Deaths Mrs Noella Zilenski 52 Biddeford resident
Mrs Noella R Zilenski aged 52 of Thompson Road Biddeford died Thursday in a Portland hospital after a lengthy illness. Born May 13 1821 in Stratford Conde Que she was a daughter of Joseph and Alphonsine Labrecque Gregoire. Survived by widower Wild A Zilenski three brothers three sisters and several nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial at St Joseph Church Saturday 10 15 a m with interment in St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call Bolduc Funeral Home Biddeford today 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
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Noella R. Zilenski
Thompson Road
Biddeford
Portland
Stratford
Conde
Joseph and
Alphonsine Labrecque
Gregoire
St. Joseph Church
Wild A. Zilenski
Oscar Gregoire
Ocala
Fla
Henry Gregoire
Saco
Lionel Gregoire
Dayton
Clarina Leveille
Marion Beaudoin
Arundel
Regina Cormier
St. Joseph Cemetery
Bolduc
Alfred St
Barbara Snyder obituary notices lengthy family details
Barbara N Snyder 59 of 33 Bradley St Laco died Thursday after a lengthy illness. Born Gilman VA Sept 24 1914 daughter of Robert and Nellie Cameron Blair she studied Berlin NH schools Deering High School Portland later worked seven years as inventory controller at Bliss Richardson Shoe Co Portland. Funeral services Sunday 2 pm at Dennett Craig Funeral Home Saco Rev Theodore Euson officiating. interment South Buxton Cemetery. Erie funeral home Saturday 7 to 9 pm.
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Barbara N. Snyder
Bradley St Laco
Gilman
Robert
Nellie Cameron
Blair
Berlin
N.H
Snyder
Deering High School
Portland
Bliss-Richardson Shoe Co
Saco United Baptist Church
Lawrence
Jennie Bowdoin of Kennebunk dies at 73
Mrs Jennie C Bowdoin 73 resident of 9 Summer St Kennebunk died unexpectedly at home Thursday Born Feb 3 1899 in Cape Porpoise daughter of Charles and Elsie Seavey Burnham She was active with Kennebunk Unitarian Church Women’s Alliance Brickstore Museum rug braiding expert and teacher Surviving are four sons Richard C Bowdoin Mid dlelann MA David A Bowdoin Boston John B Bowdoin Wayland MA and E Seavey Bowdoin Lynnfield MA a daughter Mrs John Ann Greenly Schenectady NY two brothers A Jack Burnham Goose Rocks Beach and Leslie Burnham Salt Lake City UT a sister Mrs Blanche Campbell Wilbraham MA eight grandchildren one greatgrandchild and several nieces and nephews Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at the Kennebunk Unitarian with interment at Hope Cemetery Arrangements Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk
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Kennebunk
Jennie C. Bowdoin
Cape Porpoise
Charles
Elsie (Seavey) Burnham
Kennebunk Unitarian Church
Women’s Alliance of the Church
Charles H. Bowdoin
Richard C Bowdoin
Middlelann
David A. Bowdoin
Boston
Mass
John B. Bowdoin
Wayland
E. Seavey Bowdoin
Lynnfield
John
Ann) Greenly
Schenectady
N.Y
A. Jack Burnham
Goose Rocks Beach
Leslie Burnham
Salt Lake City
Utah
Blanche Campbell
Wilbraham
Gramdchild
Kennebunk Unitarian
Hope Cemetery
Angell Funeral Home
Dane
Banana consumption in Japan rises sharply in a decade
A decade ago Japan's per capita banana intake stood at three pounds and has surged to about 22 pounds. The change reflects shifting diets and availability of imported fruit across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Funeral Directors in Saco Maine Firms Listed
Funeral service contacts for Shumway and Gross at 35 Spring St Saco Maine 284 5611. Dennett and Craig at 365 Main St Saco Maine 282 EMOND and CONROY Funeral Home Frank X Emond J P Conroy 284 5511 and 282 181.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St Saco
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
Frank X. Emond
J.P Conroy
Portland Weather Watch Sees Flood Risk This Evening
A flash flood watch covers interior and coastal sections of Portland early tonight as rain tapers to showers. Snow is expected to develop northward with lows near 30. Saturday brings occasional snow in the north and a mix of showers or flurries in the south with highs in the 30s.
