Forecast for Maine and New Hampshire Snow Likely Saturday
Occasional light snow expected in Maine today with variable cloudiness north and mostly cloudy elsewhere. Highs range from near zero to the teens. Tonight includes a chance of light snow with lows around 1. Park Street School reports a temperature gradient from 10 below north to 10 above south. Saturday snow likely with highs from near 5 above north to mid twenties south in New Hampshire. Mostly cloudy today and tonight with highs from near zero to the teens.
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Town weighs new police and rescue vehicles drive
Councilor Mokarzel pushes immediate action on municipal truck needs and a three person committee with Wyman Murphy and the town manager to draft specifications for two new plow and sanding trucks. Town Manager Kent notes current trucks are aging and not in great shape as winter approaches.
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Ocean County Council Debates Snow Emergency Parking
Kent reports persistent ice hazard and night plowing. Tucker pushes immediate plowing of school and Memorial Park lots for public parking while Ocean Park access remains blocked. Council tables the motion, schedules weekly meetings until budget passes, and begins town manager interview process with a $2000 four month stipend pending SRPC study on regional transport needs.
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Plan to consolidate Maine mental health institutes in Augusta
Gov James B Longley asks legislature to merge Bangor and Augusta facilities. About 126 BMHI psychiatric patients plus four care teams move to Augusta while 86 geriatric patients stay, eight high risk patients shift, with some transfers to Aroostook Center nursing and local homes. A 25 bed autistic unit planned at BMHI.
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Thornton Academy Student Seeks White Line on Boom Road
A Thornton Academy junior wrote to Gov. James Longley about Boom Road in Saco after the city council found the State Department of Transportation could not paint a white stripe the road. Longley replied, sharing the letter with MDOT’s commissioner. MDOT informed Putney the request was too late for this season and will work with the city to review pavement markings and signs. If prioritized, a white line could be painted in the next season.
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Town forms Main Street tree planting committee
A five member committee is created at the selectmen's meeting to lead a Main Street tree planting program in Kennebunk. Co chair Joyce and Selectman Murphy Jr discuss spring planting, tree choices, road salt effects, and watering while seeking citizen donations and local involvement. committee members include Swenson, Lord and Pancoast.
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Snow amounts linger as warm spell slows melt
The weather continues to bring heavy snow with temperatures mostly below 20 degrees. At Logan International Airport in Boston 29.9 inches of snow remain on the ground, while the seasonal average is about 42 inches. The Weather Service says more than 37 inches have already fallen this winter.
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Saco and Kennebunk face sea wall threat from winter storms
Saco officials seek Army Corps guidance on protecting Camp Ellis ice front and nearby Kennebunk Beach after resident Cordis Sargent urges a breakwater. His 300 yard plan would place a 150 foot out structure to dissipate wave energy, protecting five homes and town roads, despite high costs.
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Anthony Eden Dies in England at 79
Sir Anthony Eden former British prime minister dies in his sleep at Alvediston England at age 79 after returning from the United States with liver failure. Eden who led Britain through World War II and the Suez crisis had requested to die in England and was with his wife Clarissa and relatives at his home when he passed shortly after 11 a.m. local time.
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Supermarkets push new promotion amid fierce price competition
Shaw's Strachan notes the rollout aims to raise volume while Hannaford Brothers responds. Freeman Ames of IGA Portland says the market is highly competitive with all firms using continuity promotions to build loyalty. He notes IGA's Bingo Bucks and dismisses the so-called new everyday low price push as old strategy.
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Snowbound St Bernard Statue Delights Saco Readers
Off the record column notes a snow sculpture of a St Bernard with a brandy barrel at 130 Elm St in Saco created by Norman Monder and Harry ee. Residents joke about municipal decisions, the traffic flow meeting cancellation, and a coffin-shaped mayoral table. The piece also reports Biddeford IRS relocation rumors and a Biddeford High School Band invitation to Carter’s inauguration and its rejection due to timing and weather.
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