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The Portland Fire Department’s Ladder 12 bid adieu to the mainland Wednesday as it was put on a barge and sent to its new home: Peaks Island. Ladder 12, which is a 1998 model, will replace a 1983 La-France pumper-ladder truck that’s been on the island for 12 years. Ladder 12 had previously called the Rosemont station home but was recently replaced with a Seagrave ladder/ pump truck, also known as a quint. “While the truck going to Peaks Island is not brand new, Ladder 12 will provide a well maintained and highly capable fire suppression tool for the island in a cost-effective and efficient manner,” said Chief Jerome LaMoria, in a statement. Deputy Chief Robert Stewart said the refurbished Ladder 12 responded to 25,000 calls while on Stevens Avenue, and the lower call volume on Peaks Island will help keep the truck in service beyond the normal 20- 25 year lifespan. Later on Wednesday, Mayor Michael Brennan and LaMoria met with the Peaks Island Council and residents to talk about issues facing the community. The trip was LaMoria’s first time he’s met with the Peaks Island Council since he became the chief. (CRAIG LYONS PHOTO)

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The little prince gets a name

(NY Times) — George Alexander Louis is the name of the world’s most famous baby. Less than a day after the newborn was taken home from a hospital by Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton, royal officials on Wednesday announced the name of the boy, who is third in line to the British throne. “The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge,” Clarence House, the official residence of the new parents, announced in a Twitter post. Although it has been common royal practice for the public to have to wait days, even weeks for the royal naming, the announcement came surprisingly quickly. Royal officials insisted that the couple chose the name themselves. The baby was born on Monday at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. George had been a top choice with betting firms. It was among the names of former kings in the 1,000year monarchy that people had placed bets the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would choose. Other favorites included James, Philip, Henry and Edward. James was a popular bet because of James I, the first Stuart king. Some people saw James as a way for the royal family to perhaps send a message to the people of Scotland 14 months before they are scheduled to vote in an independence referendum. But the name George was considered the best bet because of King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. The queen, great-grandmother to the new baby, had voiced strong affection over the years for her father, who died of lung cancer in 1952 while in his 50s. He was portrayed by Colin Firth in the 2010 movie “The King’s Speech,” which won an Oscar for best picture.

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GALESBURG, Ill. (NY Times) — President Obama tried to move past months of debate over guns, surveillance and scandal on Wednesday and reorient his administration behind a program to lift a middling economy and help middle-class Americans who are stuck with stagnant incomes and shrinking horizons. Returning to the site of his first major economic speech as a young senator eight years ago, Obama lamented that typical Americans had been left behind by globalization, Wall Street irresponsibility and Washington policies, while the richest Americans had accumulated more wealth. He declared it “my highest priority” to reverse those trends, while accusing other politicians of not only ignoring the

problem but also making it worse. “With this endless parade of distractions and political posturing and phony scandals, Washington’s taken its eye off the ball,” Obama told an audience at Knox College. “And I am here to say this needs to stop. This needs to stop. This moment does not require short-term thinking. It does not require having the same old stale debates. Our focus has to be on the basic economic issues that matter most to you — the people we represent.” The president mainly offered revived elements of his largely stalled economic program, like developing new energy, rebuilding manufacturing, spending more on roads, bridges and ports, expanding

preschool to every 4-year-old in the country and raising the minimum wage. But he and his aides hoped to use the speech both to claim credit for the progress made since the recession of 2008-9 and to position himself as the champion of a disaffected middle class that has yet to recover fully. He chastised Republicans in Congress for not focusing on economic priorities and obstructing his initiatives. “Over the last six months, this gridlock has gotten worse,” he said. And he challenged them to come up with their own plans. “I’m laying out my ideas to give the middle class a better shot,” he said, addressing himself to Republican leaders. “So now it’s time for you to lay out your ideas.”

U.S. halts delivery of F-16 fighters Account of Weiner’s conversation fits pattern of online exchanges to Egypt, in sign of disapproval WASHINGTON (NY Times) — President Obama, in his first punitive response to the ouster of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt, has halted the delivery of four F-16 fighter planes to the Egyptian air force. Obama, administration officials said, wanted to send Egypt’s military-led government a signal of American displeasure with the chaotic situation there, which has been marked by continued violence, the detention of Mr. Morsi and other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, and a transition that has not included the Brotherhood. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel relayed the decision to Gen. AbdulFattah el-Sisi, the head of Egypt’s military, a senior official said, and did not say when the Pentagon might reschedule the delivery. “Given the current situation in Egypt, we do not believe it is appro-

priate to move forward at this time with the delivery of F-16s,” the Pentagon press secretary, George Little, said on Wednesday. The White House emphasized that the decision did not have implications for $1.5 billion in American aid to Egypt, which it has said it does not want to cut off for now. The administration is reviewing that aid but has scrupulously avoided referring to Mr. Morsi’s ouster as a coup d’état, which could force its suspension on legal grounds. In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Morsi’s ouster, the administration said it did not plan to halt the F-16 shipment. But officials said they were disturbed by how events have unfolded since then. Holding up planes is a modest, but unmistakable, symbol of that concern — “an inside fastball to the military,” in the words of a Pentagon official.

(NY Times) — The racy online conversations now convulsing Anthony D. Weiner’s campaign for mayor began with an angry Facebook message, according to the editor of a blog that has communicated with the young woman involved. Not long after Weiner resigned from Congress, the 22-year-old woman reached out to express her disappointment in him. Weiner responded and, within a week, their exchanges veered from politics to sex, with the pair trading dozens of explicit photographs, said Nik Richie, the editor of The Dirty, the blog that first documented the exchanges. That account suggests that Weiner’s interactions with the woman, a partisan Democrat from Indiana who thought of him as a hero, fit his longstanding pattern. In rapid and reckless fashion, he sought to transform informal conversations with female fans into graphically sexual exchanges, frequently laced with lewd language and bawdy images, the women have said in interviews. Richie’s account cannot be independently verified. The woman, who is identified in online profiles as Sydney Elaine Leathers, has declined repeated requests to discuss the matter. A spokeswoman for Weiner declined to comment. Weiner, who on Tuesday acknowledged that his habit of sending racy messages to women had persisted long after his resignation, has not disputed reports that he had an online relationship with the woman.

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A day after police in Scarborough put out an alert that a 12-year-old girl was offered a ride by a stranger at the end of Black Point Road, the detective on the case reported that police located the suspect and found out there was no “ill will” in the incident. Rather, Garrett Strout, detective with Scarborough Police Department, said the man is a local man “known to help out” and had no malicious intent in offering the girl a ride. “He was just trying to help a neighbor,” Strout reported Wednesday. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The initial incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, when the report circulated that a man in a blue car offered a girl a ride as she was walking down the street. Strout said the investigation ended with a “good outcome,” and the case has been closed. Police remind young people not to accept rides from strangers and to tell their parents if they are approached by a stranger.

Minor injuries reported in Cape Elizabeth crash A head-on crash on Ocean House Road in Cape Elizabeth Tuesday resulted only in minor injuries to the single driver who was taken to the hospital, Cape Elizabeth Police reported.

