CAPE ELIZABETH — Since it was launched in 1998, the number of competitors in the TD Beach to Beacon 10K has more than tripled and the road race has achieved world-class status. For the fourth time in race history Saturday morning, race founder Joan Benoit Samuelson will join some of the top runners in the […]
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Baseball: Norsemen down Patriots in first round of GNCBL tourney
OLD ORCHARD BEACH—The Norsemen picked up a playoffs win vs. the Patriots at the Ballpark on Sunday after, July 30. Kaleb Bridgham and Mathew Smith scored the game’s first runs in the bottom of the second and the team held on from there. Final tally: 4-1. Both the Patriots and the Norsemen are members of […]
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Elite hosts: Cape Elizabeth residents open their homes, hearts to Beach to Beacon runners
CAPE ELIZABETH — Sheila Abourjaily has never run the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race, but she holds one of its records: most consecutive years hosting elite runners. This year is the race’s 20th anniversary, and Abourjaily’s 19th year hosting athletes at her Salt Spray Lane home during race week. Her daughter, Erin Dawson-Chalat, […]
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: July 28
Arrests 7/20 at 10:15 a.m. Robert Brown, 49, of Cumberland Street, Westbrook, was arrested on Wells Road by Officer Aaron Webster on charges of operating with a suspended or revoked license and violating conditions of release. Summonses 7/20 at 8:40 a.m. Robert Brown, 49, of Cumberland Street, Westbrook, was issued a summons on Wells Road by Officer […]
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Greater Portland gets $9.9M for paths, sidewalks, streets
PORTLAND — Nearly $2.7 million in pedestrian and sidewalk improvements on Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth, South Portland and Portland are included in a nearly $10 million package of transportation projects to be funded over the next five years. The Policy Committee of the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, or PACTS, voted July 20 to fund the […]
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Baseball: Yankee Ford tops Zone 3 United, moves on to States
FREEPORT – Matt Riggle capped a huge, seven-run third inning with a grand slam homerun on Thursday evening, July 20, propelling Yankee Ford past Zone Three United in both teams’ last regular-season bout. Z3U began slowly to chip away at their deficit after that, adding three in the sixth on runs by Gibson Harnett, Jake […]
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Grow some roots in Maine, then hang them on your wall
Miles Perry makes wall art that shows a sense of place.
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Cape Elizabeth Police Beat: July 21
Arrests 7/15 at 2:30 p.m. Emil Dzabiev, 36, of Independence Drive, Scarborough, was arrested on Tides Edge Road by Officer Jefferey Gaudette on charges of burglary, criminal trespass and violating conditions of release. Summonses 7/11 at 7:29 p.m. Shelby Vandeventer, 24, no address listed, of Standish, was issued a summons on Shore Road by Officer Ben Davis on a […]
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‘Like there is a different person inside’: After brain injury, Cape Elizabeth author helps others cope
CAPE ELIZABETH — Eighteen years ago, Carole Starr said goodbye to the life she knew and hello to a new part of herself she now calls “Brainhilda.” “Brainhilda” is the left side of Starr’s brain, a separate entity from the rest of her body. She can’t control when it is going to act up; it […]
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Baseball: Nor'easters continue roll, toss Patriots aside
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Luke Klenda led the Nor’easters past the Patriots at the Ballpark on Sunday afternoon, July 17, dominating on the mound. And while Klenda gave up no hits, his team tallied plenty: The Nor’easters’ five-run first inning would’ve sufficed to win them the game, but they piled runs on runs until finally […]