Red Carpet Club Fire Destroys Beach Establishment
A suspicious fire leveled the Red Carpet Club at 95 West Grand Ave Old Orchard Beach injuring no one but forcing mass response from Beach Saco and Scarborough units. Owner Denis Dancoes had bought the club last week and said no one resided there while investigators probe the blaze and threats to the new owner’s family are noted.
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Red Carpet Club
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Beach
Denis Dancoes
Kennebunk Junior High adopts staggered sessions for next year
The SAD 71 board approved a plan keeping seventh and eighth graders in the junior high with staggered attendance to ease overcrowding. About 60 attendees welcomed the proposal and rejected earlier ideas to move all grades six to eight to the Consolidated school. Student council member Jayne Bergeron praised activities planned and noted late dismissal concerns.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Kennebunk
Privcae
Shirley Grover
Arthur Hedberg
Jayne Bergeron
Miss Bergeron
Saco appoints Amoroso as police chief in 4 to 3 vote
The Saco city council confirms Francis E. Amoroso, director of Portland police crime prevention and youth aid, as chief over out of town opposition led by three Democrats. Councilor Hobbins sides with Republicans, citing charter power to confirm the administrator’s choice. Audience debate centers on merit versus local advancement, with support for Amoroso from Dr. Kane and others.
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Susan Morrison
Saco
Francis E. Amoroso
Portland
Crime Prevention and
Robert Cassette
William Boucouvalas
O'Neil LeBlanc
J. Raymond Hobbins
Amoroso
Hobbins
John Dexter
Alberick Martin
Ronald Ayotte
Cassette
Martin
Samuel Zaitlin
Thomas Kane
York County Counseling Services
Kane
Lloyd Anderson
Robert Stanwood
Boucouvalas
LeBlanc
Ficer
Artin
David Corbett
Amoroso Named New Chief of Saco Police Department
Francis Amoroso won a 4-3 city council vote to become Saco police chief succeeding retiring Chief Alfred Cote. He will leave Portland where he directs crime prevention and community relations and plans a 30 day notice. He pledged to prove capable while noting no personal attacks from opponents.
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Francis Amoroso
Saco PD
Parttime candidate Boucher wins in Portland event
Gilbert R. Boucher 51, ex mayor of Biddeford, spoke at a downtown Portland hotel addressing the Greater Portland Democratic Women's Club after a long day as a contractor. He outlined his campaign backbone issues and answered questions from candidates for county offices and state and federal seats.
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Maine
Gilbert R. Boucher
Greater
Democratic Women’s Club
Boucher
Biddeford
May 25 in History 1787 1836 1961 1974
Today in history notes key events on May 25. Delegates met in Independence Hall to frame the U.S. Constitution in 1787, John Quincy Adams warned against Texas annexation in 1836, Kennedy urged a moon goal in 1961, Nixon defended the presidency in 1974, and Concorde flights highlighted five years ago.
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Associated Press
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
U.S
John Quincy Adams
Texas
House
Mexico
John Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Europe
Africa
Concorde SSTs Make US Debut At Dulles Airport
Aviation history as two Concorde SSTs land at Dulles International Airport Washington after 1400 mile per hour Atlantic runs from Britain and France They will carry first paying passengers to Europe today The takeoffs expected to be louder than landings.
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United States
Dulles International
Wash
Atlantic
Britain
France
Europe
These days most people worry about two things
The snippet notes concerns over returning to normalcy and the fear that life may already be normal, reflecting a common pessimistic take on post event adjustment. It frames public sentiment as tethered between disruption and acceptance.
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Thomas Smith
Herschel Desjardins
Dancoes
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Beach Department
John Young
Zaitlin
Dexter
Stephen Muskie
Alfred Cote
Congress
Rocky
Ford
New York
Biodeford
Journal
New England
Abby
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