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Stephen Joyce PORTLAND — Stephen Joyce passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2013 after a brief illness. Born in Portland, on May 14, 1959, Stephen was the much loved son of Festus and Beverlene B. Joyce of Cumberland Foreside. Stephen attended Portland Schools and lived his life in the Portland area. He enjoyed having a good time and cherished all gatherings of family and friends and was genuinely interested in the lives of his family and many friends. “Steve” had a huge heart and was a very caring person who would always help out a friend and was considered to be part of many families. Steve’s greatest gift was his grandson Benjamin, with whom he spent many happy moments. Steve’s passion for music was one of his greatest life interests. Amongst his many friends, Steve was known to have a vast knowledge of music history from the Rock and Roll era of the 1960s and ‘70s. Steve was a Portland musician, was part of many bands in his early days, and sang and played every instrument on a rock stage. He loved and knew everything about the Beatles and had a unique collection of Beatles memorabilia. Steve was a sports enthusiast, with a special affinity for the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots, and was great at picking winning teams. Aside from sports and music, Steve was an avid reader and loved crossword puzzles. Steve will be missed dearly by his family and friends. Besides his parents, Stephen is survived by his daughter, Andrea Bento, her partner Matthew Siekman, and grandson, Benjamin Siekman, of Auburn. Stephen leaves behind a brother, Michael Joyce and wife Brenda Joyce of Falmouth, his sisters Kathleen Joyce of Falmouth, Jeanne Joyce Meyer and husband Samuel “Tim” Meyer Jr. of Freeport. Stephen is also survived by his nieces, Meghan Joyce of Falmouth, Melissa Dea and husband Matthew Dea of Philadelphia, Kelsey Joyce Meyer and nephew S. Willets Meyer III both of Freeport, uncle and aunt, Charles and Rita Sudbay of Portland, and many cousins, relatives and dear friends. Special thanks from the family to the staffs at the Gibson Pavilion at Maine Medical Center and Seaside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. A Memorial Mass will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland. Arrangements are under the direction of A.T. Hutchins Funeral Home, 660 Brighton Ave, Portland. Online condolences may be expressed at www. athutchins.com.

A man, whose name was not available, driving a GMC pickup truck southbound on Route 77 veered to the left into the northbound lane, colliding with a BMW SUV, police reported. A third vehicle, a Hyundai, was traveling northbound and was behind the BMW and could not stop in time, officials said. The crash remains under investigation, officials said.

City staff learn lessons from the other Portland City officials are learning a lesson from Portland ... the other Portland. Staff from the Department of Planning and Urban Development and the Department of Public Services are in Portland, Ore., for the week as a part of the Urban Sustainability Accelerator program at Portland State University. The city was selected to participate in the first round of the program that aims to help small and mid-sized areas with sustainability projects, according to a

press release. The program will be used to target the India Street neighborhood through urban redevelopment with historic preservation, managing storm water through green infrastructure, maintaining and increasing transportation options and addressing sea level rise, the press release stated. “Assistance from the USA program is a key part of the city’s commitment to planning for the India Street neighborhood,” said Jeff Levine, director of Planning and Urban Development Department, in a statement. “This work will build upon earlier work conducted as part of the Sustain Southern Maine initiative, and will allow the city’s planning efforts to move swiftly from concept to implementation.” “Portland (Maine) has already achieved very successful downtown revitalization. We were flattered that our older sister wanted us to help with the special challenge of integrating historic preservation with redevelopment that makes use of green infrastructure and improved transportation choices,” said Robert Liberty, director of the USA program, in a statement.

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Gangsta guilt trip

BOSTON — Even the loathsome Stephen Flemmi was loath to see a picture of the skull of Debbie Hussey. “I don’t want to see that,” the man who murdered for a living said, turning his head away from the macabre remains of a beauty he raised from the time she was a toddler as his own daughter, then molested when she was a teenager, and then helped kill when she was 26. Jurors stared at the skull of Debbie, who grew up calling Flemmi “Daddy.” “Do you remember how many teeth you pulled out of your stepdaughter’s mouth?” Whitey Bulger’s tart defense lawyer, Hank Brennan, asked Flemmi, Whitey’s old partner in killing, ratting and womanizing who The New is now the star witness against York Times Whitey. The 79-year-old Flemmi replied that he had been “in a semitraumatic state” and on a “guilt trip” during the murder. Whitey nicknamed Stevie “Dr. Mengele,” because extracting identifying teeth was his specialty.

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Egypt’s three revolutions If you’re looking for any silver lining in what is happening in Egypt today, I suggest you go up 30,000 feet and look down. From that distance, the events in Egypt over the past twoand-a-half years almost make sense. Egypt has actually had three revolutions since early 2011, and when you add them all up, you can discern a message about what a majority of Egyptians are seeking. The first revolution was The New the Egyptian people and the Egyptian military toppling York Times President Hosni Mubarak and installing the former defense minister, the aging Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, as the de facto head of state. Tantawi and his colleagues proved utterly incompetent in running the nation and were replaced, via a revolutionary election, by the Muslim Brotherhood’s party, led by President Mohamed Morsi. He quickly tried to consolidate power by decapitating the military and installing Brotherhood sympathizers in important positions. His autocratic, noninclusive style and failed economic leadership frightened the Egyptian center, which teamed up last month with a new generation of military officers for a third revolution to oust Morsi and the Brotherhood. To put it all in simpler terms: Egypt’s first revolution was to get rid of the dead hand, the second revolution was to get rid of the deadheads and the third revolution was to escape from the dead end. The first revolution happened because a large number of mostly non-Islamist Egyptian youths grew fed up with the suffocating dead hand of the Mubarak era — a hand so dead that way too many young Egyptians felt they were living in a rigged

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system, where they had no chance of realizing their full potential, under a leader with no vision. After some 30 years of Mubarak’s rule and some $30 billion in American aid, roughly one-third of Egyptians still could not read or write. The generals who replaced Mubarak, though, were deadheads not up to governing — so dead that many liberal Egyptians were ready to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi over a former Mubarak-era general in the June 2012 election. But Morsi proved more interested in consolidating the Brotherhood’s grip on government rather than governing himself, and he drove Egypt into a dead end — so dead that Egyptians took to the streets on June 30 and virtually begged the military to oust Morsi. Add it all up and there is a message from the Egyptian majority: No more dead hands; we want a government that aspires to make Egypt the vanguard of the Arab world again. No more deadheads; we want a government that is run by competent people who can restore order and jobs. And no more dead ends; we want a government that will be inclusive and respect the fact that two-thirds of Egyptians are not Islamists and, though many are pious Muslims, they don’t want to live in anything close to a theocracy. It is difficult to exaggerate how much the economy and law and order had deteriorated under President Morsi. So many Egyptians were feeling insecure that there was a run on police dogs! So many tour guides were out of work that tourists were warned to avoid the Pyramids because desperate camel drivers and postcard-sellers would swarm them. A poll this week by the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research found that 71 percent of Egyptians were “unsympathetic with pro-Morsi protests.” Yes, it would have been much better had Morsi been voted out of office. But what is done is done. We need see FRIEDMAN page 5

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‘I’m not a doctor,’ Flemmi said, ‘but she looked dead to me’ DOWD from page 4

The bodies have piled up in this trial, men, women and teenagers killed accidentally or vengefully in the ’70s and ’80s, often for the flimsiest of reasons. There is even a new body, a man who was at one point scheduled to testify against Whitey who died here last week under suspicious circumstances. Yet, as Kevin Cullen, a Boston Globe columnist, told me, “Debbie Hussey might be the saddest case of all.” Cullen co-wrote the compelling chronicle of the Winter Hill gang, “Whitey Bulger.” “I think the most interesting thing about Whitey and Stevie was their obsession with women,” Cullen said. “They could never have enough of them. They kept very tangled domestic situations, with common-law wives and girlfriends on the side. Their domestic lives were more complicated than their criminal lives.” Indeed, the emotional core of this case concerns women. The federal government is wasting all this money proving what we already know, that Bulger, 83, is a misogynist and rat, because he is determined to beat back the contentions that he was an F.B.I. informant and killed women — anathema to the Irish mobster code he supposedly lived by. The first woman was Debbie Davis, a sexy blonde girlfriend of Flemmi. Flemmi made the mistake of mentioning his F.B.I. handler to her, but she had to pay for his slip. The second was Debbie Hussey. At 25, Flemmi moved in with Debbie’s 19-year-old mother, Marion. They had three kids and he raised Debbie as his own. When she was 12, she saved Flemmi’s 9-yearold son from a riptide in Montauk. Flemmi started molesting Debbie in “her early teens,” according to the authors of “Whitey Bulger,” and, after that, she fell into using drugs and working in the Combat

