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Feeney: ‘Time for me to step down.’ On his late son: ‘Peter was my role model’ — See the story on page 8

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Cumberland County Commissioner Richard Feeney filled the seat of his late son, Peter, who died while in office after serving three years as a commissioner himself. Now, entering the final year of his current term, Richard Feeney confirmed that he won’t run for re-election this fall. “It’s time for me to step down, bring in somebody new,” he said. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Uneasy neighbors LAURENS, S.C. (NY Times) — The Redneck Shop has been selling Confederate bikinis and white satin robes on the historic courthouse square in this former mill town for so long that most people have learned to ignore it. “The only people who really get caught up and interested in the store are from out of town,” said Sharon Brownlee, the mayor, who is white. “The store causes no problems that I’m aware of.” That is a matter of perspective. Since 1996, the Rev. David Kennedy, who is black, has been fighting the shop and the Ku Klux Klan leader who runs it. Now, in a quirk of fate laced with lawsuits, religious conversions and a smalltown Southern narrative Harper Lee might deliver, a black pastor will eventually control what just might be the most famous white supremacist shop in America. Last month, a state circuit judge in Greenwood, S.C., decided that Pastor Kennedy’s tiny New Beginning Missionary Baptist Church held the valid title to the old Echo Theater, whose lobby the Redneck Shop occupies. It was handed over fair and square years earlier by an acolyte of John Howard, the Klan leader who founded the shop. The building itself has racism in its mortar. It had been a segregated movie theater in a town named after an 18th-century slave trader, Henry Laurens. For years, black moviegoers had to use the side door and sit in the balcony. One might think church members would simply shut down the shop. They cannot. Not yet. The terms of the deed stipulate that Howard, who has hosted international gatherings of neo-Nazi groups in the building, can keep the shop until he dies. Howard is a notably cantankerous fellow in his mid-60s. “You are about the biggest pile of mess that God ever give breath to!” he once yelled at Pastor Kennedy, who was being interviewed in front of the shop by a Charleston television crew. Howard, who has a host of physical problems, said in a brief interview last week that he had just gotten out of a hospital after a bout of pneumonia. Because he is in poor health, Mr. Howard runs the Redneck Shop for only a few hours, on Saturdays. Sue Barton, who opened a secondhand furniture store beside the shop a little over a year ago, rarely sees him. She would like the shop closed for good. Racism doesn’t help the used-furniture business. “We’ve had people say the reason they don’t come down here is because of the hate,” she said.

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Obama wants power to merge federal agencies BY MARK LANDLER THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — President Obama announced a new campaign on Friday to shrink the federal government, a proposal notable less for its goal — the fight against bloat has been championed by every modernday president — than for its challenge to a hostile Congress. Mr. Obama called on lawmakers to grant him broad new authority to propose mergers of government agencies, which the Congress would have to approve or reject in an up-or-down vote. The president, announcing the plan at the White House, said he would begin his pruning exercise by folding the Small Business Administration and five other agencies involved in trade and business, into a single agency that would replace the Commerce Department. The White House said the consolidation would save $3 billion over 10 years and result in the elimination of 1,000 to 2,000 jobs, though he said those

President Obama makes remarks about government reform in the East Room of the White House on Friday. (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO).

reductions would occur through attrition rather than layoffs. “From the moment I got here, I saw up close what many of you know to be true: the government we have is not the government we need,” Mr. Obama told an audience of small business owners. It is not clear whether Congress, which has blocked the bulk of Mr. Obama’s legislative agenda, will go along with the initiative. White House officials

said that no president since Ronald Reagan has had the socalled “consolidation authority” Mr. Obama is seeking. Republicans were immediately skeptical. They suggested that the White House was more interested in honing its re-election message than in reducing the size of government. “Yesterday, President Obama asked for a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt limit, today he is proposing to shrink the federal

government,” said Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas. “Unfortunately, President Obama does not have much of a record to back up his newfound, election-year enthusiasm for limited government.” A spokesman for House Speaker John A. Boehner said that Republicans would take a look at the plan. “We hope the president isn’t simply proposing new packaging for the same burdensome approach,” said the spokesman, Brendan Buck. “However, eliminating duplicative programs and making the federal government more simple, streamlined, and business-friendly is always an idea worth exploring. We look forward to hearing more about his proposal.” By putting the onus for streamlining government on Congress, however, Mr. Obama was seizing a core issue of Republican presidential candidates like Mitt Romney — the inexorable growth of the federal government — and trying to turn it to his own political advantage.

U.S. restoring diplomatic ties to Myanmar French debt downgraded BY STEVEN LEE MYERS THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — The United States restored full diplomatic relations with Myanmar on Friday, hours after the new civilian government took a major step in its rapid campaign of political and economic changes, releasing many of its most prominent political prisoners. The announcement is the latest in a series of cautiously choreographed steps that have eased tensions between the United States and Myanmar and that could remake American diplomacy in Asia, where the Obama administration has sought to refocus its foreign policy. President Obama, in a statement, welcomed the presidential pardon and release on Friday of 651 prisoners, including prominent leaders of student protests against the country’s military rulers in 1988, a signal uprising. It was the most significant release of political prisoners by the newly elected government and answered a primary demand of Western nations and

the opposition leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr. Obama called it “a substantial step forward for democratic reform.” Hillary Rodham Clinton, who in December became the first secretary of state to visit Myanmar since 1955, later announced that the United States would send an American ambassador back to the country for the first time in more than two decades. The U.S. withdrew its ambassador from Myanmar following the election of 1990, which was won by Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, though the military government never recognized the results. It never severed relations fully, as with countries like Cuba, Iran or North Korea, but downgraded the diplomatic status of its embassy. In remarks at the State Department, Mrs. Clinton said that the administration would soon nominate and seek Senate confirmation of an ambassador — and invite Myanmar to send one to Washington. “An American ambassador will help strengthen our efforts to support the historic and promising steps that are now unfolding,”

she said. French President Nicolas Sarkozy lauded the prisoner releases and spoke to Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi by telephone on Friday, his office said, and praised her “political courage.” The French foreign minister, Alain Juppé, is to visit Myanmar on Sunday and Monday and is to award Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi France’s highest honor, the Legion of Honor. She will receive the rank of commander, the third highest of five ranks. Mr. Juppe’s visit will be the first in Myanmar by a senior French official since Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was released after previous elections in November 2010, after seven years of house arrest. Mr. Sarkozy called on Myanmar’s rulers to release all political prisoners, to build national reconciliation through negotiations with minority groups and to ensure that elections set for April 1 be free and fair. Television images showed large groups of family members and supporters greeting prisoners as they emerged from detention.

