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Life goes on without Facebook (NY Times) — Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook after a chance encounter on an elevator. He found himself standing next to a woman he had never met — yet through Facebook he knew what her older brother looked like, that she was from a tiny island off the coast of Washington and that she had recently visited the Space Needle in Seattle.

“I knew all these things about her, but I’d never even talked to her,” said Balcomb, who had some real-life friends in common with the woman. “At that point I thought, maybe this is a little unhealthy.”

As Facebook prepares for a much-anticipated public offering, the company is eager to show off its momentum by building on its huge membership: more than 800 million active users around the world, but the company is running into a roadblock in this country. Some people, even on the younger end of the age spectrum, just refuse to participate, including people who have given it a try. One of Facebook’s main selling points is that it builds closer ties among friends and colleagues. But some who steer clear of the site say it can have the opposite effect of making them feel more, not less, alienated.

“I wasn’t calling my friends anymore,” said Ashleigh Elser, 24, a graduate student in Charlottesville, Va. “I was just seeing their pictures and updates and felt like that was really connecting to them.”

To be sure, the Facebook-free life has its disadvantages in an era when people announce all kinds of major life milestones on the Web. Ms. Elser has missed engagements and pictures of new-born babies. But none of that hurt as much as the gap she said her Facebook account had created between her and her closest friends. So she shut it down.

Many of the holdouts mention concerns about privacy. Those who study social networking say this issue boils down to trust.

Amanda Lenhart, who directs research on teenagers, children and families at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, said that people who use Facebook tend to have “a general sense of trust in others and trust in institutions.” She added: “Some people make the decision not to use it because they are afraid of what might happen.”

Lenhart noted that about 16 percent of Americans don’t have cellphones.

“There will always be holdouts,” she said.

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Afghanistan plan would reduce NATO combat role KABUL, Afghanistan (NY TIMES) — The senior American commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that his plans for next year would emphasize deploying American and allied military trainers directly within Afghan security units, which could lessen the direct combat role of NATO and accelerate local forces’ taking the lead in a growing number of missions.

The commander, Gen. John R. Allen of the Marine Corps, said he also was striving to consolidate security gains against Taliban forces in their traditional strongholds in the south and to counter insurgents crossing from Pakistan into volatile eastern Afghanistan.

The death of two dozen Pakistani border troops in a NATO attack last month — which the United States said was an

accident but which outraged officials in Islamabad and the public at large — has complicated coordinating security missions along the porous eastern border of Afghanistan.

General Allen said he spoke by telephone on Monday with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani Army chief, as part of a continuing American effort to cool tensions. Declining to characterize the private comments of his Pakistani counterpart, General Allen did express a cautious optimism that Pakistan would order the return of its personnel to border security coordination centers.

“I do have a sense of progress,” General Allen said, noting that he ended his discussions confident that Pakistan wants “to restore as much normalcy as we can to the border coordination as early as

we can.”

General Allen spoke during a visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.

In retaliation for the deaths of its frontier troops, Pakistan withdrew its personnel from border security coordination centers and shut down routes used to move supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan from its territory. General Allen said that land routes from the north, and air routes into Afghanistan, were costlier but ensured that his forces had ample supplies.

The broad challenge facing the American-led mission is how to protect gains in security, and press ahead against a tenacious insurgency, even as the number of allied troops drops.

Of the 33,000 additional troops ordered to Afghanistan

by President Obama at the end of 2009, 10,000 are scheduled to return home by the end of

this year and the rest by next September. That will leave the American troop presence at 68,000, with 38,000 more troops from NATO and other partner nations. Afghan security personnel total 305,000 today, and are scheduled to expand to 352,000 by the end of next year.

An accelerated program to install small numbers of allied military trainers within larger numbers of Afghan security units, as described by General Allen, certainly could help fulfill the American and NATO campaign plan — but with far fewer American troops.

These plans for what General Allen called an “increased advisory role” for American and allied troops within the Afghan national security forces will accelerate next year and be fully in place by 2014, when the current NATO mandate expires.

Email alerted James Murdoch to hacking U.S. safety board urges cellphone ban for drivers LONDON (NY TIMES) — An e-mail chain released Tuesday by a parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal shows that Rupert Murdoch’s son James received and responded to messages in 2008 that referred to widespread phone hacking at The News of the World tabloid, the first documentation that he may have been notified of the wider problem long before he has admitted.

James Murdoch responded to the panel in a letter, saying that he had opened the e-mails on his BlackBerry and had not read their full contents at the time or since.

The e-mail chain was sent to the panel as part of an internal investigation by News International, the tabloid’s parent company.

The e-mails contain warnings from lawyers that the phone hacking was more widespread than previously thought. The messages were passed on to the editor of The News of the World at the time, Colin Myler, who forwarded them to Mr. Murdoch, who replied within minutes, saying he would be available to discuss the matter.

The Parliamentary committee is investigating allegations that the tabloid illegally intercepted the voicemail messages of hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of people in the news between 2001 and 2009.

Earlier this year, News International admitted that employees routinely hacked the cell phones of celebrities, royals and other people in the news after a cascade of revelations followed by dozens of lawsuits.

At least 18 former News of the World employees have been arrested, and the 168-year-old newspaper itself was shuttered this summer.

In several intense and dramatic sessions of the Parliamentary committee this year, Mr. Murdoch, the head of his father’s European and Asian businesses, and his former executives have engaged in a war of words over the crucial question of what he knew, and when.

The executives have said he was informed in 2008 that the company line — that phone hacking was the work of one “rogue reporter” — was not true.

They say Mr. Murdoch

James Murdoch in east London in July.

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approved an unprecedentedly large settlement of £725,000 in a phone hacking lawsuit that year with full knowledge that others were involved.

Mr. Murdoch has consistently countered that he knew nothing and that the settlement, which included a confidentiality clause, just made financial sense.

The e-mail chain, from Saturday, Jun. 7, 2008, discusses that lawsuit, brought by a British soccer union boss, Gordon Taylor. One lawyer says the case is a “nightmare scenario,” because it might uncover other voicemail interceptions and names other journalists implicated, the other notes that Mr. Taylor wants to demonstrate that hacking was “rife throughout the organization.”

(NY TIMES) — A federal traffic safety agency is recommending that states prohibit all drivers from using cellphones, for talking or texting.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that it had voted to recommend the ban on the use of mobile devices by drivers, citing what it said were the risks of distracted driving.

The recommended ban applies to hands-free devices, a recommendation that goes further than any state law to date. The agency said it is recommending that drivers be allowed to use their phones for emergency purposes.

“No call, no text, no update is worth a human life,” said Deborah A. P. Hersman, chairman of the N.T.S.B., an independent federal agency that is responsible for promoting traffic safety and investigating accidents and their causes. It will be up to the states to decide whether they want to follow the agency’s recommendation.

