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See the story on page 3 John Ketcham, 57, predicted that moving Ecomaine bins to a new location could confuse people who have become accustomed to their current location in Bayside. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

Ayla’s father speaks, pleads for toddler’s safe return — See page 3

Coyotes in Portland See the Year in Review, page 6

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MIAMI (NY Times) — Even in a city that has embraced so many waves of Latinos that it is jokingly referred to as the only South American capital in North America, no one group has been as courted and pampered as the Brazilians.

Flush with cash from a booming economy and enamored of luxury, Brazilians are visiting South Florida in droves and spending millions of dollars on vacation condominiums, clothes, jewelry, furniture, cars and art, all of which are much less expensive here than in Brazil.

As a thank-you, Floridians are creating innovative ways to make the Brazilians happy and to encourage them to keep dipping into their wallets. Real estate agents, for example, have cobbled together one-stop-shopping firms that offer interior decorating and concierge services as well as legal advice and visa help. Some agents have even opened offices in Brazil to simplify the process.

Aware that Brazilians will not spend freely unless they feel at home, shopping malls have enticed them by hiring Portuguese-speaking sales clerks to proffer Dolce & Gabbana dresses and Hublot watches. Even Target has posted helpwanted signs in Portuguese.

Brazilian restaurants are also flourishing across Miami, including a popular chain from Brazil — Giraffas — that includes Brazilian cheese bread and special cuts of meat on the menu.

“Hola” and air kisses are still staples here, but “Oi” — a Brazilian greeting — is making noticeable inroads.

“We come to Miami to invest because in my country housing is very expensive,” said Claudio Coppola Di Todaro, a hedge fund investor from São Paulo who recently bought a condominium at Trump Towers in Sunny Isles Beach and another at the Trump SoHo in Manhattan (Brazilians also love New York). “We like Miami to go on vacation a few times a year. Many Brazilians do this now.”

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North Korean mourners line streets for Kim Jong-il (NY TIMES) SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-un, the designated dynastic heir to power in North Korea, walked alongside the hearse of his deceased father, Kim Jong-il, through snow-covered downtown Pyongyang on Wednesday, leading a state funeral that provided early glimpses of who is serving as guardians of the young untested leader.

The extensive funeral was closely watched for signs of shifts in power in the country’s enigmatic leadership.

Mr. Kim’s two elder brothers, Kim Jong-nam and Kim Jong-chol, were nowhere to be seen.

Leading the funeral alongside and behind Mr. Kim were a familiar mix of military generals and party secretaries, including elderly stalwarts from the days of Kim Jongil and his father, the North’s founding president, Kim Il-

sung, and younger officials who expanded their influence while playing crucial roles in grooming the son as successor under the father’s tutelage.

Most prominent were the two men whose names seldom fail to pop up when North Korea watchers tried to dissect the palace intrigues in the capital, Pyongyang: Jang Song-taek, Kim Jong-un’s uncle and vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong-ho, head of the North Korean military’s general staff.

Mr. Jang’s influence as power broker expanded after Kim Jong-il, his brother-inlaw, suffered a stroke in 2008.

He appeared committed to extending the Kim family’s rule to the third generation but his own personal ambition remains shrouded in mystery.

Mr. Ri, a relatively unknown figure during most of Kim

Jong-il’s rule, rose to prominence in the past two years as the late leader began grooming his son as heir. He is now considered an important backer of Kim Jong-un in the Korean People’s Army, whose support is key to his consolidation of power.

“If anything, the funeral indicates that Jang Songtaek and Ri Yong-ho will be the closest aides to Kim Jong-un,” said Yoo Ho-yeol, a North Korea expert at Korea University.

Less certain was whether and how a potential power game might play out among these aging generals and party secretaries more than twice Mr. Kim’s age.

He could become either a forceful leader or a figurehead, depending on whether he can replicate the skills of his father, who kept the

elites in line both by stocking their households with foreign luxury goods and by dispatching anyone who fell out of favor to labor camps, analysts said.

On the surface, the funeral appeared to proceed with a totalitarian choreography.

Kim Jong-un walked with one hand on the hearse and the other raised in salute.

Neat rows of soldiers in olive-green uniforms stood, hats off and bowing, in front of the Kumsusan mausoleum, where Kim Jongil’s body had been lying in state since his death was announced on Dec. 19.

When the funeral motorcade stopped before them at the start of a 25-mile procession through Pyongyang, they gave a last salute and a military band played the national anthem.

Bishops say rules limit freedom of religion Despite policies, (NY TIMES) — Catholic Charities in Illinois has served for more than 40 years as a major link in the state’s social service network for poor and neglected children.

But now most of the Catholic Charities affiliates in Illinois are closing down rather than comply with a new requirement that says they can no longer receive state money if they turn away same-sex couples as potential foster care and adoptive parents.

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“In the name of tolerance, we’re not being tolerated,” said Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Ill., a civil and canon lawyer who helped drive the church’s losing battle to retain its state contracts for foster care and adoption services.

The Illinois experience indicates that the bishops face formidable opponents who also claim to have justice and the Constitution on their side. They include not only gay rights advocates, but also many religious believers and churches that support gay equality (some Catholic legislators among them). They frame the issue as a matter of civil rights, saying that Catholic Charities was

using taxpayer money to discriminate against same-sex couples.

Tim Kee, a teacher in Marion, Ill., who was turned away by Catholic Charities three years ago when he and his longtime partner, Rick Wade, tried to adopt a child, said: “We’re both Catholic, we love our church, but Catholic Charities closed the door to us. To add insult to injury, my tax dollars went to provide discrimination against me.”

The bishops are engaged in the religious liberty battle on several fronts. They have asked the Obama administration to lift a new requirement that Catholic and other religiously affiliated hospitals, universities and charity groups cover contraception in their employees’ health plans. A decision has been expected for weeks now

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The Pew poll is the first to put numbers on the growing discontent among Latinos with Mr. Obama’s immigration policies, which have led to nearly 400,000 deportations in each of the last three years. According to the poll, 59 percent of Latinos disapprove of the deportations; only 27 percent approve.

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City eyes new home for ‘silver bullet’ bins

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The city has begun scouting new locations for its “silver bullet” recycling containers, which will likely be moved next year from their current location in Bayside to make way for a new commercial development.

Several locations, including some on private property, are under consideration by city staff, said Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky, who declined to name any proposed sites. He did say that the containers, which are hauled daily to Ecomaine’s recycling facility off Outer Congress Street, would remain on the Peninsula.

“We want to find a location that’s convenient and that still sort of speaks to the Peninsula,” Bobinsky Bobinsky said this week.

“We have expanded household recycling with single-sort, and I think there is just more opportunity and people are needing those remote locations less and less, with the exception of the Peninsula,” he added.

Although the silver bullet program has existed for at least a decade, the half-dozen or so containers have been at their current location on Somerset

Although the silver bullet program has existed for at least a decade, containers have been at their current location on Somerset Street for only about five years. (CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

Street for only about five years. Prior to that, the roughly eight-feet-tall and 25-feet-long containers were situated in a parking lot on Marginal Way. At one time, before a round of budget cuts, the city maintained recycling containers in North Deering and Munjoy Hill in addition to Bayside, Bobinsky said.

The city believes the containers are used mostly by people who live on the Peninsula or in large apartment communities not served by curbside recycling. The containers are also used

regularly by small businesses which may not have access to recycling.

Unlike partcipants in curbside recycling, users of the silver bullets must manually sort their items and toss them into the correct containers.

They will likely be moved because a housing and retail development has been proposed for the spot where the containers currently sit. Miami-based developer Federated Cos. has been in negotiations with the city since June to buy that lot and six adjacent par-

cels, and both sides insist the $2.3 million deal is still moving forward.

According to Federated, the project will include nearly 100,000 square feet of retail space, a hotel, 550 “luxury” apartments and a 1,000-space parking garage. The project, which is being called “Maritime Landing,” would likely be built in several phases and start as soon as this spring.

The timeline for moving the recycling containers is heavily dependent on Federated’s plans, but the city is anticipating they will need to be gone by late spring. Bobinsky said city staff would likely begin preparing a master plan for the silver bullet containers early next year, and that any proposed site would be reviewed by city planning staff.

John Ketcham, 57, predicted that moving the bins to a new location would confuse people who have become accustomed to their current location.

“It took people months to find this place” after the last time the containers were moved, said Ketcham, who spends many days collecting returnable cans and bottles from people who would otherwise drop them in the recycling bins. Ketcham said he spends most nights with friends rather than at the Oxford Street men’s shelter.

Ketcham said he’s been told by city workers that Deering Oaks is among the spots being considered for the bins — a claim that could not be confirmed yesterday.

Ayla’s father speaks, police call off ‘large-scale search operations’

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The father of a missing Maine toddler issued a second written statement Wednesday that, again, denies he knows anything about his daughter's whereabouts and asks that she be returned safely.

Justin DiPietro, the father of 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds, said in a statement he "would never do anything to hurt my child" and asks that anyone who Ayla Reynolds has her "find the courage to do the right thing and find a way to return her safely."

