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The Cape CourAn Independent Not-for-Profit er Newspaper Volume 28 Number 21 Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 Serving Cape Elizabeth Since 1988 capecourier.com The new library is open!

Photo by Ulla Messerschmidt Photo by Elizabeth Brogan Photo by Elizabeth Brogan The Ashton family were the first patrons through the door at the “soft opening” of the new Thomas Memorial Library at 9 a.m. on Feb. 4. Clara, left, and Alora, right, (center photo) are homeschooled and Dad, Jon Ashton, said the visit was a planned field trip. “We definitely wanted to be first,” he said.“I love it,” said Clara, to which Alora added “This is one of the best libraries ever!” Just missing the first-through-the-door award, but no less excited, was Dan Foley, above right, who called the library not only beautiful but “a great investment.” Foley likes the 9 a.m. opening time, which allows him to work out at his gym at 6 a.m. and arrive at the library as its opening. “I missed it,” Foley said. “I’ll be here almost every day unless I’m out of town.” A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the library was held on Monday, Feb. 8. See page 12 for a story about the month-long celebratory events at the library. Community Services may leave School Dept. Verizon tries again for cell tower By Elizabeth Brogan nity Services Commission appointed by the Cape Elizabeth Community Services School Board, McGovern said. By Elizabeth Brogan Portland Water District in 2013. may become a separate municipal depart- But times have changed. According to Verizon Wireless submitted a second ap- An earlier application had been denied by ment, reporting to Town Manager Michael McGovern, the 55-plus segment of the pop- plication, on Jan. 29, to install a cell tower Cape Elizabeth Code Enforcement Officer McGovern, and no longer part of the School ulation is “fast growing” and Cape’s baby- on an 80-foot-tall decommissioned water Ben McDougal in 2014, followed by a failed Department effective July 1, 2016. boom generation is moving toward retire- tower at 11 Avon Road. Town Planner Mau- appeal to the Zoning Board of Appeals and a McGovern recommended the move in ment. “Some older citizens, including the reen O’Meara said the application would be successful lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, a Jan. 1 memorandum to the Town Coun- recent Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, on the agenda at a Feb. 22 Planning Board which granted a summary judgment on Sept. cil. According to McGovern, Community have called for Community Services to do meeting. 30, 2015 concluding that the town erred, Services, created in 1977, took on many more for our aging population … It has be- The water tower, built in 1945, has been under its zoning ordinance, in denying the responsibilities for the School Department, come more crucial than ever to provide ad- dry since 2007 and is currently used only company a permit. including overseeing student transporta- ditional focus on what Community Services for antennas and equipment installed by the Judge Jon D. Levy found that the Avon tion and custodial services beginning in the can provide all citizens of Cape Elizabeth.” Portland Water District in 1985. Verizon 1990’s and into the first decade of the 2000’s, “The School Board and the superintendent purchased a lease on the property from the —see VERIZON, page 14 when its then-director served as liaison on already have much to focus on with all their large school renovation projects. “As a con- responsibilities,” McGovern said. “Dealing sequence of this school focus, the oversight with issues involving enhancing programs Town Hall parking lot ‘not a dump’ of the Community Services director was for senior citizens, determining pool sched- moved directly under the Superintendent of By Elizabeth Brogan of very frustrated conversations” among Schools,” with the members of the Commu- –see COMMUNITY SERVICES, page 14 If a picture is worth a thousand words, no members of the committee. story describing the mess in the back of the- The Town Hall parking lot typically has Town Hall parking lot should be necessary – two 20-foot silver bullets for recycling, as Speech team wins seventh state title! just take a look at the picture below, taken on well as a bin for cardboard, which are emp- Dec. 28, the Monday after Christmas. tied about three times a week. “The DPW Not seen in the photo: The pickup truck, keeps them there to make recycling a bit loader and three employees from the Depart- more convenient,” said Floyd. “On this par- ment of Public Works who had to be called ticular day, there was only one bin present in to clean the mess up, “all of our available (not shown in the picture) because of the crew on that day,” said Town Manager Mi- busy holiday weekend.” chael McGovern. But this is not just a holiday problem. “Imagine if you had to clean this up and According to McGovern, Public Works is how much extra work it would be if some- called to Town Hall to clean up a mess in one plopped it down in your backyard,” said the parking lot at least once a month. “It’s Recycling Committee member Tracy Floyd, all the time.” who noted the problem “has been the topic —see TOWN HALL, page 14

Cape Elizabeth High School’s 40-member speech and debate team returned home from Lewiston High School the night of Jan. 23 with the team’s seventh straight state speech championship. The team, led by Will Steidl, Catie O’Sullivan and Kinnon McGrath, earned the state’s top honor “through strong individual performance,” CEHS Theater Department Director Richard Mullen said. Students who won honors in their events include Steidl, Anya Kohan, Preston Stewart, Isabel Robertson, Blair Carpenter, Matt Fishbein, Makena Deve- raux, Tony Inhorn, Brynne Kennedy, Allie Moulton, Ella Strout and Jahanara Freedman. Trash left in the back of the Town Hall parking lot on Dec. 28, 2015. Page 2 • The Cape Courier LETTERS / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016

The Cape Courier Resident questions Hockey team thanks community for support P.O. Box 6242 lack of public support Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107 207-838-2180 for curbside pick-up www.capecourier.com In the most recent issue of The Cape Cou- rier [Jan. 22 - Feb. 11, 2016], Councilor Jes- OUR MISSION STATEMENT sica Sullivan, a member of the Solid Waste The mission of The Cape Courier is to foster and Recycling Long Range Committee, is a sense of community by presenting news reported to have stated that there is little specific and unique to Cape Elizabeth and public support for curbside pick-up of trash its residents, and, whenever possible, to promote volunteerism within our community. and recycling. Really? Are we the only household which BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trish Brigham, Debbie Butterworth, doesn’t enjoy the weekly task of loading Bob Dodd, Jerry Harkavy, Martha Kelley, heavy, dirty, smelly trash into the car, driv- Bill Springer, Beth Webster ing it to the dump where we wait and wait Publisher: Kim Case for our turn, only to be cut off by a rude driv- [email protected] er, then returning home to find the trunk full Editor: Elizabeth Brogan of whatever liquid has seeped out of the bags (Letters, general news) and even a few maggoty friends? Everyone [email protected] in Cape likes doing this? School/Community Editor: Wendy Keeler I know that the Recycling Center has this (Business, Neighbors, schools, religion, sports) wistful reputation of being a great place to [email protected] meet and greet neighbors, local politicians, Advertising Manager: Jess LeClair etc., but honestly, this has to be the dump of (Display and classified ads): a bygone era. [email protected]/ 207-631-8414 I’d love to see the side-by-side compari- Sales Manager: Arielle Betlyon son of costs of curbside pick-up versus the [email protected] town going into debt for 1.4 million dollars. Bookkeeper: Dorothy Stack I’d even be willing to pay a little more in [email protected] property taxes to enjoy this service that our Proofreaders: Diane Brakeley, lucky neighbors in South Portland and Scar- Suzanne Higgins, Robin Loughman, borough have! Anita Samuelsen, Sheila Zimmerman Theresa Maher Webmaster: Wendy Derzawiec Photo finishing: Ann Kaplan Distribution: Tracy Northrup Technology Services: Chad Braley The boys hockey team poses in front of its mountain of collected Christmas trees. For general information: [email protected] / 207-838-2180 The Cape Elizabeth boys hockey team up 298 trees for Cape Elizabeth residents. 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Box 6242 Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 TOWN NEWS/ELECTION The Cape Courier • Page 3 Neighborhood meetings on paper streets Republicans caucus March 5; Democrats March 6 are set for Feb. 24, March 16 and 30 Democrats and Republicans in Maine Chair Nolan Reichl, and Republican Com- will be caucusing for their party’s presiden- mittee Chair Tim Thompson are encourag- Neighborhood meetings to hear public ing to the town’s 2015 paper street report. tial nominee during the first week in March ing all who wish to change party affilia- comment on paper streets – streets that have According to the town, these streets may be – the Republicans on Saturday March 5, at tion to act soon to change their enrollment. been laid out in subdivision plans but never important because they provide access to a recently changed location at Scarborough Doing so will make each caucus run more constructed or accepted by the town – have lots, contain utilities, provide a turnaround High School (11 Municipal Drive), and the smoothly. been set for the following neighborhoods: for municipal equipment and provide pedes- Democrats on Sunday, March 6 at the Cape If you are not enrolled in any politi- Shore Acres, Broad Cove and Hannaford trian access to town open space. Elizabeth High School gym. cal party you can enroll as a Democrat or Cove, on Wednesday, Feb. 24; Oakhurst and For more information about paper streets, Maine does not hold a primary, so this is Republican at Town Hall any day up until Shore Road area, on Wednesday, March 16; visit the town website, and look under “Hot the only chance that party-registered voters the caucus, or at the gym on the day of the and Great Pond and the Mitchell Road area, Topics,” to the left on the home page or will have to directly influence the nomina- caucus during the first hour after the doors on Wednesday, March 30. Maps showing contact Town Planner Maureen O’Meara at tion process. open. Thompson noted that a registrar from the paper streets in these neighborhoods are [email protected] or 799- The doors will open at 8:30 a.m. for the the town would be present at the Republican available on the town website. 0115. Republican caucus and at 1 p.m. for the caucus only from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. All meetings will be held at Town Hall The state legislature has set a deadline Democratic caucus. The first hour will be Those who cannot attend the Democratic beginning at 7 p.m. of 2017 for Maine communities to decide for check-in and registration, with official caucus in person on March 6, can request an Cape Elizabeth has 46 paper streets, whether to retain “incipient dedication” caucus activities beginning an hour later. absentee ballot at mainedems.org. Republi- roughly 3.75 miles in total length, accord- rights in paper streets. All enrolled Democrats and Republicans cans must caucus in person with the excep- who live in Cape Elizabeth may attend and tion of active duty personnel and veterans participate. If you are a member of one po- disabled during active duty (Go to mainegop. 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 Washington Street • Bath, Maine • -- Page 4 • The Cape Courier NATURE/B2B Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 Land Trust to offer citizen science training Cape residents can register for B2B March 10 for phenology project on March 24 Online registration for the 19th TD Beach uted by lottery from March 11 through to Beacon 10K road race, set for Aug. 6, will March 20, with lottery entrants announced Are you interested in our changing cli- cation Committee chair. “We can compare open at 7 a.m. March 10 for Cape Elizabeth on March 22. mate? Citizen scientists interested in record- historical and recent data to identify shifts residents only and March 11, for the general Runners will register at the race website, ing observations in their own community are in long-term phenological trends. The tim- public. There will be a limit of 600 slots for www.beachtobeacon.org. The race entry fee needed. The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will ing of phenological events is important for Cape residents on March 10. for 2016 will remain at $50. offer “Signs of the Seasons,” citizen science health, recreation, agriculture, management Last year, all 4,000 slots allotted to the The race’s 2016 beneficiary, to be an- phenology project training, at Thomas Me- of natural resources and conservation.” general public were filled online in a record nounced later this month, as well as past morial Library from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday Volunteers will choose a location in their four minutes, 15 seconds, and hopeful regis- beneficiaries, will make bib numbers avail- March 24. community (it could be one’s own backyard) trants in 2016 should expect a similar need able to runners in exchange for fundraising Phenology is the study of cyclical life to record observations and enter them into for speed. or support. events like animal migrations, insect emer- an online database. There are several indi- A remaining 1,950 slots will be distrib- gence and plant leafing, blooming and fruit- cator species to watch for, including spring ing. peepers, wood frogs, lilacs, maple trees, “Scientists, naturalists, farmers, fishermen, beach roses, dandelions, monarch butterflies gardeners and many others have recorded and hummingbirds. observations of seasonal changes for centu- Please call the CELT office at 767-6040 Please support our advertisers! ries,” said Erika Carlson Rhile, CELT Edu- to sign up for this program. Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 POLICE, FIRE & RESCUE The Cape Courier • Page 5 Snowmobilers on school lawns warned to stay off; prescriptions for meds reported stolen

