The Forecaster, Portland edition, July 6, 2011

INSIDEIndex Meetings.........................22

Obituaries.......................12Opinion.............................8Out.&.About....................21People.&.Business.........13

Police.Beat.....................10Real.Estate.....................32School.Notebook............ 11Sports.............................15

SPORTSA.spring.season.to.savorPage.15

Unsung HeroRuth.Perry,.making.life’s.lemonadePage.2

Sports boostersSchools.move.closer.to.consolidationPage.3

Arts.Calendar.................19Classifieds......................27Community.Calendar......22Great.Outdoors...............14

July 6, 2011 News of The City of Portland Vol. 9, No. 27

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By Emily Guerin and Emily Parkhurst

PORTLAND — Federal stimulus funds funneled into Maine may have resulted in a reported 1,600 jobs and im-provements to infrastructure all over the state.

Since 2009, the federal government has awarded $1.4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to public, private and non-profit organizations throughout Maine. The largest awards went to projects for roads and water main replacements.

EMily.GuERiN./.ThE.FORECASTERWorkers replace a sewer line on Washington Avenue in Portland last year. The metal structure protects them in the event of a trench collapse. Failures to comply with excavation and

protective system requirements are among the violations committed by companies that have received

federal stimulus funds for infrastructure work in Maine.

Area schools stand to lose millions in state fundingBy Emily Parkhurst

PORTLAND — School districts in southern and mid-coast Maine stand to lose millions in state funding next year, after a last-minute change to the way the state distributes money for essential programs and services.

The change was narrowly ap-proved by the state Senate late in the afternoon of its last session before summer recess.

The Senate voted 17-15 June 29 to move funds from suburban and urban areas to the rural areas of the state.

Because the funding estimates are based on the fiscal 2012 bud-get, the amounts districts receive the following year may be greater, because more funds for schools may be made available in next year’s budget.

But urban schools will see smaller increases based on the new law.

“The (Essential Programs and Services) formula was

City eyes borrowing $1.5M to repair century-old organBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — On Aug. 22, 2012, the Kotzschmar organ will be a century old, making it the oldest working municipal organ in the U.S.

Its birthday present may be a $2.6 million make-over.

The City Council is expected to conduct a first reading July 18 of a proposal to borrow up to $1.5 million to help pay for the repairs.

Kathleen Grammer, execu-tive director of Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ, said the historic organ is showing its age, especially in the instrument’s wind chest.

The wind chest is a sealed, walk-in room that fills with air when the organ is turned on. A 25-watt fan forces air into the chamber, causing the walls to expand. When keys on the organ controller are pressed, that air is released to corresponding pipes, producing sound.

But Grammer sa id the 825-square foot wind chest is

RANdy.BilliNGS./.ThE.FORECASTERFriends of the Kotzschmar Organ Executive Director Kathleen Grammer stands in front of the oldest working municipal organ, which is housed in

Portland’s Merrill Auditorium.

High cost of low bids: Environmental, safety violators get stimulus contracts

The money was awarded to state agencies, which then hired contractors to carry out the projects. Some of the largest awards were to the Maine De-partment of Transportation and the Portland Water District.

Both PWD and DOT pick contractors based on the lowest bids. This process saves money, but can also result in companies cutting corners to achieve the lowest bids.

Many contractors have few or no violations of federal Oc-cupational Safety and Health Administration or state Depart-

ment of Environmental Protec-tion laws. But in some cases, the agencies awarded contracts to construction companies with histories of violating state and federal laws.

PWD projectsThe Portland Water District

utilized the Maine Drinking Water Project’s State Revolv-ing Loan Fund for 14 projects totaling $4.5 million in southern Maine.

All but $1.3 million of the award was an interest-free loan and will be paid back to the state.

Dearborn Construction of Buxton had the lowest bid on two PWD projects: water main replacements on Elizabeth Street in Portland and Wards Hill Road in Gorham, totaling $825,000.

“We go with the lowest bidder,” Chris Crovo, a PWD engineer, said of the district’s selection process.

In this case, that meant awarding bids to a company with several recent OSHA violations, as well as a recent

wearing down and leaking air, which produces an unintended overtone that taints the music.

Grammer said organist Ray Cornils recently spent more than an hour trying to track down and repair a leak.

During a tour of the organ last Friday at Merrill Auditorium, Grammer pointed out black tape that seems to cover every seam in the wind chest, which spans the entire width of the auditorium stage.

She said the organ has been disassembled and removed from the auditorium twice, once in the 1960s and again in the 1990s.

“Most organs are never moved,” she said. “It was traumatic for the instrument.”

Now, the friends are looking at an overhaul of the wind chest, and the reconditioning of the more than 6,800 wooden and soft metal pipes, which range in length from 1 inch to 32 feet.

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Unsung Hero: Ruth Perry, making (and serving) life’s lemonadeBy David Treadwell

HARPSWELL — “Everyone has prob-lems,” 75-year-old Ruth Perry says, “but most problems have the life span of a leaf. You just have to face up to them.”

This Bailey Island legend knows of what she speaks. Perry raised eight children al-most alone because her husband, now de-ceased, favored his booze over his brood. She has seldom had more than two nickels to rub together, according to a friend, and today she gets by on Social Security.

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RogeR S. Duncan / FoR The FoRecaSTeRRuth Perry’s many contributions help keep the Bailey Island Church and community strong.

Unsung HeroesPart of a twice-monthly series of profiles by

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Portland. Do you know an Unsung Hero? Tell us: [email protected]

“Ruth is amazing. She’s always doing something for others.”

That “something” takes many forms. Space precludes a full listing, but here’s a start:

While she was bringing up her kids, she’d spend time with her ailing parents (father with Parkinson’s, mother with Alzheimer’s) to enable them to stay in their home.

After her parents died, she spent a few years preparing the evening meal at the house of her brother, who had Alzheimer’s (and a stroke).

In 2000, she spearheaded the first annual reunion for anyone who ever attended the Orr’s Island School, now closed, and she’s been the prime mover ever since.

Perry spends three days a week at the day-care center her daughter runs so that the kids will be comfortable with her if her daughter needs to run an errand.

For 10 years, she prepared complete Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for islanders in need at the Orr’s Island Meth-odist Church and, later, at the non-denom-inational Island Church on Bailey Island.

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Schools move closer to consolidating sports boostersBy Emily Parkhurst

PORTLAND — Before taking its annual summer recess, the School Board last week approved a work plan that would eliminate individual sports booster programs and fold each high school’s boosters into a single entity, while creating a nonprofit organization to oversee the boosters’ finances and

PORTLAND — Despite concern about what school officials have called an incredibly tight budget, the School Board approved two new teaching posi-tions, one at Portland High School and the other at Presumpscot Elementary School.

The first position, approved by a nar-row 5-3 vote last week, added a Latin language teacher for Portland High School’s Latin and Greek program.

“I’m very nervous about the tight budget the voters passed,” said School Board Chairwoman Kate Snyder, who voted against adding the position. “I just can’t get there with this one. There’s some equity issues here.”

Several School Board members cited the board’s decision not to approve two new teachers for Casco Bay High School during budget deliberations, as well as the inequity of making Latin and Greek available only to Portland High School students, as reasons for not supporting the new position.

“It’s not about whether Portland High should have an extra Latin person,” said teachers’ union President Kathleen Casasa, “but about some equity across the district. I issue you a word of cau-tion about that, about how it looks to the rest of the staff.”

“I am sympathetic,” said School Board member Justin Costa, who voted in favor of adding the position. “I want to make sure we clarify this (process) internally, but I am willing to defer to staff’s decisions about what are priori-ties.”

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The board did not approve a $100,000 foundation director position proposed by the superintendent to oversee the new sports booster programs.

The work plan begins the process of replacing the current sports booster policy with one that would require all funds raised for sports teams to go into one bank account, to be distributed equally between boys and girls teams.

The plan is an attempt to make sure the district complies with Title IX, the federal law mandating gender equality in athletic programs.

Superintendent James C. Morse Sr. said he intends to meet this summer with stakeholder groups, including coaches and booster members, to hear their concerns about the new policies.

“Getting out to the community is

paramount,” Morse said. “We need to give them something to react to.”

Changes were last made to the booster policy in 2007, requiring every sports team have a booster program, and requiring transparency in each booster’s finances. That policy, Morse said, has not been enforced.

“That’s one of the reasons confusion reigns throughout the city,” he said. “Through this dialog, we’ll get a lot of clarity about what the school commu-nity’s expectation is.”

Morse said he expects to hold several public meetings to get a sense of the public reaction to the changes. Those

Teachers added amid budget concernfederal Jobs Bill money and savings on custodian retirement matching funds.

The board also approved, 5-3, a new second-grade teacher for the Pre-sumpscot Elementary School. Super-intendent James C. Morse Sr. said the school would have had class sizes of 27 students without the position.

The position converts a budget line initially dedicated for special education supplies to a teaching position.

“I have no doubt there’s a need,” said School Board member Jaimey Caron, who voted against adding the position. “There’s a need all over the district. This budget is already too tight. We’re making choices, we’re moving things around, we’re converting a lot of non-labor lines to labor. It makes me wonder if there aren’t opportunities elsewhere to realign staffing in the district.”

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Group markets greater Portland lifestyle at biotech conferenceBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — The Portland Tech-nology Park may exist only on paper, but that isn’t stopping the city’s eco-nomic development director from mar-keting it to a global audience.

Last week, Economic Development Director Greg Mitchell was among of-ficials from the Greater Portland Eco-nomic Development Corp. who went to Washington, D.C., for the 2011 BIO

International Convention.Mitchell, along with officials from

South Portland, Scarborough and Westbrook, attended the four-day con-ference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, which included 1,700 exhibits and drew an estimated 20,000 attendees.

Their message: greater Portland is a great place to live and work.

“We were marketing the greater Portland region’s lifestyle,” Mitchell said Friday.

According to the GPEDC website, more than 500,000 people live in the area the group defines as greater Port-land. More than 91 percent have a high school diploma, 33.4 percent have a college degree and 11.6 percent have a graduate or professional degree.

The trip to Washington, D.C., which came with a shared cost of $10,000, was designed to attract people in the bio-technology field.

Mitchell said there are about 50 bio-science companies in greater Portland, employing 1,500 to 2,000 people.

He said the GPEDC is a partner-ship between not only municipalities, but also local business chambers and universities.

Mitchell estimated the group handed out 700 “calling cards” to about 500 people. Those calling cards were were candy-filled test tubes with the inscrip-tion, “Compliments of Greater Portland Maine.”

Although the group was teaming up as part of a broad marketing effort, Mitchell said each community will also have the opportunity to compete for the businesses interested in the region.

For Portland, those efforts are fo-cused on the technology park planned off Rand Road, near Exit 47 on Inter-state 95.

Plans for Portland Technology Park are expected to go to a Planning Board public hearing in the next month or two.

The park, which would accommo-date seven buildings of at least 10,000 square feet each, is proposed for nearly 40 acres of city-owned land at 300 Rand Road.

The city is planning a road and asso-ciated utilities to lure bio-tech compa-nies to the area. It would be up to each business to build its own facility.

The land is forested wetland, but engineers and architects are drafting low-impact development guidelines.

The project is expected to affect 38,000-square feet of wetlands, so the city will be assessed an impact fee by the Maine Department of Environmen-tal Protection and the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers.

During a Planning Board workshop last week, Nelle Hanig, the city’s business development representative, said the city can now offer high-tech companies only industrial office space.

But she said companies special-izing in research and development are interested in being within a more professional, campus-like environment, since they are quieter, present a better

business image and allows companies to network and share ideas.

“The Portland Technology Park will allow the city to compete for these types of companies,” she said.

Hanig said the city has already re-ceived inquiries from two companies interested in the campus.

Mitchell said the GPEDC made con-tact with about 40 businesses at the conference. Of those, six companies asked for more information about op-portunities to locate in greater Portland.

Mitchell said one of companies was Bar Harbor-based Jackson Labora-tory, two were European companies looking for a U.S. presence, plus one California-based patent attorney, a pharmaceutical company and a start-up.

Mitchell said people were mostly fa-miliar with Maine, either because they had visited or had family here.

But others likely heard of the state and region through the seemingly end-less stream of accolades from national publications, many of which are located on the GPEDC’s new website, greater-portland.org.

“That allowed for us to really play off the Maine allure,” he said.

Mitchell said that city’s $1.5 million investment into the roads and utilities for the Portland Technology Park will better position the city to get tangible results from that allure.

“If you don’t have sites and facili-ties ready to go when a business wants to invest you can’t compete,” he said. “You have to be ahead of the curve. If not, you’re not even in the competi-tion.”

