The Portland Daily Sun, Friday, December 30, 2011

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011

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Drilling lease legal fight takes a twist ERATH, La. (NY Times) — It began as a landlordtenant dispute.The tenant was Texaco; the landlord the Broussard family, heirs of a Cajun rancher, who claimed that Texaco’s operation of a gas plant on their property had left the land contaminated. The lawsuit, of a kind not all that rare in these industry-heavy parts, had dragged on so long that 13 of the heirs had died.

But it took a sudden and bitter turn in recent months, when another company — a company that, like Texaco, is a subsidiary of Chevron — sued to condemn most of the disputed land and expropriate it, arguing that it was acting in the national interest.

As old leases get examined and environmental concerns become more publicized, neighborly disputes between residents and those drilling on their land are bound to get more heated. And few are more complicated than the fight between Chevron and the Broussards.

The Chevron subsidiary that sued to take the land, Sabine Pipe Line, had quietly operated a pipeline hub across the road for nearly 60 years. In June, Sabine sent a letter to the family, saying the 14-year legal fight with Texaco was threatening the continued operation of one of the most important natural gas pipeline hubs in the country. The family could agree to sell the land, the letter said, or be forced to do so.

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Egypt’s forces raid offices of nonprofits CAIRO (NY Times) — Egyptian security forces stormed 17 offices of nonprofit groups around the country on Thursday, including at least three democracy-promotion groups financed by the United States, as part of an investigation that the military rulers say will reveal foreign hands in the recent outbreak of protests.

In Cairo, heavily armed men wearing the black uniforms of the central security police

tore through boxes, hauled away files and computers and prevented employees from leaving offices of two of the American groups, the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute, which are affiliated with American political parties and financed by the United States government.

The security forces also raided the offices of the Washington-based Freedom House.

The raids were a stark escalation in

With $30b arms deal, U.S. bolsters Saudi ties HONOLULU (NY Times) — Fortifying one of its crucial allies in the Persian Gulf, the Obama administration announced a major weapons deal with Saudi Arabia on Thursday, saying it had agreed to sell F-15 fighter jets valued at nearly $30 billion to the Royal Saudi Air Force.

The agreement is part of a broader 10-year, $60 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia that Congress approved a year ago.

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It could also indicate that the chill between the United States and Saudi Arabia has thawed since the two longtime allies clashed over how each handled the Arab Spring.

The administration announced the sale during a week when Iranian officials threatened to close the strategically vital Straits of Hormuz in response to indications that the United States planned to impose sanctions on Iranian oil exports.

North Korea declares Kim Jong-un supreme leader SEOUL, South Korea (NY Times)— North Korea publicly declared the young heir Kim Jong-un its supreme leader at a huge rally on Thursday in Pyongyang that culminated with his ascent to the top of the hermetic Communist nation after nearly two weeks of national mourning for his father, Kim Jong-il.

A crowd of tens of thousands, most of them uniformed soldiers, packed the plaza — named after Kim’s grandfather, the North’s founding president, Kim Il-sung — and those gathered swore their allegiance to the dynastic transfer of power. The event, a memorial service for Kim Jong-il, who died on Dec. 17, capped 13 days of mourning and introduced the era of his son.

“Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un is now supreme leader of our party, military and people,” said Kim Yong-nam, the president of the North Korean Parliament, who is considered the ceremonial head of state. “He inherits the ideology, leadership, courage and audacity of Comrade Kim Jong-il.”

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Mayor treated for cancer Brennan expected to seek additional non-invasive treatment

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Portland's mayor recently underwent cancer treatment, the city announced Thursday.

Mayor Michael Brennan reportedly underwent surgery over the weekend to have a tumor removed from his small intestine, according to a statement issued by the city late Thursday afternoon. The tumor was discovered recently after he sought treatment for stomach cramps.

Brennan was released from Maine Medical Center Wednesday and was recovering from the surgery at his home yesterday, officials said.

He is expected to seek additional non-invasive treatment, though no chemotherapy or radiation will be necessary, according to the release.

"I am extremely grateful to my primary care practitioner, surgeon, nurses and other medical profesLEFT: Mayor Michael Brennan, shown here during the Nov. 8 election, underwent surgery over the weekend to have a tumor removed from his small intestine, according to a statement issued by the city late Thursday afternoon. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

sionals who provided me with exceptional care, and I thank them for their treatment and the compassion they extended to me and my family,” stated Brennan.

Brennan took the opportunity to discuss the importance of ensuring everyone has access to high quality health case, saying, "The simple truth is that tens of thousands of Americans will find themselves in the same situation today, tomorrow, or the next day and they should be afforded the same level of care I have been fortunate enough to receive.”

According to the statement, Brennan is expected to return to City Hall on a limited basis next week until he fully recovers from the surgery.

Brennan, 58, defeated 14 other candidates on Nov. 8 to win the first contested mayoral election in 88 years. Prior to being elected, Brennan worked as a policy associated at the Muskie School, at University of Southern Maine. He has also worked for the United Way, where he dealt with issues of homelessness and affordable housing, two issues he said were still a major concern in Portland.

— Additional reporting was provided by Casey Conley.

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EPA misguided in efforts toward regulating coal-fired power plants Editor, Reading Christian MilNeil’s diatribe against the coal industry and endorsement of the EPA setting regulations far outside its authority (“Coal in the stocking? Polluters deserve it,” Dec. 29 column) calls for a review of some facts. His entire focus seems to be on the need to eliminate mercury from our air and that getting rid of coal-fired power plants is the way to do it.

Independent natural scientist Dr. Willie Soon pointed out in the Wall Street Journal that U.S. power plants account for only 0.5 percent of the mercury in U.S. air. That means even if EPA’s proposed Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) were to achieve 90 percent reduction in power plant emissions of mercury it would be 90 percent of 0.5 percent, which is almost zero reduction.

Mercury is abundant in the earth’s crust and absorbed by trees through their roots. When trees are burned through forest fires, fireplaces and wood burning stoves, the mercury is released into the atmosphere and forest fires alone account for more mercury than all of the coal-fired power plants combined. Add in other natural sources such as geysers, volcanoes and undersea vents, and you can understand how only 0.5 percent comes from power plants.

