Cape Neddick News

The Senate chairwoman of the Legislature's budget-writing committee spurned Gov.

Because of state law, the last day to pick up absentee ballots prior to the May 18 election and budget referendum is today, Wednesday, May 15, according to Town Clerk and Tax Collector Mary-Anne Szeniawski.

The Seacoast Water Garden Club is hosting its eighth annual pond tour on Sundays from June 23 through Aug.

The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance has announced the finalists for its 2013 Maine Literary Awards.

The York Sewer District is not contributing to the bacterial pollution of the Cape Neddick River, according to a draft report on the watershed.

More than 100 patrons, volunteers and staff members gathered Thursday for the York Center for Wildlife's annual Call of the Wild event to promote the work and educational programs performed by the wild animal rescue, rehabilitation and release facility in Cape Neddick.

This month's poem is by Cape Neddick's Roland Labrie, from his book Reaching for Quiet, which was awarded a New England Book Festival Honorable Mention.

Barbara A. Edelman, 58, of Josiah Norton Road, died Monday, April 29, 2013, at home, with her husband and daughters by her side.

An anonymous donation is supporting a new York Sustainable Fisheries Fund to benefit the health of the local commercial fishing business.

Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation is continuing its Earth Day celebrations Saturday, April 27, with beach cleanups in Rye and York, Maine.

St. Peter's by-the-Sea's commanding bell tower overlooking Shore Road in Cape Neddick is shrouded behind scaffolding as contractors work to replace rotting timber against a bride's June deadline.

Two local residents have been honored with Real Hero awards from the American Red Cross of Maine Southern Maine Chapter.