This is no time for America to be punishing Egyptians FRIEDMAN from page 4

to make the best of it. The right thing for President Obama to be doing now is not only to ignore calls for cutting off economic aid to Egypt — on grounds that the last revolution amounted to a military coup. We should be trying to get everyone in the world to help this new Egyptian government succeed. Not surprisingly, people are worried that Egypt’s military could stay in power indefinitely. It’s a danger, but I am less worried about that. The Egyptian people have been empowered. A majority of Egyptians have — three times now since 2011 — called a halt to their government’s going down the wrong path. I am worried about something else: Egyptians defining the right path and getting a majority to follow that path. That is an entirely different kind of challenge, and I am not sure Egypt can ever get to that level of consensus. But this government offers the best hope for that. It has good people in important positions, like Finance and Foreign Affairs. It is rightly focused on a fair constitution and sustainable economic reform. Its job will be much easier if the Muslim Brotherhood can be re-integrated into politics, and its war with the military halted. But the Brotherhood also needs to accept that it messed up — badly — and that it needs to re-earn the trust of the people. This is no time for America to be punishing Egyptians or demanding quick elections. Our job is to help the new government maximize the number of good economic decisions it makes, while steadily pressuring it to become more inclusive and making it possible for multiple political parties to form. If that happens, Egypt will have a proper foundation to hold democratic elections again. If it doesn’t happen, no number of elections will save it.

Zone, a former red-light district. Whitey, a violent opponent of Boston busing, and Stevie were furious that she had been bringing black men (described in court as “clients”) to the family home for sex, Whitey told their protégé, Kevin Weeks. “Is it hard for you to accept the fact that you strangled somebody who sat on your knee as a little girl?” Brennan asked a fuming Flemmi. You could see the thought bubble over Flemmi’s head: “Can I whack this guy now, Your Honor?” Brennan asked Flemmi about the unholy relationship with his “daughter.” “Stepdaughter,” Flemmi primly corrected. He asked Brennan why he couldn’t focus more on “the positive things,” like when he gave her money to go away. Asked by Brennan if he understood that his incestuous relationship was wrong, Flemmi replied, “Probably. Not really. No. Because the fact of the matter was, she was a different person in my eyes” once she began her “different lifestyle.” Flemmi contended there were only two instances of “consensual” oral sex once she turned 17 (“17 and a half, almost 18”) but conceded it was “an indiscretion.” He and Whitey prided themselves on being a cut above other wiseguys because they did not succumb to weaknesses like overdrinking and overeating — they once looked disdainfully at an F.B.I. agent who kept refilling his glass with red wine. But Flemmi admitted on the stand that he had shown “weakness” with Hussey. Then he tried to drag in Whitey, saying righteously: “He had a young girl, 16 years old, he took to Mexico. That’s a violation of the Mann Act.” (The Mann Act was the least of their problems.) Nodding toward Bulger later, he said, “You want to talk about pedophilia — right over there at that table.”

Like Debbie Davis, Debbie Hussey had to pay. Once more, Flemmi noted sullenly that Whitey had “coerced” him. Without irony, Flemmi declaimed, “There’s never any justification for murder,” adding that if Whitey had just said “four little letters p-a-s-s,” he would have been “so happy.” Flemmi took Debbie Hussey out shopping at the mall and then lured her to her death in a house Whitey dubbed “The Haunty,” because of the bodies they had buried in the basement. Flemmi said Whitey choked the young woman — it didn’t take long because she was “very fragile” — and dragged her down the stairs in 1985, just as he had with Debbie Davis in 1981. “I’m not a doctor,” Flemmi said, “but she looked dead to me; she felt dead to me; she was dead.” He added, “Dead, period.” Nonetheless, he told Whitey to “Let her pray.” She was, after all, his little girl.

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Taxi drivers, neighbors among witnesses to describe night of woman’s beating in second day of Gwaro trial By Marge Niblock

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On the second day of Eric Gwaro’s trial for the beating of Sherri York, people were called to the stand who said they had either seen or heard the violent events of that night. Two cab drivers led off with their testimony of what they’d seen on the night of the attack, Aug. 30, 2012. David Mantle was driving a taxi for ABC on that evening and was on a call at 3 a.m. to pick up a fare, when he drove past the Big Apple gas station at Washington and Cumberland avenues. During his examination by Deputy District Attorney Meg Elam, he testified that “a young lady,” tried to flag him down. He knew her, meaning York, but since he was on his way to another call he didn’t stop for her. He said she looked like she had “a puffy face; she looked upset.” The woman was described as petite, and Mantle said he knew she was a prostitute. She’d offered “sex for rides” in the past, and he’d accepted those offers, he testified. Mantle said he’d denied this earlier because he was “embarrassed,” but he called Det. Rich Vogel Tuesday before coming to court and told him the truth. Defense attorney Tina Nadeau then asked him whether York had also offered drugs for rides. Mantle said that she had but said he didn’t do that. Abel Britton, a cab driver for ASAP, told the courtroom: “I seen a black man carrying a woman. She was screaming and kicking, saying, ‘Police are coming.’” He stated that the man said, ‘I want my money!’” Britton said that he stopped and called the police, that the man was in a “dark space,” but he was able to describe him as about five nine or five ten, with close-cut hair, and had a muscular body type. Under cross examination he was shown his signed statement given on that evening, and he said he hadn’t seen any punches or blows. But he stated in the courtroom, “He was carrying her violently.” Wendy Townsend, who lived in a top-floor apartment at 9 Montgomery St. at the time, said she heard a female voice yelling, “Help! He’s trying to kill me.” She related that her boyfriend yelled out the window and said, “What the f--- are you doing to her?” At that point Townsend said, “I seen a man picking up a woman and put her over his shoulder; her hair was dangling.” She said her boyfriend and her

brother ran downstairs to see if they could help. Officer Christopher Shinay arrived at the scene when Gwaro was being handcuffed, and he’d been yelling that he was chasing a man who assaulted a female. He said he noticed small blood spots on Gwaro’s sneakers and was told that he must have run through blood when he was chasing the suspect. Gwaro Gwaro also wanted to know what the charges were against him. Megan Townsend was Megan Lichterman last August, before she married Ryan Townsend, Wendy’s brother. They all shared the same apartment. Megan Townsend delivered some very graphic descriptions of what she witnessed in those earlymorning hours at the end of August. Megan Townsend said when she looked out the window, she saw a fight and somebody was on the ground. “A black man with a bald head was punching a person on the ground. He started kicking the head of the person laying on the ground — and started to deliver a ‘football kick’ to that person,” Megan Townsend said. She also testified that this man stomped the head of the woman on the ground, who made no sound, she said. Megan Townsend said that her husband went downstairs and she’d said to him, “Help her. Call 911.” She continued by saying the man was bringing his knee up and down on the woman’s face. He then picked her up by the arm and put her over his shoulder. Megan Townsend saw her husband heading the wrong way down on the street, so she went downstairs. She saw Gwaro on the street and began to chase him as he came out of an alleyway. He was too fast for her but then she saw the police with him after she’d walked a little distance looking for him, she testified. Megan Townsend said she didn’t give any statement to police that night “because of stress and fear.” She said at that time she didn’t want to be considered a “rat” by those in the neighborhood, and didn’t want to testify in the case.