Reported by Debbie Butterworth summons for assault and released to a (46/30 zone), Fowler Road, $185 1-10 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation of COMPLAINTS family member who paid the fare. 1-18 Cape Elizabeth resident, assault, conditions of release, operating after 1-4 An officer met with a resident of the 1-19 An officer met with a resident of the criminal threatening, Route 77 license suspension, Old Ocean House Broad Cove area about a possible theft. Eastman Road area about a harassment 1-20 Sanford resident, speeding (39/30 zone), Road In mid-December, the complainant complaint. Sawyer Road, $119 made arrangements to purchase an item 1-21 An officer met with a subject who 1-20 Scarborough resident, uninspected FIRE CALLS on Craigslist. Seller did not want to use turned over some found property. The vehicle, Preble Street, $133 1-6 Philip Road, carbon monoxide alarm PayPal and requested the buyer wire the owner was identified and property 1-23 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-7 Birch Knolls, structure fire money to the seller’s account. After not returned. vehicle, Kettle Cove, $133 1-8 Columbus Road, carbon monoxide receiving the item and several attempts 1-23 An officer met with a resident at the 1-23 Portland resident, uninspected vehicle, alarm to contact the seller, the victim came police station about a domestic issue. Shore Road, $133 1-10 Shore Road, line down to the police department to file a report. 1-25 An officer spoke with a resident of the 1-10 Davis Point Road, fire alarm Case is under investigation. Longfellow Drive area who reported an JUVENILE SUMMONSES 1-10 High Bluff Road, carbon monoxide 1-6 An officer met with a resident of the abandoned silver mountain bike. The 1-24 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding alarm Shore Road area about a bite by a bike was returned to the police station. (51/35 zone), Spurwink Road, $185 1-10 Kettle Cove Road, line down leashed dog while walking along the 1-10 Hunts Point Road, tree down Shore Road path. SUMMONSES ACCIDENTS 1-10 Fowler Road, line down 1-7 An officer found a three-foot by three- 1-5 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-6 Nancy Beling, Janice Stockson, accident 1-10 Kettle Cove Road, line down foot company sign. A contact number vehicle, Mitchell Road, $133 on Shore Road 1-10 Wildwood Drive, fuel leak was located and the sign returned. 1-6 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-12 Matthew Fleming, Duncan Strout, 1-13 South Portland, mutual aid 1-7 An officer met with a resident of vehicle, Shore Road, $133 accident on Mountain View Road 1-16 Mitchell Road, lines down the Scott Dyer Road area about 1-6 South Portland resident, speeding (47/30 1-16 Ryan Strout, accident on Spurwink 1-19 Ocean House Road, fire alarm unauthorized charges on a credit card. A zone), Shore Road, $185 Avenue 1-20 Scott Dyer Road, fire alarm possible suspect was identified. 1-7 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding 1-16 Shengbo Su, accident on Humphrey’s 1-21 Maiden Cove Lane, fire alarm 1-7 An officer met with a resident of the (67/40 zone), Sawyer Road, $263 Road 1-22 South Portland, Mutual Aid Broad Cove area about an assault 1-8 Westbrook resident, speeding (32/15 1-21 John Vallely, Eric Vanasse, accident on 1-22 Maiden Cove Lane, fire alarm complaint. zone), Scott Dyer Road, $185 Westminster Terrace 1-23 Oakhurst Road, carbon monoxide alarm 1-9 An officer met with a resident of the 1-8 South Portland resident, uninspected 1-22 Thomas Riddell, Alex Kerbaugh, 1-23 Oakhurst Road, fire alarm Fowler Road area about a possible vehicle, Sawyer Road, $133 accident on Pleasant Avenue 1-24 Farms Edge Road, carbon monoxide criminal threatening complaint. 1-8 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation alarm 1-10 An officer responded to a residence in of conditions of release, furnishing ARRESTS the Shore Road area for a well-being scheduled drugs, illegal possession of 1-8 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation RESCUE CALLS check. scheduled drugs, Woodland Road of conditions of release, furnishing There were 35 runs to Maine Medical Center. 1-12 An officer responded to the middle 1-9 South Portland resident, operating after scheduled drugs, illegal possession of There was 1 patient treated by rescue personnel school for a report of snowmobiles license suspension, Sawyer Road scheduled drugs, Woodland Road but not transported. operating on the school lawns. They left 1-10 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation of upon his arrival but were later located at conditions of release, operating after a residence in the Brentwood area. They license suspension, Old Ocean House were warned to stay off school grounds. Road 1-13 An officer met with a resident of the 1-12 Lewiston resident, uninspected vehicle, Mitchell Road area about a possible Mitchell Road, $133 violation of a protection order. 1-13 Cape Elizabeth resident, parking in 1-14 An officer met with a resident of the handicap space, Cape Elizabeth Middle Mitchell Road area about the theft of School, $165 paper prescriptions for medication. 1-14 Cape Elizabeth resident, parking in 1-15 An officer met with a resident about a handicap space, Cape Elizabeth Middle child custody matter. School, $165 1-18 Two officers responded to a report of 1-14 South Portland resident, uninspected an assault on a taxi driver on Bowery vehicle, Shore Road, $133 Beach Road. They located and made 1-15 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected contact with the cab driver and the vehicle, Fowler Road, $133 suspect. The suspect was issued a 1-15 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding

