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Make your concerns known by contacting the following legislators:
Appropriations Committee
Senator Karl W. Turner
16 Town Landing Road
Cumberland ME 04110
829-6427
Representative Linda M. Valentino
P O Box 1049
Saco ME 04072
282-5227
Representative David C. Webster
P O Box 124
Freeport ME 04032
865-4311
Representative John C. Robinson
15 Cranberry Pond Road
Raymond ME 04071
655-8657
Health and Human Services Committee
Senator Joseph Brannigan
168 Concord Street
Portland ME 04103
772-6047
Representative Paulette Beaudoin
32 Herring Avenue Extension
Biddeford ME 04005
284-6324
Representative Gary A. Connor
10 Patterson Drive
Kennebunk ME 04043
985-5799
Representative James Campbell
P O Box 29
West Newfield ME 04095
793-2396
Representative Sarah Lewin
110 Pleasant Street
Eliot ME 03903
439-0354
Senate
Philip L. Bartlett, II (D-Gorham)
6th district
141 South Street
Gorham, ME 04038
(207) 839-7827
Lynn Bromley (D-South Portland)
7th district
102 Mitchell Road
South Portland, ME 04106
(207) 799-2065
Maine House of Representatives
John F. McDonough (R-Scarborough)
127th district
6 Old Blue Point Road
Scarborough, ME 04074
(207) 883-7023
Peggy A. Pendleton (D-Scarborough)
128th district
110 Holmes Road
Scarborough, ME 04074
(207) 883-5414
Bessey Commons Senior Housing
The Bessey School project, known as Bessey Commons, is well under way. This senior housing project on Route One across from Town Hall, is scheduled to open in eary Fall and will provide 53 smoke-free, one-bedroom apartments for residents 55 and over.
The apartments will consist of kitchen, dining area, bedroom, living room and bathroom. Common living space includes a library, sewing/quilting room, common living room, country kitchen, exercise room, activity room and laundry facilities.
Rents will average $700 per month and include heat and hot water. This income-qualified project is part of the low income tax credit program. For more information about Bessey Commons, please call 885-8801.
Maine Senior Farm Share Program
The Maine Senior Farm Share Program provides $50 of free produce from local farms. To be eligible for this program, seniors must be at least 60 years old and have an individual income below $19,240. Couples income must be below $25,900. To find out more about this important program, please call the Southern Maine Agency on Aging at 396-6500.
IRS Stimulus Checks
You may be entitled to a $300 tax refund even if you do not normally file income taxes. To find out how you can file for this refund, call the Southern Maine Agency on Aging at 396-6500 and someone there will be able to help you. The deadline for filing is October 1, 2008.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
If you are hot and need to cool down, please go to the nearest air conditioned facility, i.e., McDonald’s, Wendy's, Hannaford, Shaw’s, Town Hall, etc. If you need assistance, please call 911.