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Brennan to testify against planned DHHS cuts Mayor at hearing in Augusta today

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

When Portland Mayor Michael Brennan was first elected to the Maine House in 1992, he served on a committee that found nearly $100 million in cuts needed to close a budget shortfall in the state Department of Health and Human Services.

A few years later, when the same department faced a $1 billion shortfall, Brennan sat on a committee in the Maine Senate that found $350 million in cuts.

Both times, he said, the savings were found without large-scale cuts in services or programs.

“This is not a unique circumstance,” Brennan said yesterday, referring to the LePage adminBrennan istration’s recent discovery of a $220 million shortfall in the Maine DHHS over the next two years.

“And for the governor to be claiming that this is a financial crisis, and calling for the wholesale elimination of programs that would cause tens of thousands of people to lose health coverage really ignores the history of what has happened in this state” and how previous budget gaps have been closed, Brennan continued.

Today, Brennan will make the case before a panel in Augusta that Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal will shift costs to large cities like Portland, Lewiston and Bangor and deny services to thousand of city residents.

He is expected to be joined by hundreds of local officials, health workers and social service providers who will speak against the proposal.

“It’s a massive transfer of cost to the local level, and in particular to service center communities” like Portland that draw a larger percentage of Mainers in need of social services, the mayor said yesterday.

Although it’s not clear how the final plan will look, LePage’s current proposal would change Medicaid (MaineCare) eligibility rules in a way that ends coverage for up to 65,000 low-income adults.

According to the city, the plan would also: • Threaten the city’s two federally-qualified health centers, which subsidizes care for people who can’t pay with extra reimbursements for serving people on MaineCare. With fewer people on MaineCare rolls, those health centers may no longer be viable.

• Scale back or eliminate funding for targeted case management services conducted by the city’s Social Services Division, including services provided at the city’s Family Emergency Shelter, Oxford Street Shelter and Refugee Services division. These agencies are dealing with record demand, and case management LePage services are generally used to move homeless into stable housing and help them find jobs.

• Reduce or eliminate many local programs funded by the Fund for Healthy Maine, which supports public health initiatives statewide. City and schoolsponsored flu clinics, school-sponsored dental sealant programs for low-income students, and Healthy Portland, which targets obesity citywide, could all be on the chopping block.

• Result in the complete elimination of funding for Private Non-Medical Institutions, which serve upwards of 6,000 Mainers in residential support programs. Locally, programs run by Serenity House, Milestone, Opportunity Alliance and Shalom House that target critical substance abuse, mental health and support services would be affected. Elderly and people with developmental disabilities could also be forced to move out of residential programs if the funding is cut.

Without these programs, Brennan and other city officials worry that Portland’s state-mandated gen-

eral assistance program — which is funded in part from local taxpayers — would be stretched even further.

LePage’s spokesperson, Adrienne Bennett, says the cuts are necessary to close the budget shortfall, which was discovered earlier this month.

“We’ve got a $220 million shortfall and it needs be addressed,” she said. “If we do not do it, by April 1, HHS will run out of money to pay for the Medicaid program. ... When the governor says it’s crisis time, it means, literally, that we are running out of money.”

More broadly, she says Maine has some of the most generous Medicaid eligibility guidelines in the country. Bennett also blamed the problem on Democrats, which until last fall held the Blaine House and the Legislature for almost a decade.

“Yes, we’re talking about a significant number of people coming off enrollment of Medicaid ... but for the better part of the last 15 years, (Democrats) have used the program as a mechanism to provide affordable health insurance for everyone, and Medicaid is not intended to be for that.”

She added that the program was designed “for our most vulnerable, and we need to restructure it and redesign it back to the original intent.”

Amid concerns for those who will lose coverage, Bennett cited a law passed by the Legislature last spring was designed to make it easier for people to buy private health insurance. Supporters say the law will lower health care costs, although its too soon to know whether that’s true or not.

Brennan, who served as Majority Leader of the state Senate and still has colleagues in Augusta, predicted the final plan would look different than what’s currently proposed.

“My guess at this point is that the administration is putting a plan forward which is using a worstcase scenario,” he said. “I can’t imagine they thing they are going to achieve or get everything they are proposing, and are using the public hearing process to gauge how much opposition there is in the public.”

Bigger share of state cash for Medicaid (The New York Times) Medicaid has steadily eaten up a growing share of state budgets over the past three years, while education has been getting a smaller slice of the pie.

That is one of the changes that the lingering economic downturn and the changing American economy have wrought on state finances, according to an analysis of state spending over the last few years released Tuesday by the National Association of State Budget Officers.

The increased spending on Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, was driven by steadily rising medical costs, an infusion of money from the federal stimulus bill and a significant rise in the number of people who became poor enough to qualify for the program as the downturn wore on.

The Medicaid program accounted for 21.9 percent of all state expenditures in

2009 and 22.3 percent in 2010, and is estimated to account for 23.6 percent in 2011, the report found.

At the same time the share spent on elementary and secondary education has declined, dropping to 20.1 percent in 2011 from 21.5 percent of all state expenditures in 2009.

Education used to make up a bigger share of state spending. When the association first began compiling the report in 1987, elementary and secondary education made up the biggest share of state spending, and higher education the second-biggest share. Medicaid surpassed higher education as the second-biggest state program in 1990, and in 2003 it became largest state program for the first time. Since then it has vied with schools for the biggest share of state spending, but for the past three years it has been in the lead, with an increasing margin.

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Time, distance and clarity Above Rome’s pale yellow and dusky orange buildings, the sky somehow looks bluer than it does almost anywhere else. Did I take proper note of that when I saw it all the time? When it was the canopy over my waking, my working and the all-consuming, all-distracting tedium of daily life?

I worry I didn’t. And I wonder how, during the two years when I called Rome home and wandered frequently through the Villa Borghese park, I never noticed an especially lush, shady patch near the Galleria Borghese that I stumbled across recently, on a return trip.

Like the sky’s vividness, the discovery unsettled me. So did the ––––– regular peal of church bells, a The New York music that must have been the Times soundtrack of my past but that I remembered only vaguely. It seems I failed to hear it — to listen — back then.

This is the stretch of the calendar, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s, when many of us revisit the places we’ve left behind. These journeys can be difficult, and I don’t mean the brawls over the overhead

Frank Bruni

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The British Euro farce LONDON — The British, or rather English, mistrust of what lies beyond the Channel has always been fathomless.

W.H. Auden, observing a “cult of salads,” jested that “before very long” the south of England would resemble “the Continong.” There across the sea, on a suspect Continent, lay lands of constitutions, Napoleonic legal codes, defeated armies, imperfect freedom, rabies, wife-swapping and garlic.

