TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010
Booting the enforcers, logging kisses See Bob Higgins’ column on page 4
Empire’s party will test astrology See Curtis Robinson’s column on page 5
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Peaks plans secession vote New council calls for discussion, straw poll on Saturday BY CURTIS ROBINSON THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
One week after taking office, the new Peaks Island Council has scheduled a “straw poll” vote on secession from Portland. The advisory group announced the vote on its Facebook page Monday. “We’re sponsoring a straw poll at the [library] community room, this Saturday, Dec. 11 from 9-2. It’s your chance to weigh in on one question: ‘Do you want to resubmit the secession bill to the State Legislature in January?”
“We’re sponsoring a straw poll at the [library] community room, this Saturday, Dec. 11 from 9-2. It’s your chance to weigh in on one question: ‘Do you want to resubmit the secession bill to the State Legislature in January?” Continuing what has been a light-touch approach to council business, the group adds: “Now, before you get mad, and start
yelling, just think of it as a kind of speech therapy. In fact, you can practice right now. Just say Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. or No. No. No. No.” The council said a moderated public discussion will be held from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and voting will be from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. And Peaks residents who only want to vote can just “stop in.” While called a “secession bill,” the actual measure approved by Peaks voters in 2007 stopped short of that and even see SECESSION page 16
Art up in lights
At Falmouth line, Route 26 bridge closed to heavy trucks See a story, page 8
Old Port Playhouse 773-0333
THE MUSICAL set in 1940’s Maine TONIGHT and WEDNESDAY 7pm www.oldportplayhouse.com
This time-lapse photograph of the Portland Museum of Art Monday night shows the work of installation artist Jenny Holzer. Here, her team projects her newest installation onto the side of the museum in rehearsal for tonight’s official unveiling. Holzer, an internationally recognized conceptual artist who specializes in such light projections, uses the poetry of Polish poet and Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska in her work. Portland earned its spot on the list 35 cities that have hosted Holzer’s projections thanks to the Portland Museum of Art’s 2010 Nelson Social Justice Fund Program. “Her work for decades has really been about calling people’s attention to situations of unfairness and injustice around the world,” said Dana Baldwin, Peggy L. Osher director of education for the PMA. Holzer will hold a free lecture prior to the event at the Holiday Inn By the Bay from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight. The installation will be debuted following the lecture. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)
Playhouse adds to schedule See story, page 12
All eyes on owls See the Events Calendar, page 13