council
Ross Community Center
Washington Street
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Arundel
Yankee Belles Women’s
Unitarian Church
Main Street
Patricia Buck
Old Port Road
Harold M. Sanborn
Civil Defense Office
Cutts Ave
Pacenancy
State of Maine Bureau of Veterans Services
OOB
ODD Fellows
Order of Odd Fellows
IOOF
Old Orchard Street
Lyman
Board of Assessors
Town Hall
Kiwanis Club
Marshview
Scarborough
York County Health Services, Inc
Trinityght Church Hall
Cleveland St
Webhannet Club
Webhannet
Fletcher Street
Most Holy Trinity
United Church of Christ
Jewish couple discusses holidays and anti semitism
Joseph and Mrs Zaitlin describe navigating Jewish and Christian holidays in their Biddeford and Old Orchard Beach communities. They value respect and equal treatment, note fear from pogroms in Russia, and critique holiday commercialization while hoping for true peace and goodwill.
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Zaitlins
Joseph Zaitlin
Biddeford
Oob
Massachusetts
Russia
America
Reunion brings long‑lost son’s wife to Maine family
Mrs. Stickan narrates surprise and joy as a discovery reconnects a son hidden for over four decades. The visitor, Larry’s wife, expands the Stickan clan from five grandchildren to fourteen and a great‑grandchild. A planned two‑week Maine stay has grown into a longer reunion as she cherishes time with family.
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Maine
Wee
Blitzen Returns for 24th Newport Readings in Period Santa Display
Stow Ohio reports Blitzen the two year old reindeer wandered from Santaland for 22 hours before being found with only a scraped ankle. Van Alen, founder of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, plans a Santa Claus museum at entham House to honor the holiday figure amid a 1822 to 1863 era setting and readings staged in Newport Casino.
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Litzen
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Avalon
Ing van Allen
Entham House
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport Casino
Catherine Street
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Senior Citizens Club Meets at Goodwins Mills Church
The Town and Country Senior Citizens group meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the social hall of the Goodwins Mills Methodist Church. All senior citizens of the Massabesh area are welcome to attend.
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Saco Adult Citizens Organization
S.A.C.O
Trinity Episopal Church
Cleveland Street
Saco
Lions Club Kennebunk
Lions Club
Sea Spray Motor Inn
Kennebunk Beach
Al—Anon
Al-Anon
Most Holy Trinity
Main Street
York County Steppers
American Legion
Beach Street
Glenn Zeno
Ray Pettee
YCCA
Kennebunk
Fire Station
Goodwins Mills
Goodwins Mills Methodist Church
Massabesh
Community public safety beat quiet weekend reports
Dispatchers at Kennebunk and Kennebunkport centers reported no notable activity since noon Saturday. Firefighters battled chimney fires on Common Street in Biddeford and at Flag Pond Road, and responded to a chemical spill at Factory Island treatment plant. A three car crash on Main Street in Saco caused $3,300 in damages. A weekend burglary hit Yudy's Tire Center in Biddeford, with cash and equipment missing. Vandalism incidents included broken windows on Clark Street, eggs at Biddeford Junior High, and two damaged mailboxes. A Biddeford man was injured by a truck at Elm and South streets and treated at Webber Hospital.
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Saco
Flag Pond
Hearn Road
Forrestripp
Main Street
Daniel Collins
Spring St
Ronald R. Morin
East Waterboro
Hilton W. Lawson
Simpson Road
Yudy’s
Tire Center
Elm Street
Biddeford
Clark Street
Biddeford Junior High School
Oak Ridge Road
Pool Road
Roland
Green Street
Webber Hospital
A. Bedard
Pool St
Webber
Elm
South Street
Elm St
New Horizons Book Shop Opens in Wells After Expansion
Wells The Christian Bookstore founded by Mrs Frank Sandford in 1972 has expanded from a single rear room to a larger space under a new name The New Horizons Book Shop. The store now offers Bibles religious paperbacks children s books records music gifts and greeting cards and displays local artist Rowena Sandford s Mood s of Maine paintings. Open daily except Sunday 10 30 a m to 7 30 p m on Depot Street near Route 1.
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Frank Sandford
Sandford
Depot Road
New Horizons Book Shop
NAACP Opposes Carter Pick for Attorney General
The NAACP said it opposes President-elect Jimmy Carter's nomination of Griffin Bell of Georgia for attorney general due to his civil rights record while a federal judge.
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NAACP
Jimmy Carter
Griffin Bell
Georgia
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