Obituary roundup from Maine towns includes Seaward Seaward service
Obituaries note Ivy J. Johnson of Hollis aged 79 and Edna F. McPherson of Dayton, plus J Harold Talbot Sr. of Arundel and Charles Warren Seaward of Dayton. Services listed for Shumway-Gross Funeral Home in Saco and Angell Funeral Home in Kennebunk, with interments at South Buxton Cemetery and Evergreen Portland, plus ritualistic services planned for Buxton Lodge F and AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Saco
South Buxton
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Helen V. McPherson
Dayton
Horace Southworth
Portland
Hay and Peabody
Dunstan Corner
Scarborough
Evergreen Cemetery
Funeral
Arundel
J. Harold Talbot Sr
Biddeford
East Machias
James R
Elizabeth (Burrill) Talbot
University of Maine At
Orono
New York Military Academy
Christ Church
Kennebunk
Sarah (Wiswell) Talbot
Charles Warren Seaward
Dyer Road
Kennebunkport
Charles W
Nellie (Stone
Central Maine Power Company
Goodwins Mills United Methodist Church
Buxton Lodges
Pleasant River
Order of the Eastern Star
Buxton
Seashore Trolley Museum
Atlantic Railway
Mary
Carol) Seaward
Pauline Bruns
Elmer W. Seaward
Turner
Hannah Pierce
Shumway Gross Funeral Home
Buxton Lodge
F and AM
Shumway-Gross
Biddeford School Board Meeting Set for Thursday
The Biddeford school board will meet Thursday at 5 p.m. in the superintendent's office at Biddeford High School to discuss district matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Biddeford High School
Saco Bicentennial Street Dance Celebrations Planned
Saco hosts a bicentennial street festival Saturday July 24 from 6 to 11 p.m. Police will barricade sections downtown from Pepperell Square to Middle Street and side streets off Main Street Thornton Avenue Pleasant Free and Storer streets. Parking lots listed near Notre Dame Church, Saco Biddeford Savings Bank Percys Drugstore Martin s Foods and Most Holy Trinity Church. Square dancing at Pepperell Square old fashioned dancing near Vic s Appliances and rock dancing near the Mutual Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Pepperell Square
Middle Street
Main Street
Thornton Avenue
Pleasant
Cutts
Water Street
Notre Dame Church
Biddeford Savings Bank
Percy's
Three-Vehicle Collision on Main Street in Saco
Police identify drivers in two separate crashes on Main Street. First incident at 9:10 due to slick roads over the B and M bridge involved George Littlefield, Merlin Amadon, and Robert Dodge with $775 in damages. A second crash at King and Main at 10:00 involved Linda Curlew and William Lewandowski with $2,500 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Saco
George Littlefield
Pleasant St
Kennebunk
Merlin Amadon
Vermont
Robert Dodge
Pool St
Biddeford
Linda Curlew
Washington St
William Lewandowski
Flintlock Drive
Scarboro
King and
Main Streets
Biddeford weighs bids for airport industrial park project
Biddeford City Council opened six bids for the 62 acre airport industrial park off Route 1. The low bid came from Midway Evacuators Inc. at 411,939, below the original estimate of 517,000. Other bids ranged from 434,679 to 523,042 with Merrill Brothers at 415,549 among the bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
N.H
Rae Inc
Norwood
Mass
Blue Rock Industries
Westbrook
Merrill Brothers Inc
Worcester
Property Committee
Philip Gadbois
Main Street
Webber Hospital
Alfred Road
Michael Bergeron
Shopping center expansion underway at Saco Valley
Excavation has begun for a 22,000 square foot addition to the Saco Valley Shopping Center with ground breaking at 2 p.m. The zoning board approved the expansion with a traffic clause and leases include York County Savings Bank and a laundromat, hardware store, and national shoe chain are in talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco Valley
Zayre’s
Mechanic Street
Zoning Board of Appeals
Saco
York County Savings Bank
Painchand's Band Opens Saco Canada Days Concerts
Painchand's Band will play an open air concert at 7 p.m. at the Saco Valley Shopping Center as part of Biddeford Saco Canadian Days. The free show kicks off a 10 day program with more concerts planned next week and times to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painchand
Saco Valley
Correction to hit and run safety notice
A Journal correction fixes Mrs Alfred Coulombe s name from Coolum and Ferry Lane replaces Ferry Road in the public safety notice. The report notes a car pulling a boat swerved onto the Coulombe lawn and uprooted a tree on their property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Coulombe
Coolum
Ferry Lane
Ferry Road
Coulombe
City moves toward closing gap on academy takeover Biddeford Pool