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Eastern Prom to be scene of adventure-style raceBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — The Eastern Promenade has long been a favorite place for people to spend lazy afternoons, lounging on nearly 70 acres of lush, grassy slopes with sooth-ing views of Casco Bay.

But on Saturday, the popular place will be transformed into an adventurous, 4.5-mile obstacle course.

Nicole Pisani, race director for Tri-Maine, said more than 100 participants are registered for the New Urban Epic Challenge, which is being run instead of the organization’s annual triathlon.

“We have a great venue for it,” Pisani said. “With the huge popularity in adven-ture-style races that we’ve seen popping up around the country, there’s a definite interest by people to have fun and work on their fitness.”

Events have names like the Tough Mud-der, Warrior Dash and the Toughen Up Challenge.

Tri-Maine has offered an urban triathlon in Portland since 2007. But founder Will Thomas said in a statement posted online that the triathlon was too much for the

organization, city and residents to handle.Thomas said last year’s triathlon re-

quired more than 100 barriers, 50 safety cones and more than 50 volunteers. It also put a strain on local and state police, fire and medical resources.

“And there were still very close calls with reckless drivers,” he said.

Thomas said many private donations for the triathlon dried up with the 2008 recession. Also, there are several road construction projects underway that would undermine the course and the safety of participants.

“We can’t knowingly press ahead with a race unless we are 100 percent confident that it is going to be safe, fun and exciting,” he said. “In this case, we did not feel that way, so it became clear that we needed to find a new event concept that maximized the parts of the Urban Epic that we think are awesome, and alleviate the parts that are too much of a risk.”

Enter the New Urban Epic Challenge, with 17 obstacles on a course that criss-

crosses and weaves its way through the Eastern Prom.

The course will send racers up and down the prom and through obstacles designed with the input from experts in fitness, out-door recreation, mountain operations and the military.

“It’s not just the man-made obstacles that are the challenge,” Pisani said. “It’s the natural features of the Eastern Prom.”

Racers will start running on the paved trail near East End Beach before hitting their first two obstacles, tire hoops and a techni-cal rock run along the rugged shoreline.

Then, it’s up a steep rocky trail, back across the prom and up two hills. After another run across the hill, racers encounter a squat run, a rock trail, a wooded trail, and an encore squat walk.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE AND SECURED PARTY SALE Property at 432, 434, 436 & 446 Fore Street and 42 & 50 Wharf Street, Portland, Maine

Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds at Book 25121, Page 34 (Sale Previously Scheduled for June 30, 2011; Re-scheduled for July 22, 2011)

By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale, and specifically the Statutory Power of Sale set forth in Titles 14 and 33 of the Maine Revised Statutes, contained in a certain Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) given by Old Port Retail Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, to Bridger Commercial Funding LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, dated May 17, 2007, recorded in the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds at Book 25121, Page 34 (herein the “Mortgage”), as assigned by Assignment and Conveyance to Bank of America N.A., dated May 17, 2007, recorded at Book 25121, Page 78, as further assigned by Assignment of Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee, dated May 17, 2007, recorded in Book 25837, Page 319, as further assigned by Assignment of Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, dated July 6, 2009, recorded in Book 27927, Page 160, of which Mortgage BACM 2007-3 Wharf Street, LLC is the present holder by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage and Absolute Assignment of Rents and Leases and Security Agreement (and Fixture Filing) and Other Loan documents dated January 13, 2011, recorded in Book 28457, Page 232, for breach of the condition of said Mortgage, and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, there will be sold at a Public Sale to be conducted at 10:00 A.M., on July 22, 2011, at the premises located at 50 Wharf Street, Portland, Maine, 04101 (being one of the premises described in the Mortgage), property consisting of land and buildings located at or near 432, 434, 436 & 446 Fore Street and 42 & 50 Wharf Street, Portland, Maine, being all and singular the premises described in the Mortgage (being the “Property”), to wit:

(a) That real property located in the City of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, and more particularly described on Exhibit “A” in the Mortgage recorded in Cumberland County Registry of Deeds at Book 25121, Page 34;

(a) All appurtenances, easements, rights of way, water and water rights, pumps, pipes, flumes and ditches and ditch rights, water stock, ditch and/or reservoir stock or interests, royalties, devel-opment rights and credits, air rights, minerals, oil rights, and gas rights, now or later used or useful in connection with, appurtenant to or related to the Land:

(b) All buildings, structures, facilities, other improvements and fixtures now or hereafter located on the Land;

(c) All apparatus, equipment, machinery and appliances and all accessions thereto and renewals and replacements thereof and substitutions therefor used in the operation or occupancy of the Land, it being intended by the parties that all such items shall be conclusively considered to be a part of the Land, whether or not attached or affixed to the Land;

(d) All land lying in the right-of-way of any street, road, avenue, alley or right-of-way opened, proposed or vacated, and all sidewalks, strips and gores of land adjacent to or used in connection with the Land;

(e) All additions and accretions to the property described above;

(f) All licenses, authorizations, certificates, variances, consents, approvals and other permits now or hereafter pertaining to the Land and all estate, right, title and interest of Mortgagor in, to, under or derived from all trade names or business names relating to the Land or the present or future development, construction, operation or use of the Land; and

(g) All proceeds of any of the foregoing.

The Property is to be conveyed with the benefit of and subject to the following:

1. Any facts, rights, interests, or claims that are not shown by public records but that could be ascertained by an inspection of the premises or that may be asserted by persons in possession of the premises.

2. Any encroachment, encumbrance, violation, variation, or adverse circumstance affecting the title that would be disclosed by an accurate and complete land survey of the premises and not shown by the public records.

3. Easements, liens or encumbrances, or claims thereof, not shown by the public records.

1. (a) Taxes or assessments that are not shown as existing liens by the records of any taxing authority that levies taxes or assessments on real property or by the public records; and (b) proceed-ings by a public agency that may result in taxes or assessments, or notices of such proceedings, whether or not shown by the records of such agency or by the public records.

2. Title to and rights of the public and others entitled thereto in and to those portions of the insured premises lying within the bounds of adjacent streets, roads, and ways.

3. The exact acreage or square footage of the premises.

4. Restriction as set forth in deed from Joseph L. Soley to Fore & Wharf, LLC dated June 13, 2003 and recorded in Book 19581, Page 195; as affected by Confirmatory Quitclaim Deed with covenant dated June 18, 2003 and recorded in Book 19593, Page 229, and as set forth or republished in deeds into Old Port Retail Holdings LLC recorded in Book 25121, Page 30 and Book 25121, Page 32.

5. Rights and easements over a right-of-way or passageway as set forth in deed from Walter G. Davis, et al. to Carr Brothers Company dated March 6, 1935 and recorded in Book 1468, Page 125, as affected by release recorded in Book 3155, 47.

4. Rights and easements as set forth and referenced in deed to Carr Brothers Company by instrument dated April 7, 1944 and recorded in Book 1749, Page 112, as affected by instrument recorded in Book 3155, Page 647.

5. Rights and easements granted to Harbor Realty Company, Union Corp. and Lenjane Realty Corp. by instrument dated July 18, 1952 and recorded in Book 2088, Page 227; and to Carr Brothers Company by instrument dated July 18, 1952 and recorded in Book 2097, Page 267, as affected by instrument recorded in Book 3155, Page 647.

6. Rights and easements granted to Central Maine Power Company and New England Telephone and Telegraph Company by instrument dated March 13, 1953 and recorded in Book 2124, Page 341.

7. Rights and easements granted to Lawrence Adlerstein set forth in deeds dated November 18, 1992 and recorded in Book 10403, Page 299 and in Book 10403, Page 314.

8. Rights and easements set forth in deed to Thomas E. Carr, Sr. and Thomas E. Carr, II dated January 14, 1994 and recorded in Book 11237, Page 196 and the terms and provisions related to the use thereof.

9. Rights and easements set forth in deed to GLJ, Inc. dated January 14, 1994 and recorded in Book 11237, Page 201 and the terms and provisions related to the use thereof.

10. Rights and easements set forth in easement deed to Thomas E. Carr, Sr. and Thomas E. Carr, II and GU, Inc. dated January 14, 1994 and recorded in Book 11237, Page 209 and the terms and provisions related to the use thereof.

11. Rights and easements set forth in deeds to Joseph L. Soley dated March 19, 1994 and recorded in Book 11349, Page 235 and dated March 22, 1994 and recorded in Book 11349, Page 239.

12. Terms and provisions of a lease by and between Monopoly, Inc. and Robert Waitkevitch dated as of May 23, 2000 as evidenced by Memorandum of Renewal of Lease dated August 7, 2000 and recorded in Book 15689, Page 100.

13. Such state of facts, matters or notes as shown on a survey prepared by Owen Haskell, Inc. dated April 30, 2007, as revised, and designated as Job No. 2007-059P recorded in Plan Book 207, Page 265, including but not limited to the following matters: encroachments of overhead fire escape and concrete buttress into Union Street; and encroachments of duck work, overhead ACU, and building corner into Wharf Street.

14. Terms and provisions of a Lease dated March 24, 2001, to International Business Group, LLC, d/b/a Liquid Blue and Diggers, as tenant, as evidenced by instrument dated May 15, 2007 and recorded on May 21, 2007 in Book 25121, Page 69.

15. Zoning and land use regulations affecting the premises.

16. Any right of parties or tenants in possession of the premises, if any such persons or rights exist.

Also to be sold at said Public Sale, pursuant to the provisions of 11 MRSA § 9-1604, shall be the following described personal property in which Mortgagor has any interest (“Collateral”): All goods, building and other materials, supplies, work in process, equipment, machinery, fixtures, furniture, furnishings, signs and other personal property, wherever situated, which are or are to be incorporated into, used in connection with or appropriated for use on the Property; all rents, issues, deposits and profits of the Property (to the extent, if any, they are not subject to the Assignment of Rents and Leases); all inventory, accounts, cash receipts, deposit amounts, escrow accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, general intangibles, chattel paper, instruments, documents, notes, drafts, letters of credit, insurance policies, insurance and condemnation awards and proceeds, any other rights to the payment of money, trade names, trademarks and service marks arising from or related to the Property or any business now or hereafter conducted thereon by Mortgagor; all permits, consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations and other rights granted by, given by, or obtained from, any governmental entity with respect to the Property; all deposits or other security now or hereafter made with or given to utility companies by Mortgagor with respect to the Property; all advance payments of insurance premiums made by Mortgagor with respect to the Property; all plans, drawings and specifications relating to the Property; all loan funds held by Mortgagee, whether or not disbursed; all funds deposited with Mortgagee pursuant to any Loan Document, including, without limitation, all “Restoration Funds” as defined herein; all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, accounts, refunds, cost savings and payments of any kind related to the Property or any portion thereof, including, without limitation, (i) all “Escrow Deposits” as defined in the Mortgage together with all replacements and proceeds of, and additions and accessions to, any of the foregoing; (ii) and all books, records and tiles relating to any of the foregoing.

Terms of Sale: The sale will be conducted as a public auction, with bids being made orally. Daniel Boivin, Maine auctioneer license #782, will conduct the bidding. Prior to commencement of the bidding, prospective bidders must register and submit a deposit of $50,000.00 in bank check or certified check payable to Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry Real Estate Escrow Account. The deposit amount must be increased to an amount equal 10% of the purchase price within 7 calendar days of the public auction. The premises will be sold to the highest bidder. All of the property will be sold “as is”, “where is” with no warranties expressed or implied. The deposits of unsuccessful bidders will be returned immediately after the conclusion of the sale. Im-mediately upon the close of bidding, the highest bidder will sign a Purchase and Sale Agreement with BACM 2007-3 Wharf Street, LLC, which will require payment of the increased deposit amount within 7 calendar days and payment of the balance of the purchase price, in cash, certified funds or by readily available Federal funds, within 45 days after the date of the public auction. BACM 2007-3 Wharf Street, LLC will convey the real estate to the successful bidder by quitclaim (release) deed without covenant within such 45 day period. BACM 2007-3 Wharf Street, LLC reserves the right to bid, the right to withdraw all or any part of the property from the sale, the right to modify these terms and the right to announce additional terms at the time of the public auction.

Additional information regarding the sale may be obtained by contacting the attorney for the seller: Leslie E. Lowry, Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry, 10 Free Street, P.O. Box 4510, Portland, Maine 04112-4510, (207) 775-7271.

Signed: BACM 2007-3 Wharf Street, LLC, By: Leslie E. Lowry, its duly authorized attorney.

