Postal Patron PRSRT STD U.S. Postage Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 PAID Permit No. 62 Portland, ME The Cape Cour erECRWSS Volume 25 Number 2 An Independent Not-for-Profi t Newspaper March 7 - March 20, 2012 Serving Cape Elizabeth Since 1988 capecourier.com Updated plan Whoa ... what a view for town-run cemetery in the works By Patricia McCarthy Cape Elizabeth Public Works employ- ees have lots of jobs, among them plowing snowy roads, maintaining Fort Williams Park, fi xing potholes, and digging graves. That last task might surprise many, but it comes with the town’s ownership of River- side Memorial Cemetery next to Spurwink Church. “It’s one of the most unique and impor- tant services we provide,” said Town Clerk Debra Lane, whose duties include working with cemetery trustees to oversee the cem- etery and selling burial lots. “Most people drive by and don’t think of the mechanics of it at all. But we take this responsibility very seriously.” The town has owned the cemetery for more than 65 years, since voters agreed to purchase it and assume control in 1945. Cemetery trustees are now in the process of updating a master plan to map out the future for the 27-acre site, which overlooks the Spurwink River and is bounded by Photo by Patricia McCarthy Spurwink Avenue and Route 77. Eileen Worthley, daughter Lilly and dog Cookie of Portland brave a brisk, windy Feb. 25 afternoon atop a dramatic vantage point at Two Nearly 20 years ago, the town commis- Lights State Park. Eileen is the wife of Cape Elizabeth High School teacher Doug Worthley. sioned Portland-based Mohr & Seredin Landscape Architects to draft a master plan for the cemetery, which was fi rst devel- oped in the early 19th century. The sloping Mutually benefi cial: CSA shares give farmers hillside is an attractive site, but the cem- etery’s expansion possibilities are hemmed a boost, buyers an early-bird discount in somewhat by wetlands and the state’s shoreland zoning regulations. By Tina Harnden The 1993 master plan called for main- At this time of year, Cape Elizabeth’s taining the cemetery’s rural nature and prized spring greens and luscious strawber- suggested better continuity between the ries are just a gleam in farmers’ (and resi- original cemetery area and newer sections. dents’) eyes, but it’s not too soon to buy It also set out ideas on how to expand the into the coming growing season. usable area of the cemetery and listed ways Many Maine farms, including three in to better maintain and beautify the site. Cape, offer the opportunity to invest in Lane said Mohr & Seredin was hired last Community Supported Agriculture shares. year to work with trustees on updating the CSAs are a relatively new support mecha- plan. The fi rm’s draft, which will require nism for small farms that provide growers Town Council approval, will cover a range with preseason cash for seeds and supplies, of issues to pick up where the 1993 plan left and consumers with credit on future food off. That includes items such as rules and purchases. regulations for the cemetery – for instance, The system provides money for farmers acceptable sizes of markers and pricing of when they most need it, and an early-bird lots, she said. discount for buyers. Lots currently cost $650 for a burial site Participating farms in Cape – Alewive’s (for one adult) and $300 for a site for bury- Brook Farm, Green Spark, and the Wm. H. Jordan Farm – allow CSA-share buyers to ing cremated remains. Photo by Megan Swann Lots can be purchased by current resi- use their credit for purchases at their farm Mary Ellen and Austin Chadd, owners of Green Spark Farm, one of three farms in Cape —see CEMETERY, page 18 —see CSA, page 18 offering Community Supported Agriculture shares. Paper’s board reminds readers of ongoing need for fi nancial support
Dear loyal readers, subscription” to help ensure continued production and de- your community newspaper. It has been almost two years since The Cape Courier livery of The Cape Courier. Weddings and honor rolls have been announced; budget took the necessary step of requesting fi nancial assistance Since that plea was fi rst published on March 27, 2010, proposals dissected; election results reported; state champi- from its readers. about 400 donations have been received, some of which onships photographed and celebrated; and the stories of our Hoping to be able to continue delivery of a high-quality, were people renewing their voluntary subscriptions. These friends and neighbors told. Cape-specifi c newspaper to every household in town, we donations, coupled with advertising revenue, have made reached out to readers to consider a donation or “voluntary possible another two years of uninterrupted publication of —see NEED, page 2 Page 2 • The Cape Courier LETTERS/THANK-YOUs March 7 - March 20, 2012