The city forms a seven member planning committee to explore municipal takeover of Marie Joseph Academy at Biddeford Pool. Members include city councilors Fernand Genest Roger Frechette Michael Bergeron and Pool residents Andrew Frechette and John Doerr. The group will meet Thursday as state planners seek a financing and management plan for the 13 acre oceanfront site. The pool Beach Association negotiations on the Pool Beach remain unresolved with court action pending over price and access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Marie-Joseph Academy
Biddeford Pool
Lucien Dutremble
Fernand Genest
Roger Frechette
Michael Bergeron
Parks and Recreation Commission
Fred Tebbenhoff
Economic Imrovement Commission
Oger Johnson
Andrew Frechette
Biddeford Schools
John Doerr
Dutremble
Biddeford Pool Improvement Association
State Bureau of Parks and Recreation
Pool Beach
York County Superior Court
Italian Supper in Kennebunkport Supports Local School
An Italian supper is set for Saturday July 24 from 5 30 to 7 pm at the Community House to raise funds for The School Around Us. A Biddeford High School Class of 1941 reunion will take place Saturday July 24 at Joseph by the Sea in Old Orchard Beach. The 75th Grant Clan and Wakefield family reunion is on Sunday July 25 at Ida Mahony’s Swan Pond home in Lyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunkport
BHS
Biddeford High School
Joseph By the Sea
Old Orchard Beach
Grant-Wakefield
Lyman
Grant Clan
Wakefield Family
Ida Mahony
Swan Pond
Parking Game drives talks on Evergreen Avenue access
Old Orchard Beach faces a municipal parking crisis as residents push to repeal street bans and create Lot or shuttle solutions. Councilors cite the need for a town owned lot near Ocean Park with shuttle service to ease congestion and free streets for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Evergreen Avenue
Ocean Park
Old Orchard Street
Christopher Kent
E. Emerson Cummings
Cummings
John Litwinett
Beach
Litwinetz
Saco Faces Replacement of Faulty Sludge Pumps at Plant
Saco City Council authorizes City Administrator John Dexter to rent a Fairbanks Morse sludge return pump for 400 per month for 10 months to replace unreliable Bingham pumps at the treatment plant. The move aims to secure federal and state funds, settle with engineers or contractors, and possibly purchase the new unit if funding allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
John Dexter
Binghampa
Dexter
Fairbanks- Morse
Bath
Somerset
Mass
Thomas Weston
Weston
Whitman and Howard
Bowdoin Arraignment Set in Portland Court Friday
Warren Bowdoin a Kennebunk pharmacist faces three federal indictments totaling 68 counts for alleged illegal sale of controlled drugs. The new charges include five counts of forged prescriptions. Arraignment in U S District Court in Portland is scheduled for 9 a m Friday before Judge Edward T Gignoux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk
Warren Bowdoin
U.S. District Court
Portland
Bowdoin
Edward T. Gignoux
Letter sparks Biddeford firehouse inquiry and Jamboree note
A letter distributed to Biddeford council members cites a July 15 housing inspection at Washington Street map 38 lot 355 alleging code violations at the fire department HQ. Fire Chief Emile Bergeron says he has not received any notice and only hears rumors. Separately, Iran will host the 15th World Scout Jamboree in 1979, continuing the event’s long history since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
E.allen Berube
Washington Street
Department
Emile Bergeron
Bergeron
Iran
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ivy Johnson
Marion Gorham
Eleanor Ritchie
Ogunquit
Shirley Dubois
Walcott, Conn
Lawrence Wakefield
Rhode Island
Edna McPherson
Edna F. McPherson
David M
Elizabeth (Southworth) McPherson
McPherson
Mount Holyoke College
Gilford
Conn
Winchester
Stoneham
Wilbraham, Mass
Robert
Jeanne) Hutchins
Marion Talbot
Reading
Angell Funeral Home
Dane St
John Pooler
Kennebunkport Baptist Church
Hope Cemetery
Charles Seaward
Rene J. Roy, SR
Dennett & Craig
Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Sansoucy
Public Safety
Charles Warren
American Cancer Society
Federal St
Brunswick
Most Holy Trinity
CYO Group
Mike Cote
Margo
Kathleen O'Connell
Biddeford’s
Airport
Fire and Public Ao
Saco Valley Association
CETA
David Poissant
David Proulx
Donald Gobeil
Tance
Seacoast Tractor Sales Inc
Kinmond’s
Paul Staples
Luc Angers
Prospect Street
Saco Center
City
Academy
Matson
Oob
Frank Manduca
Manduca
Saco Avenue
Miami
Hollywood
Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Environmental Protection
Elm- Scammon
Winter Street
Camp Ellis Pier
Dayton Lumber
Wyman and Simpson
Claude DeBois
Steve Bedell
Georgetown Drive
Bedell
THE
Biddeford-Saco
Chamber OF Commerce
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