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violation of Maine’s environmental laws.On Sept. 29, 2009, an OSHA inspector

fined Dearborn $28,500 for three serious violations, two of which were repeats, meaning the company was cited for the same offense, or one very similar, in the

previous three years.The largest of the fines, $21,000, was a

repeat violation for failing to protect em-ployees during excavations. Another repeat violation, for failing to have daily inspec-tions to avoid trench cave-ins, resulted in a $6,000 fine.

About a year earlier, in November 2008, Dearborn was fined $21,000 for the same class of violations: excavation and protec-

tive system requirements.OSHA Area Director William Coffin

said that based on the company’s violation history, either Dearborn has “complete dis-regard for employee safety or they just feel they can get away with it.”

He said if the side of a trench caves in the

outcome would be very serious and poten-tially life-threatening for workers.

Dearborn’s pattern of repeat violations for excavation safety continues back to 2002. In the past nine years, OSHA in-spected Dearborn nine times and levied more than $60,000 in fines, six for repeat violations.

Dearborn also violated Department of Environmental Protection regulations in 2004 for improperly building parking lots and storage buildings on its Buxton prop-erty. The company was fined nearly $4,000 for not first obtaining DEP permits for the new construction, but was not formally cited for the violation until three years later.

“Dearborn is a fairly sophisticated com-pany. They constructed on 6.73 acres, more than double over the three-acre threshold without a permit. That’s something we’d expect them to know,” DEP manager Peter Carney said.

According to the notice of violation, the amount of the penalty is based on the cause and circumstance of the violation, the fact that minimal environmental impact resulted, and the company’s cooperation with DEP.

Despite the company’s history of viola-tions, PWD gave Dearborn two federally funded contracts.

PWD’s Crovo said he was not previ-ously aware of the company’s record, but expressed concern when it was presented to him.

“We don’t think that’s very good,” he said. “But on the other hand, without get-ting into details about what has happened, I don’t know how bad they are. My under-standing is that Dearborn does pretty good work and they are a pretty clean contractor. But let the record speak for itself, too.”

He explained that PWD has an internal inspection process, and has the ability to approach contractors about safety or envi-ronmental concerns. However, he said this rarely happens, and never occurred with Dearborn.

Ronald Dearborn, the company’s presi-dent, did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

Dearborn is not the only company with a history of violations that received federal stimulus money.

Shaw Bros. Construction of Gorham was awarded an $800,000 contract for MDOT’s Bayside Trail project in Portland, plus a paving overlay project in Saco and two PWD projects in Portland. The work totaled $1.5 million, even though the company had violated DEP regulations while working on a PWD project in Gorham in 2007.

According to PWD officials and the DEP notice of violation, the company planted the wrong wetland species while working on the $7.5 million Little Falls Wastewater Conveyance project, and had to remove the plants and reseed the area with native plants to comply with state regulations.

“The clean-up work was less than desir-able,” Crovo said of the contractor’s work replanting the construction area. However, he said that PWD may have given Shaw Bros. the wrong seed mix, so the two enti-ties ended up splitting the cost of replant-ing.

The year before it violated environmental regulations working for PWD, Shaw Bros. violated erosion control laws while working on the new Mercy Hospital building on the Fore River Parkway. Shaw Bros. received a notice of violation, but was not fined.

“We didn’t agree with that fine. We fought that,” Shaw Bros. Vice President and Controller Tom Biegel said.


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Meeting set on Martin’s Point Bridge project

PORTLAND — The Maine Department of Transportation will hold a public meet-ing next week about the planned replace-ment of the Martin’s Point bridge, which carries Route 1 over the Presumpscot River between Falmouth and Portland.

The meeting is scheduled for Wednes-day, July 13, at 6 p.m. in the green room at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St.

MDOT will take questions and comments from attendees about the project. Additional questions can be directed to MDOT Project Manager Leanne Timberlake, at 624-3422 or [email protected].

Portland centralizes school registration

PORTLAND — School Department summer registration will now take place at the city’s two largest high schools, rather than at individual schools.

Beginning July 11, parents registering children for the 2011-2012 school year should go to Deering High School, 370 Ste-vens Ave., to register for Deering, Casco Bay High School, Lincoln Middle School, Moore Middle School, and Hall, Longfellow, Lyseth and Riverton elementary schools.

News briefsParents should go to Portland High

School, 284 Cumberland Ave., for stu-dents who will attend Portland High, King Middle School, East End Commu-nity School, Ocean Avenue Elementary School, Reiche Community School and Peaks and Cliff Island elementary schools.

Offices will be open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information on student registration, call 874-8250.

Months of work slated for busy intersection

PORTLAND — A nearly five-month construction project at one of the city’s busiest intersections was scheduled to begin Tuesday.

The Maine Department of Transpor-tation is making improvements to the Riverside Street and Warren Avenue intersection, including roadway widen-ing, additional lanes, new sidewalks, improved signals and new guardrail.

About 22,000 vehicles use the intersec-tion daily. Drivers should be prepared for uneven lanes, exposed manhole/catch basin covers and lane shifts, the DOT said in a press release.

The $1.8 million project is expected to be complete by mid-November.

Hit-and-run mars Portland fireworks

PORTLAND — Police said a New Hampshire man sustained serious inju-ries when he was struck by a car near the intersection of Congress and Munjoy streets after the fireworks Monday night.

Lt. Gary Rogers said the 39-year-old man was transported to Maine Medi-cal Center after he was allegedly struck at about 10:15 p.m. by a gray Dodge Durango driven by 34-year-old Jason Beaudoin of Portland. Police said the two men had an altercation and the New Hampshire man was hit by Beaudoin’s SUV as Beaudoin drove away.

Beaudoin and the vehicle were found at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, and the incident

remained under investigation.Crowds were otherwise relatively well

behaved, Rogers said. There were only a few fights reported and one arrest for disorderly conduct.

Alive at Five concerts begin Thursday

PORTLAND — The Alive at Five concert series in Monument Square opens Thursday with the Mallett Brothers and Paranoid Social Club.

The free series will run through Aug. 4, from 5-7:30 p.m., and includes a beer garden run by Sebago Brewing Co.

For more information and the com-plete schedule, log on to PortlandMaine.com.

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What I did on our family vacationEveryone knows that the last day of school signals the

official commencement of summer, as well as the moment when anxious cries begin to rise from parents everywhere who cannot afford at least a couple of weeks of summer camp for their children, or have merely forgotten to send in the registration forms.

For me, it is also a time when thoughts regarding our lack of definitive upcoming summer family vacation plans arise in my noggin, and when I sit back in my wicker chair and ruminate on vacations past.

There predictably comes a moment during every family vacation when I say to myself, or perhaps out loud (with a psychotic gleam in my eye): “Next time, I’m going on vaca-tion alone!” Translated, this means that my children Ophelia, Harold, and Charles have irritated me to the point of my

wishing I had used more stringent methods of birth control.They have individually, or collectively done something

that has caused me to men-tally calculate how many spa treatments and massages I could have had for the price of taking them on a family vacation. To shelter, clothe, feed and entertain them.

Now, this sentiment isn’t something uttered only by single mothers of three, nor is it limited to the mouths of single parents. Or widowed single parents. Anyone who has children has uttered this at some point. And if they haven’t uttered it, they have thought it. And if they say they haven’t thought it, they are lying.

I know this to be true, because I vividly remember feeling this way even when I was married to a living, breathing man. And I have married friends, and I know they often wonder why they, too, have brought their kids along with them on vacation.

Vacation: n. a respite or a time of respite from something.So if we are in search of a respite, why do we usually

bring along the very things we need a respite from? You may as well bring along your taxes, your oral surgeon and your gynecologist, too.

I love my children. They are the bright stars in my uni-verse. I have never honestly wished I hadn’t given birth to them. There have been times, however, when I have honestly wished I hadn’t allowed them to climb into the car with me as I embarked upon my “respite.”

Now, in addition to moment No. 1, there comes a second moment during every family vacation when I have what I like to call my “little nervous widowhood breakdown.” Translated, this means we have done or seen something that has made me think of Drew, miss him immensely, and has made my heart break for my kids.

Perhaps we are having breakfast in some quaint little town, far from home, and it’s the moment when I see a fam-ily. Or, more specifically, a couple. Their teenaged children are walking ahead of them, or their young children have run off to play. The man puts his arm around the woman’s shoulders, pulling her gently toward him. The woman puts her arm around his waist, and leans her head against his shoulder.

If you’ve been married, you know what they are thinking. They are thinking, “Ahhh, yes. This is how it all started. Just


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A year without summerUnless I’m mistaken, 2011 is shaping up to be

another year without a summer, at least not much of one.

Here we are sailing into July and I haven’t been to the beach yet, we don’t have the raft out at the lake, and next week is Clam Festival. Having lived in Yarmouth 30 years now, I have come to regard Clam Festival, always the second weekend in July, as summer’s half-way point.

I know, I know, sum-mer only officially start-ed June 21, but as my late, great friend Carlo Pittore used to sing, “There’s only two sea-sons in Maine – winter and the Fourth of July.”

Actually, because the season is so short, rarely more than 10 weeks, Main-ers tend to measure summer from Memorial Day to Labor Day, even though mud season often doesn’t end until well into June and fall often comes crash-ing down on us in mid-August.

Yesterday I picked a flat of strawberries at Max-well’s in Cape Elizabeth and Carolyn made jam after supper, so we will have a taste of summer all year. But the cool, dry nights and the absence of heat wave tell my body that it’s not really summer yet.

The historical “Year Without a Summer” was 1816, when ash thrown into the atmosphere by the eruption of Mt. Tambora the year before lowered the average global temperature by a single degree. You wouldn’t think 1 degree would make any notice-able difference, but it snowed in Maine in June, and frost kills and crop failures triggered a worldwide subsistence crisis.

You may have noticed that last week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released

data that showed that the 30-year normal tempera-ture in the United States is now 1.5 degrees warmer than it was in the 1970s. Oh yuh, baby, you climate change deniers can cruise around in your big-mother trucks bragging about your huge carbon footprints, but you’re gonna burn right along with the rest of us. Being stupid doesn’t exempt you from the laws of nature.

Screw with the environment and it’ll screw you right back, Bubba. It’s not just that it’s getting warmer, it’s that temperature changes in the air, the earth, and the water set off systemic changes. An increase in violent weather events is one price we are paying already. Floods of historic proportions inundate the Midwest and we’ve now got tornadoes touching down in New England. In fact, the U.S. has seen an almost three-fold increase in tornadoes (1,411 versus 507) in the first five months of 2011, compared to the same period last year.

OK, so it’s going to be a while before melting ice caps cause enough sea level rise to drown coastal Maine, but small temperature changes can have subtle and unforeseen consequences. Last year’s long, hot summer, for example, prompted bees to stay active well beyond the pollen season, resulting in a 40 percent honeybee die-off. Big deal, right? Unless of course, you’re trying to pollinate plants to feed a hungry planet.

But not to worry, Mr. & Mrs. V8-Powered SUV, the thermometer seems to be swinging back this summer. Even on sunny days, the heat of the sun is subverted by a coolness left over from winter and implicit of the fall. Stick your hand out the window at 80 mph and feel the winds of change.

It’s kind of like having fever and chills at the same time.

Freelance journalist Edgar Allen Beem lives in Yarmouth. The Universal Notebook is his personal, weekly look at the world around him.

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“Kiss my toxic landfill” asks Edgar Allen Beem? No, kiss my toxic governor.

Paul LePage is following the script from Tea Party Central. It is written, it is being implemented, and no public opposition will influence the plan. I come from New Jersey, where toxic wastes have forced the closing of beaches, turned rivers orange, saturated aquifers, and

since the 1980s have been left to the state DEP to solve – at horrendous taxpayer ex-pense. Today,

New Jersey’s principal toxic waste sits in the governor’s office: Chris Christie, maybe not a “model for the nation” as the Tea Party claims, but a model for Paul LePage.

Of course, the Tea Party-GOP wants to eradicate all public ownership for transfer to profiteers. Of course, it wants to subjugate workers to lower wages, remove their health care, nullify the rights to organize and peti-tion, and purge their retirement funds. Of course, the Cantor-Ryan Tea-Party deficit plan targets all money spent on people. Of course, the FOX News demagogues blame the poor, the disabled and the elderly for the trillions that went to speculators, Wall Street derivative schemes, hedge funds, bond vigilantes and to wars. And of course, the Democrats and President Obama rubber-stamp all of it.

“As goes Maine, so goes the nation” is a myth today, for it is the other way around. If you want to know where Paul LePage will take Maine, just follow New Jersey.

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the two of us. Just the comfort of one another. No matter how crazy life gets, no matter how imperfect things some-times see, we still have this. And this is what it’s all about.”