PARIS — Standard & Poor’s Corp. on Friday stripped France of its sterling credit rating, cut Portugal’s credit to junk status and downgraded Italy’s debt by two steps in a wide-ranging action revision of European countries caught in the euro crisis. The actions, which lowered the ratings of nine countries, were the strongest signal yet that Europe’s sovereign debt woes were far from over and would pose fresh political challenges for politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, as they try to stabilize the problem on the Continent, now in its third year. A downgrade by a single ratings agency would have an immediate, though not devastating, impact on the countries’ ability to borrow money. Finance Minister François Baroin of France confirmed the loss of France’s AAA grade to AA+. “It’s not good news,” Mr. Baroin said on France television earlier in the day, but it is “not a catastrophe.” — The New York Times

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City: Voluntary parking ban to be used sparingly BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Historically, parking bans in Portland have been an “either or” proposition. Either there is a parking ban, which requires residents that park on-street to move to designated lots, or there isn’t, which means cars can be left on-street and not be towed. That formula was tweaked somewhat during Thursday’s snowstorm, when the city called a “voluntary” parking ban. The same rules applied as a mandatory ban as far as where people could legally park and when they had to move their cars the next morning. But in this case, nobody was to be towed for non-compliance. Yesterday, the city’s public services director called compliance with the voluntary ban “moderate,” but predicted the city would probably stick to the “standard protocols” moving forward. “We don’t typically do that,” said Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky, adding there “is either a ban or not” during most storms. He said that voluntary bans are “not something we will do on a regular basis.”

Bobinsky said City Manager Mark Rees called the voluntary parking ban on his recommendation. In this case, Bobinsky said, the unpredictability of the storm, which dropped more snow than expected, influenced the decision not to call a formal ban. The fact that the city alerted residents and media early Thursday that there would likely be no ban was another factor. Changing the directive late in the day Bobinsky might have confused people, he said. Compliance with the voluntary ban was better in some neighborhoods than others, but Bobinsky personally noticed that some school parking lots, where residents are generally allowed to park when a parking ban is called, were full. Compliance was especially good in the East End, he said, speculating that many residents found it preferable to digging out from under a snow bank.

Still, it’s not clear how effective the voluntary ban really was. Massive snow piles appeared haphazardly across much of the Peninsula yesterday morning as plows were forced to maneuver around parked cars. In the West End and in parts of downtown, numerous parking spaces were inaccessible because they weren’t plowed out. In the city’s defense, “One car can throw off the whole street,” Bobinsky said. The voluntary ban also caused confusion among some residents. Julie Lankford noted yesterday that she wasn’t even aware a voluntary ban had been called. Meanwhile, Lee Forest described the half-measure as “the stupidest thing ever.” Still, this week’s voluntary ban was not a first: City spokesperson Nicole Clegg said the city called a voluntary ban last winter during a similar storm that dropped more snow than was expected. There was nothing voluntary about the parking ban called for last night. By 11 a.m., the city had already announced a mandatory citywide ban would take effect at 10 p.m. People can call the parking ban hotline at 879-0300 for updates.

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Advice to legislators: Reject proposed cuts to family planning Editor, I am greatly concerned about Governor LePage’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Governor LePage’s proposed budget would cut MaineCare and the Fund for Healthy Maine, which provides thousands of Maine women with access to preventive, lifesaving reproductive health care each year through organizations like Planned Parenthood. These cuts to family planning are shortsighted, ultimately costing the state and taxpayers more money and putting women’s health at risk. Maine has the second lowest rate of unintended pregnancy in the country, which saved Maine taxpayers over $12.5 million dollars in public funds in 2008 alone. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England serves more than 11,000 Mainers, providing family planning, STI testing, and cancer screening to men and women in Maine. The health services provided by Planned Parenthood are an essential component of comprehensive preventive health care, health care many people could not otherwise afford. Six out of 10 patients who go to a family planning clinic consider it their primary source of health care — and I’m one of them. I am a law student in Maine, and I haven’t been able to afford health insurance since I received my undergraduate degree in 2006. Since college, Planned Parenthood has been an essential and much needed source of medical care for me and many other women I know. The services I receive through Planned Parenthood have allowed me to maintain my health and to stay in school, so I can continue my education and build my career. These proposed cuts are too extreme for Maine. I urge legislators to continue Maine’s longstanding, bipartisan commitment to preventive health care by rejecting proposed cuts to family planning in MaineCare and the Fund for Healthy Maine. Sincerely, Jacqueline Moss Cumberland

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America isn’t a corporation “And greed — you mark my words — will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.” That’s how the fictional Gordon Gekko finished his famous “Greed is good” speech in the 1987 film “Wall Street.” In the movie, Gekko got his comeuppance. But in real life, Gekkoism triumphed, and policy based on the notion that greed is good is a major reason why income has grown so much more rapidly for the richest 1 percent than for the middle class. Today, however, let’s focus on the rest of that sentence, which compares America to a corporation. This, too, is an idea that has been widely accepted. And it’s the main plank of Mitt Romney’s case that he should be president: In effect, he is asserting that what we need to fix our ailing economy is someone who has been successful in business. In so doing, he has, of course, invited close scrutiny of his business career. And it turns out that there is at least a whiff of Gordon Gekko in his time at Bain Capital, a private equity firm; he was a buyer and seller of businesses, often to the detriment of their employees, rather than someone who ran companies for the long haul. (Also, when will he release his tax returns?) Nor has he helped his credibility by making untenable claims about his role as a “job creator.” But there’s a deeper problem in the whole notion that what this nation needs is a successful businessman as president: America is not, in fact, a corporation. Making good economic policy isn’t at all like maximizing corporate profits. And businessmen — even great businessmen — do not, in general, have any special insights into what it takes to achieve economic recovery. Why isn’t a national economy like a corporation? For one thing, there’s no simple bottom line. For another, the economy is vastly more complex than even the largest private company. Most relevant for our current situation, however, is the point that even giant corporations sell the great bulk of what they produce to other people, not to their own employees — whereas even small countries sell most of what they produce to themselves, and big countries like America are overwhelmingly their own main customers. Yes, there’s a global economy. But six out of seven American

Paul Krugman ––––– The New York Times workers are employed in service industries, which are largely insulated from international competition, and even our manufacturers sell much of their production to the domestic market. And the fact that we mostly sell to ourselves makes an enormous difference when you think about policy. Consider what happens when a business engages in ruthless cost-cutting. From the point of view of the firm’s owners (though not its workers), the more costs that are cut, the better. Any dollars taken off the cost side of the balance sheet are added to the bottom line. But the story is very different when a government slashes spending in the face of a depressed economy. Look at Greece, Spain, and Ireland, all of which have adopted harsh austerity policies. In each case, unemployment soared, because cuts in government spending mainly hit domestic producers. And, in each case, the reduction in budget deficits was much less than expected, because tax receipts fell as output and employment collapsed. Now, to be fair, being a career politician isn’t necessarily a better preparation for managing economic policy than being a businessman. But Mr. Romney is the one claiming that his career

makes him especially suited for the presidency. Did I mention that the last businessman to live in the White House was a guy named Herbert Hoover? (Unless you count former President George W. Bush.) And there’s also the question of whether Mr. Romney understands the difference between running a business and managing an economy. Like many observers, I was somewhat startled by his latest defense of his record at Bain — namely, that he did the same thing the Obama administration did when it bailed out the auto industry, laying off workers in the process. One might think that Mr. Romney would rather not talk about a highly successful policy that just about everyone in the Republican Party, including him, denounced at the time. But what really struck me was how Mr. Romney characterized President Obama’s actions: “He did it to try to save the business.” No, he didn’t; he did it to save the industry, and thereby to save jobs that would otherwise have been lost, deepening America’s slump. Does Mr. Romney understand the distinction? America certainly needs better economic policies than it has right now — and while most of the blame for poor policies belongs to Republicans and their scorchedearth opposition to anything constructive, the president has made some important mistakes. But we’re not going to get better policies if the man sitting in the Oval Office next year sees his job as being that of engineering a leveraged buyout of America Inc.

