Saco Faces Housing Crisis Shrinking Supply and Rising Costs
City struggles with a serious shortage as demand outpaces supply. Elderly renters on low incomes face harsh impacts, while officials warn vacancy rates near zero and a moratorium on multiple dwellings tightens options. York Cumberland study urges federal housing program use amid cost pressures and growth.
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Saco
Berton K. Braley
York- Cumberland Housing Development Corporation
Maine
Boston
Braley
Biddeford
Portland
York- Cumberland
The Draft Lottery Times Have Change But The Excuses Havent
A 1862 humorous Civil War era letter from Patrolman W Nasby outlines feigned ailments avoiding draft. Modern readers compare such letters to contemporary draft boards as Jacqueline Raymond notes boards now thoroughly check and cross check excuses.
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W. Nasby
Dressee
Herbert R. Mayes
Treasury
Atheneum Press
N.Y
Nasby
Lincoln
Ian Hayes
Castine
Dandruff
Verrycose Vanes
Jacqueline Raymond
York County Selective Service Board
Navy plane crashes off Brunswick in Atlantic search resumes
An air sea search for five Navy crewmen aboard a P3 Orion continued after a delay due to fog. The missing crewmen include Lt Cmdr John E Boyer and four others from Lewistown, McGhee, York, Vanceboro, and Bristol. Debris has been recovered as ships work to determine the crash cause.
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Brunswick
Navy
Atlantic
Coast Guard
John E. Boyer
Lewistown
Grover R. Calloway
McGhee, Ark
Jeremiah K. Sullivan Jr
York, Pa
C. Wayne C. Clendenning
Vanceboro
Maine
2.C. Peppels L. Walker
Bristol, Nd
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Ens
Richard Mead
Meade
Maine bill to weaken Site Selection Law eyed by legislators
A bill to weaken Maine’s Site Selection Law is expected next week in Augusta. Sen. Guy Marcotte says the measure addresses outmigration caused by lack of jobs while critics warn it would trade environmental protection for economic gain. Conservation groups cite low rejection rates for projects and push for stronger environmental criteria.
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Augusta
Maine
Guy Marcotte
Dbiddeford
Clifford Goodall
Natural Resources Council of Maine
Department of Commerce and Industry
Students Take Hearing Floor On Ecology Bill
Two 13 year old girls from Kennebunk Junior High and Kennebunkport Consolidated Junior High led major testimony before Maine’s Education Committee in Augusta supporting a bill to require environmental education in all public schools. They described local projects and urged statewide adoption while noting local funding had already started the program.
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Augusta
Kennebunk Junior High School
Kennebunkport Consolidated Junior High School
Maine
Ann Harrison
Frank Harrison
Kennebunk
Susan Martin
Elmont Tyndale
Kennebunkport
House
Mnnor
Susan Braun
Consolidated School
Martin
Joyce E. Lewis
Rauburn
Miss Martin
Inside The Journal Opinion on a first lady president
The piece argues that a woman in the presidency would improve the country citing pollution welfare and equality. Fairlee Albee reflects on business wisdom contrasting clever deals and being taken in and notes on gendered perspectives.
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Fairlee Albee
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Brentwood
Nixon
By Cecil Munson
Biddeford High School
Journal
Carroll R. McGary
Education and Cultural Services
Wounded Knee
S. D
BNAS
Goodall
Bureau of Land Quality Control
Maryline White
Inside the Journal
U.S.A
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