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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1973
Page
2
Biddeford Mayor Gilbert R. Boucher will be the first guest on a new interview series on St. Francis College's WBSF FM 90.1. He will be interviewed by news director Paul Demers Sunday at 3 p.m. about college community relations and local community conditions.
Old Orchard Beach town council as licensing board will review numerous license applications on April 2. listed are licenses for cabins motels victualers rooms signs novelty stores vending machines and apartments from multiple owners on Saco Avenue Old Orchard Street West Grand Avenue and surrounding streets.
Senate Minority Leader Joseph Brennan introduces a bill to curb deceptive private detective practices in Maine. The measure bans using Maine in agency names and prohibits aliases, flashing lights, sirens, and police like insignia on cars to prevent citizens from thinking they are in official police investigations. Attorney General Jon A. Lund supports the concept.
John R. Bolduc 24 of Biddeford will coordinate YAPs No Amnesty campaign in Maine for the Young Americans for Freedom. The national conservative youth group opposes amnesty for Vietnam era draft dodgers and deserters and seeks support via resolutions letter campaigns and literature.
Funeral service notices list SHUMWAY AND GROSS at 35 Spring Street Saco 284 5611 Dennett and Craig 365 Main Street Saco Maine 282 EMONDs Funeral Home 284 5511 with Frank X Emond and J P Conroy referenced.
The Sea and Shore Fisheries Department confirms ongoing Red Tide closure of clam flats from the Saco River Biddeford to the Piscataqua River. Soft-shell clams quahogs and mussels remain banned until further notice.
Cub Scout Pack 371 met at Most Holy Trinity Parish Hall Saco with Maurice Bilodeau presiding. Den outcomes included Den 1 winning game 1 Den 3 winning game 2 Den 2 winning game 3. Peter Turgeon earned Webelo items. Bobcat badges awarded to six Scouts. Gold Arrow points to four. silver arrow to Lance Bilodeau. Next meeting set for April 25 with theme Fiesta.
Gerard St. Germain admissions coordinator from Hesser College and Concord College will speak to students about business administration secretarial sciences and computer technology. He will visit Biddeford High April 2 at 11 30 a m Kennebunk High April 2 at 1 p m and Old Orchard Beach High April 6 at 10 30 a m.
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 30s. Variable cloudiness Saturday with a chance of showers and highs from the 40s to the low 50s.
The record lists daily morning and afternoon times for two days with high and low readings, showing 7:44 and 8:14 A.M. plus 1:32 and 2:04 P.M. on the first day and 8:35 and 9:00 A.M. plus 2:23 and 2:52 P.M. on the second.
Council Chagnon union St. Jean Baptiste met Wednesday night at Adams Street hall in Biddeford as three new members were welcomed Raynold Eon John Henderson and Danny Donnegan. President Gerard Parent conducted the session with treasurer Bernard Chretien presenting the report. A donation was voted to sponsor a junior class member at Biddeford High School to attend Boys State in June at the University of Maine Orono.
Transplanted Buckeye Charlie Hanson, 43, deputy chief of the Saco Fire Department, was born in Akron and educated in Old Orchard Beach. A Korea veteran, he is training officer, married to Kathleen Plummer with three children, praising modern gear and two volunteer substations at Camp Ellis and north Saco. He notes 84 hour weeks and hopes to see shorter schedules soon.
Kennebunkport residents packed the Thursday meeting to protest a plan restricting discharge of firearms in town areas. Officials tabled the ordinance for further study and potential future consideration at the annual town meeting.
The Saco Zoning Board of Appeals calls a special meeting on April 5 at 7 30 p.m. in City Hall to discuss the controversial marina at River Lane. Attending will be city officials including the planning board chair, mayor, councilors, and the building inspector.
Kennebunkport planning board found one unit at the Parsons Way development by Robert E. Marier failed setback rules in the town zoning ordinance. Marier removed the unit after notice through attorney Thomas J. Reagan. The board also discussed a 34 unit second story addition to the Llewellyn Lloyd-Davies Yachtsman Motel and the need for proper permits under pre existing rules.
Expectant mothers and husbands attend a weekly Webber Hospital Association prenatal class. A 7 30 p m session at the Nurses Home features Barbara Henderson RN speaking on Exercises During Pregnancy and Birth with Cheryl Taylor RN hosting and hospital tours offered to participants. Enrollment has risen to over 50.
A discussion outlines meat price ceilings amid rising demand for beef and pork. Officials expect prices to stay high, with a long term plan to enforce ceilings through an IRS driven enforcement network. The rule ties ceilings to 30 day sale lows and varies by item and cost recovery.
The Saco Planning Board returned Nicholas P. Scontras plan for a 485 lot expansion of Wildwood without approval. The board cites state local standards and a lagoon sewerage system as major concerns. Environmental concerns from groundwater impact are raised by E K Day of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission while Scontras’ engineer disputes the risk.
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