Fifth-graders at Skillin Elementary School in South Portland are working hard this month to create an outdoor art installation using woven willow branches. Dorson Plourde, the art educator at the school, is coordinating the effort with the help of a School Ground Greening Coalition Grant from Portland Trails. Through this project, Plourde and his students […]
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Committee deems gun club’s application as ‘incomplete’
The Spurwink Rod & Gun Club in Cape Elizabeth is in the process of resubmitting its license application after the town’s Firing Range Committee deemed it incomplete last week. According to Caitlin Jordan, committee chairwoman, the club has until June 1 to turn in the updated paperwork. Firing Range Committee members reviewed the 61-year-old club’s […]
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Local developer proposes mixed-use project in Dunstan
Local developer Elliott Chamberlain has long dreamed of creating a village-style neighborhood in the Dunstan area of Scarborough. Now that dream is coming closer to reality. During a Planning Board meeting Monday, Chamberlain laid out an initial sketch plan for Dunstan Village, a new mixed-use development off Route 1 that would connect with his Dunstan […]
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Cape adopts $35.2M budget
After months of deliberating, the Cape Elizabeth Town Council adopted school and municipal budgets Monday totaling $35.2 million that will increase property taxes by 1.9 percent. The council approved a $23.5 million school budget that increases spending 1.3 percent but is $110,539 less than the original budget proposed by the School Board in April. The […]
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Cape adopts $35.2M budget
After months of deliberating, the Cape Elizabeth Town Council adopted school and municipal budgets Monday totaling $35.2 million that will increase property taxes by 1.9 percent. The council approved a $23.5 million school budget that increases spending 1.3 percent but is $110,539 less than the original budget proposed by the School Board in April. The […]
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Girls Lacrosse: Cape fends off Gorham Rams for win
Emma Landes’s five-goal afternoon led her Capers to a 13-8 win over visiting Gorham on Saturday. The Rams managed to stick within striking distance for most of the game, but Cape cleaned up some early mistakes to pull away in the later going. The team advanced to 4-1 on the win and ranks fourth in […]
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Boys Lacrosse: Capers keep ahead of the Storm
Scarborough charged out hot against Cape Elizabeth on Saturday evening, jumping on top early, but Cape stayed cool, adjusted their defense, and soon enough turned the tide. Owen Thoreck carried the Capers’ big stick, notching four goals to lead his team to victory, 10-4. “I don’t think anything necessarily tipped in our favor,” said Cape […]
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Planning Board sets hearing on SoPo cell tower project
SOUTH PORTLAND – Installing a 120-foot cell tower, with its associated 30-year land lease, would help the Highland Memorial Cemetery, located at 881 Highland Ave. in South Portland, continue to operate, according to Arthur Smith, president of the cemetery board. In March the Board of Appeals granted the variances that T-Mobile needs in order to […]
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Planning Board sets hearing on SoPo cell tower project
SOUTH PORTLAND – Installing a 120-foot cell tower, with its associated 30-year land lease, would help the Highland Memorial Cemetery, located at 881 Highland Ave. in South Portland, continue to operate, according to Arthur Smith, president of the cemetery board. In March the Board of Appeals granted the variances that T-Mobile needs in order to […]
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Fundraiser set for Monday for South Portland's 'Cake Lady,' Sharon French
A fundraiser for Sharon French of South Portland is set for Monday, May 11, from 4-8 p.m. at the Easy Day restaurant, 725 Broadway, South Portland. French, the owner of French’s Cakes and known as South Portland’s Cake Lady, suffered a stroke in early April and friends are helping to raise money for her medical-related […]