Now consider what the cost of this attempt to achieve such and insignificant reduction in mercury in the atmosphere. Coal provides as much a half of the electricity in this country, and it will be decades before we can have replacement sources. Natural gas and nuclear are the most reliable available at this time but even building those will take many see LETTERS page 5

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Let’s bring back Portland’s New Year’s Eve bash There we were, thousands of us, out on the streets of Portland together on a winter night, having a grand ol’ time year after year for 21 straight years, from 1982 to 2003. Intown Portland’s biggest crowd of the year and it was on a winter night. Sidewalks on both sides filled with people chirping along from venue to venue, from Longfellow Square way down Congress Street on both sides and down through the Old Port. It felt like we were getting away with something and our mothers were going to call us in at any minute, but she never did and the night kept going on and on.

Somehow it didn’t matter much what the weather was like. Some years it was cold, very cold, and we’d be scurrying like mad from place to place; other years it was almost balmy and we’d be carrying our coats over our arms.

Either way, what mattered was that we were out there together having a great time.

The quality and variety of the entertainment really wasn’t the thing. Yes, there were first rate local actors, singers and dancers, and a variety of other offerings, but people tended not to

Cliff Gallant ––––– Daily Sun Columnist scrutinize the attractions all that carefully. There were great things going on all over the place and moving from one thing to another was the fun of it all. Everyone seemed to get caught up in the momentum.

Capping it all was an eye-level Chinese fireworks display in Congress Square at midnight. It was fantastic. I don’t think I ever saw a more entertaining public event. The ooh-h-h’s and ah-h-h’s you wouldn’t believe.

Now, let’s keep in mind that we’re talking New Year’s Eve here. That great American holiday when everyone’s expected to get hammered. Serious drinkers call it amateur’s night. Getting wasted on New Year’s Eve is a quaint custom that’s deeply embedded in the culture. So for New Year’s Portland to turn that around was gigantic.

So, wha-a-a happened? Oh, I

guess my view of it is that bigness set in. The original idea got tinkered with. As the years went on the perception came to be that people wanted larger events with more seating capacity. So nationally known attractions were brought in as anchors to the smaller venues around town, which got fewer in number because people were drawn to the big acts.

Then, mercy, the fantastic lowcost eye-level fireworks display in Congress Square was supplanted by a boom-ba-boom pigeon scattering Fourth of July fireworks display shot off from One City Center in Monument Square, at a cost of around $40,000, as I remember.

The upshot of it all is that we found ourselves shelling out large sums for nationally known acts and financing a hugely expensive fireworks display, so New Year’s Portland became financially not doable and it was canceled.

Let’s bring it back! What a grand event it was as originally conceived. So many people had a good time for so many years. It was such a sensible alternative to see GALLANT page 5

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Ron Paul is on time and on message NEWTON, Iowa — Ron Paul does not overpower a room when he enters it. He barely occupies it.

He aspires to medium height and is thin, though not frail. He has, at least temporarily, given up the gap-at-theneck suits that made him look shrunken at debate after debate.

He shows up at a speech here, 30 miles east of Des Moines, precisely on time, which is virtually unheard of in the world of politics. David Fischer, co-chair of the Paul campaign in Iowa, seems as shocked as the audience when Paul, his two daughters and a small entourage slip into the room at the stroke of noon, almost unnoticed.

“How about that! Twelve o’clock straight up!” Fischer crows from the podium. “That’s how Ron Paul rolls!”

One doesn’t often think of Ron Paul “rolling” anywhere, but it is apt for this location. We are at the Iowa Speedway, an enormous double-decker racecar track that soars above the farm fields that surround it. If an ordinary politician would make some joke about racing or some mention of farming or even some small shout-out to Newton, then Paul is no ordinary politician.

His speeches are rarely place-specific.

They could be made anywhere. In fact, in his 20-minute talk he will mention only once at the very end that “there is an election here Jan. 3.” He will fail to ask anybody to vote for him in the caucuses.

Though he is introduced as the “founder of the Tea Party” and his literature claims that he is the “father of the Tea Party” (carefully citing Fox News as the source), there is one word that the

Roger Simon ––––– Creators Syndicate Paul campaign is avoiding.

Not in his introduction, his speech or in any of his literature handed out this day, will the word “libertarian” be used, though Paul is the best-known libertarian in the nation and was the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1988 (garnering only 0.5 percent of the popular vote).

Instead, Paul sticks to a single point from which everything, he believes, logically flows.

“Why don’t we just follow the Constitution?” Paul asks. “I believe people have the right to keep life, liberty and the fruits of their labor. The Constitution is meant to severely limit the size and scope of government.”

While conservatives often champion small government, Paul believes in a government so small that few would recognize it. “Theoretically, about 80 percent of what the government does is unconstitutional,” he says. “Medicare and education are not in the Constitution.”

The crowd of about 250 this day is made up largely of older people, and Paul hastens to assure them he would not end Medicare. Not right away, anyway, though he would eventually like to “work out” of the Medicare program.

Paul judges programs not by whether they do good but by whether govern-

ment should be involved in them.

Asked about the Peace Corps, Paul says that while it “has done a lot less harm than dropping missiles on countries,” he believes the Peace Corps’ work should be done “by private charities.”

“The Peace Corps is not authorized by the Constitution,” Paul says. Which is Paul’s gold standard.

Though don’t get him going on the gold standard. Because that will lead him to the silver standard and his pointing out that, once upon a time, the U.S. dollar was supposed to equal “371 grains of silver.”

“If we have an honest dollar, honesty will win in the end,” Paul says.

Conservative audiences like this — whatever it means — but when Paul slides over into foreign affairs, as he always does, he inevitably loses some people.

Paul says his foreign policy would be “to follow the Golden Rule.” “Don’t do anything to a foreign country we don’t want done to us,” he says.

To some, especially his Republican opponents, this is incredibly naive. Newt Gingrich says Paul’s views are “totally outside the mainstream of virtually every decent American.” Michele Bachmann says Paul is “very dangerous.”

And Rick Santorum has been telling Iowa audiences that Paul “is going to be 78 years old. How many 78-year-olds change their opinion?”

While Paul may well reach 78, he is currently only 76, which still makes him the oldest candidate in the race.

Newt Gingrich is next oldest at 68. Mitt Romney is 64. Barack Obama is 50. And if Paul were to win the presidency, he

would be 77 and the oldest president in U.S. history ever to take his first oath of office. Ronald Reagan was 69 when he took office and 77 when he left.

Paul continues speaking, saying he does not want the U.S. government “assassinating U.S. citizens without trial,” a reference to the U.S. drone strike that killed American-born Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in September. AlAwlaki was a high-ranking operative in al-Qaida and not a good guy, Paul admits, but if the U.S. government can “assassinate” al-Awlaki, it can assassinate any citizen, basing its attacks on what “groups, websites or meetings” one belongs to or attends.

