CAPE ELIZABETH — A surge and a sprint provided the decisive moments of the state’s largest road race Saturday morning. With those respective moves, Bedan Karoki of Kenya and Gemma Steel of Great Britain were crowned champions of the 17th annual TD Beach to Beacon 10K. The surge belonged to the 23-year-old Karoki, who pulled […]
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Girls’ lacrosse: Yarmouth holds off Cape Elizabeth for Class B crown
Grace O’Donnell netted six goals — including three in the first seven minutes — and keeper Mary Kate Gunville stopped a pair of key shots as time ran from the clock in the second half to help the Clippers to a 13-10 win over Cape Elizabeth at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The title is Yarmouth’s fourth in […]
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Maine Goths gather for kite-flying party
CAPE ELIZABETH — Thousands flocked to Fort Williams Park on a recent Saturday afternoon to lounge in the grass, barbecue and soak up some rays on a blue-skied, 80-degree day. One group, however, infused a dose of darkness and macabre — if only by its fashion sense — into an otherwise bright afternoon. Black corsets, […]
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Use of tobacco barred at Fort Williams Park
CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Visitors to Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth will soon face fines if they smoke or use tobacco products on park grounds. The Town Council voted 6-1 Monday night to ban smoking and tobacco products from the popular seaside park, home to Portland Head Light. The ordinance takes effect in 30 […]
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Fort Williams Park — home of Portland Head Light — may soon be smoke free
CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — One of Maine’s most popular tourist destinations may soon be smoke-free. The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is holding a hearing Monday to discuss a proposal to ban tobacco use at Fort Williams Park — home of Portland Head Light. Under the proposal, anyone caught smoking cigarettes, cigars, pipes or e-cigarettes or […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Right time for Knights
Poland played its best down the stretch Tuesday to beat Cape Elizabeth 54-47 in a crucial, late-season showdown. “We basically just played like this was about whether we make the playoffs or not,” senior guard Emily Bolduc said. “The difference between this game and any other game was that everybody stepped up in scoring.” In […]
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H.S. girls’ basketball: Cape Breed’s success
GRAY — On the bench, Kate Breed had time to think about how disappointed she was in her play Saturday night. The Cape Elizabeth sophomore guard knew she could have had a better night and the fact that she knew she had struggled only made it worse. But when she was rushed off the bench […]
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Field hockey playoffs: Phoenix run off Capers
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Phoenix kept the Cape Elizabeth Capers running. In the second half of the Western Class B field hockey semifinals, the No.2 seed Phoenix pulled away with a 4-0 victory. “That’s what we have been doing all year, we like to run and we like to pass,” said Spruce Mountain Phoenix […]
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Class C Football: Spruce Mountain Ring-s up Cape Elizabeth
LIVERMORE FALLS — It was like the moment in the action movie when the cop and his understudy make eye contact because they both notice the smoking-gun clue at the same time. Backed almost to their own goal line and facing third-and-long, Spruce Mountain coach Walter Polky and quarterback Peter Theriault distracted Cape Elizabeth by […]
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H.S. football: Capers cap Knights
POLAND — Three moments summed up the first half Friday night for Poland. The Knights’ football team found itself in a pretty tight battle with Cape Elizabeth, but a failed possession, a short punt and an injury all proved costly for Poland. Cape opened the early lead and then broke things open in the second […]