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Note: The Portland Police Department did not provide ages or hometowns for arrests and did not respond to requests for more information prior to deadline.6/26 at 3 p.m. Wyatt Weston Bowman was arrested on Congress Square by Officer Gavin Hillard on a charge of criminal trespass.6/26 at 10 p.m. Brian T. York was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Charles Ames on a charge of burglary to a motor vehicle.6/26 at 10 p.m. David T. McGlashing was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Charles Ames on a charge of criminal threatening.6/26 at 10 p.m. Christopher A. Conley was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Robert Cunningham on a charge of criminal threat-ening.6/27 at 12 a.m. Douglas Dale Hafford was arrested on Oxford Street by Officer Stephen Black on a charge of criminal trespass.6/27 at 7 a.m. Keith Martin Bennett was ar-rested on Forest Avenue by Officer Andjelko Napijalo on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.6/27 at 9 a.m. Nicholas Saindon was arrested on Veranda Street by Officer Stacey Gagnon on a charge of violation of bail conditions.6/27 at 3 p.m. Timothy Turner was arrested on County Way by Officer Stacey Gagnon on a charge of disorderly conduct.6/27 at 3 p.m. Jason M. Hernandez was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Kevin McCarthy on a charge of operating after suspension.6/27 at 6 p.m. Lisa Powers was arrested on Exchange Street by Officer Daniel Townsend on a charge of criminal mischief.6/27 at 7 p.m. Jonathan Fitts was arrested on St. John Street by Officer Evan Bomba on a charge of violation of conditional release.6/27 at 10 p.m. Emily Herbold was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Charles Ames on a charge of assault.6/28 at 2 a.m. Thomas L. Ellington was arrested on State Street by Officer Charles Ames on a charge of public drinking.6/28 at 3 a.m. Harrison D. Banks was ar-rested on Washington Avenue by Officer Jonathan Reeder on a charge of violation of a protective order.6/28 at 3 a.m. Erik Stephen Sanborn was arrested on Pearl Street by Officer Terrence Fitzgerald on a charge of assault.

6/28 at 4 a.m. Francis M. Bachelder was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Ryan Gagnon on a charge of violation of condi-tional release.6/28 at 3 p.m. Darren T. Hat was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Daniel Rose on a charge of assault.6/28 at 3 p.m. Crystal Babcock was arrested on Oak Street by Officer Daniel Hondo on a charge of operating under the influence.6/28 at 4 p.m. Gary Randall was arrested on Oak Street by Officer Richard Ray on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.6/28 at 5 p.m. William Syska was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Joseph Ingegneri on a charge of operating under the influence.6/29 at 12 a.m. Derek Dow was arrested on Spring Street by Officer Evan Bomba on a charge of assault.6/29 at 9 a.m. Andrew Coyne was arrested on Preble Street by Officer Daniel Knight on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking ot transfer.6/29 at 9 a.m. Michael G. Nelson was arrested at City Center by Officer Daniel Rose on a charge of criminal trespass.6/29 at 4 p.m. Ezekiel L. Price was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Jacob Titcomb on a charge of operating after suspension.6/29 at 7 p.m. Meghan Perreault was arrested on June Street by Officer Nicholas Good-man on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.6/29 at 10 p.m. Edward J. Timilty was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Christopher Kelley on a charge of assault.6/30 at 12 a.m. Kevin Rafferty was arrested on Riverside Street by Officer Jessica Brown on a charge of criminal trespass.6/30 at 10 a.m. Ronald Jordan was arrested on Exchange Street by Officer Daniel Knight on charges of operating after suspension and furnishing liquor to a minor.6/30 at 3 p.m. Bruce Leeman was arrested on Congress Square by Officer Robert Hawkins on a charge of criminal mischief.6/30 at 5 p.m. Markus Leeman was arrested on Fore Street by Officer Nicholas L. Good-man on a charge of unlawful furnishing of scheduled drugs.6/30 at 7 p.m. Darren C. Cravero was arrested on Congress Street by Officer Daniel Hondo on a charge refusing to submit to arrest or detention.6/30 at 8 p.m. Stephen R. Proctor was ar-rested on St. John Street by Officer Joseph Ingegneri on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.6/30 at 10 p.m. Abdi Farah Ali was arrested on Revere Street by Officer Eric McCusker on a charge of assault.6/30 at 11 p.m. Abdi F. Ali was arrested on Woodford Street by Officer Eric McCusker on a charge of operating after suspension.6/30 at 11 p.m. Brian Richard Corliss was arrested on State Street by Officer Christopher Kelley on a charge of public drinking.

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Ac t iv i t i es and Awards: Honor roll, four years; Waynflete Scholar; Safe Pas-sage member; Make-A-Wish Foundation; Waynflete Envi-ronmental Action Group; admissions guide; varsity girls lacrosse, four years, and senior co-captain; First Team All-Western Confer-ence, lacrosse; Academic All-American, lacrosse; varsity girls soccer, four years, and senior co-captain; Coach’s Award for soccer; Academic All-American, soccer; First Team All-Conference, soccer; West-ern Maine Conference Sportsmanship award; Student-Athlete award.

Future Plans: Tufts University.Elena Britos, daughter of Cesar and

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program member; received a commu-nity service cita-tion; Poetry Group; hosted Chilean ex-change student; par-ticipated in the South Korea Scholarship two-week immersion program; women’s a cappella group; performed in school production of "Footloose"; girls varsity soccer, four years, and senior co-captain; Western Maine Conference Class C All-Conference team, 2009; varsity tennis, two years, and senior captain; JV girls lacrosse, two years.

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Future Plans: Connecticut College.Alex Friedland, son of Paul Friedland

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A c t iv i t i e s a n d Awards: Elected to Cum Laude Society, junior year; Jose-phine Detmer History Award; high honors roll, sophomore year; Waynflete Scholar, junior year; chairman of the Portland Youth Advisory Council; Model United Nations member; Current Events Club; spent two summers in North Africa learning Arabic with the National Secu-rity Language Initiative Youth Program; Science Olympiad; Science Bowl; admis-sions guide; Project Respect participant; Buddy Lunch; men’s a cappella group; participated in two dramatic perfor-mances, and comedy improv.

Future Plans: Brown University.Kieran Hanrahan, son of Julie Dal-

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Gertrude MacDonald Caiazzo, 95: Devoted mother, grandmotherPORTLAND — Gertrude MacDonald

Caiazzo, 95, died July 2 at Maine Medical Center following a brief illness.

Born in Portland on Dec. 11, 1915, the daughter of Archibald and Bridget Flaherty MacDonald, she attended local schools and graduated from the Cathedral High School in 1934.

On May 24, 1938, she married William E. Caiazzo at the Cathedral of the Immacu-

late Conception. Together they lived and raised their family in Portland.

A longtime homemaker, she was always busy caring for her children.

Her home was a frequent stopping point for officers of the Portland Police Depart-ment for a cup of coffee and a freshly baked treat or lunch.

She was an active member of the Cathe-dral School Mothers Club, a poll clerk for

many years for the City of Portland and a regular participant of the Life Line Exercise Group at the University of Southern Maine.

Her hobbies included crocheting and making afghans for her children and grand-children. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother, and a special friend to many people.

She was a lifelong communicant of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

She was predeceased by her husband William on June 14, 1977; six sisters, Irene Vanier, Florence Elfstrom, Agnes MacDon-ald, Helen Meader, Kathleen “Kay” Carr and Margaret MacDonald; three brothers,

Phillip, John and Samuel MacDonald; and a son-in-law, Luigi DiFazio.

Surviving are her two daughters, Mar-garetAnn and her husband Richard L. Foshay of Scarborough, and Carmela DiFazio of Portland; seven grandchildren, Renee Dimillo, Luigi DiFazio, III, Bridget Ober, William Foshay, Anthony Foshay, Sarah Foshay and Kimberly DiFazio; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

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Bangor Savings Bank has appointed Teresa Thompson as branch manager and Rachael Billings of Gray as assistant manager of its Northgate/Allen Avenue branch in Portland. Bangor Savings has also named James E. Robbins of Portland vice president and senior de-velopment officer for the bank’s wealth management group.

Putney Inc., a Portland-based pet pharmaceutical company focused on the development and sale of generic prescrip-tion medicines for pets, has promoted Dr. Anthony Lucas to vice president of product development. New hires include David Doll, senior vice president of busi-ness development and Patrick Powell, vice president of sales.

Doug Rowe has joined BerryDunn, CPAs and management consultants, as a senior consultant within the Government Consulting Group specializing in IT and management consulting. Additionally, Sno L. Barry has been elected as prin-cipal at the firm effective July 1.

TD Bank has promoted Jennifer E.H. Sirois of Saco from assistant vice presi-dent to vice president, portfolio manager, in commercial real estate in Portland. Catherine L. Buffum of Saco was pro-moted from commercial loan officer II to the position of commercial loan officer III in commercial lending in Portland.

Downeast Energy has hired Steve Garland of Cape Elizabeth as an energy advisor in the company’s Windham loca-tion. Garland spent the past four years working at the Downeast Energy office in Biddeford.

Norway Savings Bank has promoted Patricia Weigel of Falmouth from the position of executive vice president, com-mercial and retail banking, to president of Norway Savings Bank effective July 1. Robert Harmon, president and CEO, will assume the role of CEO and chair-man of the board at that time. Dan Walsh of Falmouth has been appointed to senior vice president and senior commercial lender at the bank’s Congress Street of-fice in Portland. Walsh joined the bank in 1997 as a vice president and commercial lender. Norway Savings Bank has also announced the recent promotions of sev-eral officers within the company: Anna Cece Colpitts, assistant vice president, commercial credit analyst at the Congress Street office; Kurt Garascia, vice presi-dent and investment officer with the Nor-way Savings Asset Management Group; Cindy Hakala, assistant vice president and South Paris branch manager; Anita Hamilton, assistant vice president, com-mercial credit analyst in the main office in Norway; Irene Millett, assistant vice president, senior commercial credit analyst; Tina Ruhland, assistant vice president, junior commercial lender in the Norway office; Chuck Williams, vice president, finance and accounting; and Pamela Veilleux, assistant vice president, executive administration.

Joe Cardella of Brunswick has joined iBec Creative as a web developer.

Portland realty office RE/MAX By

The Bay has added John Chase and the John Chase Team to its growing roster of realtors. Chase Caprio of Falmouth has joined the Dana Trumann team at RE/MAX By The Bay.

City of Portland Fire Chief Frederick LaMontagne recently announced the promotions of three Portland firefighters. Captain David Pendleton, a career fire-fighter with the city since 1985, has been promoted to deputy fire chief. Pendleton has served as island liaison and was most recently the Marine Division captain. Lieutenant Christopher Goodall has been promoted to fire captain. Goodall, a 12-year veteran, is a member of the Fire Investigative Team, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Team, and served as lieuten-ant on Engine Company Six. Firefighter Christopher Alves, a 13-year veteran who serves on Engine Company Six, has been promoted to fire lieutenant.

DeLorme, a Yarmouth-based provider of mapping and GPS technologies, has named John Auble as vice president of data products.

Charles “Chuck” McAllister of Port-land has joined Martin’s Point as vice president of information services. Most recently, McAllister served as director of IT infrastructure at IDEXX Laboratories.

New Ventures

Reck House Press of Bath recently published the first novel of Brunswick resident Deborah Gould, “Household.” The book is a story of a woman caught up in a pattern of domestic abuse who finds relief in researching the family who lived in her home one hundred years ago. Reck House Press is donating a portion

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Tove Rasmussen has recently launched THRIVE Business Coaching and Consulting. THRIVE provides business expertise mainly to small and medium companies, specializing in biotech and manufacturing, and also works with non-profits and entrepreneurs in both devel-oped and emerging global markets. Ras-mussen offers leadership development, strategic development and implementation and financial analysis. A core mission of THRIVE is to work with organizations to help alleviate poverty throughout the world. To contact Rasmussen or THRIVE, call 409-7576, or visit thrivebusinesscoa chingandconsulting.com.

Emily Tupper has launched Academic Wings educational support services serv-ing Cumberland, Sagadahoc and Andro-scoggin Counties. Aiming to help students improve their performance in school, Academic Wings provides private and small group tutoring for students of all ages and grade levels. Sessions are held at public libraries including Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick and Topsham Pub-lic Library. Tupper works with students from homeschool, public and private schools. For more information including a complete list of subjects and services, please visit academic-wings.com.

Me-TV, Memorable Entertainment Television, the new digital classic televi-sion network from Weigel Broadcasting Co., has recently entered the Portland market on channel 51.2, owned by New Age Media of Maine. Me-TV features a wide range of classic television pro-

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Dr. Ryan Sullivan of Topsham has re-cently opened Sullivan Chiropractic at 21 Greenwood Road, Suite 2, in Bruns-wick. Sullivan Chiropractic specializes in back, neck and joint pain, headaches, as well as general treatment for pregnant women, children and families. For more information, contact Sullivan Chiroprac-tic at 837-6936 or visit Sullivanchiro-maine.com.