Wendy Townsend, who lived in a top-floor apartment at 9 Montgomery St. at the time, said she heard a female voice yelling, “Help! He’s trying to kill me.” She related that her boyfriend yelled out the window and said, “What the f--- are you doing to her?” But what she’d seen weighed heavily on her, and she went to the hospital to visit the unconscious victim, and her reason was to give herself “the strength to tell the truth.” She said she did not know York. Defense attorney Daniel Lilley disputed Megan Townsend’s prior testimony and tried to discredit it based on a transcript from a prior hearing. He pointed to her use of the words “stomped,” and “football kick.” Lilley implied that her use of those terms came from hearing Det. Vogel use them; however, Megan Townsend did not waver in her insistence that others had nothing to do with her use of the words. She was unflappable in her rendition, and countered Lilley by stating that she had used the word “stomped” at the hospital. And that was before her statement had been given to the detective. Witness Charles Bunting said he met Gwaro at the Styxx nightclub on Aug. 30, where they engaged in “bar chitchat.” When Gwaro expressed his interest in women, Bunting suggested that they leave Styxx because it was an “alternative bar,” and head over to Asylum, another nightclub in Portland. Bunting said Gwaro told him he was “on the rocks with his wife and he was out on the town.” He said that Gwaro also said, “Tonight I’m definitely going to ‘bust a nut.’ He said it three or four times.” The afternoon session ended with Det. Scott Dunham’s videotaped interview with Gwaro. Elam wanted the entire two-hour interview to be shown to the jury and Lilley objected to the length, saying it would be repetitious, suggesting that just a half hour or so be seen. Elam said, “It would be improper to pick and choose which parts of the defendant’s statement should be included or deleted.” Judge Joyce Wheeler overruled Lilley’s objection, and the second part of the taped interview will start today’s session.

Blown tire on Metro bus leads to street closure Portland police, firefighters and paramedis responded to Elm Street Wednesday afternoon for a Metro bus incident, amid initial reports of a fire onboard. It later turned out to be a blown tire, Metro reported. A tire blew out on the bus, which produced a thunderous bang. Police temporarily closed Elm Street while fire crews investigated. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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The former Nathan Clifford School is poised to become Portland’s newest local landmark. The city’s Historic Preservation Board made a recommendation Wednesday to designate the now vacant school as a local landmark. To be accepted as a local landmark, the City Council will need to approve the designation. Accepting the school as a local landmark was a component of the recommendations made by the Nathan Clifford Reuse Advisory Task Force, which also created a series of guidelines for redevelopment of the property. The board voted unanimously to support the designation because members felt the school building met the criteria of the preservation ordinance because of its value as a significant example of the cultural, architectural, archeological or related aspect of the city, state, region or county; its identification with a person of persons who significantly contributed to the cultural, architectural, archeological or related aspect of the city; it is an exemplification of a significant architectural type, style or design distinguished by innovation, rarity, uniqueness or overall quality of design, detail, materials or craftsmanship; and its identification as the work of an architect, designer, engineer or builder whose individual work is significant. The Nathan Clifford School was designed by architects John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens, according to a memo to the board, and opened in 1909. Julie Larry, of TTL Architects, said that Nathan

Clifford is unlike many other school buildings designed by Stevens because of its form and style. The city is also seeking the school be added to National Register of Historic Places. Being added to the national register would make the building eligible for historic preservation tax credits as redevelopment at the building looms. Larry said the school qualifies for the national register because of its important role in the education history of Portland, most notably being the home for a classroom for the visually impaired, and because of its association with Stevens. In May, the city released a request for qualifications that sought developers who were interested in submitting preliminary plans to reuse the centuryold school building. The RFQs were due on July 19. Two proposals were submitted. A re-use task force developed the possible guidelines and criteria for the reuse of the 100-year old school building. The group’s recommendations — which were accepted by the City Council — encourages the city find future uses that are either education or research oriented; community uses; incorporate publiclyaccessible open space or play areas, low-impact commercial or institutional uses; or a creative mixed-use development. Underlying the encouraged uses is the see that a future development works within the school’s current R5 zoning designation, though other proposals will still be considered. Once the submitted RFQs are reviewed, three development proposals will move forward in the reuse process.

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Make-A-Wish Maine welcomes Yarmouth resident to its board Daily Sun Staff Reports

Make-A-Wish Maine has welcomed Lynn M. Bak of Yarmouth to its board of directors. Bak, senior principal of LMB Associates, is a leadership development consultant, the chapter announced. Bak’s work is with business, government and educational agencies at the international, national and state levels, and focuses in the areas of strategic and business development; public-private partnership development and collaboration; capacity and team-building and assessment and accountability systems, a chapter press release noted. In this volunteer leadership role, Make-A-Wish reported that Bak was strengthening the chapter’s relationships with community leaders and within the organization as they enter their 21st year of granting wishes to Maine children with life-threatening medical conditions, the chapter announced. Since joining the board in March, Bak has already been critical in securing wish-granting funds and has volunteered her time on events to help the organization collect additional support, the chapter reported. She will be volunteering at the upcoming Tee It Up for Wishes Ladies’ Golf Tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Val Halla in Cumberland. For more information or to register for the tournament, visit www.maine.wish.org. In addition to her service on the Make-A-Wish board of directors, Bak also recently served on the board of directors for Caring Unlimited of Maine. Upcoming events to benefit Make-A-Wish Maine include a Southern Maine Garden Tractor Pull event on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 448 Boom Road, Saco.

South Portland among latest ‘business-friendly’ communities Four communities across Maine have received “business-friendly” certification from the Department of Economic and Community Development, including South Portland, the agency reported. In an ongoing recognition program, the agency salutes communities for “continued efforts in being a partner with the private sector by making it easier to do business within their borders.”

Belfast, Caribou, Hermon and South Portland joined 20 other Maine communities in receiving the state’s “Certified Business-Friendly Community” designation, the department announced Wednesday. To be certified “business-friendly,” multiple areas of criteria are considered, including customer service, business involvement and collaboration, input from the public, and licensing and permitting, a press release stated. “The addition of these four communities to an already impressive list further strengthens my belief that Maine is a great state in which to do business,” said Gov. Paul LePage. “These communities lead by example and have found ways to improve their own services and processes for the benefit of job creators. This is the kind of proactive approach that Maine embraces to attract and retain businesses.”

Ocean Park Association notes ground-breaking event on Saturday The Ocean Park Association — representing Ocean Park, an unincorporated community in Old Orchard Beach — announced that the first phase of work resulting from the current “Restore and Renew Our Village” capital campaign will begin with a ground-breaking ceremony on Saturday, Aug.3, at the Memorial Library in the center of Ocean Park. The capital campaign has been in the planning and preparation phases for more than two years, and now will be moving into the restoration and renewal phase beginning with this celebration, the association reported. Appropriately, it will take place during Founders Weekend and Illumination Night, which celebrates the founding of Ocean Park in 1881. The Memorial Library is one of several buildings in the community which are owned by the association, and which are in need of some interior and exterior upgrading, the group reported in a press release. All of the buildings are clustered around the center of the community, which explains the name of the campaign, Restore and Renew Our Village. The ground-breaking will take place during the intermission of the band concert in the square, which marks the beginning of illumination night. The public is welcome, and invited to attend this event. According to its website (http://www.oceanpark. org), “The seaside Chautauqua community of Ocean Park has 132 years of history and heritage as a summer assembly in the Chautauqua tradition.”

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Sea Dogs hit the field at Hadlock tonight to start four-game series Like Hadlock Field, home of the Portland Sea Dogs, the Lowell (Mass.) Spinners’ LeLacheur Park (capacity 4,767) is very fan friendly. Here, players sign autographs before a game. The Spinners are the Short-Season Single A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. They play in the New York — Penn League. Their schedule is comprised of 76 games from June 17 to Sept. 4. The Spinners play their 38 home games at Edward A. LeLacheur Park adjacent to the Merrimack River and UMass Lowell. The name “Spinners” reflects Lowell’s place as the nation’s largest textile manufacturing center in the 1840s. In Portland, the Sea Dogs — with their seal mascot —open up a fourgame series with the Harrisburg Senators (Nationals affiliate) tonight at Hadlock Field. Right-hander Matt Barnes (5-6, 4.75) makes his 19th start of the season against right-hand pitcher Blake Treinen (6-7, 3.72). First pitch is 7 p.m. (KEN LEVINSKY PHOTO)

Selig, former Brewers owner, and Braun have Milwaukee talking By Pat Borzi THE NEW YORK TIMES

