Obituaries of Ruth Herrick and Donald Evans
Ruth M Herrick 56 of 19 Round Hill Biddeford died Sunday after a long illness. She was born December 31 1919 in Biddeford and worked locally before homemaking. Survived by husband James H Herrick daughter Linda A Herrick two brothers Vincent McDonald Augusta and L Paul McDonald Saco. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM Shumway Gross Funeral Home Saco. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Biddeford. Calling hours today 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Donald L Evans 52 of 19 Winter St Kennebunk died Sunday at a Portland hospital after brief illness. Born October 17 1923 in Lyman son of Ralph O and Georgia Smith Evans a 1942 Kennebunk High School and 1943 Maine Maritime Academy graduate. Chief mate Merchant Marines Marine Transport Lines. Survived by widow Martha Johnson Evans Kennebunk son Donald L Evans Jr Yonkers NY brother Dorrance O Evans Wheaton MD sister Mrs Dorrance Helen Clark Kennebunk and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday 1:30 PM Angell Funeral Home Kennebunk. Interment Hope Cemetery Kennebunk.
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Ruth M. Herrick
Round Hill
Biddeford
Leroy and
Genieve (Bonser) McDonald
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Traveler's Club
Old Orchard Beach Assembly Order of Rainbow Girls
Kennebunk
Donald L Evans
Winter St
Portland
Lyman
Ralph O
Georgia (Smith) Evans
Kennebunk High School
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine
Merchant Marines
Marine Transport Lines
Martha (Johnson) Evans
Donald L
Star publisher distances arson motives amid three attempted fires
Kennebunk York County Coast Star publisher Alexander Brook II dismisses personal motives behind three arson attempts at his new press site saying he has no idea who attacked the building. Fire Chief Lewis Burr cites two prior attempts likely at the same time, with no damage reported. Police and fire officials investigate as the 8000 square foot structure near Factory Pasture Lane and Water Street prepares for occupancy.
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Kennebunk
York County Coast Star
Alexander B. Brook II
Main Street
Brook
Lewis Burr
Burr
Factory Pasture Lane
Water Street
Star
Hill Street
Family thanks for support after bereavement
The family of Eben B. Cook expresses gratitude to friends neighbors relatives and Quality Leather Co. friends for acts of consideration during their recent bereavement, and for the many cards flowers and expressions of sympathy.
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Eben B. Cook
Biddeford Fire Crew Tackles Multiple Public Safety Incidents
Biddeford firefighters responded to a bomb scare at the Biddeford Industrial Park and an electrical motor fire at 298 Granite St. The mass fire behind the industrial park burned from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A gas spill at Adams and Main was cleaned within seven minutes. Old Orchard Beach units aided CMP transformer repairs on Heath Street. A dump fire on Ross Road was extinguished by 2:50 p.m.
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Biddeford
Granite St
Iddeford
Adams
Main Streets
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Heath Street
Beach
CMP Personel
Ross Road
Maine Faces Recurrent Push to Streamline State Agencies
A long history of proposed reforms surfaces as Maine weighs restructuring independent agencies boards and commissions. Critics cite fragmented authority and high costs while lawmakers debate a 31 board revamp and a central licensing division within the Business Regulation Department.
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Steven P. Rosenfeld
Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Harvard Business School
James B. Longley
Institute of Public Administration
The
Public Administration Service
Chicago
Citizen's Committee
Maine Management and Cost Survey
State Business Regulation Department
State Board of Examiners of
State Board of Examiners
Spending cuts on agenda for SAD 71
Kennebunkport board weighs next year’s reductions after trimming 57 000 to align with a 2.5 million budget. Eliminated posts include an elementary environmental education teacher and a fifth grade teacher with reductions in secretarial and support staff. The 7:30 meeting at Consolidated School includes a fire marshal report on Kennebunk High deficiencies and a Middle School athletic review plus summer projects and staff appointments.
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Kennebunkport
Kennebunk High School
Affirmative Action Plan Committee
Bluebirds Hold Family Night in Saco AMVETS Post
Members of the Camp Fire Girls Bluebird group in Saco hosted their first family night at the AMVETS post on Spring Street. The event featured a flag ceremony songs a skirts fashion show projects exhibition and a candle lighting ceremony with special guests Harold Strout and Mrs Helen Strout. Linda Bertrand won Bluebird of the Year and Tammy LeClerc received a campership award. New members Debbie Santamore Laura Foss Kristin Foss and Keidi Perry were initiated.
