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Jump to full article: keepMEcurrent.com (Westbrook, ME), 2009-05-27
Author: Al Edwards Reporter - American Journal
Intro: Smokers heading to Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough Beach will no longer be allowed to light up there.
Gov. John Baldacci earlier this month signed into law a bill prohibiting smoking at Maine’s state park beaches, which include Crescent and Scarborough.
The bill, LD 67 – “An Act To Protect Beaches in Maine’s State Parks” – was sponsored by state Sen. John Nutting, D-Leeds, and passed in the state Senate in April. Baldacci signed it on May 13.
The smoking ban applies to areas within 20 feet of beaches, playgrounds, snack bars, group picnic shelters, enclosed areas or public restrooms.
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