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Exploring Deering Oaks Park in PortlandIt seemed an impossible undertaking,

but we recently turned an early morning dental appointment into an absolutely delightful experience by tacking on a two-hour exploration of Portland’s Deering Oaks Park and the surrounding neighborhoods.

I have lived in the Port-land area for 58 years and feel embarrassed that I have never taken the time to stop, park the car, and meander through the park to experience the wonder of our own version of New York’s Central Park.

Portland city arborist Jeff Tarling shared with me some wonderful tidbits and trivia about the park. While not tech-nically an old-growth forest, this former woodlot of the Brackett and Deering families contains about a thousand trees, some 250 years old. There are 60 species of trees within the 54-acre park, and as the name suggests, many are red oak or white oak.

Gazing over the pond at the mallards swimming to and fro in search of the next generous soul with stale bread to share, it is hard to believe this serene pond was once tidal and a part of Back Cove. After the Great Fire of 1866, there was plenty of rubble and debris to dispose of. The

massive fill area at the southern arc of Back Cove became part of the earthen

barrier that created the pond.

We enjoyed mean-dering through the magnificent rose gar-den near the Forest Avenue main post of-fice on the eastern side of the park, where 600 roses were ready to burst forth in a daz-zling salute to summer. Three of the trees near the garden are listed on Maine’s “Big Tree” list: a yellowwood, a

Siberian elm, and a pin oak.

We decided to add in some Portland neighborhood exploring and trekked up State Street to the Longfellow monument, and down Congress Street to Maine Med-ical Center. It is amazing how much one sees and absorbs when the windshield of the car is taken away, and the pace is slowed to a walk.

I remembered a wonderful lunch I enjoyed with my mom at the Roma Cafe years ago. Now the Roma is closed. A huge four-dial Seth Thomas clock, badly in need of restoration, stands at curbside stuck on 7:14. It was placed there in 1925 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hay & Peabody Funeral Home, now out

of business. Handsome brick mansions, circa 1884, line this portion of Congress Street, including the Daniel E. Emery Jr. House and Clarence Hale mansion.

At 714 Congress St. stands the home of reformer Neal Dow, often called the “Fa-ther of Prohibition.” The home is open for free tours Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dow was National Prohibition Party candidate for president in 1880, and received about 10,000 votes; Republican James Garfield defeated Democrat Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock with the narrow-est popular vote margin ever.

(Truly obscure Back Cove- and Gar-field-connected trivia: Garfield graduated from Williams College in 1856, and the president of Williams College from 1937 to 1961 was James Phinney Baxter III, grandson of popular Portland Mayor James Phinney Baxter, who championed the creation of Baxter Boulevard.)

We headed down past the Portland Expo and Ice Arena and back into the refreshing shade of the Deering Oaks ravine. A shallow wading pool with timed fountain displays has been created for children and parents to splash about. We walked up onto the arched bridge above the pool and delighted in the shouts of joy from youngsters cooling off on a warm day. At the far end of the ravine

sits a tiny pool surrounded by a stone patio and small boulders etched with artwork of oak leaves and limbs. This is a magical spot to reflect on the bounty of the park.

The recently renovated Castle in the Park was built in 1894 as a shelter to escape sudden downpours and a warming hut for winter skaters. Today it houses a staffed information kiosk. The beloved red-with-white-trim duck house on the tiny island in the pond dates back to 1887. Maybe you will sense the spirit of Longfellow wandering amid the woods, too. His 1855 poem “My Lost Youth” contains a stanza that touches a cord in all of us who sense the years going by all too fast:

“And Deering’s Woods are fresh and fair,

“And with joy that is almost pain

“My heart goes back to wander there,

“And among the dreams of the days that were,

“I find my lost youth again.”

Be sure to check out the informative Friends of Deering Oaks website (deerin-goaks.org) for a wealth of fascinating historical information and pictures of how the park used to look in the early days of its creation. The Maine Memory Network (mainemem ory.net) also has many classic pictures of the park, in-cluding a Passamaquoddy encampment in 1920 in celebration of the state’s centennial.

We can’t wait until the next dental ap-pointment. Maybe next time we will enjoy the park in its foliage colors and meander down to check out Oakhurst Dairy and the USM campus on Forest Avenue.

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A spring season to savorBy Michael Hoffer

The weather was far from ideal, but the high school sports action was memorable this spring.

Baseball produced a state champion and plenty of drama as Cheverus won it all for the first time, and Deering and Waynflete both made it to the playoffs.

Softball saw last year’s up-start team, McAuley, prove even stronger, as the Lions made it all the way to the semi-finals for the first time.

Lacrosse action was fast and furious as several local teams excelled. Deering’s boys made it all the way to the regional final for the first time, while Portland and Waynflete were ousted in the semis.

On the girls’ side, Waynflete made it to a fourth successive state final, but dropped a one-goal heartbreaker to Yarmouth. Cheverus made a stunning run from a 1-9 start to the regional final.

Outdoor track produced tri-umph, while tennis also had its share of thrills, especially at Waynflete.

Before we move on to an all-too-short summer, here’s one final look back at the best of the spring season:

Portland edition spring state champions

Cheverus Stags baseball, Class A

Waynflete Flyers boys’ ten-nis, Class C

Waynflete Flyers girls’ tennis, Class C

Portland edition spring regional champion

Waynflete Flyers girls’ la-crosse, Western Class B

Portland edition spring individual champions

Outdoor trackKatie Shapiro, Cheverus,

Class A girls’ discusCaroline Summa, Cheverus,

Class A girls’ high jumpJack Terwilliger, Cheverus,

Class A boys’ 800Jack Terwilliger, Cheverus,

Class A boys’ mileJack Terwilliger, Cheverus,

Class A boys’ two-mileBryan White, Deering, Class

A boys’ shot putImadhi Zagon, Portland,

Class A boys’ 100

TennisPatrick Ordway, Waynflete,

boys’ singles

FIle Photo The 2011 season was one of celebration and triumph for senior Nic Lops (9) and his Cheverus baseball teammates. The

Stags won their first Class A state championship.

Why baseball is the best sportBy Bryan O’Connor

July is a beautiful month to be a baseball fan.

The season reaches its half-way point, the All-Star game selection process is always entertaining (even if the game isn’t) and the rest of the month brings endless trade rumors and the occasional actual trade.

Meanwhile, the NHL and NBA playoffs have finally ended after something like nine rounds of best-of-13 series (I think the playoffs started right around Thanksgiving this year).

The NFL is still dormant (maybe for longer than usual this year) and college football players haven’t reported for practice yet.

Wimbledon is wrapping up, leaving the British Open as baseball’s only real competitor for the sports spotlight. And I couldn’t tell you who won last year’s British Open. Could you?

A 2010 Harris Poll named pro football the favorite sport of American fans. While 43 percent of those surveyed prefer pro or college football, just 17 percent considered baseball their favorite sport.

Internationally, soccer has been king for decades, and “for-eign football” is gaining traction in the states, as media access has

allowed more Americans to fol-low European soccer. I’m a fan of any competition, especially one involving athletes, but for my money, no sport can com-pete with America’s pastime: baseball.

The most significant factor separating baseball from all other major sports is the lack of a clock. While a lot of casual fans would prefer a faster base-ball game, the lack of a clock can make baseball much more exciting.

Football and basketball teams are praised for their abilities to “eat the clock” late in games. A lead of a certain size becomes insurmountable if the leading team can keep the ball out of the trailing team’s hands. In baseball, a 6-1 lead in the ninth inning is only safe if the lead-ing team has a great bullpen, and even then, anything can happen. Jonathan Papelbon has been lights out for most of this season, but how many Red Sox fans feel truly confident when he walks the leadoff man in the ninth inning of a three-run game?

Another of baseball’s many selling points is its unique status as an individual game within a team sport. Every interaction involves one pitcher against

one hitter, with eight fielders waiting to factor in the result. Because even the best hitters can only bat once every nine plate appearances and teams don’t move defensive players to different positions depending on the current batter’s tendencies, no one superstar can make his team great by himself.

A starting pitcher may have a profound impact on one game (though he can’t win it himself, whatever the errantly-named pitcher “win” stat wants us to believe), but starting pitchers only play in every fifth game. The best pitcher in baseball last year, Felix Hernandez, played for a last place team, and his team won just 17 of the 34 games in which he pitched. Over a 162-game season, the best hit-ters in the game only add seven to 10 wins over a replacement level player’s production. In bas-ketball, the team with the best player on the field wins most series, as every offensive play can be run through him.

In football, it takes a team to be great, but without a great quarterback, very few teams can post winning seasons. Be-cause baseball’s primary com-petitor for the affections of the American fan is football, I feel compelled to note that, while

they may not come easily to newcomers, baseball’s rules make sense. In baseball, a team can only score when one of its offensive players reaches home plate, and every run scores one point. In football, a touchdown is worth an arbitrary six points, seven if a kicker subsequently kicks a ball through goalposts (an activity completely unrelated to the original objective), or eight if the team would rather play more football and score another touchdown (though it’s not called a touchdown the second time). For an equally arbitrary three points, a team can choose to forego the end zone and perform that same one-point action for a three-point reward. And let’s not even get started on safeties.

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4) Waynflete tennis teams sweep Class C

While Waynflete has long set the bar for excellence in Class C tennis, the 2011 season wasn’t supposed to produce three championships. The fun began in the singles tournament when Patrick Ordway proved to be the best individual in the state. Neither Flyers team was highly ranked when the playoffs began, but the No. 8 girls caught lightning in a bottle, didn’t have to face nemesis NYA, then won it all for the first time since 2006. The boys capped their year in fine style, peaking in the playoffs to win Class C for the fourth season in a row.

There’s no sign of the dominance letting up.

3) Waynflete girls’ lacrosse falls one goal shy

Waynflete’s girls’ lacrosse team wasn’t highly touted entering the 2011 campaign and longtime coach Cathie Connors feared the Flyers might be in for a difficult season. If a “difficult season” results in a dozen wins, you can go ahead and sign up every other squad in the state. Waynflete stumbled early at home to Kennebunk, then knocked off powerhouse Yarmouth and defending state champion North Yarmouth Acad-emy back-to-back en route to nine straight victories. The Flyers stumbled in their finale at Yarmouth, but still wound up first in Western B. After surviving Greely and Cape Elizabeth in one-goal thrillers in the

playoffs, Waynflete met up with Yarmouth again in the state final and even held a brief second half lead, but in the end, the dream fell one goal short, 9-8. Next year, don’t be surprised if the Flyers get back to their familiar perch as the state’s best team.2) Deering boys’ lacrosse reaches

first regional finalDeering’s boys’ lacrosse team had played

second fiddle to rival Portland for the past several seasons, but this spring, the Rams had no peer in the city. Deering posted a program-best 11-1 mark, beating Portland along the way for the first time in seven years. The Rams wound up ranked second in the Eastern A playoffs and held off Mes-salonskee in the semifinals to make it to a first-ever regional final. There, despite a valiant effort, Deering suffered a close loss to Lewiston, but this program made great strides and enjoyed a tremendous statement season.

File photoThe booming bat of junior Shelby Bryant helped the McAuley softball team advance deeper than any team in program history.

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1) Cheverus baseball wins first championship

Considering what Cheverus’ boys’ athlet-ic teams accomplished in the fall and win-ter, seeing the baseball team celebrate on June 18 shouldn’t have come as a surprise, but the Stags entered the year without much of a pedigree. That changed quickly in a season devoid of a heavy favorite. Cheverus got great pitching and the bats boomed from the get-go. The Stags only stumbled twice in the regular season (once in a 14-in-ning marathon), earned the top seed for the playoffs and eliminated Thornton Acad-emy, South Portland and Westbrook before

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ComedyFriday 7/8Tom Clark, ”Downeast Humor for the 21st Century,” 8 p.m. Friday, 7/8 and Saturday, 7/9, $15 adult/ $12 seniors and students, Freeport Fac-tory Stage, 5 Depot St., Freeport, tickets at Brown Paper Tickets, freeportfactory.com, 865-5505.

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”Scenes I’ve Seen,” paintings by Thomas Connolly, 5-7 p.m. artist’s reception, exhibit until July 30, Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, greenhutgalleries.com, 772-2693.

Friday 7/8Hither and Yon: Landscapes, Seascapes, Escapes, watercolor paintings by Betsy Wales, 6:30-8:30 p.m. opening, exhibit 12-6 p.m. through Sept. 9, Community Music Center, 317 Main St., Yarmouth, FMI, Lisa Williams, Yarmouth Arts, 846-6264.