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the municipal budget. Community Services The proposal was also discussed at a joint Winter at the park Cont. from page 1______meeting of the Town Council and School Board on Feb. 1. In a Feb. 2 email to The ules and running nonschool youth soccer Cape Courier, School Board Chairperson programs is better suited to municipal re- Elizabeth Scifres said that while Commu- sponsibility.” nity Services has always had its own budget, McGovern said that Superintendent of separate from the School Department “this Schools Meredith Nadeau concurred that the was confusing to many.” The School Board time was right to move Community Services will also vote on the proposal, at its business out of the School Department. meeting on Feb. 9 (after this newspaper goes The unanimous reaction of the councilors, to print). who discussed the recommendation at a Jan. “We are looking to be inclusive and to 7 workshop, was “enthusiastic,” according gain consensus,” said MacAuslan, explain- to Town Council Chair Molly MacAuslan, ing her request that the School Board take a who noted that the mission of Community vote as well. Services has “morphed and changed over “We are jumping into the budget season,” the years,” providing an expanded range of MacAuslan added, in response to a question services to the whole community, includ- about the fast pace to bring the Community ing more programming for senior citizens. Services move to a decision. “We can roll MacAuslan also said that completion of this into the budget season.” the new library building would provide an Community Services, located at 343 opportunity for “synergy” between Commu- Ocean House Road, has a mission to “pro- nity Services and the library, with joint proj- vide versatile community programs offering ects “easier to accomplish if they are both educational, cultural, recreational, and so- Photo by Joan Carrier under the municipal side of the house.” cial enrichment opportunities to a wide seg- The picnic table storage area on Jan. 27 The Town Council will take a vote on ment of the citizenry,” with a commitment the proposal at its Feb. 8 meeting (after this to “lifelong learning” to meet the “changing newspaper goes to print). If approved, Mc- needs and interest of the community,” and to Govern will present a proposed Community “enhancing and improving the quality of life Services budget for fiscal year 2017 to the for the residents of Cape Elizabeth.” (from council concurrent with the presentation of the winter edition of The Cape Explorer.)

Verizon limited and within town standards, as will Cont. from page 1______exterior motion-activated lighting and envi- ronmental impacts. The application is avail- Road water tower is an “alternative tower able for review at Town Hall in the Planning structure” under the ordinance and that Ve- Office. rizon’s proposal qualifies as an “accessory The water tower has been discussed as a use.” possible site for a cell tower since at least Left undecided was whether the proposed 2004, but residents of the Shore Acres neigh- antennas would be sufficiently concealed ac- borhood have opposed the cell tower, citing cording to the standards of the ordinance. noise, decreased property values, increased The new application, a thick packet of traffic, and negative visual impact in the documents, maps and photo simulations of residential neighborhood. the proposed facility, includes seven pages However, a plan for 100 percent cell Photo by Martha Agan of “responses” to “approval standards” in coverage for the community is one of the A rock sculpture with the tide coming in on the Fort Williams Park beach on Jan. 25 the zoning ordinance. It states that the ex- Town Council’s goals for 2016, following isting tank will be repainted and antennas its review of the town’s poor cell coverage installed within “shrouds” to minimize their in 2015 and a demand by many residents for Town Hall “The back yard of Town Hall is not a visibility and visual impact. The application improved service. Cont. from page 1______dump,” said McGovern. “The abuse by a also states that the proposed facility will be “I’m really pleased that Verizon is mov- few residents is very disturbing. It calls into installed on, and immediately adjacent to, ing forward with an application,” said Town Some of the mess can be accounted for question whether or not we should have the the existing water tower, entirely within the Manager Michael McGovern. “There’s a lot by wind blowing material from the bins, but silver bullets in unattended areas.” existing fence, with limited post-construc- of desire in the town [for better cell cover- much of it appears to be intentionally left. Residents should just use “common tion traffic via the existing driveway, and age]. This is probably the best way to ac- Floyd said that trash found in the parking lot sense” when disposing of recyclables, said no pedestrian access. It says noise will be complish it.” has included a television, car seats and small Floyd, such as breaking down cardboard and appliances. fitting it compactly in the container, to allow more space. “My advice is don’t come on Monday morning,” said McGovern. And “be respon- sible.”

Lack Of Homes For Sale In Cape Equals Sellers Market Page 2 • The Cape Courier LETTERS / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016

The Cape Courier Resident questions Hockey team thanks community for support P.O. Box 6242 lack of public support Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107 207-838-2180 for curbside pick-up www.capecourier.com In the most recent issue of The Cape Cou- rier [Jan. 22 - Feb. 11, 2016], Councilor Jes- OUR MISSION STATEMENT sica Sullivan, a member of the Solid Waste The mission of The Cape Courier is to foster and Recycling Long Range Committee, is a sense of community by presenting news reported to have stated that there is little specifi c and unique to Cape Elizabeth and public support for curbside pick-up of trash its residents, and, whenever possible, to promote volunteerism within our community. and recycling. Really? Are we the only household which BOARD OF DIRECTORS Trish Brigham, Debbie Butterworth, doesn’t enjoy the weekly task of loading Bob Dodd, Jerry Harkavy, Martha Kelley, heavy, dirty, smelly trash into the car, driv- Bill Springer, Beth Webster ing it to the dump where we wait and wait Publisher: Kim Case for our turn, only to be cut off by a rude driv- [email protected] er, then returning home to fi nd the trunk full Editor: Elizabeth Brogan of whatever liquid has seeped out of the bags (Letters, general news) and even a few maggoty friends? Everyone [email protected] in Cape likes doing this? School/Community Editor: Wendy Keeler I know that the Recycling Center has this (Business, Neighbors, schools, religion, sports) wistful reputation of being a great place to [email protected] meet and greet neighbors, local politicians, Advertising Manager: Jess LeClair etc., but honestly, this has to be the dump of (Display and classifi ed ads): a bygone era. [email protected]/ 207-631-8414 I’d love to see the side-by-side compari- Sales Manager: Arielle Betlyon son of costs of curbside pick-up versus the [email protected] town going into debt for 1.4 million dollars. Bookkeeper: Dorothy Stack I’d even be willing to pay a little more in [email protected] property taxes to enjoy this service that our Proofreaders: Diane Brakeley, lucky neighbors in South Portland and Scar- Suzanne Higgins, Robin Loughman, borough have! Anita Samuelsen, Sheila Zimmerman Theresa Maher Webmaster: Wendy Derzawiec Photo fi nishing: Ann Kaplan Distribution: Tracy Northrup Technology Services: Chad Braley The boys hockey team poses in front of its mountain of collected Christmas trees. For general information: [email protected] / 207-838-2180 The Cape Elizabeth boys hockey team up 298 trees for Cape Elizabeth residents. 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Box 6242 Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 T OWN NEWS/ELECTION The Cape Courier • Page 3 Neighborhood meetings on paper streets Republicans caucus March 5; Democrats March 6 are set for Feb. 24, March 16 and 30 Democrats and Republicans in Maine Chair Nolan Reichl, and Republican Com- will be caucusing for their party’s presiden- mittee Chair Tim Thompson are encourag- Neighborhood meetings to hear public ing to the town’s 2015 paper street report. tial nominee during the fi rst week in March ing all who wish to change party affi lia- comment on paper streets – streets that have According to the town, these streets may be – the Republicans on Saturday March 5, at tion to act soon to change their enrollment. been laid out in subdivision plans but never important because they provide access to a recently changed location at Scarborough Doing so will make each caucus run more constructed or accepted by the town – have lots, contain utilities, provide a turnaround High School (11 Municipal Drive), and the smoothly. been set for the following neighborhoods: for municipal equipment and provide pedes- Democrats on Sunday, March 6 at the Cape If you are not enrolled in any politi- Shore Acres, Broad Cove and Hannaford trian access to town open space. Elizabeth High School gym. cal party you can enroll as a Democrat or Cove, on Wednesday, Feb. 24; Oakhurst and For more information about paper streets, Maine does not hold a primary, so this is Republican at Town Hall any day up until Shore Road area, on Wednesday, March 16; visit the town website, and look under “Hot the only chance that party-registered voters the caucus, or at the gym on the day of the and Great Pond and the Mitchell Road area, Topics,” to the left on the home page or will have to directly infl uence the nomina- caucus during the fi rst hour after the doors on Wednesday, March 30. Maps showing contact Town Planner Maureen O’Meara at tion process. open. Thompson noted that a registrar from the paper streets in these neighborhoods are [email protected] or 799- The doors will open at 8:30 a.m. for the the town would be present at the Republican available on the town website. 0115. Republican caucus and at 1 p.m. for the caucus only from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. All meetings will be held at Town Hall The state legislature has set a deadline Democratic caucus. The fi rst hour will be Those who cannot attend the Democratic beginning at 7 p.m. of 2017 for Maine communities to decide for check-in and registration, with offi cial caucus in person on March 6, can request an Cape Elizabeth has 46 paper streets, whether to retain “incipient dedication” caucus activities beginning an hour later. absentee ballot at mainedems.org. Republi- roughly 3.75 miles in total length, accord- rights in paper streets. All enrolled Democrats and Republicans cans must caucus in person with the excep- who live in Cape Elizabeth may attend and tion of active duty personnel and veterans Real estate transfers, September - October participate. 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243 Washington Street • Bath, Maine • 207-443-1316 Page 4 • The Cape Courier NATURE/B2B Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 Land Trust to offer citizen science training Cape residents can register for B2B March 10 for phenology project on March 24 Online registration for the 19th TD Beach uted by lottery from March 11 through to Beacon 10K road race, set for Aug. 6, will March 20, with lottery entrants announced Are you interested in our changing cli- cation Committee chair. “We can compare open at 7 a.m. March 10 for Cape Elizabeth on March 22. mate? Citizen scientists interested in record- historical and recent data to identify shifts residents only and March 11, for the general Runners will register at the race website, ing observations in their own community are in long-term phenological trends. The tim- public. There will be a limit of 600 slots for www.beachtobeacon.org. The race entry fee needed. The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will ing of phenological events is important for Cape residents on March 10. for 2016 will remain at $50. offer “Signs of the Seasons,” citizen science health, recreation, agriculture, management Last year, all 4,000 slots allotted to the The race’s 2016 benefi ciary, to be an- phenology project training, at Thomas Me- of natural resources and conservation.” general public were fi lled online in a record nounced later this month, as well as past morial Library from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday Volunteers will choose a location in their four minutes, 15 seconds, and hopeful regis- benefi ciaries, will make bib numbers avail- March 24. community (it could be one’s own backyard) trants in 2016 should expect a similar need able to runners in exchange for fundraising Phenology is the study of cyclical life to record observations and enter them into for speed. or support. events like animal migrations, insect emer- an online database. There are several indi- A remaining 1,950 slots will be distrib- gence and plant leafi ng, blooming and fruit- cator species to watch for, including spring ing. peepers, wood frogs, lilacs, maple trees, “Scientists, naturalists, farmers, fi shermen, beach roses, dandelions, monarch butterfl ies gardeners and many others have recorded and hummingbirds. observations of seasonal changes for centu- Please call the CELT offi ce at 767-6040 Please support our advertisers! ries,” said Erika Carlson Rhile, CELT Edu- to sign up for this program. Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 POLICE, FIRE & RESCUE The Cape Courier • Page 5 Snowmobilers on school lawns warned to stay off; prescriptions for meds reported stolen