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After January blood sport, GOP primary visits Pine Tree State There is an adage, somehow especially popular among those writing letters to editors, that goes more or less thus: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not to their own facts. Clearly, they are unfamiliar with presidential election polls. This weekend will bring another barrage, but some polls show the South Carolina GOP primary as a close race, with only two points separating presumed nominee Mitt Romney and Newt “Speaker Badger” Gingrich. Meanwhile, the famously GOPestablishment friendly Rasmussen poll shows more than 20 points between the duo although that’s seen by many as more or less the official poll of wishful thinking. The polls, and indeed the looming primaries in S.C. and Florida should be getting some attention from Maine’s Republican leadership. Once the dust settles in the Sunshine State the nation’s media elite will be scrambling to find the next stop for the primary circus, and the only game in town will be right here in Maine. And if they think that guy driving decision-making results around Iowa backroads was frustrating, wait until they discover how we do things. Election “day?” Why would you have just a day? We have a week or so, starting Feb. 4 and rambling among more than 500 caucus locations until more or less wrapping up Feb. 11. If you navigate the state GOP website past the self-congratulations over the governor’s budget cuts (note to GOP organizers: even on a site meant for activists, “congratulations” on the cutbacks is akin to Gov. Romney saying he “likes to fire people.”) you discover that the Portland city caucus is Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Riverton School, 10 a.m. to noon. While I remain an anti-consensus Cassandra on the issue, it seems clear that the GOP primary race goes well beyond Florida, if only because so many of the candidates don’t really have anything better to do. That’s what will be spun as “really bad news” for anyone hoping to replace President Obama, but once again “they” are wrong. Some of us with actual memories recall that was the conventional wisdom when thenSenator Obama went up against the Clintons. It turns out that playing those early rounds sharpens an opponent, a chilling prospect as our well-rested

Patriots face the OMG! Broncos. By the time the primary hits Maine, ––––– however briefly, the theme of 2012 will Usually be firmly estabReserved lished. This is going to be about rich vs. poor, and that’s a contrast pitting a former community organizer from Chicago up against (most likely, they say) a very rich hedge fund guy. That’s why the GOP establishment went gonzo over the Gingrich-led assault on Romney’s business practices. Another adage says that, in politics, “... if you're the one explaining, then you’re the one losing.” Meanwhile, a new Pew Research Center survey of 2,048 adults finds that “about two-thirds of the public (66%) believes there are “very strong” or “strong” conflicts between the rich and the poor — an increase of 19 percentage points since 2009.” Pew also said the “... clash between rich and poor now ranks as American society’s greatest social conflict, pollsters found, followed by 62 percent who said there are very strong or strong conflicts between immigrants and native-born Americans, and 38 percent who said these conflicts exist between blacks and whites.” That conflict is a zone where the Tea Party and the Occupy movement overlap. And they may define it a bit differently, but neither cares much for “the establishment. Last week, no less a conservative icon than Rush Limbaugh put it thus: “Let me explain at the outset what is happening here within the sacred hollows of the establishment, the ruling class. Their objective, since this campaign began, was to make sure a conservative nominee did not get the Republican nomination. That has been the number one objective of the Republican establishment inside the Beltway, the whole Northeastern corridor, to make sure — not to beat Obama, not come up with somebody that can beat Obama despite all this electability talk.” One more poll to consider is the Pat Caddell finding that more than 75 percent of Americans think the system is “stacked against them.” He called that finding “pre-revolutionary.” Granted, that’s just one opinion. But by the time we finish with South Carolina’s cage match and the rabid blood-sport that will be Florida, the revolution may visit Maine looking more and more like cold hard fact.

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School board to vote on plan to transfer Nathan Clifford school to city DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Next Tuesday, the Portland school board is scheduled to review a plan to transfer control of the Nathan Clifford Elementary School to the city and ask the city to apply revenue from its sale to school capital needs. Nathan Clifford Elementary School was replaced by the newly constructed Ocean Avenue Elementary School on Feb. 28, 2011, school district officials noted. The Nathan Clifford Elementary School “does not have an anticipated use as a school building,” wrote Peter Eglinton, chief operations officer for Portland Public Schools, in a Jan. 12 memo. “Accordingly, the Portland Board of Public Education (‘Board’) is being asked to authorize the Superintendent to take all steps necessary to transfer control of the school to the City of Portland, effective Jan. 31, 2012. In addition, the Board is being asked to authorize the Superintendent to work with the City Manager and City Council to encourage the use of any net revenue or proceeds from the reuse or sale of the building for school capital needs.” Eglinton wrote that a similar process was followed with the sale of

the district’s Martin’s Point facility in October 2004, when a Cumulative Reserve Fund was created to pay for central office relocation expenses and the implementation of an elementary facilities master plan. “The Nathan Clifford Elementary School’s character and presentation should be attractive to developers. Indeed, we have already had inquiries expressing interest,” Eglinton wrote. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the school board will consider the plan “to close the Nathan Clifford School, to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to take all steps necessary to implement the closing and the transfer of control of the Nathan Clifford School to the City, including notifying the City Manager and City Council effective Jan. 31, 2012, and to authorize the Superintendent to work with the City Manager and City Council to encourage the use of any net revenue or proceeds from the reuse or sale of the building for school capital needs,” according to the agenda. “The sale of the Nathan Clifford property would provide an opportunity to address the urgent ongoing needs of school buildings and related school facilities,” the agenda reads.

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Police released this security camera image of a suspect in a Cumberland Farms convenience store robbery which took place at about 10:25 p.m. on Wednesday. Anyone with information is asked to call Portland Police at 874-8584 or text “GOTCHA” to 274637. (COURTESY IMAGE)

Police: Same person likely committed both armed robberies in Portland BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland Police believe the same person was responsible for armed robberies this week at Cumberland Farms on Pine Street and the University Credit Union branch on Forest Avenue. As of Friday afternoon, the suspect was still at large, said Lt. Gary Rogers, a police spokesman with Portland Police Department. Police were called to the University Credit Union branch at 391 Forest Ave. at 4:10 p.m. Thursday after a man entered the bank and threatened a teller with a handgun. The man fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Several other bank employees and customers were in the bank at the time of the robbery, but nobody was injured. The suspect was wearing a dark colored South Pole sweatshirt with the hood up, and possibly a ski mask. Rogers said there are many similarities between the bank robbery

and another armed robbery Wednesday night at Cumberland Farms at 49 Pine St. — including the presence of a handgun, a black hooded South Pole sweat shirt and a ski mask. In that incident, a man walked into the store and pointed a gun at a clerk while demanding money. Rogers said it’s too soon to know if it was the same person in both robberies but that detectives are “certainly looking at” the possibility. “There are a lot of similarities,” he said. “We are not 100 percent convinced but we are certainly headed in that direction.” Thursday’s robbery at University Credit Union was the second in three weeks. Two teenagers were charged in late December in connection with a robbery there. Rogers said this week’s robbery was “a little more severe” than that incident because a handgun was displayed. He said FBI agents from the local office are also helping investigate this week’s credit union robbery.

