BEP Approves Wildwood Phase F and G With Lagoon Plant
The Board of Environmental Protection approves sections F and G of the Wildwood project covering about 50 acres and 40 house lots served by a lagoon sewage system. Saco Planning Board must grant final approval. Stipulations include a 300 foot buffer along water bodies and DEP review of construction plans. Plans for remaining phases tied to Sept 1 1974 deadlines.
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Board of Environmental Protection
BEP
Nicholas P. Scontras
Wildwood Oo
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
Saco Planning Board
Saco School Board Race Heats Up At Democratic Caucus
Democratic candidate ONeil LeBlanc upset incumbent chair Tobie Nathason at the party caucus. LeBlanc tied on the first ballot and won on the second. Republican Ronald Zehner argues his purchasing and accounting background, especially value analysis, would aid the school board and system.
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O'Neil LeBlanc
Tobie Nathason
LeBlanc
Nathanson
Saco
Ronald Zehner
Open campus policy questioned at Old Orchard Beach High
At a parent night Principal Jerome LePelletier reviewed the open campus plan in place since 1972 and proposed five solutions after noting continued problems. He cited tardies and missing students and warned of strict consequences for late arrivals.
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Old Orchard Beach
Old Orchard Beach High School
Jerome LePelletier
LePelletier
Public hearing debated on Saco development proposal
DEP officials weighed a large local correspondence stream over a plan for 40 house lots with sewage service in Old Orchard Beach. While DEP staff favored a hearing, many letters urged no public hearing and local resolution was emphasized as possible.
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Saco Conservation Commission
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Old Orchard Beach
Saco
Berton Braley
Carl Laws
DEP
Scontras
Peter Danton
D-Saco
Conrad Douville
William Boucouvalas
Saco Planning Board
Robert Cassette
Henry Warren
Bureau of Land Quality Control
Washington
Warren
BEP
Full-Blown Hearing Continues On Tapes
Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben Veniste says eight former Nixon aides will be called to testify about White House claims two crucial conversations were unrecorded. Judge Sirica keeps hearing set, while discrepancies over tape boxes and the April 15 1973 Nixon Dean conversation fuel questions.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Richard Ben Veniste
H. R. Haldeman
Ben Veniste
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
J. Fred Buzhardt
Nixon
John W. Dean II
Dean
Secret Service
Raymond C. Zumwalt
Zumwalt
Parks Bond Debate Sees York County Benefit Questioned
Stuart says southern Maine projects would gain from the $3 million parks bond and disputes a Journal report claiming York County would benefit little. He notes statewide plan guidelines and cites York and Cumberland acquisitions including Wells Limington Scarborough Beach and Wolf Neck, urging county voter support for the bond.
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Stuart
York County
Maine
Lawrence Stuart
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
The
Journal
Bil
Joseph Brennan
Portland
James Tierney
Lisbon Falls
Maine Audubon Society
Bureau
of Parks and Recreation
York
Cumberland Counties
Bureau of Paes
Cumberland
York Counties
Limington
Ossippee
Saco
Cumberland County
Scarborough Bach
Wolf Neck
Freeport
Scarborough River
Long Island
Little Chebeague Island
Jewell Island
Clark Cove
Harpswell
Saco River
Biddeford Teachers Pact Nears After Mediation Session
After a Thursday night mediation between the Biddeford Teachers Association and the Biddeford School Board, a contract agreement reportedly emerged. Teachers are set to vote this afternoon on the proposal, with optimism noted by both sides and the potential for fact finding if rejected.
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Biddeford Teachers Association
Biddeford School Board
Roger Snow
Kennebunkport Tries To Save Elm Island Of Elms
In Kennebunkport Tree Wardens Ralph Smith and Carter Harris work to protect the town’s elms from Dutch elm disease. They use pruning and insecticide methods and have begun injecting trees with benomyl after DDT spraying was banned. The approach aims to cut elm losses from about 25 percent yearly to around 10 percent with 356 trees remaining.
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Kennebunkport
Ralph Smith
Carter Harris
Smith
Harris
South Street
Peter Kingsley
Inside The Journal Today's Chuckle
A humorous note hints at a special watch for taxpayers that would not tick but would wring its hands, framing a light dig at fiscal monitoring.
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Wildwood
Michael Spath
Saco School Board
Democrat
John Ewing
Democratic School Board
Roderick Potter
Federal Department Health, Education and Welfare
Elizabeth Shaw
Maurice Ross
Conner Moore
Sirica
Biddeford
K*port
Ls Island of
Elms
By Peter Kingsley
Inside the Journal
Merrill Transport
Salmon Falls
Abby
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