CAPE ELIZABETH – You can’t win if you don’t score, and on Oct. 3 the Cape Elizabeth field hockey team rarely even came close. Facing the powerful York (10-1) defense, Cape Elizabeth managed just four shots on goal in total over 60 minutes of play. It was the fourth time the Capers have been shut […]
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South Portland OKs ‘disorderly house’ rule
SOUTH PORTLAND – In an effort to make landlords accountable for the behavior of their tenants, the South Portland City Council on Monday adopted a “disorderly house” ordinance. The council adopted the measure 6-0, forcing Councilor Tom Blake to sit out the vote because he owns four apartment buildings and manages of a fifth. Although […]
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GIRLS SOCCER: Cape Elizabeth stays on top with win over Gray-New Gloucester
GRAY – The Cape Elizabeth girls soccer team maintained its grip on the top spot in the Class A West Heal Points with a solid 2-0 win at Gray-New Gloucester on Monday night. As of Tuesday morning, the Capers (8-0-2), which play a Class B regular season schedule before moving up to Class A for […]
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Local high school football scores for 9/30 and 10/1
Saturday’s games Cape Elizabeth 14 @ Westbrook 13 Bonny Eagle 48 @ Biddeford 0 Falmouth 46 @ Lake Region 14 Massabesic 21 @ Kennebunk 0 South Portland 36 @ Noble 7 Gray-New Gloucester 12 @ Spruce Mountain 26 Sanford 7 @ Gorham 35, Portland 7 @Windham 16, Thornton Academy 28 @ Deering 21
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Local high school football scores for 9/30 and 10/1
Saturday’s games Cape Elizabeth 14 @ Westbrook 13 Bonny Eagle 48 @ Biddeford 0 Falmouth 46 @ Lake Region 14 Massabesic 21 @ Kennebunk 0 South Portland 36 @ Noble 7 Gray-New Gloucester 12 @ Spruce Mountain 26 Sanford 7 @ Gorham 35, Portland 7 @Windham 16, Thornton Academy 28 @ Deering 21
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Local high school football scores for 9/30 and 10/1
Saturday’s games Cape Elizabeth 14 @ Westbrook 13 Bonny Eagle 48 @ Biddeford 0 Falmouth 46 @ Lake Region 14 Massabesic 21 @ Kennebunk 0 South Portland 36 @ Noble 7 Gray-New Gloucester 12 @ Spruce Mountain 26 Sanford 7 @ Gorham 35, Portland 7 @Windham 16, Thornton Academy 28 @ Deering 21
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FOOTBALL: Cape Elizabeth outlasts Westbrook
WESTBROOK – The Cape Elizabeth football team survived a serious scare in Westbrook on Saturday afternoon as the Blue Blazes gave the Capers everything they could handle for four quarters before a late interception clinched a 14-13 win for Cape (4-1). Westbrook (1-4) held an early lead in the contest, drawing first blood on a […]
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Cape Elizabeth to consider hiring ‘per diem’ rescue workers
CAPE ELIZABETH – A sea change in the culture surrounding fire and rescue units in Maine means the tide may finally be going out on Cape Elizabeth’s all-volunteer ambulance service. To combat reduced membership, along with a resulting spike in response time, Fire Chief Peter Gleeson is asking the town to hire an either an […]
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Fire chaplains: Serving those who serve others
CAPE ELIZABETH – Howard Sterling has been a firefighter/EMT for the city of South Portland for nearly a quarter century, but he still remembers the call that both changed his life, and cemented his faith. It was Aug. 27, 1996, when, during a four-alarm fire at Portland Welding Supply Co., 47-year-old Robert Wallingford Jr. collapsed […]
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EDITORIAL – Dog laws should target owners first
Dog attacks this month in Waterville and Windham have raised familiar questions regarding “aggressive” breeds, and led some local officials to ask for more stringent laws governing dangerous dogs. It is easy to see why the stories of the attacks gain such traction in the media, and why they cause so much outrage with the […]