Auden, of course, was writing before the birth of the Tory Eurosceptic, the pinstriped effluence of an ex-imperial nation. This specimen’s ascendancy was reflected in Prime Minister David Cameron’s veto of a Europe-bolstering treaty change to defend the euro through greater fiscal cooperation and tougher sanctions on nations going Greek.

The Euro-sceptic wants less Europe not more. In the place of “ever closer union,” the Eurosceptic wants ever looser union and, if possible, none whatsoever.

In his or her — and it’s overwhelmingly his — heart beats the spirit of Britain’s “finest hour” and the United Kingdom (with a little help from the Yanks) holding out against the Luftwaffe.

Only now the object of resistance is Germany’s glum Frau Merkel.

Roger Cohen ––––– The New York Times Or so the Tories see it. Since Cameron’s “No,” there’s been much chatter about the return of Britain’s “bulldog spirit.” Selfdelusion is a lingering attribute of former imperial nations adjusting to a lesser reality. In fact Cameron, playing the wrong chips without partners or preparation, was not so much opposed on grand principle as eyeing an opportunity to extract concessions for the very City of London financial institutions seen as the villains of the 2008 meltdown and its dire aftermath.

That was politically inept — less the fighting spirit of the Normandy hedgerows than the self-regarding hypocrisy of the giant offshore hedge fund that Britain often resembles these days.

Even without an election five months away, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, would have been tempted to avoid shaking Cameron’s hand. With an election the snub for perfidious Albion was

too good to pass up. Of course The Sun, the British tabloid whose dislike of Gauls is exceeded only by its disdain for Germans, shot back at Sarko: “Who do you think E.U. are?”

After uncertain mumblings, the deputy prime minister, Nick (“don’t call me a doormat”) Clegg, managed to reach beyond this theater to something approaching strategic reflection. Declaring himself “bitterly disappointed” at Cameron’s decision, he said: “There’s nothing bulldog about Britain hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, not standing tall in Europe, not being taken seriously in Washington.”

There is no Euro-sceptic strategy; at most there’s a tactic for short-term political gain. For a long time the post-Cold-War widening of Europe to 27 members put off the need for deepening.

This suited Britain, which was never interested in political union but saw advantage in a borderless European market. Now the euro crisis has exposed the need for a federative push to give the shared currency political backbone. In so doing, it has also exposed the basic British ambivalence that twice caused De Gaulle to say “Non” to U.K. membership. see COHEN page 5

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A baby’s holiday wish list Hi, everyone. This is Baby Boy. My mom is exhausted so I am letting her sleep while I hack into her computer.

Your password is my birthday? Great security measure, Mom. I updated it to the geographical coordinates of Moscow, just because I can.

I didn’t find any big secrets worth sharing with you, dear reader. I did find her Christmas list, however. I think the Not Yet Invented division of Santa’s workshop closed because of union disputes but here is her sad wish list should any of you feel simultaneously creative and giving.

Maggie’s Wish List 2011.

1) Scented Markers. Baby Boy keeps asking for art supplies, which reminds me of when scented markers were all the rage in 1983. When else would art time turn into fight club? We had gang wars over the red one. Whoever got it would lock themselves in the bathroom inhaling cherry fumes like an addict. Beware if you crossed me!

I would hold you down and make you smell the black licorice one until you cried.

I promise the art suppliers that if you make fantasy-friendly scents geared toward Mom, your profits, as

Maggie Knowles ––––– Use Your Outdoor Voice well as quality crafting time with the fam, would skyrocket. Potential flavors: Orange/Mimosa. Black/New Mercedes Leather. Green/Angelina Jolie’s Emerald. Pink/St. Barth’s Sand. Yellow/George Clooney.

2) Vitamin Nail Polish. Moms chase their kids to force vitamins down their throats, but how often do we remember to take ours? But we always remember to do our nails! Vitamin fortified polish promises a gorgeous chip-free finish all while time-releasing calcium, B-12, biotin and vitamin D into the bloodstream. Oooh, maybe they can do a special one with timereleased caffeine!

3) Mommy Seeking Missile. At some point these wars will be over and all those defense technicians will need projects. Start developing a small missile that attaches to the backs of kids.

Anytime the wee one has wandered off at the park or is hiding under the clothing rack at the mall, the Mommy Seeking Missile activates zooming them safely back to their parent.

4) Designer Doggie Bags. Carrying around telltale plastic bags of dog poo is one of my least favorite activities. Right down there with hop scotch (see below). What if there were biodegradable poo bags that looked like the most fabulous designer purses? What better reward than fashion for scooping up steamy droppings? Sparkly Coach wristlets for toy poodles and Chihuahuas. Chanel leather shoulder bags for terriers and boxers. Hermes Birkin for St. Bernards and Sheepdogs. Walking the dog at 5 a.m. in the rain is your new runway!

5) Whine Activated Mouthpieces. a la the Grinch. “That’s the one thing he hated. The noise, noise, noise, noise, noise!” By noise I am sure he meant whining. Are you with me that something has to be done about whining? What about a device that detects whining and plays your favorite song instead? It regulates tempo to the rhythm of the foot stomping and arm waving. Now

your little whiner becomes an endless, entertaining source of Madonna, Radiohead and Bob Dylan. (This also works for complaining spouses.

“What’s that? I didn’t do the dishes?

Well, let’s just talk about that while you perform California Gurls again, Miss Perry!”)

6) Depends Leg Warmers. Once you have kids, sneezing, coughing and jumping jacks are dreaded occurrences. God forbid all three happen at once. Since leg warmers are a big trend right now, designers should line them with extra-absorbent materials that discreetly wick away loose drips and drops. Jumping rope? Sounds super! Let me just grab my leg warmers, wink!

Here is my dad’s wish list: 1) Find way to get Maggie to stop eating granola in my car. (Doesn’t she know 50% of it falls between the seats???)

2) Find a way to get Maggie to make me more steak.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)

Those church bells must have been the soundtrack of my past BRUNI from page 4

bin. Nor do I mean what Thomas Wolfe did when he contemplated the messiness of going home again, stirring up resentments and confronting how much we — and it — have changed.

What weighs on me is the opposite: how much everything has no doubt stayed the same, coupled with the recognition that I didn’t appreciate or really even examine it before. The sorrow lies there.

About a year ago I visited Chapel Hill, N.C., where I went to college, for the first time since I graduated in 1986. I ran an old running route, just to see if it conformed to my memories.

It did, in that I knew exactly where to turn and how soon the next juncture would come along. Then again it didn’t, because what I encountered along the way — the columned rotunda to my left, the storybook quadrangle to my right — had a grace and even a majesty I’d never registered before. I felt location envy, about a location I’d inhabited for no fewer than four years.

