Maine considers environmental education in public schools
Maine Senate Education Committee chair Sen. Bennett D Katz sponsors a bill to create an elementary and secondary environmental education curriculum with a director of environmental education and a $75 000 appropriation for the next biennium. The measure aims to foster responsible attitudes toward the environment and promote a balanced approach between eco awareness and practicality.
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Phyllis Austin
Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Bennett D. Katz
Educational and Cultural Services Department
Katz
Lewiston Mayor pushes X rating film ban plan
Lewiston Mayor John W. Fermoile backs a law to prohibit X rated movies in the village. He says such a ban could spur similar action elsewhere though Lewiston currently has no movie theater.
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Lewiston
N.Y
Niagara County
John W. Fermoile
Seniors in Maine to get free hunting licenses
Gov. Kenneth M. Curtis signed a bill granting complimentary hunting licenses to Maine residents aged 70 or older who already receive free fishing licenses. The law, sponsored by Sen. Walter W. Hichens, R-Eliot, takes effect 90 days after adjournment.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Walter W. Hichens
R-Eliot
Aircraft crash in Portland kills two pilots and FAA inspector
A Beechcraft King Air crashed on approach to Portland International Jetport killing pilot George D. West and FAA inspector George Phinney. Passenger Arthur Smith survived with injuries as the crash prompted an NTSB investigation and FAA noninvolvement due to internal personnel.
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Portland
National Transportation Safety Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Portland International Jetport
FAA
George D. West
Ballston Spa
N.Y
George Phinney
Waitsfield
West
Arthur Smith
Hudson Falls
Maine Medical Center
John Ryan
Ryan
Bes
Edward Quarles
Smith
Inter
Jnational Paper Co
Warren County
Glen Falls
Phinney
OOB Hearing On Saco Avenue Zoning Change Planned
Old Orchard Beach schedules a public hearing Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Loranger School on two zoning ordinance changes. The plan would establish a business zone along most of Saco Avenue and extend permits rules for uses in business zones, with stricter approval needed from the zoning board of appeals for auto sales, marinas, gasoline stations and amusement facilities.
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Old Orchard Beach
Saco Avenue
Loranger School
Saco
Planning Board
Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeal
Norman Guerette
Instructor Lauzon completes CPC Professional Pilot Course Seminar
Robert Lauzon of York Aviation Biddeford completes a Cessna Pilot Center Professional Pilot Course Procedures Seminar. The program trains CPC personnel in new instruction methods and aims to speed private pilots to higher ratings while reducing costs.
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Robert Lauzon
York Aviation, Inc
Biddeford
Cessna Pilot Center
CPC
Lauzon
Airways Sytem
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