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Pp 1 Thru 6 & 18 Dec 18 2010 20 Pages.Indd PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 62 Portland, ME The Cape Cour erECRWSS Volume 23 Number 19 An Independent Not-for-Profi t Newspaper Dec. 18 - Jan. 11, 2010 Serving Cape Elizabeth Since 1988 capecourier.com CMP installs smart meters around town; Cape wins state mock trial title McGoven clarifi es council action By Elizabeth Brogan ters,” said McGovern. “Utility regulation is On Nov. 8, the Town Council adopted a undertaken by the state.” resolution urging CMP not to install the so- According to McGovern, the Maine Pub- called “smart meters” on Cape Elizabeth lic Utilities Commission is considering a pe- homes for a period of 90 days and until CMP tition from Scarborough residents asking the has provided additional information about PUC to review its earlier decision in favor of the devices. the program. That town was given 21 days As residents were reading about the to fi le additional information before the PUC resolution on the town website and in local considers whether to reopen the earlier ap- newspapers, (in this newspaper referred to proval, said McGovern. as a “moratorium,” which CMP was “urged But that process does not prevent the on- to honor”), CMP-hired electricians were in- going installation of meters in Cape Eliza- stalling the meters at Cape homes. beth. “Many citizens have called Town Hall “CMP has the right to install a smart me- regarding the installation of smart meters,” ter replacing your current meter,” McGovern Town Manager Mike McGovern said in a said. Dec. 2 announcement posted on the town website. How to say no “Many of the callers believe that the McGovern also said that if residents do Town Council enacted a moratorium on the not want a new meter installed, they should Photo by Colleen Taintor installation of the meters...Please note that be proactive in telling CMP not to install Cape Elizabeth High School mock trial team co-captain Emily Taintor embraces coach Mary the operative language is ‘urging CMP.’ The the meter. “CMP is honoring such requests Page as co-captain Ben Berman and team member Emily Muscat look on, at the Cumberland resolution does not have the force of law,” at this time, he said. “You may wish to tape County Courthouse in Portland on Dec. 9 when the CEHS team beat Hampden Academy to McGovern said. a small note to your existing meter win Cape’s fi rst state title since 2002. “The town of Cape Elizabeth has no ju- risdiction over the installation of smart me- —see SMART METERS, page 18 By Mary Page the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, presided Cape Elizabeth High School over the trial, which centered on a case in- Mock Trial Team Teacher/Coach volving criminal charges concerning a lob- Eighteen ring-tossing robots compete in Cape Cape Elizabeth High School won its fi rst stering feud. State of Maine Mock Trial championship “The team was amazing,” said attorney since 2002 on Dec. 9, beating Hampden Richard O’Meara, a Cape resident who has Academy in the fi nal round of competition helped coach the CEHS team since 2004. at the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland. Leigh I. Saufl ey, Chief Justice of —see MOCK TRIAL, page 18 Sherman to serve as council chair in 2011 By Elizabeth Brogan Also sworn in on Town Councilor David Sherman was Dec. 13 were newly unanimously chosen to serve as new Town elected Councilor Council chairman at the council’s annual Caitlin Jordan and caucus held Dec. 6 and was sworn in as re-elected Councilor chairman at the fi rst meeting of the Town Frank Governali. Council year on Dec. 13. Two new School Councilor Anne Swift-Kayatta served Board members, as council chair in 2010, while Sherman Michael Moore chaired the Ordinance Committee. and Kimberly Mon- “I’m gratifi ed to have been chosen by my aghan-Derrig were David Sherman peers to serve as council chair for the com- also sworn in at that ing year,” Sherman said. “The council has meeting. Photo by Kathy Barber been a rewarding experience so far, and I’m Councilor Sara Lennon will continue to Cape seventh-grader Jasper Hansel, third from left, and freshman Trevor Gale, looking forward to the challenges and op- chair the Finance Committee, as she did in portunities we’ll face in 2011.” far right, drive their robots during a Dec. 4 robotics meet at CEHS as eighth- —see COUNCIL, page 18 grader Andrew Volent, fourth from left, freshmen Liam Simpson, third from right, and Nick Shedd, second from right, watch the fi eld with spectators. Mary Townsend to chair School Board By Wendy Keeler petitive than I thought it would be,” said A veteran of countless athletic competi- Bottomley, who was surprised by