Cape Elizabeth voters will decide at elections in November whether to ban the use of synthetic pesticides on residential properties. The referendum vote, scheduled by the Town Council on Monday, stems from a citizen petition that received over 1,000 signatures in February. The ordinance proposed by the petition’s sponsors, Organic Cape, would permit for use […]
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Southern Meetings: March 17-24
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/20 6 p.m. Finance Committee Workshop Town Hall Mon. 3/20 6:30 p.m. Housing Diversity Study Town Hall Tue. 3/21 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop Q&A CEHS Tue. 3/21 7 p.m. Planning Board Town Hall Thu. 3/23 6 p.m. Finance Committee Workshop Town Hall Scarborough Wed. 3/22 8 a.m. Sustainability Committee Zoom, […]
Pesticide ban set for vote in Cape Elizabeth
The proposed ordinance would prohibit the use of synthetic pesticides on residential properties and bar any pesticides at all near water or wetlands.
Southern Meetings: March 10-17
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/13 7 p.m. Town Council Town Hall Tue. 3/14 6:30 p.m. School Board Town Hall Wed. 3/15 6:30 p.m. School Building Advisory Committee Town Hall Thu. 3/16 6 p.m. Fort Williams Park Committee Community Center Thu. 3/16 7 p.m. Energy Committee Town Hall Scarborough Mon. 3/13 6 p.m. Conservation Commission Zoom, Town […]
Heating system malfunction causes water damage at Cape Elizabeth school
Pond Cove Elementary School was fully reopened Thursday after going remote earlier this week.
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust awarded grant for middle school bird project
The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust has received a 2023 Casco Bay Community Grant for a middle school unit on birds. The project, “Place-Based Middle School Unit on Birds: Migration, Adaptation, Impacts of Climate Change” will instruct students in the importance of land stewardship through curriculum, fieldwork, data collection and the hosting of family nature walks, […]
Southern Meetings: March 3-10
Cape Elizabeth Mon. 3/6 6:30 p.m. Housing Diversity Study Town Hall Mon. 3/6 6:30 p.m. Conservation Committee Zoom, SoPo City Hall Tue. 3/7 6:30 p.m. School Budget Workshop Q&A CEHS Library Tue. 3/7 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop Town Hall Wed. 3/8 5:30 p.m. Community Services Committee Community Center Wed. 3/8 6 p.m. Diversity, Equity, […]
Gnomes galore at South Portland-Cape Elizabeth upcoming SpringFest
The lead-up to the gnome-themed May event starts Saturday with a fireworks display at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth.
Games with grandfather inspire new chess club for those with memory loss
The idea for the club came from a Cape Elizabeth student who played the game with her grandfather, who had dementia but “always remembered how to play chess.”
Southern Meetings: Feb. 24-March 3
Cape Elizabeth Fri. 2/24 Noon Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee Thomas Memorial Library Mon. 2/27 6:30 p.m. Housing Diversity Study Town Hall Tue. 2/28 6:30 p.m. School Board Budget Workshop Q&A CEHS Library Tue. 2/28 7 p.m. Board of Zoning Appeals Town Hall Thu. 3/2 8 a.m. School Building Advisory Committee Town Hall Thu. 3/2 6:30 […]