“If violence comes to our streets, which is quite likely, this will be important,” Paul warns. The government wants “to take over the Internet” and “be able to restrict everybody and monitor everybody.”

Paul’s TV ads are very dramatic, very edgy and Paul often looks like an extra, not a major player, in them. While his supporters are often referred to as passionate, Paul seems more assured than passionate on the stump.

“We have to question what the role of government will be,” Paul says in an argument that goes back at least to 1800 when Thomas Jefferson defeated the incumbent John Adams. “Will we protect liberties or police the world?”

“Freedom. Property rights. The rule of law.” That is what he wants, Paul says.

What he does not want is any questions from the scores of reporters who line the edges of the room. And as soon as he shakes a few hands, he slips out of the room as quietly as he arrived.

A resolution: Let’s bring back New Year’s Portland next year GALLANT from page 4

the customary way of welcoming in the new year, and it brought the city together in a way that nothing else has before or since.

We don’t need a $40,000 fireworks display. We can have a simple yet dazzling ground level display like we had at the beginning; or we can come up with something like a huge ball filled with biodegradable confetti that rises at midnight and explodes. Doesn’t

need to cost a lot. And neither do we need national acts that cost large sums. We have more than enough local talent. We did it for 21 years, and that’s a long time. Probably longer than Boston, Burlington or Portsmouth have done theirs. Can you believe that those guys are continuing to do this and we aren’t?

There’s just no good reason for that.

Alright, here comes the nitty gritty. If you’d like to be part of bringing back New Year’s Portland next year, by all means email me. If you’re experienced at

planning and operating this sort of thing, we need you. If you’re not and just love the idea and want to help as much as you can however you can, we need you. In the end it’ll mean a lot to a lot of people. I’ve got a great place in mind where we can meet and kick the idea around. Let’s do it! Email me! Please!

(Cliff Gallant of Portland is a regular columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Email him at gallant.cliff555@yahoo.com.)

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years. As to using wind, it’s a simple fact that the wind doesn’t always blow and in order to have a steady flow of power, we have to have back up plants equal to the amount generated by wind. We might aas well simply build the back up plants and forget the wind.

If the EPA’s ruling results in closing power plants we will have less power and what we have will be more expensive. This will result in higher costs for consumers and manufacturing which will result in loss of jobs. For the EPA to make such a ruling without considering the cost to our economy and the danger of making the grid unreliable and subject to brownouts and blackouts is foolhardy indeed.

Dave Irons Westbrook

EPA action will help us breathe cleaner air Editor, The American Lung Association applauds the Obama Administration for adopting public health safeguards to reduce mercury and toxic air pollution from power plants. The new Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants are long overdue and will reduce the harm from air pollution like mercury, lead, arsenic and a host of other pollutants.

Air pollution emitted by coal-fired power plants contains 84 of the 187 hazardous pollutants identified for control by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of these pollutants, such as, dioxins, arsenic, and lead, can cause cancer and cardiovascular disease; harm the kidneys, lungs, and nervous system;

and even kill. The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will reduce these pollutants and prevent 130,000 asthma attacks and 11,000 premature deaths each year.

These new proposed standards are especially critical to those of us in New England since we are at the tailpipe of the nation’s air pollution exhaust system. We need a strong Clean Air Act to protect us from secondhand smog. According to our 2011 State of the Air report, thousands of Maine people and visitors are put at risk from the health effects from air pollution each year.

To view the full report, visit www. stateoftheair.org.

Lee Gilman Director, Health Promotion and Public Policy American Lung Association in Maine

Why do you portray LePage’s son as adopted?

Editor, With regard to the Dec. 28 edition of the Portland Daily Sun, page 7 (“Year in Review 2011”), first item: Why does your paper continue to perpetuate the myth that LePage is such a great guy he adopted a poor Jamaican lad? Even the governor admitted he “misspoke” when he said the boy was adopted. He’s a middleclass aspiring pro-golfer who is friends with the LePage family and provides cover for LePage’s racism.

I understand that LePage appeals to the wealthy among you. Your public support should not be founded upon blatant falsehoods.

Marco E. Graves Portland

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Top stories of 2011 Editor’s note: The Portland Daily Sun concludes its look at notable stories of 2011, as published in the pages of the Sun. The series, which began Wednesday, wraps up today with highlights from the fall and winter.

September Assistant city manager departs Assistant city manager Pat Finnigan, who earlier this year was passed over for the city’s top administrative post, has been appointed town manager in Camden.

Probe into swastikas, other racist symbols at SMCC South Portland police believe one or more teenagers, rather than an organized hate group, are responsible for spray painting swastikas and other racist symbols on the Southern Maine Community College campus.

The Portland Press Herald lays off staff The Portland Press Herald, which has eliminated dozens of positions over the past four years, is planning another round of job cuts. According to a memo on the Portland Newspaper Guild website, Maine’s largest newspaper is planning to cut 15 percent of its workforce through vol- Roger Borelli sorts through absentee ballots in preparation for November’s city and state election. A part-time assistant city clerk, Borelli said he would be tending untary buyouts, and if necessary, lay- to five polling places. November’s city election involved a new system, ranked choice voting, for the selection of an elected mayor. After years of operating with a offs. council-appointed largely ceremonial mayor, voters chose Michael Brennan as the new elected mayor. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

“Tracing the Fore” public art is removed from Old Port The controversial public art piece in Boothby Square known as Tracing the Fore is gone and soon will be little more than a memory, at least for most city residents. Crews hired by Scott Cohen, the sculpture’s new owner, hauled off most of the installation’s undulating steel pieces yesterday.

Any remaining segments should be gone by this afternoon.

The piece is destined for a private “sculpture garden” in North Deering.

Pharmacy robberies abound On the heels of the third CVS Pharmacy robbery in the city in less than a month, police are again asking for residents to help by sending them tips that could lead to an arrest. The Portland Police Department is investigating another pharmacy robbery after a man entered the CVS at 449 Forest Ave. on Friday, demanded drugs and then left on foot with an undisclosed amount of prescription pills. It’s the fourth pharmacy robbery in the city in about a month.

Medical marijuana dispensary finds home Northeast Patients Group, which holds permits to open four medical marijuana dispensaries in Maine, has found a home for its Portland-area clinic. Becky DeKeuster, NPG’s executive director, tells MaineBiz that the nonprofit has leased a 6,500-square-foot office at 685 Congress St. The space is located near Longfellow Square, and is in the same building as Local 188.

