Biddeford Plans Panel Skeptical of Elderly Housing Project
Biddeford planning board members criticized the Prospect Street development and MSHA handling. They called the 40 unit elderly housing plan poor land use and undesirable wooden structures, urging closer city consultation and noting site and process are preliminary. A Sept. 23 meeting with MSHA is planned to discuss changes. The board also seeks alignment with the zoning appeals board on the aging ordinance.
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Biddeford
Bernard Cohen
MSHA
Ray Gagne
Robert Collette
Cohen
Planning Board
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Massachusetts
Tambone Corp
Reading
Copany
Prospect St
Wayne Davis
City Council
Zoning Board of Appeals
Appeals Board
Bradford Jerome
Donahue Case Ground Rules Established
The Aug 13 hearing will test whether York County District Attorney William Donahue should be removed from office. An eight member tribunal of the governor and executive council will judge with equal votes and due process. Witnesses sworn, stenographic record kept, informal but constitutional rights protected.
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Augusta
York County
William Donahue
Bert Prunty
University of Maine Law School
Prunty
Donahue
Sec. of State
Mark Gartley
Maine
Joseph Brennan
Alfred
Brennan
Arrests Made In Vandalism In Kennebunk
Police arrested Edward Paro Jr. and John L. Larrabee after a tip linked them to vandalism causing thousands of dollars in damage in Kennebunk. Both 21 and 22, they were charged with malicious damage to buildings and vehicles and released on bail. arraignment in Saco District Court not yet set.
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Kennebunk
Edward Paro Jr
Western Avenue
Sea Road
John L. Larrabee
Frank Stevens
Saco District Court
Bruce Nedeau
Crag Linscott
Stevens
Biddeford Eyes Federal Grants For Public Works Plan
Biddeford may seek 100 percent grants under the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1975 as unemployment tops 14 percent. City leaders urge council to list projects from the 1963 plan and recent studies, aiming for fast funding and $3 to $4 million, with total 1976 funds estimated at about $5 billion nationally.
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Biddeford
Economic Improvement Commission
Roger Johnson
Robert Dodge
Johnson
Alfred Road
Michael Bergeron
Port police case stalls as by law questioned at Miller hearing
In Kennebunkport a public hearing on former officer Michael Miller’s dismissal raised questions about the police commission by laws and state statutes. The panel recessed the appeals hearing pending town counsel review of legality, with charges of selling a car to a minor and insubordination under scrutiny.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Police Commission
Michael Miller
Miller
Peter Edmands
Biddeford
John Prescott
Commission
Donald Bryant
Prescott
Atty
Edmonds
Bryant
David Wildes
Maine
New Hampshire
Wildes
Town Counsel
Hannaford Plans Saco Shopping Center on Route 1
Hannaford Brothers of South Portland will start construction of a 40 000 to 45 000 square foot shopping center on Route 1 in Saco early next year with a 25 000 square foot Martin's market and a 6 000 square foot Wellby drug store. The project covers about 35 acres between Academy and Stockman avenues with possible opening as early as October 1976.
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Hannaford Brothers Co
South Portland
Saco
Larry Plotkin
Hannaford Brothers
Martin’s
Wellby Drug
Plotkin
Hannaford
Academy
Stockman Avenues
Zoning Appeals Board
Stockman
Academy Avenues
Saco Planning Board
State Department of Environmental Protection
Martin
Storer St
Guardsmen Released From Active Duty In Boston
Gov. Dukakis orders 600 National Guard troops released from active duty as Boston resumes Phase 2 desegregation measures. City attendance rises to 73 percent with minimal trouble, while a peaceful antibusing march in Charlestown turns violent briefly. A Black student at South Boston High is suspended for carrying a baseball bat.
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Boston
Michael S. Dukakis
National Guard
Fargo
Camp Curtis Guild
Reading
Charlestown
Massachusetts General Hospital
South Boston High School
S School E
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State Supreme Court
Veterans Council
Elks Club
Portland Road
Camile Roy
David Wright
Inside the Journal
New England
Abby
John Martin
Martin Food Store
Charlestown High
South Boston High
Louis Perullo
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