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Chris Curtis with Fox Property Maintenance of Falmouth clears a sidewalk at Falmouth’s Foreside Place plaza Friday morning, after a dusting of snow ended a relative drought. The return of snow also played havoc on the Maine Turnpike, where a string of crashes could be attributed to weather and unprepared drivers. See a story on page 3. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Study links good teachers to lasting gain WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Elementary- and middle-school teachers who help raise their students’ standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives beyond academics, including lower teenage-pregnancy rates and greater college matriculation and adult earnings, according to a new study that tracked 2.5 million students over 20 years.

The paper, by Raj Chetty and John N. Friedman of Harvard and Jonah E. Rockoff of Columbia, all economists, examines a larger number of students over a longer period of time with more in-depth data than many earlier studies, allowing for a deeper look at how much the quality of individual teachers matters over the long term.

“That test scores help you get more education, and that more education has an earnings effect — that makes sense to a lot of people,” said Robert H. Meyer, director of the ValueAdded Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which studies teacher measurement but was not involved in this study. “This study skips the stages, and shows differences in teachers mean differences in earnings.”

Many school districts have begun to use value-added metrics to influence decisions on hiring, pay and even firing.

The study, which the economics professors have presented to colleagues in more than a dozen seminars over the past year and plan to submit to a journal, is the largest look yet at the controversial “value-added ratings,” which measure the impact individual teachers have on student test scores.

It is likely to influence the roiling national debates about the importance of quality teachers and how best to measure that quality.

Supporters argue that such metrics hold teachers accountable and can help improve the educational outcomes of millions of children. Detractors, most notably a number of teachers unions, say that isolating the effect of a given teacher is harder than it seems, and might unfairly penalize some instructors.

Critics particularly point to the high margin of error with many value-added ratings, noting that they tend to bounce around for a given teacher from year to year and class to class. But looking at an individual’s valueadded score for three or four classes, the researchers found that some consistently outperformed their peers.

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N.H. primary candidates spar As Romney jabs at Obama, rivals swing at Romney

BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND SUSAN SAULNY THE NEW YORK TIMES

CONWAY, S.C. — Mitt Romney on Friday slammed President Obama for failing the American people and accused him of dragging “the soul of America” toward a “Europeanstyle welfare state.”

Speaking to a crowd of several hundred people at a peanut warehouse here, Mr. Romney did not mention new data showing that the country added 200,000 jobs in December, sending the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years. The betterthan-expected jobs data was released just moments before Mr. Romney took the stage in South Carolina.

“We’re taking it back!” Mr. Romney said of the White House before returning to New Hampshire for the final weekend before the voting in there. “We’re taking it back!”

Flanked by Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina and Senator John McCain of Arizona, who won this state in

2008, Mr. Romney continued his criticism of Mr. Obama’s leadership.

“This president doesn’t understand how the economy works,” Mr. Romney said. “It’s time to get a president who does.”

In a statement, the White House said the employment report “provides further evidence that the economy is continuing to heal from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.”

In a statement issued after the rally, Mr. Romney called the unemployment numbers “good news” but said it was “no cause for celebration.” He added: “President Obama’s policies have slowed the recovery and created misery for 24 million Americans who are unemployed, or stuck in part-time jobs when what they really want is full-time work.”

In New Hampshire, Mr. Romney’s rivals are sharpening their attacks against him and intensifying their appeals to voters as they try to slow Mr. Romney’s march toward the Republican nomination. A new poll sug-

gests that while Mr. Romney remains well in the lead in New Hampshire, Rick Santorum is gaining support in that state.

In a 7 News/Suffolk University tracking poll, 40 percent of likely voters said they planned to vote for or leaned toward Mr. Romney, 17 percent backed Ron Paul and 11 percent choose Mr. Santorum.

In a television appearance late Thursday evening, Newt Gingrich savaged Mr. Romney’s record in Massachusetts, accusing him of appointing liberal judges, raising taxes and allowing abortions to be financed in the health care law he pushed through in the state.

“Governor Romney will not be able to hide behind negative ads,” Mr. Gingrich said on Fox News’s “Sean Hannity Show.”

He added, “People will go, ‘Oh yes, that’s not somebody I want to be the Republican nominee.’”

Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor, also took aim at Mr. Romney at an event Thursday night as he tried to jumpstart his struggling campaign.

“The establishment is teeing up Mr. Romney as their choice,” said Mr. Huntsman, who received the endorsement of The Boston Globe on Thursday. “The people of New Hampshire will not be told for whom to vote. The people of New Hampshire do not want a coronation.”

The Boston Globe, which is owned by The New York Times, said that “while Romney proceeds cautiously, strategically, trying to appease enough constituencies to get himself the nomination, Huntsman has been bold.”

The paper added that Mr. Huntsman “would be the best candidate to seize this moment in G.O.P. history, and the bestprepared to be president.”

At an early-morning rally in South Carolina on Friday, Mr. Romney did not respond to the attacks against him.

But John H. Sununu, a former New Hampshire governor who backs Mr. Romney’s presidential campaign, fired back during a Fox News interview Friday morning.

Maine Today Media announces new investors

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Maine Today Media, Inc. yesterday announced it had reached terms “with a new group of investors led by former Portland Press Herald President Chris Harte and the 2100 Trust, LLC.” The news, in the form of a press release, was issued Friday on the heels of months of speculation about the media company, which has sustained staff layoffs and turnover among its top executives.

“Our goal is to invest and grow this business by delivering professional, trusted news to Maine people,” said Harte, who was president of the Portland Press Herald from 1992 to 1994.

The move is expected to result “in significant new capital investment to strengthen current operating and future growth at the state’s largest media company,” the press release stated.

On June 26, 2006, McClatchy announced its sale of the Times Leader of WilkesBarre, Penn., and the Maine Today Media newspapers were sold by the Seattle Times Co. CEO Richard L. Connor and investors including Frank Henry, Charles Parente, and HM Capital Partners, a Texas equity fund, were listed as the purchasers. Late last year, Connor announced his resignation from MaineToday Media and his

intention to step down on Dec. 31. Dale Duncan, MaineToday president since July, also resigned.

MaineToday, which owns The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, The Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and the Coastal Journal, has been managed by an interim team during the search for Connor’s successor.

Members of the Portland Newspaper Guild at the Portland Press Herald and the Waterville Connor Sentinel last month ratified new contracts that expanded the Guild jurisdiction, enhanced labor-management cooperation and contained no wage or benefit cuts, the Guild reported on its website. The agreements come as Maine Today Media was “restructuring in the face of a severe financial crisis,” the Guild reported.

The 2100 trust, led by founder Aaron Kushner, Harte and media executive Jack Griffin, has spent a year assembling a group of New England-based investors and media executives “who understand the critical role newspapers play in our

community and are committed to re-invigorating them with fresh ideas, capital and disciplined management,” Friday’s press release stated.

News of the investment came from Maine Today Media Chairman Peter Brodsky.

“Upon closing the transaction, 2100 Trust would operate MTM’s properties with a team made up of current management and other experienced media industry professionals. More details will be available at the time of closing,” the press release stated.

The Citizens Voice newspaper of WilkesBarre, Penn., reported on Nov. 11 that the private equity firm that played a key role in financing Connor and other investors’ acquisition of The Times Leader and the Maine Today Media newspapers said it would no longer invest in media after weak financial performances.

“In a statement, Dallas, Texas-based HM Capital said it will turn away from investing in media and focus exclusively on food and consumer products which it calls ‘an area of core strength for the firm,’ while it labels media a ‘troubled area,’” the newspaper reported. The statement from HM Capital was originally published in Buyouts, a magazine that reports on the private equity industry.