First Lady Michelle Obama in Portland In a fundraiser for her husband’s re-election campaign, First Lady Michelle Obama will give a speech at a luncheon today at Portland’s Ocean Gateway terminal. It’s believed to be the First Lady’s first trip to Portland.

October Darien Richardson case revisited Portland police are trying to rekindle the public’s interest in the unsolved death of Darien Richardson, which occurred several weeks after she was shot in the upper thigh and thumb while sleeping in her bed at 25 Rackleff St., Jan. 8, 2010.

OccupyMaine offered Lincoln Park for camping On Oct. 3, Portland’s acting police chief and city officials were offering Lincoln Park as an alternative place for protesters to spend the night after the participants in an anti-Wall Street rally were barred from camping The Occupy Wall Street protest movement took the country by storm, and by Oct. 1, Portland had its in Monument Square over own version, OccupyMaine. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) the weekend. The Portland Police Department preAvesta Housing markets to artists vented protesters, part of the group known as OccupyMaine, from pitching tents in the square and sleeping The artist’s community in Portland stood up and took there. notice when a private, nonprofit housing organization decided to try a different marketing approach. Oak Street Lofts affordable housing at 72 Oak St., directly off Congress Food trucks discussed for Portland Street, fulfills a vision of building apartments that are suited to urban artists, according to developers.

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Portland Schools superintendent leaving Portland Schools Superintendent James Morse announced yesterday that he will leave the school system when his contract expires in June. Morse, who was hired in March 2009 and started three months later, has spent much of his two-plus years on the job trying to repair “broken” systems that he said were not meeting needs of students or faculty.

OccupyMaine media team eyes Meg Perry Center OccupyMaine may move its media team into the Meg Perry Center, the first sign that the anti-corporate protest movement is making arrangements beyond its winter encampment in Lincoln Park.

Opposition to weekly craft market Dozens filled the Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall Tuesday night to voice discontent and opposition over a proposal to create a weekly craft market in Monument Square.

Fire boat damaged in accident Portland’s newest fire vessel is temporarily out of service for all non-emergency calls after it sustained damage during a training exercise, city officials said Wednesday.

The $3.2 million MV City of Portland IV, which joined the municipal fleet in 2009, was being used for training Oct. 15 when officials say it collided with something under the surface of the water near Fort Gorges, causing damage to the boat’s propeller and shaft. Fire officials were doing exercises in an area where groundings have occurred over the summer, said Nicole Clegg, a city spokeswoman.

November New rules for fire boat operators Civilian transport on the city’s fire marine division is no longer permitted unless in emergencies or otherwise signed off on and approved directly by the city manager, according to new department guidelines. Fire Chief Fred

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Supporters of an archaeological dig at Portland’s historic, abolitionera Abyssinian Meeting House discovered original wooden plumbing from the building’s early 1800s heyday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

LaMontagne handed the new limitations to members of a City Council subcommittee Tuesday.

City asks for OccupyMaine’s winter plans City officials say they are waiting to hear from OccupyMaine protesters residing in Portland’s Lincoln Park about how they intend to prepare for the approaching winter and freezing temperatures.

Michael Brennan holds narrow lead in election Former state senator Michael Brennan holds a narrow lead over Ethan Strim- Portland Fire Department’s fourth fire boat in history awaits launch in early July 2009. A little over two ling in the mayor’s race after years later, in the fall of 2011, a mishap involving the fire boat led to new rules for its operation. (Photo the first round of voting but courtesy of Michael A. Mason, CET, Project Manager, A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd., Meteghan, Nova Scotia) not enough for an outright victory, meaning the final Civic Center board. winner will be decided tentatively today through a series of instant runoffs. According to unofficial results, which Heating oil leaks from Jetport into Fore River included ballots from all 11 precincts and absentee ballots, Brennan received 5,240 votes to 4,390 for Strimling, or 27 Nearly 600 gallons of No. 2 heating oil leaked from the percent and 22 percent of the total first-choice votes cast, Portland International Jetport into the Fore River yesterday, respectively. and the city is blaming the incident on a faulty fuel pump inside the new $75 million terminal.

Brennan emerges as Portland’s new mayor

Michael Brennan emerged last night as the winner of Portland’s first elected mayor’s race in 88 years, defeating Ethan Strimling and 13 other candidates in a crowded race that was decided after 15 rounds of instant runoffs. He will be sworn in on Dec. 5 for a four-year term. Once all the votes were counted and re-allocated, Brennan finished with about 55 percent of the vote, receiving 8,971 votes. Strimling finished second with 7,138 votes, or about 44 percent of the total vote, according to unofficial results. Nick Mavodones finished a distant third.

Raw milk endorsed as market fare Raw milk and certain locally-sourced alcoholic beverages could soon be found at the Portland Farmer’s Market alongside local beets, honey and other produce. The city council’s Health and Recreation Committee yesterday endorsed a proposal to allow fermented beverages such as beer, mead and hard cider to be sold at the twice-weekly farmer’s markets as long as they meet existing standards.

Cumberland County Civic Center bond approved

City’s Christmas tree comes from South Portland

Next week, the Cumberland County Civic Center board will stop basking in a major election win and start planning a voter-approved $33 million renovation of the 34-year-old building. “We are meeting next week, the board of trustees, and we’re going to be starting the process of selecting an architect and a building team as well as appointing a building committee to serve as a liaison between the building team and the trustees,” said Neal Pratt, chairman of the

For the first time in this city tradition, Portland’s Christmas tree will roll into Monument Square Thursday morning after starting out at a home in South Portland, crossing the Casco Bay Bridge, proceeding along Portland’s Commercial Street and traveling up Franklin Street on the back of a truck. see next page

Portland’s “Tracing the Fore” sculpture would meet its Waterloo in the fall, when the city ordered it removed. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– YEAR IN REVIEW 2011 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ment, police said. Carlos Ramos was pronounced dead at the Maine Medical Center sometime after police responded to his apartment for a report of a stabbing, officials said.

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Fatal stabbing suspect pleads guilty Shawn Garland, 26, entered a guilty plea Wednesday morning for a fatal stabbing last year in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood. Garland had been held without bail since his arrest on Aug. 12, 2010, when he was accused of stabbing 58-year-old Richard Meyers to death. The death was the culmination of a violent evening in Garland’s third-floor apartment on Grant Street.