And with each stride I grew more disappointed in myself, and angrier, for having missed or at least ignored so much of this when it more or less belonged to me and was there for the taking. Col-

lege was when I first, and last, had Joni Mitchell in my head, so I was well acquainted with the refrain of “Big Yellow Taxi” and its deceptively chirpy insistence that “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” But I turned a deaf ear to the song’s message as surely as I turned a blind eye to the arboretum beside the campus planetarium, though it, too, skirted the route of my runs.

My friend J. says that I shouldn’t beat up on myself, and makes the excellent point that we’re not only older and wiser when we circle back to our former homes but we’re also, even more crucially, unencumbered guests able to take their measure and siphon off their pleasures in a way we couldn’t before.

But it’s also true that we’re often just plain oblivious to the scenery right in front of us. By being closest, it’s farthest away.

I’m not talking about obvious, monumental stuff.

More than half of my New York friends haven’t been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in five years or bothered with the Empire State Building in 20. But they know full well that they’re denying themselves glorious art and a God’s-eye view; it’s a conscious decision, made with the belief that they can always treat themselves later. That’s a foolishness all its own.

I’m talking about subtle, incidental blessings that are strangely invisible to us. My friend N. realized that there was a towering, flowering Schefflera plant in front of her childhood home in California only after she’d moved to New York and begun coveting one in a Manhattan store, which wanted $500 for it.

I’ve met a half dozen people on my Manhattan block who have never set foot inside the corner bakery, Levain, which makes what might be the best chocolate chip cookies in the city. And it’s not because these neighbors of mine are dieting. A few of them don’t even know the bakery’s there, though there are lines out the door some weekends.

I doubt any of the food got by me when I lived in Rome. Food seldom does. But too much else did. On my recent stay my companion halted in his tracks one afternoon to point out the heart-tugging perfection of the square we were in. It was the Piazza di Sant’Ignazio, one long side of which is traced by elaborately curved 18th-century buildings that evoke a rococo chest of drawers. I’d zoomed through it repeatedly years ago. And never once lingered.

On this occasion I did. And then, my lesson learned, I stopped by again the next morning, before I headed to the airport and lost the precious chance.

‘It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked’ COHEN from page 4

As Warren Buffett has observed, “It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked.” The mid-Atlantic, as America pivots to Asia, could prove a lonely place for Britain, whose economy is heavily dependent on the euro zone.

Of course, the fiscal pact Britain rejected still has to be turned from words into reality — and if Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, declines to provide the liquidity to keep European bond and money markets working time could still run out on the euro before reform is enacted.

Still, a watershed has been reached. The air has been cleared. The proposed pact represents a necessary if tardy admission: that the euro was an

irrevocable step toward the political and particularly fiscal integration that alone can sustain the currency. Ever closer union means just that. With a touch more finesse and a lot less bombast Britain could have accompanied this process without adopting the euro. Instead, it’s isolated.

Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that Cameron’s veto coincided with a young Euro-sceptic Tory member of Parliament, Aidan Burley, finding himself at a stag party in Val Thorens — a French ski resort with a German-sounding name — along with a bunch of mates dressed up in Nazi SS uniforms and performing Nazi salutes in an atmosphere of great jollity.

Burley, who’s had to apologize, footed the bill for the festivities.

Britain’s defiant freedom and independence are

real virtues proven over time. The thing about the Euro-sceptics behind Cameron’s Brussels bungling is they turn past glory into posturing theater. Their nostalgia for British greatness is often no more than the trumpeting of a bunch of insular snobs who seem to have a hard time restraining their inner-fascist.

Marx observed that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. Having a British prime minister say he’ll only go along with Germany saving the euro if City of London banks get an exemption from a financial transactions tax, while a Tory M.P. parties with Nazi lookalikes, and another Tory boasts of Cameron having “played a blinder,” is about as farcical as it gets.

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ABOVE: Portland Police Officer Dan Rose patrols behind the police tape Tuesday. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has responded to the scene of two unattended deaths in a basement apartment, police reported. RIGHT: A police vehicle at the scene. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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At about 12:19 p.m. Tuesday, Portland police responded to a basement apartment at 257/259 Oxford St. for a report of an unattended death. Officers arrived and found the bodies of two victims in the apartment, an adult female and an adult male, police said.

Authorities were notified of the bodies by a maintenance worker at the apartment building, according to Lt. Gary Rogers, a spokesman for the Portland Police Department.

"He made the discovery and then notified police," Rogers said.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has

“He was my best friend. They were really good people. They had hearts of gold, they took me in when I didn’t have a place to go.” — Michael Bisson responded to the scene and has begun investigating the manner and cause of death, Rogers reported. An autopsy is scheduled for today, he said. No names have been released.

"We really can't make a determination (as to what precipitated their deaths), and it will be something that the medical examiner's office will have to do," Rogers said.

"It's just tragic," said Michael Bisson, who knew the man, identified as "Miguel."

"He was my best friend. They were really good people. They had hearts of gold, they took me in when I didn't have a place to go," Bisson said.

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"I met him when I was at the shelter, and I didn't have a place to go, so they'd let me come over and stay with them anytime, they opened the door, fed me," he recalled.

Bisson said he had no sense that anything was wrong.

Melissa Cortes said the couple were recent transplants to Portland.

"His name's Miguel, but everyone calls him 'Angel.'

He was an awesome dude. He'd help anybody in the world. You could be depressed and he'd make you laugh, you'd forget about being depressed," Cortes said. "He had a lot of motivation, his baby is in DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services) custody, and he was very motivated to get her back."

Other friends agreed that Miguel had lost custody of a child, described as an 8-month-old baby.

"He was only in Portland about six months," Cortes said. "They came up here because Maine is the only place right now that has a family shelter.

He and his wife came up here to get stable. Some other things happened, and they were working on getting their kid back, and Angel was doing really good. I'm shocked."

Cortes was one of several friends gathered outside the apartment Tuesday, talking and comforting each other. Many people drifted down the street, which diverges from Portland Street in the Bayside neighborhood.

Jerry Huff said he has lived in the apartment complex for two years and also knew the couple, particularly Miguel.

"He was living there, he and his old lady were trying to work together to get their daughter back.

He was a good guy, he was working. He was a good guy," Huff said.

"He was good friends with everybody, real good friends with everybody," Huff said.

Nicole Hampton, who described herself as a close friend, agreed that the couple were well liked.

"They were really good people, they didn't do drugs, they weren't junkies," she said.

"Miguel had been working for a few weeks at Wendy's. He and his wife were getting back together, they have a daughter they (DHHS) were going to see DEATHS page 7

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ABOVE AND LEFT: Portland Police Department personnel secure the scene of two unattended deaths on Oxford Street Tuesday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

Discovery ‘quite a shock’ DEATHS from page 6

give custody to; Miguel's mother's in Puerto Rico, they were supposed to move there shortly and raise their daughter down there.

