One hope in OOB drive for new school
In Old Orchard Beach, residents rally around Mark Snow after he bars his seven year old from School Street School. The Town Council backs him, peers form a Concerned Parents Committee, and petitions circulate as Augusta debates plans for a new elementary and high school.
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OOB
John Young
Old Orchard Beach
Mark Snow
David
School Street School
Snow
School Street
H. Lawin Millett Jr
Department of Educational and Cultural Services
Longley
Leatric
Concerned Parents Committee
Augusta
Young skater Jane Crawford eyes 1980 Olympic path
In Kennebunkport a 13 year old named Jane Crawford trains six hours daily at York Ice Arena under coach Harry Bennett, aiming for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. She endures a strict diet and family sacrifices, balancing tutoring and homework as she pursues figure skating artistry and sport.
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Peter Kingsley
Jane Crawford
Harry Bennett
Jane
Lake Placid
York Ice Arena
Iddeford
Dorothy Hamill
Goose Rocks Beach
Kennebunkport
Richard Gunn
Susan Reed
Gunns
Joseph Crawford
Augusta
Bennett
Winter budget boosted by late season snowstorms in Saco
Saco faces higher snowfighting costs as storms in January February and March exhaust salt funds and push expenditures beyond the initial plan. City Administrator John Dexter raised the snow removal budget from 56 000 to over 78 000 while salt spending already reaches 16 000 and other line items such as hired trucks sand heating fuel and related costs exceed expectations.
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Saco
John Dexter
Dexter
Biddeford Sewer Project Stalled Over Gas Line Protection
Biddeford’s cross country sewer project stalls as Northern Utilities delays blasting until gas line protection is installed. Mayor Dutremble cites an $8,000 encasement estimate and says the city will decide payment responsibilities after council readings.
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Biddeford
Araigo
Lucien Dutremble
Northern Utilities Inc
Dutremble
Northern Utilities
Snafu
Biddeford weighs study on Greenfield Lane development
Biddeford city officials consider authorizing an engineering study costing 1100 to 1400 to support a possible court case over enforcement actions at the Greenfield Lane West Street subdivision. Housing inspectors report water intrusion and cracks in undisturbed homes, with frost cited as a major factor by engineers.
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Biddeford
Greenfield Lane
West Street
E. Allen Berube
Berube
Holly Homes
Allen Sakalas
E.C. Jordan Engineering
Portland Company
Frost
Alan Casavant
History notices mark events from 1917 to 196? on March 8
On March 8 events span 1917 riots and a strike in St Petersburg signaling the Russian Revolution, 1765 Stamp Act passage by the British Lords, 1865 Dutch canal project near Amsterdam, 1894 New York first to require dog licensing, and a ten year ago Indonesian student action in Jakarta at the Foreign Ministry.
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Associated Press
Horne
St. Petersb
House of Lords
Netherlands
Asterdam
North Sea
New York
Warwick school wins New England schoolboy wrestling title
Hendrickson High School of Warwick Rhode Island captured the New England schoolboy wrestling championship at Biddeford School Tiger Gym on Saturday during the 12th annual tournament. Visit page nine for full coverage.
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Hendrickson High School
Warwick
R.I
New England
Biddeford School
Tiger Gym
Florida Primary Tonight Tests Dem and GOP Hopefuls
Tomorrow Florida votes in the presidential primary with Jimmy Carter depicted as a leading contender. The piece notes the Democratic and Republican hopefuls face a key acid test and directs readers to page seven for full details.
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Miami
Florida
Today Inside the journa Chuckle on pennies and taxes
A light humorous note suggests careful spending will ease tax burdens. It playfully frames money management as a simple, practical habit for readers.
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Ernest F. Hollings
D.S.C
Hollings
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Muskie
OOB Town Council
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Coach Bennett
Stephen Muskie
Department of Education
Millett
Department of Educational and
State Board of Education
By Susan Morrison
Michael Bergeron
Casavant
Norman Poirier
E.C. Jordain
Indonesia
Jakarta
Jimmy Carter
Journa
Bulletin Board
Maine
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