Police arrest suspect in CVS Pharmacy robbery DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Paul Ramsey, 57, of Portland has been arrested and charged with robbery for a CVS Pharmacy robbery which occurred mid-day Friday, police reported. On Friday at about 2:50 p.m. Portland police officers responded to a robbery at the CVS Pharmacy located at 449 Forest Ave. A male had approached the pharmacist and demanded prescription medication, police said. The pharmacist handed the suspect several bottles of prescription medication, and the suspect left the CVS. The suspect did not display a

weapon, police said. Nobody was injured. Responding officers stopped a male fitting the suspect’s description on Dartmouth Street at the intersection of Baxter Boulevard, police said. After reviewing the video surveilRamsey lance footage of the incident, the man who was detained, Ramsey, was arrested and the prescription medication was recovered, police said.

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Feeney: ‘Time for me to step down’ Nearing retirement, Feeney recalls his late son’s legacy with the county BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Nearing retirement from the Cumberland County Commission, Richard Feeney doesn't expect his name to be attached to any rooms, benefit tournaments or scholarships when he leaves. Those accolades belong to his late son, Peter. When Richard Feeney, 77, talks about Peter, it's clear that the younger Feeney remains a source of inspiration, a young man who was on the rise when his life was cut short by a fatal heart arrhythmia more than 12 years ago. "He had an arrhythmia of the heart. He was sitting with my other son, and they were watching a football game, it was the day after Christmas, so they asked him to plug in the Christmas tree, and he started to get up, and he just collapsed right back into the chair. It was very, very tragic, and very, very quick, because he had such a brilliant career ahead of him," Richard Feeney said. Peter Feeney, who died in 1999, is the namesake of a charity golf tournament that has raised around $60,000, and a conference room in the courthouse is named after him. Several scholarships were established in his memory, and since Peter Feeney was registered as a lobbyist for the health care industry, an Alzheimer's wing of a nursing home in Kittery is named in his honor because of his advocacy for Alzheimer's patients in the Maine Legislature, the elder Feeney noted. For 12 years, Richard Feeney has held his late son's seat. He was appointed to fill the unexpired term in

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had just graduated from Catholic University and he was attending the Muskie School at the time, he was working on his master's, which was awarded to him posthumously. He was working as a registered lobbyist in addition to being a county commissioner, and he was sitting as chair." Several issues that Peter championed became personal causes for Richard. These included enactment of a county charter, which was successfully approved by voters in 2010. "He discovered that there was no charter ... so that was his banner, he really advocated for the establishment of the charter form of government. When he brought it up, it was defeated," Feeney recalled. "That was one of the things that I championed and that happened under my watch," he said. Peter Crichton, county manager, said Richard Feeney has made a mark as a commissioner. "Commissioner Feeney was a very effective commissioner, he believes in what we're doing in terms of the opportunity for county government to provide services more efficiently and cost effectively," he said. "Peter, his legacy I think lives on with the charter. When I became county manager in 1999, his son was chairman of the board of commissioners, and Peter felt that having a charter was very important," Crichton continued. "He also thought that trying to move ahead and trying to have Cumberland County government be able to advance in the way we do things." Richard Feeney has "not shied away from the importance" of developing county services for municipalities, like his son had believed, Crichton said. Feeney was a manufacturer's representative who traveled extensively but is now retired. He hopes to go back to helping out in the community, such as volunteering for the White Mountain National Forest, which included a stint in Evans Notch. "I wouldn't think of running for re-election in any capacity, I don't want to run for city council, I don't want to run for my condo association," he said. "It's been a good run, I've enjoyed it very much," Feeney said. He's just glad that he could help fulfill some of the ambitions that his son, Peter, pursued as a commissioner before his untimely death. "I had some pretty big shoes to fill. I guess you could say it was reverse role modeling, Peter was my role model and my mentor," said Feeney.

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Patriots take away plenty from ﬁrst meeting with Broncos BY PETER MAY THE NEW YORK TIMES

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The numbers are still mind-boggling. In the first quarter on Dec. 18, the Denver Broncos held a 167-4 advantage in rushing yardage over the visiting New England Patriots. The Broncos, winners of six straight games, scored on their first three drives. They looked unstoppable, building a 16-7 lead. As Patriots guard Brian Waters noted this week: “They did some things early on that we weren’t as prepared for as we thought we were. It took us a minute to just understand exactly what they were trying to do.” The Broncos were doing what they do better than any other team in the N.F.L.: running the football. But three lost fumbles in the second quarter undid all the good from the first, allowing the Patriots to recover and take control. New England scored 27 straight points en route to a 41-23 victory that clinched the A.F.C. East and started the Broncos on a three-game losing streak to end the regular season. When the teams meet again Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, it will be Denver’s first A.F.C. divisional playoff game since the 2005 season, when the Broncos beat the Patriots, 27-13, in Denver. The Broncos are the only N.F.L. team with a winning record against Tom Brady, beating him five times in seven regular-season meetings and in their one playoff game. The Patriots abhor looking back, especially with such a critical game at hand. They say they have all but for-

Tom Brady directs the Patriots’ version of the spread offense, which this season ranked third in points scored and second in total yards and passing yards (NEW YORK TIMES PHOTO).

gotten the first Denver meeting, while also acknowledging that the Broncos will present them with a different set of challenges once again. “We can learn a little bit from our last game against them, but this is a whole new deal,” Patriots Coach Bill Belichick said. “It’s good to have had prior experience against them earlier in the year, because they’re a tough team to get ready for.” That is because the Broncos are different, primarily on offense. Tim Tebow runs a spread offense that, as Belichick noted, is “unique” to the N.F.L. “You have to worry about everything with Denver’s offense,” he said Thursday. He added that “what separates them from everybody else is the amount of option they run.”

“It’s different,” he said. “We don’t see a lot of teams do that. We’re going to see a lot of that Saturday night.” Tebow is coming off a stunning overtime victory against Pittsburgh. When asked about Tebow’s underwhelming passing statistics, Belichick said: “Look at the won-loss record. That’s what I would look at.” The Broncos were 1-4 when Tebow became the starter. They were 7-4 with him as the quarterback in the regular season and then beat the Steelers on Sunday. “A lot depends on when you actually get the player and you start putting him in and watching him,” Belichick said of Tebow. “Some things will look a little better than you thought they would. Some things may not look quite as good. Some things you may

not really know and you just have to wait and find out.” In the Dec. 18 game, the Broncos emphasized stopping Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski, which worked to a degree. Each had four receptions. But tight end Aaron Hernandez caught nine passes for 129 yards — “It’s pick your poison with us,” Hernandez said this week — and Chad Ochocinco had his only touchdown catch of the season, a 33-yarder. But the Broncos’ turnovers turned the game around. That has been a source of strength for the beleaguered New England defense this season. The Patriots were ranked last in the A.F.C. in yards per game, but their defense intercepted a conference-best 23 passes. New England had a plus-17 turnover differential, by far the best in the A.F.C. (Houston, at plus-7, was second.) Denver was 5-3 on the road during the regular season, but has not won a postseason game away from home since 1998 and was the only team with a .500 record (8-8) to make the playoffs. The Broncos were underdogs at home last weekend, but Belichick sees a team that, despite its late-season struggles, is better than the one he saw nearly a month ago. “Look, I’d like to think that any team that continues to practice and work hard over a period of three, four weeks, is going to improve,” Belichick said. “If you don’t, then what are you doing? I think we’ve gotten better. I think they’ve gotten better. It’s just how you improve relative to how the other team is improving.”

