Kennebunk group airs concerns on school delays
About 40 people attended a Thursday meeting at Kennebunk High School of the Concerned Citizens Council of Kennebunk. They voiced frustration over delays in the SAD 71 high school project caused by Herman Cohen’s suits, hoping to pressure action and prevent further litigation that could jeopardize state reimbursement for new construction.
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Concerned Citizens Council of
Thursom
Herman Cohen
Cohen
State Board of Education
CCC
James McMahon
Elmont Yndale
Kennebunkport
Cyrus Hamlin
Robert Giles
Patricia Pare
Fran Harrison
Warren Astrowsky
Astrowsky
Sanitary District Proposal Targets Regional Waste Solution
After two years of study a tri town ad hoc committee recommends Kennebunkport Kennebunk and Arundel form a regional sanitary district with a mechanical shredder and a three member board. Initial cost 151000 funded by 125000 EPA grant and 40000 share funds. Annual operating cost 29750 funded by 1.75 per ton fees. Shredder location eyed at Sea Road dump. Public vote planned in March with full reports to voters first.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk
Arundel
David Walley
Herman Cohen
Margaret Pearson
Robert Sprague
Biddeford Vocational High
Sea Road
Maine lobstermen push defense fund against IRS ruling
About 300 Maine Lobstermen Association members gathered in Ellsworth to back a legal defense fund challenging the IRS decision to classify sternmen as employees. MLA lawyer Howard Clayton announced plans for test litigation via an IRS refund claim, arguing sternmen are self employed like independent contractors.
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Maine
Internal Revenue Service
Maine Lobstermen Association
MLA
Howard Clayton
Damariscotta
The
Lobstermen
Pejepscot Paper to shut Brunswick plants for a week
Topsham AP report notes Pejepscot Paper Co will close its two Brunswick area plants for at least a week due to no orders. Vice president Robert Lambert says the shutdown starts immediately and could last longer depending on next week orders, affecting about 250 to 300 workers.
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Augusta
Central Maine Power Co
James Logaley
CMP
Topsham (Ap
Pejepscot Paper Co
Brunswick Area
Robert Lambert
Pejepscot
Maine
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
S.D. Warren Co
Westbrook
International Paper Co
Livermore Falls
Impounded Sewage Funds Near Release for Maine
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie announced that nearly 40 million dollars in federal and environmental funds set aside for sewage treatment plants in Maine will be released. The EPA plans to unfreeze 4 billion dollars in water cleanup funds impounded over the past three years, enabling 20 stalled Maine projects to move beyond final planning stages.
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Washington
Maine
Muskie
La Force Engine To Get Further Tests At Dover
Inventors Robert and Edward LaForce of Richmond Virginia staged a second road test at Dover Downs Race Track to defend their more efficient internal combustion engine. A test car using the LaForce design averaged 29.5 mpg, while two identical 1974 AMC Hornets with standard engines averaged 20.6 mpg and 19.75 mpg respectively, challenging EPA criticisms.
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Del
Dover Downs
la Force
American Motors Corp
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