Violence probed at OccupyMaine camp Portland police have banned three members of OccupyMaine from the group’s encampment in Lincoln Park following several disturbances this week, including an alleged hammer attack yesterday morning.

City investigates OccupyMaine code issues City officials have asked leaders of the anti-Wall Street group OccupyMaine for a meeting Monday afternoon to discuss code violations in the group’s Lincoln Park encampment and an apparent assault that happened yesterday morning.

More violence at OccupyMaine camp One person was hospitalized and five people were arrested after a series of unrelated incidents at OccupyMaine’s Lincoln Park camp between Thursday and Friday, according to Portland police.

Portland Trails leader leaving Portland Trails’ executive director Nan Cumming announced yesterday that she will be leaving the land trust early next year to take over as head of the Maine Crafts Association. Cumming, who has led Portland Trails through a time of rapid expansion of both its staff and its trail network, will start her new job Feb. 1.

Fatal stabbing on Forest Avenue

December City tries to set rules on OccupyMaine Two months after OccupyMaine protesters first arrived in Lincoln Park, city councilors are expected to begin debate today on several measures that would clarify when and under what conditions people can camp overnight in city parks.

Daudoit Butsitsi sentenced in Mulongo killing A judge sentenced a Portland man to 38 years behind bars Thursday, after the man was found guilty in July of gunning down his former friend. Daudoit Butsitsi told the judge at his sentencing hearing he was afraid for his life and that he never planned to murder his once close friend and former roommate, Serge Mulongo. He showed little reaction when Judge Andrew Horton handed down his decision inside the Cumberland County Courthouse.

Mayor Brennan gives first speech as mayor Michael Brennan rarely made political promises while running for mayor, instead choosing to offer a broad vision for the position. He took a similar tack last night during his first speech as Portland’s mayor. Brennan told the nearly 400 people assembled at Ocean Gateway that success over his four-year term shouldn’t be measured solely by the unemployment rate or the graduation rate or the cost of housing.

Prison escapee captured Authorities captured a fugitive who escaped from a New Hampshire prison last week and had been on the run for five days, police said. U.S. Marshal Noel March said authorities captured 33-year-old prisoner David Hobson, whom police had been hunting since he escaped from a New Hampshire county jail Dec. 1. His flight included a stop in Southern Maine.

Cumming

A 47-year-old Portland man died Monday night after being stabbed in the chest inside his Forest Avenue apart-

ers, said yesterday that OccupyMaine’s membership has approved legal action to continue its 10-week-old protest.

Couple found dead in Oxford St. apartment A couple found dead Tuesday by a maintenance worker at their Bayside apartment building were depicted by friends as good Samaritans who welcomed homeless into their Oxford Street and who had hoped to regain custody of their infant child and move to Puerto Rico.

City gives OccupyMaine a deadline City officials set a deadline Thursday for protesters camping at Lincoln Park, telling OccupyMaine’s attorney that the group either file a lawsuit against the city by Monday or face eviction from the park. In a letter to the group’s attorney, John Branson, the city’s lawyer stated Branson has until noon on Monday to file a lawsuit on behalf of the protesters, or campers would be evicted and any structures would be dismantled.

OccupyMaine files lawsuit against city Protesters camping in Lincoln Park say city officials are infringing on their rights by ordering them to leave and are asking a judge to decide the fate of the encampment. An attorney representing OccupyMaine filed a lawsuit against the city in Cumberland County Superior Court Monday, calling an order to vacate issued to the protesters by Portland’s city manager “unconstitutional on its face.” The lawsuit was filed just hours before the city’s noon deadline expired, which told protesters to either file a claim with the court or face eviction from Lincoln Park.

Medical marijuana dispensary opening expected After countless delays, the operator of Portland’s only planned medical marijuana dispensary says the Congress Street facility should be up and running by the end of next month. “We’re hoping that we will have the city permits (this week), and if that happens we’ll be on track to open by end of January,” said Becky DeKeuster, executive director of Wellness Connection of Maine, which until last week was known as Northeast Patients Group.

OccupyMaine signs off on lawsuit As many expected, the fate of OccupyMaine’s ongoing protest in Lincoln Park will ultimately be decided by a judge. But by which judge, in which court, and in what capacity likely won’t be known for several days. John Branson, an attorney representing the anti-Wall Street protest-

Newly elected Mayor Michael Brennan would outline his philosophy after a swearing-in ceremony. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Mascot Salty Pete and others affiliated with the Portland Pirates welcomed a new season, after voters approved a $33 million renovation of the Cumberland County Civic Center, where the Pirates play their home games. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, December 30, 2011— Page 9

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In December, at least four businesses reported a total of five burglaries, including two cases where safes were either stolen or there was an attempt to steal one, and another that resulted in thieves driving off with a local business' van.

"We have had a few commercial burglaries around there that we've been looking into," said Sgt. Dean Goodale, of the Portland Police Department.

In November, police increased overnight patrols in the Old Port following a rash of comSouthard mercial burglaries, including one incident where a thief cut through the wall of a business to enter an adjacent cafe.

At least two businesses were ransacked and a third had its doors damaged in an attempted burglary. The incidents occurred over the course of a single night, police said.

The most recent incident occurred sometime Wednesday morning at the Porthole Restaurant, which, in less than a week, was the scene of two burglaries — including one on Christmas Eve or early Christmas Day, officials said.

Police responded to the restaurant at 20 Custom House Wharf shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Workers reported a window was smashed sometime during the overnight hours and a small amount of alcohol was stolen.

A similar burglary occurred at the same restaurant earlier in the week, police said.

"Somebody smashed the window and went in and took some liquor," said Goodale, adding, "It appears to be the same person, and we're looking to identify a suspect."

Surveillance video caught the suspect grabbing a few bottles of alcohol before leaving the restaurant, Goodale said. Investigators believe the suspect gained entry to the building by kicking in a window to the restaurant, he said.

Also recently burglarized during the evening or early morning hours of Dec. 25 was Standard Baking Company, located at 75 Commercial St. Police say someone gained entry through a window and stole a computer and a 2005 Chevy cargo van from the business.

"There was (also) an attempt to get the safe," said

Goodale, explaining there was evidence someone attempted to take the safe, as well as pry it open.

Earlier in the month, a safe containing money and other items was stolen from ISF Trading Inc., a seafood business on Hobson's Wharf, police said.

Authorities subsequently arrested Harold Southard, 38, in South Portland Tuesday and charged him with the Dec. 12 burglary of ISF Trading.