Reported by Debbie Butterworth summons for assault and released to a (46/30 zone), Fowler Road, $185 1-10 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation of COMPLAINTS family member who paid the fare. 1-18 Cape Elizabeth resident, assault, conditions of release, operating after 1-4 An offi cer met with a resident of the 1-19 An offi cer met with a resident of the criminal threatening, Route 77 license suspension, Old Ocean House Broad Cove area about a possible theft. Eastman Road area about a harassment 1-20 Sanford resident, speeding (39/30 zone), Road In mid-December, the complainant complaint. Sawyer Road, $119 made arrangements to purchase an item 1-21 An offi cer met with a subject who 1-20 Scarborough resident, uninspected FIRE CALLS on Craigslist. Seller did not want to use turned over some found property. The vehicle, Preble Street, $133 1-6 Philip Road, carbon monoxide alarm PayPal and requested the buyer wire the owner was identifi ed and property 1-23 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-7 Birch Knolls, structure fi re money to the seller’s account. After not returned. vehicle, Kettle Cove, $133 1-8 Columbus Road, carbon monoxide receiving the item and several attempts 1-23 An offi cer met with a resident at the 1-23 Portland resident, uninspected vehicle, alarm to contact the seller, the victim came police station about a domestic issue. Shore Road, $133 1-10 Shore Road, line down to the police department to fi le a report. 1-25 An offi cer spoke with a resident of the 1-10 Davis Point Road, fi re alarm Case is under investigation. Longfellow Drive area who reported an JUVENILE SUMMONSES 1-10 High Bluff Road, carbon monoxide 1-6 An offi cer met with a resident of the abandoned silver mountain bike. The 1-24 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding alarm Shore Road area about a bite by a bike was returned to the police station. (51/35 zone), Spurwink Road, $185 1-10 Kettle Cove Road, line down leashed dog while walking along the 1-10 Hunts Point Road, tree down Shore Road path. SUMMONSES ACCIDENTS 1-10 Fowler Road, line down 1-7 An offi cer found a three-foot by three- 1-5 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-6 Nancy Beling, Janice Stockson, accident 1-10 Kettle Cove Road, line down foot company sign. A contact number vehicle, Mitchell Road, $133 on Shore Road 1-10 Wildwood Drive, fuel leak was located and the sign returned. 1-6 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected 1-12 Matthew Fleming, Duncan Strout, 1-13 South Portland, mutual aid 1-7 An offi cer met with a resident of vehicle, Shore Road, $133 accident on Mountain View Road 1-16 Mitchell Road, lines down the Scott Dyer Road area about 1-6 South Portland resident, speeding (47/30 1-16 Ryan Strout, accident on Spurwink 1-19 Ocean House Road, fi re alarm unauthorized charges on a credit card. A zone), Shore Road, $185 Avenue 1-20 Scott Dyer Road, fi re alarm possible suspect was identifi ed. 1-7 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding 1-16 Shengbo Su, accident on Humphrey’s 1-21 Maiden Cove Lane, fi re alarm 1-7 An offi cer met with a resident of the (67/40 zone), Sawyer Road, $263 Road 1-22 South Portland, Mutual Aid Broad Cove area about an assault 1-8 Westbrook resident, speeding (32/15 1-21 John Vallely, Eric Vanasse, accident on 1-22 Maiden Cove Lane, fi re alarm complaint. zone), Scott Dyer Road, $185 Westminster Terrace 1-23 Oakhurst Road, carbon monoxide alarm 1-9 An offi cer met with a resident of the 1-8 South Portland resident, uninspected 1-22 Thomas Riddell, Alex Kerbaugh, 1-23 Oakhurst Road, fi re alarm Fowler Road area about a possible vehicle, Sawyer Road, $133 accident on Pleasant Avenue 1-24 Farms Edge Road, carbon monoxide criminal threatening complaint. 1-8 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation alarm 1-10 An offi cer responded to a residence in of conditions of release, furnishing ARRESTS the Shore Road area for a well-being scheduled drugs, illegal possession of 1-8 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation RESCUE CALLS check. scheduled drugs, Woodland Road of conditions of release, furnishing There were 35 runs to Maine Medical Center. 1-12 An offi cer responded to the middle 1-9 South Portland resident, operating after scheduled drugs, illegal possession of There was 1 patient treated by rescue personnel school for a report of snowmobiles license suspension, Sawyer Road scheduled drugs, Woodland Road but not transported. operating on the school lawns. They left 1-10 Cape Elizabeth resident, violation of upon his arrival but were later located at conditions of release, operating after a residence in the Brentwood area. They license suspension, Old Ocean House were warned to stay off school grounds. Road 1-13 An offi cer met with a resident of the 1-12 Lewiston resident, uninspected vehicle, Mitchell Road area about a possible Mitchell Road, $133 violation of a protection order. 1-13 Cape Elizabeth resident, parking in 1-14 An offi cer met with a resident of the handicap space, Cape Elizabeth Middle Mitchell Road area about the theft of School, $165 paper prescriptions for medication. 1-14 Cape Elizabeth resident, parking in 1-15 An offi cer met with a resident about a handicap space, Cape Elizabeth Middle child custody matter. School, $165 1-18 Two offi cers responded to a report of 1-14 South Portland resident, uninspected an assault on a taxi driver on Bowery vehicle, Shore Road, $133 Beach Road. They located and made 1-15 Cape Elizabeth resident, uninspected contact with the cab driver and the vehicle, Fowler Road, $133 suspect. The suspect was issued a 1-15 Cape Elizabeth resident, speeding

