Councilors voted 4-3 to take back amendments agreed upon last month in order to comply with a state mandate and replace them with the new chairman's plan, a move the town attorney says could be illegal.
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The Cape Elizabeth Town Council rejects Councilor Timothy Reiniger's proposal to reduce the $34.2 million budget to stem a recent history of yearly increases during declining enrollment. The budget now goes to town voters for validation.
Town councilors cite the comparatively low local COVID-19 transmission rate and high vaccination rate among their reasons for not proposing a mask requirement.
There have been several fatal drownings in Maine over the last two weeks. With the weather heating up and the water becoming a more popular option for cooling down, members of Cape Elizabeth’s Water Extrication Team trained at Kettle Cove Saturday morning preparing for the busy season ahead. Sign up for our Newsletters “Winters in Maine are long enough as it is, and then compound that with the pandemic – people are anxious to get outside – we...