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Cutler looks to shake up presidential race

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Eliot Cutler is not tipping his hand about running for governor again, but right now, he sees another way to reform the country’s democratic process.

“I think that we’re in grave trouble in America, and I’m trying to fix it,” Cutler said Thursday in an interview with The Portland Daily Sun. Cutler, in his bid as an Inde-

pendent candidate for governor in 2010, garnered 36.7 percent of the vote in Maine.

He ended up trailing Republican Paul LePage by 7,500 votes, ultimately conceding to now-Gov. LePage. Today, Cutler is a board member for Americans Elect, a national group spearheading an online nominating process that aims to give voters the power to choose a presidential candidate in 2012.

“I ran for governor for the

same reason that I’m doing this, I’m committed to political reform, because I think until we fix and reform Cutler the democracy, we’re not going to be able fix and reform the economy,” Cutler said.

Cutler said he plans to talk about the connection between political and economic reform

at the Cumberland Club today, when he will address the membership at 5 p.m. for the Chamberlain Lecture Series.

Dagny Leonard, regional press secretary at Americans Elect, said the organization is closing in on qualifying for the Maine ballot in 2012.

“We are collecting signatures in Maine for a line on the ballot there for the 2012 presidential election,” Leonard said. “We see CUTLER page 8

Police: more Old Port patrols after burglaries

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BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Santa Claus greets visitors while city forestry workers install the city’s new Christmas tree in Monument Square Thursday. The tree, donated by a South Portland family, made its way via semi truck and police escort along Broadway in South Portland, across the Casco Bay Bridge and up Commercial and Franklin streets to Portland’s downtown (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO).

City: Few violations at ‘Occupy’ camp

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

City inspectors found several “issues” but no major code violations or safety hazards yesterday during a tour of Lincoln Park, giving OccupyMaine protesters hope that their encampment would not be shut down.

“There wasn’t anything immediate sanitation wise or safety

wise to shut us down today, so we are feeling very confident,” said Rachel Rumson, a media representative for OccupyMaine.

What violations the inspectors did find will be outlined in a detailed report that will be presented to the group in the next few days, said city spokesperson Nicole Clegg.

“If there were issues that posed an immediate life-safety

risk, those are things that would have been brought to (the group’s) immediate attention.

Nothing was identified that was at that level,” she said.

A full list of infractions and violations was not available yesterday because the report was not yet finished, Clegg said.

John Branson, a Portland attorney representing the Occusee INSPECTION page 9

Police are planning more overnight patrols in the Old Port after a rash of commercial burglaries this week — including one where a thief cut through the wall of business to enter an adjacent cafe.

Portland Police Department responded to several burglary calls Wednesday morning after two businesses were ransacked and a third had its doors damaged in an attempted burglary, police said.

The incidents occurred overnight Tuesday or early Wednesday and featured an unusual twist not found in many commercial burglaries. After breaking through two locked doors leading to Options Hair Studio, on Silver Street, the thief tore through a wall the salon shares with Crooked Mile Cafe, police said. see BURGLARIES page 9

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iPads tested as aid to disabled voters (NY Times) — Could the iPad someday supplant the voting machine?

Oregon last week became the first state in the country to use iPads to allow people with disabilities to vote, and it intends to use them again for another election in January. Several other states are expected to follow suit with iPads or other tablets, possibly as early as for next year’s presidential election.

In a special primary election in five counties in Oregon, 89 people with disabilities marked their ballots on an iPad. They did not actually cast their votes online — Internet voting is an idea whose time has not yet come, several elections officials said.

Rather, these voters used iPads, brought to their homes or nursing homes by election workers, to call up their ballots, mark them onscreen and print them out on a portable wireless printer.

The voters or assistants then either mailed in the printed ballots or dropped them off at election stations.

One woman, who has impaired vision, was able to enlarge the print on her ballot so that she could see the names of candidates. A man with arthritis who could not hold a pen was able to touch the screen with his finger and mark his ballot.

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Armed groups are on rise in Syria BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Deserters from the Syrian Army reportedly carried out attacks against the offices of the Syrian ruling Baath party in northwestern Syria on Thursday, a day after they claimed an assault on an intelligence base that Russia, Syria’s closest ally, said was bringing the country closer to civil war.

The Syrian government did not mention either attack, which were reported by activists, citing the accounts of local

residents, and their scale and effectiveness was not clear. But even without a firm picture of any damage, the attacks were, at a minimum, indicative of growing boldness on the part of military defectors in the face of a crackdown that the United Nations says has killed more than 3,500 people.

Some analysts said that the military defections may be increasing after an Arab League rebuke, a powerful signal that even Syria’s Arab neighbors could no

longer brook the bloody crackdown.

On Thursday, the civilian toll mounted.

The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group, said that at least 11 people were killed across Syria, including four army defectors, seven civilians and two minors.

In Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov said that the international community should call on all sides in Syria to stop the bloodshed.

Occupy protesters clash with In Shooting at White House, attempted assassination charge police in lower Manhattan WASHINGTON (NY Times) — Federal authorities charged a 21-year-old Idaho man on Thursday with trying to assassinate President Obama. They said he had told friends that he believed the president was “the Antichrist” and that he “needed to kill him,” according to a complaint filed in federal court.

The man, Oscar Ramiro OrtegaHernandez, of Idaho Falls, who is accused of firing a semiautomatic assault rifle at the residential floors of the White House last week, was also “convinced the federal govern-

ment is conspiring against him” and had become “increasingly more agitated” before he disappeared from Idaho last month, the complaint said.

The court papers were filed in conjunction with a brief appearance

by Ortega-Hernandez in a federal courthouse in Pittsburgh on Thursday afternoon. Ortega-Hernandez was arrested Wednesday at a hotel near the town of Indiana, Pa., and officials intend to bring him back to the District of Columbia to face the assassination charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

NEW YORK (NY Times) — Nearly a thousand protesters took to the streets of Lower Manhattan on Thursday, clashing with the police and tossing aside metal barricades to converge again on Zuccotti Park after failing in an attempt to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.

Organized weeks ago, the so-called day of action came two days after the police cleared the Occupy Wall Street encampment from Zuccotti Park in an early-morning raid. Removed from the park that had become their de facto headquarters, protesters looked to Thursday — two months to the day after the demonstrations began — to gauge the support and mettle that the movement still retained. By Thursday afternoon, about 175 people had been arrested, many after rough confrontations with the police.

“We failed to close the stock exchange, but we took back our park,” said Adam Farooqui, 25, of Queens. “That was a real victory.”

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Calls in Alabama to consider revamping immigration law

Newly required proof of immigration status for government transactions has meant lines outside the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Ala. (Butch Dill/NY TIMES PHOTO)

BY CAMPBELL ROBERTSON THE NEW YORK TIMES

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An increasing number of state lawmakers say they are willing to consider critical changes to Alabama’s sweeping anti-immigration law, part of which appears to make proof of citizenship or legal residency a requirement even for mundane activities like garbage pickup, dog licenses and flu shots at county health departments.

As they learn more about the breadth of the law, which was already described as the most far-reaching of the state-level immigration laws when it went into effect on Sept. 29, some political leaders have gone beyond acknowledging a general need for “tweaks” to openly discussing specific changes, which in some cases are as substantial as getting rid of certain provisions in their entirety.

“The longer the bill has been out, the more unintended consequences we have found,” said Slade Blackwell, a Republican state senator. “All of us realize we need to change it.”

Changing this law is not as easy as it may appear. For one thing, it is still very popular. Those open to changes are quick to emphasize that they do not want to dilute the law’s purpose: to deter illegal immigrants from working in the state and to prevent them from benefiting from taxpayerfinanced services.

“Eighty percent of the population of the state thinks it’s a good bill, so politically you’re kind of careful to say anything negative about it,” said Judge James V. Perdue, president of the Alabama Probate Judges Association. “Those that passed it don’t want to admit that there’s anything wrong with it.”

But as lawmakers hear complaints from business leaders and constituents, several have become more willing to discuss changing, clarifying or in some cases scrapping sections of the law governing schools, government transactions and several of the law’s stiff penalty provisions.

Outside of farmers and poultry plant operators, who have complained of severe labor shortages, the most pointed criticisms concern a legally vague provision that requires proof of immigration status for “any transac-

tion between a person and the state or a political subdivision of the state.”

The law lists three examples of such transactions: renewing driver’s licenses, business licenses and car tags. In a court filing in August, the state argued that the United States Justice Department, which is challenging the law, was exaggerating the law’s reach.

“Its fear that Section 30 would prohibit such aliens from having running water or sewer services, for example, has little basis,” the filing said.

