Lonely crowd attends SAD 71 budget hearing in Kennebunkport
In Kennebunk, 13 residents including all five Kennebunkport special study committee members attended a public hearing on the Kool SAD 71 budget of 2,346,206 dollars for the coming fiscal year. Speakers urged cost cuts and bus consolidations while critics labeled the budget obscene and called for administrator and principal salary reductions.
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Kennebunk Area News
Kennebunk
Kool Administrative District 71
SAD
Kennebunkport
Special Study Committee On Alternative Education
SAD 71
Warren Astrowsky
David Walley
Thomas Connelly
Kennebunk suspends two officers after arrest inquiry
Town Manager Kenneth Barrett suspended police officers Joseph Cook and Bruce Nedeau without pay as an internal investigation moves forward into their off duty arrest of Thomas Daggett at Sean's Pizza in Lower Village. Daggett faced an arrest warrant in Saco for driving without a license.
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Kennebunk
Kenneth Barrett
Joseph Cook
Bruce Nedeau
Barrett
Frank Stevens
Barret
Sean’s Pizza
Lower Village
Cook
Nedeau
Biddeford Projects Reviewed for HUD Funding
Biddeford reviews five civic improvement projects for HUD funding under a environmental assessment by the Community Development Committee led by Robert Dodge. No set review deadline. HUD funds totaling 355000 may or may not be awarded. Projects include West More/South Street improvements, acquisition and rehab of substandard structures, Clifford Park, Ross Center work, and a social services ombudsman. HUD response expected by July 1.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Community Development Committee
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Dodge
Westmore
South Street
Clifford Park and
Ross Center
Social Services
Backers Pursue Veto Override On Strip Mining Bill
Washington leaders concede President Ford's veto may stand as supporters push to override. The effort centers on a proposed strip mining bill with opposition acknowledging slim odds in Congress.
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Ford
Kennebunk Pony Owner Wins Appeals Reprieve
The Kennebunk appeals board granted Gloria Mayo a seven day reprieve to keep her pony at the Lower Village home in village residential zoning until seven days after the next special town meeting. The decision ties to a proposed zoning change permitting horses and ponies in village residential areas, with compliance required seven days after passage if adopted.
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Kennebunk
Gloria Mayo
Dana
John McNiff
Route 9
McNiff
Mayo
Storer Street
John
Carol Everett
Everetts
Catherine Bullock
Port Board Denies Appeal On Condominium Plan
Kennebunkport authorities cite setback violations as the reason the port board, by a 4 to 2 vote, denied Fred Ayer’s appeal to extend a non conforming building. Ayer sought to convert a nearby house and garage into a condominium and add a second garage. The board chair cited extension of the new garage as the setback violation.
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Kennebunkport
Appeals Board
Tamaracks
Fred Ayer
Ayer
Robert Howes
Shelepin Toppled From Union Post
MOSCOW AP Radio Moscow reports Alexander N. Shelepin has been relieved of his role as head of the Soviet trade unions, ending his climb from rival to Brezhnev. The decision followed his forced politburo ouster, with the central committee saying he left at his own request.
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Shelepin
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Britain
Politburo
Jury polls jurors on age of sentence in Maine assault case
In a rare Maine experiment, 12 jurors in Arnold Spencer's assault with intent to kill case privately indicated how they would sentence him after Justice Rubin set a 5 to 10 year term. Seven wanted harsher sentences, three favored lighter terms, and no one agreed with Rubin's sentence.
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Harold J. Rubin
Arnold R. Spencer
Ruin
Maine
West Enfield
Bin
Jackson A. Libby
Spencer
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