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Ayla Reynolds’ father tells Nancy Grace to ‘spend a day with me’ DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The father of missing 21-month-old toddler recently invited the host of a daily HLN television program to “come spend a day with” him, according published reports.

Justin DiPietro, whose daughter Ayla Reynolds has been the focus of a massive search that has garnered the attention of media outlets nationwide, told the Morning Sentinel in Waterville that he invites Nancy Grace to spend a day with him and “see what I’m going through.”

He mades the statements to the newspaper following widespread speculation surrounding the disappearance of his daughter, which has often focused on him.

“She’s got a job to do and I do respect that,” DiPietro told the Morning Sentinel. “And, as far as her personal attacks on me, well, thank you Nancy Grace.

You are essentially keeping the awareness up about Ayla.”

Ayla was last seen sleeping in her bed on Dec. 16. Her father reported her missing the next day when he found an empty bed.

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Williams said there have been 13 highway deaths since Christmas, and 11 of those deaths were caused by motorists driving too fast for conditions.

Portland recorded only 2.5 inches of snow in December, including .7 inches on Christmas Day, Capriola reported. This made the month the 14th driest December in 131 years of weather records, tying the years 1881 and 1888. Yet Capriola noted that the recent lack of snow may have left many drivers off guard when a storm blew through Friday, making for a treacherous morning commute.

The snow totals didn't add up to more than an inch and a half in most parts of Maine, Capriola said. Lewiston recorded 1.3

inches, a Portland weather station at Riverton logged 1.4 inches, the Portland Jetport logged 1.2 inches and Gray recorded 1.6 inches of snow.

"It's only a drop in the bucket compared with what we would normally see during the winter," Capriola said of the snow totals, which, while hovering near 10 inches, still were around half of what a typical winter so far would bring.

Next Wednesday, a storm could drop snow on Portland, although it may result in rain, Capriola said. Williams said motorists should have their vehicle equipped with proper tires, windshield wipers, a shovel, a scraper, sand, extra clothing and a flashlight to counter any winter driving situation. Most importantly, he said: "Slow down."

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Friday a.m. dusting sends cars spinning Before yesterday's dusting of snow, Christmas was the last day for any significant snowfall in Portland, and it showed in the number of traffic accidents, officials said.

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A new social agenda I’m to Rick Santorum’s left on most social issues, like same-sex marriage and abortion. I’m also put off by his Manichaean political rhetoric. He seems to imagine America’s problems can best be described as the result of a culture war between the God-fearing conservatives and the narcissistic liberals.

Like most Americans, including most evangelicals under 40, I find this culture war language absurd.

If conservative ideas were that much more virtuous than liberal ideas, then the conservative parts of the country would have fewer social pathologies than the liberal parts of the country. They don’t.

But having said all that, I’m delighted that Santorum is making a splash in this presidential campaign. He is far closer to developing a new 21stcentury philosophy of government than most leaders out there.

One of Santorum’s strengths is that he understands that a nation isn’t just an agglomeration of individuals; it’s a fabric of social relationships. In his 2005 book, “It Takes a Family,” he had chapters on economic capital as well as social capital, moral capital, cultural capital and intellectual capital.

He presents an extended argument against radical individualism. “Just as original sin is man’s inclination to try to walk alone without God, individualism is man’s inclination to try to walk alone among his fellows,” he writes.

Communities breed character. Santorum argues

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that government cannot be agnostic about the character of its citizens because the less disciplined the people are, the more government must step in to pro––––– vide order.

The New York His political philosophy is Times built around the Catholic concept of subsidiarity — that everything should be done at the lowest possible level. That produces a limited role for Washington, but still an important one.

Over the years, Santorum has sought to use the federal government to nurture healthy communities. Welfare reform, which he helped lead, was a paternalistic way to use state power to encourage hard work.

He seeks to triple the size of the child tax credit, to make families more financially secure. He has supported flex time and transportation policies to make life easier for working parents. After initial opposition, he came to support AmeriCorps, the federal community service program.

Santorum believes Head Start should teach manners to children. He has supported efforts to police the airwaves and corporate marketing campaigns.

He believes that felons should recover the right to vote if they stay out of trouble for five years after their release from prison.

Santorum’s policies on tax reform, entitlement reform and the other big issues are similar to Mitt Romney’s and most of the other Republican candidates. But he seems to understand that simply cutting is not enough to build a healthy society. To avert decline, America has to restore its values.

Santorum understands that we have to fuse economics talk and values talk. But he hasn’t appreciated that the biggest challenge to stable families, healthy communities and the other seedbeds of virtue is not coastal elites. It’s technological change;

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it’s globalization; it’s personal mobility and expanded opportunity; it’s an information-age economy built on self-transformation and perpetual rebranding instead of fixed inner character. It is the very forces that give us the dynamism and opportunities in the first place.

Santorum doesn’t yet see that once you start thinking about how to foster an economic system that would nurture our virtues, you wind up with an agenda far more drastic and transformational.

If you believe in the dignity of labor, it makes sense to support an infrastructure program that allows more people to practice the habits of industry.

If you believe in personal responsibility, you have to force Americans to receive only as much government as they are willing to pay for. If you believe in the centrality of family, you have to have a government that both encourages marriage and also supplies wage subsidies to men to make them marriageable.

If you believe social trust is the precondition for a healthy society, you have to have a simplified tax code that inspires trust instead of degrading it. If you believe that firm attachments and stable relationships build human capital, you had better offer early education for children in disorganized neighborhoods. If you want capitalists thinking for the long term and getting the most out of their workers, you have to encourage companies to be more deeply rooted in local communities rather than just freefloating instruments of capital markets.

I doubt Santorum is going to win the nomination.

Main Street Republicans like Romney usually beat social conservatives like Santorum because there are just so many more of them in the Republican electorate. But social conservatives and libertarians often provide the ideas that Main Street leaders co-opt.

America is creative because of its moral materialism — when social values and economic ambitions get down in the mosh pit and dance. Santorum is in the fray.

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It's the Speaker vs. the PAC men in N.H. primary Just when you think you’re finally beyond the slings and arrows suffered by the merely outraged, residing instead in an amused post-cynical ––––– mindset granted to only the most hardened of objective political observUsually ers — just then — along comes a Reserved whole new reality.

A good non-political example is the The paper explains that “two” of the famous “horse’s head” scene in "The famous icon represent “... significant Godfather." omissions and/or exaggerations. Some Remember that? The worldly movie factual error may be involved but not exec would have withstood virtually necessarily. A politician can create a any traditional threat, faced down false, misleading impression by playany attacker. Indeed, the book notes ing with words and using legalistic that his cooperation required an act language that means little to ordinary that convinced him that the Other people.”

Side had such a disregard for life that Three is “significant factual error his very existence was altered. and/or obvious contradictions.”

So it was with some shock that we Four is a “whopper.” awaken to find that Iowa brought us Other sites find some basis of truth just such a terrifying morning, with the in the allegations and are perhaps less new reality arriving, silent but deadly, harsh, but clearly the ads took some into the Republican primary like a liberties with the facts. Nothing new party crasher helping carry in the beer. about that in politics, but what is new The shock of recognition came on – horse head new – is how casually the the installment plan.

PAC turned to lies despite having all First, we had the millions of dollars kinds of truth at their disposal. And worth of attack ads from a Romney they did that for the same reason The “Super PAC” that works much like a Godfather used his ASPCA-defying highly trained attack dog, relying on tactic: They knew it would work. mere hand signals to begin chomping The only upside of the new Super on an opponent’s head.