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Occupy in winter A tent in the OccupyMaine encampment is shown Friday after a snowstorm dropped six inches of snow across the city. The anti-Wall Street protest group has been camping in Lincoln Park since October, but could soon be forced to leave. The city council has refused to issue the group a permit, prompting the group to sue the city claiming an infringement of First Amendment rights. The case has yet to come before a judge but a hearing could happen later this month. On Friday, Jan. 20 from noon to 3 p.m., OccupyMaine plans to gather at the U.S. District Court (156 Federal St.) in Portland for a protest of the Citizens United First Amendment U.S. Supreme Court decision from a year ago “that has expanded corporate personhood rights and corrupted our democracy,” the group reported on Facebook. The group “will commemorate Citizens United with a symbolic funeral for democracy.” (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

MacMillan announces bid for Hinck’s Maine House seat BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

West End resident Tom MacMillan announced this week he is running for the Maine House of Representatives in District 118. The seat is being vacated by state Rep. Jon Hinck, one of two Democrats vying for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Olympia Snowe. MacMillan, 25, is running as a Green Party candidate. He is officially kicking off his campaign with a meet and greet at Reiche Community Center from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 28. "Having grown up in Portland and lived in this district, I recognize the unique and wonderful qualities of our city and state. I am proud to announce that I will wage a positive, grassroots campaign

for State House District 118,” MacMillan said in a statement. Meanwhile, City Councilor John Anton, who had been considering running for the seat as an Independent, said Thursday that he would not enter the race. Anton said he would be supporting MacMillan. “Like many people, I considered moving away in hopes of finding better opportunities, but I am committed to making progress in my own community,” he said. “My family has lived here for generations and I want to be part of making Maine a great place to live and work.” MacMillan says recent attacks on MaineCare and the rights of workers to organize have affected him personally: “Members of my family are unionized

workers and rely on public health care.” MacMillan works in education and is a board member of the West End Neighborhood Association, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Southern Maine and Seeds of Peace. He graduated from Portland High School and attended Clark University. District 118 includes most of the West End neighborhood and parts of Libbytown. Hinck has represented the district since 2006, when he narrowly defeated incumbent John Eder, who is also a Green. Hinck is not seeking re-election to the Legislature to focus on a run for U.S. Senate. It’s too soon to know if MacMillan will face a primary challenger. To date, no Democrats or Independents have formally announced plans to run for the statehouse seat, which brings a two-year term.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2012. There are 352 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 14, 1952, NBC’s “Today” show premiered, with Dave Garroway as the host, or “communicator,” as he was called. On this date: In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut the Fundamental Orders was adopted. In 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the Revolutionary War. In 1858, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and his wife, Empress Eugenie, escaped an assassination attempt led by Italian revolutionary Felice (fay-LEE’-chay) Orsini, who was later captured and executed. In 1900, Puccini’s opera “Tosca” had its world premiere in Rome. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. In 1953, Josip Broz Tito (YAW’-sihp brawz TEE’-toh) was elected president of Yugoslavia by the country’s Parliament. In 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge of “segregation forever.” In 1968, the Green Bay Packers of the NFL defeated the AFL’s Oakland Raiders, 33-14, in Super Bowl II. In 1969, 27 people aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, off Hawaii, were killed when a rocket warhead exploded, setting off a fire and additional explosions. In 1972, the situation comedy “Sanford and Son,” starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson, premiered on NBC-TV. In 1986, Vinicio Cerezo was inaugurated as Guatemala’s first civilian president in 16 years in a ceremony attended by Vice President George H.W. Bush. In 1994, President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed an accord to stop aiming missiles at any nation; the leaders joined Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk in signing an accord to dismantle the nuclear arsenal of Ukraine. One year ago: In an unprecedented popular uprising, Tunisian protesters enraged over soaring unemployment and corruption drove President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali from power after 23 years of iron-fisted rule. Today’s Birthdays: Blues singer Clarence Carter is 76. Singer Jack Jones is 74. Singersongwriter Allen Toussaint is 74. Actress Faye Dunaway is 71. Actress Holland Taylor is 69. Actor Carl Weathers is 64. Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 64. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd is 60. Rock singer Geoff Tate is 53. Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 49. Actor Mark Addy is 48. Actor Dan Schneider is 46. Actress Emily Watson is 45. Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes is 45. Rock musician Zakk Wylde is 45. Rapper-actor LL Cool J is 44. Actor Jason Bateman is 43. Rock singermusician Dave Grohl is 43. Actress Jordan Ladd is 37. Soul singer-songwriter Marc Broussard is 30. Rock singer-musician Caleb Followill is 30. Rock musician Joe Guese is 29.

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recalibrate their energies to be more even-handed. Dear Annie: I am 15 and very overweight. I’ve been this way since I was little. I’ve tried losing weight, but can never seem to keep it off for long. What bothers me most is the intolerance at school. I hear the fat jokes and the whispers. I’d love to have a boyfriend, but the guys in my class only like the skinny girls. This has destroyed what little self-conﬁdence I had. I don’t understand why people can’t accept all body types. Nowadays you have to be thin to be considered pretty. I want to feel pretty, too, and know that people can like me as I am. Why can’t these attitudes be changed? -- Confused in Connecticut Dear Confused: That’s an excellent question. Attitudes like these are culturally entrenched and reinforced by media images. Fat jokes and nasty whispers are a form of bullying and should be reported to the school authorities. But instead of focusing on romance, simply work on being a good friend. Friends will see you through the rough spots. But we also are worried about you. Extra weight can cause all kinds of physical problems. Please talk to your parents and have them make an appointment for you to see your doctor and a nutritionist. Get some exercise. Work on being healthy, regardless of your size. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Noisy Dog Next Door.” I don’t disagree with your suggestions to call the neighborhood association and the humane society, but a quieter solution is available, too. There are battery-operated devices that emit a high-pitched sound that is uncomfortable to the dog. (Humans cannot hear it.) We used this for our neighbor’s dog. When he barked, we’d push the button and say, “No, Fido!” It worked like a charm. Now we only have to step out the back door for the dog to stop barking. -- It’s Quiet Again

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WPD: Standish man indicted for unlawful sexual contact DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS The Cumberland County Grand Jury has indicted 68-year-old Harold V. Leeman of Standish, formerly of Portland, on multiple counts of unlawful sexual contact with a child under the age of 12, police reported Friday. Investigators are seeking any additional information from the public. The indictment was the result of a four-month-long investigation conducted by detectives from the Westbrook Police Department and coordinated through the Office of the District Attorney, according to Lt. Michael F. Leeman Nugent of the Westbrook Police Department. Leeman lived in Westbrook from 1970 to 1991, Portland from 1991-1999, and Standish since 1999, Nugent said. Anyone with additional information about these charges is encouraged to contact Detective Dan Violette at the Westbrook Police Department at 854-0644, extension 411.

