Saco Buffer Zone Debate over 300-foot strip for Wildwood project
Nicholas Scontras opponent argues buffer unnecessary as lagoon disposal system was abandoned. BEP kept buffer. attorney Roger Elliott contends it separates incompatible uses. Hearing addressed BEP March changes and vacant Section F G plans, with future BEP approval needed for development.
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Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
Saco
Nicholas Scontras
Goosefare
Scontras
Roger Elliott
Elliott
Wildwood
John Patterson
Villa Nursing Home Aides Walk Out Sparks Meeting Planned
Officials from Good Shepherd Villa Nursing Home in Biddeford and the Maine Department of Health and Welfare planned a meeting in Augusta to discuss concerns after a Tuesday afternoon aide walkout. A dozen second shift aides demanded $2.30 hourly wage and staffing increases, four or five returning to work by press time, while state licensing standards require additional nurses on second and third shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolinder
Heart and Welfare
Fuller
Firms Queried On Dump Woes
Saco councilors considered options to fix groundwater pollution from the closed city dump. After meetings with three engineering firms, officials delayed a choice to allow more data. Contamination has affected Maynard Cousens family and may extend to about 15 others near the Buxton Road site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen 0O
Connell
Saco
Michael Searles
Maynard Cousens
Buxton Road
Department of Environmental Protection
Department
Myor Berton Braley
Wiliam Seever
Bill Bois
Geraghty and Miller, Inc
New York
Prescription for a Long Life Chuckle Note
A light daily quip advises going to bed the same day you rise to promote health and well being. The terse homily suggests simple routines as a practical path to longevity in a humorous journal tone.
Arundel And Wells Approve 1975 School Budgets
In Arundel, voters approved a 1975 school budget totaling 411,644.44 with 143,194.66 locally raised, and authorized three new buses to start pupil transportation in 1976. In Wells, about 40 voters at a special town meeting approved a 1,241,039 budget, raising 1,313,525 for taxation and yielding roughly a 10 per thousand tax rate increase, with inflation relief measures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kingsley
Arundel
Larry Bernard
Lucy Cowgill
Robert Saunders
WELLS
James J. Ward
Thomas Vose
Treasurer of State
Vose
Old Orchard Beach plans move toward public safety complex bid
Old Orchard Beach moves toward bidding for a $241,500 public safety complex to house fire and police, with site prep at Titcomb Farm and demolition of the Titcomb house. Bids for subs due June 19 and general contractor bids a week later, completion hoped by early next year.
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Old Orchard Beach
William Koutalidis
Koutalidis
Comlex
Titcomb Arm
Saco Avenue
Group Design of
Portland
Ford Reaction Mixed At NATO Leaders Win Solidarity
In Brussels President Ford and NATO leaders said Soviet forces exceeded defense needs and vowed to restore unity where weakened. They cited world economic strain hindering defense, pledging to face shared problems together. Turkey and Portugal voiced clashes over arms embargo and alignment, while Turkish Premier Demirel condemned the embargo.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ford
North Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
U.S
NATO
Turkey
America
Vasco Goncalves
Portugal
Suleyman Demirel
United States
Berwick Faces Severe Water Shortage in Maine
Berwick Maine faces critical water shortages as pumps sit just half an inch above the well level. Town manager Christian Mumme warns residents to conserve while drought and uncoordinated river usage reduce supply. He seeks better river-level coordination among New Hampshire Water Resources Department, Public Service Water Co, and Spaulding Fiber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwick, Maine
Maine
Christian Mumme
Umme
Berwick
Salmon Falls
Mumme
New Hampshire Water Resources Department
Public Service Water Co
New Hampshire
Spaulding Fiber Co
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Dear Abby
New England
Rtselevision
Kennebunk
Mike Lajoie
Peter Lauzier
Wayne Palmer
Michael Chretien
Pool Street
Biddeford
Credit Union
Peter
Stephen Muskie
Arundel and
Arthur Perkins
Robert Littlefield
Ed Mackel
Mackel
Augusta
L.D
Littlefield
Whic
House of Resorves
Freedom Fighters
Oan
Save Our State
S.D
By Susan Morrison
Jerome Plante
Titcomb Farm House
John Bird
Bird
Plante
Erd
Richard Marshall
Paul St. Hilaire
Lante
Rita Belair
Wayne Street
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