Goodale said investigators were still working to determine if Southard is responsible for the attempted safe robbery of Standard Baking Company.

"Certainly that's something that we're looking into," he said, adding investigators don't believe the burglaries committed at Porthole Restaurant were committed by the same person or individuals responsible for breaking into ISF Trading and Standard Baking Company.

A fourth business, the Commercial Street Pub located at 129 Commercial St., was burglarized in the early morning hours of Dec. 21, police said.

The bar's front door was forced open and a video game machine had been pried open and its money draw taken, police said.

Goodale says the increased activity has patrol officers on the lookout.

"We get the word out to patrol and they patrol pretty hard in those locations hoping to catch somebody in the act," he said. "Sometimes these cases take a while, ... (but) our biggest thing is that we don't want them to continue."

At least one business owner who was a victim of the recent crime spree says periodic spikes in burglaries is not too uncommon. see CRIME page 10

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Baldwin man arrested for promoting prostitution

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Brower

A Baldwin man has been arrested for paying underage girls to perform sexual acts with each other in his presence, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Robert Brower, 41, of Baldwin, was arrested

by Cumberland County Sheriff’s detectives

Thursday and faces charges of aggravated promotion of prostitution, three counts; patronizing prostitution of a minor, three counts; aggravated furnishing of a scheduled drug, two counts; and on a warrant of arrest in York County.

Brower’s arrest was a result of an investigation “surrounding Brower offering and

paying minor females (under 18 years of age) money to perform sexual acts on each other in his presence, after providing them drugs,” the sheriff’s office reported.

Brower is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $25,000 bail, and he’s scheduled to be arraigned in court today, the sheriff’s office reported.

Business owner: ‘Most of the time it’s just a smash and grab’ CRIME from page 9

"It does seem to cycle through every once in a while," said Oliver

Keithly, who owns Porthole Restaurant.

Keithly explained this isn't the first time his restaurant has

been burglarized. He recalled some months ago when the Porthole Restaurant was burglarized at least two

nights in a row.

"Most of the time it's just a smash and grab," Keithly said.

"But (police) seem to beef up

patrols, and it really just stopped. They did a great job."

Keithly, who's owned the Porthole Restau-

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rant for more than a decade, said the occasional spike in crime goes back as far as he can remember, "even in the old days," he said.

Police say alarms can be a good resource for solving some of these crimes.

"Make sure there are alarms and that they are functioning properly," Goodale said, adding if a business owner is contacted by an alarm company in reference to a possible break-in, they should always call police and have officers check out the business.

"If we don't know it's happening then we can't get there until later on," he said.

Anyone with information about a crime, including the Commercial Street burglaries, is asked to contact the Portland Police Department at 874-8533 or text an anonymous tip from a mobile phone using keyword "GOTCHA" plus the message to 274637 (CRIMES).

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Friday, December 30, 2011— Page 11

Trash, recycling schedule noted DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS

This holiday season, Portland Public Services crews will collect curbside trash and recycling as usual with no changes to the schedule, the city reported. Crews will collect trash and recycling Monday, Jan. 2. Residents are asked to place their items out by 6:30 a.m. for collection.

Christmas trees can be left for collection on normal trash days between Dec. 27 and Jan. 2. Trees can also be dropped off during the month of January at Cutter Street parking lot, Payson Park Little League Field and the nine-hole golf course lot on Riverside Street.

The following items can be recycled: Wrapping paper without foil; cards and envelopes without foil; gift boxes; cardboard and paperboard; and paper bag.

The following items cannot be recycled and should be placed in a Blue City trash bag for disposal: Ribbon; styrofoam; tinsel; lights; and artificial trees.

Chenette wages legislative race Justin Chenette has filed papers and formally announced his candidacy for State Representative Distinct 134-Saco, A former political columnist with The Portland Daily Sun, Chenette now works as assistant morning producer for Fox 23’s “Good Day Maine.”

Chenette In his run for District 134, Chenette seeks to fill a seat that is being vacated by termed-out Rep. Linda Valentino, who is currently running for State Senate District 5, Chenette said.

Chenette has political experience as a former member of the Maine State Board of Education, having been appointed by Gov. John Baldacci. He also hosted the public affairs show, “Youth in Politics,” on WPXT/WPME and “The Issue” on TATV Channel 3 for many years.

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By Holiday Mathis what you set out to accomplish.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Think ahead as much as possible. It will save you energy. Having to react to things in the spur of the moment will be more stressful than knowing what you’re going to do beforehand.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

It’s the perfect day to get away from the habits that usually serve you so well.

Shaking things up reminds you of who you really are at the core.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Not only do you have the ability and desire to make something happen, but you have other intangible qualities that, when seen by the right people, will cause doors to fly open and opportunities to fly forth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

You’ll rely on your own curious mix of charm and timing. You’ll enter circles and interact for just the amount of time it takes to make a connection. Then you’ll leave while the going is good.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can change what’s going on between people in your family just by choosing new reactions. Your loved ones will respond to you, especially when you are acting in unexpected ways.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 30).

You’ll be part of a winning group this year. January brings a run of good luck that seems almost too easy, but the truth is that you’ve been working your whole life for it. You’ll embark on a mission in February. In March, celebrate your relationship with someone who shares your cherished values. Invest in June. Aquarius and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 44, 8, 32, 39 and 18.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll take the role of “guardian” quite seriously, and you’ll start by guarding your own time and monitoring your own behavior. You realize that you can’t change something if you can’t account for it in the first place.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your environment will make a difference in how you feel. Place pictures of your supporters and those you admire where you’ll see them often. The right images around you will help you to work hard and be successful.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Each person has their own unique emotional makeup, so feelings may be more or less mutual, but not exactly. You’ll connect in a way that feels right to you, and so will the other person.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You know that you have the courage and the power to accomplish your goal. The question is: Do you have the stamina?

Will you keep going even after it’s not as fun, glamorous or new? Today you prove that you will.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll see the first signs that someone is attracted to you, and you’ll enjoy the attention to the extent that it’s appropriate for your life. You’ll take everyone’s feelings into account.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It will be easier for you to achieve at the level of your high standards when those around you, especially your nearest and dearest, have high standards, as well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There will be many distractions, but ultimately, you control your focus. Be strong and centered on the mission. It’s all that matters. Do what is necessary to finish

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2011. There is one day left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 30, 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sit-down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Mich. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.)

On this date: In 1813, the British burned Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.

