Planning board chair to stay through year end in Saco
Virginia Moore will continue as Saco planning board chair until year end to allow time for policy development and workload clarification. Board member James Cartier said no other member can yet handle the duties, given the size of the job and the need to craft guidelines before a new chairman takes over. Moore had resigned over a power struggle but agreed to a temporary return.
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Linda Brickley
Saco
Planning Board
Virginia Moore
James Cartier
Beal
Moore
OOB Music Boosters Run Casino Fundraiser in Old Orchard Beach
In Old Orchard Beach, the OOB Music Boosters operated a two and a half month casino at Woolf's Four Flag Motor Hotel to raise funds for the school band. They earned 6079 dollars from games including five card poker and a wheel, with 10 to 14 volunteers, mostly band parents. Funds will cover supplies, instruments, music and trips such as a bicentennial parade in can Mass and a show in Dover New Hampshire. The project followed bake sales and a community calendar as prior fundraisers.
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Woolf
Four Flag Motor Hotel
Depot Square
Langdon
Can Mass
Dover
N.H
Ballot Guard Reduced After Biddeford Review
Biddeford police guard the ballot boxes after a review prompted by markings concerns. City Clerk Luc Angers and candidates Clinton Phinney Jr. and Richard Dutremble approved inspections showing seals and certifications in order, with no tampering found. Guards were scaled back as results showed near parity with Tuesday’s totals and plans for possible further reviews in other towns.
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Larry Stains
Biddeford
Luc Angers
Angers
Victorious County
Clinton W. Phinney Jr
Phinney
Richard Dutremble
Dutremble
Clinton Phinney Sr
Phinney Sr
Saco
Sanford
Ol Orchard Beach
Ward v
Ward
John Fournier
Roch Angers
Roch
Luc
Phinney Jr
Secretary of State
City Hall
Portland
Charles Cragin III
Cragin
Sue Angers
Clinton
Wes
John Ewing
Shipyard building returns to Kennebunkport home
Charles S. Morgan of Chelmsford Massachusetts has donated the David Clark Shipyard office to the Kennebunkport Historical Society. The tiny structure, once on the Kennebunk River, was moved twice before Morgan decided to return it to its 1800s birthplace on North Street. Moving costs are estimated at four thousand dollars, with fundraisers like a Lost Boundaries screening planned to raise funds and guidance from Murray Cott of the Kennebunk Seashore Trolley Museum.
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Kennebunkport
David Clark Shipyard
Kennebunk River
Clark Yard
Charles S. Morgan
Chelmsford
Mass
Society
David Walley
Murray Cott
Kennebunk Seashore
Transporta
MMC President outlines five point plan to curb Maine health costs
Dr Edward C Andrews Jr told Portland Rotary the Maine Medical Center chief proposed a five point program to lower medical costs. He urged hospitals to use sound management, consider regional delivery systems, develop insurance incentive formulas to reduce unnecessary acute care, and lead public health education and prevention efforts.
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Portland, Maine
UPI
Maine Medical Center Today
Edward C. Andrews Jr
Portland
Andrews
Maine
MMC
Nov 5 historical almanac highlights and births
On this day in 1976 Nov 5 marks the 310th day of the year with 56 to follow. Notable events include Zenger starting The New York Weekly Journal in 1733, Galbraith Rogers completing the first transcontinental flight in 1911, and FDR’s 1940 third term victory. Weicker urges Republicans to move left. details on page 3.
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Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
William Durant
Sagen
John Peter Zenger
New York Weekly Journal
Galbraith Rogers
New York City
Pasadena
Calif
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ford accepts defeat while seeking smooth transition
President Ford bears blame for his election loss yet remains dignified and not broken. Aides report he wants a calm handover to a Democratic administration and intends to soothe tensions with a bitter aide as the full story unfolds on page 6.
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Ford
New LA TV Show Skirts Pollution Saga With Dead Air
A Los Angeles television station launches a weekly program aimed at pollution issues but delivers fifteen minutes of dead air each broadcast, tying into ongoing environmental coverage and sparking viewer complaints.
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Los Angeles
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Ptt. Plamondon
John Young
the Almanacky
United Press International
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Frederick K. Biebel
GOP
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