But lawyers across the state are concluding that this section could be interpreted, in the words of Birmingham’s city attorney, Thomas Bentley, to apply to “almost everything that we do.”

Utilities that are run directly by municipalities, like Huntsville Utilities, which provides electricity, water and gas to 164,000 customers, are indeed barred by the law from providing any services to illegal immigrants.

Other utilities, those that are public corporations like Alabama Power, are not. Some exist in a legally complicated territory in between.

“One afternoon, we sat down and we had the county directory and we went through and made a list of every county department that interfaces directly with citizens,” said Julian Butler, the attorney for Madison County, which includes the City of Huntsville.

Some already required some form of identification, Mr. Butler said, but many did not. He and his colleagues are still discussing whether people can rent a pavilion at a county park, enroll children in a Little League team or sign up for a membership at the county swimming pool without first proving that they are citizens or legal residents. Paying property taxes might require a trip to the courthouse with documentation. Architects, nurses, hair stylists, plumbers, real estate agents and a host of other professions will have to demonstrate their legal status every time their licenses are renewed.

“There are a lot of frustrated citizens that are being inconvenienced by the implementation of the law and who didn’t think it was going to impact them,” said State Senator Paul Sanford, the only Republican senator to vote against the law and the author of two bills that would amend it.

two-year sentence a week ago was found dead Thursday, officials said.

The state Department of Corrections reported that 50-year-old Mary Hoskins apparently died from natural causes. She was discovered at about 2 a.m., according to officials at Maine Correctional Center in Windham.

Hoskins pleaded guilty in Somerset County Superior Court in September to an arson charge after she burnt down her own home in 2008, according to published reports. She was sentenced to eight years in prison, with all but two suspended, and four years probation.

Hoskins began serving her sentence on Nov. 10.

Police urge vigilance surrounding winter homes Cumberland County sheriff deputies are asking neighbors of seasonal residents to be on the lookout and report any suspicious activity surrounding unoccupied homes.

The message comes a day after the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office discovered at least 11 summer homes were either burglarized or attempts were made break into the Standish residences. While police continue to investigate the incidents, they’re urging residents to report anything that seems out of the ordinary.

“If you see it, call us,” said Lt. Thomas Williams, a sheriff spokesman. “We’d really like to go down and find out it that it is just a plumber supposed to be there.”

In the most recent rash of Standish burglaries, police say they were tipped off by a delivery driver who reported to officials that it appeared a home had been broken into. Deputies responded and were able to confirm that the home on Smooth Ledge Road, off Route 114 along the West Shore of Sebago Lake, had been burglarized.

Williams explained that over the course of an investigation it’s not uncommon for neighbors to tell police they recall seeing a van in the driveway of a burglarized home, for example. That’s why it’s important for part-time residents to maintain contact with neighbors when possible, and be sure to take valuables out of vacant homes, he said.

“The biggest thing is to take all the things that people are looking for — take them with you,” he said. “If they’re just looking for those TVs and there’s nothing there, then they’re not going to stay for long.”

Police also suggest part-time residents keep their driveways plowed in the winter, saying it makes it easier for police to drive up and check on homes, and also gives the appearance that the residence is occupied.

Bradford man arrested for murder of elderly man BRADFORD —State police charged a Bradford man with the death of a 71-year-old Hudson man.

Peter Robinson, 48, is accused of murdering David Trask during a dispute near Robinson’s home Nov. 12, police said. Trask died from blunt head injuries, according to the state medical examiner.

The two men knew one another and a dispute escalated into a confrontation, said Steve McCausland, a state police spokesman.

Bradford and Hudson are both located about 20 miles north of Bangor in Penobscot County.

Robinson owns an automative garage in Hudson. He was being held at the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor Thursday night.

He is expected to appear in court today at 9 a.m.

Crews to repair area of Back Cove Trail Crews will repair a section of the trail from the eastern end of Tukey’s Bridge to the 3 mile marker and soccer fields near Preble Street Extension, beginning Monday.

The work is expected to close off that section of the trail loop.

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More money can beat big money

BY LAWRENCE LESSIG THE NEW YORK TIMES Op-Ed Contributor

Nine senators introduced a resolution early this month that would amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United v.

Federal Election Commission (2010) and Buckley v. Valeo (1976). These two cases had restricted Congress’s power to limit contributions to political campaigns and independent political expenditures, by both individuals and corporations. Under the amendment, Congress and the states would have the power to limit both contributions and independent expenditures.

“By limiting the influence of big money in politics,” said one of the senators, Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, “elections can be more about the voters and their voices, not big money donors and their deep pockets.

We need to have a campaign finance structure that limits the influence of the special interests and restores confidence in our democracy.”

This proposal is just the latest verse in a very tired song. Once again, the answer to the problem of campaign finance is to “just say no.” Limit contributions. Limit independent expenditures. Limit soft money donations.

No, no, no.

But at some point, Congress has

got to muster the courage to say what every sane reformer recognizes: that we won’t solve the problem of “big money donors” until Congress begins to say yes. Not just finance limits, but also finance support. Not just ways to restrict, but also ways to enable.

The framers of our Constitution gave us a republic. They meant by that a “representative democracy.” Or as Federalist No. 52 put it, a Congress “dependent upon the People alone.”

Despite the founders’ intentions,

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however, Congress has evolved from a dependency “upon the people,” to an increasing dependency upon the funders. Members spend 30 percent to 70 percent of their time raising money to stay in Congress, or to get their party back in power. Less than 1 percent of Americans give more than $200 in a political campaign. No more than .05 percent give the maximum in any Congressional campaign. A career focused on the 1 percent — or, worse, the .05 percent — will never earn

them the confidence of the 99 percent.

Indeed, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, so far it hasn’t earned them the confidence of any more than 9 percent.

So long as elections cost money, we won’t end Congress’s dependence on its funders. But we can change it. We can make “the funders” “the people.” Following Arizona, Maine and Connecticut, we could adopt a system of small-dollar public funding for Congress.

Here’s just one way: almost every voter pays at least $50 in some form of federal taxes. So imagine a system that gave a rebate of that first $50 in the form of a “democracy voucher.”

That voucher could then be given to any candidate for Congress who agreed to one simple condition: the only money that candidate would accept to finance his or her campaign would be either “democracy vouchers” or contributions from citizens capped at $100. No PAC money. No $2,500 checks. Small contributions only. And if the voter didn’t use the voucher? The money would pass to his or her party, or, if an independent, back to this public funding system.

Fifty dollars a voter is real money: more than $6 billion an election cycle.

(The total raised in 2010: $1.86 billion.)

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Deck the walls While walking toward the corner of Elm and Congress yesterday, I looked up after a woman behind me screeched, “holy s---, its f---ing huge!” Knowing she couldn’t mean me, I decided to scan my surroundings to see the object of her enthusiastic yelp, and there it was.

Majestic and almost too girthy to fit between the light posts adorned with banners suggesting we “love Portland more” in front of Cty Hall, was the city’s official Holiday Tree.

The Portland Police cruisers came first, officers inside of which were all excited to perform the quick left and quick swing around to the right that definitely looks the coolest when performed in a Crown Vic. The cruiser maneuvers served to close Congress, forcing oncoming cars down Elm. The semi with the tree, freshly cut from South Portland, barreled past, ushering both the tree and the holiday season to our city.

Standing in Monument Square watching the crane erect its sturdy arm to lift the tree into place, I heard the sounds of excitement come from the crowd that turned out to be, courtesy of the season-

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ably mild weather we’re having, pretty large. Santa Claus made an appearance. The ‘Tax The Rich’ placard-holding-guy even showed up. Television cameras were properly aimed and the newspaper photographers were in place.

Seeing the tree go up, I started to get all excited about the holiday season. I thought about how nice the tree would look all lit up and thought about the other decorations the city puts up around town.

Then I remembered the best part about Christmastime decorating in Portland.

The return of the Christmas Balls.

With a slight turn to the left, I saw one dangling there. I quickly looked all around. Every light post had a ball. The Time and Temperature building had its special cornucopia-style lights. There were

big ones, little ones, round ones and oval. The Christmas balls were firmly in place. The tree’s arrival suggested the season was nearing.

The balls confirmed that suggestion as fact.

Art can be a controversial thing in this city. From forty-five thousand dollar benches to waves of steel, it is sometimes whispered by others and on my mind that Portland shouldn’t waste its money on frivolous pieces. But when it comes to the lighted balls, the display of which in my opinion makes Portland one of the prettiest cities in the country during the holidays, I could care less about the cost. They are truly the most beautiful pieces of public art I have seen anywhere.