MILWAUKEE — The gleaming white U.S. Bank Center, the tallest building in Wisconsin, stands 42 stories in downtown Milwaukee. Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig maintains an office there, on the 30th floor, with a breathtaking view of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Lake Michigan two blocks away. Less than five miles away sits Miller Park, the home of Ryan Braun and the Milwaukee Brewers, the team Selig relocated here more than 40 years ago. Three days ago, it would not have been difficult to find a random Milwaukee resident to gush about Braun, the 2011 National League most valuable player. But in the 24 hours since Major League Baseball — in essence, Selig — suspended Braun for the rest of the season for violating baseball’s antidoping program, the enthusiasm for Braun has dropped. Selig, who bought and moved the Seattle Pilots here in 1970, may have had a surge in his own popularity by overseeing the punishment of Braun, whose memorable home run in late September 2011 all but sealed a playoff spot for the team. Selig once compared that hit to Hank Aaron’s 1957 pennant-winning homer for the Milwaukee Braves. Indeed, many Brewers fans viewed the 29-year-old Braun as the current link in a succession of franchise stars that included Aaron, late in his career, and Robin Yount. “Bud always had a pretty high Q rating in this town, but right now, it’s higher than Braun’s,” said Drew Olson, who covered Selig and the Brewers for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and now hosts a midday call-in show on WAUK-AM, an ESPN affiliate. As for Braun, Olson said: “We still have some hard-core people who say, ‘He hasn’t failed a drug test, it’s a witch hunt,’ but it’s a small sliver of fans here. Most people feel betrayed and disappointed about it.”

Braun successfully appealed a failed test from October 2011, rankling Selig, who had put his legacy and the integrity of the game ahead of any lingering attachment to his former franchise. Selig ran the Brewers from 1970 until 1998, when he officially became commissioner and turned over the day-to-day operations of the Brewers to his daughter, Wendy Selig-Prieb. The Seligs sold the team to Mark Attanasio in 2005. At County Stadium, the Brewers’ former ballpark, Selig was omnipresent, engaging with fans and walking through the press box during games to speak with reporters. Selig, who was commissioner during what has become known as the steroid era in baseball, in recent years has pushed to try to rid the game of performance-enhancing drugs. He advocated for the 2007 Mitchell Report that came out of an extensive investigation into the use of performance enhancers in baseball, and helped to strengthen baseball’s drug-testing program. It was his push for tougher testing, and in turn harsher punishments, that led to Monday, when his office announced that Milwaukee would be without Braun for the rest of the season. Braun and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees are the highest-profile players ensnared in baseball’s investigation of the now-defunct Biogenesis clinic in South Florida, which is accused of supplying performanceenhancing drugs to Braun, Rodriguez and a list of others. Baseball has not released findings or a punishment for Rodriguez, who has denied any involvement. Before the announcement of Braun’s suspension, he met with his teammates in the clubhouse at Miller Park. He left the ballpark without speaking with reporters, but released a statement of apology, in which he did not specify what he did wrong. Braun, who spent more than three weeks on the disabled list this season

with an injured right thumb, will miss the final 65 games of the season and forfeit about $3.3 million of his $8.5 million salary. Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy, one of Braun’s staunchest defenders, told The Journal Sentinel that he thought Braun deceived him. A Milwaukee resident, Mike Weatherall, expressed a similar sentiment.

“It’s very disappointing for the kids,” said Weatherall, dressed in a gray Marquette University hooded sweatshirt. “We tell kids you shouldn’t take drugs or cheat on a test. When you see him hit all those home runs, you wonder, would he have hit that many if he did it on his own? If he’s proven to be 100 percent guilty, he lied to everybody, and then the question is, can we trust him again?”

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Harris is 78. Rock musician Jim McCarty (The Yardbirds) is 70. Rock musician Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 62. Singer-musician Jem Finer (The Pogues) is 58. Model-actress Iman is 58. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”) is 56. Rock musician Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is 55. Actress-singer Bobbie Eakes is 52. Actress Katherine Kelly Lang is 52. Actress Illeana Douglas is 48. Country singer Marty Brown is 48. Actor Matt LeBlanc is 46. Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson is 46. Rock musician Paavo Lotjonen (PAH’-woh LAHT’-johnehn) (Apocalyptica) is 45. Actor D.B. Woodside is 44. Actress Miriam Shor is 42. Actor Jay R. Ferguson (“Mad Men”) is 39. Actor James Lafferty is 28. Actress Shantel VanSanten is 28. Actor Michael Welch is 26. Classical singer Faryl Smith is 18.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, July 25, the 206th day of 2013. There are 159 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 25, 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain initialed a treaty in Moscow prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in space or underwater. The treaty was formally signed on August 5, 1963. On this date: In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. invaded Puerto Rico during the SpanishAmerican War. In 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot (bleh-reeOH’) became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel, traveling from Calais (kah-LAY’) to Dover in 37 minutes. In 1946, the United States detonated an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device. In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States. In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; at least 51 people were killed. In 1960, a Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, N.C., that had been the scene of a sit-in protest against its whites-only lunch counter dropped its segregation policy. In 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the first “test tube baby,” was born in Oldham, England; she’d been conceived through the technique of in-vitro fertilization. In 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya (sah-VEETS’-kah-yah) became the first woman to walk in space as she carried out more than three hours of experiments outside the orbiting space station Salyut 7. In 1992, opening ceremonies were held in Barcelona, Spain, for the Summer Olympics. In 2000, a New York-bound Air France Concorde crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four people on the ground; it was the first-ever crash of the supersonic jet. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops into position off the coast of Liberia to support the arrival of a West African peacekeeping force, as renewed violence in the capital brought despairing pleas for American help. President Bush received Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD’ ahBAHS’) at the White House. Five years ago: An oxygen tank exploded aboard a Qantas Boeing 747-400, ripping a hole in the fuselage and forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines. President George W. Bush signed an executive order expanding sanctions against individuals and organizations in Zimbabwe associated with the regime of President Robert Mugabe. One year ago: President Barack Obama embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons but also told the National Urban League in New Orleans he would also seek a national consensus on combating violence. NBC announced it had topped the $1 billion mark in advertising sales for the upcoming Olympic Games in London, topping the $850 million in ad sales for the Beijing games in 2008.

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Thursday, July 25 Children’s Walking Tour with Maine Historical Society

10:30 a.m. “Portland Public Library presents a Children’s Walking Tour with Maine Historical Society, Thursday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. free, registration is required. “Join the Portland Public Library Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library for a Children’s Walking Tour with Maine Historical Society on Thursday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. As part of Portland Public Library’s summer reading program for children, I Love Reading in Portland: I’m Your Neighbor, children and their chaperones are invited to discover the city that our long ago neighbor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow knew. On this guided expedition through downtown Portland using maps and old photographs copied from the archives of the Maine Historical Society, participants will hear Longfellow’s poems about his native city and learn about his life and nineteenth century Portland. Participants will discover layers of the past that still exist in Portland’s changing urban landscape. Sign up is required for this program as space is limited. Please call 871-1700, ext. 707 to register or stop by the Children’s Desk in the Sam L. Cohen Children’s Library. Children must be accompanied by an adult.”

Author Christina Baker Kline in Falmouth

noon. “Join Falmouth Memorial Library as we welcome author Christina Baker Kline on Thursday, July 25 at noon when she will discuss her latest book, ‘Orphan Train.’ Location: Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth. FMI: library@falmouth.lib.me.us or 781-2351.”