PAC reality allows an extension of the Then we saw the truly shocking (for Godfather analogy: It’s going to make a primary anyway) TV hits. great drama.

But the shock is this: In a race Because what you have now is against Newt Gingrich – a man with former Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of divorces that make the Real Housethe truly tough guys of the U.S. Conwife crowd blanch and 30 years of gress, coming into New Hampshire wacky public service – the Romney with a full head of steam, millions in crowd turned to relatively odd tactics. the bank and very little to lose.

They lied.

And also a Saturday night debate So what? Hold onto that concept for that offers a great toggle with the a second. The Romney-focused PAC NFL Wild Card playoffs. clearly has as much money as, say, the My guess is that the debate is more Jon Stewart show, and the Comedy competitive than the football, and my Central news staff long ago learned prediction is that Governor Romney that truth indeeds trumps fiction. will have to respond to the man some And I believe that even the most are already calling the “Speaker ardent Gingrich supporter might Badger” (based on the web sensation admit that the former speaker’s “Honey Badger” video). views have, let’s say, “evolved” in cirGranted, it’s cold comfort as we slide cumstances that sometimes leave into the slimy new political reality of him worrying about global warming Decision 2012, but for the post-cynical and sometimes dismissing the issue, it’s just a bit more scar tissue as we sometimes supporting legalizing move within 30 days of Maine’s own marijuana and sometimes supporting GOP primary. firing squads for joint possession.

Yet, confronted with an embar(Curtis Robinson is founding editor rassment of riches unseen since the of The Portland Daily Sun.) Carter Administration, they opted to lie.

You can look up the actual ads, stuff like Gingrich making $30,000 an hour from Freddie Mac and supporting federal funding for abortion and “amnesty” for illegal residents, but be sure to look around the usual factchecking groups.

The Washington Post offered likely the best analysis, giving the ads a rare “four Pinocchio” award.

Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. (AP/New York Times)

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The owner of this house at 189 Brackett St., seen here three years ago, finally won approval late last year from the city to remove the structure. The house lot and an adjacent parking lot are now for sale. (The Fuge/Courtesy The Bollard)

Where the 172-year-old house at 189 Brackett St. once stood is now a vacant lot. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

Blighted property now seen as prime real estate Brackett Street lot draws interest as potential site for development

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

For nearly a decade, the house at 189 Brackett St. sat vacant, the roof and walls always seeming just a day or two away from collapsing inward.

In that time, neighborhood residents came to view the home as a potentially dangerous eyesore, and a magnet for feral cats.

But after a long battle with the city, property owner Merle Clarke finally got approval last month to tear down the 172-year-old house. He said crews started on a Saturday in mid-December and had the hole filled and the debris gone by midweek.

Three weeks later, the house is ancient history, and the house lot with an adjacent parking area at the intersection of Pine and Brackett streets is now being marketed as one of the finest development tracts on the West End. "I have two people interested in it right now," said Jay Sparrow, owner of Remax/Allied commercial brokers. "It's been under contract for two months, but they are having difficulty getting bank financing because banks are very hesitant to do these commercial ventures unless your last name is Rockefeller."

A half-dozen developers have expressed interest in the site, he said, mainly because of its high-traffic location and zoning, which allows for up to seven floors and a mix of housing and commercial uses.

"It's kind of unique, and it's really build-able," Sparrow said.

Nonprofit developer Avesta Housing is among the firms that have expressed interest in the site, Clarke said, adding that the two sides appear to be worlds apart on price.

The roughly six-tenths-acre parcel, which is combined with two adjacent ones on Pine Street, are listed for $425,000.

Regardless of who buys the land, Clarke says he won't shed any tears when he signs it over. "I'd just like to walk away from it," he says.

Clarke bought the house in 2005 for $137,000, with the sole intention of tearing it down to expand the adjacent parking lots he already owned. But that plan was foiled after city inspectors determined the house had historic value and could be salvaged.

"I went in the building once and I thought I was going to fall through the first floor into the basement. I haven't been in since," said Clarke, who called his purchase of the house "one of the worst investments" he's ever made.

Clarke owns several properties in Portland, and including apartment buildings he renovated and now rents out. He gave his age as "retired."

Over the years, he says he's repeatedly tried to convince the city to let him tear down the house at 189 Brackett, to no avail. All the while, he continued to pay the property taxes ($2,200 in 2011) and legal fees incurred trying to get a demolition permit.

Late last year, with help from Councilor Dave Marshall, Clarke got his wish. The permit was issued in

December, although it cost Clarke another $10,000 to raze the house.

Rosanne Graef, head of the West End Neighborhood Association, predicted few will miss the old Cape-style house, which occupied a prominent corner that already has a trendy pizza restaurant, a veterinarian's office, a laundromat and a convenience store.

"When it came down, people were glad," she said.

"It really was an eyesore, and it was getting to be unsafe. The only real concern that I heard being expressed, is that there were a lot of cats living there, and people wondered what happened to them."

Ethan Strimling, CEO of LearningWorks, which is next door to where the house stood, said he was "pleased the city finally allowed it to be taken down."

"All it was housing was feral cats. And many of the cats were coming over here at one point or another," he said.

Councilor Marshall, who lives across the street from Clarke's properties, said he's looking forward to new development on the site.

"It's in a B-1 zone, which means retail on the first floor and housing above. It also means (a developer) could probably ... put in 18 units of housing," he said.

Sparrow insists the property will sell at some point, but says he's warned Clarke not to spend proceeds of the sale just yet.

"It's a unique piece and it will sell," he said, predicting it would fetch between $350,000 and $425,000.

"In a better market, it would have sold for $550,000 to $575,000."

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Attorney General warns parents to ‘be wary’ of children’s acting event DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS The state’s Attorney General issued a statement warning parents to be skeptical about a series of children acting auditions slated for today.

Attorney General William Schneider says there is reason to believe that the “Disney” auditions scheduled to take place at the Clarion Hotel in Portland are not legitimate. Consumers have attended similar events in other locations and have noted “that the ‘free’ event ultimately could end up costing thousands of dollars,” according to the news release.

“Many parents want to believe that their child could be the next Hollywood sensation,” stated Schneider.

“The truth is that the odds of this happening are remote (and) a legitimate audition will not require upfront fees.”

He asked parents to be cautious and “ be very careful

about any requests for up-front payments in the form of registration, consultation or administrative fees.

People who think they have been subject to an acting or modeling audition scam should call the state’s Attorney General’s Office at 626-8849.

Keliher nominated as DMR chief Maine Gov. Paul LePage has nominated Patrick C. Keliher to serve as commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources, the governor’s office reported.

Keliher, of South Gardiner, has served as deputy commissioner and director, Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat within DMR since 2007. He has served most recently as acting commissioner since July, when Norm Olsen resigned from the agency as commissioner, citing conflicts with LePage.

Olsen’s public departure was followed by an internal review. “We did have a top to bottom review,” when three independent reviewers interviewed staff, gathered information and made a report on

the state of the department, said Kohl Kanwit, new director of public health for DMR.

Old Port restaurant closes its doors An Old Port restaurant that boasted “American fine dining with a Latin flair,” announced it has permanently closed its doors, according to published reports.

Havana South owner Michael Boland told The Portland Press Herald that the restaurant was facing financial troubles.

Havana South opened in June 2010, with an extended patio on Wharf Street, glass doors offering a view into the wine cellar, a late-night menu at the bar and a large banquet space.

