Following a judge’s decision that found Cape Elizabeth had erred in not allowing Verizon Wireless to install a cell tower atop an historic water tower, the company is once again seeking town approval for the project. The Planning Board is scheduled to meet Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., to review a second site plan […]
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Verizon back before board for tower plan
Following a judge’s decision that found Cape Elizabeth had erred in not allowing Verizon Wireless to install a cell tower atop an historic water tower, the company is once again seeking town approval for the project. The Planning Board is scheduled to meet Monday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., to review a second site plan […]
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WORDS FROM THE SOULE: Modesty supercedes hubris
Gilmore Hilton was born in Damariscotta but raised in Simplex Pond, a tiny town 20 miles northwest of Bangor. A conscientious student and avid reader, Gil had taught himself calculus, translated five books of Vergil’s “The Aeneid” and mastered the game of chess before his 12th birthday. His teachers encouraged his father to send his […]
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Resolution calls for more state funding of education
At its meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17, the Scarborough Town Council is expected to approve a resolution calling on the town’s legislative delegation to do what it can to support additional state funding for education. Of particular concern, according to Town Council Chairman Bill Donovan, is the possible loss of $1.6 million in state funding […]
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Town shapes online policies
In this age of instant communication, much of it through social media, municipalities are struggling with how to get information out to the public while avoiding some of the hazards associated with platforms such as Facebook or Twitter. That’s why before launching an official town of Scarborough Facebook page in the next few weeks, the […]
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Historical society talk focuses on marsh, nature center
The monthly meeting of the Scarborough Historical Society will be held on Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. A brief business meeting is held and followed by a presentation. This meeting is held at the society’s museum and meeting room located at 647 U.S. Route 1 (adjacent to the Dunstan Fire Station). All monthly meetings […]
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Don't videotape ME
If surveillance cameras located on lampposts, buldings, at road intersections and just about everywhere else didn’t already make us feel like we’re constantly on “Candid Camera,” the news last November of a group videotaping voters as they signed a petition at a Portland polling place brought the intrusion to a new level. Project Dirigo, a […]
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Area briefs
Lions host spaghetti supper The Cape Elizabeth Lions Club will hold an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner on Saturday, Feb. 20, 5-7:30 p.m., at the clubhouse, located at the intersection of Two Lights and Wheeler roads. On the menu is spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, dessert and soft drinks. Diners may bring their own alcohol. The cost is […]
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DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: S’no kidding – it’s slippery?
During a recent snowstorm I did what most well-informed people do in these media-centric times – I sat and watched television and my laptop screen. On this particular morning, the news anchor went from one snowbound reporter to another. The reporters were standing at strategic places in the station’s viewership area, all bundled up in […]
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POLITICS AND OTHER MISTAKES: Ramblin’ gamblin’ man
Free Shawn Scott. I mean that metaphorically, of course, since Scott, a Las Vegas gambling developer, isn’t currently incarcerated. My call for his liberation has less to do with shackles and chains and more to do with him being constrained by legalities in his effort to build a casino in York County. I admit that […]