Deering Oaks Bandstand concerts

12:30 p.m. Deering Oaks concerts; starting at 12:30 p.m., concerts last approximately 40 minutes and are held at the Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park (if inclement weather, concert relocated to Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett St.). Thursday, July 25 Sammie Haynes (Kids Songs); Thursday, Aug. 1 Matt Loosigian (Kids Songs); Thursday, Aug. 8 USM Chemistry Club (Experimental Fun). www. portlandmaine.com

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film mas-

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Tuesday, Aug. 6 is East Bayside’s National Night Out — Neighborhood Parade and Block Party. Here, Blainor McGough, founder and executive director at Mayo Street Arts, stands inside the arts center. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) terpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

(Funk / NeoSoul); Thursday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. North of Nashville (Outlaw Country/American Roots); Thursday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. Maine Marimba Ensemble (Zimbabwean Music). http://www.portlandmaine.com

4 p.m. “Get dipped in a vat of music, with four days of forty bands on four different stages, featuring diverse musical styles from country & rock n roll with Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, to soul and blues with the Holmes Brothers, from jazz and folk with Sarah Jarosz, to celtic and world rhythms with The Duhks, to Bluegrass with Della Mae. Enjoy barn dances, workshops, contests, yummy food, swimming, yoga, midnight film screenings, and a free children’s music program. This camping festival also has the best fireside picking and jamming scene around, so bring your instrument!” Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, South Hiram Road South Hiram. July 25 to July 28, Camping Festival, 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. www.ossipeevalley.com

7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Portland Public Library POV Summer Documentary Film Series presents “Homegoings,” a film by Christine Turner in the Rines Auditorium. “Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African-American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City’s historic Harlem neighborhood, Homegoings takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinéma vérité with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones ‘home.’” For more information visit www.pbs.org/pov

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Allagash Tails And Tales

6 p.m. Allagash Tails And Tales with Tim Caverly. Free family fun! Prince Memorial Library, 266 Main St., Cumberland. FMI 829-2215.”

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Cultivating Community Twilight Dinner

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Turkey Hill Farm, 120 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. “Cultivating Community is holding a series of Twilight Dinners at their farm in Cape Elizabeth. The three-course meals will be cooked by local chefs to highlight the local and seasonal. The cost is $40 per person (BYOB). You can buy tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets. July 25 — Chefs Brad Messier and Erin Lynch, Rosemont Market & Bakery. Aug. 1 — Chef Josh Potocki, Bread and Butter Catering Co. Aug. 8 — Cultivating Community Youth Growers supported by John Peelen of Dutch Door Kitchen. Aug. 15 — Chef Leslie Oster, Aurora Provisions. Aug. 22 — TBD. Aug. 29 — Chef Chris McClay, Modern Vegan Cooking School. Sept. 5 — Chef Mitch Gerow, East Ender.”

Eastern Promenade Concert Series

7 p.m. Friends Of Eastern Promenade Concert Series, sponsored by the Friends of Eastern Promenade and area businesses. Concerts last approximately one hour. Please note: Due to Fort Allen Park undergoing renovations, concerts this summer are held at Fort Sumner Park, North Street (in case of inclement weather, concert canceled). Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m. Chandler’s Band (Marches & Big Band Era); Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m. Pete Kilpatrick (Acoustic Folk Pop); Thursday, Aug. 8, 7 p.m. Sly Chi (Funk Soul & R&B); Thursday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m. The Kenya Hall Band

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‘The Music Man’ in Standish

7:30 p.m. Meredith Willson’s rousing musical ‘The Music Man’ comes to the stage of the Schoolhouse Arts Center from July 18 through Aug. 4. Return to the quaint streets of River City Iowa and enjoy the wonderful dance routines, spirited voices, and the adventure of summer romance. Watch Harold Hill try once again try to con Marion the librarian. Nevertheless, he finds himself caught in the snare of unexpected romance. Audiences will find their feet tapping as they sing along with old favorites like ‘Seventy Six Trombones,’ ‘Good Night My Someone,’ ‘Pick-A-Little Talk-ALittle,’ and lots of others. This show is expected to sell out, so make your reservations early. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. Adult tickets are $18. Seniors and students are $16. The Schoolhouse is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. For reservations, call 642-3743 or buy tickets on-line at www.schoolhousearts.org.”

Friday, July 26 Ossipee Valley Music Festival

9 a.m. to 11 p.m. “Get dipped in a vat of music, with four days of forty bands on four different stages, featuring diverse musical styles from country & rock n roll with Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, to soul and blues with the Holmes Brothers, from jazz and folk with Sarah Jarosz, to celtic and world rhythms with The Duhks, to Bluegrass with Della Mae. Enjoy barn dances, workshops, contests, yummy food, swimming, yoga, midnight film screenings, and a free children’s music program. This camping festival also has the best fireside picking and jamming scene around, so bring your instrument!” Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, South Hiram Road South Hiram. July 25 to July 28, Camping Festival, 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. www.ossipeevalley.com see next page

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Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’

7:30 p.m. A new production presented by PORTopera, Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Tickets $105/$65/$53/$41 (includes fee). Due to the orchestral pit, the first row of seating in Orchestra is row E. “For its 19th season, PORTopera produces one of the world’s best-loved operas: Giacomo Puccini’s incomparable ‘La Boheme.’ PORTopera’s new production of Puccini’s melodic masterpiece, with beautiful sets, wonderful costumes and an orchestra of over 50 musicians, will transfix you as it weaves the story of struggling young artists and friends in 19th century Paris with a love story of such magnificent beauty, it is an indelible experience you may never forget.”

‘Gypsy’ at Maine State Music Theatre

7:30 p.m. “Everything’s coming up roses July 17, as Maine State Music Theatre continues its 55th season of professional musical theater at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin campus in Brunswick with the smash musical fable, ‘Gypsy.’ Loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee, ‘Gypsy’ follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose and her fight to raise her two daughters, Dainty June, based on actress, June Havoc, and Louise, in the world of 1920s show business, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. ... Maine State Music Theatre favorite, Charis Leos, returns to the Maine State Music Theatre stage as ‘the ultimate show business mother,’ Rose.” Tickets to see Gypsy are now on sale. Contact the MSMT box office at 725-8769, visit the box office at The Pickard Theater or select and purchase your seats online at www.msmt.org. The show opens on July 17 and runs until Aug. 3. Matinees are at 2 p.m. and evening shows are at 7:30 p.m.

‘The Music Man’ in Standish

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

8 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film masterpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www. ogunquitplayhouse.org

Comedy and craft beer collide

8 p.m. “The Portland Comedy Co-op is taking over the tasting room at Rising Tide Brewery, 103 Fox St., Portland, on July 26. Tickets are $6 at the door, which includes a flight of fresh Rising Tide samples to taste throughout the show. The jokes start at 8 p.m. with comedians Will Green, Jordan Handren-Seavey, Joe Timmins, Aharon Hebert, James Spizuoco, Travis Curran, and special guest and New England favorite Troy Pennell. Fresh beer will also be for sale when you want more than just a sample. So Bring your unquenchable thirst for tasty, local brews and your friends! Well, your friends who are 18 and older.”

Saturday, July 27 A Day on Peaks Island with Maine guides

7:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. Peaks Island tour with Maine Audubon. Members: $35, non-members: $45. “Bring a bag lunch and join registered Maine guides, Gary Roberts and George Libby, for a day trip to Peaks Island. Learn about the island’s history, from the time it was used as a summer gathering place by Maine’s early native peoples, its settlement in the 1600s, to present day. ... Our walk will pass the Fifth and Eighth Maine Regiment Houses and WWII fortifications.” http://maineaudubon.org

Historical Hike to Mast Landing Sanctuary

9 a.m. “L.L.Bean — Family Hike Series: Historical Hike to Audubon’s Mast Landing Sanctuary. “We’ll join with the Freeport Historical Society to hike and learn about the his-

tory of this 140-acre bird sanctuary. Get answers to why it is called ‘Mast Landing’ and understand the importance of the mill whose foundation is still visible on the property. This will be a slow paced, easy walk with plenty of time for questions and exploration. Don’t forget your binoculars!” Lower Mast Landing Road, Freeport. Free. www.llbean.com/freeport or 877-755-2326.

Scarborough Marsh bird survey

9 a.m. to noon. Maine Audubon. “Join us at Scarborough Marsh for a marsh-wide survey of birds and help us document all present species. Depending on the assignment, some surveys are on foot, by car or from a canoe/kayak. Scarborough Marsh, 100 Pine Point Road, Scarborough.” maineaudubon.org

‘Donation Yard Sale’ in Cape Elizabeth

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene (499 Ocean House Rd, CE) will hold its third annual ‘Donation Yard Sale.’ ... All items are donated to the church, and then are made available to buyers on a ‘set your own price’ basis. At the conclusion of the yard sale, unsold items will be donated to other charities. Proceeds will support children’s ministries through the church. For more information about donating an item to be sold, please contact Pastor Jon at 799-3692.”

