Headlines from York and Ogunquit, Maine

PUNT, PASS & KICK! York's eight-year-old Trevor LaBonte showed he could it all in advancing to the regionals of the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick competition at Foxboro, Mass., before the Patriots home game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Dec. 3. Posing here for a photo back home at York High School, Trevor holds the plaque he won for his efforts in the competition. See the full story in York-Ogunquit Sports.
Photo by Steve Rasche

Town Farm discussions take new turn as local resident donates 17.5 acres

Local residents will get to tell the Board of Selectmen next month whether they want to see a portion of the Town Farm sold as house lots - and will formally decide in May whether to accept a donation of more than 17 acres of open space adjacent to the property.

Manager presents plan to redefine land use planning at Town Hall

After years of controversy, the Code Enforcement Office - and land use planning in general - may be entering a new phase, following a proposal by the town manager to reorganize the way departments are managed at Town Hall.

Selectmen say no to Willis dock on Western Point

The protracted effort by Dana Willis to have a dock built opposite his home at 122 Western Point Road took another hit Monday night when the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously not to issue the license required by state law.

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Ogunquit officials counter school buyout proposal from Wells

Selectmen from Wells and Ogunquit and their respective town managers met at Dunaway Center on Thursday, Dec. 7, to continue negotiations on an agreement to dissolve the Wells Ogunquit Consolidated School District.

Marginal Way Committee sets boundaries

The hot potato issue of encroachments on Marginal Way is about to be tossed back to the Board of Selectmen by the Marginal Way Committee as a result of its Dec. 7 meeting at Dunaway Center.

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