Headlines from York and Ogunquit, Maine

Major work was underway at the Atlantic House, the former home of Pop's Shell Shack, pictured here, on Tuesday morning, Nov. 14. A formal groundbreaking on the project is set for next Tuesday, Nov. 21. After a lengthy Planning Board approval process, the Victorian-era hotel is being redeveloped to house a combination of retail, restaurant and other uses. Meanwhile, work continues at the nearby Union Bluff after what officials describe as an oversight in the permitting process last week. Read story.
Photo by Steve Rasche
SCHOOLING SALMON. This past week, fourth graders from Coastal Ridge Elementary School headed out to Nashua, N.H., to learn about the journey an Atlantic salmon follows through its lifetime and to begin their participation in the Adopt-A-Salmon program offered through the National Fish Hatchery located there. Above, students help hatchery employees fertilize freshly harvested salmon eggs. The trip was a precursor to an estuary studies unit the students will be working on this coming spring. Sometime in early January the class will receive a cooler of "eyed' salmon eggs. The students will observe the growth and development of the eggs over the remaining course of the school year. In May, the baby salmon - which at that point in their lives will have progressed to the "fry" stage - will be released by the students in the Saco River. We'll keep you posted!
Photo by Juanita Reed

Local officials clash over Union Bluff permits

Macdonald claims corruption, DeCoteau cites misunderstanding

Planners get glimpse of Fazio's Square, approve Cape Neddick House plan, discuss Highland Farm

The Fazio property on Woodbridge Road could look quite different in the future, as preliminary plans are in the works for a new professional office building to replace the two structures that currently share the lot with Fazio's Restaurant.

York reacts to election results

From the overwhelming passage of every zoning and Comprehensive Plan question on the ballot to the defeat of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, last week's local election results were received as good news by local officials.

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Wells-Ogunquit school talks continue while York offer remains on the table

Cordial negotiations continued between the Ogunquit and Wells Boards of Selectmen last week as they work to reach an agreement on the dissolution of the 25-year-old "private and special law" enacted by the Maine Legislature for educating Ogunquit children in Wells.

Local voters say no to zoning, split on TABOR

Last Tuesday, Nov. 7, voters said no to a warrant article that would have adjusted 14 areas in the zoning ordinance to comply with the town's Comprehensive Plan.

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