In 1853, the United States and Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

In 1860, 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Arsenal in Charleston.

In 1903, about 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago.

In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

In 1940, California’s first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened by Gov. Culbert L. Olson.

In 1948, the Cole Porter musical “Kiss Me, Kate” opened on Broadway.

In 1965, Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated for his first term as president of the Philippines.

In 1972, the United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

In 1994, a gunman walked into a pair of suburban Boston abortion clinics and opened fire, killing two employees. (John C. Salvi III was later convicted of murder; he died in prison, an apparent suicide.)

One year ago: Republican Lisa Murkowski was officially named winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race following a period of legal fights and limbo that had lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Joseph Bologna is 77. Actor Russ Tamblyn is 77. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandy Koufax is 76.

Actor Jack Riley is 76. Actor Fred Ward is 69. Singer-musician Michael Nesmith is 69.

Singer Davy Jones is 66. Actress Concetta Tomei is 66. Singer Patti Smith is 65. Rock singer-musician Jeff Lynne is 64. TV host Meredith Vieira is 58. Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is 56. Actress Patricia Kalember is 55.

Country singer Suzy Bogguss is 55. “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer is 54. Actresscomedian Tracey Ullman is 52. Actor George Newbern is 48. Singer Jay Kay is 42. ctress Meredith Monroe is 42. Actor Daniel Sunjata is 40. Actress Maureen Flannigan is 39. Actor Jason Behr is 38. Golfer Tiger Woods is 36.

Actress Eliza Dushku is 31. Rock musician Tim Lopez is 31. Actress Kristin Kreuk is 29.

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Mom is very negative, has no interests and says terrible things about everyone. She is a natural worrier. The glass is always half-empty. The only things she ever wants to talk about are other people’s problems, her medical conditions and stories about her childhood that I’ve heard a million times. Just the thought of having to spend a little time with her makes me anxious and apprehensive.

Although counseling helped me deal with growing up in an unstable environment, it has not made things better when it comes to the stress I feel when I’m around my mother. I’ve told her it’s difficult to deal with negative people, but she doesn’t think that applies to her. If I told her outright, she would never be able to get past how much I hurt her.

I know some people will say to be brutally honest, but they don’t understand that Mom’s reaction would be unhelpful. She’d obsess over it, but she wouldn’t change. I love my mother, but I can’t stand to be around her. How do I cope?

-- Trying My Best Dear Trying: Can you talk to Mom’s doctor and ask him to prescribe an antidepressant for her? All those qualities that annoy you -- her negativity, obsessive thoughts, worrying -- can indicate anxiety and depression for which medication could be enormously helpful. Tell her you love her and want her to feel better.

Dear Annie: I decided after 16 years of marriage to divorce my husband. We married young. He was a good provider and father and treated me well. We have two beautiful children and a home on the water and were financially well off. But he was also controlling and emotionally detached.

After years of loneliness and depression, I decided to leave him. I stayed in the marriage a lot longer than I wanted for our children, hoping my feelings would change. After various marriage seminars and two years of couples counseling, I came to realize that I was not in love with my husband and probably never was.

Both my husband and I come from strong Catholic backgrounds. When I announced I wanted a divorce, my husband’s family stopped communicating with me. A mother at my daughter’s school cornered me to say I should have tried harder. I once had the same mentality. People seem to think that if you were the one who chose to walk away, you are not hurting. Annie, this pain will be with me forever. But do I regret my divorce? No. Staying in an unhappy, dysfunctional marriage would have been telling myself I don’t matter. -Starting Over in N.D. Dear N.D.: Divorce is always difficult and often heartbreaking. No one knows what someone else’s marriage is like unless they have lived it.

Dear Annie: You often tell readers to put their final wishes in writing and see that everyone has a copy. While I agree with the first part, the second isn’t always a good idea. In fact, in some families it can be a disaster.

I have been an estate planning attorney for more than 21 years. I have seen adult children bully their parents when they are unhappy with the will. Also, it is not unusual for people to execute several wills in their lifetime. If they change their mind, they don’t need everyone to know each time. If there are going to be unhappy people fighting, it makes sense to keep copies to a minimum.

I would encourage everyone to discuss their family situation with an estate planning attorney. -- E.R., Woodbridge, Conn.

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

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by Scott Stantis

Standish dispatcher accused of stealing gasoline from town

BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A police dispatcher in Standish faces a felony charge after authorities say he stole from taxpayers by filling his personal car with town fuel.

William Rice, 49 of Richville Road, was charged with theft and felony aggravated forgery, police said. Rice, a dispatcher for Standish's police and fire departments, is accused of stealing more than 200 gallons of fuel at the town's municipal fuel pump while on duty, said Capt. Don Goulet, of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators say Rice would pump fuel into his personal vehicle during his work days and then alter fuel logs to attribute the gas usage to sheriff police cruisers, police said.

"He was charging it off to the sheriff's office," Goulet said.

Rice was charged by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office following an investigation by the town of Standish and the sheriff's office, Goulet said.

The charges resulted from an audit of town fuel records.

The sheriff's office began investigating the fuel theft on Dec. 20, Goulet said.

Rice served in a position that allowed him to fill up without arousing much suspicion, police said. He was responsible for keeping track of fuel usage by other public employees.

"When the deputies fill up, the dispatcher is the one who provides them with the paperwork to fill out for their fuel," Goulet said. "He was sitting in the audit position, if you will, so that's why he was able to get away with it because there was nobody auditing him."

The felony charge Rice faces stems from signing off on an official public document, Goulet said.

"It's taxpayer money," he said. "I'm sure many taxpayers out there would love to have the town pay for their fuel."

Rice is accused of stealing the fuel over the course of the summer and fall, though investigators will determine whether more gas was pumped into his personal vehicle.

"They're continuing to look into (whether it goes) further back," Goulet said.

Rice was issued a criminal summons and is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 21.

Waterway rangers report dangerous ice conditions AUGUSTA — Park rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway are reporting inadequate ice on the Allagash headwater lakes to support ice-fishing activity and snowmobiling, the Maine Department of Conservation reported.

AWW Chief Ranger Kevin Brown reported that Churchill Lake appears to be especially dangerous this week, with only about 3 inches of ice across the lake. Chamberlain Lake became free of ice during the recent rain storm.

Three inches of ice will hold a snowmobile and a fisherman, but it is difficult to determine where the ice might be thinner, the agency noted. Traveling from one place to another could be very dangerous at this time, Brown said. The chief ranger said it is important to be very careful near areas that normally have moving water. “Check the ice thickness often,” Brown said.

