Hometown USA

Witch Way was the Cape Elizabeth home of Bette Davis and her husband, Gary Merrill, during the 1950's.

Portland Head Light, located in Cape Elizabeth, first operated in 1791 on orders of George Washington, was the first lighthouse completed after the founding of the United States and one of the oldest in continuous use in the nation

The world's most photogenic lighthouse is the Portland Head Light in Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth, so named because of the number of times it has been painted, photographed, and sketched,and appeared on calendars.

Distance runner Joan Benoit Samuelson was born in Cape Elizabeth in 1957.

The first sport played by marathoner Joan Benoit at Cape Elizabeth High School was field hockey.

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