Maine study urges numbers games to boost lottery revenue
Maine auditors propose the Lottery Commission study adding a daily or weekly numbers game and examine Delaware’s sports betting model. The report suggests boosting sales in towns with low activity, adding multiple contests per week, and comparing per capita revenue with other states, while noting high operating costs stem from low sales.
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Augusta
Maine
Maine Lottery Commission
Commission
Delaware
Raymond Rideout Jr
Rideout
Michigan
Chimp Charley Sells at Auction After Eight-Year Battle
SUFFIELD Conn AP Charley the 7-year-old chimpanzee sold for 525 dollars to a Massachusetts man ending an eight year zoning fight at Grand Game Farm co owners Earl Waterman Jr and Arnold Gould left heartbroken as the auction moved through hundreds of animals bears buffalo mist nets and cages. Dan Southwick bought Charley’s companion Suzie for 425 dollars and plans to keep them together at his Mendon Mass zoo. Waterman mourned saying it’s bad and he won’t visit Charley again after seven hours of bidding concluded with a 150 item sale totaling about 15000 dollars.
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Suffield
Conn
Charley
Meg
Grand Game Farm
Earl Waterman Jr
Arnold Gould
Waterman
Dan Southwick
Harley
Suzie
Southwick
Southwick Wild Animal Farm
Mendon
Mass
Waerman
Democrats Strength in Maine Masks Election Uncertainty
Democrats lead in voter registration in Maine with 224 753 enrolled, close to Republicans 226 680. Independents far ahead at 175 017. turnout and organizing remain weak amid a presidential election year and modest primary participation.
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Maine
GOP
John Linnell
Longley
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Free flu clinic set for Sunday at Kennedy School
A free swine flu clinic is scheduled at Kennedy School West Street Biddeford on Sunday from 10 a m to 4 p m. Health inspector H Allen Berube says inoculations will be given to high risk persons age 65 or older.
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Kennedy School
West Street
Biddeford
H. Allen Berube
Rube
Maine schools violate DEP cleanup deadlines on wastewater
About a dozen Maine schools discharge untreated waste into waterways, violating Oct. 1 deadlines. DEP officials estimate up to 15 districts fail sewage rules and note emergency capital funds may not cover all treatment plants. The Board of Environmental Protection will decide enforcement and district funding actions.
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Augusta
Maine
State Board of One
Moosabee
Stanley ‘R
Leroy Nisbett
Education Department
Eed
Bank adds hours for Biddeford offices in Maine
The First National Bank with five York County offices announces new hours for Biddeford locations. Main Street hours run 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Elm Street Five Points office hours vary by weekday. Drive-in at Five Points opens daily at 8 a.m. with the same weekday schedule. Also, Biddeford High School vending machines were broken into Thursday night, about $400 stolen. window damaged. investigation ongoing.
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First National Bank
York County
Biddeford
Archie B. Maxwell
Main Street
Five Points
Elm Street
Maxwell
Biddeford High School
Jean-Paul Morin
Madisses plan Christmas wreaths and fair at Saco church
The Madisses of First Parish Congregational Church in Saco held a regular meeting led by President Dorothy Lamson. They voted a donation to the Marion Lacy memorial fund and appointed Ethel Smith Ruth Warren and Elvira Lord to the nominating committee. Wreaths were ordered for the Christmas fair on December 4 and sales info was given by Gladys Black and the church office. A workshop is set for November 2 at Esther Black’s home.
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Madisses
First Parish Congregational Church
UCC
Saco
Dorothy Lamson
Theroup
Marion Lacy
Ethel Smith
Ruth Warren
Elvira Lord
Gladys Black
Esther Black
King Street
Evelyn Saunders
Genvieve Heywood
Lillian Lamb
Frances Finneault
Verna Mailman
Ada Stackpole
Ethel Wilson
Wells Branch Extension Christmas Mini Fair
Wells Branch Extension hosts its annual Christmas mini fair on Tuesday November 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wells Branch Community Hall Route 9A. The event features crafts gifts a country store a snack bar a white elephant table and a hot luncheon at noon.
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Wells
Wells Branch
Biddeford woman wins $1000 in Maine Lottery fifth bonus drawing
Adrienne Lamontagne of Biddeford is $1,000 richer after the fifth bonus drawing in the Maine State Lottery instant auto game. Other winners include Anna Luce of Bath James McInnes of Bar Harbor Benny Dearborn of Bath and Robert Savage of Westbrook. The sixth and final bonus drawing is set for Tuesday November 16 in Augusta. By game end $30,000 in bonus prize money will have been awarded.
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Adrienne Lamontagne
Biddeford
Anna Luce
Bath
James McInnes
Bar Harbor
Benny Dearborn
Robert Savage
Westbrook
Lottery Seas
Augusta
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