“Never travel alone when the conditions are poor.”

For specific advice on ice conditions and areas to avoid, visitors should check with the AWW ranger at Chamberlain Bridge or call the dispatch center in Ashland between 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 435-7963, ext.1.

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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 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 acces-

Crackers the mascot throws T-shirts to the crowd while Salty Pete the pirate rounds the ice on a motorcycle during entertainment at a Portland Pirates game. On Saturday, the public can celebrate New Year’s with the Pirates. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) sories, 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. This program runs 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.

‘Preservation of Earth’ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Opening Reception for Constellation Gallery artist Joanne Fitzpatrick, who presents “Preservation of Earth” — artistic renderings of pressed flowers accompanied by poetry reading. Light refreshments provided.

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, 8281234, 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.

First Friday Art Walk at Constellation 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. First Friday Art Walk at Constellation.

“Come watch Constellation Gallery artists create as you enjoy our art on display. Light refreshments.”

‘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.

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.” see next page

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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

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

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.

Sunday, Jan. 8

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, 8281234, ext. 247.

22nd Annual Portland Bridal Show

Iman Lizarazu’s first role was playing the mouse in “The Nutcracker” when she was six years old. Now, with four decades arranged inside her capable and provocative physique, she has created an alluring 70-minute solo show titled “Basquette Quese,” an entertaining portrayal of a character who’s insomnia initiates a series of mesmerizing gravity-defying vignettes. Lizarazu is part of Acorn Productions’ Phyzgig, a unique festival featuring vaudeville variety shows in downtown Portland from Dec. 27 through New Year’s Eve. (Photo by Steve DiBartolomeo)

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.

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

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ICING: SPACE’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 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 it right!” $50/$40 before Dec. 1/$400 for a virtual table of 10, 21 plus.

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.

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 Russian rockers Kino Proby Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. She has per9 p.m. Kino Proby at Empire Dine & Dance, formed and toured extensively at numerous 575 Congress St., Portland. 21 plus. 21 international venues in the United States, plus. “To celebrate KP’s arrival on BandJapan and Europe. Chiharu has played with Camp, we’re performing a Winter 2011 the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte tour! Dec. 29 in Boston at All Asia Cafe and Quartet and performed Beethoven’s Fifth Dec. 30 in Portland at the Empire Dine and Piano Concerto, Mozart Piano Concerto K Dance!”

Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., will host the Mallett Brothers Band for a New Year’s Party on Sat- 466 and the Rachmaninoff Second Piano urday night. (COURTESY PHOTO) Concerto with the Augusta Symphony.

Saturday, Dec. 31 Robert Dan, violist, was praised by the concerts.” This party goes til 2 a.m.! 18 plus. http://portciNew York Times as “a consistently tasteful stylist.” Mr. Dan tymusichall.com/events. has appeared extensively throughout the United States, if and it, Glass Fingers, Christopher Pulsoni The Mallett Brothers Band New Year’s Party Europe, and Japan performing and giving master classes.

7 p.m. Local Sprouts Cafe hosts a New Year’s Eve Bash w/ 8 p.m. Brothers Will and Luke Mallett, along with bassist He has performed on many prestigious music series in the if and it, Glass Fingers and Christopher Pulsoni. Dress up Nick Leen, started writing songs in early 2009. Over the U.S. including at Carnegie Hall and has been a member (or don’t), bring a date (or not), and celebrate with us at course of late summer they talked some noteworthy Maine of the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center for Local Sprouts! if and it — www.ifandit.com; Glass Finmusicians — Nate Soule (acoustic, electric guitar, vocals, many years. He has been an Artist-in-Residence at Harvard gers — www.glassfingers.net (voted best local album of songsmithing), Wally Wenzel (dobro, steel, keys, sound, University, inaugurating Harvard’s Blodgett Artist-in-Resthe year by USM The Free Press. Local Sprouts Cafe, songs, vocals, etc etc), and Brian Higgins (drummer — see idence program and performing at the 350th anniversary 649 Congress St., Portland. http://www.localsproutscoColepitz, Lost Cause Desperados, etc., etc.)

— into hopof Harvard’s founding. First Parish Unitarian Universalist operative.com/calendar ping into the proverbial truck. The result is an amalgam of Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and NYE 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, et al very different musical backgrounds, leading to what we open to the public. 775-3356.

8 p.m. New Year’s Eve 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel hope is a very different, acoustic based sound. Empire Dine Project and more at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $20; & Dance, 575 Congress St. Friday, Jan. 6 door: $25; VIP: $40. Celebrate NYE 2011 in a reggae style.

New Year’s Eve Party at Geno’s Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel Project, Royal Hammer, & DJ 9 p.m. BORA, Clubber Lang, Dementia 5, The Outfits at Queendem. Mystic began experimenting with the local Jerks of Grass at the St. Lawrence Geno’s.

Come ring the New Year in with four of Portland’s urban and Hip Hop Scene of the early 90’s, and started 7:30 p.m. St. Lawrence Arts Center presents the Jerks of rockin’est bands! With an extra hour to celebrate, we’re to develop a buzz. After several years and several small Grass. Set this evening aside as a time to relax and unwind packing in the fun and surprises, so don’t miss it! releases on the local scene, Mystic began to receive some with after the holidays with an evening of warm and tradinational attention when his “Put up unu Hand” and “Friends” Paranoid Social Club, others at the Asylum tional bluegrass. Jerks of Grass are a high-energy bluegrass remix’s were featured on popular Dance/Club Compilation 9 p.m. Paranoid Social Club with Sidecar Radio and Grant quartet from Portland. Gathered around one microphone in Album “Dancehall Devastation” by X-Mix. Mystic says “his St. Orchestra, at the Asylum. Come celebrate the new year traditional style the group blens in their progressive roots rising popularity is due partly to the exciting performance with three of Portland’s finest bands! $14 Adv./$16 day of becoming a formidable purveyor of their own brand of bluewhich he and his band ‘Strings of Thunder’ deliver at their show; 121 Center St., portland, 21 plus. grass. www.stlawrencearts.org

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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

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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.

Cinder Conk in New Gloucester 7:30 p.m. Balkan power-duo Cinder Conk will perform a concert at the New Gloucester Village Coffee House. Cinder Conk brings the brightness and energy of Eastern Europe’s music-centered culture to New Gloucester for a night that is sure to delight and transcend.

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