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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1976
Page
6
Biddeford Mayor Lucien Dutremble questions the airport expansion cost and benefit while city leaders plan to review a 20 year master plan. The plan by Hoyle Tanner proposes a new crosswind runway paid largely by federal funds with city share about 2 000 dollars after in kind services.
The Saco Planning Board will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the former district courthouse to review plans for expanding the Saco Valley Shopping Center. Also on the agenda are the final plan for Pine Ledge apartments, the minor subdivision on Offen Road by Leroy Watycott, and the southern Maine Regional Planning Commission comprehensive plan.
The city battles pollution issues at the Factory Island plant as the BEP weighs a consent order outlining improvements and a shift to secondary treatment costing about 1.55 million dollars. City officials seek federal funds and set a Thursday meeting with DEP on the old City dump pollution.
Engineer DesRoberts says no footing cracks result from differential settlement and points to concrete shrinkage during curing as the cause. He recommends cleaning and sealing, notes frost heaving in three floor slabs, and says proper grading drainage and heated occupancy avert future frost issues. Separate case reports water in a cellar and sewer problems at the Holly Homes project with complaints from the Dubes.
The Biddeford city council meets at 7 30 pm to consider advertising for demolition of the OSP Associates building at 1 3 5 Main St condemned last November. They will also read rezoning of the airport industrial park and hold a public hearing on a 70000 dollar bond sale for Maine District Courthouse renovations. Afterward they meet with the airport commission to discuss municipal airport expansion.
The Maine Turnpike cut speeds to 45 mph as snow drifts lingered on passing lanes. In Saco a truck left Buxton Road and four cars collided in two crashes with no injuries reported. Snow is set to mix with sleet and freeze into Wednesday with highs in the 20s and 30s, winds 10 to 20 mph, and a small craft advisory for Portland harbor.
The SAD 71 board heard witnesses in executive session over a clash between Potter and Hedberg about the special education team. Vickie Labrie Jeannie Hamlin Pamela Boyce and Brian King defended the team while Potter urged closer classroom integration. A 16 member parents advisory committee was ordered to link families and administration. Potter is seen by some as a symbol of local disaffection with SAD 71.
In Boston the Orpheum hosted George C. Wallace with Billy Grammer and Bobby Goldsboro as openers. Wallace denounced elitists and busing, claimed federal judges overreach, urging voters to back him in the Massachusetts presidential primary. The crowd of over 2,000 heard a night of country acts and political theatre.
Maine districts court operations moved to Biddeford Saco sparking a plan decision on Main Street building use City Administrator John Dexter will ask the council to authorize an architect or city staff to draft plans The council meets at City Hall tonight at 7 30 to decide on city offices use
Victory margins favored the Highway Department leader amid ongoing budget scrutiny. Pickering, unopposed for SAD 71 director, praised voter turnout. Day awaited results as other races including police commission saw recounts and tense waits with Bryant defeating Merrill for a one year term.
A compact list of clue pairs mapping songs and names to letters. Includes items like Mandy to Manilow, Freedom to John, Teardrop to Fender, and Country to Denver, with other entries such as AWB and John. The fragment mentions polio and Zachary Taylor and a frog in one's throat as unrelated hints.
The Kennebunk selectmen trimmed 110000 from the 1976 budget, aiming for a tax increase under 1 per thousand. Cuts include 50000 road work 20000 new truck 10000 extra police 8000 code enforcement 6000 pay classification review.
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