Headlines from York and Ogunquit, Maine

Students in Libby Bacon's science classes at York High School were among volunteers from across town and across the state taking part in the Maine Coastal Program's Coastweek from Sept. 16 through 23. Pictured are York High School students Nick Foster, Kerrin Buckley and Bridget Rhinehart at work on Long Sands Beach collecting and cataloguing the garbage and pollutants that litter the beach and plague marine animals. Read story
Photo by Jennifer L. Saunders

Cleaning up the coastline

What do 1,935 cigarette butts, 300 bottle caps and lids, 224 food wrappers and containers, 209 pieces of rope and 132 paper and plastic bags have in common?

Search for new CEO continues

Almost two months after Senior Managing Code Enforcement Officer Mark Badger resigned due to health concerns, the town's search for the right person to fill his post continues.

[more York News]

Parking fees lowered in Perkins Cove

The Paid Parking Ad-Hoc Committee held its first meeting in mid-September and while a permanent time and fee schedule for Perkins Cove has not been resolved, the committee agreed to initiate policies for the shoulder season extending to Columbus Day that pleased cove business owners and visitors alike.

Ogunquit planners discuss the importance of Mount A to the Sea

Paul Schumacher, director of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, and Roger Cole, coordinator of the Mount Agamenticus to the Sea Conservation Initiative, are encouraging the Planning Board to take a regional view of conservation efforts and work with six towns for the benefit of all.

[more Ogunquit News]

TABOR talk continues as poll indicates support is on the wane

If the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) initiative passes at the polls in November, the local result could be a loss of the equivalent of 12 teaching positions from the York School Department alone.

[more Currents in Education]

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