Dutremble Wins Biddeford Democratic Primary Narrowly
Dutremble defeats incumbent Mayor Gilbert Boucher by 62 votes in Biddeford's Democratic Primary and wins seven of 11 city council seats. Results show Dutremble 3011 to Boucher 2949 with recount likely and a 24 hour possible final tally.
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Boucher
Lucien “Babe Dutremble
Gilbert Boucher
Biddeford
Dutremble
Ward
Chris Anton
Anton
Wilfred Pembriant
Democratic School Boards
Pembriant
Earl Goodwin
Amedeo Miniutti
Harrison Grover
Norman Poirier
Guy Farrell
Richard Potvin
Claire Cordeau Malasnik
Robert Nolette
Roger Frechette
Alan St. Amand
Leo Paul Poissant
Daniel Perreault
Norman Laverriere
Police Commission
Raymond Berthiaume
Lucien A
Babe” Dutremble
York County
Richard Dutremble
Gilbert Rh. Boucher
Christopher Couch
Partisans Pick City Committees In Biddeford Primary
Biddeford Democrats elected 11 city committee members including 4 at large and one from each ward. Aristide Angers led at large votes with 2722. Robert Belair and Norman Laverriere also scored strong tallies. Republicans chose their committee with Philomene Center leading GOP hopefuls at 128 votes. George Garnache was bumped by a lower total and a ward limit. Recounts possible in several races.
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GOP
George Garnache
Donald Turgeon
Garnache
Biddeford
Nuts and Bolts
Aristide Angers
Robert Belair
Norman Laverriere
Leonard Levasseur
Laverriere
Armand Bergeron
Arthur Descoteaux Jr
George DesRoberts
John Bolduc
David Redmond
Harrison Grover
Richard Saucier
David Inman
Saucier
Inman
Marc Bouthot
Joseph Jezar
Leo Marchand
Philip Laverriere
Bernard Melancan
Paul Gobeil
David Twomey
Twomey
Philomene Center
John Xaphes
Clement Auger
William Hutchins
Alfred Gagne
Joseph Pelletier
Godefridus Tebbenhoff
Roland Oakes
Ronald Toussaint
Oil Refinery Planned for New Hampshire Coast
New Hampshire Gov. Meldrim Thomson announced Olympic Oil Refinery of New York City plans to build a 400000 barrel per day facility in the Newmarket Durham area on the Great Bay. Spokesman Peter Borras said underground and underwater pipelines would run from Portsmouth to Rye and extend to the Isles of Shoals to unload supertankers.
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Concord. N.H
New Hampshire
Olympic Oi
New York City
Newmarket-Durham
Meldrim Thomson
Peter Borras
Keene
Olympic
la Scotia
Borras
U.S. Senate
Spiro Agnew
Great Bay
Portsmouth
Rye
Isles of Shoals
Thomson
Saco to Start City Administrator Search With New Council
The Saco City Council agreed to create a search committee of the new council and to authorize advertising and interviewing for the city administrator position once the charter takes effect. An interim appointee may be chosen Jan 1, with full hiring after the new council assumes office, potentially delaying final selection by four to five weeks plus reference checks.
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Saco City
Charter Commission
Lioyd Anderson
Ferton Braley
Braley
Anderson
Commission
Paul Reay
Everett Forrester
Reay
Portland
Barnett Shur
United States
Ronald Ayotte
Council
Brealey
Moratorium Extended on Subdivisions in Kennebunk
Kennebunk planning board extended the six month moratorium on subdivisions of 16 units or more to June 1 1974 with a 4 1 vote. The move aims to give the Zoning Review Commission time to review ordinances and propose changes including flood plains shoreland zoning gravel pits historical preservation and cluster housing. Chairman Ed Winston suggested making the commission permanent while some builders warned a one year extension would harm them.
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Kennebunk
Planning Board
Robert Buller
Zoning Review Commission
Commission
Ed Winston
Winston
John Walker
Butler
Zonin Commission
Walker
Contractors Association For Better
Roger Elliott
Levitt and Sons
Summer Street
Kennebunk River
ITT
Levitt
Donald Gardner
Branch Brook
Marion Packard
Kennebunk - Kennebunkport- Wells Water District
Sanford
Wells
Supt
Packard
Conservation Commission
Madelyn Marx
Inside The Journal Beach Arundel Get New Superintendent
Kennebunk stamp collector shares pointers while Skipjack oyster boats vanish today. Office bulletin board quips warn of springtime bungling as residents react to changes and local maritime activity.
No Council Meeting Tonight Due to Recount
The Biddeford City Council will not meet tonight to canvass Monday's primary votes. Officials postponed the meeting because several primary races require recounts. A new time will be set once results are officially tabulated.
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Biddeford
Kennebunkport SAD 71 approves new high school plan
The SAD 71 Board voted 5-3 to fund a new high school and convert the present complex into a middle school, citing space, parking, and future needs. The project, estimated at about 5.58 million dollars, would receive state reimbursement under LD 1994. The board also set site tests, began land search, and contracted Jonzo Harriman Associates for preliminary design.
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Kennebunkport
SAD
Arthur Hedberg
Jonzo Harriman
Jers LitWefield
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Abby
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Libby
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Wentworth
Joseph Storace
White House
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