So next Friday, after our mad rush to buy foreign made plastic consumer goods we don’t need, stop by the tree lighting and at the same time, see the Christmas Balls lit up in all their glory - serving their purpose as the holiday season’s official beacons of Portland.

(Jeffrey S. Spofford manages circulation for The Portland Daily Sun and can be found @jspofford on Twitter.)

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Something to shoot for You may have noticed that Congress is unpopular.

Really, really unpopular, actually.

Only 9 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress has been doing its job, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. And you do sort of wonder about that 9 percent. Do you think they misheard and thought they were being asked, “Do you approve of Christmas?”

This week, the House of Representatives took time out of its busy schedule of going home for vacation to remind us, once again, why it has the strong support of about as many people who believe Rick Perry should be the next president of the United States. It approved a bill requiring states with strict gun regulations to honor concealed-weapon carry permits issued in states where the gun rules are slightly more lax than the restrictions on who can dispense ice cream cones from a truck.

“This bill is about freedom,” said Representative Chris Gibson, a Republican from upstate New York. In this Congress, it’s hard to find anything that isn’t. Cutting Social Security is about freedom. Killing funds for Planned Parenthood is about freedom. Once again, we are reminded that, as Janis Joplin used to sing, freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.

Here’s an example of the way the

Gail Collins ––––– The New York Times House plan would work. California has very strict limits on who can get a permit to carry a concealed weapon, involving extensive background checks by local law enforcement. Utah, on the other hand, is really mellow about the whole thing.

You don’t even have to live there to get a Utah permit. Just ask the 215,000 non-Utah folks who’ve gotten one.

And, in Florida, “it is so easy that a staffer in one of our offices was able to complete the form in less than 30 minutes,” said Representative Alcee Hastings, a Florida Democrat.

Under this bill, California’s strict rules on gun permits are now expanded to include anybody who drives into the state waving a Florida or Utah permission slip.

The bill passed 272 to 154. It’s a law enforcement nightmare for states that take gun regulation seriously. There’s no national database cops can check if they stop someone who’s carrying a gun with an out-of-state permit. Some state records aren’t available at all.

“A common-sense solution to adapt

to today’s needs,” said Representative Steve Chabot, an Ohio Republican, cheerfully.

The opponents really did try everything, including the time-honored tactic of proposing that the bill be taken away and amended to say “except for child molesters.”

They also pointed out, in tones of deep irony, that Republicans are supposed to be big fans of states’ rights.

But really, a vast majority of members of Congress have always believed that the states have a right to do anything that the member in question happens to like. “It’s tougher when it’s those things you may disagree with that are left to the states,” said Representative Dan Lungren, a Republican of California, who should know since he was one of approximately two gunrights lawmakers who opposed the bill because of principles of strict constitutional construction.

Anyway, the National Rifle Association will be giving everybody a grade before they run for re-election. Screw around with this bill and you could be looking at a B-minus.

There is a distinct cultural rift in this country between the people who feel safest when there are as few guns on the street as possible and the ones who believe that they aren’t secure unless they have a loaded gun around to protect themselves against evildo-

ers. “As millions of American families can attest, there is no greater threat to our families than — the ability to protect,” said Representative Renee Ellmers, a Republican of North Carolina, flung into incoherence by the drama of the moment. What she pretty clearly meant to say was there was no greater threat than a crazed, knife-wielding zombie breaking through the doors of an unarmed household and trying to carry off the baby.

“We must protect our families,” she concluded.

Actually, the evidence suggests very strongly that a gun in the house will most likely be used to take out a relative. And guns in the house are not the subject of this bill anyway, since we’re talking about weapons being carted across state lines. So maybe the danger here is a crazed knife-wielding zombie breaking into the station wagon while the family is stopped for gas on the way to Disneyland.

Anyway, God wants everybody to be armed. “Mr. Speaker, rights do not come from the government. We are, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights,” said U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, an Indiana Republican.

Among these rights are life, liberty and a pistol in the glove compartment.

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to support the speech that we believe: this is not a public financing system that forces some to subsidize the speech of others. And because a campaign would have to raise its funds from the very many, it could weaken the power of the very few to demand costly kickbacks for their contributions — what the Cato Institute calls “corporate welfare,” like

subsidies to ethanol manufacturers, or tariffs protecting the domestic sugar industry. Cato estimates that in 2009, the cost of such corporate welfare was $90 billion. If cutting the link to special interest funders could shrink that amount by just 10 percent, the investment would, across a two-year election cycle, pay for itself three times over.

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And if not senators, then here is a version of the Occupy Wall Street slogan that 99 percent of Americans

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could actually agree upon: campaigns financed by the 1 percent will never earn the confidence of the 99 percent, or appear to any of us as anything other than corrupt. We, all of us, must demand an end to that corruption.

Lawrence Lessig, a professor of law at Harvard, is the author of “Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress — and a Plan to Stop It.”

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The same tough call? Well, not quite

BY ANDREW KEH THE NEW YORK TIMES

For the last two weeks, Patrick Witt, the most prolific passer in the history of Yale football, wrestled with a decision that pitted a historic educational opportunity against one final chance to play in “The Game” against Harvard.

Witt’s options were to pursue a Rhodes scholarship with an interview on Saturday morning in Atlanta — an unbreakable appointment — or to remain in New Haven and quarterback the underdog Bulldogs against the Crimson for a third and last time. He chose the latter.

Throughout Witt’s decision-making process, which attracted national attention, the quarterback said he leaned on his coach, Tom Williams, for advice. Williams, according to numerous recent reports, had faced a similar situation when he was at Stanford in 1992.

In several of those articles, including one by Bloomberg News, it was reported that Williams decided to forgo his Rhodes scholarship finalist interview for a chance to earn a spot on an N.F.L. roster.

“I followed my dream to play N.F.L. football,” Williams told Bloomberg News. “I have no regrets about it at all.”

But officials with the Rhodes Scholarship Trust said this week that they had no record of Williams ever applying for a scholarship, let alone having to weigh whether to attend a finalist’s interview.

Williams, in an interview Wednesday, said he had applied for the Rhodes scholarship as a student at Stanford, and that the university had endorsed his bid. But he said he withdrew his candidacy soon after, before the finalists were named, and said he had never faced the kind of decision his young quarterback had.

“I wasn’t trying to confuse anyone or make it sound different than it was,” Williams said, adding of Witt, “No, I didn’t get as far as he did.”

Contrary to some news articles, Tom Williams was not a Rhodes scholarship finalist. (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO)

Of his situation, he said: “I was in the preliminary stages at Stanford and I had to decide, but the interview wasn’t official.”

Over the last several years, and again in recent weeks, there have been any number of articles — in Yale’s alumni magazine, in the student newspaper The Yale Daily News — that asserted Williams was a Rhodes finalist. It does not appear that Williams ever sought to correct that perception. A Yale University spokesman said Williams’s résumé did include an entry for being a Rhodes scholar candidate, not a finalist.

When asked by a reporter to look into Williams’s candidacy, the officials with the Rhodes organization seemed to raise questions aboutwhether he had pursued the prestigious academic scholarship.

“I have now checked and rechecked our archives.

According to our database records, no one by the name Thomas or Tom Williams applied for the scholarship in ’91, ’92 or ’93,” according to an e-mail from Joyce Knight of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust that was forwarded by

Elliott Gerson, the trust’s American secretary.

In 1992, the Rhodes process still included a firstround interview, which would have occurred on a Wednesday in December. Now, only the finalists are interviewed. Those who apply for the Rhodes remain in the database even if they withdraw their applications, Gerson said.

He added that it “was conceivable though frankly highly unlikely” that Williams withdrew his application so quickly that it was not passed on to the national Rhodes office and therefore he did not appear in the database.

Witt was unable to be reached for comment. He has refused to speak about his decision this week, releasing only a statement saying that he would withdraw the application and concentrate on the Harvard game.

He informed Rhodes officials of his decision last Sunday night, and it took them a bit by surprise.

“It is rare for someone to decline an interview,” Gerson said. “I cannot remember anyone else who has ever declined an interview for an athletic event.”

Williams was an assistant at Stanford for three years before joining the N.F.L.’s Jacksonville Jaguars for two seasons. In 2009, he was hired by Yale, becoming the first black head football coach at the university and the second in the Ivy League.

Williams was referred to as a former Rhodes finalist in an article that appeared on the Web site of The New Haven Register last week. In the article, he said he did not regret skipping a Rhodes interview to take part in a minicamp for the San Francisco 49ers. He also discussed the counsel he had provided to Witt.

“He and I have talked frequently about this situation and I still believe you have to follow your heart, whatever your heart tells you,” Williams said, according to the newspaper.