”6 Minutes,” documentary photo exhibit of a Tuscaloosa, Ala., tor-nado by Samanatha Montano,

4:30-6 p.m. opening, exhibit until end of July, The Gallery at Cafe Cambridge, 740 Broadway, South Portland, 712-5068.

Saturday 7/9Bethany Major, new paintings, 4-7 p.m. opening reception, exhibit until September, free, Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, 851 Sawyer St., South Portland, Mi-chael Hofheimer, 767-8090.

MuseumsTate House Museum, museum tours June 18-Oct. 9; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays, $8 adults, $6 se-niors $3 ages 6-12; architecture tours first and third Thursday of each month; and garden tours, call for times, Tate House Mu-seum, 1267 Westbrook St., Portland, 774-6177, tatehouse.org.

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Garden, guided tours through October, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 12-4 p.m. Sunday, $12 adult, $10 senior/student, $3 child, garden is free to the public, Maine His-torical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, mainehis-tory.org.

Friday 7/8“Winslow Homer and Prouts Neck,” Lecture by Dr. Kenyon C. “Tim” Bolton III, 6-7 p.m., $15/ free for members, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148 ext. 3244 or portlandmuseum.org.

Saturday 7/9”Nursing in the Past!” display of nursing memorabilia, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, July 9-30, Falmouth Heritage Museum, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth, mfistal@

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Wednesday 7/13“Victorian Secrets” program on Victorian lady’s wardrobe with Carolyn Lawson, 7 p.m., $5, Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Sea-shore Ave., Peaks Island, 766-3330, fifthmainemuseum.org.

MusicWednesday 7/6Its Roots and Traditions: The Sixth

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Summer Concerts at Mill Creek Park, Dave Rowe Trio, 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 3, bring seating, Mill Creek Park, South Portland, FMI, cancellations, 767-7650, southportland.org. for weather-related cancellations.

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Sunset Folk Series, 8 p.m. Rob Simpson, free, concerts on Wednesdays through Aug. 10, can-celed if rain, bring seating, Western Promenade Park, Portland, FMI, portlandmaine.gov/rec/summer.htm or 756-8275.

Yarmouth Summer Concert Se-ries, Monday Night Posse, 6:15 p.m. concert, free, open to the public, Royal River Park, Yarmouth, FMI, 846-2406, yarmouthcommu-nityservices.org.

Thursday 7/7Alive at Five Free Concert Series, The Mallett Brothers, country, and Paranoid Social Club, Rock, 5-7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 4, Monument Square, Portland.

Friends of Eastern Promenade Concert Series, 7 p.m. Delta Knights, rock, Thursdays through Aug. 18, Bandstand, Fort Allen Park, Portland, canceled if rain, FMI, portlandmaine.gov/rec/sum-mer.htm or 756-8275.

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Don Campbell Band, 6:30 p.m., free, all ages, Memorial Park, Sawyer Road, Scarborough, rain lo-cation: Scarborough High School, Thursdays through Aug. 4, host-ed by Scarborough Community Chamber, scarboroughcommuni-tychamber.com.

Friday 7/8Erica Brown CD Release, fiddle/bluegrass, 8 p.m. $12 adv/$15 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, deadly-gentlemen.com.

Meghan Yates & The Reverie Machine, 7 p.m., $2-5 suggest-ed donation, Dobra Tea, 151 Middle St., Portland, 210-6566, dobrateame.com.

The Pousette-Dart Band, 8 p.m., The Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough, 774-4527, thelandingatpinepoint.com.

Saturday 7/9Cinder Conk, 8 p.m., $5, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609, mayostreetarts.org.

Classical Chamber Music per-formed by the students and faculty of Bowdoin International Music Festival, 4 p.m., reception to follow, by donation, First Parish Congre-gational Church of Yarmouth, 116 Main St., Yarmouth, firstparishyar-mouth.org.

The Steve Grover Quintet, a jazz interpretation of The Beatles, 8 p.m., $10 adv/$12 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, deadlygentle-men.com.

Sunday 7/10Village Harmony, world music teen ensemble, 7:30 p.m., First Universalist Church, 97 Main St., Yarmouth, 807-4707, FMI, village-harmony.org.

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Tricky Britches, bluegrass, 6:30 p.m., free to public, Thomas Memo-rial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.

Wednesday 7/13Joy Harjo and Patricia Smith, spoken word, live music and performance, with local poets, performers, 8 p.m., $10 all ages/ $8 Space members, Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, FMI, Port Veritas/Gil Helmick, 400-7543.

Thursday 7/14Jazz from The Great American Songbook, 7:30-11:30 p.m., no cover, Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, WRSedutainment.ME.

Songwriter’s By The Sea, acous-tic folk with Karen & Don McNatt, 7:30 p.m., $10, Fifth Maine Regi-ment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island, Phil Daligan, 766-4421.

Friday 7/15Olas, flamenco, folk, and world music, 6 p.m., Local Sprouts Cafe, 649 Congress St., Portland, 899-3529, localsprouts.coop.

Theater & Dance”The Pirates of Penzance, or

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”Sleeping Beauty,” presented by Vivid Motion Inc., July 15-17, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $12 adults, $10 students/seniors, $5 ages under 12, Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, tickets at lucidstage.com.

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Friday 7/8Choreographer’s Showcase, original works by regional cho-reographers, 7 p.m., $12, Maine State Ballet, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, www.mainestateballet.org, 781-3587

Saturday 7/9Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the La-bor Movement, 8 p.m., $15, Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993, lucidstage.com.


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Midsummer heat means music, theaterBy Scott Andrews

Maine is an incredible place to be in July, with an abundance of music and theater happening all over the Pine Tree State.

Let’s start with Maine State Music The-atre in Brunswick. First item, of course, is “Annie,” the wonderful Broadway musical that represents the quintessential American spirit of optimism.

MSMT’s musicals run six days a week. On the next “dark” day – Monday, July 11 – MSMT presents a special concert by Schooner Fare, featuring all three Ro-manoff brothers: Steve, Chuck and Ed.

The Portland String Quartet, which has been Maine’s top chamber music en-semble since 1969, runs its “Festival of American Music” through Saturday in New Gloucester.

The Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival is entering its 39th season and launches its 2011 five-concert program at bucolic Deertrees Theatre in Harrison on July 12.

‛‘Annie’Of all the Broadway musicals writ-

ten, few have enjoyed such widespread and long-lasting popularity as “Annie,” the 1977 hit penned by Thomas Meehan (book), Charles Strouse (music) and Martin Charnin (lyrics), based on the comic strip character created by Harold Gray.

The reason is simple. The title character, an 11-year-old orphan with boundless op-timism in the face of adversity, represents a quintessentially American quality, and she’s supported by a fine script, gorgeous melodies and memorable lyrics.

Maine State Music Theatre is running a wonderful, fully professional (Equity contract) production of “Annie” through July 16.

The story begins in the wretched New York City orphanage at the depth of the Great Depression, and wraps up a few weeks later on Christmas Day in the Fifth Avenue mansion of billionaire Oliver “Daddy” War-bucks. Tops among the large cast are Lauren Weintraub as the red-headed orphan in the titular role and Charis Leos as the comic Miss Hannigan, the boozy manager of the orphanage. I also liked David Girolmo, who is the best Daddy Warbucks I’ve ever seen, and Laura Seibert, playing private secretary to the kind-hearted billionaire.

It’s Christmas in July as Maine State Music

Theatre presents “Annie,” a Broadway tuner that expresses the quintessential spirit of American optimism, through

July 16.

Director Marc Robin and music director Ed Reichert ably oversee a large cast and nine-piece band and keep this big show moving at a breezy pace. Kudos also to set designer Charles Kading. Despite its size and complexity, Kading’s set has a fluidity that keeps pace with the rest of the production.

If you’re looking for an outstandingly re-freshing midsummer pick-me-up you can’t do better than MSMT’s current production of “Annie.” I’ve seen “Annie” many times over the years and I cannot recall a better version.

Maine State Music Theatre presents “An-nie” through July 16 at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick. Call 725-8769 or visit www.msmt.org.

Schooner FareMaine’s long maritime traditions are

recalled in music by the state’s No. 1 folk ensemble: Schooner Fare.

Long-time Mainers can recall the 1970s when Schooner Fare – then a trio compris-ing brothers Steve and Chuck Romanoff, from the Portland area, plus Tom Rowe, from South Paris – honed their performing and writing skills in Port City clubs and bars. They gained local fame and signifi-cant national attention with their blend of original songs that celebrate Maine’s mari-time history plus traditional Irish tunes and a little bit of Downeast humor.

With the death of Rowe a few years ago, Schooner Fare became a duo. But in sum-mers Schooner Fare reverts to trio mode again for a few appearances with the tem-

porary addition of brother Ed Romanoff, a Broadway actor who is a summertime regular at Maine State Music Theatre.

On July 11, while “Annie” takes a one-day break, MSMT presents the three-Romanoff-brothers version of Schooner Fare at 7:30 p.m. at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus in Brunswick. Call 725-8769 or visit www.msmt.org.

Portland String QuartetMaine’s No. 1 chamber music ensemble

is the Portland String Quartet, which as been playing together with original person-nel – violinists Stephen Kecskemethy and Ron Lantz plus violist Julia Adams and cellist Paul Ross – since 1969 and still go-ing strong. In 1986 they were proclaimed “Maine treasures” and awarded honorary doctor of music degrees at Colby College, where they served as artists in residence for 20 years.

Although best known for a four-concert fall-winter-spring season in their namesake city, the PSQ has been venturing afield since the inception.

The PSQ’s Festival of American Music runs through Saturday evening at a quintes-sentially American location: Maine’s his-toric and famous Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. Concerts are held in the 2-century-old Shaker meeting-house, and the four musicians plus invited guests play an admixture of new and old.

Among the annual regulars are Brother Arnold Hadd speaking about Shaker hymns, which will be played in string quartet arrangements. Modern additions for

2011 include a steel drum band, an electric violinist and excerpts from a newly com-missioned work for the PSQ by composer Gil Shohat.

Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. culminating concert is titled “Sabbathday Riffs: The Fusion of Classical, Jazz and World Music” with compositions by John Knowles Paine, Bert Ligon and Johannes Brahms.

For detailed information on other festival events, visit www.portlandstringquartet.org/mainefestival2011.htm. The concert venue is at 707 Shaker Road (Old Route 26) in New Gloucester.Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival

No concert hall in Maine boasts the rustic period charm of bosky, bucolic Deertrees Theatre, set on a hillside in Harrison. Built 75 years ago of native hemlock trees har-vested on the site of a deer run, Deertrees today is a vibrant arts center presenting a full program of music and theater each July and August.

The anchor each summer is the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, which begins its 39th season on July 12 and offers a weekly series of concerts every Tuesday through Aug. 9. For the past 26 years, Laurie Ken-nedy, principal violist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, has served as artistic director.

Each summer she invites about two dozen fellow musicians, many of them principals in symphony orchestras from across the U.S., to join her in a five-concert series that tends to focus on the established standard repertoire.

The series launches next Tuesday with five pieces united by the flash and fire that characterize Hungarian music. Compos-ers from Hungary include Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly and Franz Liszt. Johannes Brahms, a German, first gained fame with his “Hungarian Dances,” written when he was 17 years old.

Deertrees Theatre is located on Deertrees Road, about a mile out of Harrison Village. Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival concerts are at 7:30 on Tuesdays, July 12-Aug. 9. Call Deertrees at 583-6747 or visit www.sebagomusicfestival.org.

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Friday 7/8EBNO Talent Show, to benefit East Bayside Neighborhood Organiza-tion, with drumming from Taiko Maine Dojo, breakdancing, live music and more, 7:30 p.m. $5, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, eastbayside.org.

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Sunday 7/10Cruise the Bay on a Sunday, Peaks Island Children’s Workshop ben-efit, music by Dave Gagne, 6 p.m. pick-up, 9 p.m. drop-off, Casco Bay Lines, Commercial/Franklin St.; Peaks Island pick-up 6:30 p.m., drop-off 8:30 p.m., $25, tickets sold at boat, free babysitting for Peaks Islanders, 766-2854, [email protected].

Saturday 7/16Benefit Spaghetti Dinner, for Dean and Donna Hayward, 5:30-7:30 p.m., by donation, North Yarmouth Congregational Church, U.S. Routes 115 and 231, FMI, Kim, 653-6396 or Stacey, 317-0806.