the drama By Wendy Keeler very trying years,” tions, Cape resident Marlene Bottomley of the competition. “I had no idea that teams Mary Townsend, who joined the School said Townsend, add- thought she had seen it all from the sidelines. could sabotage each others’ efforts in order Board in 2008, is the new board’s new chair. ing, “It’s an honor Bottomley’s kids are stand-out athletes, and to gain points in the competition.” The unanimous choice at the board’s Nov. and a privilege to for years her husband has been a top runner At the meets, robots, which students build 16 caucus, Townsend takes over from Re- work with this ex- in his age group in Maine. out of VEX Robotics System components, becca Millett, who stepped down from the traordinary group. But when she took her son, J, and his two attempt to score the highest number of points board this month after serving for more than I have great faith in friends to a Dec. 4 robotics competition at by the putting the greatest number of rings six years. each member of this Cape Elizabeth High School, the fi rst CEHS onto their team’s post . Robots can score ad- Townsend, who was to be sworn in at the board.” has ever hosted, she was in for a surprise. ditional points by climbing ladders. board’s meeting on Dec. 14, the day The John Christie takes Mary Townsend Robots from 18 teams from around the state During the fi rst 20 seconds of each round, Cape Courier was to go to print, lauded her over as both the faced off against each other in matches on when robots operate in a preprogrammed predecessor and had admiring words for the board’s vice chair and as chair of the Finance fi elds in which two robots at a time are pitted “autonomous” mode, teams can get bonus board. Committee, which includes all board mem- against each other. points. After that period ends, students driving “I have so much respect for all that Re- bers. Longtime board member Kathy Ray becca has been able to accomplish in some “It was really interesting and more com- —see ROBOTICS, page 18 —see BOARD, page 18 Page 2 • The Cape Courier LETTERS Dec. 18 - Jan. 11, 2010 The Cape Courier ‘Old Cape landmarks’ remembered Rep. Eberle thanks P.O. Box 6242 citizens, has new coffee Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107 Timothy Lunney wrote to 207-767-5023 The Cape Courier on Dec. 4 hour venue in SoPo capecourier.com and Dec. 5 with some of his recollections of old Cape The 125th Maine Legislature has been OUR MISSION STATEMENT Elizabeth. sworn in, with new leaders elected by the The mission of The Cape Courier is to foster It’s wonderful that the new majority party. It’s a different landscape a sense of community by presenting news town has restored the [Spur- in state government, and I look forward to specifi c and unique to Cape Elizabeth and its wink] church to be a beau- hitting the ground running in what is simul- residents, and, whenever possible, to promote tiful setting for many future taneously familiar and unknown territory. volunteerism within our community. Cape weddings. Since this is my fourth and last term, due BOARD OF DIRECTORS Speaking of old Cape to term limits, I feel confi dent in the skills, Trish Brigham, Debbie Butterworth, landmarks, I have attached knowledge and experience I have garnered Bob Dodd, Sheila Mayberry, Gene Miliard, a copy of an old post card of during the last six years. With a new admin- Bill Springer, Beth Webster; Clerk: Paul Thelin the Crescent Beach Inn, now The Crescent Beach Inn, gone but not forgotten istration and majority, the unknowns of poli- Publisher: Patricia McCarthy gone, but not forgotten. (see cy and priorities are waiting to be revealed. [email protected] photo above). I remember dining there with where the parking lot at Kettle Cove is today. I thank the citizens of District 123, my Editor: Elizabeth Brogan my family when I was a small child, back in The cove was fi lled with the sights, sounds friends and neighbors in Cape Elizabeth (Letters, general news) the days when the rusty old Lobster Pound and smells of a large fl eet of fi shing boats. and South Portland, who entrusted in me [email protected] still loomed over Kettle Cove and Bette Da- A collection of dilapidated old buildings the awesome responsibility of representing School/Community Editor: Wendy Keeler vis and Gary Merrill walked the sands of lined Crescent Beach. Crescent Beach itself their interests in Augusta. I will work as I (Business, Neighbors, schools, religion, sports) Crescent Beach. was often covered with broken bottles, rusty always have, with all my colleagues in the [email protected] Back in the 50s, Crescent Beach was very cans and other debris from the fi shing fl eet.
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