Authorities ID skier who died at Sugarloaf as Nova Scotia man Authorities say the man who died Thursday after crashing into a tree at Sugarloaf ski area was David Morse, a 41-year-old from Kingston, Nova Scotia. Morse died after 5 p.m. Thursday while in an ambulance en route to Franklin Memorial Center in Farmington, according to the Portland Press Herald. The paper reported that Morse was conscious and alert when ski patrol members responded to the accident scene Thursday at about 3:43 p.m. Morse told them he caught his skis in the powder and skied into the woods off Lower Timberline trail. Morse’s wife and children were also skiing at Sugarloaf Thursday but were not with him at the time of the accident, the Press Herald reported.

McCrery gets 45 years for killing son Julianne McCrery, the Texas woman who killed her six-year-old son in a New Hampshire motel and disposed of his body in rural Maine was sentenced by a New Hampshire judge yesterday to 45 years in prison, according to published reports. The body of Camden Hughes was found last May near the border with New Hampshire by a neighbor. The body had no identification, and police launched Camden Hughes, whose body was a massive campaign found last May, was the focus of a to learn who the boy massive police investigation. (FILE was. PHOTO) According to the Associated Press, McCrery, 42, of Irving, Texas, admitted to killing Camden because she wanted to end her own life, and felt nobody else was capable of raising him. Authorities have countered that she believed the son was a hindrance and did not intend to kill herself after his death. “I am very sorry to have caused the intense pain and suffering to my precious son Camden,” she said, according to AP. “He did nothing whatsoever to deserve that by my hand, and he was not an inconvenience to me.” McCrery added, “My sorrow is intense and unbearable.”

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Saturday, Jan. 14 Lucid Stage’s LucidFest 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. LucidFest at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd. Portland. “Join us to celebrate the New Year! Stop by for a variety of kid’s activities, white elephant sales, rafﬂes and performances including Running with Scissors; Druin Dance Center; puppetry; live music.” General admission is free. www. lucidstage.com

Making Faces: Photographic Portraits at PMA 10 a.m. This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will showcase its growing collection of celebrity portraits, prompting a new look at the art of photographic portraiture and highlighting two newly acquired portfolios of works by artists Berenice Abbott and Robert Doisneau. Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists, on view Jan. 14 through April 8, will feature 35 black-andwhite photographic portraits of recognizable television personalities and famous artists. For more information, call 775-6148 or visit portlandmuseum.org.

Third annual Tet Celebration noon. Celebrate the Lunar New Year at a community event featuring Vietnamese culture, music, fashion and food, organized by the Vietnamese-Americans Association of Maine (VAAM), a nonproﬁt organization dedicated to preserving Vietnamese heritage and promoting cross-cultural understanding among Maine communities. Free day event and night event from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave. For more information, www.vaaminfo.org or contact Renee Nguyen at renee.nguyen@vaaminfo.org

‘Force of Nature’ 2 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

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

Monday, Jan. 16 31st annual MLK Holiday Breakfast Celebration 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The People’s State Of The State: What Does Equity Look Like In Maine? Holiday Inn By The Bay.MCs: Abukar Adan, Jocelyn Thomas. Tickets: $15 children’s program, $25 breakfast program. Programs: Children’s Program (ages 5-12, limited to 60). “UNE students will lead a program focused on the importance of living a healthy life in order to reach one’s fullest potential and to be the best ally or advocate in caring for others. The ﬁlm ‘My Friend Martin’ will be shown before breaking into small age-appropriate groups to visit stations set up around the room on (1) nutrition/good food choices (2) physical activity/yoga (3) art/creative expression. All children will also get a chance to read and discuss the book, ‘I Have a Dream.’ This program including breakfast takes place on the ground level of the hotel.” Speakers will address three areas of concern: education, health/healthcare and the economy. www.portlandmlk.net

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. NAACP Portland Branch 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commuity dialogue. Preble Street Resource Center, “the economic crisis in our own backyard, march for justice, Preble Street to Portland City Hall, toward a more perfect union.” Dialogue; 4:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., march. Homeless Voices for Justice, Learning Works, Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, Maine Seeds of Peace, Portland Public Schools, Preble An osprey feeds its babies. Maine Audubon plans its annual field trip to several of Greater Portland’s birding Street are organizers. “This program draws hot spots on Jan. 21. Starting at Back Cove, participants will scan for waterfowl, then work their way around upon the growing demand to address eco- the East End to Portland’s waterfront to check the congregations of gulls for unusual species, including Icenomic inequity and the systems that have land, glaucous, and lesser black-backed. From there they will cross the bridge to Willard Beach and work forced an increasing number of people to live their way along the Cape Elizabeth shore to Portland Head Light, Two Lights State Park, and Kettle Cove (time within the shifting thin lines between middle and weather permitting). For details, visit http://habitat.maineaudubon.org/activities/Wings-of-Winter/1138. class, working poor and poverty. The goal (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) ‘The Drum Major Instinct’ of this dialogue is to bring people of all ages 1 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day together to not only challenge how we think within about an hour, the fast-paced show is designed to event. “The Drum Major Instinct.” Students from three Portabout poverty and learn about current efforts to address it but entertain dance enthusiasts of all ages, said Linda MacArland Housing Authority study centers will perform three to take responsibility as a diverse community to prioritize the thur Miele, co-founder and artistic director of Maine State unique plays based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon “The fight against it. Students from around the state will facilitate Ballet. Performers include the professional dancers of the Drum Major Instinct.” Each play was written and produced the program in order to empower them as community leaders Maine State Ballet Company, as well as advanced students by study center students, volunteers, and coordinators. A and help make a tangible connection between engagement from MSB’s School for the Performing Arts.” Tickets are mixture of music, dance, and theater; each play celebrates and direct action. Utilizing several speeches given by Dr. King $15 and are available online at www.mainestateballet.org. Dr. King’s devotion to community service and his principles as our foundation, participants will learn more about his effort They can also be purchased by calling the box office at of acceptance, love, and equality for all. Mayo Street Arts, to incorporate class in the civil rights movement through the 207-781-3587, or by visiting the Maine State Ballet Theater, 10 Mayo St., 615-3609. www.mayostreetarts.org. Free and Poor People’s Campaign and adoption of an ‘Economic Bill of 348 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth. Performances are scheduled open to the public. Rights’ as well as his shift to work on global human rights. We for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 14, and 4 p.m. and 7 will also discuss data on poverty in Maine to better understand p.m. on Sat., Jan. 21. A Charity Fashion Show the impact of this.” Merrill Auditorium. “King And The Drum 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Catholic Charities Maine will be hosting In The Blood — Live: A ‘Docu-Exhibit’ Major Instinct: Justice, Peace And Righteousness.” 6 p.m. “Walking in the Light: A Charity Fashion Show” on Jan. 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery screening of “In the Blood,” about to 8 p.m., MCs: Linda Abwoch, Rev. Jeff McIlwain, Choirs: 16 at One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland. the Maine lumber industry. “Lumbermen began living in logCongolese Church Choir, Music Ministry of Green Memorial “Catholic Charities has partnered with local high schools, ging camps in the Maine woods in the early 1800s. They AME Zion Church, Pihcintu Multinational Children’s Chorus, colleges and boutiques in order to plan the event. The show were the pioneers who created a successful self-contained Women in Harmony. Performers: Batimbo Beat, UNE Stuwill feature clothes from the Catholic Charities thrift store working community in the woods, and on who’s backs the dents. Tickets: $5 general admission. www.portlandmlk.net in hopes to raise awareness to the need for warm, affordstate’s economy and history were largely established. ‘In able winter clothing and to boost clothing donations. High ‘Tap, Tap, Jazz’ by Maine State Ballet The Blood,’ filmmaker Sumner McKane’s ambitious multischool and college students with an interest in fashion will 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Fresh off another run of “The Nutcracker,” year project, takes the audience into this rugged environplay key roles in making the whole show come together. the dancers of Maine State Ballet kick off their 2012 season ment — into the camps, onto the haul roads, landings and If you would like more information or are interested in volwith the Broadway tunes, high energy and innovative choyards, rivers and lakes. Through rare archival film, digitally unteering at this event, contact Kerrie Keller, AmeriCorps reography of “Tap, Tap, Jazz.” Matinee and evening shows restored photography, raw and honest interviews, ambiVISTA at kkeller@ccmaine.org or 523-1156.” of “Tap, Tap, Jazz” will be performed on Saturday, Jan. 14, ent sound design and live scoring, this innovative and and Saturday, Jan. 21, at the recently renovated Maine State entertaining multimedia presentation, featured on NPR’s see next page Ballet Theater in Falmouth. With several numbers packed ‘Echoes,’ brings this lost world vividly into the present.”