Sunday 7/17CELT’s Paint for Preservation 2011 Wet Paint Reception and Auction Fundraiser, 5-8 p.m., $50 advance/ $60 door, Ram Island Farm, Cape Elizabeth, tickets, capelandtrust.org/paintforpreservation/2011.

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Sunday 7/10Society For East End Artists 7th Annual Open Studios Tour and Art Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free, self-guided tour, maps available at 81 Congress St., Portland, rain or shine, held in conjunction with Munjoy Hill Hidden Garden Tour, FMI, Colleen Bedard, 233-7273 or seaportland.org.

Tuesday 7/12Portland Kiwanis Club meeting, talk by USM President Selma Bot-man, 5:30-7:15 p.m., $12, includes meal, STRIVE, 28 Foden Road, South Portland, register by July 8 at [email protected].

Wednesday 7/13“After Dark” Business Social, hosted by Buy Local South Port-land/Cape Elizabeth, for small

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Thursday 7/14”Build Your Network,” Sea Dogs Summer Networking Series kick-off, speaker Bill Burke, 5:30 p.m., The Portland Room, prior to 7 p.m. game, $20 for entire event, Liz Ri-ley, 874-9300, [email protected].

Saturday 7/16Art and Crafters Fair, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., First Parish Market, 40 Main St., Freeport, rain or shine, firstpar ishmarket.com.

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Call for VolunteersFalmouth Heritage Museum needs volunteers/docents for new season, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth, 899-4435.

HART Cat Shelter volunteers needed, help homeless cats at no-kill shelter in Cumberland, many opportunities, call 829-4116 or hartofme.com.

Cumberland County Extension Assoc. seeks volunteers for its Board of Directors, meets every third Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., in-formation packet, Andrea Herr, 781-6099, [email protected].

Wednesday 7/6Blood Drive, sponsored by South Portland Lions of Thorn-ton Heights, 1-6 p.m., Events on Broadway, for appt. call 1-800-RED CROSS, redcrossblood.org.

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Public Church Supper, 5 and 6 p.m. $8 adult/ $4 child, First Par-ish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport, 865-6022.

Gardens & OutdoorsCumberland Farmers Market Association Summer Markets, Wednesdays, 12-4 p.m., Walmart parking lot, US Route 1, Falmouth; Fridays, 10am - 12:15 p.m. Crick-et Hunt School, U.S. Route 1, Freeport, and 2-5:30 p.m., L.L.Bean Campus, Coyote Parking Lot, Freeport; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Cumberland Town Hall, Tuttle Road, Cumberland, all markets rain or shine, FMI, cumberland farmersmarket.org.Daily Nature Programs at Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, 2 p.m. daily through July 31, free with park admission, $4.50-$1; 426 Wolf Neck Road, Freeport, Andy Hutchinson, 865-4465.

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Saturday 7/9Fort Preble, South Portland Land Trust’s Summer Series, led by Hel-en Slocum, meet at Spring Point Lighthouse parking lot, 9 a.m., [email protected].

Sunday 7/10“Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill,” self-guided tour of 12 gardens, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $15 advance/ $20 day of, 92 Congress St., Portland, rain or shine, hiddengardensofmun-joyhill.org, sponsored by Friends of the Eastern Promenade, 233-7273, Solange Kellermann, 577-0648.

Getting SmarterTuesday 7/12Starting Your Own Business: Ev-erything You Need To Know, 6-9 p.m., $35, SCORE Offices, 100 Mid-dle St., Second Floor, East Tower, Portland, register, scoremaine.com, 772-1147.

Wednesday 7/13”Financials for the Math Chal-lenged” talk by Don Gooding, Lunch and Learn Program of MCED, 12-2:30 p.m., $10 adult/ free for USM students, Wishcamper Center, USM Portland Campus, mced.biz/news.html#events.

Health & SupportWednesday 7/6Savvy Caregiver, training pro-gram for caregivers of people with dementia, six 2-hour classes, 9:30-11:30 a.m., free, pre-registration required, Ann O’Sullivan, 1-800-427-7411 x541, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, 136 Route 1, Scarborough.

Saturday 7/9Urban Epic Challenge, Oxford Networks’ giant obstacle course, in support of The Center for Grieving Children, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., $45, register at urbanepicchallenge.com, Eastern Promenade, Port-land, contact, Will, 523-0519.

Wednesday 7/13“The Heart of Sufism,” talk by Andrea Ferranta, 6:30–8 p.m., free, open to public, hosted by inter-faith Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, located in Center for Grieving Chil-dren, 555 Forest Ave., Portland, 347-6740 chimeofmaine.org.

Just for SeniorsPROP’s Foster Grandparent Program is accepting new ap-plications from persons aged 55 and older, FMI, 773–0202 or 1-800-698-4959.

RSVP of Southern Maine is looking for volunteers ages 55 and older for community work, sponsored by Southern Maine Agency on Aging, variety of posi-tions, including gardening, office work, crafts and more, call Pris-cilla Greene, 396-6521, [email protected].

Kids and Family StuffWednesday 7/6Kid’s Activity Days, ”Whale Won-ders,” 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays through July 27, Lobsterman’s Park, Portland, presented by the Chil-dren’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, portlandmaine.com, 772-6828.

”Stories by the Garden” series, Jeannie Brett, illustrator of “My Cat, Coon Cat” and “L is for Lobster,” au-thor of “Little Maine,” 11 a.m., free, open to the public, Friends School of Portland, 1 Mackworth Island, Falmouth, 781-6321, friendsscho olofportland.org.

Yarmouth Summer Arts Series, Reifer & Saccone & Friends, 11 a.m. kids show, with physical comedy, clowning, accordion, free, Royal River Park, Yarmouth, rain location Harrison Middle School, Yarmouth, FMI 846-2406, yarmouthcommu nityservices.org.

Thursday 7/7Crusher’s Kids Concerts in the Park, camp songs with Jon Call, 12:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 4, Bandstand in Deering Oaks Park, Portland, rain location: Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett St., Portland.

“Hands On Architecture with AIA,” 10:30-11:30 a.m., free, for ages 5-12, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, portlandlibrary.com.

Sunday 7/10Library Sundae, antique cars, People’s Choice awards, music, face painting, more, 1-4 p.m., rides and sundaes $2.50, all else free, Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351, falmouth.lib.me.us.

Mid CoastBenefitsSaturday 7/9Tom Acousti and Robbie Coffin, music performance to benefit NAMI-Maine and Freeport Players, 7:30 p.m., $18/advance, $22/door, purchase tickets at tomacousti.com, Frontier Cafe, 14 Maine St., Mill 3 Fort Andross, 725-5222.

Classic Jazz and Hors D’Oeuvres Party, bandstand benefit, pre-sented by Harpswell Community Bandstand Committee, 5-7 p.m., $10/person, Centennial Hall, Route 123, Harpswell, tickets, 833-1825 and at Ship to Shore and Vegetable Corner.

Bulletin BoardSaturday 7/9Rabies Plus! Clinic, 9-11 a.m., vari-ous services, all proceeds benefit shelter animals, Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, 725-5051, coastalhumanesociety.org.

Gardens and OutdoorsSaturday 7/9Cathance River Kayaking Series, led by Michelle Moody, Head of Tide to Cathance River Preserve, easy paddle combined with hike, registration required, Michelle Moody, 319-7355, meamc@mic stan.us or FMI, Angela Twitchell, 729-7694, [email protected].

Sunday 7/10Japanese Iris open garden day,

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Wednesday 7/13Topsham Garden Club annual tour of member gardens, meet at Topsham Fair Mall to carpool, 8:30 a.m., FMI, Marie, 729-1295.

Saturday 7/16Cathance River Kayaking Se-ries, led by Michelle Moody, Bowdoinham Boat Launch to Merrymeeting Bay, 9-miles round trip, more kayaking experi-ence required due to open water, registration required, Michelle Moody, 319-7355, meamc@mic stan.us or FMI, Angela Twitchell,

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Getting SmarterSaturday 7/16Timberframing, Hidden Valley Nature Center’s 4-day weekend class, July 16-17 and 23-24, tim-berframer Bob Lear, $450/$400 HVNC members, includes break-fast, lunch, materials, no carpentry experience necessary, MOFGA scholarships available, FMI hvnc.org, 586-6752, [email protected], HVNC, Jefferson, donations are tax-deductible.

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PORTLAND — According to Friends of the Kotzschmar, the organ was the second largest in the world when it was installed in City Hall Au-ditorium in 1912. It has been upgraded four times over the last 99 years.

Ranks for the swellers and percus-sion stops were added in 1927; the wind chest was enlarged in 1990; a custom-designed manual console was installed in 2000, and 244 pipes were added in 2003.

The facade, which includes a bust of the organ’s namesake Hermann Kotzschmar, a beloved Portland organ-ist and music teacher who died in 1908, shields the inner workings of the wind chest and more than 6,800 metal and wooden pipes.

A set of 1,500 antiphonal pipes are located above the front-of-house seat-ing area.

Only 12 of the pipes visible from the stage actually produce sound.

— Randy Billings

Randy Billings / The FoRecasTeRKathleen Grammer of Friends of the

Kotzschmar Organ points out tape that has been used to seal leaks in the organ’s wind chest.

Assistant City Manager Anita LaChance said in a May memo to the Finance Com-mittee that a bond could be paid for through a surcharge on ticket sales for shows at Merrill Auditorium.

LaChance said a $2 surcharge has been assessed since 1995 to pay for the most recent round of Merrill renovations. That $2.3 million is scheduled to be paid off in 2015, but the city expects to make the last payment within a few months, she said.

In addition to the organ repairs, upgrades are also proposed for the hall’s lighting, sound and video systems. Also, the front-house ceiling would be painted.

“Currently, Merrill has a very limited sound system and limited lighting,” La-Chance said. “Enhancing these systems will make Merrill more attractive to many promoters.”

Grammer said the friends group, formed in 1981 to care for the organ and promote about 18 concerts a year, is planning to launch a capital campaign to cover about half of the costs. In addition to private fundraising, the group will also pursue grants, she said.

Grammer said the project has been in the pipeline since 2007, when a group of seven organists and restoration experts got together to offer a recommendation. The group unanimously said the instrument should be preserved.

“This organ is a survivor, a national icon and it needs to be saved,” she said.

Grammer said the project will likely take 18 months to complete.

If funding is secured, the project would start the day after the organ’s 100th birth-day celebration, a week-long event planned for Aug. 17-22, 2012. Events will feature former organ players and will include tours, concerts, workshops and silent films, among others.

Afterwards, the organ will fall silent for about a year and a half.

“We have to take it out of City Hall,” Grammer said.

But 18 months will be worth the wait, she said, for those who want to hear the organ sing.

“It will be pristine,” she said.Randy Billings can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 100 or

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the Narrow Gauge Railroad.“They definitely put out a strong breeze,” Pisani said

of the fan guns. “You’re going to feel like you’re being blown around.”

Racers will also be able to enjoy food and beer, of course, in the Smuttynose Brewing beer garden on the Maine State Pier.

Registration costs $45 a person, with proceeds benefit-ing the Center for Grieving Children. Medical care, if needed, will be provided by OA Centers for Orthopaedics.

The race is expected to attract a wider range of partici-pants than a triathlon. Pisani said obstacle runners tend to be thrill-seekers, as well as health-and-fitness enthusiasts.

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Perry is also a member of Knit Wit, the Island Church knitting group.

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For her whole life, Ruth Perry has been just doing it, while always being there for her family, for her friends and for the people of the Harpswell islands.

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If the district sticks to the work plan, the new policy would go into effect in October.

“If this policy goes through in October, fall sports have an inequitable resource,” said City Councilor John Coyne, who said he was attending the meeting as a concerned parent. “These folks can go out, and do what they want. I question the inequity and ask for more time.”

Several other parents also spoke against the policy change, suggesting parents would be less likely to get involved in fundraising if they didn’t know if the money would go exclusively to their child’s sport.

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For immediate access to information regarding the Sears HometownStores Program and our confidential application, visit us online at:

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Estimated financial requirements–$25,00 cash available without borrowing and $100,000 net worth.

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condition. Bench with storagecompartment included.

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Alcoholics Anonymous Fal-mouth Group Meeting TuesdayNight, St. Mary`s EpiscopalChurch, Route 88, Falmouth,Maine. 7:00-8:00 PM.

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PCA/CNA NEEDED forBrunswick woman in wheel-chair with MS. Personalcare/ADL’s. Up to 20 flex/hrs.Clean background and validdrivers license required.Please contact 590-2208/[email protected]

HELP WANTED

CAPTIVA HAIR & DAY SPAlocated in Yarmouth Market-place, 438 US Route 1 is look-ing for hair stylist with clientele.Please call 846-8839 or applyin person.