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8am–8pm, every day portlandfood.coop 290 Congress Street 207.805.1599 Page 6 • The Cape Courier EVENTS & ORGANIZATIONS Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 Three Maine writers to do readings Feb. 27 CAPE CALENDAR By Wendy Derzawiec Three Maine writers will read from their Crazyhorse, FIELD, Kenyon Review, Mas- work from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, sachusetts Review, Nimrod, Pleiades, Seattle during the Local Writers at the Local Buzz Review, and other journals. She is a recipient Monday, February 15 Fort Williams Advisory Commission, 7 group’s free monthly reading series. Poets of the Abraham Sutzkever Centennial Trans- Presidents Day Holiday. Town Hall, p.m., Public Works Marcia F. Brown, a Cape Elizabeth resident, lation Prize, the Maine Arts Commission’s Thomas Memorial Library closed; Recycling Ongoing each week and Linda Aldrich co-host the events at the Fellowship in Literary Arts, the Shadowgraph Center open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Al-Anon, Regular meeting 7:30 p.m. Local Buzz café and wine bar, 327 Ocean Poetry Prize, and Zone 3’s Rainmaker Award Thursday, February 18 Thursdays, at United Methodist Church, 280 House Road. in Poetry, and is a senior editor of the Beloit Thomas Memorial Library Board of Ocean House Road. Regular meeting 7 p.m. Nonfi ction writer Meg Wilson is the author Poetry Journal. Fridays at St. Alban’s Church. of the 2013 novel, “Mourning Dove,” select- Nonfi ction writer Dave Holman is the au- Trustees, 6:30 p.m., Thomas Memorial Library Alcoholics Anonymous, 2 p.m. Saturdays, ed as an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award thor of “Coffee Smuggler,” the story of how Monday, February 22 First Congregational Church, 301 Cottage Finalist, and the young-adult novel, “Crappy Gabriel de Clieu smuggled coffee to the Amer- Road, South Portland; 7 p.m. Wednesdays, New Year,” published in 2012. icas. After crisscrossing America to meet with, Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Hall chamber St. Bartholomew Church; 7 p.m. Fridays, St. She is currently at work on her fi rst non- photograph and write about rural innovators Tuesday, February 23 Alban’s Church. fi ction project, “Wander Women: What Ten in more than 30 states, Holman co-authored Town Council Ordinance Committee, Cape Elizabeth Historical Preservation Thru-Hikers Taught One Angel about Plea- “Youth Renewing the Countryside” in 2009. 1:30 p.m., Town Hall Society, 9 a.m.–noon Thursdays, Public sure, Pain, and Pink-Blazing,” which chron- In 2011, he collaborated with a graphic de- School Board Workshop - Safety Building icles the adventures and misadventures of 10 signer to publish high-defi nition maps of Bo- Superintendent’s Budget Presented, Cape Elizabeth Lions Club, 6:39 p.m., women Wilson tracked via automobile while livia and of the Bolivian city of La Paz. 6:30 p.m., High School Library and Learning fi rst and third Tuesdays at the Bowery Beach they backpacked from Maine to Georgia. Holman lives in North Yarmouth with his Commons Schoolhouse (except July and August), Two Born into a large blended family in Boston wife Rommy, cat Patas, and four dwarf goats, Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 p.m., Town Lights Road and raised in Maine, Wilson now lives in Whoopie Pie, Aurora, Canela, and Silly Wil- Hall chamber Cape Farm Alliance, third Wednesday, 7 North Yarmouth with her own blended fam- ly. He attended Carleton College in Northfi eld School Board Finance Committee, 8 p.m., p.m., Community Center ily. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Minn., and holds a master’s degree in busi- High School Library and Learning Commons South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary English from the University of Maine and is a ness administration from the University of Thursday, February 25 Club, each Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. Purpoodock Club, Spurwink Avenue. 767- former secondary-school teacher and market- Southern Maine. He has written for Renew- Town Council Appointments Committee, 7388. ing professional. ing the Countryside and The Free Press and 5 p.m., William H. Jordan Conference Room, Poet Lee Sharkey is the author of “Walk- served as outreach and communications coor- Town Hall ing Backwards,” which soon will be pub- dinator for Safe Passage from 2011-2014. He lished by Tupelo Press; “Calendars of Fire,” is currently assistant director of annual giving published in 2013 by Tupelo; “A Darker, at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. CABLE GUIDE CHANNEL Sweeter String,” published by Off the Grid in The group’s reading events are free and 3 2008, and eight full-length poetry collections open to the public. Go to localbuzzcafe.com and chapbooks. Her work has appeared in for more information. School Board replay Planning Board (live) Feb. 12 & 13 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Feb. 22 - 7 p.m. Feb. 14 - 9 a.m. Zoning Board of Appeals (live) Registration deadline for Little League is Feb. 25 Town Council replay Feb. 23 - 7 p.m. Registration for the 2016 Cape Elizabeth Assessments are planned in mid-March, Feb. 13 - 9 a.m. Planning Board replay Little League season is open at cape-ll.com and team practices begin in April. Opening Cape Elizabeth Church of the Feb. 24 & 25 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. through Thursday, Feb. 25. Late fees will be ceremonies are planned Saturday, April 27. Nazarene Zoning Board replay charged starting Feb. 26. The season will run through June. Feb. 13, 14, 21 & 22 - 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26 & 27 - 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. CELL provides T-ball, softball and base- Go to cape-ll.com or email president@ ball opportunities for Cape youth, ages 4-14. cape-11.com for more information.

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All are welcome. 517 Ocean House Road • Cape Elizabeth, Maine • 207-799-0270 • rudysme.com Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 EVENTS & ORGANIZATIONS The Cape Courier • Page 7 Jordan to renew childhood baking tradition Services, support for people with Alzheimer’s, for Feb. 27 Fireman’s Lobster Stew Dinner dementia to be topic of Feb. 28 Triad meeting Services and supports for people living ganization made up of Cape Elizabeth and By Wendy Keeler volunteer fi remen. It was an incredible sense with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia will South Portland senior citizens, police, and Just as she did when she was a kid, Cape of community instilled upon me growing be the topic of a free community forum community members who work together to Elizabeth resident Caitlin Jordan is planning to up and witnessing the fi remen serving their planned from 2 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. address problems faced by older citizens. don her apron for some major pie baking for community wearing their ‘fancy blues.’” 18, in the Cape Elizabeth Town Hall Coun- The nonprofi t Southern Maine Agency the Fireman’s Lobster Stew Dinner, set for Sat- CFA members decided to bring back the cil Chambers at 320 Ocean House Road. on Aging has a mission of improving the urday, Feb. 27, at the Town Center Fire Station. dinner – with some changes: They would Liz Weaver from the Scarborough-based quality of life for older adults, adults with Jordan, a member of the nonprofi t Cape serve dinner instead of fi refi ghters. Southern Maine Agency on Aging will deliv- disabilities, and the people who care for Farm Alliance, which is reviving the tradition “About six months ago the members of er a presentation on expanding the network them. of the dinner held annually in town for years, the Cape Farm Alliance were reminiscing of services and supports for people living in Parking will be at the rear of the Cape plans to top the number of pies she used to about the good old days, and since many of the community with Alzheimer’s disease and Elizabeth Fire Department at 2 Jordan Way. bake for the event, which hasn’t been held in our Cape Elizabeth farmers have all been a related dementia and for their caregivers. Contact Cape Elizabeth Community Liai- at least a decade, she said. part of the fi re department at some point and Light refreshments will be available at son Police Offi cer David Galvan at 767- “I plan to bake at least 10 pies” for the din- in some way over the years, the topic of the the event, to be sponsored by Triad, an or- 3323, extension 208, for more information. ner, which will have seatings at 5 p.m. and wonderful Lobster Stew Dinner popped up in 6:30 p.m. and will feature lobster caught and many minds,” she said. “A simple conversa- donated by Cape Elizabeth residents, Maine tion of reminiscing turned into what a won- CELT’s nighttime owl walk planned March 10 milk and cream, and Maine-made Kate’s derful event the Farm Alliance could bring Butter, Jordan said. back to our community.” Cape Elizabeth Land Trust volunteers Er- entrance, the group will use an audiotape The manager of Alewives’ Brook Farm The cost is $18, and tickets must be bought ika Carlson Rhile, Lisa Gent and Tony Ow- of owl calls and walk quietly while trying fondly recalls the dinners of her childhood. by Feb. 21 at capefarmalliance.org, alewives- ens will lead a nighttime owl walk at several to locate owls by sounds and sight. Partici- “I was just 10 years old when I made my brookfarm.com, jordansfarm.com, or at Ale- places in town on Thursday, March 10. pants should bring a fl ashlight, wear quiet fi rst pie for the dinner,” Jordan said. “By the wives’ Brook Farm, 83 Old Ocean House The program will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. walking shoes or boots, and be prepared to time I was 15 years old, I was making 10 pies Road. Contact Jordan at farmer@alewives- and will start with a half-hour session at the stand outdoors quietly for 10 to 20 minutes for the event. I looked forward to the dinner brookfarm.com or 799-7743 for information. CELT offi ce at 330 Ocean House Road. at a time. Participants must be 16 years or every year and the honor of helping the fi re- The event will benefi t CFA, which has a There the group will view slides and listen older. men serve our wonderful community mem- mission of ensuring Cape Elizabeth’s farm- to taped owl calls. The cost is $6 per person. Register at bers who had come out to show their support ing future, increasing access to and raising After carpooling to sites that will include www.capecommunityservices.org or by of our volunteer department. It was always awareness about local food sources, main- Robinson Woods and the Crescent Beach calling 799-2868. a welcomed challenge every year to learn taining the town’s rural character, and en- all the different types of pies that had been hancing the economic viability of town farms made by the wives and even children of the and food-related businesses. Lions’ all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner on Feb. 20

