Old Orchard Beach parents push school repairs placated
David Snow and other parents pressed the town to fix two aging School Street elementary schools built in 1881. After meetings the schools were renovated with paved play areas fenced yards carpeted classrooms and updated plumbing and electrical work. Snow now sends his son to one of the twin schools and praises the improvements while noting the effort showed what communities can achieve when they unite.
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John Young
Old Orchard Beach
David Snow
Mark Snow
Beach Town Council
State Education Department
Governor's Office
Snow
Snow Joyce McKee
Old Orchard
No relief in sight for Old Orchard Beach schools
Old Orchard Beach students return to a district rated among Maine's worst by the state Education Department. A $4.3 million school reconstruction, including a new high school, is stalled by a October 1975 moratorium. Governor Longley hints funding delays may extend beyond July 1977 while officials proceed with partial renovations and maintenance.
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Old Orchard Beach
State Department of Education
Maine
Beach
Forecast: Cool Tonight Warm Tomorrow
The forecast notes a cool night followed by a warmer day tomorrow. Temperatures rise from a cool overnight low to a milder daytime high. A mild breeze may accompany the change. No precipitation expected in most areas. Local conditions may vary by region.
Subdivision moratorium in North Saco stalls land splits
North Saco votes a 60 day emergency moratorium on subdivisions in zone C-1 affecting single family homes mobile home parks and planned unit developments. Council debates duration four or six months while planning board recommends restrictions and cites housing impact and sewer capacity concerns.
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Linda Brickley
North
Saco
Planning Board
Rct
Ronald Ayotte
J. Raymond Hobbins
Richard Hjort
Hobbins
Homeland Inc faces moratorium impact on subdivision plans
Homeland Inc of Scarborough and attorney Gordon Ayer dispute moratorium effects as Kennebunk council enacts an emergency ban on subdivisions. Ayer says plans already submitted are unaffected while council bars single lot construction and directs boards to stop accepting or approving restricted applications.
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Planning Board
Homeland Inc
Scarborough
Gordon Ayer
Kennebunk
Ayer
Plans Board
Appeals Board
Peter Cullinan
Homeland
Homeland Plan
Biddeford to Meet Prudential Over Airport Land Deal
Biddeford council debated airport land near the runway and the Biddeford Pool beach issue Tuesday night. It voted to request a meeting with Prudential Investment Company to discuss the firm’s land offer for runway expansion and related airport development.
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Pool Beach Associaton
Biddeford
Biddeford Pool
Prudential Investment Compee
Prudential
Jucien Dutremble
On This Date in History September 8 1976 Highlights
Major events include Huey Long shot in 1935 and dieing two days later. Also 1565 Spanish expedition founded first permanent North American settlement at St Augustine Florida. Northern Pacific Railroad last spike driven near Garrison Montana in 1883. John F Kennedy Center opened in Washington DC costing 70 million. Viktor Belenko MIG 25 defection in Japan and asylum talk.
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Associated Press
Vemens
Huey Long
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
St. Augustine
Fla
North America
Northern Pacific Railroad
Garrison
Mont
Police Chief Ordered to Apologize in Kennebunkport
Kennebunkport Police Commission votes unanimously to require Chief John Rescott to send a written apology to a local businesswoman who alleges he called her a bitch in a phone call last month. She vows not to accept a simple apology and seeks an outcome beyond resignation.
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Kennebunkport
Police Commission
John Rescott
Commission
Kennebunk-Kennebunkport
Peter Kingsley
Optimist Takes a Camera on Fishing Trips
Daily page teaser notes cartoons classifieds crosswords Dear Abby editorials and horoscopes with a joke about an optimist who carries a camera while fishing. The item announces sections and page numbers for movies sports television weather and world news.
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Abby
Maine-Comi
New England
Weather World
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David Melancon
Raymond Magnant
Emery School
John Ewing
Saco Ournai
James Longley
School Street
N. Saco
Hjort
Cullinan
Robert Fenderson
Anton Sanborn
Union Street
Stanley Kozloff
Heath Road
Robert Cassette
Kozloff
Sacoban
Virginia Moore
Fnning
Onning Board
Kathleen O'Connell
Prudential Investment Company
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
John F. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
Asylum
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Ministry
Viktor Ivanovich Belenko
Shin Tokyo Heliport
White House
Ron Nessen
Uzzi
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