“Where I grew up, all the guys dreamed about playing in the N.F.L,” said Williams, who was born in Fort Worth. “No one grew up with a thought about being a Rhodes scholar.”

He considered applying again the next year, but said he instead spent the next two years trying to make the 49ers’ roster.

Houston Astros get new owner, different league for 2012

BY ANDREW KEH THE NEW YORK TIMES

MILWAUKEE — Baseball’s yearly general managers’ meetings and quarterly ownership meetings, held jointly this week here at the Pfister Hotel, ended Thursday with a sequence of activity that ensured significant changes to the sport moving forward.

The Houston Astros will move from the National League Central to the American League West, Commissioner Bud Selig announced. The realignment will most likely occur before the 2013 season, he said.

Meanwhile, the ownership of the Astros, after a unanimous vote of approval Thursday by team owners, was officially transferred from Drayton McLane, who owned the team for 19 years, to a group headed by Jim Crane.

Selig also said Thursday that the number of wildcard teams in each league would be increased to two.

That change, Selig said, could occur as soon as 2012.

“This was, in my opinion, what I think will prove to be a very historic day in this sport,” Selig said.

Baseball’s last realignment occurred before the start of the 1998 season, when the Milwaukee

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The addition of a second wild-card team in each league, meanwhile, will require a play-in game or another series before the start of what is called the division series.

“The greatest thing this sport has going for it is its history and its tradition, and the more you’re around the more you understand that,” Selig said.

“You try to disturb that as little as you can. But I think this is great for the long term.”

The sale of the Astros, for over $600 million, was first announced in May and finally approved after a long investigation of Crane and his large group of investors by baseball’s ownership committee and executive council.

“It was a long vetting process,” Selig said of Crane.

“Sometimes in life you have to go through all that.

We did. We spent an enormous amount of time.

I’m very comfortable today telling you he has put together a really blue-ribbon group.”

These announcements were made against the backdrop of continuing talks between baseball and the players association for a new collective bargaining agreement. The realignment and scheduling changes were characterized Thursday as a collaborative effort.

Rob Manfred, baseball’s executive vice president for labor relations and human resources, said he was “really confident” the deal would be completed in the near future.

“I think we will finish an agreement,” Manfred said. “It’s a process. It’s hard to pick exactly when anything is going to happen. But I think that we’ve made good progress, and I’m hopeful we’ll push it through.”

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Cutler: the presidential nominating process stuck in ‘time warp’ org, voters can sign up and become a CUTLER from page one delegate, regardless of party affiliaare going through and getting ballot tion. access in all 50 states.”

“We’re trying to revolutionize the In June, online voters will be able way we elect presidents in America so to select delegates through Americans we don’t have to choose between just Elect, and the winner of the “convenwhat the two parties tell us are our tion” will become a third choice in the choices,” Cutler said. presidential election.

The result will be “a bipartisan “We’re not a third party,” Leonard ticket nominated by millions of Amersaid. icans participating in an online proRather, in April, the organization cess,” he said. will start a series of qualifying ballots Cutler is also chairman of Oneto find a bipartisan ticket for presiMaine, which, according to its website dent. (http://www.one“In Maine, our maine.com), “stems Cutler won’t challenge Olympia from the momensignature drive is doing very well, tum and energy Snowe for U.S. Senate in 2012. we’re on pace to that was built finish our signaduring Eliot’s indeture drive on time. pendent campaign Our deadline is Dec. 5,” she said. With for governor in 2010.”

29,000 signatures needed, the group Cutler said the groups operate on has nearly 24,000 signatures, Leonsimilar philosophies. ard estimated.

“There’s no formal relationship, Cutler also addressed the “third obviously Americans Elect is an effort party” perception. to open up the nominating process “It’s not really a third party it’s a for the presidency and the vice presisecond process that’s designed to give dency. ... OneMaine is an effort in every registered voter an opportunity Maine to provide a political home for to participate,” he said. people who have the same interests, Qualified on the ballot in eight that is, who are interested in solutions states, Americans Elect hopes to add and pragmatism and compromise,” he Maine as a ninth. said.

“Each state sets its own rules for The bipartisan presidential ticket ballot access. In some states you have could shake up a nominating method to be a political party, in others you that is outdated, Cutler said. don’t,” Cutler said. “In Maine, the pro“We’re all accustomed to a process is you have to identify yourself as cess that’s stuck in a time warp,” he a party even though you’re not.” said.

At the website www.americanselect.

Eliot Cutler, former candidate for governor and assistant to Sen. Ed Muskie during development of the Clean Air Act, speaks at a rally for the 40th anniversary of the law in Monument Square on in November 2010. Cutler is now involved in Americans Elect, an online effort to place a bipartisan presidential ticket on 2012 ballots in all states. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

“Not only are Americans increasingly disenchanted with the political process ... they’re not even participating anymore in the nominating processes,” Cutler said.

With OneMaine, Cutler said, “We’re going to be trying to support the election of legislators who are moderates and centrists, who are willing to work with each other

regardless of party.”

Cutler said he has no plans to challenge Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe for the U.S. Senate in 2012.

“I’m not running for the Senate,” Cutler said.

As for another run at governor ...

“I’m keeping my options open,” Cutler said.

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Burglary suspect tore through a wall to enter adjacent cafe; food stolen BURGLARIES from page one

“We don’t know exactly what was used to get through the wall,” said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman. “(But) that certainly was an unusual way to get through the building.”

Rogers could not say whether the burglaries were the act of multiple culprits or a single individual.

An iPod and some food were the only things reported stolen, he said.

The two businesses also sustained a few hundred dollars worth of damage for wall repair and spoiled food, after the cafe owner reported that the refrigerator door was left open.

“It was a mess,” said Meg Nisbet, one of the owners of Options Hair Studio.

“They were definitely looking for something, probably cash,” she said, referring to the disorder left in

Some violations, none serious after inspection INSPECTION from page one

pyMaine protesters, said they group looked forward to seeing the report.

“As far as we’re concerned, the city can take as much time as it needs to process the inspection, confer internally, and get back to us in writing, which they promised to do,” he said yesterday in a phone interview.

The anti-Wall Street protesters that comprise OccupyMaine — itself an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City — have been camping in Lincoln Park in downtown Portland for about six weeks. Locally, the movement has grown from a handful of tents to about three dozen or more, including many sturdier structures intended to last through the winter.

Although the city has allowed the group to camp indefinitely in Lincoln Park, it has continued to enforce ordinances dealing with safety, sanitation, open fires, public access to the park, among others.

The 9 a.m. tour through the park yesterday was the first time city staff have formally inspected the OccupyMaine campsite. Representatives from the police and fire departments, inspections division and public services spent about an hour waling around the park, entered tents and taking stock of the camp.

Clegg said the city officials asked questions of OccupyMaine demonstrators and also answered questions about what sorts of activities were allowed and not allowed.

“We wanted to make sure that there wasn’t anything happening that was putting the protesters at risk or causing damage to the park,” she said.

Rumson said members seemed optimistic that the city did not find evidence of widespread safety or ordinance violations to justify dismantling the camp.

“We are keeping our fingers crossed,” she said. “You never know with the rash of things going on across the country if things are going to go the way of Bangor.”

Bangor officials have taken steps to rein-in “Occupy” demonstraters in that city, requiring large tents to be taken down from a downtown park and banning overnight protests, according to the Bangor Daily News.

That result is a compromise from an earlier request that the protesters vacate the park entirely.

Yet as similar protests fizzle in New York City and elsewhere in the country as authorities run out of patience, OccupyMaine protesters say they are in it for the long haul. This week, the group submitted a four-page plan to the city outlining how members would stay safe if the demonstration lasted through the winter.

Rumson said the group is comprised of a “community” of like-minded people who have found common ground in their concerns about the political process and income distribution in the U.S. “We now have a place to talk about that,” she said, adding that the group feels a “deep commitment to the First Amendment in this whole process. … We feel that public space is intended for airing our grievances, so that is what people are doing.”

the wake of the burglary that included rffled through cabinets and items thrown across the floor.

Police called Nisbet from inside her salon at about 8 a.m. Wednesday, asking if she was aware of the overnight break in. She rushed to the salon and was thankful there wasn’t more damage, she said.

“I was driving in thinking it was going to be completely vandalized,” she said. “I’ve been here 15 years and I’ve never experienced this.”

Nisbet said that after the incident she spoke with the owner of the cafe, explaining that the two were as equally surprised of how someone had gone through the drywall that separated the businesses. “(We) just couldn’t believe they cut through the wall,” she said.

Attempts to reach the owner of Crooked Mile Cafe

were not successful Thursday afternoon.