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Tuesday, Jan. 17 Rape Aggression Defense Training 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. This January, the Portland Police Department will offer its Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) Training class. “R.A.D. provides women with the tools they need to both avoid dangerous situations and escape them. The course is speciﬁcally designed to help women survive situations in which their lives are in jeopardy. This class is open to all women, ages 13 and older, in the Greater Portland area who would like to develop real life defensive tools and tactics. The Basic Self-Defense Course consists of a series of four classes and one scenario day. The class is scheduled for Jan. 17, 19, 24, and 26, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Jan. 28 from 8 a.m. to noon. All classes must be attended to complete the course. The classes will be held at the Portland Police Department, 109 Middle St., Portland. A donation of $25 for the course is suggested. All donations support the Amy St. Laurent Fund, which sponsors the R.A.D. trainings. Due to attendance issues, all donations must be paid prior to the ﬁrst class (send checks to ASLF/PPD RAD Program, Portland Police Department, 109 Middle St., Portland ME 04101). To sign up for the class or receive more information about Portland R.A.D., e-mail ppdrad@portlandmaine.gov or call 874-8643.”

Wednesday, Jan. 18 Atlantic Salmon Presentation 7 p.m. John R.J. Burrows, director of New England Programs for the Atlantic Salmon Federation will speak on “Atlantic Salmon Restoration — Successes and Challenges,” at the monthly meeting of the Saco River Salmon Club. 7 p.m. meeting, 7:30 presentation at Cabela’s on Hagis Parkway, Scarborough. Free. http://www.sacosalmon.com/

‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ 7:30 p.m. “Portland Ovations in collaboration with NAACPPortland presents ‘Warriors Don’t Cry,’ a powerful onewoman play inspired by the award-winning memoir of the same title by Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’ stars Almeria Campbell and recounts the courageous story of 15-year-old Melba, who endures violence and discrimination as she and eight other African-American students integrate Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School. Melba and her fellow student-warriors — known as the Little Rock Nine — captured the world’s attention in 1957 as they struggled and triumphed in pursuit of equal education. Themes of fear and courage, isolation and community, education, history, the family and the nation all come alive through Campbell’s compelling portrayal of 21 characters. A preview to the performance will take place during the NAACP’s 31st Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance Breakfast Celebration at the Holiday Inn By The Bay on Jan. 16. Ovations Offstage will present a Pre-Performance Lecture Struggles for Civil Rights: Local Stories on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland. Students from King Middle School will discuss their expedition Small Acts of Courage: Memories of the Civil Rights Movement, a project that involves students learning and telling important stories of local citizens. Julia Adams, a member of the Portland String Quartet, will join the students to discuss her own experience during the Civil Rights Movement. Tickets for Warriors Don’t Cry are $23 for Ovations’ Members, $25 for the general public and a limited amount of $10 student tickets are also available. To purchase tickets, contact PortTix at 842-0800 or visit the box office window at Merrill Auditorium. Tickets are also available online at www.portlandovations.org.

Celebration of Robert Burns 8 p.m. Celebration of Scotland’s Poet Robert Burns. A concert of music and lore at Blue 650 Congress St., Portland featuring Castlebay — vocals with Celtic harp,guitar, ﬁddle, and woodwinds. Romantic love ballads, robust drinking songs, and moving humanistic anthems from the pen of Burns. Admission is by $8 suggested donation. Delicious food and drink available. The concert will be followed by a traditional Celtic session. Phone 774-4111, tom@boghat. com, FMI www.castlebay.net.

Thursday, Jan. 19 Forum — Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector 7:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine, Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector, Abromson Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland.

“Compared to a year ago, venture capital investment in clean tech companies has increased 73 percent to $1.1 billion (Ernst & Young). Clean technology investments are on the rise but what does this mean for Maine? The Jan.19 forum, Financing Maine’s Clean Tech Sector will be a two-part event to explore the state of venture capital in Maine, as well as other sources of funding available to clean tech start ups, ﬁrms experiencing growth, and other businesses seeking capital. Part I: Panel (8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.) State of Giving: philanthropic and foundation grant support--Betsy Biemann, Maine Technology Institute. State of Lending: commercial and public loans and the political/regulatory environment’s inﬂuence — Mike Finnegan, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.; and, an overview of the steps necessary to access loans and other funding streams — Stephen Lovejoy, Maine Small Business Development Center, State of Capital: venture capital availability and angel investors -- Don Gooding, Maine Angels. Part II: Break Out Sessions (9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.).

Friday, Jan. 20 2012 eco-Excellence Awards nominations 5 p.m. The 2012 eco-Excellence Awards nominations are due by Jan. 20. The awards are given annually in recognition of “green” activities by ecomaine, a nonproﬁt recycling and waste disposal operation that is municipally owned and operated. Michael Bobinsky chair of the ecomaine Board of Directors and director of Portland Public Services, said, “Each one of the 43 communities served by ecomaine can win an award – it’s a great opportunity to recognize a person, group or business that has made a difference in your community.” The judging of entries will be done by members of the ecomaine Recycling Committee. Troy Moon (Portland), chair of the committee, and a member of the board of directors, said all the recipients and their nominators will be invited to an awards luncheon given in their honor in Portland on Wednesday, March 7. “At that time,” said Moon, “we will present the individual awards and announce the Grand Award winners for community and business.” The brief entry forms and information about previous winners can be found on-line at www.ecomaine.org or requested by phoning 523-3108.