This is all basically quite a shock," Hampton said.

Hampton agreed that the couple helped those who needed a place to sleep. Near the scene of the police investigation are several homeless shelters and support services for the homeless, including the nonprofit Preble Street Resource Center and the city-run Oxford Street Homeless Shelter.

Hampton said, "I stay at the shelter right now, and anytime I didn't feel like staying at the shelter, for a lot of us, if we needed a place to stay or just wanted to get out of the shelter for the night, they would let us crash on the floor."

Hampton described a group of acquaintances and friends dealing with the stunning news.

"We're all very close, especially all of us homeless people, we have that family thing," she said. "This is a very huge shock."

Bisson wondered why the bodies weren't found sooner. "Nobody had seen them, nobody did nothing," he said.

Hampton said she wondered what had happened to the couple.

"I myself had a feeling a couple of days ago that something just wasn't right because they always took the blankets down from the windows in the morning, they always had a routine, we would see them over at the soup kitchen in the morning having coffee," she said.

Cortes fought tears as she watched police enter and exit the apartment, investigating the scene beyond a barrier of police tape.

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Police familiar with Oxford Street apartment complex POLICE from page 7

guy, a very nice guy," Cortes said.

At least one person at the scene described the area as a place with a troubled history.

Two properties, including 259 Oxford St., recently were auctioned and were the subject of a legal proceeding that required changes to tenancy and management of the rentals, based on a history of unrest there. In July, buildings at 255/259 Oxford St. were sold at public auction. The 17 units comprising the two buildings brought a price of $375,000, and went to Marc Fishman of Fishman Realty Group.

The address of 259 Oxford St. also is where a scuffle with a suspect led to Portland Police Officer Dan Knight, the department’s Senior Lead Officer for Sector 2, suffering serious injury to his leg.

Knight went into the unit looking for Matthew Tozier, 32, of Portland, who was wanted by police for several outstanding warrants.

Friends of a couple found dead at 257/259 Oxford St. comfort each other Tuesday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

According to police, Knight found him on the second floor of the building, but Tozier didn’t want to be taken into custody, and a struggle ensued at the top of a landing, with both men tumbling down the flight of stairs together. Then Tozier ran out the front door

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2011. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (ROH’-ahl AH’-mun-suhn) and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

On this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.

In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.

In 1861, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died at Windsor Castle at age 42.

In 1936, the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened on Broadway.

In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish U.N. headquarters in New York.

In 1961, a school bus was hit by a passenger train at a crossing near Greeley, Colo., killing 20 students.

In 1975, six South Moluccan extremists surrendered after holding 23 hostages for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen (BY’-luhn).

In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.

In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

In 1986, the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.

One year ago: The White House insisted the implementation of President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law would not be affected by a negative federal court ruling, and the Justice Department said it would appeal.

Today’s Birthdays: Jazz musician Clark Terry is 91. Singer-actress Abbe Lane is 80.

Actor Hal Williams is 73. Actress-singer Jane Birkin is 65. Actress Patty Duke is 65. Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 65. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 65. Actress Dee Wallace is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie McNeir (The Four Tops) is 62. Rock musician Cliff Williams (AC/DC) is 62. Actor-comedian T.K. Carter is 55. Rock singer-musician Mike Scott (The Waterboys) is 53. Singermusician Peter “Spider” Stacy (The Pogues) is 53. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 48. Actress Natascha McElhone is 42. Actress-comedian Michaela Watkins is 40. Rhythm-andblues singer Brian Dalyrimple is 36. Actress KaDee Strickland is 36. Actress Tammy Blanchard is 35. Actress Sophie Monk is 32.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband and I have noticed that his sister’s husband has been rather cool to us for quite some time.

We can barely get a civil hello from him at family events, yet he is warm and friendly to others. To the best of our knowledge, we have not done or said anything that would warrant the cold shoulder.

My husband and I have many friends and are well respected in our community. We have tried not to let his attitude bother us, but it hurts. We live in the same community and attend the same church, so avoiding him is not an option. He recently was a no-show at a family gathering at our home. My husband mentioned this to another relative and was told that it was because of me.

I was dumbfounded. I have no clue why he dislikes me.

We have never argued or had an unpleasant incident. I would apologize in a minute if I only knew what for. What can I do?

-- Clueless Dear Clueless: It’s possible that your brother-in-law misinterpreted something that happened involving you, and the only way to clear it up is to find out what occurred. Your husband can speak to his brother-in-law (or his sister) privately, say you are mortified that you may have done something to offend him and ask how the situation can be remedied so all of you can have a warmer relationship. We hope it helps.

Dear Annie: I am a recently divorced 40-year-old woman and have started seeing someone I really enjoy being with.

My problem is, four years ago, I had to have four of my front teeth pulled due to a gum disease. I am wondering when and how to tell this man my teeth are fake. I want him to know, but I am embarrassed and scared of his reaction. Please help.

-- Toothless in Pennsylvania Dear Toothless: Unless you are afraid your teeth will come loose with vigorous kissing, this is one of those things that

don’t require revelation until the relationship has progressed to physical intimacy. Hopefully, he will care enough about you that it won’t bother him when you say, “There’s something you should know about my teeth.” (By the way, if you can afford them, dental implants can take care of this issue permanently.)

Dear Annie: I am “Spell Check Is Your Friend.” I wrote about a college friend who is a special-ed teacher with poor English skills. I was stunned at the responses. It seems most people feel that as long as a teacher is a nice person, it doesn’t matter whether she is qualified to do the job.

I am not spiteful or jealous. I am simply concerned about the children who are learning improperly. And although they are special-ed kids, they are not babies. They are 5th and 6th graders. Trust me, I’m not talking about a typo here and there.

I’m talking about endless run-on sentences, no knowledge of homonyms or punctuation, and repeat misspellings of basic common words. Yes, she is a very nice person, but would you want your kids in her classroom? I wouldn’t.

Today my friend posted on Facebook that she is worried about the upcoming evaluations. I didn’t call the Board of Ed about her, but I still wonder whether I should. My intent is not to get her fired. Rather, it is to get her into an English refresher course. It would only benefit her students’ education, and I think that’s the most important thing. -- Spell Check in New York Dear New York: Unfortunately, despite your best intentions, chances are your complaints could get her fired. We still think this is something best handled by the school and the parents, and we are certain they either know about her inadequate English skills or find them to be less important than her other attributes.

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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Wednesday, December 14 PACTS transportation meeting 8 a.m. Twenty-six state legislators, town/ city councilors and congressional delegation staff members will attend a transportation policy briefing at the Ocean Gateway Terminal in Portland. Senator Bill Diamond (Windham), Senator Ron Collins (Wells) and Representative Ann Peoples (Westbrook), all members of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, will lead part of the discussion.