The third report of damage was taken at nearby Penelope Daborn Ltd., an interior design firm, where police say someone tried to force open the door. Nobody gained access to the shop, Rogers said.

As result of the burglaries, Rogers said residents and business owners in the Old Port can expect an increase in police presence.

“This is one night where they broke into, or attempted to break into, three different businesses,” he said. “When something like this happens we certainly give the area special attention.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword “GOTCHA” plus the message to 274637 (CRIMES).

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By Holiday Mathis SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Everything turns out better when you’re building on a stellar idea. Brainstorm until you get to the irresistibly great concept, and then it will be easy to flesh out the details and make your project really sing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You are more discriminating about your friendships than you have been in years, because you realize that in some ways you become just like the people with whom you spend time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Games can be romantic, but there’s also a time to stop playing around. If someone correctly intuits the way to your heart, do not deny that he or she has found it. Open up, and let yourself be loved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You will be overloaded suddenly with a wealth of stellar information. What should you do with it? Don’t try to figure it all out in one day. Sit with this.

The important bits will stand out in your mind throughout the weekend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be very concerned with making someone else happy. You’re not willing to grasp or scurry to ingratiate yourself.

Instead, you’ll sit back and look for clues about what the other person needs.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 18).

You’ll be joined in the new year by encouraging people and enthusiastic supporters. Over the next six weeks, you will accomplish through cooperative efforts what you could not do by yourself. June, August and October bring an increased urge to travel, and you’ll be invigorated by what you see. Capricorn and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 24, 38 and 18.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You realize that it won’t be enough for you to listen to the words another person is saying. You read the signs, symbols and gestures to get the full picture and are offered a rare opportunity by someone who feels like you “get” them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you watch a movie, you can often guess the ending before anyone else.

So you really enjoy a situation in which the ending is unpredictable. That’s what you’ll get today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What you put down on paper, type into a computer or speak into a phone has your energy in it. But it doesn’t stop there. Everything you touch or think about will be changed by your imprint.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You can’t control the flip-flopping and vacillating of others, but you can be a steadfast example. You’ll handle your end just like you said you would, and this helps the other person stick to his or her essential position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are too proud to ask for favors from others, even those who would gladly offer up whatever help and resources you need.

Remember that needing help doesn’t automatically mean you’re weak.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Finally, you will get the treatment you prefer.

This might be because you stopped expecting others to be any particular way. Also, by making yourself happy, you’ve been teaching others to do the same.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your perfectionist streak will come out today, and you may have trouble accepting a world where shades of gray must be lived with. Clear black-and-white seems so much more desirable.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2011. There are 43 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 18, 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones.

On this date: In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, died in New York.

In 1910, British suffragists clashed with police outside Parliament on what became known as “Black Friday.”

In 1928, Walt Disney’s first sound-synchronized animated cartoon, “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.

In 1936, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.

In 1958, the cargo freighter SS Carl D. Bradley sank during a storm in Lake Michigan, claiming 33 of the 35 lives on board.

In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.

In 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members.

In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides.

In 1991, Shiite (SHEE’-eyet) Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland, the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut.

In 2000, actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones were married in an extravagant wedding at The Plaza hotel in New York City.

One year ago: President Barack Obama rallied former diplomatic and military chiefs from both parties to pressure reluctant Republican senators into ratifying a nuclear weapons deal with Russia. (The Senate ratified the treaty the following month.)

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 72. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 72. Actress Linda Evans is 69. Actress Susan Sullivan is 69. Country singer Jacky Ward is 65. Actor Jameson Parker is 64.

Rock musician Herman Rarebell is 62.

Singer Graham Parker is 61. Actor Delroy Lindo is 59. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 58.

Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 51. Singer Kim Wilde is 51. Rock musician Kirk Hammett (Metallica) is 49. Rock singer Tim DeLaughter is 46. Actor Romany Malco is 43. Actor Owen Wilson is 43. Singer Duncan Sheik is 42. Actor Mike Epps is 41. Actress Peta Wilson is 41. Actress Chloe Sevigny is 37.

Country singer Jessi Alexander is 35. Actor Steven Pasquale is 35. Rapper Fabolous is 34. Actor Nate Parker is 32.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: When is a kiss just a kiss? The husband of my wife’s best friend gave her a wee bit of a special kiss on the lips after another summer of overlapping vacation time at a summer cottage. I could be way off the mark, but it seemed like more than a brief goodbye kiss. I emailed him about it, and he replied that there has never been anything between them. They are just good friends. Regardless, my gut says the damage has been done.

This guy is on his second marriage. The night before “the kiss,” the four of us had a wide-ranging discussion. I am fairly traditional in my views and values. His ending comment was about how in retirement he’d like to donate sperm. He knows I had a vasectomy years ago. Call me insecure, but I sensed something more on his mind.

In previous years, I have left these vacations early while my wife stayed on. Now I feel taken advantage of. I want my wife to keep her close friendship with his wife, but I want both of us to disassociate from her husband. Am I wrong? -- No-Win Situation in Wisconsin Dear No Win: You are jumping to conclusions because you don’t trust this man. But do you trust your wife? A light peck on the lips between good friends is tolerable, but a full-blown smack on the lips is inappropriate. A discussion about becoming a sperm donor may be in poor taste, but it doesn’t necessarily mean anything else. Regardless of his behavior, it is your wife’s that matters. Talk to her about your concerns.

You don’t need to cut the husband off completely, but it’s OK to limit contact if he makes you uncomfortable. However, if your wife still wants to vacation with her friend and her husband, you should come along and stay the entire time.

Dear Annie: In April of 1975, I reluctantly gave my only child, a son, up for adoption. I was 20 years old and not in

a position to raise him properly. I have deeply regretted that decision ever since and have been trying to find my son since he turned 21.

I contacted the attorney who handled the private adoption and received a return letter stating that he forwarded my request to the adoptive parents, but they preferred the matter to remain closed. Unfortunately, the attorney has since passed away, and I have no idea how to pursue this any further. If my son is still alive, he would be 36 years old. I believe he has the right to know his birth family medical history at the very least.

I realize there are some adopted children who have no desire to meet their biological family, and although I pray that is not true in this case, I would understand. But I would think he would want his medical history. Must I sit back for another 10 years and hope for the best, or is there something else I can do? -- Sad Birth Mom in Omaha, Neb. Dear Sad: You can hire a private detective who specializes in these cases, or you can leave your information on the many available search and adoption registries. The Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services may be helpful. Also try the International Soundex Reunion Registry (isrr.org) at 1-888886-ISRR. Good luck.

Dear Annie: You’ve printed several responses to “Suffering Soon-To-Be Ex,” who stupidly joked that he’d have grabbed his sister-in-law, “Zoe,” if she’d been available.

I wonder why men speak first and think later? When I was a newlywed, my husband said, “You’re way down on my list of priorities,” and that proved to be true for 45 years of marriage. I never forgot that statement. Why I stayed with him for 45 years is beyond me. -- Men!

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Hearing scheduled for insider trading bill WASHINGTON (NY TIMES) - A House of Representatives panel will hold a hearing early next month on legislation aimed at preventing members of Congress from making investments based on insider knowledge.

The issue flared up following a November 13 report by CBS’ “60 Minutes” questioning whether some members of Congress have used what they learned from their privileged posts to make lucrative investments.

The report was based on a book, “Throw Them All Out,” by Peter Schweizer who is a fellow at the conservative Hudson Institution.

The House Financial Services hearing is scheduled for December 6.

Members featured in the report, including Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have denied any wrongdoing and their staffs have circulated analyses of their investments by ethics watchdogs to back up their rebuttals.

The issue, however, has gained political momentum and legislation seeking to clamp down on any possibility of insider trading by members of Congress was introduced this week.

The bill is called the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2011.

Supporters of the bill argue there is little legal restraint on what they deem congressional insider trading.

The bills would prevent members of Congress, their staffs or anyone who works in the executive branch from making investment decisions based on nonpublic information they gather on the job.

House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus was also featured in the “60 Minutes” report and in the book, which allege he made investments during the 2007-2009 financial crisis while he had access to briefings and information that was not public.

Fla. Craigslist job seeker found dead in Ohio grave COLUMBUS, Ohio (NY TIMES) — A jobseeker from Florida who responded to a bogus Craigslist ad for a job on a southeast Ohio cattle farm was found dead, buried in a shallow grave, and another from South Carolina was shot but escaped by running away through the woods, a sheriff said Thursday.

Noble County Sheriff Stephen Hannum said two men were taken into custody after cadaver dogs found the body of the Florida man this week in a grave in a remote area outside Caldwell, a small village about 80 miles east of Columbus.

