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Friday, March 22, 2013
Volume 9 • Issue No. 12
SMl Bridge Is Next Span Slated for replacement By Larry Favinger Contributing Writer POrTSMOuTH, N.H. – With the completion of the Memorial Bridge that connects Portsmouth with Kittery across the Piscataqua River nearing completion, attention will be diverted to the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge which is also to be replaced. That replacement is a shared effort between the Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation and is one aspect of the Three Bridge Agreement between the two states. The third span that con-
Sarah Mildred Long Bridge as shown on www.Maine.gov (courtesy photo)
nects the states is the Piscataqua River or High Level Bridge that carries Interstate Route 95. The SML span, which was constructed is 1940, is part of the U.S. Route 1 bypass. It, like the Memorial Bridge, is a lift bridge. The two states will share
the cost of replacement, which is currently estimated at $170 million. Design efforts are under way and the project is expected to begin in the spring of 2015, according to the Maine Department of Transportation, Traffic has been detoured
from the Memorial Bridge in the city of Portsmouth onto the two other spans, including the SML. When that bridge closes, traffic will be routed onto the High Level and Memorial bridges and off the Route 1 bypass onto Market Street Extension
and onto Interstate 95. Albacore Park, located near the entrance to the SML bridge, is not expected to be impacted by the closure. Those involved in the project with Maine and New Hampshire Department of Transportation include FIGG-Hardesty & Hanover for bridge design, Sebago Technics for roadway and general civil design, and GZA for geotechnical and hydraulic design. Cianbro has been selected as the contractor. The bridge will be a center lift structure as is the Memorial Bridge and will include a bike path but, at this point, no walkway for pedestrians is planned.
Noble High Sophomore Captures Shipyard Has National ‘american Voices’ award Significant Impact on local economy
NOrTH BerWICK – Helena Schaeffer, a Noble High School sophomore and the daughter of Stephen and Astrida Schaeffer of North Berwick, was named recipient of the prestigious national Scholastic Gold Medal American Voices award for her short
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story “Latin and Fairy Tales.” The Scholastic Art & Writing Award is the longestrunning and most renowned student art and writing competition in the country. Helena follows in the footsteps of past winners such as Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Zac Posen and Truman Capote, all of whom won a Scholastic Award as teenagers. Four other Maine students won Gold Medals for their writing. Helena is the only student from Maine, and one of 35 students nationally, to receive the American Voices award, which honors the unique spirit and voice of the American teen. About 200 students from Maine submitted their writing to the state Scholastic competition where it underwent the first round of judging. Noble High School had seven students win writing awards at the state level including Schaeffer Kylie Prattboth Gold Key winners; Timothy Cronin, Henry Hintermeister, James Rochefort and Moira Wright, Silver Key winners, and Hali Bowden, Honorable Mention. Gold Keywinning work was forwarded
By Larry Favinger Contributing Writer KITTerY – It comes as no surprise that the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has a significant impact on the economy of the seacoasts of southern Maine and southeastern New Hampshire, but the enormity of that impact can be overlooked. The shipyard’s civilian payroll alone added some $421,805,454 to the economies
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Economic Impact
Helena Schaeffer (courtesy photo)
for national assessment. Schaeffer will be recognized at a national awards ceremony May 31st at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Helena is a part of Noble High School’s EXCEL program, coordinated by Adina Hunter.
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in areas in which shipyard employees live, according to an economic impact statement released by the Seacoast Shipyard Association. Of that figure, $240,071,432 went to Maine workers and $154,507,162 went to New Hampshire residents. Added to that was a military payroll of $41,146,559, goods and services purchased for $40,145,084, and contracted
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CITY/TOWN aNNual PaYrOll Kittery/Kittery Point $28,014,332 South Berwick 23,641,825 Berwick 22,124,367 Eliot 18,671,341 Lebanon 14,115,930 Biddeford 13,552,461 Wells 12,696,873 York/Cape Neddick 12,499,455 North Berwick 12,115,008 Kennebunk 5,638,040 Arundel 2,609,719 Kennebunkport 865,025 Moody 373,503 Ogunquit 251,839
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