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Portland
Marine Forecasts Eastport to Merrimack River
Eastport to Merrimack River North to northeast winds 25 to 35 knots tonight and north westerly 20 to 30 knots Saturday. Rain tonight with a chance of showers or snow flurries Saturday. Visibility one to three miles improving to five miles or more Saturday.
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Eastport
Merrimack River
Unclear Time Series Snapshot
Data fragment shows paired A M and P M times with two columns for two days or events. Entries list 21 and 23 along with four time stamps per line 8:33 9:10 2:10 2:55 and 8:18 2:59 3:39, reflecting morning and afternoon sessions. No clear event or context provided.
Weather map listing New England cities by state
Readable OCR lists multiple New England locations including Boston Chatham Nantucket Pittsfield New Bedford Worcester Concord Lebanon Mt. Washington Hartford Bangor Caribou Eastport Greenville Portland Rumford. No narrative, no dates, no explicit weather data.
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Boston
Chatham
Nantucket
Pittsfield
New Bedford
Worcester
New Hampshire Concord Lebanon
Mt. Washington
Connecticut Hartford Maine
Bangor Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Portland
Rumford
New England Ski Areas Report Conditions and Outlook
Ski conditions across New England are listed with new snow, surface type, base depth and condition evaluations. Mohawk Mountain not operating while Mt Tom reports light base and limited operation. Dartmouth Skiway closed. Pats Peak to open Saturday. winds strong at higher elevations. Rain today shifts to snow in Vermont with mixed flurries elsewhere, highs in the 50s south to 30s north, teens overnight, and winds up to 50 mph.
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Boston
New England
Connecticut
Mohawk Mtn
Mittersill
Pats Peak
Mt. Rew
Waterville Valley
Itd
Vermont
Canadian
Saco council sets talks on overtime rule contract delays
The Saco City Council schedules a Jan 15 6 30 meeting with negotiators to discuss the overtime rule and promotion eligibility. Planning board chair William Boucouvalas and attorney Roger Elliot outline a contract for Nicholas Scontras related to Wildwood lagoon sewage work, requiring 600 dollars per connected home to fund septic tanks, to be approved after Jan 1. The council also drafts an advertisement for a city administrator under the new charter.
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Planning Board
William Boucouvalas
Nicholas Scontras
Roger Elliot
Scontras
Wildwood
Heavy Rain and Flood Warnings Hit Northeast and Southeast
A volatile weather pattern brings snow and freezing temperatures to the Southeast while heavy rains trigger flash flood warnings in the Northeast. Rivers rise in New England and New York as nearly two inches of rain fall, following an earlier snow and ice storm that left thousands without power. Connecticut bears the brunt of outages, and Midwest snow has expanded into the Southeast with one and two inch accumulations across several states.
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Associated Press
New England
New York
Connecticut
Midwest
Georgia
Lousiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Carolinas
Flooding From Ice Jam Hits Fort Fairfield Maine
An ice jam on the rain swollen Aroostook River flooded Fort Fairfield isolating four families. The town highway garage was engulfed by three to four feet of water as firemen and sheriff's deputies prepared to evacuate residents by boat. Cellars in downtown businesses were flooded and merchants were urged to move stocks higher.
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Fort Fairfield
Aroostook
Maine
Funeral services for Kenneth Russell in Saco Maine
Funeral services for Kenneth Russell of 37 Ross Road Saco will be held Saturday with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Church Saco Interment will be in Black Point Cemetery Scarborough Dennett and Craig Funeral Home 365 Main St Saco today.
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Kenneth Russell
Ross Road
Saco
Most Holy Trinity Church
Black Point
Scarborough
Dennett and Craig
Main St
Peace Talks Delay Over Seating at Middle East Conference
Disputes on seating and speech order delayed the conference opening by 40 minutes as Israel objected to the occupied Syrian table blocking access between Israel and Jordan and Egypt. Tables were moved so the Soviet Union table separated from Jordan. Eban urged careful boundary negotiation and warned against returning to fragile 1949 67 lines while signaling openness to territorial compromise. Delegates adjourned for lunch then planned a closed session on Saturday while Gromyko invited substantive points.
