York Town News
Tree falls to lightning. This ragged stump was a 50-foot pine tree prior to a fast-moving thunderstorm on Friday evening, July 28, when lightning felled it quicker than a woodsman's axe. The lightning hit between three homes at the corner of Elizabeth Lane and Chase's Pond Road. In at least one home, it knocked out telephone service, the well pump, a television and a dishwasher. There was no personal injury reported.
Photo by Larry Favinger
"We're just ecstatic."
When Troy Williams closes the doors at the historic York Beach Cinema after the final showings of Labor Day weekend, he's not expecting to open them again.
Selectman Macdonald promises fight if proposed
When Oscar Plotkin arrived in town on April 26 to host a community forum on the future of York's Wild Kingdom, he pledged he would return to hear from more residents.
Few participants showed up for a walk last Saturday, July 29, sponsored by York's Historic District Commission to introduce the public to the last remaining evidence of the people who once lived on or near Mount Agamenticus.
Planning Department Monthly Report: By Town Planner Steve Burns
Back in 1986, the voters approved a warrant article amending the town's zoning ordinance in a way that has resulted in a lot of work, discussion, disagreement and disgust among property owners and the Appeals Board.
Carryover time in the town's budget process elicits a lot of discussion, and this year was no different as the Board of Selectmen took a look last week at the list presented by Finance Director Elizabeth McCann.
From Kittery to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, two brothers with close ties to Maine will run and bicycle in August to raise funds for the Maine Cancer Foundation, a charity that funds cancer research, education and patient support programs throughout the state.
If you love animals and can spare a few hours each week this summer, the Center for Wildlife is looking for you.
York Public Safety News
The York Police Department is continuing a 10-day-old investigation into a burglary of $30,000 worth of items from Essence of Time Antiques on Route 1 in Cape Neddick.
There are eight people participating in York Seniors and Law Enforcement Together's Good Morning Program, offered to local seniors who live alone and are at risk of sudden illness, falls, accidents and social isolation.
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