He said the search was undertaken after the South Carolina man escaped from the area on Nov. 6 and notified police, who later found a hand-dug grave authorities believe had been meant for him.

An autopsy on the Florida man was being performed Thursday in Licking County, outside Columbus, and Hannum said names of the suspects and victims were being withheld until at least Friday.

Authorities received a call five days after the South Carolina man was shot from the Florida man’s twin sister, concerned that her brother had not been heard from since Oct. 22 in Parkersburg, W.Va., the sheriff said. The twin, in Boston, said her brother had responded to what she believed was the same Craigslist ad, which sought a caretaker for cattle on a 688-acre farm.

The sheriff said he suspected robbery was the motive.

“It seems that this was just a ruse to lure victims into the trap, most likely to commit a murder and relieve the deceased of their personal property,” Hannum said.

The sheriff said the call prompted officers to return to the remote area, where they found the grave believed to have been intended for the South Carolina man.

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Friday, Nov. 18 Third Annual ‘Civic Matters’ at USM 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A showcase of how students apply what they are learning in the classroom to community projects, the third annual University of Southern Maine “Civic Matters,” will be held in USM’s Wishcamper Center, Bedford Street, Portland. The event is free and open to the public. USM’s Office of Community Service Learning will host this year’s “Civic Matters.” For more information, visit Civic Matters or call Alicia Sampson, service-learning coordinator for the Office of Community Service Learning, at 228-8092 or asampson@usm.maine.edu.

12th Annual Craft Championships 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine, the leading association representing Maine’s construction industry, announced its plans for the 12th Annual Craft Championships to be held at the Augusta Civic Center. “Each year Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine hosts Craft Championships at the Augusta Civic Center. Utilizing the Civic Center’s Main Auditorium, there is over 24,500 square feet of hands-on activities for high school students to engage. Maine’s Craft Championships is unique to any others in the nation because our industry trades people work directly with high school students on a wide range of construction projects. ... Among the other activities that will occur on Nov. 18 is the annual Policymaker’s Breakfast, featuring the new President of Southern Maine Community College, Dr. Ronald Cantor. Dr. Cantor will speak to the importance of multiple pathways in education and how to better connect Maine’s construction and technical education programs (CTE) with colleges and industry. Legislators, educators, and construction industry professionals are expected to attend this important event.”

To find out more about ABC, visit www.abc.org or www. abcmaine.org.

Black Friday Coupon Book 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Save more than $1,000 by shopping downtown merchants this Black Friday Weekend with special coupons from over 65 of local downtown businesses.

“Don’t miss out! A very special Black Friday Coupon Book will be handed out Friday, Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Monument Square. Limited to the first 500 people who show up during this special promotion. ... These amazing deals for downtown merchants will be valid Black Friday, Nov 25, through Cyber Monday, Nov. 28.”

Eliot Cutler at the Cumberland Club 5 p.m. Chamberlain Lecture Series, Eliot Cutler, Cumberland Club, 116 High St., Portland. 5 p.m., Cocktails; 5:30 p.m., Presentation starts; 6:30 p.m., Elegant Dinner Buffet.

“In 1877 The Cumberland Club was organized as a voluntary association “for the purpose of mutual enjoyment of cultural and social amenities.” In that same year, the Club was incorporated by a special act of the Legislature, marking the beginning of a new social era for those who use their voice to influence Maine and enrich the communities in which they live.” www.cumberlandclub.org

‘Back to the Land’ Fine Art and Crafts Show 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. ‘Back to the Land’ Fine Art and Crafts Show, exhibit, sale, and silent auction benefits Skyline Farm, a nonprofit carriage museum in North Yarmouth that offers conserved land for public use. This 6th annual invitational exhibit is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays from Nov. 19 through Dec. 11 or by appointment. During that time, you can buy artworks or bid on silent auction items donated by the artists and artisans.

Free admission. On Friday, Nov. 18 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., come enjoy light refreshments while meeting the show’s participants. Artists and artisans generously share a portion of each item’s sale and 100 percent of the funds raised from their Silent Auction donations to benefit Skyline Farm’s programs and operations. Original creations for every taste and budget are for sale just in time for the holiday buying season. The show is complemented by a display of horsedrawn carriages and sleighs from Skyline Farm Carriage Museum’s collection. Contact Pamela Ames at 829-5708, info@skylinefarm.org, or see www.skylinefarm.org for more information and directions to 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth.

Kids & Claws Dinner 5:30 p.m. Kids & Claws Dinner to welcome back the Maine Red Claws benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine & Maine Red Claws Foundations at the Portland Expo. “Come out to meet the players and coaches and welcome them back to Maine!”

‘The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland’ 6:30 p.m. “In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland,” Friday, Nov. 18, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show. For a complete list of movies, visit moviesatthemuseum.org.

Roger Merrow works to attach LED Christmas lights on a car at the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad before a Polar Express event. The Polar Express seasonal train ride schedule starts the day after Thanksgiving and runs each Friday, Saturday and Sunday before Christmas Eve and also on Dec. 21, 22 and 23. All trains depart from Ocean Gateway at Thames Street, which serves as the train depot for this event.

To purchase tickets or find out more information, call PortTix at 842-0800 or visit www.PortTix.com. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

Crash Barry in Brunswick 7 p.m. Crash Barry will read from his new memoir “Tough Island” at Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick. “‘If you want a romantic memoir about life on a Maine island you won’t find it here,’ wrote the Progressive Review. ‘Instead, you’ll get a striking account of an often bitter reality no longer a common part of the American story. And why ‘Tough Island’ is such a gift.’”

Michael Lane Trautman with Bad Clown 8 p.m. Lucid Stage announces Michael Lane Trautman with Bad Clown. This is a benefit show for Lucid Stage. $15 adults, $12 Students and Seniors. R rated. No one under 18. It will be the Portland Premier of King Pong’s Ping Pong Rodeo! Michael Lane Trautman’s only Portland appearance this year! www.MichaelTrautman.com

‘Turkish National Security’ lecture at USM 7 p.m. The University of Southern Maine will sponsor a lecture by Taner Akçam titled “Turkish National Security and the Denial of Armenian Genocide.” This lecture, sponsored by the Armenian Cultural Association of Maine, will be held in the Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, USM Portland campus. This event is free and open to the public.

“Sociologist and historian Taner Akçam is widely recognized as one of the first Turkish scholars to write extensively on the genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turkey in the early 20th century. Akçam’s latest book, ‘The Armenian Issue is Resolved: Policies Towards Armenians During the War Years,’ has been translated into seven languages.” For more information, contact Jeanette Andonian, USM associate professor of social work, at 780-4115 or andonian@ usm.maine.edu.

‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ 7:30 p.m. Schoolhouse Arts Center will present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” from Nov. 18 through Dec. 4. “‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ by Barbara Robinson is a hilarious Christmas tale about a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant while faced with casting the Herdman kids — probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem — and the fun — when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!” Performances of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will be held Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. As part of our holiday celebrations, Schoolhouse Arts Center is teaming up with the Good Shepherd Food Bank to help alleviate hunger and build community relationships. With your gift of food for our holiday food drive, you will receive $1 off your ticket to see “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” Schoolhouse Arts Center is

located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. Call 642-3743 for reservations or buy tickets on-line at www. schoolhousearts.org.

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit company based in the Dana Warp Mill in downtown Westbrook, kicks off its second season of Studio Series presentations with Edward Albee’s classic play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” “This production is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Acorn Studio Theater, which has hosted improv comedy shows, children’s theater productions, Phyzkidz events, fully-staged productions of new plays, and staged readings since its inception in 2009.

Acorn’s Producing Director Michael Levine directs an ensemble of four actors in a treat for fans of intimate theater that focuses on character and storytelling.”

Winner of the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” shocked audiences when it first appeared on Broadway by debunking the myth of the nuclear family’s living room as a safe and happy place. Acorn’s production features company members Paul Haley, Kerry Rasor, and April Singley, along with guest artist Nicholas Schroeder. The show runs from Nov. 11 to Nov. 27, with performances Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and may be purchased on-line at www.acorn-productions.org or by calling 854-0065.

Saturday, Nov. 19 VIPS pancake breakfast fund raiser 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The South Portland Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) will be holding a pancake breakfast fund raiser at the South Portland Community Center. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 kids, or $15 for a family of four. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advanced by contacting Officer Linda Barker at 799-5511, ext. 7424 or by contacting any South Portland VIP’s.