The restaurant encompassed over 8,000 square feet with seating capacity for 150, including nearly 30 seats outside and roughly the same at the bar.

Opening the restaurant was reportedly a $500,000 project.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Saturday, January 7, 2012— Page 7

City files its response to OccupyMaine lawsuit

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The city of Portland filed its response Friday to a lawsuit brought by the protest group OccupyMaine, which claims city officials are infringing on their rights by ordering them to dismantle their Lincoln Park encampment.

In its response, the city argues the protesters failed to establish in their lawsuit that camping in a public park is a constitutionally protected form of speech or expression, according to court documents. City attorneys claim, among other things, that it's unlikely outsiders who observe the encampment will understand OccupyMaine's message or that camping itself is a way to comBranson municate a message.

"Erecting tents and camping overnight are not necessary to what the plaintiffs claim are their methods of 'core expression,'" reads the city's response. "The structures themselves serve no purpose except to shelter those in the park and provide places for eating, sleeping and similar residential uses."

The response also argues "freedom of speech and assembly is not absolute," citing a Supreme Court case filed in the early 1980s against the National Park Service.

In that lawsuit, the purpose of demonstrations organized by Community for Creative Non-Violence was to call attention to the plight of the homeless, according to the response. Ultimately, the nation's high court upheld the park service's stance that "reasonable time, place or manner restriction of expression" does not violate the First Amendment.

City attorneys also cited lawsuits filed by similar Occupy groups in Augusta, Boston and others across the country.

"As stated in our filing, there are sig-

nificant cases with the state, federal and Supreme Court that supports the city's position that enforcement of our park ordinance is legal," said a city spokeswoman, Nicole Clegg.

In December, an attorney representing OccupyMaine filed a lawsuit against the city in Cumberland County Superior Court, calling an order by the city — telling protesters to vacate the park — "unconstitutional on its face," said the group's attorney, John Branson.

The lawsuit was filed just hours before a deadline, which told protesters to either file a claim with the courts or face eviction from Lincoln Park.

OccupyMaine's complaint challenges city ordinances that officials say prohibit them from remaining in the park overnight. Branson cites both the federal and state constitutions in the lawsuit — the latter of which he claims provides further protections for Mainers' freedoms to assemble.

When contacted Friday afternoon for comment, Branson said he would need additional time to review the city's response before making any public statements.

"I haven't looked at it yet, so I can't offer any comment," he said. "Our goal is to issue a written response by our deadline."

Branson said the protest group has seven days to file a written response to the city's initial filing.

The city's response was filed by attorney Mark Dunlap of Norman, Hanson and DeTroy, who was hired by the city to be the lead attorney in the case.

The Portland Daily Sun reported Wednesday that initial estimates of the outside counsel's services will cost taxpayers between $10,000 and $15,000.

The dollar amount, which is only an estimate and will ultimately be determined by the length of the legal battle, marks the first significant expenses the city incurred as result of OccupyMaine, officials said.

Standish grandmother faces more arson charges in wake of indictment

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An elderly woman already accused of being responsible for multiple fires in Cumberland and York counties was indicted on even more arson charges.

Carol Field, a 65-year-old Standish grandmother, was arrested in October after authorities alleged she intentionally set three separate fires in Southern Maine, including one causing a reported estimate of about $200,000 in damage Field to the Raymond Hill Baptist Church.

A York County grand jury recently

indicted Field on five more counts of arson, according to published reports.

Additionally, the state Fire Marshal’s Office says she could be responsible for as many as 18 fires, WMTW-TV reported.

Field was originally charged with the July 26 Raymond fire that damaged the Raymond Hill Baptist Church, a Sept. 16 blaze to a vacant home in Limerick and a September 2010 fire outside Plumber’s Hardware Store in Waterboro, police said.

She was identified as a suspect after a witness to one of the fires saw a car leaving the scene and reported to investigators a partial license plate number, according to police.

Most of the blazes Field is accused of setting occurred in vacant buildings or wooded areas.

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This throwback to an era before computers or ballot machines is part of a ceremony Monday marking enactment of a new county charter and an expanded five-member board of commissioners.

At 6 p.m. Monday at the Cumberland County Courthouse, Stephen Gorden and Neil Jamieson will watch as a coin tossed

by Cumberland County Commission Chair Jim Cloutier of Portland will determine how Gorden long each of the two new commissioners will serve.

The new county charter reads, "The newly elected commissioners from districts shall draw lots to determine the Jamieson length of their initial terms, one of whom shall serve for only three years, and one of whom shall serve for only one year."

"We're actually going to do the coin flip at six o'clock, and they'll know which one has the one-year term and which has the three-year term," said Assistant

County Manager Bill Whitten.

The charter language, referring to "drawing lots," has been interpreted by the commission to mean a random method of selection, Whitten noted.

"They just thought it would be easier," Whitten said of the coin toss. "They talked about it and said, 'Let's just flip a coin.'"

Other methods were contemplated, he said, some with levity.

"We even joked about playing, 'Rock, paper, scissors,'" Whitten said.

Gorden, who lives in North Yarmouth and represents newly created District 3, the northern county; and Jamieson, who lives in Scarborough and represents District 1, the western county, were elected on Nov. 8, 2011. They were chosen by voters to fill two new positions on the commission, which formerly operated with three members.

The new county charter, approved by voters in 2010, established the random designation of term lengths for these two new commissioners as a way to assure staggered terms on the commission, Whitten explained.

Cloutier, the current chairman of the board who represents District 5, most of the city of Portland, and Richard Feeney, who lives in South Portland and represents District 4, part of Portland, South Portland and the islands, face the end of their terms this fall. Voters will cast ballots in November to fill those respective four-year terms.

Susan Witonis of Casco, who represents District 2, which includes part of the county coastal areas and interior, was elected in 2010,

the same time the new charter was adopted. Her term expires in 2015.

The coin toss on Monday will prevent all five commission seats from coming open at the same time, Whitten said.

At 7:30 p.m. Monday, commissioners also will hold their first annual meeting under the new charter.

At Monday's annual meeting, according to the meeting agenda, commissioners will appoint a temporary county manager and a permanent county manager. But this part of the agenda doesn't imply that current County Manager Peter Crichton is going anywhere; rather, it's a housekeeping item stemming from a provision in the new charter, Whitten said.

"The reason they put that in was just in case there was no county manager at the time of the annual meeting. So they would put in a temporary county manager, and the new commission could appoint a permanent county manager," Whitten said.

The county commission is the policy-making body for Cumberland County government. Yet the new county charter places more administrative duties in the hands of the county manager, according to Whitten.

"Another thing it's doing is putting the onus on the county manager for running the county," Whitten explained.

Voters approved the charter by 64,421 to 40,666 in November 2010.

The five new districts reapportion voters, now for roughly 56,000 people per district. Prior to the charter change, the commission only represented three districts.

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“The purpose of the Academy is to provide Westbrook citizens with an increased understanding of the daily operation of the Police Department,” the WPD reported.

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You are apt to delve into esoteric subjects off the beaten path of your day-today business.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You know better than to try to be reasonable when one of your passionate whims takes hold. Creative impulses have led you to much more interesting places than any accurate road map ever could have.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You look forward to spending time with a certain someone. Your interaction is becoming an important part of your day. You sense there’s something valuable in every exchange.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have no intention of keeping your excellent taste to yourself. You’ll express yourself and let your style be known.