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Israel
Jordan
Egypt
Soviet Union
Eban
Gromyko
Gibbs Water Proposal Aims at Sanford and Kennebunk
Gibbs Water team discusses water supply needs for Sanford and Kennebunk. Biddeford Saco Water Co. charges 20 cents per 100 cubic feet. at 3500 gallons per minute it would yield about 1200 dollars daily. Company expects no extra operating costs or expansion, with final decision pending further questions and feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Kennebunk
Biddeford-Saco Water Co
Epstein
Wooster
Gibbs
Sad 71 Directors Meet in Special Session
Kennebunk SAD 71 board will hold a 3 30 p m meeting at the Middle School to discuss architectural contracts for a new high school staff changes and new bus schedules for the term An update of legal matters is listed but details are not available and not being discussed publicly.
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Kennebunk
SAD
Saco Police report multiple accidents in hazardous conditions
Police logged four non reportable and two reportable crashes during Thursday night and Friday morning. One crash on Elm and North streets at 5:25 PM involved Wilfred Therriault and Richard Nadeau, causing about $150 damage to each car with no injuries. A separate crash on Buxton Road at 11:20 PM damaged a Volkswagen bus by David J. Neufeld for about $250. no injuries were reported.
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Saco
Wilfred Therriault
Labonte Ave
Richard Nadeau
North St
Elm
North Streets
David J. Neufeld
RFD 1
West Buxton
Buxton Road
Smoke scare prompts response on Milliken Mills Road
A smoke scare Thursday at 12 15 p m on the corner of Milliken Mills Road and Portland Avenue brought fire department Unit 15 to the scene. Officials say Central Maine Power Co was cleaning a pole line in Scarborough, causing the smoke.
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Old Orchard Beach
Milliken Mills Road
Portland Avenue
Central Maine Power Co
Scarborough
Bomb threat reported at Milestone Foundation
A bomb threat prompted a Milestone Foundation call at 88 Union Ave on Thursday at 2 45 p m. Fire Engine 2 and one man responded but no bomb was found.
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Old Orchard Beach
Milestone Foundation
Union Ave
Fire crews respond to water pipe break at Fernald Street hotel
Engine 2 and two men reported to an unoccupied Fernald Street hotel owned by F Garneau where a water pipe was broken, according to a department spokesman. The alarm was given Friday at 8 08 a.m.
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Old Orchard Beach
Fernald Street
F. Garneau
Two rear end crashes hit community streets in crashes
Old Orchard Beach police reported two rear end collisions due to slippery weather conditions. Mariette Duhamel, 4, of 8 Fern Park Ave, and Ghislaine Rouleau, 37, of 29 Saco Ave, were involved on Saco Avenue at 7 52 a m, with damages of 100 and 400 dollars and no injuries. A second crash on Cascade Road at 5 02 p m involved Viola S O Connor, 6, of 70 Central Park Ave, and Dorothy A Lumb, 32, of 4 Oak Crest Drive, with damages of 250 and 600 dollars. Dorothy Lumb was treated at Webber Hospital.
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Old Orchard Beach
Mariette Duhamel
Fern Park Ave
Ghislaine Rouleau
Saco Ave
Saco Avenue
Duhamel
Rouleau
Fire crews respond to Cascade Inn sprinkler break
Laco Fire Department answered a call at Cascade Inn on Portland Road at 3 07 a m where a sprinkler pipe had broken. Engine 1 and Ladder 1 with two men reported to the scene and the system was shut off with water mopped up, per a department spokesman.
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Laco Fire Department
Cascade Inn
Portland Road
Biddeford Ice Road Truck Slams Car In Freezing Rain
Biddeford police report no injuries after a city road sander in freezing rain lost control on South Street about 6 20 p m and crashed into a Toyota driven by Jean Hill 27 of North Waterboro. The sander pushed the car into a guard rail while Hill pulled over. Marcel Gagne 47 of Marcel Avenue Biddeford was the operator.
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Biddeford
Marcel Gagne
Marcel Avenue
South Street
Jean Hill
North Waterboro
Biddeford Firefighters Extinguish Elm Street Car Fire
Biddeford firemen extinguished a car fire on Elm Street Thursday night after 8 p.m. A 1967 Ford driven by Linda Boucher burst into flames due to defective wiring. Engine Six responded.