Christmas Gifts and Decorations Sale 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sixth annual Christmas Gifts and Decorations Sale, Limington Town Hall, Rt 11. Hundreds of new Christmas things from 25 cents to $2. Toys, decorations, gifts, school supplies, shoes, underwear and clothing. FMI call Karen 692-2989. Proceeds provide BEHS scholarships. Sponsored by Limington Extension. see next page

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Journey of Elderism 8:30 a.m. to noon. Journey of Elderism: The Spirituality of Aging at Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland. A facilitated salon for discussing and exploring our personal journey and how we are facing our spiritual aging. Together we will address issues such as the following: What adjustments are we experiencing? When have these transitions taken place? Are there any differences between what we say and how we feel? What is it like to contemplate our chronological age? What benchmarks do we identify in this aging process? How do our relationships impact this journey? What can we do to enhance the journey? This program is sponsored by Clay Atkinson and Ann Packard . Clay was involved in the revival of the salon process and he and Ann are now addressing aging issues at this stage of their lives. For more information contact Clay at 6715798 or clay@ericsonmitchell.com.

Free, donations gratefully accepted.

Gingerbread Fair 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. First Universalist Church of Auburn will hold its annual Gingerbread Fair at 169 Pleasant St. Fresh evergreen wreaths, crafts, gift baskets, home baked pies and baked goods, jewelry, gingerbread houses and cookie kits, books and CDs, silent auction and “upscale” white elephant treasures will be available. Raffle for a Hannaford gift card available. Collectors note: 10 sets of vintage Anchor Hocking glassware for sale. Luncheon with homemade soup, sandwich and gingerbread dessert will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Phil House at the piano to welcome in the holiday season. Accessible from our Spring Street parking lot. For more information, call 783-0461 or visitwww.auburnuu.org.

‘Santa’s Workshop’ 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Christmas Fair will be held at the North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. In addition to the Chicken Pie Luncheon and Silent Auction, come shop in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere for unique country crafts, hand knit items, fresh wreaths and greens, tree ornaments, jewelry, extra-sharp cheese from a wheel, Cookie Walk, baked goods, jams, jellies, candy, books, and household ‘treasures’.

Face-painting will add a festive touch.

Handicap accessible. All proceeds benefit the local and global community. If you have any questions, please contact the church office at 829-3644 (mornings) or nycc@maine.rr.com.

Stuff the Truck for the food bank 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Help the Good Shepherd Food Bank Stuff the Truck at the Maine Mall. Good Shepherd Food Bank will be collecting food and cash donations in the parking lot across from Hannaford. “We are in need of staple, nonperishable items such as canned vegetables and fruits, canned chicken and tuna, pasta and sauce, and cereal. Cash donations are also welcome — with each $1 donated, the Food Bank is able to distribute $8 worth of food!” http://gsfb.org/getinvolved/events/

Sixth annual Museum Shopper’s Day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featuring merchandise from Maine Audubon, Portland Head Light, Maine Historical Society, Tate House Museum, Greater Portland Landmarks, Maine Wildlife Park, and the Scarborough and Falmouth

Historical Societies, this event is at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm, Gilsland Farm Road (off Route 1), Falmouth. Accessible via METRO’s Route 7 bus. Free parking, free admission, and free gift wrapping. For more information, call 781-2330 or visit www.maineaudbon.org.

Designing Women Freeport show 9 a.m. through 4 p.m. Designing Women, a nonprofit volunteer corporation that works directly with organizations that benefit women and girls in local communities, will hold its seventh annual Freeport show at The Merriconeag Waldorf School & Community Center, located at 57 Desert Road in Freeport on Saturday, Nov. 19. “Celebrating their 20th year, Designing Women is thrilled to return to Freeport for their largest show, with twenty-four talented lady artisans and craftswomen, to support Women, Work & Community. This juried show features several artists who have exhibited and taught nationally including Jo Diggs, Michelle Henning and, Stephanie Sersich. Also exhibiting is Stephanie Crossman of Gram J’s Nets who was recognized by Martha Stewart.” For additional information regarding Designing Women’s upcoming show, please contact Michelle Henning at 207-833-5556 or visit Designing Women’s website at http://www. designingwomen.org.

The Holly Daze Bazaar 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The Holly Daze Bazaar will be held on, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. At the First Congregational Church of South Portland, 301 Cottage Road, featured items are: wreaths, gifts, knitted goods, Christmas Room, Grandma’s Attic, Trash n’ Treasure, Mission Mall and books.

Lunch is served from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and includes haddock chowder, lobster and crabmeat rolls, chicken salad rolls and apple crisp. The building is handicap accessible.

Art for Dog Sake — A Gathering of Artists 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sprague Hall, off Route 77 in Cape Elizabeth. “A diverse group of artists gathering with a mission: to help rescue dogs in need. A $2 donation at the door will be donated to Maine-based Lucky Pup Rescue.

It is our hope to raise money and awareness for this cause. We would appreciate your support so come & bring a friend or two! Directions: From Portland cross the Casco Bay Bridge and head South on Route 77. You will pass the IGA Shopping Center & Cape Elizabeth High School both on the Right. Just after Cape High turn Right on Fowler Road, follow to the end. Directly across the intersection is Sprague Hall.” www.facebook.com/ event.php?eid=196432107087731

Pat Pattison’s Songwriting Master Class 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Nashville Songwriters Association International Portland chapter is bringing Pat Pattison’s famous Songwriting Master Class to local songwriters at The Abromson Center, the University of Southern Maine. This seminar, presented in a Master Class format, will use participants’ songs to demonstrate the rewriting process. Participants will learn how to effectively use various tools, including verse development, productive repetition, phrasing, effective matching of lyric and melody, structure and prosody. This seminar focuses particularly on polishing

those small bumps that distract the listener and let air escape from the song’s tires. The cost of the seminar is $145 for each of the ten participants, and $95 for general admission, with a substantial discount for NSAI members. Register for the seminar at www. patpattison.com/calendar/upcoming.

Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event.

Schools crafts fair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Casco Bay High School and PATHS sixth annual crafts fair. Three floors of hand made crafts, food, raffles and entertainment.

School fundraiser. 196 Allen Ave., Portland. More info: tiki.craftfair.com.

Michael Cooper ‘Masked Marvels & Wondertales’ 11 a.m. South Portland Auditorium at SPHS, South Portland. Creating a world where dogs wear hats, wild stallions are tamed, giant noses sneeze and fish bait candy to catch children in a pond, sculptor and virtuoso mime Michael Cooper charms audiences with thrilling adventure, silly antics and outlandish possibilities. A protégé of Celebration Barn’s Tony Montanaro and native of the Maine woods, Cooper’s one-man show Masked Marvels & Wondertales combines his breathtaking handcrafted masks and graceful physicality to spin original tales enlivened by an unusual and colorful cast of characters. A show for all ages, Masked Marvels & Wondertales captures hearts and stimulates imaginations. Tickets: $10.

‘My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland’ by Fr. Sean McManus 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fr. Sean McManus, president of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus, will hold the Maine launch of his book, “My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland,” at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland. 7800118. www.maineirish.com

Masons of Orchard Lodge bean supper 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Masons of Orchard Lodge No. 215 in Old Orchard Beach will host a public bean supper at the Masonic Hall, 130 W. Grand Ave., Old Orchard Beach. “The supper will feature all your favorites; baked beans, hot dogs, chopsuey, coleslaw, and a variety of desserts.

The cost is $7 for adults and $3 for children under 12.”

Maine Roller Derby benefit bout 5:30 p.m. Maine Roller Derby hosts its first benefit bout. “All proceeds will be given to Hardy Girls Healthy Women, an organization dedicated to the health, well-being, and empowerment of girls and women. “In this interactive all-league bout, MRD will encourage its fans to change the game with their donations! Add or subtract points for a dollar, send a player to the penalty box for $3, put a ref in the box for $5, or move a player to the opposing team for $20. Choose your own adventure in this fan-driven bout and support HGHW at the same time!”

Happy Wheels, 331 Warren Ave., Portland. Tickets: Purchase advance tickets online or at the door. All Ages/ General Admission: $7.

Foundation 51 Annual Auction 6 p.m. Ocean Gateway. “Cruise” for a Cause. Foundation 51 promotes educational excellence in MSAD 51 by see next page

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Adopt-a-Dog Night 7 p.m. Camp Bow Wow and The Portland Daily Sun presents Adopt-a-Dog Night at the Civic Center. Canine Commitment will have dogs at the game for fans to adopt. Also, donate either a dog toy or a dog or cat food item and receive two free tickets to a future Pirates game. All donations and proceeds from dedicated ticket sales will go to the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, the Animal Welfare Society of Kennebunk, the Bow Wow Buddies Foundation and other local rescue organizations. Portland Pirates vs.