Shaker-style chair, stool weaving

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn to weave a classic ‘checkerboard’ Shaker-style chair seat or stool seat using the same methods passed down by the Shakers since the 1800s. Antique and contemporary examples of Shaker chairs and Shaker chairs seats will be examined. Participants need to bring a new or antique chair or footstool to reseat. Materials list supplied upon registration. Fee: $35. Shaker Village is located on Route 26 (707 Shaker Road) in New Gloucester. FMI: 926-4597 or usshakers@aol.com

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Friends of Libby Library ‘Christmas in July’ Book Sale

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friends of Libby Library at Old Orchard Beach will hold its annual “Christmas in July” Book Sale on the grounds of Edith Belle Libby Memorial Library, 27 Staples St., Old Orchard Beach. This event starts at 10 a.m. on the Library grounds and continues until 2 p.m. “Along with bargain-priced books of every genre for adults and children, Christmas-themed items will be available for purchase. Proceeds from the ‘Christmas in July’ Book Sale are used to provide for the enhancement of children’s reading programs, materials, and activities at Edith Belle Libby Memorial Library.”

Author Claudia C. Bowker in Yarmouth

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Claudia C. Bowker Book Signing Event at the Royal Bean, 18 Yarmouth Crossing Drive, Yarmouth. “Bowker, a resident of Amargosa Valley, Nev., will be available to sign copies of her book, ‘It Took a Bullet.’ Doris Butler, the beloved principal of George B. Williams Elementary School, lies near death in the Intensive Care Unit at University Medical Center. As she struggles to survive the gunshot wound, her estranged daughter, Jennifer, learns of the love and respect the community has for the mother whose love she has spent her life rejecting. As Jennifer learns from her brother and sister-in-law, and her mother’s colleagues, students, and community leaders of the impact Doris has made on their lives, Jennifer wonders if there is any hope of recovering the love she has chosen to isolate herself and her two young daughters from. If Doris survives, will Jennifer ever be able to repair the damage she has caused and give her daughters the grandmother’s love they deserve?” For more information, contact Michelle Whitman at michelle@keymgc.com.

Christmas in July at St. Augustine’s in OOB

1 p.m. to 4 p.m. St. Augustine’s Anglican Church will be offering a celebration of Christmas in July, taking place in Memorial Park at the gazebo in Old Orchard Beach. There will be the telling of the story of Christmas by St. Nicholas along with the singing of beloved carols. When we think of ‘Christmas’ we think of snow and gift giving. In the middle of summer we sometimes forget the joy of Christ’s birth and all of our wonderful Christmas traditions. This should be a popular and fun event for all. The program is family oriented

calling upon members of the parish to do Biblical readings and providing the music. Those who gather are welcome to bring a picnic or snacks and the music is for all to sing.”

‘Young Frankenstein: The Musical’ in Ogunquit

3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Ogunquit Playhouse. “The hilarious musical comedy is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend based on Mel Brooks’ film masterpiece. The story follows young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to bring a corpse to life, but not without scary and hilarious complications.” Through July 27. http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org

Deep Space Showcase

8 p.m. Deep Space Showcase at Mayo Street Arts, Portland. “We come in peace, and we’re ready to entertain! Deep Space Showcase promises to be the Weirdest Show on Earth. Deep Space Showcase is the collaborative project of five female puppeteers, burlesque dancers, sideshow freaks and clowns hailing from points across the US. Deep Space Showcase combines the puppetry prowess of the Many Furs Puppet Troupe with the tranimalistic shenangians of the Bonobohobo’s Panspermic Circus. Appearing with Portland’s own MotionFolk Theater, bringing you their newest puppet interpretation of Cyrano DeBergerac.” Doors at 7:30 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets. com/event/408857

‘Gypsy’ at Maine State Music Theatre

Lobsterstomp 2013

8 p.m. Bayside Bowl, Lobsterstomp 2013. “It’s that time of year again! Join us again for the annual Lobsterstomp with free music all night long. Featuring Cowgirls of the Damned, The Staten Island Fairies, The Gamma Goochies, The Flipsides, Anna Pillsbury, and DJ Matt Little.” http://www.baysidebowl.com/events

Sunday July 28 Pancake Breakfast on Peaks Island

8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $8 adult, $5 child under 12. “Enjoy a delicious breakfast of blueberry or buttermilk pancakes, eggs, ham, baked beans, fruit, juice, watermelon, coffee and tea in our seaside dining room or on our verandah.” The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a non-profit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education programs, and community activities. Membership is open to the public. For more information call 766-3330 or email fifthmaine@juno.com.”

The Irish American Club picnic

11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Irish American Club picnic will be held at Shoreway Park on the Southern Maine Community College campus. “Food, fun, music and vendors. Raffle. All Irish American Club members and friends invited. ... Join the Irish American Club. It’s your family. For more information about joining the Club, volunteering or sponsoring the parade, contact club2@irishofmaine.org.”

Festival of Nations

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. “The Eleventh Annual Greater Portland Festival of Nations will take place in Deering Oaks Park on Sunday, July 28, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The festival is a collaboration with many corporations, agencies and foundations in the Greater Portland, Maine, area. The festival has been recognized as one of the most outstanding family-oriented cultural events held in the state of Maine. It highlights Maine’s ethnic diversity and traditions, encourages greater understanding, and promotes a healthy Maine.” For more information, call 420-1277. https://www.facebook.com/ TheMugadiFoundation see next page

The PORTLAND Daily Sun, Thursday, July 25, 2013— Page 15

Ossipee Valley Music Festival grows, caters to all ages By Timothy Gillis

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Over the next four days, fans of Americana music will converge on South Hiram for the 15th annual Ossipee Valley Music Festival. Bill Johnson, who founded the festival in 1999, said the American roots jam session has expanded over the years beyond his wildest dreams. “It started off with 800 to 1,000 people the first year. Now, it’s up to 5,000 people,” he said. “It was 12 bands with one stage. This year, there will be 40 bands and four stages — not necessarily our goal when we started, but that’s just kind of what happened.” Audience members this year will enjoy performances that blend unique and energetic combinations of blues, soul, folk, Celtic and world rhythms, as well as gospel music, flatpicking guitar, Gypsy, jazz, Appalachian, country, and bluegrass. The festival features more than 40 Grammy- and award-winning bands including Marty Stuart, Sarah Jarosz, The Holmes Brothers, Sara Watkins, The Duhks, The Nutopians and Della Mae. The festival runs from Thursday to Sunday, July 25 to July 28, with performances, workshops, contests, barn dances, midnight film screenings, yoga

sessions, a free children’s music program and plenty of fireside pickin’. Organizers say the festival’s aim is to find bands that push the limits of genre, and straddle invention and tradition with hybrid musical performances of exceptionally high quality. “The original idea, back in the early ‘90s, came when I started going to roots music — real music — festivals,” Johnson said. “I was fed up with popular music like most people. I went as far away as Virginia to see shows. Then I looked at these fairgrounds (in South Hiram) and thought this is the best place for a festival.” The Ossipee River runs right through the festival grounds, offering fans a chance to cool down during the shows. “There’s a great beach and swimming hole,” Johnson said. “People will be down there at 3 in the morning.” One of the main attractions of the Ossipee Valley Music Festival, perhaps the thing that defines it, is that it’s an intergenerational event. “We have jam band fans of college age. You also see grandparents, and there’s a lot of children programming and entertainment for kids,” said Johnson, who hires the younger alternative bluegrass bands as well as the older groups.

