Maine Yankee financing ruling hailed as consumer victory
A Maine Public Utilities Commission decision approving a 35 million dollar securities deal for Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co is hailed by Safe Power as a consumer victory. The ruling requires Maine Yankee to prove the financing is in the public interest and to supply quarterly financing reports while the commission reviews potential cost understating and future fuel expenses.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co
PUC
Maine Yankee
Safe Power
Calli Hollander
Por
Consumer Ee
Peter L. Murray
Sears Island
Oakhurst milk delivery ends in Maine after 1890s start
Portland based Oakhurst Dairy will stop home doorstep delivery July 28 due to rising costs. President Donald H. Bennett says 22 milkmen will be affected and new jobs are being sought. The firm once ran 45 routes from Fryeburg to Augusta, impacting Portland Bath Lewiston-Auburn area customers.
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Portland, Maine
Maine
Oakhurst Dairy
Donald H. Bennett
Portland
Bath
Lewiston
Auburn
Augusta
Oakhurst
Fryeburg
Bridgton
Robert F. Leonard
Old Tavern Farms
UM Trustees OK 53 Million Budget With 5 Percent Cost Rise
University of Maine trustees approve a 53 million operating budget for next year including a 5 percent cost of living raise for most staff. The plan keeps spending near current levels despite a 10 percent cut in legislative appropriation, offset by higher tuition and internal reorganization. A 3.5 million package funds a 3.8 percent average merit raise for faculty and professional administrative staff, last given two years ago.
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Bangor, Maine
University of Maine
Maine
Patrick E. McCarthy
Longley seeks citizen voice on Maine auto insurance hike
Gov James B Longley urged the state insurance superintendent to ensure consumer participation in the proposed 74 percent rise in collision and comprehensive auto premiums. With no public testimony at the hearing, Hagerty offered options and considered changing laws to give consumers a louder voice.
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Augusta
Maine
James B. Longley
Longley
Lewiston
Frank Hagerty Jr
Insurance Bureau
Hagerty
Spernenes
Maine Insurance Services Office
Combat, Inc
Public Utilities Commission
ISO
Fred Howard
G.t.e.sylvania Corp
Houlton educator elected Maine Superintendents president
Hamilton S. Giberson, superintendent of School Administrative District 29 serving Houlton Littleton Monticello and Hammond Plantation, was elected president of the Maine Superintendents Association at the annual meeting in Biddeford. Morton E. Hamlin of Cumberland and North Yarmouth was chosen vice president. Wendell G. Eaton of Bangor received the outstanding educator award during the conference.
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Biddeford
Maine
Houlton
Hamilton S. Giberson
Ison
Littleton
Monticello
Hammond Plantation
Morton E. Hamlin
Cumberland and
North Yar
Mouth School District
State Department of Education and Cultural Services
Bangor
Wendell G. Eaton
Maine builders seek more FmHA mortgage funds
The Home Builders Association of Maine urges Congress and Maine lawmakers to increase Farmers Home Administration mortgage allocations. Officials say $4.6 million in July to September, down about $45 million from last year, reflects a Washington credit crunch and a formula that ignores Maine’s short construction season and lower per capita income.
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Augusta
Maine
Richard R. Sevigny
The
Home Builders Association
Parked Car Hit In Two-Vehicle Beachside Incident
Two cars were damaged in a collision at First and Heath streets in Old Orchard Beach on Tuesday at 7 24 p m. Dennis Crowley 22 of 54 Green Street Biddeford owned the first car and was struck by Timothy McNally 17 of 8 School Street Salem New Hampshire who was treated and released from Webber Hospital for minor cuts. Damages were listed as 300 for Crowley s vehicle and 250 for McNally s.
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Old Orchard Beach
First
Heath Streets
Dennis ‘Rowley
Green St
Biddeford
Timothy McNally
School St
Salem
N.H
McNall
Webber Hospital
McNally
Crowley
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Leslie H. Stanley
Peter A. Bradford
Lincoln Smith
Camden
Boston Harbor
Orville Young
James Sharp
New York City
UPI
Oakhurst Milkman
the Country
Alfred St
Kezar Falls
Howard
Standish -Longley
Washington
Charles Wyman
Wyman
Congressional
Loring Air Force Base
Aroostook County
William D. Hathaway
Loring
MSA
Howe’s Floor Store
U.S. Route 1
Wells, Maine
Percy
Main St
Saco
Goudreau
Main Street
Biddeford Call
HTH
Biddeford Pool Co
Portland Road
Sevigny
Farmers Home Administration
Portsmouth
Barber Sales, Inc
BUICK
Order of New England Homes Inc
W. Barber, JR
Larry G E
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Hector P. Dionne
Rte
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Rye
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