The Cape Elizabeth Lions Club plans an drinks. Diners may bring their own alcohol. all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner Saturday, The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children Feb. 20, at the clubhouse, the old Bowery younger than 12. Beach Schoolhouse, located at the intersec- The event will benefi t maintenance of the tion of Two Lights and Wheeler roads. clubhouse and Cape Lions charities. The 5-7:30 p.m. dinner will include spa- Contact John Ney at 767-2079 or jney@ ghetti, garlic bread, salad, dessert and soft shslawfi rm.com for information. Page 8 • The Cape Courier NEIGHBORS Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016

Michelle-Paula Jordan, the daugh- Seven Cape Elizabeth High School gradu- ter of Michael and Roberta Jordan, has ates were named to the fall-semester dean’s A splashy 70th birthday celebration been accepted to High Point University in list at the University of New Hampshire in High Point, N.C., where she plans to ma- Durham. Seniors Samuel Donnelly and Em- jor in criminal justice. A senior at Catherine ily Ham, sophomore Anastasia Kouros, and McAuley High School in Portland, she is the freshmen Kate Bosworth, Andrew Kelly captain of the cheering squad. and Rachel Seekins earned high honors. Freshman Thomas Lalouche earned honors.

Gabe Davis, a 1996 graduate of Cape Eliz- abeth High School and Grain Digital, his vid- eo production company in Amesbury, Mass., recently earned a silver Hatch Award from the Advertising Club of Greater Boston for a spot promoting the role of the Best Buddies Massa- chusetts and New Balance in the 2015 Boston Marathon. Best Buddies is a nonprofi t organi- zation of volunteers who create opportunities Photo by Martha Agan for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Randy Blake, back row, second from right, celebrated his 70th birthday on Jan. 30 with a Davis is splash party at the Richards Pool. With him are, family members, from left, front, holding co-founder rail, Pam Nickerson, Rachael Blake, Lucy Blake, Colin Blackburn, Charlotte Blake, Peter Michelle-Paula Jordan and managing Blake; middle row, holding tube, Charlie Feeman; Cade Blackburn; Katie Blackburn; Aly partner of the Blackburn being held by Randy Blake; Kathy Blake, extending arms; rear, Katherine and Grain Digi- Devin Blackburn. tal. Clients Kayne Munson, a 2014 Cape Elizabeth have included High School graduate and the son of Craig Time Warner Cape Elizabeth resident Shelby Cogan Abigail Hunter was named to the spring- and Dawn Munson, made the fall-semester Cable, Bos- was named to the fall-semester dean’s list at semester dean’s list at American Interna- dean’s list at Villanova University in Villano- ton Children’s St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. The tional College in Springfi eld, Mass. She va, Pa., where he is a sophomore and a Naval Hospital and daughter of Darcy Prock and Bob Cogan, is a member of the Cape Elizabeth High Reserve Offi cers Training Corps Navy Mid- Tufts Medical she is a 2013 Cape Elizabeth High School School’s class of 2013. shipman 3rd Class. He is majoring in biology. Center. Gabe Davis graduate.

Cape Elizabeth resident Georgia Morris F& ,$ 0 $ +DSS\ Cape Elizabeth resident Tara Pinette was was named to the fall-semester dean’s list & 5 named to the fall-semester dean’s list, with , 7 at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt. A

5 + 9DOHQWLQH·V 7 distinction, at Catholic University in Wash- member of Cape Elizabeth High School’s < $ ington, D.C., where she is a senior in the class of 2012, she is majoring in early child- 3 'D\ 3 College of Business and Economics. hood/elementary education. + <  2 + SDWULFLDPFFDUWK\FRP 7 3 2*5$ PFFDUWK\#PDLQHUUFRP More Neighbors on pages 9,20 Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 NEIGHBORS The Cape Courier • Page 9 Reading the Courier in Cuba Caper alums score for children’s cancer program

Cape Elizabeth High School alumni, from left, Matt Donovan and Andrew Dickey, Class of 2010; 2007 grad Elise Moloney; 2011 alum Emily Donovan; and 2010 York High School graduate Sam Leal took to the basketball court in the Swish-Out Child- hood Cancer Challenge on Jan. 17 in Gorham. The team was runner-up in a 15- 14 championship game in the tournament, which raised more than $52,000 for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Moloney is the philanthropy coordinator for the MCCP.

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. Pond Cove School capeelizabethschools.org. Tangible resources needed: • A community member fl uent in • Tennis balls for chair and desk legs. Japanese is needed to mentor a newly Email John Holdridge at jholdridge@ arrived student who is learning capeelizabethschools.org. English. Contact Joni Hewitt at [email protected]. Cape Elizabeth Middle School • The CEHS Student Driven Learning Volunteers needed: Program seeks community members • Community member is needed to with experience to share expertise in collaborate with teacher Laura Briggs the following fi elds: neuroscience, on developing and facilitating a analytics and big data, playwriting, curriculum based on current migration e-commerce and entrepreneurship, and immigration issues. The volunteer documentary and fi ction fi lmmaking, would also meet weekly with a small teaching, aeronautic engineering group of students to facilitate an and product design. Contact extended learning experience. Email John Holdridge at jholdridge@ [email protected]. capeelizabethschools.org. Tangible resources needed: • The Fort Williams Foundation • Old-school typewriters for a seeks volunteers with professional Not a plastic saucer can be found in this undated photograph from the Cape Elizabeth His- new “publishing house.” Email experience in video, audio or torical Preservation Society’s Ephraim and Caroline Dyer collection. The Dyer family lived John Holdridge at jholdridge@ photographic documentary projects in a house that still stands at the corner of Ocean House Road and Spurwink Avenue. CEHPS capeelizabethschools.org. to work with CEHS students and members are at work right now digitizing items such as this photo from museum and histori- • Oversized atlases, including out-of- foundation board to increase the cal society collections. The group welcomes volunteers with basic computer skills and “a date editions. Email Deborah Casey at foundation’s collection of stock video curiosity about just what is hidden in the society’s collections” to help with the project on [email protected]. and photography footage and record Monday and Thursday mornings at the society’s quarters in the Cape Elizabeth Public Safety .• Blenders for the Cape Elizabeth stories of veterans who served at Fort building, member Ellen Van Fleet said. Call Van Fleet at 767-4175 for more information. Middle School art room. Contact Williams. Contact John Holdridge at Marguerite Lawler-Rohner at jholdridge@capeelizabethschools. Genealogical society meeting focus: ‘brick walls’ mlawler-rohner@capelizabethschools. org. org. Tangible resources needed: The next meeting of the Greater Portland The group will meet at 1 p.m. at the • Tennis balls for chair and desk legs. • Cape Elizabeth’s Special Olympics Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Email John Holdridge at jholdridge@ team, the Cape Olympics Team, is set for Saturday, March 5, will be devoted 29 Ocean House Road. capeelizabethschools.org. looking for a pair of Nordic skis, to “brick walls” – ancestors or documents A social time with refreshments is poles and boots for an elementary that people are having trouble researching. planned at 12:30 p.m. Cape Elizabeth High School student who wears a size 9 boot and “Members will help people come up The meetings, free and open to all, are Volunteers needed: is 3 feet 6 inches tall. Contact Karen with strategies to fi nd the answers they are held the fi rst Saturday of every month. • Volunteers are needed to swim Johnson at [email protected]. seeking,” GPCMGS members state on the Go to the website for more information. alongside elementary and middle- • A guitar is needed for a student in a chapter’s website, gpcmgs.brakeley.org. school students with cognitive beginner guitar class who does not disabilities from 1 to 2 p.m. on have regular access to an instrument. Fridays. Contact Dave Croft at Contact music teacher Joanne Lee at [email protected]. [email protected] about • The CEHS cultural communications donating or selling a guitar. club needs adult drivers to transport • Old-school typewriters for a student- 10 students from the high school driven learning program. Email to Portland at 2:30 p.m. and from John Holdridge at jholdridge@ Portland back to CEHS at 4 p.m. on capeelizabethschools.org. Mondays and Tuesdays. The students are involved in an after-school Contact Cape Elizabeth Volunteer and tutoring program for middle-school- Extended Learning Opportunities aged English language learners. Coordinator John Holdridge Email John Holdridge at jholdridge@ at [email protected].

