PRSRT STD Postal Customer U.S. Postage PAID Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 Permit No. 62 Portland, ME ECRWSS The Cape Cour er Volume 25 Number 11 An Independent Not-for-Profi t Newspaper Aug. 8 - Aug. 21, 2012 Serving Cape Elizabeth Since 1988 capecourier.com B2B 2012: Hot, humid and a big hit, as always More than 6,000 runners, including three Olympian legends, beat steamy conditions to fi nish the 15th annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K on Aug. 4. Cape Elizabeth native and race found- er Joan Benoit Samuelson was among those who ran the 6.2-mile course from Crescent Beach to Portland Head Light, and she invited fellow running greats Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter to join her. For more photos and a list of Cape Elizabeth race participants, please see pages 4 and 5. And look for a list of Cape participants and other race coverage in the next issue of The Cape Courier. Photos by Noah Whittenburg Top: Stanley Biwott of Kenya (No. 5) rounds a bend in the center of town along with other elite runners en route to winning the TD Beach to Beacon 10K on Aug. 4 as town residents cheer. Above left: Minnie-inspired members of the Cape Elizabeth High School cross- country team Emily Faria, left, and Emily Lobosco are jubiliant at the fi nish. At right: Youngsters, cheered on by parents and other onlookers, including Cape native and race founder Joan Benoit Samuelson, middle, take part in the 1-mile Fun Run on Aug. 3. Shore Road Path progresses on schedule with ‘no surprises’ By Wendy Keeler during the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, the Every summer, Beach to Beacon racers ‘In the absence of any specifi c rules adopted by the race she founded, when spectators took ad- own the limelight on Shore Road, but this Town Council, I suggest people treat it like a sidewalk.’ vantage of Shore Road’s new addition. year runners have had to share some of the Residents of neighborhoods along Shore attention with another entity making its way – Town Planner Maureen O’Meara Road, who have had to contend with one- down the coastal road: the Shore Road Path. way traffi c on weekdays this summer, have Installation of the 2.2-mile path, which Fort Williams and Pond Cove had been tober, but we have to order those stand-alone watched the progress unfold outside their car starts at Fort Williams Park and will ex- paved, and in early August, crews were busy pieces, and there’s a little less predictability windows. tend to the Town Center, started in June and installing portions of the path from the Olde of the timing of those specifi c items,” Cape In some sections, the path is separated should be completed in October, town offi - Colony Lane area south toward the center of Elizabeth Town Planner Maureen O’Meara from the road by grassed esplanades, and in cials say. town. said on July 30. others by wooden guard rails. Some portions “We’re very pleased with the progress Even before sections were paved, people of the pathway will be separated by a gravel the contractors have made. There have been Final phase of project were making use of the path. shoulder and others by asphalt curbing. The no surprises,” Cape Elizabeth Public Works Five areas of the path will require retain- “We’re seeing a lot of people running on elevation of the path varies in places, de- Director Robert Malley said on Aug. 2. “We ing walls, which will be installed in the fi nal it and walking on it, and it’s not even done pending on the adjacent topography. hope to have the path substantially complet- phase of the project. yet,” Malley said. “We worked within the public right of ed by the end of September.” “The culvert crossing at Pond Cove will Joan Benoit Samuelson, the 1984 Olym- way along Shore Road and we tried to main- In June, crews from L.P. Murray & Sons require a bridge which will be fabricated and pic marathon gold medalist who grew up in tain a 2- to 5-foot separation between the started work on the path near Fort Williams then installed on site,” Malley said. Cape, ran on the path the morning of Aug. Park. By late July, much of the path between “Most of the path will be done before Oc- 3. The following day, the path got more use —see PATH, page 18 Page 2 • The Cape Courier LETTERS/THANK YOUs Aug.8 - Aug. 21, 2012 Councilor Sullivan The Cape Courier Better than ever! P.O. Box 6242 urges residents to back Cape Elizabeth Maine 04107 207-838-2180 new library building capecourier.com Our beloved Thomas Memorial Library OUR MISSION STATEMENT is becoming the focus of a great deal of at- The mission of The Cape Courier is to foster tention, and deservedly so. a sense of community by presenting news Severe defi ciencies exist with the physi- specifi c and unique to Cape Elizabeth and its cal structures, and, in November, the voters residents, and, whenever possible, to promote will be asked to approve $6 million for a volunteerism within our community. new building. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Given the population of our town, the Elizabeth Brogan, Debbie Butterworth, TML is one of the most heavily used pub- Bob Dodd, Sheila Mayberry, lic libraries in Maine and averages 1,600 Bill Springer, Beth Webster visits a week. Our biggest user groups are Publisher: Patricia McCarthy pre-kindergarten children and citizens over [email protected] 50 years old. The TML has provided Cape Editor: Patricia McCarthy residents with both a sense of community (Letters, general news) and a sanctuary for lifelong learning since [email protected] opening in 1919. School/Community Editor: Wendy Keeler On May 31, the Town Council hosted (Business, Neighbors, schools, religion, sports) a “conversation with the public” about [email protected] More than 1,100 people participated in the fi fth annual Tri for a Cure triathlon on July 29, the proposed new library project. Citizens Advertising Manager: Trish Brigham ending at Spring Point Light in South Portland. They set a record by raising more than speaking at a packed Town Hall that night (Display ads): [email protected] $1.2 million for the Maine Cancer Foundation. Above, Cape residents Mary Lou Johnson, were overwhelmingly in support of a new Bookkeeper: Dorothy Stack left, and Jean Ginn Marvin, with race founder Julie Marchese, right. building, though some expressed concerns [email protected] about the impact on property taxes. The debt (mortgage ) cost for the new Proofreaders: Suzanne Higgins, Phyllis Locke, Anita Samuelsen, Sheila Zimmerman Family Fun Day Committee extends thanks library for the peak year is $570,000. A pro- ject built in 1994 will have its debt paid off Copy Manager: Diane Brakeley The members of the Cape Elizabeth Town Hall. the same year as the library borrowing. The Webmaster: Wendy Derzawiec Family Fun Day Committee would like to This years’ food and games booths were fi nal debt payment for the earlier project is Photo fi nishing: Megan McConagha thank all those folks who made this year’s outstanding and added to the enjoyment for $577,677; therefore the new debt for the library is a wash in debt service costs and Manly Man Extraordinare: Jeff Hewett event such a great success. all who attended. Without the volunteer ef- We had a great turnout and raised quite a forts of everyone who helped build, set up, will not increase taxes. Technology Services: Katie Held bit of money for Cape Elizabeth charitable and run those activities, none of it would The library board of trustees is hosting For general information & classifi ed ads: groups and booster clubs. be possible. tours of the library through October. I urge [email protected]/207-838-2180 The day would not be possible without Thank you to everyone who participated, all Cape citizens to see for themselves why a Writers: Debbie Butterworth, Wendy the support of the town, including our out- and we look forward to an even better event new building is so desperately needed – now, Derzawiec, Bob Dodd,Wendy Keeler, standing Police, Fire, Rescue and Public next year. and for Cape Elizabeth in the 21st century. Patricia McCarthy, Ellen Van Fleet Works departments, as well as the folks in Steve Culver Town Councilor Jessica Sullivan Photographers: Sarah Beard Buckley, Jenny Campbell, Kate Harnden, Ann Kaplan, Wendy Keeler, Jack Kennealy, Patricia McCarthy, To Volvo owner who Colleen Taintor, Noah Whittenburg THANK YOU VERY MUCH! 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