Budgetball Season Returns Amid Quirky Playoff Frenzy
The piece lauds Budgetball as a harsh, storied sport with wild history and colorful figures. It riffs on budget constraints, ancient origins, and municipal politics around a once-a-year playoff, noting critics, curious fans, and the sport’s rough, hybrid character.
The Budgetball Game We All Must Play
A satirical look at budget politics likens it to a chaotic sport. It mocks inflated budgets and political maneuvers, noting inflation and deflation distort the game, with taxpayers as players and spectators urged to engage despite rhetoric and risk.
Two-Year Wait For Oceanview Plant Project
Old Orchard Beach officials say a proposed secondary treatment plant will not be completed before spring 1977. EC Jordan Co representatives outline phased work with 85 percent funding from state and federal sources for contract one and partial funding for contract two. A third phase to separate storm water would cost about 4 million and require town financing, leading to postponement. Completion of contract two is expected in 12 to 16 months, pending EPA and DEP approvals. A sewer ordinance and user fees must be established prior to final approval.
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Susan Morrison
Old Orchard Beach
E.C. Jordan Co
West Grand Avenue
East Grand Avenue
Orchard Street
Barry A. Patrie
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Patrie
Erome Plante
U.S
William Hathaway
Edmund Muskie
David Emery
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Biddeford School Budget Cuts Local Tax Burden
Biddeford School Board votes to send a 3.69 million dollar budget to the finance committee, reducing the local share by 270 thousand dollars amid greater state subsidies under LD1994. The overall budget rises about 237 thousand dollars, with 200 thousand planned in teacher and staff raises and several capital repairs. Mayor Dutremble abstains from the final vote.
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Andrew Frechette
Lucien Dutremble
Robert LaRoche
Frechette
Waterhouse Field
Maplewood Field
Kennedy School
Emery School
Dutremble
Pve
Supt
Carrier Midway Leaves Yokohama for Training Mission
The Pentagon said the aircraft carrier Midway departed Yokohama Japan for routine training operations. A spokesman rejected a report that the ship was bound for Vietnamese waters, noting that ship movements are not usually disclosed but stressing it is not heading toward Vietnam.
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Yokohama
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York County Wins Big In 107th Legislature Assignments
The York County delegation expands influence across committees with eight chairmanships, split House Senate leadership, and key picks including Biddeford’s Sen Guy Marcotte on the Appropriations panel. Other county senators. H S members gain chairs on Agriculture and Health and Institutions.
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House
Senate
York County
Biddeford
Guy Marcotte
Appecans
Sen
Marcotte
Walter Hichens
Eliot
Agriculture and Health and Institutions
John Roberts
Sanford
Appanties
Peter Danton
Saco
Roberts
Robert Farley
Barry Hobbins
Farley
Energy
Harland Goodwin Jr
Neil Rolde
Public Lands
Rolde
Richard Stillings
Berwick
Richard Nadeau
Philip Berry
Buxton
Edward Mackell-Wells
Lena Durgin
Kittery
Berry
Bux
McCarthy Declares 1976 Independent Presidential Bid
Former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy announced his candidacy for president in 1976 as an independent. In Madison, about 400 supporters heard him criticize the Democratic Party for hedging and compromising on major issues and say his bid offers better solutions.
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Wis
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Democratic Party
Richard M. Nixon
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