The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is working on a new town communications strategy. What, you might ask, is a town communications strategy? In Cape Elizabeth, it seems to include making permanent a temporary suspension of the citizen comment portion of the town website and using that website as a propaganda tool for town officials. According […]
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A Voice from Cape – A failure to communicate
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is working on a new town communications strategy. What, you might ask, is a town communications strategy? In Cape Elizabeth, it seems to include making permanent a temporary suspension of the citizen comment portion of the town website and using that website as a propaganda tool for town officials. According […]
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Ripe and nearly ready
The calendar still said May last week, but much of the strawberry crop in southern Maine was acting as if it were June. “It’s going to be a bit earlier this year,” predicted farmer Bill Bamford of Maxwell’s Farm in Cape Elizabeth. And while Maxwell’s strawberries are not quite ready yet – Bamford said the […]
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City Council plans $8.5M garage
SOUTH PORTLAND – The South Portland City Council has agreed to move ahead with plans to replace the aging public works garage on Meeting House Hill with a new complex on Highland Avenue for roughly $8.5 million. The city will need to ask residents to approve a bond for borrowing money, though a date has […]
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Beetle Mania – Insect causing concern
The name may conjure images of a beast from prehistoric times, but the woolly adelgid is as small and unassuming as an insect can be, nearly undetectable. Yet, its effect can be like that of a massive mammoth running through a forest, knocking down humongous trees as it goes. And that is bad news for […]
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Fort Williams fees lead election issues
In Scarborough, residents will return to the polls to vote on a school budget $100,000 higher than the one rejected May 11. In Cape Elizabeth, the school budget is also on the ballot, though not drawing nearly as much interest as the vote on charging parking fees at Fort Williams Park, the second such vote […]
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OCD caused by strep? A mother’s book explores her son’s medical mystery
KENNEBUNKPORT – One day, Beth Maloney was watching her son, Sammy, speaking to a crowd during the finals of a fifth-grade civics competition. Weeks later, she could not get him to use the front door, walk across a carpet or sleep in his bed. Eventually, he would stay in his room and barely eat or […]
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Antique appraisal to help Hallowell preservation
HALLOWELL – An upcoming antique appraisal event is an opportunity for people to find out — from experts — how much their old stuff is worth, while helping preserve old stuff in the city of Hallowell. Row House Inc., an historic preservation group in Hallowell, hopes the June 5 event will raise funds to help […]
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Scarborough sets Memorial Day events
SCARBOROUGH – Scarborough’s Memorial Day parade & services, sponsored by the American Legion Libby-Mitchell Post 76, will be held Monday, May 31. The parade forms behind Scarborough High School at 9:30 a.m., then starts at 10 a.m. It starts at the high school, turns right on Route 114, then right on U.S. Route 1 South […]
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Maine Mall auto dealer plans new sales, service center
Berlin City will seek city approval for demolishing three buildings and putting up a new one.