DiPietro's statement was released through the Waterville Police Department. It was the second time the father of the missing toddler, who reportedly disappeared from inside

his house nearly two weeks ago, released a statement to the media. "... It is important that the public hear it from me personally that I have no idea what happened to Ayla and that I am not hiding," DiPietro stated.

"I have been in full cooperation with everyone in this effort, including (by) not adding additional media hype."

DiPietro recognized and thanked everyone involved in the search for his daughter, including members of the Waterville community.

"I would never to anything to hurt my child," he said. "No one should ever have to experience this."

The statement was issued at the same time authorities announced the Maine Warden Service was scaling back its large-scale search operations in the hunt for Ayla.

Waterville police said the warden service would continue to be available to the department, but that Wednesday was the last day for "large-scale search operations," which included detailed examinations of rivers and

wooded areas by way of airplanes and with the help of canines.

"Colonel Joel Wilkinson and his agency have been an incredibly valuable resource, and the wardens conducting these searches have done some of the hardest work in this effort," said the Waterville Police Department in the statement, thanking Wilkinson, the top commander of the Maine Warden Service.

"Wilkinson assures us that his agency will continue to make his per-

sonnel available as necessary to execute future searches," the statement continued. "Our gratitude for their assistance is immense."

Officials with the warden service logged an excess of 5,000 hours in an effort to locate Ayla, according to figures released by Waterville police Tuesday.

The department announced receiving about 370 leads as of Wednesday afternoon, all of which have been see FATHER page 13

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Coal in the stocking?

Polluters deserve it Here’s some great news to close out the year. Early last week — over misguided and pettily politicized objections from Maine’s Senator Susan Collins — the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules that will slash toxic emissions from the nation’s dirtiest power plants.

This is a big deal for Maine, both because it reduces a major health risk — particularly for children and pregnant women — and because it gives Maine’s emerging clean-energy industries a chance to unseat dirty coal as New England’s dominant power supply.

The new rules focus on mercury, a neurotoxin that can cause birth defects and developmental disabilities in microscopic quantities. Last year, coal-fired power plants pumped 33 tons of this poison into the air we breathe. From there, atmospheric mercury gets concentrated in rainfall, and accu––––– mulates in our lakes, rivers, Daily Sun and oceans — which is why Columnist health officials advise us not to eat sushi and other fish more than a few times a month.

For those who live downwind from coal plants (as we do here in Maine), mercury poisoning is a particularly high risk, not only to our own health, but also to our fisheries and wildlife. While there aren’t any big coal-burning power plants inside our state’s borders, several churn out a toxic brew of greenhouse gases and toxins from smokestacks upwind from us in the rest of New England.

One coal plant, in Portsmouth, lies right across the river from Maine, and is visible from the Piscatiqua River Bridge on the state line (it’s the huge smokestack on your right as you’re headed south).

Being near our borders, power plants like this one send most of their power to utilities in New Hampshire and Massachusetts — yet most of the toxic pollution they emit falls in Maine.

But here’s the good news: after decades of trying, the federal government will finally control mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants, reducing mercury emissions by over 90 percent.

It’s a historic step, writes David Roberts at the environmental news site grist.org. He argues that “finally controlling mercury and toxics [from coal-

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New Year’s resolutions 101 Here we go again – it’s time for that New Year’s resolution. Let’s see; what will it be? Same old, same old? Yup! It’s time to fire up that exercise program — get fit, organized, and spend less ... again!

Each year, I reflect back to the month leading up to the New Year’s resolution and ask: How many pounds of fudge, chocolate, cookies, holiday beverages, and once-a-year treats did I really need? Imagine, if I could have resisted, I could have moved beyond the need for the same New Year’s resolution each year.

Am I getting anywhere? Well, actually, yes: another year older, but obviously not another year wiser. Something’s got to give!

Maybe I should just give up on this resolution because each year it’s the same, and I don’t seem to get better. But after doing some research, I’ve learned that I’m not alone. Other’s are in the

Karen Vachon ––––– Better with Age same boat. The old adage speaks: ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.’ I was inspired to learn that those who make resolutions and can’t keep them, are still better off than those who don’t even bother. Maybe, if I tackled the resolution differently, I’d have better success.

According to Amanda Galiano, from About.Com (http://littlerock. about.com), the top ten New Year’s Resolutions are: • Get a [new/better] job.

• Get in shape.

• Spend less/or pay down debt.

• Quit smoking/drinking.

• Find a mate.

• Get an education.

• Take a trip.

• Get organized.

• Find a hobby.

• Buy a house/or move Each year, 40 percent of Americans make one or more resolutions. Of those, only 46 percent actually keep their resolution after six months. Research has shown that while a lot of people break their resolutions, making them is still useful. In fact, people who make a resolution are ten times more likely to attain their goals over those who don’t.

(Source: Auld Lang Syne: Success Predictors, chance process & selfreported outcomes of new year’s resolvers and non resolvers, by John C Norcross, Marci S Mrykalo, Matthew D Blagys, University of Scranton, Journal of Clinical Psychology, volume 58, issue 4 (2002), John Norcross co-author, “Changing for Good.”) see VACHON page 5

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Taking a paid walk Ah, the never-ending overflowing email in-box, and its delightful collection of press release info has delivered us (or at least me) from the week of column lookbacks. I might get to that on Saturday, but this one was just to easy to let pass.

Ocean Avenue Elementary School got some wonderful news this week. They had qualified for a $1,000 mini-grant from the “National Center For Safe Routes To School,” an offshoot of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. The money will be used to “encourage safe and increased walking and biking,” according to a report in the Portland Forecaster.

So let’s back this puppy up a few steps. We send money off to the feds, who in turn take a huge chunk of it back and send it to us in the way of grants. OK, I’ve got that bit of tortured logic rattling around in my noggin.

The differing sub-agencies then separate the piles of dollars into multiple piles, to be divvied up into the various and sundry programs that are found to be worthy. Among them are grants for safer streets, urban transportation initiatives (read buses) and wider sidewalks, etc.

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist Now, toss this into the pot.

We’re paying on the local level to subsidize the METRO with the local dollars needed to make the whole thing work. Federal funds never cover all of anything, nor were they ever meant to. So locals have to chip in with both fares and annual property tax revenues to keep the whole thing afloat.

Here is where the shocker came in, at least to me. We’re paying for the bus, twice. Now, with this separate federal grant, we’re actually paying someone to advise the students not to ride it, and to walk or use a bike instead.

Somehow, in the grand scheme of things, all this gets past those with a non-comedic eye.

The article is filled with the buzzwords of alternative transportation policy, like a “multifaceted safe walk/ride to school program” and “facilitating a culture change in the school.”

Sorting through all that fluff,

my guess is that there will be several committee meetings, all to evaluate differing walking paths, a few suggestions of putting up a few more “SLOW CHILDREN” signs (which, much to the chagrin of the average driver, are STILL in need of a comma written in there somewhere.)

Perhaps the dollars could be spent on just that, employing one of Portland’s hardcore unemployable taggers to go around and hit all those signs with an odd bit of punctuation here or there.

Adding on a bit, will the work actually get done? Will the thousand bucks sit unspent in an account until close to the end of the budget cycle, when someone in city hall realizes there are spare dollars out there on unfinished projects? Will there then be a flurry of punctuating and sidewalk measurement?

Or the greater question arises from all this mess. Since the grant is for a cool thousand bucks, are we really assured that there will be a thousand bucks worth of work actually DONE to assure safe walks/rides? At what pay level? Will it all, in the end, be spent on a few more signs and some proprietary satellite shots of see HIGGINS page 5

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A Christmas Carol 2011 Slouched in woe beside the Christmas tree, a lot of Americans missed the point of 2011: Santa Claus had already emptied his goodie sack before the night of wonders and miracles arrived and was back at the North Pole checking the balance sheet to see if he could raise a little cash selling some remaining assets off to the Blackstone Group or maybe work a leveraged buyout deal with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. A few elves would have to join the unemployment line, but they could probably get by on half-rations of food stamps. Or maybe Henry Kravis could feed them reindeer steaks, at a discount, as long as they last.

It’s remarkable how the year’s great mega-holiday blowout suspends time and circumstance. I didn’t see how the European banks were going to make it to December 25, but then, heading into the shopping frenzy home-stretch, swap lines opened up between the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank and around $600-odd billion in ZIRP loans flowed to over 200 Euro banks. Maybe that will cover the next two weeks of aggregate debt rollovers, and then what? They can’t even look forward to President’s Day over there — unless we rented out the George Washington and Abe Lincoln brands to them.

Who is still not impressed with the

James Howard Kunstler ––––– Kunstler.com ability of these central banks, and their owner-operators, to keep re-circulating immense loads of notional money?

Alas, every wash-rinse repeat cycle leaves the certificates a little paler and thinner, and it won’t be long before they just appear to be blank paper.

