SAD 71 budget reflects increase holding pattern
SAD 71 in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport proposes a 2,536,273 dollar budget for 1976 77 an 8 4 percent rise led by a 5 percent teachers pay increase despite unsettled contracts The plan keeps essential programs but reduces special education and cancels new science curriculum spending Voters meet May 25 with informational sessions planned in both towns and possible staff cuts if the budget fails.
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Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk High School
Budget figures Shape up at OOB
OLD ORCHARD BEACH The town's 1976 budget actions hinge on a Thursday hearing as the council raised eight department budgets and cut six from Ac ting Town Manager Jerome Plante's earlier proposals. Public Works gains cover a 7.6 percent raise for 16 employees and road programs. police and fire see some cuts, while funding for hoses radios and equipment is debated. The council aims to finalize the budget by the end of May.
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Old Orchard Beach
Jerome Plante
Plante
Department of Public Works
DPW
Christopher Kent
E. Emerson Cummings
Garage to become motel unit on Portland Road
The Saco age board voted Thursday to allow Roy Blanchard to convert a garage on Portland Road into a motel unit. The board also granted Robert Gobeil a variance to build a loading deck and garage at 213 North St with board member Richard Hawes opposing as it could extend a nonconforming use. Callahan won a variance to build a two car garage two feet from the property line, 24 by 24 feet. Stephen Corey’s variance for a single car garage at 11 Grant St. failed to appear and will get a second appearance.
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Saco Age Board
Roy Blanchard
Portland Road
Robert Gobeil
North St
Richard Hawes
Ard
Richard Callahan
Stephen Corey
Grant St
Rodney Watson
Corey
Card of Thanks for hospital care
Mrs. Lorraine Cartier thanks Drs. Fortier and Charest Fathers Daigle and St. Cyr nurses at Webber Hospital and all friends and relatives for kindness during her stay.
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Drs. Fortier and Charest
Fathers Daigle and
St. Cyr
Webber Hospital
Lorraine Cartier
Bomb threats sweep Maine capital prompting closures
In Augusta and nearby towns police and fire units responded to a wave of bomb threats across the state capital and surrounding areas. Banks, schools, and government buildings were evacuated or secured, with no bombs found but heightened precautions continuing after CMP explosions earlier in the week.
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Augusta
Maine
Central Maine Power Co
Winthrop
Bank of Maine
Cony High School
Vickery-Hill
City
Zayres
Whitten Road
Federal
Maine District Court
Bangor
WRKD
Rockland
Augusta Mental Health Institute
CMP
Auburn
Peter Mador
Saco Seeks Federal Funds For 14 Million Sewer Plan
Saco officials hear optimistic news from Brad Jones of Cof o and Richardson engineers that the city is likely to receive federal support for its 14 million sewer project. Key steps include upgrading the Factory Island plant for 1.55 million and building a secondary treatment plant for 3.8 million.
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Saco
Brad Jones
Cofo and
Richardson Engineering Frm
Jones
Boston
Factory Island
Uncle Sam
Maine
U.S. House of Representatives
Lant
Dennis Purington
Department of Environmental Protection
Nutty idea sparks kids theater with Peanut Butter Readers
The Peanut Butter Readers create cheater's theater blending chamber and reader's theater with mime dance and song to enliven children's books for elementary students. Formed in 1975 by University of Maine at Portland Gorham graduates, the group draws on diverse arts backgrounds and has support from Maine libraries associations and state arts groups.
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Kennedy School
Gorham
Marie Thibodeau
Peanut Butter Readers
University of Maine At Portland- Gorham
Peanut Butter
The
Maine State Library
New England Theater Association
Maine Right To Read Program
Maine State Commission On the Arts and Humanities
Reverend Clifton Wood Elected Church Council President
The Rev. Clifton J. Wood of Foss Street United Methodist Church Biddeford was elected president of the Biddeford Saco Council of Churches at the annual meeting held there. Other officers include Rev. James W. Fletcher second vice president Rev. Sumner M. Grant and Rev. Robert Brennan as youth action co chairs with Mrs. Clayton Cartmill and Mrs. William Searle re elected as secretary and treasurer respectively. Past presidents honored were Robert J. Fenderson Ernest S. Woodworth James T. Goudouras Rev. Paul K. Weimer Mrs. Clyde Dutton and Mrs. Clement Taylor. Sister Saco provided the guest address.
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Clifton J. Wood
Foss Street United Methodist Church
Biddeford
Biddeford-Saco
William Searle
Robert J. Fenderson
Ernest S. Woodworth
James T. Goudouras
Paul K. Weimer
Clyde Dutton
Clement Taylor
Saco voters urged to register before June 8 primary
The Saco Board of Voter Registration opens May 18 through 21 and May 24 through 26 at City Hall Cutts Avenue for voters to register or change name or address. Office hours 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm, with additional open polling day. Kennebunkport news notes John E. Spita resignations and moves amid Auburn posting changes.
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Saco Board of Voter Registration
Saco
City Hall
Cutts Avenue
Independent runs for State Senate District Three
Peter Kellman announces his candidacy as an independent for State Senate District Three. The 30-year-old Springvale resident says he is running as an independent in the race.
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Peter Kellman
Springvale
Graduation Exercises Set at University of Maine Orono
About 1500 candidates are slated for bachelor and graduate degrees at the University of Maine Orono commencement on May 22 at 11 a.m. at Alumni Field. District includes Acton Alfred Berwick Cornish Lebanon Limerick Limington Lyman Newfield Parsonsfield Sanford Shapleigh Waterboro.
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Patricia J. Boutet
Albert L. Couture
Michael D. Lachance
Kathleen MacDougall
Deborah A. McNabb
Peter A Moumouras
Alexander A. Mouzas
Jonathan M. Staples
Wendy A. Weiler
Saco
Scott B. Going
David B. Peterson
Mark A. Truman
Robert A. Wentworth
Kennebunk
Jeffrey D. Cole
John H. Fiske
Christina Rebmann
Kennebunkport
Robert E. Duquette
Roland G. Lacroix
Old Orchard Beach
Arthur T. Vose
Wells
Larry A. Hammond
Waterboro
Kellman
Maine Farmer's Coalition
Mane
Springvale
Ralph M. Lovell
Sanford
John Roberts
Acton
Alfred
Berwick
Cornish
Lebanon
Limerick
Limington
Lyman
Newfield
Parsonsfield
Shapley
Madisses hold final season meeting at Saco parish hall
The Madisses of First Parish Congregational Church met at Beach Street Saco for the final meeting of the season. The next workshop is May 18 at Esther Black's home in Saco. Members were asked to bring fair items to the workshop and plan for the spring banquet May 27 at Kennebunk Beach.
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First Parish Congregational Church
United Church of Christ
Beach Street
Saco
Thelma Kallock
Esther Black
King Street
Sea Spray Motor Inn
Kennebunk Beach
Kallock
Marion Lacy
Elizabeth White
Lillian Lamb
May Merrill
Barbara Freeman
Irene Mclver
Historian Ernest Brousseau resigns from OOB posts
Ernest Brousseau announces resignation as chairman of the OOB bicentennial committee and as town historian in a letter to Council Chairman E. Emerson Cummings. He says he wants to devote more time to painting sculpture writing and poetry.
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Old Orchard Beach
Ernest Brousseau
Council
E. Emerson Cummings
Brousseau
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