Saco Crime Prevention Efforts Expand Local Unit
Police officer Richard Neault leads a new crime prevention program in Saco advising locks alarms and staff training. He has notified over ten businesses since last week and will conduct home security checks. Neault believes community involvement can displace crime, while Chief Francis Amoroso notes criminals may relocate.
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Saco
Richard Neault
Eault
Neault
Portland
Francis Amoroso
Crime prevention effort in Saco police program expanding
Saco Police Chief and Officer Neault promote a state wide crime prevention concept. Neault trained at the national academy stresses deterrence through security improvements and community involvement. The city reports 570 crimes in 1975 and 401 offenses in the first nine months of the year with expected slight rise.
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Neault
Portland
Nault
University of Louisville
Saco
Amoroso
Diamond donates Saco River land for Biddeford park plan
Diamond International Corp donates land along the Saco River in Biddeford including a former sawmill site to the city. The deed presentation at city hall marks a potential public park with existing buildings used by the public works department or later chosen by the city. Local executives Don Wilson and Alan Coker were to present the deed to Lucien Dutremble.
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Biddeford
Diamond International Corp
River Street
Saco River
Upper Street
Horrigan’s Court
Diamond
Public Works Department
Don Wilson
Eastern Retail
Alan Coker
OOB seeks federal funds for schools
Old Orchard Beach town officials push for federal Public Works funds to finance a new high school and the Jameson School addition and renovation. Officials estimate 10 to 15 million dollars may come to Maine, with applications to be filed within 40 days.
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Amy Levy
Old Orchard Beach
Jameson
State of Maine
Christopher Kent
OOB
Lawrence C. Bernard
Allied Engineering Inc
Maine
Commerce Department
Split vote keeps Public Safety Commission issue alive
Old Orchard Beach town leaders clash over whether to push to disband the Public Safety Commission. Councilor Litwinett calls the referendum a success and favors no further action while Councilor Cummings hints the council may revisit the issue later. Several officials cite accountability and centralized governance as goals.
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Old Orchard Beach
Public Safety Commission
John Litwinett
Litwinetz
E. Emerson Cummings
Cummings
Richard Marshall
Christopher Kent
Ent
Berube gone not controversy in Biddeford council
Former Biddeford housing inspector and health officer E Allen Berube resigned after a contentious debate. At a city council meeting many argued about the resignation’s acceptance and the need for proper review. Mayor Dutremble and city officials clashed with Berube supporters over recon sideration and possible rehiring. The issue was tabled, with the vote split along party lines and several members absent.
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Kathleen O'Connell
Biddeford
William Zuke
E. Allen Berube
Zuke
Berube
Lucien Dutremble
Dutremble
Marcel Viger
Luc Angers
Richard Lambert
Alan Casavant
Lambert
Richard Potvin
Potvin
Ayor Dutremble
Michael Bergeron
Gerard Rheault
Robert Paeta
Roger Frechette
Fernand Genest
Otvin
Norman Poirier
Lambert, Casavant
Bergeron
Ellen O'Leary
Almanac highlights and notable birthdays for November 4, 1976
The day marks Will Rogers’s birth in 1879 and Walter Cronkite’s 60th birthday. Notable events include Lincoln’s 1842 marriage, Japan cited by the League of Nations in 1931, Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential win, and Phoenix’s 1975 mayoral milestone. Boston and St. Louis draft Bill Campbell in the first re‑entry draft with page 15 full story.
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The
Almanacky
United Press International
Scorpio
Will Rogers
Walter Cronkite
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Mary Todd
Springfield
Ill
League of Nations
Japan
Manchuria
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Phoenix
Ariz
Margaret Hance
Kentucky
Mississippi
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Bill Campbell
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Louis Cardinals
Campbell
Saco Indoor Farmers Market Moves This Winter
Saco city hall auditorium will host the Farmers and Artisans Market Saturdays from Nov 13 to Dec 18 as cold weather drives the move from the Saco-Biddeford Savings Institution lot. Arthur Lerman supports the plan, noting benefits for local farmers, downtown businesses, and community socializing, with 27 vendors already issued permits.
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Saco
City Hall
Saco-Biddeford Savings Institution
Arthur Lerman
John Dexter
Lerman
Spirit of
Richard Tryon
Factory Island Natural Foods Restaurant
Inside the journal Today’s chuckle on aging
The page notes a humorous take on age as a practical fact to hide. It comments that some people view aging pragmatically, using it as a cover for vanity or humor. The tone blends light satire with everyday observations about growing older.
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Centi
Ournab
Riverside
Diamond International
Diamond Match Company
Vanity Fair
U.S
Company
Ho Pomp
Iddeford
John Ewing
John Bird
State Board of Education
Bird
Kent
Safety Commission
Ford
Betty
Carter
Bs House
Rosalynn
White
Linda Brickley
Journal
Englan
Abby
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