Neighbor affected by The Cape Courier Rippling P.O. Box 6242 proposed zoning rules: Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107 207-838-2180 Consider implications capecourier.com From the Feb. 18 Wall Street Journal, . OUR MISSION STATEMENT page C1, quoting Alain de Botton: The mission of The Cape Courier is to foster “One of the losses that modern society a sense of community by presenting news feels most keenly is the loss of a sense of specifi c and unique to Cape Elizabeth and its community. We tend to imagine there once residents, and, whenever possible, to promote existed a degree of neighborliness that has volunteerism within our community. been replaced by ruthless anonymity, by the BOARD OF DIRECTORS pursuit of one another primarily for individ- Elizabeth Brogan, Debbie Butterworth, ualistic ends: for fi nancial gain….” Bob Dodd, Sheila Mayberry, We would have you, our citizens and Bill Springer, Beth Webster neighbors keep this in mind when you con- Publisher: Patricia McCarthy sider the implications of the new zoning [email protected] ordinance being contemplated by our Town Editor: Patricia McCarthy Council, which treats this very treasured (Letters, general news) sense of community as an inconvenient af- [email protected] terthought. School/Community Editor: Wendy Keeler Photo by Patricia McCarthy Our future, and our childrens’ and grand- (Business, Neighbors, schools, religion, sports) childrens’ future, and the very nature of our Ripples among the rocks in the Atlantic at Two Lights State Park on a windy Feb. 25. [email protected] town is at stake. Advertising Manager: Trish Brigham Frank Luongo (Display ads): [email protected] Reader urges Capers to host exchange students Lawson Road Bookkeeper: Dorothy Stack [email protected] Production Manager: Sheila Zimmerman Webmaster: Wendy Derzawiec THANK Photo fi nishing: Megan McConagha YOU, Distribution: Jeff Hewett VERY Technology Services: Katie Held For general information & classifi ed ads: MUCH! [email protected]/207-838-2180 ... to all who have answered Writers: Debbie Butterworth, Wendy The Cape Courier’s Derzawiec, Bob Dodd,Wendy Keeler, Patricia McCarthy, Ellen Van Fleet ongoing request for help. Photographers: Sarah Beard Buckley, Jenny Campbell, Kate Harnden, Ann Kaplan, Wendy We greatly appreciate your Keeler, Jack Kennealy, Patricia McCarthy, Photo by Paul Naseef voluntary subscriptions and other Colleen Taintor, Noah Whittenburg Pasqual Guarracino of Germany skis with his exchange program host Michael contributions. Checks made out to Proofreaders: Suzanne Higgins, Phyllis Naseef on the slopes at Sugarloaf in mid-February. The Cape Courier may be mailed Locke, Anita Samuelsen, Sheila Zimmerman to P.O. Box 6242, Cape Elizabeth, The Cape Courier is printed by The Times I have been hosting exchange students room to sleep, meals, and occasional trans- Maine 04107. Thank you Record in Brunswick and mailed free to since 2000. My family has welcomed teenag- portation. It’s been a wonderful experience residents 22 times a year. We disclaim all to the following most recent legal responsibility for errors, omissions or ers from many countries so that we now have for our family, our exchange student, and the newspaper supporters: typographical errors. All reasonable care friends all over the world. My older son wrote whole school. is taken to see that errors do not occur. We about his experiences on his college essay, Kay Kramer, another host mother this year Troy A. Ellsmore print corrections if notifi cation is received which helped him secure a scholarship! This said, “My husband and I really enjoyed host- Anne Pokras & Mary Fowler in a timely manner. Photographs will not be year, we are happily hosting Pasqual Guar- ing Pasqual for a few months before his stay returned but may be picked up at our offi ce in racino, a sophomore at Cape Elizabeth High with the Naseefs, until June. I would recom- Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. School. He has been a wonderful gift to the mend hosting to any Cape family interested Contributions will be acknowledged LETTER & SUBMISSION POLICY Cape community. in expanding their own children’s cultural in this alphabetical format. We welcome letters to the editor. Maximum Here we live in Cape, in such an idyllic, safe horizons while offering the experience of a Please specify how you would like length: 250 words. We reserve the right to refuse the name(s) to appear in print. Please letters and do not withhold names. Letters town, but we are lacking diversity – and that’s lifetime for a deserving foreign exchange stu- refl ect the opinion of the author, not The Cape what these students can bring so that our kids dent.” include a message on your correspon- Courier. Email letters to: editor@capecourier. can be better prepared for a global world. Cape needs host families to welcome stu- dence if you prefer to have your com or mail to P.O. Box 6242, Cape Elizabeth, The students keep busy in lots of after- dents for six weeks or for the academic year voluntary subscription/contribution ME 04107. Please note: Because of possible school activities and often get carpools and (2012-13). You can contact me for more in- remain anonymous. errors in transmission, letters sent via email will make their own friends. They are often inde- formation at 615-5399 [email protected]. be acknowledged to confi rm receipt. Contact us Checks also may be dropped off pendent, since they are far from their families Lisa Naseef, local coordinator if your emailed letter is not acknowledged. We at The Cape Courier offi ce and country. So I’ve only had to provide a for Center for Cultural Interchange reserve the right to edit accepted submissions. at Town Hall.
