Saco Conservation Group Voices Park Development Concerns
The Saco Conservation Commission with the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission voices concerns to the State Department of Environmental Protection over Ferry Beach state park plans in Saco. They question design and location, cite beach width, traffic, currents, pollution, and sanitary facilities, and note groundwater risk from leaching fields. They also question a pedestrian tunnel under Route 9 and urge studies of environmental impact and municipal service burdens. Deadline for filing proposals looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Spath
Saco
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Route 9
State Department of Parks and Recreation
Efforts to Protect Goosefare Marsh From Refuge Deletions
Richard B. Parks of the Maine Inland Fisheries and Game says pressure may prevent deletions from the Goosefare acre portion of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge. The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission will decide in about two weeks after receiving protests from Maine officials, Audubon Society, and lawmakers urging retention of the Goosefare area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goosefare Brook Marsh
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Richard B. Parks
State Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Saco Conservation Commission
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Federal Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine
Maine Audubon Society
Three Minutes A Day Three Minutes A Day In Manhattan workshop for kids
Richard Armstrong profiles Mrs. Lynda McNear who runs a weekly two hour moviemaking workshop for children ages seven to twelve in Manhattan. Her students move from still photography to animation and have shown their shorts at Lincoln Center. She emphasizes encouraging young creativity and critical thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynda McNear
Manhattan
McNeur
Lincoln Center Children’s Library
New York City
Cub Scout Pack 310 to Hold Cake Contest
Cubmaster Lloyd Mason announces Pack 310 meeting at the Elks Lodge Portland Road Saco on March 20 at 7 p.m. The theme is a father and son cake contest with prizes for the most original and best decorated cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Mason
Cub Scout Pack
Elks Lodge
Portland Road
Saco
Dear Abby Retirement and Personal Dilemmas
Dear Abby addresses retirement indecision and personal boundaries at work and in romance. Readers share stories of a long serving boss delaying retirement, a man seeking advice about pursuing his psychologist, and a musician facing tips about compensation.
Maine Audubon Society Hosts March Nature Shorts
The item lists a guest evangelistic speaker Harold Duff of Glen Cove at Bethany Baptist Church Biddeford March 16 to 18 with programs including Brazil slides Wednesday night and the film I Saw Aucas Pray Thursday. Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. The feature also compiles nature notes on owls pandas persimmons Monterey pine eucalyptus and ecological topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold, Duff
Christian Schools, Inc
Glen Cove
Bethany Baptist Church
Oak Ridge Road
Biddeford
Clifford Holmes
Brazil
Aucas
Wyecliff Bible Translators
Snowmobile Club Sets Meeting and Bylaw Vote
WEST KENNEBUNK The Lyman Rock Snowmobile Club met at E. Robinsons home with John Thurston presiding. Wanda Robinson delivered the secretarys report and Roland Dutch proposed meeting hall rent approved. Members will vote on bylaws next week. March 29 meeting planned at Robinsons. Some membership openings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Kennebunk
Lyman Rock Snowmobile Club
E. Robinson
Old Falls Road
John Thurston
Wanda Robinson
Roland Dutch
Robinson’s
Miss Fortier Named to Emmanuel College Dean’s List
Emmanuel College in Boston lists 281 undergraduates on the Dean’s List for the first semester of 1972 73. Included is Helene Gabrielle Fortier of Biddeford Maine, a 1974 music major in the liberal arts college for women run near Fenway since 1919 by the Sisters of Notre Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Emmanuel College
Here
L Helene Gabrielle Fortier
Andre Fortier
Biddeford
Maine
Fortier
Fenway
Sisters of Notre Dame
Auger Launches Petition Drive for Wholesome Cable TV
York County Commissioner Clement B. Auger leads a statewide campaign to require wholesome family programming on paid cable TV. He urges moratoriums on licenses until the programming issue is settled, warning against X rated films and federal court rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement B. Auger
York
Auger
T.V
Canada
Maine
America
Supreme Court
Aisse
Cable T.V
Augusta
Ashington
Federal Supreme Court
Well Baby Clinic Planned in Biddeford
A well baby clinic will be held at Biddeford Public Health Nursing office City Building on Thursday at 1 p.m. Immunizations offered include DPT polio measles rubella and DPT polio boosters. Parents bringing children for the first time should contact Biddeford Health Nursing Association to register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford Public Health Nursing Office
City Building
Biddeford Health Nursing Association
Priscilla Chapter OES Elects Officers For Year In Highpine
Priscilla Chapter OES elected officers at the March meeting in Highpine Masonic Hall San ford Road Wels. Elected: Elaine S. LaPierre worthy patron Albert LaPierre worthy patron Loris J. Holden associate matron Arthur M. Perkins associate patron Mildreth L. Kimball past matron secretary Violet J. Rand past matron treasurer D Wheat Nickerson past matron conductress D Joyce Wright associate conductress Sidney W. Blanchard finance committee member for three years Installation set for March 31 8 pm. rehearsal March 25 2 pm. Visitors from Beacon Light North Berwick and Aurora Kennebunkport attended. Memorial service held for three past grand matrons. Money voted for Ocean Lodge A F and A M. Secretary Kimball approved to attend Maine OES Secretaries Association May 14 Augusta. Pot luck supper and refreshments completed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wheat Nickerson
D. Joyce Wright
Sidney W. Blanchard
Elsie Ridlon
Cape Porpoise
Beacon Light
North Berwick
Aurora
Kennebunkport
Grand Chapter
Maine
Ocean Lodge
A.F
A.M
Kimball
Maine Oes Secretaries Association
Augusta
LaPierre
Nickerson
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Julie Dearborn
Elizabeth Nadeau
Karen Letourneau
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Journal Oto
Saco Conservation Group
Sacoon
Joseph Deering
Bay View Road
Samuel Zaitlin
Edmund Muskie
William Hathaway
Peter Kyros
William Cohen
Marsh
Cynthia Breedlove
HawaIi
Trudeau
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Main Street
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Empire Restaurant
Old Orchard Street
Old Orchard Beach
Danny
Nancy Barbano
Dear Abby
Abigail
van Buren
Abby
Nameless
George McGovern
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Pere David
Yangtze River Valley
China
Midwest
Monterey
California
Australia
Council On Environmental Quality
Ecology Council of America
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Frewsburg
New York
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OES
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George Durfee
Eureka
Electrolux
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Alfred Street
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Electone, Inc
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