Someone may imitate you, which is the highest form of flattery.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your mood can be as changeable as the sea, though only a fellow Pisces would be able to tell, because you’re so good at hiding the way you’re really feeling. This evening there won’t be any reason to hide.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 7). You’ll get bored of always seeing exactly where you’re headed. The path will wind, and you’ll enjoy the adventurous ride in this. A handsome paycheck comes this month. You’ll find February’s new alliance both pleasing and motivating. March and April bring good fortune to your family that will eventually rub off on you. Sagittarius and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 1, 22, 49 and 19.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you were younger, you would have fits of fatalism in which you started feeling that things would never go your way again. Now you’re optimistic, and your faith in the possibilities will increase daily.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll deal with information well. You’ll glean what is essential to you and move on, letting what you have learned filter down on its own into your subconscious, where it finds a niche and begins to grow roots.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The means to travel may not be available now, but you can still travel with your mind through books, movies and your own fantasies. A journey through your own imagination will bring you the most luck.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are committed to turning whatever happens to you into something positive. And what already seems pretty good will be even better when you go forward with this intention.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just as need and want are not the same things, need and love are entirely different realities, as well. When you want a person but don’t need that person, the relationship will be more functional and loving.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll drop everything to help someone. Your love makes it easy for you to think of the other person’s needs without worrying about what you’ll get out of the deal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The stressors in your life will come to bear on your ability to resist temptation. The best way to stick to your plans for yourself is to reduce your stress through exercise and/or meditation.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2012. There are 359 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1942, the Japanese siege of Bataan began during World War II. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.)

On this date: In 1608, an accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia Colony.

In 1610, astronomer Galileo Galilei began observing three of Jupiter’s moons (he spotted a fourth moon almost a week later).

In 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation’s first president.

In 1800, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, was born in Summerhill, N.Y. In 1894, one of the earliest motion picture experiments took place at the Thomas Edison studio in West Orange, N.J., as Fred Ott was filmed taking a pinch of snuff and sneezing.

In 1912, dark-humored cartoonist Charles Addams was born in Westfield, N.J. In 1927, commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.

In 1949, George C. Marshall resigned as U.S. Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman chose Dean Acheson to succeed him.

In 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the U.S. Supreme Court. An Iberia Caravelle jetliner crashed into a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport in Spain, killing all 104 people on board.

In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.

In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.

In 2006, Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist for The Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped and her translator shot dead in Baghdad. (Carroll was freed almost three months later.)

One year ago: A package addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ignited at a Washington postal facility, a day after fiery packages sent to Maryland’s governor and state transportation secretary burned the fingers of workers who opened them.

Today’s Birthdays: Author William Peter Blatty is 84. Country singer Jack Greene is 82.

Pop musician Paul Revere is 74. Singer Kenny Loggins is 64. Singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman is 63. Actress Erin Gray is 62. Actor Sammo Hung is 60. Actor David Caruso is 56. Katie Couric is 55. Country singer David Lee Murphy is 53. Rock musician Kathy Valentine (The GoGo’s) is 53. Actor David Marciano is 52. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., is 51. Actress Hallie Todd is 50.

Actor Nicolas Cage is 48. Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) is 47. Actor Doug E. Doug is 42. Actor Kevin Rahm is 41. Actor Jeremy Renner is 41. Country singer-musician John Rich is 38. Actor Dustin Diamond is 35. Actor Robert Ri’chard is 29. Actress Lyndsy Fonseca is 25.

Actor Liam Aiken is 22. Actress Camryn Grimes is 22. Actor Max Morrow is 21.

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That’s not a reason.

Ralph said he still loves me, and I’m totally in love with him. But not wanting to stay where I wasn’t wanted, I promptly moved out. I then found out that Ralph was seeing an old girlfriend. They spent their time going out and partying.

I’ve been so lost since this happened. I don’t understand his reasoning. I’m hoping he’ll realize we had something great together and come back to me. Everyone, including Ralph’s family, wonders what’s going on. Is this a late-in-life crisis? Am I wrong to keep hoping? -- Unlucky in Love Dear Unlucky: Ralph could be having a midlife crisis, but he also could simply want to be with someone else. We have no way to predict his future actions, but we will tell you that it is unwise to wait for him. Live your life to the fullest, which not only will keep you active and happy, but will allow you to meet new people, which is always a plus.

Dear Annie: My son and his wife went away for a weekend, and she accidentally left her wedding rings at home.

When they returned, the rings were missing. Her 17-yearold brother, 20-year-old sister and the sister’s boyfriend stayed at the house to watch their dogs. We later found out that the brother had a teenage friend over, and we think he stole the rings.

My daughter-in-law’s family is a bunch of losers and thieves. Her father insists no one took the rings, and no one is doing anything about it. My daughter-in-law is a wonderful person who helps her family all the time, and this is the reward she gets. She keeps telling me she is going to file a police report, but hasn’t done it.

I am beside myself. My problem is, how do I handle an upcoming family occasion? I don’t want to start a war, but neither do I want these people in my house, and I don’t want to be around them. What do I do? -- A. Dear A.: This is your daughter-in-law’s family, and although you don’t like them, you obviously care for her.

That means putting up with her family now and then. If you don’t trust them in your home, have the festivities elsewhere -- in your son’s home or at a restaurant. You also can lock up the valuables. As for the missing rings, these belong to your daughter-in-law, and she gets to decide how she wants to handle the alleged theft. It’s loyal of you to be angry on her behalf, but it serves no useful purpose if it also upsets her.

Please try to let it go.

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7:30 p.m. The Choral Art Sunday, Jan. 15 Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be perDifferent Drummers Joyful formed at the WillistonImmanuel Baptist Church, Hearts Club Band 156 High St., Portland. This 12:30 p.m. Different Drummers performance, conducted Joyful Hearts Club Band, hosted

by Music Director Robert

by Unity of Greater Portland at Russell, is one of The 54 River Road, Windham, one Choral Art Society’s most mile north of Westbrook. “What spiritual annual concerts a wonderful way to celebrate the and provides an opportuNew Year or just release some nity to reflect following the of your toe-tapping energies.” busy holiday season. Tick$10 donation requested. For ets are available online at more information about Unity of choralart.org or by calling Greater Portland or the Different 828-0043. They are priced Drummers, please contact 893at $15 for advance sales 1233 or visit www.unitygreaterand $20 at the door at time portland.org. of the performance. The 2012 Epiphany Celebration Thursday, Jan. 19 features many works performed a cappella by the On Monday, Jan. 30, Sonic Youth frontman and underground music Camerata chorus, a small, godfather Thurston Moore comes to SPACE Gallery. (COURTESY Mike Stud at Port City select group of The Choral PHOTO) 8 p.m. “The Kollection” states: “A Art Society. lot of people think of Mike Stud as one of just many rappers in a new genre: college students who Cinder Conk make party music. It is true that Stud’s biggest track to date is in New Gloucester College Humor (see below). However, after meeting Mike Stud 7:30 p.m. Balkan power-duo Cinder Conk will perform a on the set for the College Humor video, I found that there was concert at the New Gloucester Village Coffee House. Cinder much more to this artist than meets the eye.” Port City Music Hall.

Conk brings the brightness and energy of Eastern Europe’s Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $25. www.portcitymusichall.com music-centered culture to New Gloucester for a night that is sure to delight and transcend.