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Former School Board Chair Millett Cape real estate transfers: December 2011
NEW OWNER PREVIOUS OWNER STREET NAME SALE PRICE TYPE / USE running for Dill’s District 7 Senate seat GANDT LLC HOWARD HELLER 32 RICHMOND TERRACE $223,000 SINGLE FAMILY PETER DARLING TANYA MCMULLAN 5 APPLE TREE LANE $168,323 SINGLE FAMILY NCS PROPERTY LLC PEABBLES POINT LLC 10 PEABBLES PT LANE $272,706 Rebecca Millett, a former chair of the Cape Pingree, D-Maine, but before The Cape Cou- THOMAS S. PUCKETT LAUREL A. MILOS 162 OCEAN HOUSE ROAD $295,000 SINGLE FAMILY MARGARET BERLEM ADAM POWERS 2 STEPHENSON ST. $132,000 SINGLE FAMILY Elizabeth School Board, is running for the rier went to press on March 2, Dill said she JUDY TIZON HOLSHOUSER MARION EST 137 TWO LIGHTS ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY Maine State Sen- was reassessing her options (see below). HOLSHOUSER MARION EST. JUDY TIZON TWO LIGHTS ROAD $ 0 LAND LELAND G. EMBRY CHRISTOPHER ESTY 23 RIDGE ROAD $245,000 SINGLE FAMILY ate seat currently Millett said she hopes that her experience JWAY LLC JUDITH KRANTZ 46 SPURWINK AVE. $103,000 SINGLE FAMILY JOHN J. FABISH REV. TRUST JOHN J. FABISH 26 TALL PINE ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY held by Sen. Cyn- in both public service and business can help SUZANNE E. GABRIEL EDITH EBERHARD ESTATE 32 KETTLE COVE ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY thia Dill, D-Cape the state. She also said she supports fund- LOUISE FORREST THE 4 OF US FAMILY LP OLD MILL ROAD $ 0 LAND JOHN P. GANGALE VERNA W. ANDREWS 18 STATE AVE. $179,500 SINGLE FAMILY Elizabeth. Millett ing for public schools and environmental JILLIAN BLAKESLEE ARLETTA M. ASHE 10 PROUT PLACE $765,000 SINGLE FAMILY JAMES M. CASEY JAMES M. CASEY 1 VILLAGE LANE $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY announced her protection. SUSAN M. DONOVAN STEPHEN M. DONOVAN 1114 SAWYER ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY THOMAS J. DOWNING DOWNING SUP. FAM. TRUST 11 SCOTT DYER ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY candidacy at the Millett served on the school board for ALAN D. LONG CHESTER F. MROWKA 11 CHEVERUS ROAD $188,000 SINGLE FAMILY Cape Elizabeth more than six years. She grew up in Portland, NANCY MCCARTHY-MARSDEN JOEL MARSDEN 20 ROCKY HILL ROAD $ 0 SINGLE FAMILY Democratic caucus received two bachelor’s degrees from Ameri- late last month. can University and a master’s in business ad- State Rep. ministration from the University of Chicago. Make santoro your 1st call for a pleasant experience! Bryan Kaenrath, After working for a time on Wall Street, D-South Portland, Rebecca Millett Millett joined the Peace Corps and worked We offer the OPTION of “Lease now and sell later”. also has announced that he’s running for the on economic development in the Ukraine. District 7 seat, which covers Cape Elizabeth, After returning to the United States, Millett South Portland and part of Scarborough. worked for social services agencies before she Buyer Representation Dill has taken out papers to run for the U.S. and her husband, Kevin Kobel, moved back Seller Representation House seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Chellie to Maine. They have two children.
Price includes: Landlord Representation Dill keeping her options open on what’s next Maintenance Coordination By Patricia McCarthy cci, to take out papers to run in the Demo- State Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, cratic Senate primary. Former Gov. Angus said she is rethink- King and Cape Elizabeth resident Eliot ing her decision Cutler, both Independents, also say they are Residential Upholstery & Fabrics to run for the U.S. considering a run for the Senate. Richard L. Morrison Senate and instead Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, who may run for the represents the southern part of the state – Carmela 799-6714 U.S. House. including Cape Elizabeth – also took out D E S I G N E R Established 1974 nd consultation799-6714. and a sh Dill announced nomination papers to run for the Senate. On earlier this year March 2, press time for The Cape Courier, that she would en- her spokesman said she “was very strongly ter the Democrat- leaning toward running” but had not yet de- Chad’s Computer Brahms Electric ic primary for the cided if she would run for that position. nomination to run Before The Cape Courier went to press, Consulting against incumbent State Sen. Cynthia Dill Dill said that if Pingree runs for the Senate, Providing years of honest, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. she will run for Pingree’s House seat. reliable, experienced computer/IT For All Yourr ResidentResidentialial ElectricalElectr Needs In late February, however, Snowe an- About a half-dozen other candidates also service for southern Maine (Repairs/Remodelsels anandd NewNew Construction) nounced she would not run for re-election. have taken out nomination papers for that Dependable andd Affordable!A That prompted several well-known poli- seat and some, like Dill, were waiting to see ticians, including former Gov. John Balda- what Pingree decided. Call: (207) 749-1343
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