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Camp Fire Girls
Bluebird Group
Saco
Saco Amvets
Post
Spring Street
Brenda Parker
Jarlene Munford
Linda Bertrand
Tammy LeClerc
Nichole Michaudo
Susan Walters
Harold Strout
State of Maine Amvets
Helen Strout
Linda Parker
Betty Munford
Debbie Santamore
Laura Foss
Kristin Foss
Keidi Perry
Saco Fire Department May Call Totals Show Car Crashes Lead
Saco firefighters handled 139 calls in May with nine car crash responses and four box alarms. Ambulatory units logged 69 calls, chiefly patient transfers, while eight alarm maintenance and 25 business department calls complemented the month.
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Saco
Water line vote looms over worsening pollution issue
City Council set a 7:30 p m special meeting to decide extending the Saco water line from Buxton Road to Louden Road amid complaints from residents near the dump site. Mayor Zaitlin and residents describe polluted water and dying pond life, including 130 sunfish.
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Saco
Buxton Road
Louden Road
City Hall
Samuel Zaitlin
Jovis L. Gerry
Maynard Cousens
Gerry
Earle Boothby
Etter
Zaitlin
Democrats to Meet at Lower Village in Kennebunk
The Democratic Town Committee will convene at 7 30 p m on Wednesday June 23 at the lower village civic center in the Washington Hose Co building Agenda covers notifying members of monthly meetings nominations to standing committees and continued organization of the August fundraising project
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Kennebunk
Democratic Town Committee
Lower Village
Washington Hose Co
Hundreds of bikers protest helmet law at Maine State House
About 500 motorcyclists from United Bikers of Maine rode bareheaded to Augusta's State House in a helmet law protest with no arrests or violence reported. Spokesman Tom Guay said riders from several states demonstrated they could ride without helmets and without accidents.
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Augusta
Maine
State House
United Bikers of Maine Inc
Livermore Falls
California
Ohio
United Bikers of
Medical examiner probes Saco death man in decomp scenario
The state medical examiner says the cause of death of a badly decomposed man found in 331 Main St Saco will take at least a week more. Autopsy results await lab tests and dental comparison. The building owner James L. Smith notes the tenant lived alone and had been missing two weeks. The tenant was a nurse whose Portland Maine Medical Center employment ended June 8.
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Saco
Henry Ryan
Ryan
Main St
Thornton Hall
James L. Smith
Smith
Maine Medical Center
Portland
TBF installs officers at Biddeford American Legion post
The Tighe Beaudoin Farley Post and Auxiliary held joint installation at the post home on Elm Street Biddeford naming officers including Commander Joseph Bastarache and President Flora Poirier. Installing teams were Rafal Sheltra Paul Benoit and Robert Poire with Blanche Keithley Marie Rose Soulard Evelyn Metayer guiding Auxiliary. The next business meeting is June 24 at the post Rideau Canal Kingston Ontario notes its route 126 miles from the Ottawa River to Lake Ontario built 1826 32 to link the St Lawrence to Lake Ontario.
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Tighe-Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion and Auxiliary
Elm Street
Biddeford
Joseph Bastarache
Woodrow Tuttle, Jr
James Benson
Camille Michaud
Royal Sheltra
Roland St. Michel
Richard M. Doe
Paul Dion
Roger Remillard
Atty
Gerald Nason
Joseph Zaitlin
Rafal Sheltra
Robert Poire
Paul Benoit
Flora Poirier
Henrietta Tuttle
Dolores Bernier
Germaine Lariviere
Nancy Harlow
Carol LeProhon
Angie Dion
Dorothy St. Michel
Noella Joncas
Blanche Keithley
Marie Rose Soulard
Evelyn Metayer
Post Home
Rideau Canal
Ontario
Ottawa River
Lake Ontario
Kingston
St. Lawrence River
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Ruth Herrick
Donald Evans
Adah Chapter
Shumway-Gross Funeral Home
Spring St
Washington Street
Rtment
Rotary Park
Emergency Medical Technicians Association of Southern Maine
Maine Mall
Cancer Research and Education Fund
Margaret Johnson
Portland Rd
Dennett & Craig
Maines Saco, Maine
Emond & Conroy Funeral Home
John P. Conroy Jr
Hill St
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Linton A. Clauson
Clauson
Longley
Overnor
Bluebirds
Vacuums
Electrolux Call
J. Durfee
Melvin Ave
C.C. Bch
Boothby
John Ewing
Transportation Committee For Public
Kenn Kenn
Ore
Linda Brickley
TBF
Ima
National
Robert Pate
Dennett
Craig
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