Police arrest three in connection to car thefts

    At about 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 13, Officer Nicholas
Rich of the Cape Elizabeth Police Department was on patrol on Mitchell
Road when he observed three youths walking. Since this is an area where
we have experienced a rash of motor vehicle burglaries, Rich stopped to
investigate. When Rich slowed his vehicle one of the youths ran.

    Rich and Sergeant Kevin Kennedy’s investigation
uncovered stolen property on the person of a 16-year-old Cape Elizabeth
boy.  According to a police statement, some of the property was
determined to have been taken during a burglary that occurred earlier
that day. The boy was arrested and charged with burglary to a motor
vehicle. A search of the boy’s home yielded an array of stolen property
with a value of $5,000 to $10,000, according to police. The boy has
been connected to 13 burglaries so far.

    Also as a result of the investigation, a 17-year-old
girl from Cape Elizabeth was charged with possession of Schedule Z
drugs and a15-year-old boy from South Portland was arrested and charged
with burglary to a motor vehicle.



Margolis-Pineo elected to Portland Water District Board

    In November, David Margolis-Pineo, a resident of
Portland and an engineer in the Water Resource Protection Department in
South Portland, was elected to the Portland Water District Board of
Trustees. Margolis-Pineo ran unopposed and received 18,952 votes or 100
percent of the votes cast. In addition to his seat on the Board, he
also serves on the Board’s Operations Committee. 

    As an engineer in the Water Resource Protection
Department Margolis-Pineo has designed several wastewater projects
including pump stations and sanitary and stormwater collection systems
for the city. He has worked for the city for 20 years.

     “As development continues, protecting our
water supply becomes more important,” Margolis-Pineo said. “I am very
concerned about outside pressures, from stormwater runoff and other
potential pollution sources, and I look forward to working with the
experts at the Portland Water District to press our protection
initiatives forward.”

    Margolis-Pineo was born and raised in Maine and
lives in Portland with his wife of 25 years, Elizabeth, who is a
graphic designer. They have three daughters.



Cape students share shipyard stories on radio       

Listener-supported radio station WMPG (90.9 and 104.1 FM) is currently
airing interviews with area residents who worked in the South Portland
shipyards during World War II. The interviews are scheduled to air on
Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. A different
episode will be featured each week over the next four weeks.

    Many of the interviews were conducted by Cape
Elizabeth High School students under the supervision of Stephanie
Philbrick, WMPG-FM, as part of Portland Harbor Museum’s Homefront
Veterans Oral History project.

    The radio pieces were produced by Philbrick. Funding
for the project was secured by Portland Harbor Museum from the
Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting. Hadley Schmoyer, Portland Harbor Museum curator, is the
project director.

    WMPG-FM focuses on local programming, from local
music and Maine politics to local arts and culture. The station’s
programming is also available on the World Wide Web (www.wmpg.org).

The Portland Harbor Museum is located on the waterfront in South Portland.