The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System (PACTS) will host the event.

Nathan Poore, Falmouth town manager and current chair of the PACTS Policy Committee, will welcome everyone at 8 a.m. The purpose of the briefing is to raise the awareness of elected officials of certain transportation opportunities and challenges in the Greater Portland region before the beginning of the next session of the Legislature. Maine’s and Greater Portland’s transportation leaders are rising to the challenges and opportunities in this time of continued budget cutting and red tape reduction. Transportation investments are closely linked with our economic prosperity and with our quality of life. During the coming six months the Legislature and town and city councils of our region will develop budgets that set the short term priorities for this new reality. The 90-minute session will include presentations and discussions of these topics: The nation’s and state’s transportation funding situation; highlights from the PACTS 2011 Destination Tomorrow regional transportation plan; the $200 million unmet need for upgrading collector roads in the PACTS region; the PACTS plan to regionalize traffic signal system management; and recent transportation success stories. For more information, contact John Duncan, PACTS director, at 774-9891.

Civic Center Board of Trustees 8 a.m. There will be a special meeting of the Cumberland County Civic Center Board of Trustees. The purpose of the meeting is to interview three architectural/engineering firms for the upcoming Civic Center renovation. The meeting will be held in the main lobby meeting room. www.theciviccenter. com/events

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ments for Commercial and Residential Properties at the University of Southern Maine Wishcamper Center. Efficiency Maine is working in all sectors of Maine to improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen our economy. This forum will provide an overview of the residential, commercial, and industrial projects funded by Efficiency Maine over the last year and examine the energy saving results.

Michael Stoddard, executive director, will present an overview of Efficiency Maine’s energy efficiency and renewable energy goals for 2012. www. e2tech.org

Reading Flash Mob 5 p.m. “Maine Humanities Council and LibraryThing are joining forces for a Reading Flash Mob on Thursday December 15, to coincide with Portland’s annual downtown Merry Madness festival. Bring a book and meet them outside Longfellow Books at 5 p.m. We’ll read in public until around 6:30 p.m. All ages, all books, all book formats welcome!”

Merry Madness 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Merry Madness kicks off at the Portland Regency Hotel, 20 Milk St., and 70 participating stores in downtown Portland stay open until 10 p.m. offering complimentary refreshments to holiday shoppers. The kickoff at the Portland Regency Hotel features choral music from Davis Hartwell and Stuart Tisdale, fantastic raffle prizes from distinct downtown shops and free hors d’oeuvres from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. donated by the Portland Regency Hotel and local businesses including Sebago Brewing Company, Seadog Brewing Company, Rira’s Irish Pub, Leonardo’s Pizza, Buck’s Naked BBQ, and Love Cupcakes. Commemorative Merry Madness wine glasses and coffee mugs are for sale at the Portland Regency Hotel for $6 and $5 respectively and complimentary maps of open stores are available for shoppers. For more information visit www.portlandmaine.com.

Film: ‘Better This World’

8:30 a.m. The Ocean Avenue Elementary The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Train takes part in “The Polar Express Train” excursion now through Dec. 23. The 7 p.m. How did two boyhood friends School has received a $1,000 grant to begin train ride is 45 minutes and starts at the Narrow Gauge and heads to the “North Pole” where visitors meet Santa Claus. from Midland, Texas wind up arrested on terrorism charges at the 2008 Repuba walk and bike to school program. To cele- (COURTESY PHOTO) lican National Convention? “Better This meeting is the annual meeting for the election of officers brate the award, Mayor Michael Brennan will World” follows the journey of David McKay and Bradley and board members. “If you haven’t already done so, be participating in the park and walk event and co-presentCrowder from political neophytes to accused domestic terrorplease bring $5 to pay your dues and vote. There will also ing a check to the school on behalf of the National Center ists with a particular focus on the relationship they develop be a presentation about the Medical Marijuana Dispensary. for Safe Routes to School. Oakie, the Oakhurst mascot, will with a radical activist mentor in the six months leading up to WENA meetings are held in the community space on the also be walking with the kids to the school. Depart 8:30 their arrests. “A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime and upper level of the Reiche Community Center, adjacent to the a.m. at Heselstine Park (Ocean Avenue and Irving Street betrayal, ‘Better This World’ goes to the heart of the War on Reiche Community School at 166 Brackett St. Meetings are at after the Rite Aid). If you want to learn more go to www.

Terror and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in 6:30 p.m., generally on the second Wednesday each month.” oapto.org or contact Kristin at 807.4700 or ksk@oapto.org. post-9/11 America.” $7/$5 for SPACE Gallery members and ‘Striped Bass Fishing in Maine & Beyond’ Portland SCORE’s Annual Holiday Luncheon students with ID. 7:30 p.m. “The State of Striped Bass Fishing in Maine & noon. Secretary of State Charlie Summers will be the ‘The Christmas Bride’ by Snowlion Rep Beyond,” by Duncan Barnes and Mac McKeever from the keynote speaker at Portland SCORE’s Annual Holiday 8 p.m. New England premiere of the Charles Dickens Coastal Conservation Association. At the monthly meetLuncheon at the Woodlands Club in Falmouth. Portland holiday musical, “The Christmas Bride,” based on “The ing of the Saco River Salmon Club, Duncan Barnes and SCORE provides small business services to local entrepreBattle of Life,” a Christmas story by Charles Dickens. Dec. Mac McKeever from the Coastal Conservation Associaneurs through face-to-face counseling and a series of busi15-21 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, by tion will speak on “The State of Striped Bass Fishing in ness workshops. Over 40 local volunteer business mentors Snowlion Repertory Company, a new theater company Maine & Beyond.” Prior to the presentation, at 7 p.m., serve our community through entrepreneur education in Portland. Book by MK Wolfe, music and lyrics by Noel there will be a business meeting for the club. The prededicated to the formation, growth and success of small Katz, musical direction by Jim Colby, directed and choreosentation is free, open to the public and will take place at business. For more information call Portland SCORE at graphed by Al D’Andrea, with John Ambrose, David Arthur the conference center inside Cabela’s retail store at the 772-1147, reach SCORE online at http://portlandme.score.

Bachrach (appears courtesy of Actors Equity Association), corner of Haigis Parkway and Payne Road in Scarbororg, or email SCORE at info@scoremaine.com.