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Biddeford
Elm Street
Linda Boucher
County Lawyers Lose Authority Through Error
Augusta AP Maine Attorney General Jon A Lund urged lawmakers to pass emergency legislation to fix a legislative error that would strip Maine county attorneys of authority to act for the state or counties after December 31 1973. The flaw lies in a Brennan sponsored bill from Portland.
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Augusta
Jon A. Lund
Maine
Senate
Joseph E. Brennan
Portland
Lund
Route 9 Ice Sucked Crash Claims One Life in Brewer
State police report Mark Crosby, 20, of East Eddington was killed and three others injured in a Thursday crash on an ice slick section of Route 9 in Brewer Maine.
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Brewer
Maine
Mark Crosby
East Eddington
School Closings During Holidays Are Reaffirmed
Augusta Maine AP commissioner Carroll McGary reaffirmed a directive to close schools during Christmas vacation. He said 125 of 126 districts prohibit extra curricular activities assets and 115 keep buildings closed to outside groups while 11 allow limited use, as the Maine State Principals Association backs the policy amid energy concerns and job threats.
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Augusta
Department of Educational and Cultural Services
Carroll McGary
McGary
Maine State Principals’ Association
Maine
Pan Am Pilot Warns On Hijackings And Security Flaws
Tegeder voices horror over the Rome hijacking scene and urges a tougher, evenhanded stance on hijackers from all nations. He argues crews cannot act alone, arming crews is risky, and the aim should be keeping terrorists off planes. He calls for punishment regardless of motive and condemns political asylum for hijackers.
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Rome
Tegeder
Middle East
Securit
Cuba
America
Club News Adalt Chapter Meeting and Christmas Exchange
The Adalt Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet tonight at 7 30 at Odd Fellows Hall Alfred Street Biddeford for a business meeting a Christmas party and gift exchange.
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Adalt Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Odd Fellows Hall
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Classified Ads Section Delivers Local Market Results
Local newspaper urges readers to place ads in The Journal Classified to reach buyers and sellers. The brief notes the section offers targeted exposure for merchandise services employment and notices, aiming to boost engagement and response from the community.
Three-Car Crash on Route 1 in Kennebunk Injures Drivers
A 4:50 a.m. Thursday accident on the Route 1 curve at the Kennebunk Arundel line caused extensive damage to all three vehicles but only minor injuries to the drivers and occupants. Involved were Joel H. Cook 18 Faith Adams 17 Donna Avison 16 Constance Boutet 23 and Janice M Taylor 25. Excessively icy road conditions were cited as the cause.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunk-Arundel Town Line
Frank Stevens
Joel H. Cook
Sherwood Drive
Faith Adams
Donna Avison
Kennebunkport
Constance Boutet
Biddeford
Janice M. Taylor
Alenve Road
Permanent Board Sought For Zoning In Kennebunk
The Zoning Review Commission urged make itself permanent after Thursday night’s meeting. The temporary panel, formed in June to review town zoning, aims to finish work for March town meeting approval. Officials want ongoing zoning study and noted it’s the second such commission in two years. Recommendation needs selectmen approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennbunk
Zoning Review Commission
Bodies of 27 Oriental Monarch crew found near Victoria
Canadian rescue officials report the sunken freighter Oriental Monarch left 27 crew dead. 13 crew members remain missing as the search continues. The crew was mainly Taiwanese and Filipino.
Canadian Offer May Save Maine Pulp Mills Oil
Ottawa signals a possible bargain to ship Canadian refined oil to Maine pulp mills in exchange for full oil exports to British Columbia. Great Northern Paper and Georgia Pacific warn of shutdowns without more supply, while Canada’s energy board considers a fresh request for Great Northern. The Maine delegation seeks Trudeau’s help as the firms employ over 4,200 workers.
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Ottawa
Donald MacDonald
Maine
United States
British Columbia
U.S
the Commons
Washington
B.C
Great Northern Paper Co
Millinocket
Georia Pacific Corp
Woodland
Nine
Great Northern
Georgia Pacific
Nadian
Canadian Energy Board
Pierre Trudeau
New England
Congressional Record
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New Hampshire
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Dorothy B. Tarbox
Gibbs Water
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New Town Road
Alfred Sr
Saco Street
Dick Murray
the Sea
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