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8 p.m. Down to the Well, Yankee Cockfight, Devil Dinosaur and Filthy Still. Geno’s, 625 Congress St. Filthy Still: http:// www.facebook.com/pages/Filthy-Still/140212522692311; Devil Dinosaur: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Devil-Dinosaur/127044380710205; Yankee Cockfight: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yankee-Cockfight/247439867172. Down to the Well: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Down-To-TheWell/106521134313

Thursday, Jan. 12 12:15 p.m. Robert Lehmann is Director of Strings and Orchestral Activities at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. In addition to his duties at USM, he is Music Director of the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Hampshire White Mountain Bach Festival. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Friday, Jan. 13 Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine 7:30 p.m. GFAC 207 Productions in association with WBLM and Maine Magazine present a very special Acoustic Evening with Jacob Augustine. This will be Augustine’s first Portland area concert since last fall’s triumphant CD release party at Port City Music Hall. Jacob Augustine is a singer, songwriter and musician from the Northern woods of Maine. He has lived all over the country, crisscrossing the United States performing for over a decade in various projects. While living in California in 2008, he recorded his first record under Jacob Augustine, entitled Harmonia, which was released in early 2009 to critical acclaim. $12 advance and $15 at the door. St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.stlawrencearts.org

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Saturday, Jan. 7 Epiphany Celebration

8 p.m. 207 Nightlife Presents: A Night of Dubstep & EDM w/ DJ Dirty Dek and special guest Remote Kontrol, at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. Remote Kontrol has been seen all across the world and they will be live in Portland Jan 13. Remote Kontrol has appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance,” “The Ellen Show” and “The Wendy Williams Show.” www.portcitymusichall.com

Saturday, Jan. 14 Higher Organix and Leave It On Stage 8 p.m. Cyborg Trio, Higher Organix, Leave It On Stage at Port City Music Hall. Massachusetts’ Higher Organix

Orchard Lounge 8 p.m. Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk – if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken and Bethany Lokken. This versatile trio has enlightened dance floors nationwide with their eclectic mixes, from sunset chill-out to bass-dropping tech house, and an array of other futuristic sounds. Theirs is a democratic mission: to expose as many people as possible to the artists they admire and respect. Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; door: $15; VIP: $25.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Women in Harmony 7 p.m. Women in Harmony, Portland’s 60-voice women’s chorus, presents a winter concert, Still I Rise, also Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. “The program celebrates the strength and resilience of women as they seek peace, freedom and understanding. Over three quarters of the pieces on the program were written by women composers and/or performers, including Joan Szymko, Carol Maillard of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Elizabeth Alexander, Eleanor Daley, Gwyneth Walker, The Righteous Mothers, Laura Berkson, Rosephayne Powell, and Holly Near. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Admission is $15 at the door; Students/Seniors $10.”

Robert Burns concert 7:30 p.m. Concert of Music, Dance, Poetry in celebration of Robert Burns. Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland, featuring: Highland Soles (Scottish & Cape Breton music and dance by fiddler Ed Pearlman, dancer Laura Scott, and family); Neil Pearlman Band (Scottish music laced with jazz, Latin and funk influences); Elijah Woolcott (Grade 1 bagpiper, the top level of solo piping); Annie Finch (renowned poet/author, director of USM’s Stonecoast MFA writing program); Betsy Sholl (former poet laureate of Maine). Poets Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl will select several Burns poems for us, and will write their own poems in dialogue with Burns, specially for this evening’s performance. We look forward to seeing you in the intimate hall at the Portland New Church (Swedenborgian).” Tickets $12 at door or online at www.highlandsoles.com. Information 7676396 info@highlandsoles.com

Alias, Trails, Sandbag, Educated Advocates 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Local hip-hop luminaries take the stage for an expansive evening of beats and rhymes. No stranger to SPACE, Alias’ amazingly diverse portfolio of EPs, remixes, collaborations and sonic explorations consistently impresses. Educated Advocates makes “new vintage” hiphop, mixing innovative rhymes and vocal arrangements with golden era production styles.

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Saturday, Jan. 7 ‘The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women’ 1 p.m. From Jan. 5 to Jan. 31, Freeport Library will be hosting Family Crisis Services’ “More Than a Rap Sheet: The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women,” an exhibit featuring photographs and the poems of Maine’s incarcerated women. The exhibit will officially open on Jan. 7. At 1 p.m., FCS staff and women from the project will be discussing the roots of the exhibit and reading select poems. The snow date for the opening is scheduled for Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Family Crisis Services, the domestic violence agency for Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties, has been working with incarcerated women at Cumberland County Jail and Maine Correctional Center since 2000; a community where approximately 95 percent of the women have experienced domestic violence in their lifetimes.

Auditions for ‘Wiley and the Hairy Man’ 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Auditions for “Wiley and the Hairy Man” at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free Street, Portland. Seeking actors ages 8 to 17. Audition will include improv games and movement. No experience necessary; new faces encouraged. More information: www. kitetails.org, 828-1234, ext. 247.

22nd Annual Portland Bridal Show 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Don’t miss Maine’s most popular bridal show at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Over 100 vendors and 900 brides will take part in this annual event. You can plan your wedding in one day! Talk to professional caterers, bakers, photographers, florists, spa experts, DJs, bands, and more. Saturday night is Lover’s Night where grooms get in free.

Be sure to stop into our VIB Lounge (Very Important Bride) to sample drinks from Pinnacle Vodka and Pine State Beverage.

Attend our ‘Ask Amber’ Q & A session with Amber Small from Sweetest Thing Weddings, Floral Design, and Events. Each bride will get a copy of the 2012 Real Maine Weddings magazine, and be able to enter the 2012 Real Maine Wedding of the Year contest!” Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland.

From Jan. 7 to Jan. 8. Saturday: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $10 admission. $5 admission to the VIB Lounge Saturday night. Free for grooms on Saturday night. www. maineweddingassociation.com

Sunday, Jan. 8 Candlelight vigil against gun violence noon. On the steps of City Hall in Portland and the steps of City Hall in Augusta, Maine Citizens Against Gun Violence along with co-sponsors Family Crisis Services, Maine Council of Churches, Maine Medical Association, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Physicians for Social Responsibility and States United to Prevent Gun Violence will hold a rally. “Concerned citizens across the country will take part in the Too Many Victims National Candlelight Vigil to honor gun violence victims and pledge to save lives. Maine Citizens Against Handgun Violence is a non-profit organization governed by and representing Mainers who are committed to preventing injuries and deaths caused by the excessive proliferation of firearms in our society. MCAHV works to prevent gun violence by raising public awareness and by advocating for personal responsibility, practical legislation, enforcement of laws, and increased manufacturer responsibility.” For more information visit: mcahv.org and toomanyvictims.org

Wolfe’s Neck Woods nature programs 2 p.m. Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, located in Freeport, is offering nature programs at 2 p.m. on Sundays through Jan. 29, weather permitting. Starting at the benches at the end of the second parking lot, one-hour-long guided programs may include a walk, short talks, and other activities. No reservations are needed except for group use. The programs are free with park admission. Admission is $1 for ages 5-11, $3 for Maine residents ages 12-64; $4.50 for non residents ages 12 – 64; $1.50 for non residents 65 and older; admission is free for those under 5 and Maine residents 65 and older. For more information or to arrange for group visits, please call 865-4465.

Movies at the Museum, ‘The Soft Skin’ 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “The Soft Skin,” Portland Museum of Art. Visit the Museum Café by Aurora Provisions for seasonally inspired soups and salads, gourmet sandwiches, and creative entrées. Beer and wine served. No admission required to dine. Free WiFi. Menu changes daily. Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 7, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

Monday, Jan. 9

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy Kim Emery stands at attention while Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett poses in 1760 garb during a celebration of the county’s history in 2010. On Monday, the Cumberland County Commission will meet in its first annual meeting after a new county charter. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) Rhonda Davis, from Harmon and Barton, inspiring us all to create beautiful arrangements to get us through the winter.