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“The Saco River Salmon Club is a nonprofi t orgaBuy Local Member Mixer liam McCue, Annie O’Brien, Cynthia O’Neil, Fran Page, nization of fi shermen and conservationists dedicated 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Buy Local Member Mixers are inforMarissa Sheltra, Bill Vaughan. Thurs., Dec. 15, Fri., Dec. to restoration of Atlantic Salmon to the Saco River. The mal networking and social events for members, friends, 16, Sat., Dec. 17 at 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 17 at 2 p.m.; Sun., club has been raising salmon fry from eggs and stocking and anyone who would like to know more about Portland Dec. 18 at 3 p.m.; Tue., Dec. 20, Wed., Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. the fry in the Saco since 1983. The club currently operBuy Local. “Come unwind and celebrate with other indie biz Tickets: 899-3993 or www.lucidstage.com; $17/$15 stuates a state-of-the-art hatchery in Biddeford, advocates enthusiasts, plus get updates on the latest happenings in dent and senior. “‘The Christmas Bride’ is a joyous holifor salmon restoration and assists with fi sh surveys and the Buy Local scene” Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress day tale of love lost and found, home and family, faith habitat improvement. New members are welcome.” For Square. “We’ll be raffling off this new 42-inch HD LCD Vizio and forgiveness. From the bright English countryside to more information visit www.sacosalmon.com.

Flatscreen TV, donated by The Marsh Agency Insurance on the dark underbelly of London town, this charming musiWedneday evening. Raffle tickets are available for $5 each cal follows young Marion Jeddler on her journey of disThursday, Dec. 15 or 5 tickets for $20. Purchase your tickets at the followcovery through a world filled with delightful Dickensian ing member businesses: Longfellow Books, Marsh Agency, characters and featuring a lively musical theater score.

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Energy Efficiency Improvements talk 7:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Environmental & Energy TechnolWest End Neighborhood Association meeting see next page ogy Council of Maine presents Energy Efficiency Improve6:30 p.m. The next West End Neighborhood Association

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noon. Friday Local Author Series with Kristine Bertini, author of “Strength for the Sandwich Generation: Help to Thrive While Simultaneously Caring for Our Kids and Our Aging Parents,” Meeting Room 5, Portland Public Library.

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine.

“Santa’s making some early visits to Portland this year and his favorite spot is right here at 142 Free Street! He’ll visit to the Museum & Theatre two more times: on Dec. 17 and 23 from 2-4 p.m. Sit on his lap, tell him your wish and don’t forget to say cheese — you can take home a 5”x7” photo from your visit in a festive paper frame for just $7.” www.kitetails.org

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2:45 p.m. The Polar Express is back, with an early train time of 2:45 p.m. and another First Class car. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 23. 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/polar-express/

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friends of the Eastern Promenade invites the public to join in “for a favorite holiday tradition as we go a-caroling on the Prom and around Munjoy Hill.

Carolers will meet at the Fort Allen Park bandstand at 4:30 p.m., just in time for the Christmas Boat Parade of Lights.

We’ll begin by crooning carols as boats adorned with sparkling lights cruise the harbor. Sheet music will be provided, so never mind if you can’t remember all the lyrics to ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas.’ Afterwards, we’ll gather to warm up and enjoy refreshments at a private home.” http:// easternpromenade.org

Friday, Dec. 16 Friday Local Author Series at PPL

Gideon Bok Wall Drawings 7 p.m. Covers artist lecture and closing reception at SPACE Gallery. Free, all ages. “Gideon Bok worked in the gallery through November and December on a charcoal wall drawing, using SPACE as the subject. Gideon’s interior paintings and drawings highlight the passage of time, usually utilizing the space where the work is made. They feature the changing cast of characters who have stopped by, records strewn about, and other artifacts such as musical instruments, empty bottles, and semi-complete paintings. Gideon will give a slide talk about his work and we’ll celebrate the completion of this project at SPACE.” Presented with support from The Artists Resource Trust and Bangor Savings Bank.

Nutcracker Burlesque 7:30 p.m. This December, Vivid Motion’s holiday classic – Nutcracker Burlesque – returns to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The show opens on Friday, Dec. 16, and runs Dec. 16-18 and Dec. 20-23; all shows with a 7:30 p.m. curtain. All seats are $15; order online at www.vividmotion.org or in person with cash or check at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland.

Nutcracker Burlesque is not appropriate for children.

‘The Christmas Bride’ 8 p.m. Dec. 15-21, Snowlion Repertory Company presents: “The Christmas Bride,” a joyous holiday tale of love lost and found, home and family, faith and forgiveness.

Showtimes are Dec. 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., Dec. 17 at 2 p.m., and Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. The Dec. 17 matinee is ASL interpreted, and will be followed by a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus! Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. 899-3993

Saturday, Dec. 17 Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History in Bath 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. Saturday, Dec. 17 through Sunday, May 13, 2012. General admission.

“Maine Maritime Museum’s latest exhibit presents a vision of the history of Maine’s Gateway City as portrayed by the ships that have transited Portland Head to clear Spring Point Ledge, a series of vessels as diverse as the different eras they represent; vessels that have brought hope, grief, sustenance, prosperity, disapp ointment, and a good day’s work to its people.”

For more information visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call 443-1316 during business hours.

Bethel author Harry Faulkner in Portland 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bethel author Harry Faulkner will conduct a book signing at Works Bakery Café in Portland.

Faulkner will be signing copies of his books “Brothers of Another Realm,” “The Gaslight’s Glow” and “The Quest for the Blue Star: Bloodlines.” “It has been an extreme pleasure to work with this talented and dedicated author,” said PublishAmerica Public Relations Director Shawn Street.

“We look forward to a successful book signing event on the 17th.” Visit www.facebook.com/publishamerica.publisher and www.publishamerica.com

Music in the House 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Music in the Longfellow House with pianist David Maxwell. Hear the newly-restored Chickering piano in the Longfellow House. Regular house tours will feature special musical accompaniment. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow purchased the Chickering square grand piano in 1843 when he came to Portland, during his honeymoon with his second wife, Frances Appleton. Holiday house tours will feature special musical accompaniment on the newly-restored Chickering piano. Participation available on a first-come, first-served basis. www.mainehistory.org/

Italian Heritage Center Band 7 p.m. Holiday Concert: With a Twist, Italian Heritage Center Band at Deering High School; in the Deering High School Auditorium. $10 at the door or call Bob at 781-8284 to get advance tickets for $7 or $6 for seniors. Students are free.

Come in for a nice evening concert featuring The Italian Heritage Center Band, a local Portland band with about 50 members through the community. It is a nonprofit organization which rehearses at the center but is not affiliated with it. Nina Oatley is the Director. The IHCCB will be collecting non-perishable foods at the concert to support the Stone Soup Kitchen of Biddeford in their effort to fight hunger in Maine. For more information visit their website: www.italianheritagecenterband.com

Sunday, Dec. 18 Holiday Christmas Music 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastland Park Hotel Greenhouse Room, Christmas Cantata and individual selections. Free punch and cookies.