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Go to www.capecourier.com for Courier deadlines and publication dates Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 SCHOOLS The Cape Courier • Page 11 Three seniors at CEHS named candidates Superintendent search process begins; in 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars program state school subsidy could go down 29 percent

Three Cape Elizabeth High School stu- or the ACT Assessment. Annually, up to 141 By Wendy Keeler website. “The board hopes to hire our next su- dents have been named candidates in the 2016 students are chosen to become Presidential Cape Elizabeth School Board members perintendent by early May.” Presidential Scholars Program. Cape Eliza- Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors have a busy period ahead. In coming weeks, The previous week, the board selected beth High School seniors Jasper G. Hansel, for high school students. in addition to searching for a superintendent the Maine School Management Association William D. Steidl and Natalie A. Vaughan are The White House Commission on Presi- to replace Meredith Nadeau when she steps to consult on the search for a superintendent among about 3,000 candidates selected from dential Scholars makes the fi nal selection of down on June 30, board members will be at after a recommendation by a subcommittee current U.S. high school seniors. scholars, who are chosen on the basis of ac- work developing a 2016-2017 school budget comprised of Scifres and board members Bar- The Presidential Scholars Program was complishments in many areas: academic and that may include a nearly $1 million decrease bara Powers and Michael Moore. established in 1964 by executive order of artistic success, leadership and involvement in state subsidy to Cape schools. The board “selected this organization … the president to recognize and honor the na- in school and community. Five hundred In preliminary estimates published by the based on its experience and fl exibility, as well tion’s most distinguished graduating seniors. semifi nalists will be selected in early April, Maine Department of Education at the end of as strong administrative, process, and recruit- Candidates are selected for exceptional per- and the U.S. Department of Education will January, Cape Elizabeth’s state education aid ing abilities,” Scifres wrote in her letter. formance on either the College Board SAT announce the Presidential Scholars in May. for fi scal year 2017 is projected to go down The district is in good shape to search for a by 29 percent, or $974,369.43. The district new superintendent, she said. would receive $2.43 million instead of this “The board has worked thoughtfully and year’s $3.4 million state school subsidy. diligently to launch this search. We are pre- Cape freshmen The DOE published the preliminary fi g- pared for each step and confi dent about the ures for budget planning purposes, but subsi- process,” Scifres said on Feb. 4. get hands-on lesson dy amounts are not fi nal until the Legislature The process will include input from com- enacts a budget. munity members. about human organs “Even though it is a preliminary number, In a survey the board plans to launch soon, At left, Cape Elizabeth pathologist Tarek it is a concern,” School Board Chair Eliza- Scifres said, school staff, parents, and com- Hammour shows a Cape Elizabeth High beth Scifres said on Feb. 5. “That’s a dramatic munity members will have an opportunity to School student a human brain on Feb. 1 in swing from last year’s subsidy from the state.” rank the importance of desirable leadership one of Cape Elizabeth High School health Nadeau is set to present her 2016-17 bud- qualities in the next school leader. MSMA teacher Nicole Carrera’s freshmen health get proposal to the School Board at 6:30 p.m. consultants will gather similar feedback from classes. Hammour and his wife, endocrinolo- Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Cape Elizabeth High targeted focus groups, she said. gist Rahfa Zerik, visited after a conversation School library. An advisory screening committee made up on a soccer fi eld between Hammour and John of board members, administrators, teachers, Holdridge, who coordinates the school dis- Superintendent search parents and community members will screen trict’s Volunteer and Extended Learning Op- When The Cape Courier went to print candidates’ applications and make recom- portunities program. “Tarek and I met playing Feb. 8, board members were planning to start mendations to the board, Scifres said. in the Cape men’s soccer league,” Holdridge advertising for a superintendent later in the “The board will use this input … to inform said. “We were talking about what we do. I week. this very important selection process,” Scifres had just started my new position and said that “Applications will be received through said. one of my responsibilities is to be a connector mid-March, and we anticipate interviewing Go to supersearch.cape.k12.me.us for for the school and greater community. Tarek candidates in late March and April,” Scifres more information about the superintendent is a parent of a second grader in Pond Cove stated in a Feb. 4 letter printed on the school search. and mentioned that he had access to human organs and a willingness to bring them into ‘Worlds Afi re’ performances at CEHS March 1-3 the schools if any teachers were interested. I put out the word to the high school staff about Cape Elizabeth High School’s one-act Contact CEHS Theater Director Richard the offer and Nicole answered.” play, “Worlds Afi re,” will open at 7 p.m. Mullen at rmullen@capeelizabethschools. Tuesday, March 1, at CEHS, with additional org for more information. 7 p.m. performances planned March 2 and 3. Playwright Paul Janeczko wrote the one- act based on his research of the 1944 circus fi re in Hartford, Conn., in which nearly 200 people died and 500 were injured. The show will be the high school’s entry in the One-Act Festival. Every year, CEHS, along with 300 other New England high schools, produces a one-act. Twelve are se- lected for the New England One-Act Festival.

Upcoming Event February 25 Supper Club Winter Wine Dinner Four-Course Prix Fixe by the Sea Menu with wine pairings Now through March 31, 2016 $75. per person Photos by John Holdridge $ Three-Courses Only 40 per person* Reservations required. Sunday through Thursday Sample menu items: Stuffy Clams Lobster Shrimp Dumplings Filet Mignon Reservations Harvest Shepherd’s Pie At Inn by the Sea available at *Not valid on holidays. 207.799.3134 or InnbytheSea.com Gift Certificates available 40 Bowery Beach Road | Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 | InnbytheSea.com Page 12 • The Cape Courier LIBRARY Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 Month of gala events will continue at library with music, comedy and more!

By Rachel Davis from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The month-long celebration of the new She will discuss her work and demonstrate library’s opening continues. A few of the her woodblock print technique. events require advance registration, but most *A Wii sports play-off for all ages is set are open to general audiences. A complete for Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. in listing with specifi c details about each of our new media lab. the following events can be found on the li- *Maine author Maria Padian will discuss brary’s website: her young adult novel “Out of Nowhere,” *Love our library while enjoying Val- from 3 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24. entine’s Day concerts throughout the day This event is for teens and adults. on Saturday, Feb. 13. Cape Elizabeth High * “Can We Afford (Not) to Go Green?: School’s award-winning Willie Maiden Jazz Energy Effi cient Buildings & Communities” Combo, featuring Zoeth Chalet on alto sax, will be presented from 9 a.m. to noon on Sat- Declan McCormick on bass, Marcus Don- urday, Feb. 27 in program room 1. Experts nelly on guitar, Will Steidl on trombone, and from a variety of fi elds will provide attend- Christie Gillies on drums, will perform from ees with the latest practical information on 10 a.m. to noon in the conference room. effi cient and renewable energy in Maine for Women in Harmony, a community a cap- communities and homes. Bring questions pella group, will perform from noon to 1 The local bluegrass band, Seagrass, will perform at the library on Feb. 20. and join the conversation at this free event. p.m. in the same room. The Russ Gershon * The State Street Traditional Jazz Band Duo will play jazz love standards in the gal- *Have fun making simple toys for your ploration. Part 1 for toddlers is from 10:30 will perform a free concert from 2 to 4 p.m. lery lobby from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m followed baby or young toddler using every day ma- to 11:15 a.m. on Monday Feb. 22 and part on Saturday, Feb. 27. Founded in 1989, the by Don Gooding who will perform Sinatra terials from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, 2 for parents is from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on band pays homage to the joyful music that favorites in the gallery lobby from 3:45 to Feb. 18. Advance registration is required. Thursday, Feb. 25. Parents will use their was born at the turn of the last century and 4:45 p.m. All the while, strolling thespians *Come join us at the library for a morn- child’s artwork to make beautiful and unique heard throughout New Orleans and the Loui- will read love sonnets. ing of outdoor fun and games at Winter Fest jewelry and other keepsakes. Advance regis- siana Delta. This is not Dixieland or “ straw *Meet new Library Director Kyle Neuge- from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 20. tration is required. hat” music, but rather the original rhythms bauer for coffee, cookies, and conversation Build a snowman (or a snow-less substitute), *A woodblock print demonstration will that birthed jazz in New Orleans. Join us for at informal meet and greets from 10 a.m. to make winter art, or shoot a puck. Afterwards, be given by Blue Butterfi eld, one of the art- this joyful celebration of music as living his- noon on Wednesday, Feb.17 and from 1 to 3 enjoy a warm cup of hot chocolate! ists featured in this month’s gallery exhibit, tory! p.m. on Satuday Feb. 20. *Local stand-up comedian Mary Irace *Marcia Brown and Robin Merrill, ac- will perform and host an evening of comedy complished local poets and writers, will read and music from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday selections from their works from 6:30 to evening, Feb. 20 with other performers who Popular kids’ programming resumes 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.16. have Cape Elizabeth roots, including singer *Jazz pianist Michael Beling will perform Eliza Ruth Watson, a graduate of Cape Eliz- In addition to all of this month’s special 16. Piscopo will demonstrate how anyone a variety of tunes from the Great American abeth High School returned from a decade events, several of the library’s regular kids’ can learn to draw and create comics. Using Songbook mixed with compositions from of performing in New York City and abroad, programs have resumed. simple geometric shapes, Piscopo teaches artists such as the Beatles and Thelonious and Seagrass, a popular fi ve-piece bluegrass *Creativity Lab After School Program for kids how to build anatomy and perspective Monk from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, roots band. Admission is free! elementary and middle school students con- to create art that tells a story. Feb. 16. *Bring your toddler for some fun art ex- tinues on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Piscopo is a Portland artist who is also with no registration necessary. the author and illustrator of “The Under- *The library’s two therapy dogs, Win- sea Adventures of Capt’n Eli,” an all-ages ston and Maddie, are back on Tuesday and graphic novel series. Piscopo also co-created Wednesday afternoons for kids who want “The Scrap City Pack Rats,” art directed to practice reading aloud to a lovable dog. the award-winning “Fizz and Martina Math Advance registration is required and can be Adventures,” and was an animator for ABC done online or at the library. TV’s “Squigglevision.” *Musical Story Hour returns on a special Advance registration is required; register day this month: Thursday, February 25 from online at the library’s website, where you can 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. in the library’s new com- also watch a video clip of Piscopo’s work- munity room. shop in action. *Comic book artist Jay Piscopo will teach The rest of the library’s regular story times kids 7 to 12 years old to create cartoon art and other programs will resume in March, during a workshop called “Draw on Your along with some new additions. Details will Creativity!”during February vacation week appear in the next issue of The Cape Courier, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. and will be posted on the library’s website. Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 RELIGION The Cape Courier • Page 13