Open to the public.” The Regional Learning Center at Tidewater Farm, Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Contact: Wilma Sawyer, 781-4889. Fee: $10.

County commissioner swearing-in, meeting 6 p.m. In the Rotunda of the Cumberland County Courthouse, the first annual swearing-in ceremony and annual commissioners meeting, under the guidelines of the newly adopted County Charter, will be held. The County Charter, passed by voters in November of 2010, approved several changes in the way Cumberland County Government functions. One of the major changes was to elect a board of five Commissioners rather than the prior three. Two new Commissioners were elected this past November, Neil Jamieson of Scarborough and Steve Gorden of North Yarmouth.

They, along with current Commissioners Susan Witonis, Jim Cloutier and Dick Feeney, will take the oath of office at 6:15 p.m., with comments from the Commissioners and County Manager, Peter Crichton. Current Board Chair Jim Cloutier will be Master of Ceremonies. After the swearing in, there will be a brief social hour with light fare. At 7:30 p.m. that evening, the first annual Cumberland County Commissioners meeting will be called to order in the Peter J. Feeney Conference Room at the Courthouse, again, as required in the approved charter. A formal agenda of the meeting will be under separate cover, but will include election of a chair and vice-chair for 2012, Commissioner Committee assignments, meeting dates and times, review of necessary items as required in the charter and other general business matters. All of the commissioners meetings are open to the public and can be seen on your local public access cable stations. For more information contact County Manager Peter Crichton, Crichton@cumberlandcounty.org, or 871-8380.

Changes with driver’s education updates 6 p.m. The Secretary of State Office is hosting “Conversations with the Community” regarding the changing of laws, rules and curriculum of driver’s education. These events are opened to the public to hear what they have to say and what they think. The dates and locations are as follows; Monday, Jan. 9, Kennebunk, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Thursday, Jan. 12, Portland, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Tuesday, Jan. 17, Bangor, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Wednesday, Jan. 18, Caribou, Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Thursday, Jan. 19, Calais, Bureau of Motor Vehicles. For a complete schedule of “Conversations With the Community,” including addresses to the motor vehicle locations or for information and instructions on joining the discussion via Webinar, please visit the Secretary of State’s website at www.maine.gov/sos.

Saint Mary’s Garden Club

Full Moon Nature Walk

11 a.m. “Saint Mary’s Garden Club will be presenting

7 p.m. At Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm Sanctuary,

participants will take part in an exploration of nature at night. http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/articles/Full-MoonNature-Walks-Jan-9/1136

‘Axed! Slashes Through Stereotypes’ 8 p.m. “Who was Lizzie Borden? ‘Axed!’ is an evening of one-act plays by Carolyn Gage that explore the identity of one of the most misunderstood women in New England history. The plays will be presented at Lucid Stage in Portland at 8 p.m. on Jan. 6 and 7, and in a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on Jan. 8. Both of the plays present the alleged ax murderer through the eyes of women who had intimate connections with her. The first play, ‘Lace Curtain Irish,’ is a one-woman play featuring Denise Poirier in the role of Bridget Sullivan, the Irish maid who was present on the morning of the murders. This production, directed by Ariel Francoeur, premiered this fall in an Off-Off Broadway Festival. The second play, ‘The Greatest Actress Who Ever Lived,’ directed by Gage, takes a look at Lizzie through the eyes of her lesbian lover — the famous actress Nance O’Neil. In this play, Karen Ball, in the role of Nance, spars with a closeted tabloid reporter played by Joseida Lord.

The play also premiered this fall in New York at the Fresh Fruit LGBT Festival. The plays will be followed by a talkback with the playwright and the actors.” Fundraiser for Lucid Stage, produced by Cauldron & Labrys Productions.

Tickets for the event are $12 ($10 for students and seniors).

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Colgan’s economic forecast for 2012 7 a.m. “Breakfast with Charlie,” otherwise known as University of Southern Maine Muskie School Professor Charles Colgan’s economic forecast for 2012, is scheduled for 7 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10. The public is invited to attend this free presentation, but must reserve a seat by visiting http:// usm.maine.edu/corporatepartners/rsvp-breakfast-0 or calling 780-4714. USM’s Hannaford Lecture Hall, Bedford Street, Portland. Some 350 or more members of the business community are expected. Hannaford Lecture Hall is part of USM’s Joel and Linda Abromson Community Education Center. Free parking will be available in the attached garage.

Historic Maine Storms 1:30 p.m. Falmouth Historical Society. “Meteorologist Joe Cupo, a member of WCSH Channel 6 News Center team, will discuss historic Maine storms. Joe enjoys studying history and especially how weather has played a role in historic events. Join us for this exciting presentation and hear about FHS future events while you enjoy the refreshments. Parking is on Blueberry Lane.” OceanView Community Room, 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth. see next page

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Voting Law Changes in 2012 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. On Jan. 10 and 11, the League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund is sponsoring a series of presentations in Maine featuring Lee Rowland, counsel to the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “Ms. Rowland will be in Maine to talk about the Brennan Center’s new report, Voting Law Changes in 2012.

The dates, times and locations to hear Lee Rowland: Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Burton Fisher Meeting Room, One City Center, Portland; Jan. 11, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., State House Welcome Center, Augusta; and Jan. 11, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall, Bangor. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Their work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution — part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group — the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector. Lee Rowland is a part of the Brennan Center Democracy Program’s team on Voting Rights and Elections, working on such issues as voter suppression, poll challenges, registration modernization, and restoring the right to vote to individuals with past criminal convictions.

Film screening of ‘Dragonslayer’ 7:30 p.m. “‘Dragonslayer’ documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California in the aftermath of America’s economic collapse. Taking the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of broken homes, abandoned swimming pools and stray glimpses of unusual beauty, ‘Dragonslayer’ captures the life and times of Josh ‘Skreech’ Sandoval, a local skate legend and new father, as his endless summer finally collides with the future.” SPACE Gallery,538 Congress St., Portland.

Admission $7; $5 for SPACE members. www.dragonslayermovie.com

Wednesday, Jan. 11

Portland Ovations presents ‘Mamma Mia!’ 8 p.m. The smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA comes to Merrill Auditorium. Performances begin on Thursday, Jan. 12 and run through Saturday, Jan. 14 at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. “Seen by over 50 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical ‘Mamma Mia!’ is celebrating over 4,000 performances in its tenth smash hit year at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre and remains among Broadway’s top selling musicals. The current North American Tour has played over 3,700 performances in over 150 cities with 145 repeat visits.” The performance schedule for “Mamma Mia!” at Merrill Auditorium is Thursday, Jan. 12 at 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $45 to $59 for Portland Ovations Members and $50 to $65 for the general public. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

Friday, Jan. 13 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has been added to the Sea Dogs’ lineup of guests for the annual Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction. Valentine joins Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Seattle Mariners pitcher and Maine native Charlie Furbush. The event benefits the Maine Children’s Cancer Program and will take place at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. Tickets for the event are $50 and are limited to 300. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Hadlock Field Ticket Office, by phone at 879-9500 or online at www.seadogs.com. Everyone who attends will receive a signed 8 X 10 photo of Saltalamacchia. All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefit the official charity of the Portland Sea Dogs’; the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. The Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program was established in 1995 to raise money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. For every strikeout that a Sea Dogs’ pitcher throws, money is raised through pledges.

For more information on the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program log onto www.seadogs.com.

