Obituaries in Maine towns note multiple deaths and services
Obituaries list Harry R. Courtois Sr. 72 of Saco and Eva Thibodeau 69 of Biddeford with funeral notices from Cote and Emond Conroy funeral homes. Theobald Gladys 73 of Kennebunk dies in Biddeford nursing home. services set at St Andre Church and Bibber Memorial Chapel. Surviving relatives include children, siblings, and grandchildren. masses and private services planned.
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Harry R. Courtois Sr
Summer St
Saco
Eva Thibodeau
High St
Biddeford
Disraeli
Que
Noe
Mary
Lizette
St. Andre Church
Edward C. Thibodeau
Charles R. Thibodeau
Marlboro
Mass
al Dupuis
Gerard Dupuis
Eugene Dupuis
Paul Dupuis
St.one Cemetery
Emond and Conroy Funeral Home
Hill St
Kennebunk
Gladys I. Theobald
Main Street
Five Islands
Mabel (Mains
Kenneth A. Theobald
Richard H. Theobald
Jack E. Theobald
Florida
Everett
Dolores) Belloli
Orange
Richard
Sally) Weeman
Bibber Memorial Chapel
Robert Stuart
Kennebunk United Baptist Church
1976 in review highlights biddeford shootout and local politics
The year’s recap notes a Nov 18 innocence ruling for Bowdoin in the indictment, a May shootout on Elm Street blanketing Webber Hospital with tear gas and a 17 year old taken into custody as John E Shaw turned 18 the next day. Kenneth Kerwin claims kinship to Lindbergh in a Hawaii suit that fails. Sheriff race in York County ends with Phinney ahead, Dutremble winning after a recount by five votes. Other items center on solid waste debates, Webber Hospital’s bid, Old Orchard Beach school turmoil, and Kennebunk school battles. Dickens quotes close the piece.
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Page
Bowdoin
Biddeford
Elm Street
Webber Hospital
John E. Shaw
Kenneth Kerwin
Hawaii
Charles A. Lindbergh
Kerwin
Clinton Wesley Phinney
Richard Dutremble
Sheriff's Post
Phinney
University of Aine
Dutremble
Saco
Old Orchard Beach
Webber
Public safety beat details multiple Biddeford incidents
Biddeford police report a string of minor crimes and accidents including gas theft of 25 gallons from three vehicles, a battery and car win theft, a tool box stolen from John Poirier’s garage, a purse theft from a vehicle on St Mary Street, and a vehicle collision on Saco Avenue. Also noted is a chimney fire in Kennebunk and a quiet day at the Saco Fire Station.
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Art Ibert Pelletier Jr
Hil
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Pelletier
Bouffard
Center Street
Tve
Biddes Ad Pca
Col
Bord
Raymond Verrier
West Cutts St
Railroad Avenue
Biddeford E
Lower Main Street
John Poirier
Margarite Belanger
Hollis Center
St. Mary Street
Ice
Saco Avenue
Heath Street
Carl Valade
Cliff St
Buick
Andre Labelle
Douglas St
Saco
Labelle
Valade
Communications Center
Kennebunk Communications Center
Kennebunk
Jeine Davis
Ocean Park Road
Roxanne Dubois
Buxton Road
Ocean Park
Watchnight Services Scheduled at Bethel Full Gospel
ARUNDEL The Rev Dans Leavitt pastor of Bethel Full Gospel Assembly Route 1 has announced Watchnight Services on Friday Dec 31 at 8 p m open to the public Special songs testimonies with communion and prayer at midnight Guest speaker Rev Jimmy Ridges of Prince Edward Island Canada A breakfast will be served following the service
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Arundel
Dans Leavitt
Bethel Full Gospel Assembly
Route 1
Jimmy Ridges
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Linnell Re elected Maine GOP Chairman for Second Term
John R. Linnell Auburn attorney and former mayor is re elected chairman of the Maine Republican Party. Hattie Bickmore wins a third term as vice chair after a vote at the state committee meeting. Bickmore defeated Justine Marxs and Jane Riley in a close contest.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
John R. Linnell
Auburn
Republican Party
Hattie Bickmore
Linnell
Bickmore
David Emery
Justine Marxs
GOP
Jane Riley
Hallowell
Ford Jones
School Lunch Menu Snapshot With Repeated Daily Items
A long list of weekly meal offerings across SAD 57 and related schools detailing daily menus. Entries include beef cubes, pizza, fish sticks, sloppy joe, turkey dishes, chop suey, and various sides, beverages, and desserts with multiple institutions such as Biddeford High, Old Orchard Beach, and SACO Public Schools noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Saco Public Schools
Journal suspends Saturday edition for New Year holiday
The Biddeford-Saco Journal will not publish on Saturday January 1 due to New Year's Day. Offices on Alfred Road Biddeford will be closed all day. Regular schedule resumes with the Monday January 3 edition. Best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year.
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Biddeford- Saco
Alfred Road
Biddeford
North Saco considers new on site sewage test controls
North Saco faces a council decision on extending an emergency moratorium in the C-1 zone while evaluating a new testing scheme for on site sewage systems. Proposals include city hired or contracted soils evaluators to supervise tests and require inspector presence at pit excavation, with state involvement if disputes arise.
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George Orwell
Saco
North Saco
Ronald Ayotte
Richard Hjort
Peter Cullinan
Hjort
Buildin
Alexander Perham
Planning Board
Ennis Durgin
Arthur Lerman
Timothy Crowley
Cullinan
Perham
Crowley
OOB Council ’77 to Fill Commission and Grant Gun Permit
The light schedule left items to next year’s council including appointing three members to the charter commission. The council granted a gun permit to Charles Damery after police chief recommendation, with one vote against by Councilor Richard Marshall. Actions also include installing street lights on Miles Avenue and Fern Avenue, thanking local groups for gifts to the needy, and granting Biddeford Saco Water Co. permission to excavate in spring.
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Old Orchard Beach
Charter Commission
Charles Damery
Grove Ave
Lice
Richard Mrshall
Miles Avenue
Fern Ave
Biddeford-Saco Water Co
Longley urges case by case over blanket draft pardon
Gov. James B. Longley told President-elect Jimmy Carter that pardoning draft resisters would raise unemployment and swell welfare rolls. He released a Dec. 20 letter urging a case by case approach rather than a blanket pardon and questioned welfare and tax burden. A separate note says the SAD 71 school building committee will meet Monday at 5 p.m. in Kennebunk junior high school library.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
James B. Longley
Jimmy Carter
Longley
Carter
Kennebunk
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New England
Harry Courtois Sr
Ontee
Cote Funeral Home
Beach
James Streets
Cape Cod
Rose Lambert of
Jeannette Guignard
Laurette Cadorette
Gladys Theobald
In Review
Mark Snow
Charles Dickens
Kenneth M. Curtis
Plains
Curtis
National Democratic Party
Public Safety
Adrien Fournier
Mast Hill Road
Gladys Lt. Theobald
Roland E. Morin
Gail
Dennett & Craig
Fred Conroy
Auburn Arty. Gop
Food For
St. Andre
Mae
Biddeford High School
Ocean Pines
Soils Evaluator
OOB Council
Kiwanis Club
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Jaycees
Salvation Army
The
United Methodist Church
Lion S
America
le Voltigeur
Noisemakers
Achat
Gagnon
Hill Road
Goodwins Mills
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