But rackets as grand and insolent as these would not be possible, except in a culture so estranged from truth that anything goes over without notice. I wonder about that scene around the American Christmas tree, though — the empty space between the floor and the lowest boughs where the gailywrapped presents used to appear.

I reckon it will take a few weeks, perhaps through the whole winter, for a sense of swindle to set in among the rooked. You may notice a pervasive undertone of grumbling in the background — and winter is the right time for that — like the eerie, ominous chords of ice groaning in the darkness on a still night around the frozen lake.

But eventually come the tumults and

torrents of spring. I suppose what baffles many of us in the ethers of bloggery is the apparent failure of that demographic slice acquainted with thinking to register any objection to the travesties and organized brigandages of these times. At any other time in the life of this republic, such folk with active frontal lobes would have identified arrant criminal activity for what it is. Apparently, the nostrums of Paul Krugman are as powerfully narcotic as the raptures of Nascar.

I’m afraid events are a little too far gone now. There was some hope that Mr. Obama would restore the rule of law, but he has gone even farther in the opposite direction by disabling even the levers of truth — and in so genial a style that nobody noticed that, either.

That thinking demographic slice of the public I averred to must have mortgaged their souls the past three years just to keep on keeping on. Hence, when the truly rooked wake from their zombie sleepwalk, there will be hell to pay for sure. Sometimes an intellectual governor on events no longer even avails, as was the case in the French Revolution. When the lawyers, political theorists, and philosophers got into the act, the blood really flowed.

Will that happen here, in the months and years ahead? I do think so. We’ve grown ourselves a toxic aristocracy of

privilege and mega-wealth as cheeky (or worse) than the fops and strumpets of Versailles. I confess, I feel a bit lusty for some Grand Guignolaction myself. There are stock figures in The New York Observer’s weekly “Shindigger” column who I would enjoy seeing treated after the manner of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, the celebrated “impaler.” And what better place for it than Zuccotti Park, a much more intimate venue than the agoraphobia-inducing Place de la Concord. You see what happens: in the absence of the rule of law even prudent men turn to the reptile agencies of mind.

The truly interesting thing about America’s romance with our Wild West was that there was always an Unwild East to return to — if you survived adventuring in one piece. Well, first the frontier closed about 100 years ago, and now we wake on Christmas morning to discover that the whole land, from sea to shining sea, has gone feral with rot. Enjoy this nebulous week of suspended animation while it lasts. I’ll be back next week with the 2012 forecast.

(James Howard Kunstler is the author of several books, including “The Long Emergency,” “The Geography of Nowhere,” and “The Witch of Hebron.”)

Perhaps it’s time to up the ante on that New Year’s resolution VACHON from page 4

Indeed, the New Year provides a chance to turn things around; improve and grow. Without a resolution in place, I can see how life can become a slippery slope. Perhaps you need to hit rock bottom in December, to pick yourself back up. If only I could improve my chances to carry that New Year’s resolution for an entire 12 months. Perhaps it’s time to up

the ante on the New Year’s resolution, rather than lighten up.

As luck would have it, upping the ante comes in a handy, dandy downloadable PDF, Titled: “Proactive Change 1TM Resolutions That Work,” by Serge Prengel. In the end, Prengel concludes that a true commitment to a New Year’s resolution puts you in touch with what makes you tick, providing a great opportunity for growth and understanding, you will

discover renewed energy as you face truths about yourself which set you free.

To learn more, visit: www.ProactiveChange.com Good luck with your New Year’s resolution. Happy 2012!

(Karen Vachon is a resident of Scarborough, a community volunteer, and a licensed independent insurance agent.)

Here’s some bad news for the dirty coal industry and their lobbyists MILNEIL from page 4

burning power plants] will be an advance on par with getting lead out of gasoline.”

Even though they won’t take effect until 2014, the mere announcement of Obama’s new rules are already making utilities clean up their smokestacks, shut down their dirtiest power plants, and invest in cleaner alternatives that take advantage of our local natural resources.

According to New England’s Conservation Law Foundation, Dominion Energy has already filed documents to shut down one of their older coal plants in northeastern Massachusetts. The Salem Harbor Power Station, a 60-year-old plant and one of the dirtiest in the northeast, had already been struggling to operate in competition with cheaper power from wind turbines and cleaner-burning natural gas plants. New Clean Air Act requirements governing mercury and other toxic emissions seem to be the

final nail in the poisonous plant’s coffin.

Unfortunately, not all of the region’s other coalburning plants will shut down because of the new rules. Most will adapt with readily-available pollution control technologies.

Still, those that remain will be held to much more exacting standards for their smokestacks. Requiring coal-burning utilities to pay to clean up their messes will continue to make coal power more expensive than other alternatives, which will make homegrown, clean power options even more competitive.

That’s great news for Maine’s growing wind power industry and the growing ranks of solar power installers.

With cleaner air, safer seafood, and more green jobs for Maine in the works, the new regulations are unambiguously good news for most living things. Maine’s Senator Snowe deserves our thanks for her longstanding work for stronger mercury rules.

But it’s bad news for the dirty coal industry and their lobbyists. Which is why it’s curious that Maine’s other Senator, Susan Collins, had been working behind the scenes to obstruct the new rules.

Collins disingenuously claims that regulations will hurt small industries in Maine, even though we don’t have any coal-fired power plants here.

Unfortunately, the Senator seems to be attempting to curry favor with coal-state colleagues in the Senate. Senator Collins should have more dignity than that, and she should stand up for the health of Mainers and Maine wildlife.

Playing politics with filthy coal lobbyists will only drag the Senator’s good name through the soot.

Better for her to stand proudly for cleaner air, in Maine and across the globe.

(Christian MilNeil is a blogger at “The Vigorous North: A field guide to the wilderness areas of American cities,” www.vigorousnorth.com.)

Will the thousand bucks sit unspent in an account until the end of the budget cycle?

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the walking paths freely available on Google Earth?

Will it be spent on yet another of the numerous articles of bulk-rate mailbox clutter that eventually end up as cat-box liner?

Hey, it’s free grant money, right? We’d be fools to turn it down. When you add up all the grants like this that Portland gets, you are then talking some serious change.

But for me, the most serious change would be for folks to realize we are paying people to tell us not to

do something that we are already paying someone else to tell us to do. There seems to me there is a difference between job creation and job justification.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Top stories of 2011 Editor’s note: We continue our look back with a second installment of highlights from the year now ending.

May Muslim center marred by anti-Islam graffiti Portland Police are planning “heightened” patrols around the city’s three mosques this week after anti-Islam graffiti appeared yesterday on a Muslim community center in East Bayside.

Chief James Craig said he spoke with officials at the Maine Muslim Community Center yesterday, telling them that officers would “be in the area.”

Cumberland County Civic Center plans Mindful that a newly announced, $100 million tourism development on Thompson’s Point may complicate their sales pitch, trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center plan to form a political action committee to help convince voters that a $27 million renovation of the building makes sense.

“We are going to be forming a political action committee to do some fundraising as well as to coordinate the communication effort,” said Neal F. Pratt, chair of the Civic Center board.

Gas prices hit Mainers’ budgets

Construction crews were busy last spring wrapping up exterior renovations to an 1840s-era storage building on Portland’s waterfront that was converted into a new set of law offices for Pierce Atwood, the state’s largest law firm. Pierce Atwood received a $2.7 million tax break from the city to move its offices to the Maine families had to budget $100 waterfront. Some voiced opposition to easing taxes on the $12 million development. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) extra this April compared with a year ago to cover the rising cost of gasoline, Brennan launches mayoral campaign Boy’s body found in South Berwick making Maine one of the hardest-hit states in the current run-up of gas prices, AAA Northern New England reported.

Michael Brennan, a former Democratic state legislator Striving for a break in a case that has investigators “In April, when gas was $3.81 a gallon, Mainers were who spent more than a decade in Augusta, announced yesincreasingly frustrated, Maine State Police released a photo spending about 11 percent of their household income on terday he’s running for PortTuesday of the sneakers worn by an unidentified 4-year-old motor fuel. That was the highest as a percentage in New land’s mayor. boy found dead in a wooded area in South Berwick SaturEngland, it was one of the highest in the nation, actually,” Brennan, who works day evening. said Pat Moody, director of public affairs for AAA Northern as a policy associate at the New England.

Muskie School of Public SerID: Camden Pierce Hughes vice, is the 10th person to City manager search progresses register with City Hall as a The boy who was found candidate, which allows him dead near a dirt road in South The search committee charged with finding a replaceto launch a committee and Berwick on Saturday has ment for retired city manager Joe Gray already has setraise money. been tentatively identified by tled on seven semi-finalists, and could name the finalists As mayor, Brennan a Boston TV station as 6-yearwithin the next week, according to the committee chair, says he’d focus on a wide old Camden Pierce Hughes.