Free playtimes for children with Autism MOOSE Droppings Open Mic/Spoken Word meeting 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Maine Organization Of Storytelling Enthusiasts members have one thing in common. We are all Enthusiastic about Storytelling!” Every second Wednesday of the month, drop by the Portland Public Library for our Monthly MOOSE Open Mic / Spoken Word Story Telling Event! Adult original and traditional stories 10 minutes or less at the open mic hosted by a different MOOSE Member each month. Open Mic is followed by announcements, a short break with refreshments, and our featured performer.

There is a suggested $5 donation. Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square.

Maine Center for Creativity workshop 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Maine Center for Creativity workshop, Lee Hall in the Wishcamper Center at the University of Southern Maine, 34 Bedford St. “Maine Center for Creativity’s Creative Toolbox Series Renowned consultant Dr. David Reibstein will speak on how professionals can identify and act on potentially successful ideas, products and services to help grow their businesses, along with how to avoid potentially unsuccessful ones.”

U.S. Postal Service processing operations consolidation meeting in Brewer 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility in Hamden to the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough. The public meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 29 to explain this proposal and to allow public input has been rescheduled for Jan. 11, 2012. The time and location remain the same: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Jeff’s Catering, East West Industrial Park, 5 Coffin Ave, Brewer. Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to: Manager, Consumer and Industry Contact, Northern New England District, 151 Forest Ave., Portland, ME. All comments must be postmarked Jan. 13, 2012.”

‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church’ 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “St. Augustine of Canterbury Church has announced that it will hold a weekly adult study program titled ‘God, Holy Scripture and Man’s Church.’ The program is an exploration of our relationship with God, the Bible and the development and practice related to Church Tradition.

The study is open to everyone and there is no cost. The study group will meet every Wednesday beginning Jan. 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cathedral Pines Chapel, 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. There is plenty of parking available.”

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine will launch Play our Way, a series of free playtimes for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families.

Funded by a grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine, Play Our Way expands upon previous private playtimes at the Museum by incorporating environmental modifications to make the Museum’s space more accommodating for children on the autism spectrum. These playtimes are free and take place when the Museum & Theatre is closed to the general public. Families will have opportunities to explore exhibits freely surrounded by others who understand their children’s unique behaviors. Free admission for children with autism and their families www.kitetails.org

‘Force of Nature’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

The Bad Luck Bazaar 7 p.m. “Unlucky you! On Friday the 13th, The Dirty Dishes Burlesque Revue, Pussyfoot Burlesque and Eternal Otter Records proudly present The Bad Luck Bazaar. Beginning with carnival of desires featuring (mis)fortune tellers, kissing booths, and game tables by Nomia Boutique, USM’s Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity and other sex-positive local vendors, the evening escalates into vaudeville theatrics and full-blown burlesque histrionics as the Dishes and company perform alongside musical guests Over A Cardboard Sea and an aerially-fixated Apparatus Dance Theater, eventually leading to a climactic and interactive showdown after which you may require a shower and a 13th hour dance party courtesy of DJ Trozzi, sponsored by Salacious Magazine.”

SPACE Gallery. $7 Advance / $9 at the door, 18 plus. www. space538.org/events.php

Free Watercolor Painting demonstration 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free Watercolor Painting demonstration

by Constellation Gallery artist Diana Ellis, Learn the basic techniques and materials she uses to create dramatic and vivid paintings! Light refreshments served. http://constellationgallery.webs.com/

Saturday, Jan. 14 Lucid Stage’s LucidFest 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. Portland.

“Join us to celebrate the New Year! Stop by for a variety

of kid’s activities, white elephant sales, raffles and performances including Running with Scissors; Druin Dance Center; puppetry; live music.” General admission is free. www.lucidstage.com

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits at PMA 10 a.m. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will showcase its growing collection of celebrity portraits, prompting a new look at the art of photographic portraiture and highlighting two newly acquired portfolios of works by artists Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau. Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists, on view Jan. 14 through April 8, will feature 35 black-andwhite photographic portraits of recognizable television personalities and famous artists. For more information, call 775-6148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.

Third annual Tet Celebration noon. Celebrate the Lunar New Year at a community event featuring Vietnamese culture, music, fashion and food, organized by the Vietnamese-Americans Association of Maine (VAAM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Vietnamese heritage and promoting cross-cultural understanding among Maine communities. Free day event and night event from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. For more information, www.vaaminfo.org or contact Renee Nguyen at renee.nguyen@vaaminfo.org

Confronting Race, Class and Power 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. NAACP Portland Branch 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commuity dialogue. Preble Street Resource Center, “the economic crisis in our own backyard, march for justice, Preble Street to Portland City Hall, toward a more perfect union.” Dialogue; 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., march. Homeless Voices for Justice, Learning Works, Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, Maine Seeds of Peace, Portland Public Schools, Preble Street are organizers. “This program draws upon the growing demand to address economic inequity and the systems that have forced an increasing number of people to live within the shifting thin lines between middle class, working poor and poverty. The goal of this dialogue is to bring people of all ages together to not only challenge how we think about poverty and learn about current efforts to address it but to take responsibility as a diverse community to prioritize the fight against it. Students from around the state will facilitate the program in order to empower them as community leaders and help make a tangible connection between engagement and direct action. Utilizing several speeches given by Dr. King as our foundation, participants will learn more about his effort to incorporate class in the civil rights movement through the Poor People’s Campaign and adoption of an ‘Economic Bill of Rights’ as well as his shift to work on global human rights. We will also discuss data on poverty in Maine to better understand the impact of this.” Merrill Auditorium. “King And The Drum Major Instinct: Justice, Peace And Righteousness.” 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., MCs: Linda Abwoch, Rev. Jeff McIlwain, Choirs: Congolese Church Choir, Music Ministry of Green Memorial AME Zion Church, Pihcintu Multinational Children’s Chorus, Women in Harmony. Performers: Batimbo Beat, UNE Students. Tickets: $5 general admission. www.portlandmlk.net

‘Tap, Tap, Jazz’ by Maine State Ballet 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Fresh off another run of “The Nutcracker,” the dancers of Maine State Ballet kick off their 2012 season with the Broadway tunes, high energy and innovative choreography of “Tap, Tap, Jazz.” Matinee and evening shows of “Tap, Tap, Jazz” will be performed on Saturday, Jan. 14, and Saturday, Jan. 21, at the recently renovated Maine State Ballet Theater in Falmouth. With several numbers packed within about an hour, the fast-paced show is designed to entertain dance enthusiasts of all ages, said Linda MacArthur Miele, co-founder and artistic director of Maine State Ballet. Performers include the professional dancers of the Maine State Ballet Company, as well as advanced students from MSB’s School for the Performing Arts.” Tickets are $15 and are available online at www.mainestateballet.org.

They can also be purchased by calling the box office at 207-781-3587, or by visiting the Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. Performances are scheduled for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 14, and 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 21.

In The Blood — Live: A ‘Docu-Exhibit’ 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening of “In the Blood,” about the Maine lumber industry. “Lumbermen began living in logging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s. They were the pioneers who created a successful self-contained working community in the woods, and on who’s backs the state’s economy and history were largely established. ‘In The Blood,’ filmmaker Sumner McKane’s ambitious multi-year project, takes the audience into this rugged environment — into the camps, onto the haul roads, landings and yards, rivers and lakes. Through rare archival film, digitally restored photography, raw and honest interviews, ambient sound design and live scoring, this innovative and entertaining multimedia presentation, featured on NPR’s ‘Echoes,’ brings this lost world vividly into the present.” www.space538.org/events.php

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