Town votes deep cuts in office budget and services
Voters cut town office administration by 31327 dollars and rejected full funding for the treasurer and other staff. Police and highway budgets received support, with road repairs later trimmed. Elm preservation wins 12500, day care seed grant fails. tax deadline set for December 1 as remaining items face tonight's session.
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Budget Board
Fred Ayer
Maine
Paul Whitin
Alice Crowell
Donald Bryant
Highway Department
Harold Smith
Lyman Page
North Street
Conservation Commission
Peter Sargent
Beryl Bilderback
Recreation Commission
Goose Rocks Beach
Longtime union leader Schoonjans reflects on a lifetime of labor
The Biddeford Saco joint board veteran arrived in 1919 at age 14 working in a Lawrence mill and joining the textile unions. He recalls the 72 hour war week push to 62 hours, credits CIO led birth of the Textile Workers Union, led 1940s strikes at Pepperell and Bates Edwards, and since 1967 has balanced retirement with town service and state arbitration work. He reads Boston editorials and keeps to fishing hunting and gardening in spare time.
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Biddeford-Saco
Textile Workers Union of America
Lawrence
Mass
Schoonjans
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Textile Workers Union
Pepperell Manufacturing Co
Edwards
Bates Manufacturing Co
Engineers Report Due On Subdivision Troubles
City of Biddeford seeks findings from E C Jordan on causes of foundation cracks at Greenfield Lane homes. On-site inspection included Neil Folsom and E Allen Berube with Ben Poirier and two Portland engineers. Recommendations may guide response to letters from Holly Homes and project developer.
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Biddeford
E.C. Jordan Engineering Consultants
Greenfield Lane
1St Street
Neil Folsom
E. Allen Berube
Ben Poirier
Portland
Jordan
Holly Homes
Allen Sakalas
Horse sense answers list for quiz items
A compact list of answers showing item numbers and topics: 1 Hullabaloo 2 Penguin 3 Presidential disability and succession 4 2000 mi 5 Yachting and related terms, plus matching word parts and definitions for several prefixes and suffixes.
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Hullabaloo
Penguin
Maine Escapes Storm Fury but Faces Travel Hassles
Maine largely dodged the worst of the northeastern storm that buried Vermont and Massachusetts, but southern Maine saw enough snow to slow travel. In Rockingham, Interstate 91 traffic jam stretched four hours for 100 cars, Boston commutes lengthened, and coastal towns like Saco and Biddeford reported crashes, weather-related fender benders, and flu sidelining officials. Local crews plowed and treated roads as forecasts called for changing weather with warmer temperatures by Thursday.
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Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rockingham
Boston
Portsmouth
Maine
Saco
Franklin Street
Raymond Collins
Biddeford
David Spulick
Ken
Old Orchard Beach
Cost Savings Committee
Samuel Zaitlin
Compromise Sought On Biddeford Pool Land Dispute
Biddeford City Solicitor says only compromise will resolve the Biddeford Pool eminent domain issue. City council considers court action and negotiating with the Pool Beach Association as talks stall. Mayor Dutremble supports negotiations while a 7 4 vote failed to reopen talks. The council also moves to bid demolition of the condemned OSP Associates building at 1 3 5 Main Street.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Biddeford
Richard Lambert
Atty. Viger
Viger
Superior Court
Lucien Dutremble
Association
Alan Casavant
Lambert
Pool Beach Association
Casavant
Michael Bergeron
OSP Associates
Main Street
City airport master plan eyed to guide future growth
Airport officials stress the need for a city master plan before seeking federal funds. The tentative plan by Hoyle Tanner envisions expansion only on the Kennebunkport side, with parking space noted as the current priority. A Sunday on-site review is planned as council weighs layout, land offers, and timing.
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Doyon
Granite Street
Hoyle-Tanner Engineering Consultants
Kennebunkport
Commission
Victor Fleurant
Deyon
Airport Commission
Bernard Cohen
Cohen
Lucien Dutremble
Dutremble
Michael Bergeron
Biddeford
Bergeron
John Bell
Bell
Prudential Investment Co
George DesRoberts
Norman Poirier
Mass primary boosts liberal Jackson amid party realignment
In Massachusetts and Vermont primary results, Jackson trumped Carter and Udall by winning the liberal labor vote, while Wallace drew strength in Boston’s antibusing districts. Carter and Udall acknowledged momentum favors the President, with Vermont tallies showing Shriver and Harris behind.
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Jimmy Carter
George Wallace
Massachusetts
Jackson
Udall
CBS
NBC News
Today
Wallace
Carter
Boston
George McGovern
Vermont
Shriver
Harris
McCormack
Washington
Ford
White House
CG Station Heads to Negotiations for Shared Use
Officials from the General Services Administration and others plan a 2 p.m. meeting in Biddeford with city representatives and York County Counseling Services to discuss shared use of the abandoned Fletcher's Neck Lifeboat Station. The city seeks a community recreation center and historical society offices, while the counseling group wants a mental health training center. Previous talks dissolved last fall over ownership.
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Fletcher's Neck
General Services Administration
Biddeford
York County
Coast Guard
Biddeford Pool
Biddeford Historical Society
York County Counseling Services
Ossipee NH Votes 232 to 2 Against Private Landfill Project
Ossipee New Hampshire residents approve a private sanitary landfill ban 232 to 2 opposing Ossipee Aggregate Corp. plan linked to Boston Sand and Gravel. The Saco River Corridor Commission flags potential tributary impact and asks EPA to investigate the permit.
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Biddeford
Saco
New Hampshire
Ossipee
N.H
Ossipee Aggregate Corp
Boston Sand and Gravel
Carl Laws
Saco River Corridor Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Biddeford Plans Facelift for Aging Growth Policy
City officials meet Thursday to discuss updating Biddeford's 1963 comprehensive plan. The session with the finance and community development committees and a Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission representative targets a $5,000 update project over nine to 12 months.
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Biddeford
Finance Committee
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
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