Cheryl Leeman. range of economic developWBZ-TV reports that the boy’s ment issues, from the creative mother, Juli McCrery, of Irving, economy to improving the LePage proposes changes to MaineCare Texas,was taken into police city’s business climate. He custody yesterday at a rest Brennan also wants to tackle the city’s Gov. Paul LePage is proposing changes to MaineCare stop on Interstate 495. The dropout rate and make sure enrollment guidelines that would eliminate health coverage station reports that McCrery graduates from city schools are prepared for the modern for thousands of Mainers living at or below federal poverty told Massachusetts police she workforce. levels. gave her son an overdose of Hughes The cuts, which were introduced earlier this month in cough syrup that caused his response to a $164 million gap in the proposed two-year death.

Elena Lozada probe advances budget, could also push Portland’s homeless clinic out of busiThose details and the identities could not be indepenness, city officials said yesterday. dently confirmed yesterday. Authorities haven’t released Portland police have identified a “person of interest” in the results of an autopsy conducted Sunday. the death of Elena Lozada, the local woman whose remains were found last month in Northport.

Suspects arraigned in Dittmeyer case Nathaniel Pete Mincher, 36, of Saco, has admitted to Pierce Atwood on the waterfront dumping Lozada’s body in the woods near Route 52, police OSSIPEE, N.H. — Three men were arraigned at Ossipee said.

District Court Wednesday in connection with the murder This fall, newly restored windows in a five-story brick of Krista Dittmeyer, the Portland woman whose body was building on Portland Harbor will offer oceanfront views to found in a pond at the base of the Cranmore Mountain 175 lawyers, while on the ocean’s edge below, lobstermen Smart meters opt-out Resort ski area two weeks ago. will enjoy new water and electrical systems and sidewalks.

Anthony Papile, 28, of Ossipee, N.H., was charged with Exterior renovation is substantially done on the Pierce Central Maine Power customers opposed to wireless second-degree murder. Michael Petelis, 28, of Ossipee, and Atwood law office complex. smart meters will now have a number of alternatives availTrevor Ferguson, 23, of Tamworth, N.H., were both charged able after the Maine Public Utilities Commission decided on see next page with conspiracy to commit robbery.

Tuesday to allow people to opt out of the new meters.

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Barber Foods sells

Collections agency for unpaid parking tickets

A new group calling itself “Sensible Portland” is working to get a question on the 2011 city ballot that would set marijuana enforcement as the “lowest enforcement priority” for Portland police.

The group launched its citizens’ petition effort yesterday at City Hall.

Barber Foods, the Portland-based maker of frozen chicken entrees, has been sold to an Ohio company that specializes in sales to convenience stores and food service venues such as schools, clubs and the military.

Mark Dvorozniak, a spokesman for Barber Foods, said yesterday that the sale to Cincinnati-based AdvancePierre Foods was “a positive thing for the long term” that would yield new investment at Barber’s St. John St. plant. But, he said the deal will also result in layoffs.

Out-of-state drivers owe the city nearly $600,000 in unpaid parking tickets, but a new program scheduled to begin this year will attempt to get some of that money back.

City officials are currently in the process of hiring a collections agency that will track down unpaid tickets issued to vehicles registered outside Maine. It’s not clear when the program will take effect, but the city is expecting the collections effort will yield at least $100,000 in new revenue by next July.

Federated Cos. land sale moves ahead

Portland Company wins eminent domain suit

Pushback against same-day voter reg. repeal

The tentative deal between the city and a Miami developer looking to buy three vacant acres in Bayside cleared a key committee yesterday.

In a 2-0 vote, the city council’s Community Development Committee endorsed the potential $2.28 million sale of 3.25 acres of city-owned land to Federated Cos., a national real estate investment firm that focuses on housing.

The city may end up paying Portland Company nearly $1 million, after a ruling pertaining to the city’s use of the right of eminent domain that took easement rights from the landowner. A Cumberland County Superior Court jury awarded $715,000 to the Portland Company last week. The case stemmed from development planning near the Ocean Gateway terminal.

In the waning days of the legislative session, one recent change to Maine law — the repeal of same-day voter registration — is fueling pushback, with a Facebook page cropping up urging a people’s veto to overturn the law.

Bill targets same-day voter registration

New deep-water pier

A party line vote has set the stage for a full vote by the Maine House of Representatives on legislation that would do away with same-day voter registration in Maine.

LD 1376, a bill eliminating “registration of new voters on election day and during the two business days before election day,” was voted out of committee by a 7-6 vote and now faces a House floor vote, reported Rep. Ben Chipman, I-Portland, who opposes the legislation.

Construction of a new deep-water pier for cruise ships on the Portland waterfront has largely taken place under the water’s surface, but now the public can expect some dramatic changes above the waterline, the project manager reports.

Cincinnati city manager Milton Dohoney is said to be visiting Portland early next week to continue vetting Police Chief James Craig, who is one of four finalists for a vacant police chief job in Cincinnati. Craig, 54, was hired as Portland’s chief two years ago after more than two decades with the Los Angeles Police Department. He has twice traveled to Cincinnati in the past two months for interviews, including a meeting last week with Dohoney.

Cathedral School to close

Thompson’s Point tax breaks granted

Interstate 295 road work

A last-ditch effort by parents and alumni to prevent Cathedral School from closing later this month has fallen short, school officials say, after a potential donation worth up to $700,000 fell through. Without that funding, which was needed to close a $120,000 deficit this year and a projected $200,000 deficit next year, Bishop Richard Malone announced yesterday that the school would shut down June 15.

As expected, the city council on Monday unanimously approved tax breaks worth an estimated $31.4 million for developers of The Forefront, a mixed-use hotel, office and convention center project planned for Thompson’s Point.

Group targets marijuana enforcement

For travelers on Interstate 295 this holiday weekend, there will be some good news and some bad news.

The good news: Over the Memorial Day weekend, from 6 a.m. today through 7 p.m. Tuesday, there will be no construction activity on I-295.

The bad news: Long-term lane and ramp closures remain in effect, meaning drivers still need to watch out for cones and barriers where lanes are closed off.

June VA health care in Portland Veterans can expect big changes with their VA health care in Portland. Mental health services are shifting from Forest Avenue to Fore Street on June 20 when an office opens in the area of a new Residence Inn at Marriott. Health care services will also be introduced at this Fore Street location.

The Cactus Club sold The Cactus Club has been sold to a South Portland restaurant owner who plans to close the troubled Old Port bar, and replace it with a fine-dining establishment. David Cram, who owns the Spring Point Tavern, has applied to the city for a liquor and entertainment license and is due before the city council later this month. If approved, Cram says he will immediately shutter the bar and begin renovating the space, located at 416 Fore St.

Thompson’s Point project seeks tax breaks The proposed $100 million project at Thompson’s Point could fall apart if the city doesn’t act on $31 million in tax breaks by month’s end, developers said yesterday. Jon Jennings, a principal in the project known as “The Forefront,” said that “more than likely the project won’t go forward in Portland” if the tax breaks aren’t finalized by the end of June.

Voters weighed in on a Portland Public Schools budget in May, part of a busy year for voting. The November election gave Portlanders a chance to choose an elected mayor. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Roxanne Quimby building put up for sale A vacant building in the upper Arts District owned by millionaire philanthropist Roxanne Quimby has been put up for sale. Tom Moulton, an agent with NAI/The Dunham Group, confirmed yesterday that the three-story townhouse at 660 Congress St. was on the market. He said the asking price was $295,000 — roughly $55,000 less than Quimby paid for it in May 2009. Quimby, a conservationist who cofounded the Burt’s Bees personal care products company, would become active in trying to establish a Maine Woods National Forest.

International Marine Terminal upgrades It’s quiet now, but Portland’s International Marine Terminal will soon be buzzing with activity. Weekly cargo traffic between Portland, Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia, is set to begin as soon as next week at the Commercial Street facility, ending nearly 10 months without a regular shipping service. Meanwhile, the $5 million project to upgrade port facilities is expected to begin within the next month.

July in Portland would shatter records for its heat wave. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Brian Petrovek, managing owner and CEO of the Portland Pirates, announced the minor league professional hockey team was becoming the affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes, during a press event last spring. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) from preceding page

Portland Pirates align with Phoenix Coyotes Super-fan Mike Hoffman wouldn’t mind giving Salty Pete the boot and seeing the Portland Coyotes hit the ice at the Cumberland County Civic Center next season. A Portland Pirates fan and Pirates season ticket holder for almost 15 years, Hoffman said he was delighted yesterday with the news that the Phoenix Coyotes will now be the local hockey team’s NHL affiliate, for a minimum of five years.

Maine’s Clean Elections law scrutinized When the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona campaign-finance law that provided public funding to state political candidates, supporters of a similar law in Maine braced for challenges. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, criticized the U.S. Supreme Court decision, stating in a press release that she hopes that Maine’s Clean Elections law will be amended and kept in force.

