Saco Firehouse Plans Move To Standard Designs
The Saco City Council, urged by the public property committee, voted to seek standard firehouse designs from national firefighter associations after current plans were deemed insufficient for bids. Disputes over planning authority and attorney general guidance sparked debate among council members and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Morrison
Public Property Committee
Saco
North Saco
van Psomiades
James Ward
Patricia Reay
Psomiades
Reny
Berton Brale
Braley
Arthur Prentiss
Attorneyeneral
Raley
Portland
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer
Ford hints at energy compromise with surprise action
President Ford told 70 freshman Democrats he would have a surprise later in the day as he weighs vetoing a bill delaying oil tariff hikes. White House sources say he may postpone the second and third $1 a barrel tariff increases for 60 days while Democrats push energy plans including higher gasoline taxes and oil quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
White House
Timothy Wirth
Colorado
Senate
Congress
House
Expansion Planned New Hospital In Webber's Future
The Webber Hospital Association outlined plans for expanded health care services and potential construction of a new hospital in the Biddeford-Saco area. A spring 1976 start for a new facility is possible, with sites in Biddeford and Saco under consideration and other parcels explored. renovations to the current Elm Street location are also discussed as part of the planning process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Couch
Webber Hospital Association
Biddeford-Saco
Webber Hospital
Kenneth Omundsen
Biddeford
Saco
Association
Lloyd Anderson
Alfred Road
Mountain
Cole Roads
Journal
Lincoln and
Bradbury
Lucia Kimball
Anderson
South Street
Webber
Elm Street
Omundsen
Recall Hearing Date Set For Old Orchard Beach Councilors
Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Wernick will hold a hearing March 25 at 10 a.m. to decide if and when to call a recall election for Old Orchard Beach councilors Richard Marshall Arnold Morin Thomas Lee Sr. and Paul St Hilaire after 15 residents petitioned the court. The town charter requires a recall election if 20 percent sign petitions. otherwise the court may order one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Supreme Court
Sidney Wernick
Old Orchard Beach
Richard Marshall
Arnold Morin
Thomas Lee Sr
Paul St. Hilaire
Justice Wernick
Edward Gaulin
Paul Frinsko
Frinsko
York County Superior Court
Maine Supreme Court
John Bird
Bird
Rita Belair
Jerome Plante
Gaulin
Journal
St. Hilaire
Marshall
Voter Turnout Large In Kport Elections
In Kennebunkport the youth movement and a new woman on the police commission mark a high turnout. Two under 30s join the board of selectmen with Abbott Pendergast, Stedman Seavey, and Charles Sullivan winning seats for staggered three year terms. Mrs Warrell Kingsbury leads for police commissioner with 416 votes, first woman elected since formation of the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Board of Selectmen
Police Commission
Planning Board
Shoreland
Abbott Pendergast
Stedman Seavey
Charles Sullivan
Pendergast
Seavey
Sullivan
Selectman
James H. Johnson
Ivan T. Wildes
Warrell Kingsbury
Goose Rocks Beach
Beryl Bilderback
Kingsbury
Nelson Hanson
Titcomb Farm Site Approved By Town Council
Titcomb Farm in Old Orchard Beach was approved as the site for a proposed 1972 public safety complex despite objections over safety concerns. The plan includes a June 1 construction target and requests for architectural bids by March 13 while also addressing a separate wetlands alteration case involving C Jackson Caldwell and ongoing debates in the Conservation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen O’connell
Old Orchard Beach
Titcomb Farm
John Bird
Apore
Thomas Smit
Richard Lamb
Bird
Jerome Plante
Plante
Tax Form Frustration Becomes Religious Experience
A humorous note in Today's Chuckle likens this year’s income tax blanks to a religious ordeal that passeth all understanding, poking fun at the overwhelming procedure.
Construction dispute over wetlands permit in Ocean Park
Robert Corliss, hired by C. Jackson Caldwell, stands by a foundation for a house in Ocean Park. Delays followed when C. Jackson Barstow and wife Carolyn sought a Department of Environmental Protection determination on whether a permit was required to alter wetlands. The town council approved the permit unanimously on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Marshall
C. Jackson Caldwell
Bird
The
Conservation Commission
Bird Heads
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Caldwell
Ocean Park
Department of Environmental Protection
Carolyn
C. Jackson Barstow
Commission
Milliken Road
Robert Corliss
DEP
Titcomb Farm
Department of Environmen
Tal
Dob
Stephen Muskie
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N. Saco
Saco Council
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Ford Administration
Ullman
Dick Danforth
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