HELP WANTED

LANDSCAPE MAINTE-NANCE and Installation

Must have extensiveknowledge of perennialsand other plant material,meticulous work ethic pre-ferred as we are groundedin quality not quantity typemaintenance. Must havedrivers license.Call: 688-4725 or e-mail:[email protected]

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in Yarmouth has booth rentalavailable for PT/FT for Massage

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152 US Route 1, Scarborough • www.comfortkeepers.com

885 - 9600




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Financial Analyst Lewiston, MaineSun Media Group, a family-owned multi-media company, is seekinga Financial Analyst. Sun Media Group is the parent organization for the Sun Journal,numerous weekly publications and their websites, a commercial printing branchand a technology company.

This individual will have the opportunity to work closely with astrongmanagement team andwill be responsible for the following:

• Prepare, analyze and interpret monthly financial statements,quarterly reporting and annual budgets

• Collaborate with management team to understand/explainfinancial results and identify emerging trends

• Preparing cost benefit analysis for capital and special projects• Responsible for the GL close process and reconciliation.

Position Requirements:The ideal candidate will have proven analytical and problem solving abilitieswith a demonstrated understanding of financials and budgeting processes.Excellent communication is extremely important.A demonstrated high level of initiative, commitment and a self-starter witha keen attention to detail and excellent organizational skills are required.An expert in Microsoft Excel and a strong working knowledge of Microsoft Outlookand QuickBooks are necessary.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.A comprehensive benefit package is available including insurances and 401(k) plan.

Apply with resume, cover letter & references before June 30, 2011Visit www.MyJobWave.com and keyword“Financial Analyst”

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LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

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email: [email protected]

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POSITIONS WANTED

A FUN, LOVING AND ENER-GETIC GRANDMOTHER OFfour Yarmouth girls and nurtur-ing Nanny for the past 5 yearsto a loving family in Yarmouth,will be available for after schoolchild care this Fall. A safe 4wheel drive car available for alldriving needs. Excellent refer-ences. 847-3370.

PSYCHICS

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REAL ESTATE

YA R M O U T H - R i v e r b e n dCondo. Sunny, 3-story Town-house, 3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1100 sq.ft. plus 1-car garage with stor-age loft and large deck.$ 1 9 8 , 0 0 0 . C o m p e n s a t i o noffered to buyer agents. Call318-2042. For a virtual tour, goto:http://www.cpgtours.com/tour.php?br=0&id=15419

SUGARLOAF-SUMMER IS Agreat time to look for your skiget-away! We have a largevariety of Sugarloaf propertiesin all prices, sizes and styles.Call Janet Peruufo at CSMREAL ESTATE 207-265-4000or [email protected]____________________________________________

WESTBROOK -Well-maintained ranch-style home offRt. 302

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RENTALS

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ROOFING/SIDING

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TUTORING

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TUTORING

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VACATION RENTALS

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WANTED

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CASH PAID: WWI & WWIIGerman Military items. Uni-forms, Headgear, EdgedWeapons, etc. 522-7286.

WORSHIP

UNITY CENTER FORSACRED LIVING is an open,Oneness Spiritual Communi-ty. We are here to evolve con-sciousness through what wecall The New Spirituality.We know that the essence ofSpirit is within every one ofus, and our aim is to create asafe and sacred space foreach person to explore theirown perception of Spirituali-ty. UCSL offers weekly gath-erings that are informative,creative, interactive andsometimes ceremonial, fol-lowed by fellowship. ALL arewelcome each Sunday morn-ing at Williston West Church,2nd floor, 32 Thomas St.,Portland (West End) from 10-11AM. 207- 221-0727.

YARD SALES

BARN SALEatSkyline Farm

95 The Lane North YarmouthSat. July 9th 9-1

Furniture, Household items,Antiques, Horse drawn Carriages & Sleighs

If you have items to sell, rent a table for $20.00FMI Call 829-6899

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Sat July 9TH 8-120 Lower Falls Rd

(off Allen Ave)

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The company won its fight, and Mercy paid the fines: $12,000 for discharging silt-laden, untreated storm water into wetlands and failing to install adequate erosion control measures.

Biegel said he was not sure about the violation with the PWD in Gorham, but that the company was very careful about environmental regulations.

“We have 40 employees that are ero-sion-control trained,” he said.

PWD awarded the company two more projects in 2009 because the district was ultimately satisfied with Shaw Bros.’ work and level of cooperation.

“They actually worked very well with us on (the 2007) project,” Crovo said.

OSHA issued Shaw Bros. five viola-tions over the past five years. None were repeat violations, and the largest fine the company paid was $6,300 for a March 2011 citation involving protection of employees in excavations.

Maine DOT projectsThe PWD projects pale in scope com-

pared with the nearly $33 million in area stimulus projects MDOT hired Pike Industries to complete.

Pike was the lowest bidder for several MDOT road, interstate and bridge con-struction projects, and was awarded the jobs despite a history of DEP and Envi-ronmental Protection Agency violations.

The Belmont, N.H., company violated the federal Clean Air Act by using more fuel than its 12-month allowance at sever-

al asphalt plants in 2006, 2007 and 2008. DEP sent the company a formal letter of warning in September 2009.

As punishment, the company was as-sessed a $7,500 fine, although it paid less than $2,600 because it agreed to teach a class on erosion control and air emissions at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

“We knew we’d get the exact ques-tion: ‘Hey, why are the violators going to go out and train people?’ We thought the benefit outweighed the negative,” the DEP’s Carney said.

One Pike employee and two Pike-hired consultants taught the class May 10, 2010, writing off $381 in hotel rooms, $80 for printing and other costs against the balance of the DEP fine.

On Aug. 17, 2010, the company violated the very laws it’s representatives supposedly taught attendees at the UMPI class to obey.

“I wasn’t aware of that violation,” said Jonathan Olson, regional manager and vice president of sales and paving at Pike.

During construction on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, according to the DEP’s no-tice of violation, Pike replaced a culvert under the highway and failed to prevent significant erosion.

The result was the loss of an entire bank of the Royal River, removal of near-by vegetation, the rerouting of portions of the river, and sedimentation downstream, including eventual discharge of sedi-ment to a coastal wetland adjacent to the Yarmouth Boat Yard.

Neither Pike nor MDOT had a permit for the work.

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Olson said the company typically relies on its project managers to make sure projects comply with safety and environ-mental regulations. He said the company did not have a formal process for dealing with reported environmental issues, but that project managers are supposed to report issues to the company’s environ-mental manager, who is responsible for all Maine projects.

“If we’re working with DOT, we figure the state has an eye on the job. If they see a problem, they can call their sister agency,” Olson said.

Pike was ordered to submit a restora-tion plan to the DEP detailing how the Yarmouth site would be restored. No fees have been assessed for the damage.

OSHA cited Pike for two violations in the past five years. None were repeat violations, and the largest fine was for $4,000 in April 2009 for failure to ascer-tain that employees and their equipment were safe from an electric power circuit.

Like PWD, MDOT also awards con-tracts to the lowest bidder. In order to bid on a MDOT project, a contractor must first submit a prequalification application.

The application includes sections on its safety record and history of environmen-tal violations, both of which are self-re-ported. A standard prequalification period lasts one year, but can be increased to three if the company is in good standing.

Once companies are prequalified, MDOT can award projects without re-examining credentials.

In December 2009, Pike indicated that it had not violated any federal, state or

local environmental laws when it filled out a MDOT prequalification application – even though the company received the notice of violation from DEP in Septem-ber 2009 for its three years of Clean Air Act violations.

“Based on my experience, contractors are only required to disclose environ-mental violations which are related to construction projects on their prequali-fication statements,” Olson said. “The (September 2009 notice of violation) was related to the operation of a plant at a fixed facility, so Pike Industries does not believe that it was required to disclose it in the MDOT Contractor Prequalification Questionnaire.”

MDOT has its own safety and environ-mental inspectors who are empowered to work directly with contractors to rem-edy any problems they find. While the agency has the power to boot companies off the prequalified list for bad behavior or violations, Scott Bickford, contracts and specifications engineer, said it rarely does.

“Our goal is to have as many prequali-fied contractors bidding on our work as we can,” he said, because it results in lower prices.

Because DOT’s prequalified list is used by organizations and municipali-ties around the state, Bickford said most contractors choose to work with MDOT to correct their problems.

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Here is the estimated impact on lo-cal school districts of changes in state funding for essential programs and services, compared with funding in the 2011-2012 school year (source: Senate Democratic Office):

• Brunswick: $152,000 reduction.• Cape Elizabeth: $198,000 reduction.• Chebeague Island: no change.• Falmouth: $242,000 reduction.• Portland: $929,000 reduction.• RSU 1: $92,000 reduction.• RSU 5: $76,000 reduction.• SAD 51: $222,000 reduction.• SAD 75: $104,000 reduction.• Scarborough: $388,000 reduction.• South Portland: $395,000 reduction.• Yarmouth: $169,000 reduction.

implemented six years ago under the Baldacci administration and it has been absolutely devastating for rural school districts,” said the bill’s sponsor, Senate President Kevin Raye, R-Perry.

Raye said he sponsored the bill to reverse changes made six years ago that negatively impacted many of the schools in his district.

“We have towns in Washington County ... that are land-rich and income-poor,” he said, adding that because the formula was based on property value, communi-ties that had large amounts of waterfront property, but more than 50 percent of students on the federal free or reduced-cost lunch program, were expected to pay more for their children’s education than they could afford.

However, some senators said the bill was pushed through at the last minute and was intentionally delayed so those opposed would not have the votes to kill it.

Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, said the bill stands to benefit its sponsor the most.

“Twenty-eight out of the 35 senators are losing money or have some split dis-tricts, where some are losing and some are gaining money,” Alfond said. “For those 28 senators who woke up (June 30) with split districts, you’re going to have to answer to those districts. You can’t hide from this vote.”

Raye’s district is estimated to see an increase of nearly $870,000, distributed between a long list of rural Washington County schools, the most of any senate district in the state.

“That’s a silly argument,” Raye said. “This was done very thoughtfully. Some communities will gain, but not as much as they did under the old formula. It’s

difficult to argue the inequities should remain.”

The bill passed utilizing a rarely used procedure called “paired voting.” The procedure allows a senator who cannot be present for the vote to ask someone voting in the opposite way to pair votes. Neither vote counts, but they both go on the record.

Sens. Elizabeth Schneider, D-Orono, and Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, paired their votes, thus cancelling Schneider’s “no” vote on the measure.

Raye said Schneider had initially told him she would be voting for the bill, but switched her vote to accommodate Jackson.

“Were she not able to pair her vote, she would have voted for it. It wouldn’t have changed the outcome,” Raye said.

Sen. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, was absent from the voting.

“I told the senate president the day be-fore the vote that I had to leave early to pick up my mother in Kittery,” Dill said.

Dill said she made it clear she opposed the bill, and accused Raye of intention-ally delaying the vote until she was gone.

She said several going-away parties for secretaries were held the day before and the day of the vote, which delayed the bill until the afternoon when she was scheduled to be gone.

“I like cupcakes as much as the next person, but we should have been doing the people’s business,” she said. “I think it was intentional (to delay the vote) to embarrass some people.”

Regardless of the way the vote took place, the governor signed the bill into law at Shead High School in Eastport on Monday. The change will go into effect next year.

“This law will begin to correct an error in our educational funding formula, and will benefit our rural areas,” Gov. Paul LePage said in a prepared statement.

“This is a victory for parents, students, and teachers in parts of our state like Washington County that have felt a nega-tive impact for several years because of their smaller school districts. The system is not fair and we are attempting to make it more equitable for everyone.”

Falmouth’s superintendent of schools, Barbara Powers, said her concern is that

the legislation ignores the “greater con-text of the Essential Programs and Ser-vices funding formula, which many of us in the field and in the legislature believe is due for full and considerate review.”

Powers said she is not yet sure what the impact of the change would be, but Sen-ate Democrats estimate Falmouth will see a funding reduction of $242,000.

Alfond has estimated the Portland Public Schools stand to lose nearly $1 million.

“Obviously, it’s a huge concern as we move into fiscal year 2013,” Portland School Board Chairwoman Kate Snyder said. “It’s a disappointment for Portland.”

Snyder said she is concerned about how the district will cope with losing both federal funding in the form of the Jobs Bill, which was a one-year alloca-tion to help schools keep teachers, and the new state funding formula.

Yarmouth stands to lose nearly $170,000.

“We already have to account for losing $500,000 from the federal Jobs Bill funds next year,” the town’s director of business services, Herbert Hopkins, said. “This is certainly going to make it that much more difficult. ... Eventually, this is going to fall back on local taxpayers.”Emily Parkhurst can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 125 or [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter: @

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