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.