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July Medical marijuana dispensary on horizon

Police suspected drugs were behind an incident at 546 Ocean Ave. that sent three people to the hospital with non-life threatening stab injuries in mid-August. Witnesses described scenes of violence and indications of illegal behavior at the Ocean Avenue apartment near the intersection with Washington Avenue. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Medical marijuana dispensaries are accepting patients in Auburn and in Frenchville, but it will still be several months before the dispensary planned for Maine’s largest city will open its doors.

construction later this year on a new $60 million corporate headquarters that will ultimately lead to 700 new jobs, company officials said yesterday. Idexx will break ground this fall on a $30 million, 107,000-square-foot office building adjacent to its existing space on Eisenhower Drive.

Tips sought in James Angelo shooting

Sensible Portland falls short on initiative

Portland police and two local hospitals yesterday announced a new $30,000 reward for information related to the September 2008 shooting death of James Angelo in the city’s West End.

A citizen-initiative that would make marijuana enforcement the lowest priority for Portland police probably won’t be on the Nov. 8 city ballot after all. Anna Trevorrow, a spokesperson for Sensible Portland, confirmed yesterday that the group fell 93 signatures short of the 1,500 required to hold a referendum on the proposal. City code does not allow for second chances if an initial petition drive fails.

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Trial in killing of Serge Mulongo The friend of a Portland man gunned down in February 2010 took the stand in the murder trial against the accused killer. Emmanuel William told jurors during the second day of the trail that he was standing between the accused gunman and victim when 24-year-old Serge Mulongo was shot six times in his Parkside apartment building. “Listen, he meant to kill him,” William said. “He shot my friend.” Dandoit Butsitsi is accused of murdering Mulongo in what prosecutors are calling an act of revenge.

Hampton Inn joins lodging market When a 122-room Hampton Inn opens in early August at the corner of Fore and Franklin streets, it will be yet another infusion of rooms into a market that seems bullish about lodging.

Way that’s been in funding limbo for the past two years is finally moving forward.

All-time high for the month of July

Maine Turnpike Authority lawsuit

Temperatures climbed to 101 degrees in Portland, setting a new all-time high for the month of July, according to the National Weather Service.

The Maine Turnpike Authority has filed a lawsuit against former executive director Paul Violette seeking $450,000 in restitution related to personal expenses and reimbursements he is accused of charging to the agency between 2003 through 2010.

Dandoit Butsitsi found guilty in fatal shooting A Portland man was found guilty of gunning down his former friend last year in an incident that prosecutors called an ambush attack. Dandoit Butsitsi, 25, was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs after more than five hours of jury deliberation over the course of two days. As Butsitsi — charged with murder — was led out of court, he nodded and waved to family who sat in the back.

New Southern Maine Community College campus Three days before his retirement, Southern Maine Community College president James Ortiz stood back and marveled as he sized up the college’s new midcoast campus at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

U.S. Postal Service branch review Facing an $8 billion shortfall, the U.S. Postal Service says it will consider closing 34 branches in Maine, including Station A and a small facility on Cliff Island. see REVIEW page 13

Urban Outfitters coming to Old Port Trendy chain retailer Urban Outfitters is reportedly planning to open a new store in a long-vacant space in the heart of Portland’s Old Port. City planning documents indicate that the clothing company is planning to lease space at 188 Middle St.

Assault of inmate at county jail A Cumberland County Jail corrections officer was charged with assaulting a prison inmate, police said.

Portland’s assistant police chief fills interim post Portland’s assistant police chief was appointed Monday night as the department’s new top commander on an interim basis beginning Aug. 1. Mike Sauschuck will serve as acting chief once Chief James Craig leaves the department. Craig, who came to Portland in May 2009 after more than two decades with the Los Angeles Police Department, announced in June his plans to take a position as Cincinnati’s new police chief.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Taking in manmade beauty will be one of the most invigorating things you could do today. Art stimulates your mind and life in ways you won’t be able to explain. It’s one of the wonderful excitements of living.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You’ll be included in the activities that suit you best. If you’re not included in something, be glad; it’s not for you.

Your fortunes will be augmented exactly where you are.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You appreciate your self-sufficient friends.

Similarly, your friends appreciate your self-sufficiency. This is a good time to be independent financially and emotionally.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What’s happening around you might not be all that engaging, and you’ll have to make a greater effort to connect. How will you be able to talk about your day later if you didn’t really experience it in the first place?

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 29).

You’ll pursue your passion long after the others have given up. You’ll spend time with people who possess a similar mental and physical toughness. In February, you’ll be rewarded for hanging in there. Life may feel out of balance through the spring, but you won’t mind because you’re so involved. Pisces and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 22, 15, 9 and 30.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you’re feeling warm, everyone around you seems to cozy up to your inner fire.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). In your mind, there will be no emotional difference between anticipating what you’ll do, actually doing it and remembering that you did it. So today you’ll get the same amount of joy from the past, present and future.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Friends surprise you with the kind of news that leaves you momentarily speechless while your brain searches for the right thing to say. It’s probably better not to say much. Being present and willing to listen will be enough.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You might feel a little touchy today, so it’s best to avoid sadness triggers like torch songs, depressing movies or reading material that could be classified as a “total downer.” Go for the laughs wherever you can find them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As usual, you’ll find creative solutions to life’s little challenges. The difference today is that naive eyes are watching you and learning from your every move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll partner with someone who can help you break into a new realm of business. Things may get off to a slow start, which will allow you to gracefully ease into the groove.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you search for solutions to the day’s strange conundrums, a loving partner provides just the grounding agent necessary for rousing bouts of belly laughter. Humor gets you through.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, Dec. 29, the 363rd day of 2011. There are two days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 29, 1851, the first Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States was founded in Boston.

On this date: In 1170, Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II. In 1808, the 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, was born in Raleigh, N.C. In 1845, Texas was admitted as the 28th state.

In 1890, the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them.

In 1911, Sun Yat-sen was elected provisional president of the Republic of China, which officially came into existence three days later on Jan. 1, 1912.

In 1916, Grigory Rasputin, the so-called “Mad Monk” who’d wielded great influence with Czar Nicholas II, was killed by a group of Russian noblemen in St. Petersburg.

In 1934, Japan formally renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.

In 1940, during World War II, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London.”

In 1975, a bomb exploded in the main terminal of New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing 11 people.

In 1986, former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan died at his home south of London at age 92.

One year ago: The Obama administration expelled Venezuela’s ambassador to the United States, a day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would not allow diplomat Larry Palmer to become the U.S. ambassador to his country. Suicide bombers succeeded in killing Iraqi police commander Lt. Col. Shamil al-Jabouri, who was renowned in the tense northern city of Mosul for his relentless pursuit of al-Qaida.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Inga Swenson is 79. Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 75.

Actor Jon Voight is 73. Rock musician Ray Thomas is 70. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 65. Actor Ted Danson is 64. Actor Jon Polito is 61. Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman is 60.

Actress Patricia Clarkson is 52. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 52. Actor Michael Cudlitz is 47. Actor-comedian Mystro Clark is 45. Actor Jason Gould is 45. Movie director Andy Wachowski is 44. Actress Jennifer Ehle is 42. Actor Patrick Fischler is 42. Rock singer-musician Glen Phillips is 41. Actor Kevin Weisman is 41. Actor Jude Law is 39. Actor Mekhi Phifer is 37. Actor Shawn Hatosy is 36. Actress Katherine Moennig is 34. Actor Diego Luna is 32.

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CSNE Tailgate

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ESPN College Football

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ESPN2 College Basketball

College Basketball Vanderbilt at Marquette. (N)

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Man, Woman, Wild (N) Last Frontier

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DISN Shake It

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CNN Anderson Cooper 360

Piers Morgan Tonight

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Erin Burnett OutFront

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CNBC Biography on CNBC

60 Minutes on CNBC

American Greed

Mad Money

Greta Van Susteren

The O’Reilly Factor

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The O’Reilly Factor (N) Hannity (N)

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NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder.

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LIFE Movie: “Betrayed at 17” (2011) Alexandra Paul.

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NY Ink “Kings of NY”

NBA Basketball: Knicks at Lakers

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AMC Movie: ››› “The Polar Express” (2004)

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HGTV Giveaway

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Selling LA Selling NY House

Movie: ››› “The Polar Express” (2004)

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Bizarre Foods

No Reservation

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A&E The First 48 Å

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Beyond Scared

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BRAVO Housewives/NYC

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SYFY Movie: “Dark Water”

Three Inches “Pilot” (N)

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HIST American Pickers Å

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Movie: › “Exit Wounds” (2001) Steven Seagal.

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He eats, sleeps, watches TV and reads the newspaper. He takes no interest in the children at all. We are deeply in debt due to his unemployment. I do not want to stay, but cannot afford to leave. Please help. -- Forlorn Dear Forlorn: If your husband refuses to help himself, you must do what is best for yourself and your children. Talk to your clergyperson. Ask your doctor for assistance. Contact Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org) and the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org). Are you working outside the home?

Can you find a job, even part time, that will help support your family? Would your family be willing to help? Please look into ways to become more financially independent, while also seeking sources of emotional support.