Carols in the Library 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Carols in the Library with the Choral Art Society. At the Longfellow House, Christmas carols in the Brown Library performed by the Choral Art Society, one of Maine’s premier choral groups. Seating is limited and registration is required. Please call 774-1822 to register. www. mainehistory.org/house_overview.shtml

Vesper Service and Pageant of the Nativity 4:45 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church will present its 85th annual Vesper Service and Pageant of the Nativity in the historic Meeting House at 425 Congress St., just off Monument Square in downtown Portland. The public is most cordially invited to attend. First performed in 1926, First Parish Church’s Pageant of the Nativity continues its holiday tradition 85 years later. “Non-denominational in nature, this event makes no political or religious statement. Rather it uses a combination of music, historic text, and tradition to honor the birth of one of history’s great prophets. ‘The Pageant is an opportunity to stop and take an hour to quiet our hearts and reflect on the season,’ says First Parish minister, the Rev. Christina Sillari.” FMI: 7735747.

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Wednesday, Dec. 21 St. Augustine of Canterbury healing service 7 p.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church will hold a healing service in accordance with the Rites of the Church.

The service will be followed by the Mass which includes the Holy Eucharist. The healing service includes anointing with oil and the laying on of hands as contained in Holy Scripture and according to the rites of the Church.

Persons are welcome to attending both the healing service and the Mass that follows. St. Augustine’s is a Traditional and Orthodox Anglican Catholic Community, part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church worships at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Father Jeffrey W. Monroe is Vicar and Fr. Joseph Bizimana is Asst. Vicar. For additional information, contact 799-5141.

Thursday, Dec. 22 Trinity Episcopal labyrinth 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave. (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style labyrinth for meditative walks. Allow about 30 minutes. FMI 772-7421.

Friday, Dec. 23 ‘The Victorian Nutcracker’ 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. “Portland Ballet Company brings its own unique New England version of the Nutcracker to Merrill Auditorium with its beloved ‘The Victorian Nutcracker.’

The show, which takes the classic Nutcracker story and sets it in historical Portland, Maine with sets, costumes, and characters inspired by historical figures, will be performed twice at Merrill Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The cast of professional dancers from the Portland Ballet Company, accompanied by the Portland Ballet Orchestra, is known for its lively, entertaining and beautiful Nutcracker. The Victorian Nutcracker features Portland Ballet Company’s professional dancers as well as Portland School of Ballet students selected by audition. This year’s conductor is Sean Newhouse, assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Newhouse made an acclaimed last-minute debut with the Boston Symphony in February 2011, conducting Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on two hours’ notice in place of James Levine.” Tickets are available through PortTix at www.porttix.com. For details, visit www.portlandballet.org.

Tuesday, Dec. 20 Gingerbread Dream House.

2 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. “Create Your Gingerbread Dream House. One of our favorite holiday traditions: the Annual Gingerbread House Workshops! We’ll supply a sturdy house kit and all the candy and icing you need to create a beautiful house to take home. The houses are pre-assembled, making them perfect for little hands — and leaving you time to focus on fancy flourishes!” www. kitetails.org

DEPA Business After Hours 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The DownEast Pride Alliance hosts its “Business After Hours” Networking Event at the Cumberland Club, 116 High St., Portland. “Cash bar, lite food & media table. Bring business cards to share. See you there for ‘cocktails & conversation!’ Sponsored by Norman Hanson & Detroy, RBC Wealth Management & Sunday River. Find DEPA on Facebook and www.depabusiness.com

Christmas with Cornils 7:30 p.m. Christmas with Cornils, A Kotzschmar Christmas features Municipal Organist, Ray Cornils along with a variety of guests such as The Kotzschmar Festival Brass, The Parish Ringers, the Choral Art Society Camerata and

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Former school board member tapped to take top admin job

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A former chairman of the Portland School Board has been tapped to take the reins of one of the district's top administrative positions.

The school board approved Superintendent James Morse's recommendation to hire former board member Peter Eglinton as a top school administrator.

The vote took place Tuesday during the school board's Eglinton regular monthly meeting.

Morse's nomination of Eglinton passed unanimously.

"It's clear to me that he has steadfast dedication," said Kate Snyder, chairwoman of the board, adding she was extremely pleased to be able to accept the superintendent's nomination.

Eglinton said, quipping, "It is great to be here, I can't get away."

He told the school board, "I look forward to working with all of you."

Eglinton served as chairman of the school board when members approved hiring Morse as school superintendent. He is a Portland resident with a long list of public and private sector work that Morse says makes him the best candidate for the job as chief operations officer.

“Peter was by far the most outstanding candidate, and we’re thrilled to be able to nominate him.” — Schools Superintendent James Morse "Peter was by far the most outstanding candidate, and we're thrilled to be able to nominate him," Morse said in an interview prior to last night's meeting, explaining that about a dozen applicants applied for the position.

Morse said he interviewed three finalists for the position and couldn't pass on Eglinton's professional experience, which includes serving as a policy analyst in the White House under two former presidents.

"The other two applicants were very credible, but Peter really stood out among the three," Morse said.

Eglinton will supervise the district's daily operations ranging from maintenance, food services to transportation, Morse said. His annual salary will be $115,000.

The superintendent said Eglinton left the school board about 13 months ago. State law prohibits former board members from being appointed to an administrative position within 12 months of stepping down from the board, Morse said.

Mail is delivered near Cumberland Avenue in Portland Tuesday. A consolidation effort, aimed at reversing a loss of $3.8 billion by the Postal Service at the end of the 2009 fiscal year in October, started with about 3,300 stations and branches. Now, a decision has been delayed to next spring. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Post office closure reprieve praised U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree both applauded the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement Tuesday that it has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post office or mail processing facility until May 15, 2012.

According to the Postal Service, it will continue all necessary steps required for the review of these facilities during the interim period, including public input meetings.

“This is good news, but it isn’t the end of the road,” said Michaud. “I am committed to making sure Mainers continue to have access to the vital services that our post offices and their employees provide. I’m hopeful that Congress can work with the Postal Service to come up with a plan moving forward that results in as few post office closings as possible.” a U.S. Postal Service today decision to delay closing post offices until May of 2012.

Currently, 30 Maine post offices are on the list for closure.

“This is welcome news for all the small Maine towns that depend on the local post office,” said Pingree. “This will give us more time to explain to the Postal Service how critical these offices are for our communities and to come up with a better solution for the service’s fiscal problems.

There are several things we should be pursuing before closing the door on these Main Street staples. It should also give a little relief to the many people who have contacted me about the issue. I appreciate that the Postal Service is responding to the incredible amount of concern people have voiced.”

There are eight offices in Pingree’s district currently on the list for closure: Chamberlain in Bristol, Bowdoin, Cliff Island and Station A in Portland, East Parsonsfield, East Vassalboro, Sebasco Estates in Phippsburg, and Trevett in Boothbay Harbor. Matinicus Island was on the list but was recently removed.

— Staff Report