The Cape Courier - Volume 29 Number 7 - June 10-June 30, 2016

Sep 26, 2026

Election-Day coverage for Cape Elizabeth, detailing Tuesday, June 14 polling hours, absentee balloting timing, and two ballot items: the Recycling Center referendum and the school budget validation measure. The article explains the town charter requirement for voter approval of capital expenditures over $1 million and outlines the committee-recommended recycling facility plan. It also reports interim leadership for Cape schools, appointing Howard Colter for the 2016-2017 school year, with context from School Board statements and related community features.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages24

Reading Time37 min

AccessFree to download

Election Day coverage

Recycling Center referendum

School budget validation referendum

Interim superintendent appointment

Howard Colter’s one-year role

Community feature

Poetry post in Shore Acres

Oyster farmer Nate Perry

Postal Customer Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107 PRSRT STDU.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 62 Portland, ME ECRWSS TheCapeCour er Volume 29 Number 7 June 10-June 30, 2016 An Independent Not-for-Proﬁt Newspaper Serving Cape Elizabeth Since 1988 ~~ ~~[cape](capecourier.com)~~[courier](capecourier.com)~~[.com](capecourier.com)~~ ~~ Recycling Center referendum and school budget will go to vote June 14 By Elizabeth Brogan Tuesday, June 14 is Election Day, with polls opening at 7 a.m. in the gym at Cape Elizabeth High School. The polls will close at 8 p.m. Absentee balloting will have concluded three business days before the election; all election-related activities will move to the high school on Election Day. In addition to the Democratic or Republican primary, Cape residents will be asked for an up or down vote on the Recycling Center project referendum. The question is as follows: “Shall the Town Council vote authorizing expenditure of up to $1,400,000 for improvements and upgrades to the town’s Recycling Center be approved?” The council voted 6-1 in January to approve the plan for improvements, but the town charter requires voter approval of all capital expenditures over $1 million. The new plan, recommended by the Solid Waste and Recycling Long Range Planning Committee formed in December 2014, has several drive-forward-only lanes, with separate recycling and compactor stations, replacing the current hopper building. A detailed plan is available on the town website. Also on the Cape Elizabeth ballot is the following school budget validation referendum question, which will appear as follows:“Do you favor approving the Town of Cape –see ELECTION, page 6 Photo by Martha Agan Steve Young lowers ﬂag to half-staff at Town Hall on a rainy Memorial Day morning. Mount Desert superintendent to lead Cape schools for one year By Wendy Keeler Howard Colter has led three school districts in New Hampshire, one in Massachusetts, one in California and one in Maine. On July 1, he will add another Maine school district – Cape Elizabeth – to his resume. Colter, who is about to retire as superintendent of the Mount Desert Island Regional School System, will serve as interim superintendent for a year while the School Board continues its search for a superintendent. Meredith Nadeau is set to leave Cape Elizabeth June 30 for a job as chief of the Newmarket School District in New Hampshire.“Cape Elizabeth schools will be in excellent, capable hands for the 2016-2017 school year. Among other sterling qualities, the variety and depth of Mr. Colter’s experience make him an ideal match for Cape Elizabeth,” School Board Chair Elizabeth Scifres said.“The board appreciates that Mr. Colter has said one of his goals is to position us well for our superintendent search in the fall.” Colter, 70, is excited about his upcoming one-year post. “I look forward to working with the School Board and getting to know the parents and teachers and administrators and really getting into the schools and listening to what people have to say,” he said. –see INTERIM, page 22 My Cape Elizabeth: poetry poster Jodi Breau ... and oyster farmer Nate Perry Photo by Robin Loughman Jodi Breau stands beside her poetry post on Waumbek Road in the Shore Acres neighborhood. By Robin Loughman When school librarian Jodi Breau retired last year after a long career, it was the relationships with her students she found she missed most. “When I would give them the perfect book and they would come back and say,‘That was so good, do you have another?’That was what I worked for,” she said. Yet, as often happens in retirement, work skills honed over decades have a way of springing up in unexpected places. For Breau, a new literature connection has taken form in a “poetry post,” a mounted display board that’s created a buzz in her Shore Acres neighborhood. It started out as a lark after Breau got an email about similar poetry posts that were poppin

FAQs

When is Election Day in Cape Elizabeth, and what are the polling hours?

Election Day is Tuesday, June 14. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. at Cape Elizabeth High School.

What question will voters see on the Recycling Center referendum?

Voters will decide whether the Town Council can authorize up to $1,400,000 for improvements and upgrades to the town’s Recycling Center.

Why does the town charter require voter approval for the Recycling Center capital expenditure?

Because the charter requires voter approval of all capital expenditures over $1 million.

Sep 26, 2026

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