Dear Annie: I am in the same boat as the wife of “Chagrined in Chicago,” as are many women. I have absolutely no desire for sex whatsoever. It cannot be aroused by any means. What was once exciting is now uncomfortable and unwanted.

I have tried various cures and have submitted in the name of keeping a happy marriage, but it is not working. I resent being pushed into trying harder. One of us is going to be “deprived.” Why should it be me?

I cannot see a happy solution to the problem, but I am so tired of being given suggestions like “put on your sexiest nightie” or “watch an erotic movie together.” Nature has pulled the plug. Why isn’t there a pill to make a man less interested so we are on an even footing? -- Arizona Dear Arizona: We know a lot of women who would be quite interested in that pill.

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This woman is emotionally abusive. She told Andrew from a young age that he couldn’t be her husband’s son because they look nothing alike. She claims he deserved her treatment because he was bratty as a child. Andrew says he was probably acting out because his biological mother left him, and he didn’t want to be close to another person who could break his heart.

Last year, we decided to move closer to the family to help patch things up, but things did not go as planned. In fact, it got worse. Andrew finally had the guts to tell his stepmother how she has made him feel all these years. I also spoke my mind to defend my husband because someone needed to be on Andrew’s side for once.

So we basically have been kicked out of the family. It says in the Bible to “honor thy mother and father,” but we are struggling with this. I believe in forgiveness, but does that mean we pretend like nothing happened? Why is Andrew being punished for expressing how he feels? -- Hurt and Confused in Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: People don’t want to hear unpleasant truths about themselves, especially when they don’t much like you to begin with. While your approach seems justified, it doesn’t sound especially diplomatic, and this is why the response was so harsh. See if Andrew can get your in-laws to go with him for family counseling. He should say that he loves them and wants to repair this rift.

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DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The state’s largest newspaper union reportedly agreed to a new 18-month contract last week with MaineToday Media, publisher of The Portland Press Herald.

Mainebiz reported union members agreed to a contract that will allow MaineToday Media, which also owns the Kennebec Journal and other Maine newspapers, to hire part-time writers to report on local news and will also allow salespeople to expand on their ad sales.

Tom Bell, president of the Portland Newspaper Guild Local 128, also told Mainebiz The Portland Press Herald plans to eventually adopt a paywall, which would force readers to pay to access the paper’s website.

Part-time writers will be used to cover news in outlying towns, while full-time reporters will continue their coverage of Portland, Mainebiz reports.

The new contract will also allow the company’s salespeople to sell ads across all of the group’s formats, not just print or digital

sales, for example, according to reports.

The contract agreement comes as MaineToday Media is wrapped up in a legal battle after being sued by a North Carolina paper company that alleges it has not paid for tons of paper.

McGrann Paper Corp. claims it is owed more than $124,000 in unpaid bills for more than 300,000 pounds of paper.

Also, the CEO of MaineToday Media, Richard Connor, announced in October his plans to resign.

Police caution that not all leads can be divulged FATHER from page 3

assigned to detectives to investigate.

Investigators also announced that while they "appreciate the public's desire to 'know what we know' about the case," they will only release information about Ayla's disappearance when it is appropriate.

"Because of our commitment to conduct this investigation in a way that will assure us the highest possible chance of successfully locating Ayla, the agencies involved have been exceedingly cautious

about releasing investigative details to the public," police said.

Ayla was living with her father when she was reported missing Dec. 17 from a Waterville home located at 29 Violette Ave. DiPietro told police the toddler was last seen sleeping in her bed at about 10 p.m. the previous day.

There is a $30,000 cash reward being offered by community members for information leading to the location and return of Ayla.

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LePage meets Mayor Nick Mavodones Mayor Nick Mavodones said he left a meeting with Gov. Paul LePage feeling confident that the governor held no grudges against Portland. That said, Mavodones added that he was “disappointed” that the governor apparently wouldn’t commit to changing fishing laws aimed at drawing more fisherman back to Portland — despite apparently saying just that earlier this week. The meeting between LePage and his staff with Mavodones and City Manager Mark Rees was called to smooth over any rift with Portland officials. LePage was accused by a former cabinet member last week of vowing not to work with Portland officials because Portland was “against him.” The governor denies Olsen’s claims, including that he made anti-Portland comments.

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Police are investigating an early Monday morning shooting that left a 41-year-old Portland man dead in Libbytown.

Officials did not identify the victim who they say was seen running from behind an apartment building at 4 Massachusetts Ave. Witnesses described seeing him running frantically, stating he was going to die, before he collapsed on a Congress Street sidewalk.

Libbytown shooting victim identified Officials released the name of the 41-year-old Portland man shot and killed in Libbytown early Monday morning.

Allen MacLean died on a Congress Street sidewalk after police say he was shot behind an apartment building at 4 Massachusetts Ave.

Northeast Patients Group finds investor Northeast Patients Group, the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary that nearly ran out of money earlier this year, has found a new investor. The Wellness & Pain Management Connection LLC (WPMC), an investment group that includes former NBA player Cuttino Mobley, has agreed to give the Augusta-based nonprofit a $1.6 million loan. The agreement also allows WPMC to charge Northeast for various consulting services.

Cale Parking Systems USA probed by feds Cale Parking Systems USA, the Florida company selected last month to supply up to 20 electronic parking meters here in Portland, is facing a federal inquiry over alleged kickbacks related to parking meter contracts in Portland, Ore. According to published reports, FBI and Internal Revenue Service agents raided Cale’s Tampa offices last Wednesday. Federal agents also raided the home and office of Ellis McCoy, parking manager for the city of Portland, Ore.

Hurricane Irene forecasts Unlike forecasts for other recent East Coast hurricanes, which ambled slowly toward Maine before easing painlessly out to sea, forecasters with the National Weather Service predicted heavy rains and winds in Maine from Irene.

Jonathan Mitchell sentenced A judge sentenced a Veazie man to 18 months behind bars Thursday for criminal charges and violating his probation after he led police in a car pursuit that ultimately resulted in him being shot twice by officers. Jonathan Mitchell was sentenced in Portland after pleading guilty to operating a vehicle after a habitual offender revocation and refusing to stop for police and submit to an arrest.

Tropical Storm Irene knocks out power In the wake of Tropical Storm Irene and under clear blue skies, utility crews were struggling to restore power to nearly 200,000 people across Maine and warned it could be several days before service is fully restored.

Maine’s congressional redistricting plan Democrats on a bipartisan committee narrowly advanced a congressional redistricting plan to the Maine Legislature, while Republicans vowed the plan would be dead on arrival.

A Congressional Reapportionment Commission voted 8-7 to recommend a Democratic plan to divide Kennebec County and move 19,192 people between the 1st Congressional District and the 2nd as part of a contentious effort to update congressional district boundaries.

Next in the Year in Review: “Tracing the Fore” public art removed from Old Port; OccupyMaine camps in Lincoln Park; and the city’s new fire boat sustains damage in an accident.

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Thursday, Dec. 29 Phyzkids at SPACE 2 p.m. “In the grand tradition of vaudeville, Acorn Productions has assembled a line-up of world-class performers from all over the country to entertain you with a unique blend of expert juggling, incredible illusions, mystifying magic, captivating storytelling, and side-splitting physical comedy. Come see some of the best new vaudeville entertainers working in the business today!” $14 adults, $12 students and seniors, $10 kids twelve and under. All Ages

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

Saturday, Dec. 31 Christmas with the Longfellows’ final day of Holiday House Tours 10 a.m. Through Saturday, Dec. 31, Christmas with the Longfellows: Holiday House Tours. “Visit the Longfellow House for a special holiday experience. This year’s seasonal decoration and interpretation, based on family letters and documents, focuses on 1861. Objects have been added to rooms to illustrate both the emergence of Christmas as the holiday we recognize today, and the impact of the Civil War on residents of the house and of Portland.

Wadsworth-Longfellow family members kept up with their usual habits and interests throughout the holiday season: Anne Longfellow Pierce participated in the war effort by making bandages, socks, shirts, and other supplies to be sent to soldiers in addition to her usual charity work; Lucia Wadsworth was interested in political affairs and city life, and also contributed knitted and sewn goods to the war effort. Tours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Last tour leaves at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last tour leaves at 1 p.m. http://www. mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml

NRCM Polar Bear Plunge and 5K Race 10:30 a.m. East End Beach, Portland. “Be bold in the cold with a plunge in at East End Beach and/or a walk or run around Back Cove to support the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s work to reduce global warming pollution.

Run/walk registration starts at 10:30 a.m. at Back Cove; Dip registration starts at 11:30 a.m. at East End Beach. Pre-register online at http://supporters.nrcm.org/register. The walk begins at 11, the run at 11:15, and the dip at noon — the ‘warmest’ part of the day!”

Last Blast in Old Orchard Beach 4:30 p.m. Last Blast in Old Orchard Beach, New Year’s Eve celebration. Town Square and on the beach; bonfire, marshmallow toasting, hot cocoa. 5:30 p.m., first fireworks display.

