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Election Day is Tuesday November 6, 2018
Tody Justice, Town Clerk
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Absentee Ballots are available at the Town Hall in Council Chamber B during regular business hours. Voting in the presence of the Town Clerk without a reason (early voting) will end today, Thursday, November 1, 2018.
Voting will take place at the High School Alumni Gymnasium on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, 2018, from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. As a reminder the main entrance to the High School is now located at the traffic light in front of the Municipal Building at 259 U.S. Route One.
For further information on Absentee Voting, Early Voting, and Voter Registration, please contact the Scarborough Town Clerk's Office at 207-730-4020.
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Public Safety Building Groundbreaking Ceremony
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The DEP permit has finally arrived and the
voter approved Public Safety Building project can now get underway! Please join us for a ceremonial groundbreaking on Thursday November 8, 2018, 10:00 am - 11:00 am at the site of the new building. Access will be easiest from the lower parking lot of the Town Hall.
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Sustainable Scarborough: Grant for Phillips Brook
Jami Fitch, Sustainability Coordinator
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The Town of Scarborough has two streams that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has classified as Urban Impaired Streams, which means that pollution levels make it difficult for stream life to survive. In the spring of 2019, the Town will begin work to improve the health of one of these streams, Phillips Brook. The work is funded by a $115,000 grant from the DEP and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Phillips Brook is a 2.77-mile stream that flows from Saco, across Broadturn and Payne Roads, and into Scarborough Marsh. As a first step to clean up Phillips Brook, the Town developed the Phillips Brook Watershed Management Plan. DEP, Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District, and stakeholders helped write the Plan, which was completed earlier this year. The Plan is a road map to restore the Brook. It recommends a combination of construction projects, education and outreach efforts, and Town ordinance and policy changes to improve the Brook.
Click here to read the complete article
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Building Permit Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them
Brian Longstaff, Zoning Administrator
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Almost every person that submits a building permit application needs the permit yesterday. Here in the Codes Office we customarily tell applicants that it will take us between 7 and 10 days to review and issue a building permit, though through the summer and fall months it can take as much as 3 weeks. In the regulatory world, that's "light speed". One way applicants can make sure that we're able to meet or even reduce that turnaround time is by submitting a
complete
application.
A
complete
application is one that contains all of the information that we need to determine if the proposed project is compliant with land use and building code standards. An incomplete application is placed in the back of the queue while we contact the applicant and wait for the missing information. This slows down the approval process and it creates an unnecessary backlog of incomplete applications, sometimes outnumbering complete application submittals. Most times this delay can be avoided if the applicant would use the application checklist included with every building permit application. The checklist identifies the information that we require from the applicant, and if there is any question, the applicant can certainly check with us before submitting to make sure that they have exactly what we need depending on the type of project they have in mind. The checklist identifies the required submittal information for various types of projects, including:
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Community Services Brochure Available Now
Audra Keenan, Intergenerational Programs Manager
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Now available to view and print online. . . the 2018-19 Winter-Spring program brochure. This brochure covers the months of December through May for all senior, adult, and youth programming.
All current 55+ members have been mailed a copy of the brochure. Paper copies will be available to pick up in the Community Services Office. Copies will also be available at the Scarborough Public Library.
Registration opens at 8:00 am on Tuesday, November 6.
55+ non-members may register beginning Tuesday, November 13.
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Welcome (back) Angelo Mazzone
Heidi McNinch, Human Resources Coordinator
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A familiar face has rejoined our Public Safety team with the hiring of Angelo Mazzone as the Town's new Harbormaster.
As a long-time Scarborough resident, Angelo was a veteran Scarborough Police Officer who rose through the ranks to be become Deputy Chief. Angelo also served the Community by being a member of the Scarborough Fire Department.
After a brief time out of state, Angelo returned to Maine where he served as Assistant Harbormaster in Portland for many years.
Angelo's knowledge of our community and his police and harbormaster experience will be invaluable to the Scarborough Public Safety family.
Angelo began his new role as Harbormaster on October 15th.
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About the Scarborough Town Newsletter
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Welcome to the official newsletter of the Town of Scarborough, Maine. Brought to you by a team of Town staff, our mission is to keep you informed about town events and activities.
Please note that the newsletter articles are intended to be brief and will often point you back to a link on the Town's Website or Facebook page. The website is the heart of the communication network within town and is the central repository for information on Town government.
Your newsletter team:
| Tody Justice, Town Clerk |
Catherine Morrison, Public Library |
| Audra Keenan, Community Services |
Sean Bushway, IT |
| Heidi McNinch, Human Resources |
Brian Longstaff, Codes & Planning |
Kelly Johnston, Scarborough Public Schools
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Chief Michael Thurlow, Fire Department |
| Kim Sperlich, Police Department |
Ruth Porter, Finance |
| Leona Oceania, Public Works |
Larissa Crockett, Assistant Town Manager |
| Magdalena Slawiec, SEDCO |
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2018 Scarborough Town Council
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William Donovan, Chair
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Chris Caiazzo, Vice Chair
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Shawn Babine
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Jean-Marie Caterina
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Katy Foley
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Peter Hayes
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Will Rowan
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