Providence Bruins. www.portlandpirates.com

King Friday’s Dungeon — Puppet Slam 9 p.m. Mayo Street Arts. “King Friday, post-monarch, deposed and living in squalor beneath an old vaudeville house hath requestedeth new puppet works and puppet works-in-progress for an impromptu, after-hours, puppetroadhouse show. Pieces shall be edgy, bawdy, humorous, elegant, or bizarre. Object theater, canastoria, and ventriloquism are likely candidates too. Come romp through the netherrealms of puppet and object theater with K.F. Doors 8:45; show at 9 p.m., $5-10 suggested donation. Adults only.”

Sunday, Nov. 20 1961 Coastal Christmas 2 p.m. “Join Freeport Historical Society at historic Harrington House (45 Main Street) for a 1961 Coastal Christmas where visitors will experience a Christmas of 50 years ago, presented in our staged living room, den and kitchen.

We selected this period because it so fully expresses the enthusiasm and aspirations of our country and by extension, our town. Post-war America was in love with innovative products (“Boiling bags” of frozen veggies) and modern materials (plastic!) We fully embraced the future and all its possibilities. With Alan Shepherd in space, Chubby Checker on the am dial, and a new generation in the White House, we fully embraced the future and all its possibilities.” The exhibit opens on Friday, Dec. 2 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and continues through Dec. 17. Prefacing the exhibit and related to the evolution of the Christmas holiday is a special presentation at the Freeport Community Library on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. by Professor Stephen Nissenbaum, author of “A Battle for Christmas,” a 1997 Pulitzer Prize-nominated book. Tix: $5. www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or 865-3170

‘Thanksgiving at the Inn’ 2 p.m. The Cheverus High School Drama Society will be performing a dramatic reading of author Tim Whitney’s (’83) new play, “Thanksgiving at the Inn,” at Cheverus High School.

The public is invited to attend. The play Thanksgiving at the Inn is part of Whitney’s new project, A Play for Food, which was formed to inspire theaters, communities, actors, and playwrights to unite in putting on plays in combination with food drives all across America. For more information on the project, visit www.APlayForFood.org. Tim Whitney grew up in South Portland, Maine, and now splits his time between Dallas, Texas, and Whately, Massachusetts. Tim graduated from Cheverus in 1983 and completed his undergraduate degree in business administration at Northeastern Univer-

MONDAY NIGHT NOV. 21ST ACOUSTICS 6-8 WITH TOMMY BAZARIAN

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sity and an MBA from Western New England College. He works as an international manufacturing consultant and is VP of operations for a growing company in Garland, Texas.

Admission is free, but it is requested that you bring a nonperishable food item or make a cash donation. All donations will be used to support the Cheverus Key Club Turkey Drive. Each year the Cheverus Turkey Drive provides over 650+ needy families in the greater Portland with the makings of a complete Thanksgiving dinner.

Women in Harmony Concert 2:30 p.m. Women in Harmony, Portland’s 60-voice women’s community chorus, performs “A Voice Upon the Mountain” in Portland. The concert celebrates the release of the group’s new CD of the same title. “A Voice Upon the Mountain” will feature many of the songs on the new CD, a collection of chorus favorites from the past several years. Among them are Holly Near’s “Change of Heart; The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” a musical setting of a W.B. Yeats poem; and the rousing “How do I Love Thee?”

The chorus will also sing several other pieces, including “What Matters,” about the reverberations of the Matthew Shepard hate-crime tragedy, and “Common Woman,” which honors the strength and resilience of the everyday woman. “Women in Harmony has been a fixture in Portland for almost 20 years. The chorus stands up for musical excellence and social justice. This is its second professionally produced CD. The first, ‘At Ten,’ was released in 2004. ‘A Voice Upon the Mountain’ CD will be available for sale at the concert.” Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland. Admission is $5 at the door. For more information about Women in Harmony, visit www. wihmaine.org.

Tuesday, Nov. 22 Introduction to Aquaponics Workshop 6 p.m. Introduction to Aquaponics Workshop at Urban Farm Fermentory, 200 Anderson St. “Come learn about ‘growing food with fish poo’! UFF Aquaponics expert, Tyler Gaudet, will lead an introduction to Aquaponics class. Topics will include: Understanding hydroponic growing systems, plant selection, fish selection, containers and tanks, growing mediums, info on building your own system and ... much more! Sign up at urbanfarmfermentory.com; $20.”

Councilor David Marshall district meeting 7:30 p.m. City Councilors and staff will be available to discuss neighborhood issues and answer questions from the public. These meetings are the public’s opportunity to meet their district councilor, the mayor and representatives from the various departments within the city. District 2 Meeting hosted by Councilor David Marshall, Parkside Community Center, 85 Grant St. For more information about these meetings, contact Mike Murray, the city’s Island and Neighborhood Administrator at 756-8288, or MSM@portlandmaine.gov.

Wednesday, Nov. 23 Da Block TV Show at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Da Block Boyz N Da Building Bash Vol. 1 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd, Portland. Live performances by K Em & B Aull/Conman/A.Willy/Mellmurk/Ga South/Loc Dab/ Demon Dog & Da Block! Music by Neeko Brown. Tickets are $8.

Thursday, Nov. 24 100th Anniversary Turkey Day Game 10:30 a.m. One of the country’s oldest and most intense cross-town football rivalries will celebrate its centennial on Thanksgiving, Nov. 24 in Portland. Two of the city’s public high schools, Deering and Portland High, will face off at 10:30 a.m. in the 100th Turkey Day Game. Former players, coaches and cheerleaders are coming from as far away as California and Texas. They include Mark Littlefield, a 1986 Portland High alumnus and football co-captain who now

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works as head athletic trainer for the New York Yankees, and Tom Bore, (Portland High class of 1961), a Florida retiree who has attended every game for more than half a century.

Thanksgiving dinner 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wayside Food Programs is partnering with United Way of Greater Portland to provide a free, community Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day at the Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland. This complete holiday meal is for those who might not otherwise have the means to prepare one or who want to enjoy the company of others on the holiday.

Friday, Nov. 25 Victoria Mansion Christmas Season: Deck the Halls 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Our well-loved Christmas at Victoria Mansion is an annual highlight of the holiday season for many people from across the nation. This year’s theme is Deck the Halls: the Carols of Christmas, and each room in the Mansion will be decorated by a professional designer inspired by a different Christmas carol from the Victorian period.” Holiday tours from No. 25, 2011 to Jan. 8, 2012, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Daily except Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Maine authors’ book signing noon to 3 p.m. The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announced its 2011 Holiday Book Sale. Working in partnership with the Friends of the Portland Public Library and independent bookseller Longfellow Books, the MWPA will host a book signing with 25 Maine authors in the Portland Public Library. Authors scheduled to appear at the book sale include: Liza Bakewell, Crash Barry, Robert Chute, Susan Conley, Mary Morton Cowan, George Daughan, Paul Doiron, Gerri Eastment, Robin Hansen, Hannah Holmes, Lily King, Jessica Kinney, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Wesley McNair, Maria Padian, Elizabeth Peavey, Richard Roberts, Sandy Seeley Walling, Caitlin Shetterly, Julia Spencer-Fleming, Sarah Thomson, Chris Van Dusen, and James Witherell.

For more information: www.mainewriters.org or 228-8263.

The Polar Express train ride 2:45 p.m. The Polar Express returns to Portland. “And this year, we’ve added an early train time (2:45 p.m.) and another First Class car! Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between Nov. 25 and Dec. 23, 2:45 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:15 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

The Polar Express will come to life when the Maine Narrow Gauge train departs its Ocean Gateway depot for a journey to the ‘North Pole.’ Holiday decorations inside the train will add to the festive atmosphere as guests on board meet the conductor, have hot chocolate and a treat, listen to a reading of the enchanting story over our sound system, and sing carols. Santa will ride back with everyone to the train station from a special outpost of the North Pole and every child will receive their special bell on board the train.” www. mainenarrowgauge.org

Horse and Wagon Rides 4 p.m. “Free rides throughout enchanting downtown on a horse-drawn wagon. Enjoy the lights and sounds of the holiday season. Pick-up and drop-off every half hour in Monument Square.” Friday, Nov. 25 through Sunday, Dec. 18.

Fridays (4 p.m. to 8 p.m.), Saturdays (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.), Sundays (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) Visit portlandmaine.com for details.

Christmas Tree Lighting 5:30 p.m. Monument Square Christmas tree lighting.

“Come see the spectacular lighting of the Christmas Tree at this annual tradition! Entertainment by Rick Charette and the Bubblegum Band and a visit by a very special guest!”

Visit portlandmaine.com for details.

‘The Topp Twins’ 6:30 p.m. “The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls,” Friday, Nov. 25, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 27, 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: $7 and available on the day of the show.