Celebrate New Year’s with the Pirates 5:30 p.m. Portland Pirates vs. Worcester Sharks, Kid’s New Year’s Celebration. Bud Light Saturday Night is Hockey Night. Celebrate New Year’s with the Pirates. “The game, an expected sellout, will mark the 17th season the Pirates have celebrated New Year’s featuring New England’s largest indoor fireworks display at the conclusion of the game.” www.portlandpirates.com/promotions.asp

‘Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits, Volume I’ 7 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage presents: “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits, Volume I” — a musical roast of Broadway’s best on New Year’s Eve. Two performances at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $25; call the box office at 865-5505 or purchase tickets online through the website at www.freeportfactory.com.

ICING: SPACE Gallery’s New Year’s Eve Bash 9 p.m. SPACE Gallery. “Ring in the new year SPACE style!

ICING, our popular New Year’s Eve bash, will be full of performances and surprises, with music, food, art installations, a champagne toast and the eventual descent into an all out dance party! Come see what everyone has been talking about and live it up, it is the last party of the year, so do

Talking turkey. Maine Audubon plans its annual field trip to several of Greater Portland’s birding hot spots on Jan. 21. Starting at Back Cove, participants will scan for waterfowl, then work their way around the East End to Portland’s waterfront to check the congregations of gulls for unusual species, including Iceland, glaucous, and lesser black-backed. From there they will cross the bridge to Willard Beach and work their way along the Cape Elizabeth shore to Portland Head Light, Two Lights State Park, and Kettle Cove (time and weather permitting). For details, visit http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/activities/Wings-of-Winter/1138. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) it right! $50 for an individual ticket, or contact us (info@ space538.org, 828-5600) to purchase a virtual table of 10 for $400.”

Sunday, Jan. 1 Lobster Dip for Special Olympics in OOB noon. “Looking for something really cool to do on New Years day? How about taking a dip in to the icy waters of the Atlantic for a great cause? The annual Lobster Dip for Special Olympics takes place Jan. 1 at noon sharp at the Brunswick Hotel/Ocean Side Grill in Old Orchard Beach. teams or individuals. Call or email now for a registration packet. Costumes add to the fun.” Brunswick Hotel and Ocean Side Grill, 39 West Gran Ave., Old Orchard Beach.

Each dipper must raise a minimum of $100 in pledges in order to dip.” www.somaine.org

Monday, Jan. 2 Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Maine Historical Society presents “Dressing Up,” “a show about the choices we make to look our best. Every hat or shoe, buckle or brooch tells a tale of who we are, who we want to be, and how we want others to see us. And every social occasion makes its own demands, whether we’re fitting in for ceremonies or standing out for a special portrait. Drawing on never-before-seen artifacts — paintings, photographs, costumes, jewelry, fashion accessories, and advertising art — Dressing Up explores the many ways Mainers have dressed themselves for special cultural roles and moments: from the 18th century to the 20th, from firemen to brides, from immigrants to Masons, from children to generals.” 489 Congress St., Portland.

From Jan. 2 to May 27. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $3 for children $8 for adults $7 seniors and students. www.mainehistory.org

Thursday, Jan. 5 Vein Healthcare Center free leg screenings 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Vein Healthcare Center will be giving free leg screenings. “Patient visits will include a venous exam of both legs, an overview of treatment options and an opportunity to have questions answered by Dr. Cindy Asbjornsen, one of the leading phlebology (vein health) specialists in Maine.

Though the leg screening is free, an appointment is required.”

Call the Vein Healthcare Center at 221-7799 to make an appointment, or visit www.veinhealthcarecenter.com for more information. The Vein Healthcare Center is located in South

Portland at 100 Foden Road, Suite 307.

West Commercial St. zoning meeting 6:30 p.m. Neighborhood meeting for the J.B. Brown proposal on West Commercial St., hosted by the applicants.

The meeting is on Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room at Reiche Community Center. The Planning Board hearing on this proposal will be on Tuesday, Jan. 10. J.B. Brown & Sons, represented by Vincent Veroneau, seek a zone map change in the area of 113 to 201 West Commercial St. According to a planning board memo, “The site is a 10.65-acre former rail yard and is predominantly vacant.

The applicants propose to change the zoning on the majority of the site (plus or minus 8.5 acres) from Waterfront Port Development (WPDZ) and Residential R-4, to Mixed Use Commercial, B-5b. While no fixed plans are in place for a specific development, the applicant has provided conceptual master plans of the site showing commercial office buildings and surface parking along West Commercial Street.” WENA meetings are held in the community space on the upper level of the Reiche Community Center, adjacent to the Reiche Community School at 166 Brackett Street. Meetings are at 6:30 PM, generally on the second Wednesday each month. www.wenamaine.org/Meetings. htm

Friday, Jan. 6 Auditions for Performance Troupes 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Auditions for Performance Troupes, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St. “Seeking actors ages 11-17 to join the Kids on the Block puppeteer troupe and/or the Youth Voices On Stage anti-bullying performance troupe. Audition will include improvisation. No experience necessary; new faces encouraged.” More information: www.kitetails.org, 828-1234, ext. 247.

Lucid Stage First Friday Art Walk 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Stop by Lucid Stage for a First Friday Art Walk reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The new show in the Lucid lobby gallery is “Trees” by artist Cindy Ciccotelli. Her medium is paper on canvas, and the subject is brightly colored, stylized trees.

‘Reflection, Revelation, Resolution’ 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s presents “Reflection, Revelation, Resolution,” a collection of inspirational dance images by Maine photographer Arthur Fink and encaustic artist Lori Austill. 584 Congress St., Portland. First Friday Art Walk reception, exhibit and sale through January. see next page

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Refugee Women’s Craft Collective 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Meg Perry Center at 644 Congress St., Portland, First Friday Art Walk for The Refugee Women’s Craft Collective. “Imagine arriving in a country where everything, from language to social customs, is different from everything you have ever known. To a refugee, our country is another world. Many refugee women arrive uneducated and illiterate and have difficulty in adjusting to their new lives in America. It is difficult to find work because they are unable to afford childcare for their children. ... A group of refugee women have come together to form the Refugee Women’s Craft Collective as a way to support their families, eliminating the language barrier that they all face. The women in the group originate from areas such as, Burma, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan. Please help us support the women as they work to rebuild their lives. You can make a difference in the lives of refugee women! For additional information on this event, please contact Jacqui Deveneau, jacquio50@yhaoo.com, 772-1051.”

Tireless Device: A Living Paper Dress 5 p.m. “Tireless device, a work in progress by Maria Paz Garaloces, brings together a number of different media, such as sculpture, installation, performance and design, which are merged together to create a fictional scene that focuses on aspects of beauty, drama, obsession and imagination. It is a multidimensional piece that explores the relationship between body and object and the object in action.

It also investigates the power of ‘the unexpected’ allowing the material to express itself, to express what was already hidden and had never been discovered.” Free at SPACE Gallery.

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

The play also premiered this fall in New York at the Fresh Fruit LGBT Festival. The plays will be followed by a talkback with the playwright and the actors.” The event is a fundraiser for Lucid Stage, produced by Cauldron & Labrys Productions. Tickets for the event are $12 ($10 for students and seniors).

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

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

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

22nd Annual Portland Bridal Show 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. “Don’t miss Maine’s most popular bridal show at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland. Over 100 vendors and 900 brides will take part in this annual event.

You can plan your wedding in one day! Talk to professional caterers, bakers, photographers, florists, spa experts, DJs, bands, and more. Saturday night is Lover’s Night where grooms get in free. Be sure to stop into our VIB Lounge (Very Important Bride) to sample drinks from Pinnacle

Vodka and Pine State Beverage. Attend our ‘Ask Amber’ Q & A session with Amber Small from Sweetest Thing Weddings, Floral Design, and Events. Each bride will get a copy of the 2012 Real Maine Weddings magazine, and be able to enter the 2012 Real Maine Wedding of the Year contest!”

Holiday Inn By the Bay, 88 Spring St., Portland. From Jan. 7 to Jan. 8. Saturday: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $10 admission. $5 admission to the VIB Lounge Saturday night. Free for grooms on Saturday night. www. maineweddingassociation.com

Monday, Jan. 9 Saint Mary’s Garden Club 11 a.m. “Saint Mary’s Garden Club will be presenting Rhonda Davis, from Harmon and Barton, inspiring us all to create beautiful arrangements to get us through the winter.

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

Full Moon Nature Walk At Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm Sanctuary, participants will take part in an exploration of nature at night. http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/articles/Full-Moon-Nature-WalksJan-9/1136

Tuesday, Jan. 10 Historic Maine Storms 1:30 p.m. Falmouth Historical Society. “Meteorologist Joe Cupo, a member of WCSH Channel 6 News Center team, will discuss historic Maine storms. Joe enjoys studying history and especially how weather has played a role in historic events. Join us for this exciting presentation and hear about FHS future events while you enjoy the refreshments. Parking is on Blueberry Lane.” OceanView Community Room, 20 Blueberry Lane, Falmouth.