SERVICES Cape Methodist parishioners make dresses for women in poverty-stricken regions Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene First Baptist Church of South Portland 499 Ocean House Road (Route 77) 879 Sawyer St., South Portland 799-3692 799-4565 www.capenazarene.org www.spfbc.com Sunday School for all ages: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Celebration: 10:45 a.m. Awana Clubs (Grades 3-8): Tuesday 6:20 p.m. Services streamed live or on demand: watch.capenazarene.org First Congregational Church Cape Elizabeth United Church of Christ United Methodist Church 301 Cottage Road, South Portland 280 Ocean House Road 799-3361 799-8396 www.fccucc.org www.ceumc.org Chapel Worship: 8:30 a.m. Chapel Service: 8 a.m. Sanctuary Worship: 10 a.m. Sanctuary Service: 10 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m. Child care & Sunday school: 10 a.m. Preschool childcare: 10 a.m. Adult Sunday School: 9 a.m. Promised Land World Reach Center The Church of Jesus Christ 536 Cottage Road, South Portland of Latter-day Saints 799-3152 29 Ocean House Road Sunday Prayer & Intercession: 9:30 a.m. 767-5000 Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Photos by Ted Haider Sacrament Meeting: Family Bible Studies: Wednesday: 7 p.m. Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church members, from left, Linda Webster, Barbara Sunday 9-10:10 a.m. Sermon recordings available to download Sunday School: 10:15-11 a.m. Knowles and Judith Hill make dresses for the “Dress a Girl Around the World” mission, an international effort through which 300,000 dresses have been delivered to young girls living Primary: 10:15 a.m.-noon Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church in poverty-stricken regions of the world. For Cape Methodist’s three-week project to make and Relief Society, Priesthood: 11 a.m.-noon 885 Shore Road donate dresses to the effort, parishioners have been carting their sewing machines, along with 799-4014 yards of cotton fabric and packages of bias tape, to the church on Saturday mornings. The Church of the Second Chance www.stalbansmaine.org 641-3253 Wednesdays: 9 a.m. Holy Communion Sunday: 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Sundays: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. During a recent Sunday Greater Portland Christian School Celtic Service: Sunday, 5:30 p.m. school class at Cape Eliza- 1338 Broadway, South Portland Children’s/Youth Programs: 9:30 a.m. beth Methodist Church, Nursery: Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Serafi na Fontana, left, and Congregation Bet Ha’am Hunter Young work on pock- 81 Westbrook St., South Portland Saint Bartholomew ets to be sewn onto dresses for 879-0028 the Dress a Girl Around the www.bethaam.org Roman Catholic Church World project. Since mid-Jan- Worship: Friday: 7:30 p.m. 8 Two Lights Road uary, Sunday school students Saturday: 10 a.m. 799-5528 at the church have been busy Family Shabbat services: www.saintbarts.com Second Friday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday Mass: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. cutting out designs on freezer Tuesday & Thursday Masses: 8:30 a.m. paper and then painting the designs. The freezer-paper designs are applied to fabric The deadline for The Cape Courier’s next issue is Feb. 26 with a hot iron. Each fabric piece becomes a pocket.

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the municipal budget. Community Services The proposal was also discussed at a joint Winter at the park Cont. from page 1______meeting of the Town Council and School Board on Feb. 1. In a Feb. 2 email to The ules and running nonschool youth soccer Cape Courier, School Board Chairperson programs is better suited to municipal re- Elizabeth Scifres said that while Commu- sponsibility.” nity Services has always had its own budget, McGovern said that Superintendent of separate from the School Department “this Schools Meredith Nadeau concurred that the was confusing to many.” The School Board time was right to move Community Services will also vote on the proposal, at its business out of the School Department. meeting on Feb. 9 (after this newspaper goes The unanimous reaction of the councilors, to print). who discussed the recommendation at a Jan. “We are looking to be inclusive and to 7 workshop, was “enthusiastic,” according gain consensus,” said MacAuslan, explain- to Town Council Chair Molly MacAuslan, ing her request that the School Board take a who noted that the mission of Community vote as well. Services has “morphed and changed over “We are jumping into the budget season,” the years,” providing an expanded range of MacAuslan added, in response to a question services to the whole community, includ- about the fast pace to bring the Community ing more programming for senior citizens. Services move to a decision. “We can roll MacAuslan also said that completion of this into the budget season.” the new library building would provide an Community Services, located at 343 opportunity for “synergy” between Commu- Ocean House Road, has a mission to “pro- nity Services and the library, with joint proj- vide versatile community programs offering ects “easier to accomplish if they are both educational, cultural, recreational, and so- Photo by Joan Carrier under the municipal side of the house.” cial enrichment opportunities to a wide seg- The picnic table storage area on Jan. 27 The Town Council will take a vote on ment of the citizenry,” with a commitment the proposal at its Feb. 8 meeting (after this to “lifelong learning” to meet the “changing newspaper goes to print). If approved, Mc- needs and interest of the community,” and to Govern will present a proposed Community “enhancing and improving the quality of life Services budget for fi scal year 2017 to the for the residents of Cape Elizabeth.” (from council concurrent with the presentation of the winter edition of The Cape Explorer.)

Verizon limited and within town standards, as will Cont. from page 1______exterior motion-activated lighting and envi- ronmental impacts. The application is avail- Road water tower is an “alternative tower able for review at Town Hall in the Planning structure” under the ordinance and that Ve- Offi ce. rizon’s proposal qualifi es as an “accessory The water tower has been discussed as a use.” possible site for a cell tower since at least Left undecided was whether the proposed 2004, but residents of the Shore Acres neigh- antennas would be suffi ciently concealed ac- borhood have opposed the cell tower, citing cording to the standards of the ordinance. noise, decreased property values, increased The new application, a thick packet of traffi c, and negative visual impact in the documents, maps and photo simulations of residential neighborhood. the proposed facility, includes seven pages However, a plan for 100 percent cell Photo by Martha Agan of “responses” to “approval standards” in coverage for the community is one of the A rock sculpture with the tide coming in on the Fort Williams Park beach on Jan. 25 the zoning ordinance. It states that the ex- Town Council’s goals for 2016, following isting tank will be repainted and antennas its review of the town’s poor cell coverage installed within “shrouds” to minimize their in 2015 and a demand by many residents for Town Hall “The back yard of Town Hall is not a visibility and visual impact. The application improved service. Cont. from page 1______dump,” said McGovern. “The abuse by a also states that the proposed facility will be “I’m really pleased that Verizon is mov- few residents is very disturbing. It calls into installed on, and immediately adjacent to, ing forward with an application,” said Town Some of the mess can be accounted for question whether or not we should have the the existing water tower, entirely within the Manager Michael McGovern. “There’s a lot by wind blowing material from the bins, but silver bullets in unattended areas.” existing fence, with limited post-construc- of desire in the town [for better cell cover- much of it appears to be intentionally left. Residents should just use “common tion traffi c via the existing driveway, and age]. This is probably the best way to ac- Floyd said that trash found in the parking lot sense” when disposing of recyclables, said no pedestrian access. It says noise will be complish it.” has included a television, car seats and small Floyd, such as breaking down cardboard and appliances. fi tting it compactly in the container, to allow more space. “My advice is don’t come on Monday morning,” said McGovern. And “be respon- sible.” Feb. 12 - Feb. 25, 2016 C LASSIFIEDS The Cape Courier • Page 15

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