“You can feel safe bringing your kids here. It’s not like some of the bigger festivals where people go to be seen,” he said. “You come to our festival if you love music.” There is a songwriting contest, a band contest, and on Friday and Saturday night, there will be dozens of pickin’ parties for everybody. Also on offer are workshops for people who are new pickers — “if you don’t feel comfortable standing in a circle with the heavyweights,” Johnson said. The festival even has free music lessons all weekend for kids, aged 18 and under. “We combined with a bunch of professional music teachers, covering everything from fiddle, banjo, guitar, upright bass, plus voice and singing — all free once you have your ticket,” Johnson said. “A lot of people come just to participate. With four stages this year, there is a lot of room for local and up-and-coming bands, and we also bring in some of the biggest heavy-hitters.” Four-day tickets are $115 or priced per-day, with plenty of RV sites, tent sites, and area hotels. Visit www.ossipeevalley.com for more information, or call 625-8656.

Matt Wingate of the Claire Lynch Band at the 2010 Ossipee Valley Music Festival. (Photo by David Deal)

Crooked Still at the 2010 Ossipee Valley Music Festival. (Photo by Tom Morrissey)

‘Gypsy’ at Maine State Music Theatre

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. “Everything’s coming up roses July 17, as Maine State Music Theatre continues its 55th season of professional musical theater at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin campus in Brunswick with the smash musical fable, ‘Gypsy.’ Loosely based on the memoirs of striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee, ‘Gypsy’ follows the dreams and disappointments of Mama Rose and her fight to raise her two daughters, Dainty June, based on actress, June Havoc, and Louise, in the world of 1920s show business, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. ... Maine State Music Theatre favorite, Charis Leos, returns to the Maine State Music Theatre stage as ‘the ultimate show business mother,’ Rose.” Tickets to see Gypsy are now on sale. Contact the MSMT box office at 7258769, visit the box office at The Pickard

Theater or select and purchase your seats online at www.msmt.org. The show opens on July 17 and runs until Aug. 3. Matinees are at 2 p.m. and evening shows are at 7:30 p.m.

Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’

2 p.m. A new production presented by PORTopera, Friday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Tickets $105/$65/$53/$41 (includes fee). Due to the orchestral pit, the first row of seating in Orchestra is row E. “For its 19th season, PORTopera produces one of the world’s best-loved operas: Giacomo Puccini’s incomparable ‘La Boheme.’ PORTopera’s new production of Puccini’s melodic masterpiece, with beautiful sets, wonderful costumes and an orchestra of over 50 musicians, will transfix you as it weaves the story of struggling young artists and friends in 19th century Paris with a love story of such magnificent beauty, it is an indelible experience you may never forget.”

‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’

8 p.m. Screening of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” Steven Spielberg science fiction classic, part of the 2013 Rooftop Film Series by Mensk at the Spring Street parking garage roof (enter at 45 Spring St.). Each show starts at sunset, BYO chairs/ blankets; no alcohol; donations requested. “The mission of Mensk is to inspire and support personal, local, and regional action for the development of creative and sustainable communities.” http://www.menskmaine.org

Monday, July 29 Failure of Democratic Transition in Libya and Syria presentation

7 p.m. The Failure of Democratic Transition in Libya and Syria and Its Relationship to Foreign Intervention. Presentation and discussion with Eric Hooglund, Lund University and Matteo Capasso, University of

Durham. “Libya has not had an effective government since the uprising there in 2011 and Syria’s pro-democracy movement has descended into a brutal, sectarian civil war that has claimed over 100,000 lives, caused 1.8 million civilians to flee to neighboring countries, and is claiming 6,000 more lives each month. Both countries experienced extensive foreign intervention. How and why has this foreign intervention undermined the popular movements for justice? Eric Hooglund, Maine native, Portland resident, Peace Action Maine member, former professor at Bates and Bowdoin colleges and now senior research professor at the Center for Middle East Studies, Lund University in Sweden, will speak on the civil war in Syria. Matteo Capasso, a former graduate student who studied under Eric Hooglund at Lund and now is a doctoral student at Durham University in the UK will speak on Libya.” Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland

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Maine DOT web pages feature updates, camera viewing on I-95, I-295 Daily Sun Staff Reports

The Maine Department of Transportation recently updated the Full Feature (high bandwidth) and Streamlined (low bandwidth) 511 Travel Information web pages to include video camera images for the interstate system and a few other select highways, according to a press release. There are now 43 cameras available for viewing statewide, including 24 cameras that are available for I-95 from the York toll plaza to Houlton,

the agency reported. Access to 12 of the cameras has been provided by the Maine Turnpike Authority on the southern section of I-95. There are 16 cameras available for viewing on I-295 from Portland to Augusta and three cameras in the Wiscasset area where summer traffic can cause traffic delays, the agency reported. The Streamlined version of the 511 webpage has been improved to provide static Google maps and will work better for most low bandwidth users, the press release noted. Camera images can be most easily viewed by the use of the Streamlined (Low Bandwidth) webpage. Both the Full Feature and Streamlined webpages can be accessed at www.511Maine.gov.

A paving job on Stevens Avenue forces delays in travel. Construction season is well underway. In a job that will last through the end of the month, crews are repairing the wearing surface on Interstate 295 southbound, on the bridge over Washington Avenue in Portland, the Maine Department of Transportation reported. This “long term” lane closure will require reducing the bridge to two lanes with a concrete barrier. Due to work being done during daylight hours, motorists may experience slight delays and are advised to slow down and be cautious through the work zone.(DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Portland Fire Department slated to receive $1.1 million SAFER grant Portland will receive a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant for $1,111,188 to fund firefighter positions on its special hazards response team, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, announced Wednesday. “With municipal budgets tightening across the country, the SAFER program is critical in helping cities and towns keep their communities safe,” said Pingree in a press release. “I’m glad the Portland Fire Department will be able to meet its staffing needs without adding an extra burden on local taxpayers. The highly trained team this grant supports is critical to protecting Portland residents and businesses in especially unique and challenging emergencies.” The grant will fund firefighter positions on the department’s Rescue 1 apparatus, which responds to confined space fires, hazardous material emergencies, and other special hazards. It is the second time the city has received the grant for these positions. “During these challenging budget years, federal support through the COPS and SAFER grants have been a real lifeline for the community as they have helped Portland maintain critical public safety services. We are incredibly appreciative of our Congressional Delegation’s support and advocacy for these programs,” said Portland City Manager Mark Rees. “Today’s announcement is welcome news not only for the financial relief it will provide the city this year, but also for the opportunity it presents the Fire Department in their continuing effort to provide highly skilled and specialized emergency response to the region.”

Portland Downtown District names Hewins interim executive director Portland’s Downtown District announced Wednesday that Steven Hewins has been appointed as interim

executive director following the departure of executive director Jan Beitzer. Hewins will assume the position in August, the district announced. Portland’s Downtown District also announced results from its recent election in which the following individuals have been elected to its Board of Directors: Michael Casey, Michael Mastronardi, Mike McDonald, Penelope St. Louis, and Trish Weimer. Earlier this month, the board met to elect new officers. Newly elected officers are Brad McCurtain, president; Michael Mastronardi, first vice president; Gerard Kiladjian, second vice president; and Mike McDonald, treasurer. Hewins founded Hewins Travel out of his home on Munjoy Hill in 1982, relocating it down to Commercial Street on the waterfront where it grew to become Maine’s largest travel agency. In 2007 he sold the company to AAA Northern New England, where he has served as Vice President for the past six years. In addition to his business success, Hewins has been actively involved in many community organizations. He has served on multiple boards including the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, as well as a past president of the Portland Chamber.

Landry promoted to superintendent of Maine Correctional Center The Maine Department of Corrections announced the promotion of Scott Landry, Regional Correctional Administrator Region II, to the position of Superintendent for the Maine Correctional Center. The department noted that Landry brings nearly 15 years of experience working in Maine Pretrial Services, Federal Probation, and State Probation. He has served as a Regional Correctional Manager and Administrator since 2005. He earned a bachelor of arts in criminology from the University of Southern Maine and a master’s in public policy and management from the Muskie School of Public Service.