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

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

Wednesday, Jan. 11 Meet the Mayor at SPACE Gallery 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance and Creative Portland are co-hosting a “Meet the Mayor” event for the local arts and cultural community. “Portland’s first elected mayor in 88 years, Mayor Michael Brennan was sworn into office on Dec. 6, telling Portlanders: ‘My success will also be your success, and I can only be successful with you.’ Expressing an interest in working across sectors to address community issues, Mayor Brennan also acknowledged the significant value the arts, culture, and creative economy add to the city. This event will provide Portland’s arts and cultural community an opportunity to meet the mayor, hear briefly about his priorities in the months ahead and to ask questions. Information about the hosts and the event can be found at portlandarts.org and liveworkportland.org.” Free, all ages. www.space538.org/events.php

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

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

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

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

Friday, Jan. 13 Sea Dogs Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Seattle Mariners pitcher and South Portland native Charlie Furbush has been added to the Sea Dogs’ lineup of guests for the annual Hot Stove Dinner and Silent Auction. Furbush joins Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Red Sox outfielder and former Sea Dog Josh Reddick as the featured guests. The event will take place at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. Tickets for the event are $50 and are limited to 300. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Hadlock Field Ticket Office, by phone at 8799500 or online at www.seadogs.com. Everyone who attends will receive a signed 8 X 10 photo of Saltalamacchia. All proceeds from the dinner and silent auction will benefit the official charity of the Portland Sea Dogs’; the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program. The Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program was established in 1995 to raise money for the Maine Children’s Cancer Program. For every strikeout that a Sea Dogs’ pitcher throws money is raised through generous pledges of businesses and individuals. For more information on the Strike Out Cancer in Kids Program log onto www.seadogs.com.

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

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

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

“Join us to celebrate the New Year! Stop by for a variety of kid’s activities, white elephant sales, raffles and performances including Running with Scissors; Druin Dance Center; puppetry; live music.” General admission is free. www.lucidstage.com

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

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Friday, Dec. 30 Da Block at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Da Block at Lucid Stage. 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. www.lucidstage.com

Two nights with moe.

9 p.m. WCLZ presents two nights with moe., Dec. 30 and 31, at the State Theatre. moe. is the preeminent progressive rock band on the music scene today. With 20 years of touring and just as many albums under its belt, the quintet of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey on guitars and vocals, Rob Derhak on bass and vocals, Jim Loughlin on percussion and vibes, and Vinnie Amico on Drums, continues to push the standard for performance art. This event is all ages. $50/two-day pass $75.

Russian rockers Kino Proby 9 p.m. Kino Proby at Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland. 21 plus. 21 plus. “To celebrate KP’s arrival on BandCamp, we’re performing a Winter 2011 tour! Dec. 29 in Boston at All Asia Cafe and Dec. 30 in Portland at the Empire Dine and Dance!”

Saturday, Dec. 31 if and it, Glass Fingers, Christopher Pulsoni 7 p.m. Local Sprouts Cafe hosts a New Year’s Eve Bash w/ if and it, Glass Fingers and Christopher Pulsoni. Dress up (or don’t), bring a date (or not), and celebrate with us at Local Sprouts! if and it — www.ifandit.com; Glass Fingers — www.glassfingers.net (voted best local album of the year by USM The Free Press. Local Sprouts Cafe, 649 Congress St., Portland. http://www.localsproutscooperative.com/calendar

The Choral Art Society has more than 150 members who perform in three distinct ensembles: the symphonic Masterworks Chorus, the mid-sized Choral Art Singers, and the intimate a cappella Camerata. The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at the Williston-Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High Street in Portland, on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7:30 p.m. (COURTESY PHOTO)

NYE 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, et al 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel Project and more at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $20; door: $25; VIP: $40. Celebrate NYE 2011 in a reggae style.

Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel Project, Royal Hammer, & DJ Queendem. Mystic began experimenting with the local urban and Hip Hop Scene of the early 90’s, and started to develop a buzz. After several years and several small releases on the local scene, Mystic began to receive some national attention when his “Put up unu Hand” and “Friends” remix’s were featured on popular Dance/Club Compilation Album “Dancehall Devastation” by X-Mix. Mystic says “his rising popularity is due partly to the exciting performance which he and his band ‘Strings of Thunder’ deliver at their concerts.” This party goes til 2 a.m.! 18 plus. http://portcitymusichall.com/events.

The Mallett Brothers Band New Year’s Party 8 p.m. Brothers Will and Luke Mallett, along with bassist Nick Leen, started writing songs in early 2009. Over the course of late summer they talked some noteworthy Maine musicians — Nate Soule (acoustic, electric guitar, vocals, songsmithing), Wally Wenzel (dobro, steel, keys, sound, songs, vocals, etc etc), and Brian Higgins (drummer - see Colepitz, Lost Cause Desperados, etc etc) - into hopping into the proverbial truck. The result is an amalgam of very different musical backgrounds, leading to what we hope is a very different, acoustic based sound. Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St.

New Year’s Eve Party at Geno’s 9 p.m. BORA, Clubber Lang, Dementia 5, The Outfits at Geno’s. Come ring the New Year in with four of Portland’s rockin’est bands! With an extra hour to celebrate, we’re packing in the fun and surprises, so don’t miss it!

Paranoid Social Club, others at the Asylum 9 p.m. Paranoid Social Club with Sidecar Radio and Grant St. Orchestra, at the Asylum. Come celebrate the new year with three of portland’s finest bands!$14 Adv./$16 day of show; 121 Center St., portland, 21 plus.

ICING: SPACE Gallery’s New Year’s Eve Bash 9 p.m. “Ring in the new year SPACE style! ICING, our popular New Year’s Eve bash, will be full of performances and surprises, with music, food, art installations, a champagne toast and the eventual descendence into an all out dance party! Come see what everyone has been talking about and live it up, it is the last party of the year, so do it right!” $50/$40 before Dec. 1/$400 for a virtual table of 10, 21 plus.

Thursday, Jan. 5 Naruse, Dan at noonday concert

12:15 p.m. Program: Sonatina in G major op.100, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904); Sonata no.2 in Eb major op.120, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Chiharu Naruse holds a master’s degree in Music Performance and Instruction from the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. She has performed and toured extensively at numerous international venues in the United States, Japan and Europe. Chiharu has played with the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte Quartet and performed Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 and the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Augusta Symphony. Robert Dan, violist, was praised by the New York Times as “a consistently tasteful stylist.”

Mr. Dan has appeared extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan performing and giving master classes. He has performed on many prestigious music series in the U.S. including at Carnegie Hall and has been a member of the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center for many years. He At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, Massachusetts’ Higher Organix will play psychdelic dance- has been an Artist-in-Residence fusion in a show with Leave It On Stage and Cyborg Trio at Port City Music Hall. Visit www. at Harvard University, inaugurating Harvard’s Blodgett Artist-in-Resportcitymusichall.com for details. (COURTESY PHOTO)

idence program and performing at the 350th anniversary of Harvard’s founding. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Friday, Jan. 6 Jerks of Grass at the St. Lawrence 7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center presents the Jerks of Grass. Set this evening aside as a time to relax and unwind with after the holidays with an evening of warm and traditional bluegrass. Jerks of Grass are a high-energy bluegrass quartet from Portland. Gathered around one microphone in traditional style the group blens in their progressive roots becoming a formidable purveyor of their own brand of bluegrass. www.stlawrencearts.org

Flannel Magazine presents 9 p.m. Flannel Magazine presents: Last Chance to Reason, Fall of Rauros, WARANIMAL, Death Cloud. Geno’s, 625 Congress St. WARANIMAL is Maine’s first band. Finally now that we have electricity we decided to start shredding on the gnar axe. Comprised of former members of Eld/ Gift of tongues, Backstabbers inc, and Reunion, WARANIMAL formed in the hyborean age and is now ready to party with you. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Genos-RockClub/106415422773796

Saturday, Jan. 7 Epiphany Celebration 7:30 p.m. The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at the Williston-Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland. This performance, conducted by Music Director Robert Russell, is one of The Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts and provides an opportunity to reflect following the busy holiday season. Tickets are available online at choralart.org or by calling 828-0043. They are priced at $15 for advance sales and $20 at the door at time of the performance. The 2012 Epiphany Celebration features many works performed a cappella by the Camerata chorus, a small, select group of The Choral Art Society; the Meliora String Quartet: Robert Lehmann and Yasmin Craig-Vitalius, violin, Kimberly Lehmann, viola, James Kennedy, cello; and Neil Boyer oboe; Betty Rines, trumpet, and organist Dan Moore.

Down to the Well at Geno’s 8 p.m. Down to the Well, Yankee Cockfight, Devil Dinosaur and Filthy Still will be in concert at Geno’s, 625 Congress St., Portland www.facebook.com/pages/FilthyStill/140212522692311; www.facebook.com/pages/DevilDinosaur/127044380710205; www.facebook.com/pages/ Yankee-Cockfight/247439867172; and www.facebook. com/pages/Down-To-The-Well/106521134313.