The Facebook Portrait Project 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Museum of Art, Great Hall. Artist Tanja Alexia Hollander invites you to stop by the museum. The Are You Really My Friend? exhibition will open in February. On Friday, Jan. 20, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the public is invited to Collaborative Confessional: Tanja Alexia Hollander and the Facebook Portrait Project. www.portlandmuseum.org/Content/6628.shtml

‘The Fairy’ 6:30 p.m. Movies at the Museum, “The Fairy,” Portland Museum of Art. Friday, Jan. 20, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 22, 2 p.m. NR. www.portlandmuseum.org/events

Film: Future Shorts Pop-Up Film Fesival 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery. “The Future Shorts Festival is the biggest pop up ﬁlm festival of its kind, showcasing the most exciting short ﬁlms from around the world. Anyone, anywhere can set up a screening, forming a massive network of cinematic events and becoming part of a powerful global community.” $8/$6 for SPACE members and students with ID. www.space538.org/events.php

Saturday, Jan. 21 Wings of Winter 9 a.m. Wings of Winter with Maine Audubon. “Join this annual ﬁeld trip to several of Greater Portland’s birding hot spots. Starting at Back Cove, we’ll scan for waterfowl, then work our way around the East End to Portland’s waterfront to check the congregations of gulls for unusual species, including Iceland, glaucous, and lesser black-backed. From there we’ll cross the bridge to Willard Beach and work our way along the Cape Elizabeth shore to Portland Head Light, Two Lights State Park, and Kettle Cove (time and weather permitting). Expect to see loons, grebes, great cormorant, at least eight duck species, and other seabirds. Luck may turn up a Barrow’s goldeneye, brant, or possibly a king eider. Limited to 12 participants (5 in the van).” Advance registration is necessary. For those with questions, call 7812330 or email programs@maineaudubon.org.

WMPG Power Up! Open House 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “WMPG Community Radio’s Power Up! signal improvement project is a success! After years of planning, fund-raising, and hard work, WMPG is now broadcasting a new more powerful signal, reaching radios from southern York County to the Augusta area, and west to Central New Hampshire. To celebrate this important milestone with our listeners, supporters and volunteers, WMPG is holding a day-long Power Up! Open House on Saturday, Jan.

21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please join us by listening to 90.9 or 104.1 FM, or stop by in person at 92 Bedford Street on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine for our transmitter-warming party! On that day you’ll hear special celebratory programming on the air all day long, with live music, voices from the past, and live and recorded calls from our new expanded listening area. The theme of the Power Up! Open House is ‘Same Community Radio ... MUCH More Community!’ At the WMPG studios, 92 Bedford Street on the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine.”

‘The Mystery of Ice Mountain’ 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Dolly Wagglers present “The Mystery of Ice Mountain,” puppet show for all ages. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland. Run Time approx 30 minutes. $8 adults/ $4 kids under 12. www.mayostreetarts.org. The Dolly Wagglers present “The Mystery of Ice Mountain” at Mayo Street Arts. “It is about an adventure in a remote, icy landscape with some exotic creatures of the colder climes. Slapstick, life-sized puppets, and ventriloquism are just a few of the old-world tricks the Dolly Wagglers may pull from their sleeves. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the show. This puppet show is part of The Children’s Puppet Workshop — a series of puppet-themed workshops and performances for the community at Mayo Street Arts. Sponsored in part by The Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation, Portland Community Policing, and Coffee By Design.”

Nor’Easters Synchronized Skating Teams 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Nor’Easters Synchronized Skating Teams will host a fundraiser and exhibition on Jan. 21-22 in preparation for the 2012 U.S. Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships on Jan. 26-28 in Hershey, Penn. Maine’s only synchronized skating team, the Nor’Easters are comprised of three teams featuring 38 skaters aged 9 to 59 from Maine and New Hampshire. Funds will be used for travel expenses to Easterns, where 2,000 athletes representing 150 teams from Florida to Maine will vie for titles in 13 divisions. The weekend will kick off on Saturday, Jan. 21 with a Spaghetti Dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Church on 43 Foreside Road in Falmouth. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for children. On Sunday, Jan. 22, the Nor’Easters will perform in a free exhibition from 2:40 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. at the Family Ice Center in Falmouth. Donations of bottles and cans are welcomed at both events. For more information, please visit www. northatlanticfsc.org.

Monday, Jan. 23 Young drivers’ safety discussion 6 p.m. “Conversations with the Communities,” a public discussion regarding ways to improve the safety of Maine’s young drivers. The Secretary of State’s “Conversations with the Communities” were scheduled to be held on the following dates at the local Bureau of Motor Vehicle Ofﬁces: Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Bangor at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Caribou at 6 p.m.; and Thursday, Jan. 19 in Calais at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. For a complete schedule of “Conversations with the Community” including addresses to the motor vehicle locations or for information and instructions on joining the discussion via Webinar, please visit the Secretary of State’s website at www.maine.gov/sos/.

‘A Journey to Darfur’ 7 p.m. The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland. Fur Cultural Revival (part of The Darfur Community Center of Maine) is proud to present the documentary film, “A Journey to Darfur” starring George Clooney. This film will be shown for free on Monday, January 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM at The Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress Street in Portland, Maine. The public is encouraged to attend. The event is all ages and free. The film will be followed by a discussion and a short presentation by El-Fadel Arbab, America’s primary spokesperson for the Darfuri refugee diaspora, who will speak about the ongoing Genocide throughout Sudan.

Tuesday, Jan. 24 Film: Urbanized at SPACE 7:30 p.m. SPACE Gallery film screening. “‘Urbanized’ (the third part of Gary Hustwit’s design film trilogy, joining ‘Helvetica’ and ‘Objectified’) is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Followed by Q&A with Noah Chasin, Assistant Professor at Bard College and Mitchell Rasor of MRLD Landscape Architecture + Design. Co-Presented by AIGA Maine and MRLD Landscape Architecture + Urbanism.” $7/$5 for SPACE members, free for AIGA Maine, all ages. www.space538.org/events.php see next page

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are free yet limited to six persons at each session. Signup for each session recommended. 854-0630, ext. 5 .

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Free For All opening reception at SPACE Gallery

Walker Memorial Library computer classes 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Walker Memorial Library is deep into the digital age and invites you to learn more about computers with us. Starting Wednesday, Jan. 25, staff will offer computer discussion classes. Sign up and join us. 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. we will offer short discussion and demonstrations related to computers and what they can do for you. All sessions

6 p.m. SPACE Gallery exhibit opening. “Come celebrate the opening of our salon style exhibit Free For All. The walls will be stacked with art from emerging and established artists, in a range of subject, size and medium. It’ a true Free For All!” www. space538.org/events.php

Wind Power discussion 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gilsland Farm Sanctuary, Falmouth, Maine Audubon. Kate Williams,

Wildlife and Renewable Energy Program Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute, has worked with shorebirds, wading birds, seabirds, passerines, ﬁshes, and mammals across Maine and internationally. Kate will be providing an overview of wildlife issues related to wind power development, both onshore and offshore, with a focus on birds and bats. She will also discuss current studies in this arena, and discuss proposals for offshore wind farms in Maine. Free.

‘Next Fall’ by Good Theater 7 p.m. “Next Fall” by Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan. 25 to Feb. 19. “Good Theater presents the Maine premiere of this recent

Best Play Tony Award nominee. A charming, funny and touching play about life and love from one of the writers of the hit TV series, Brothers & Sisters.” Directed by Brian P. Allen and starring Joe Bearor, Rob Cameron, Matt Delamater, Moira Driscoll Abbie Killeen and Tony Reilly. St Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. Wednesdays 7 p.m. ($15), Thursdays 7 p.m. ($20), Fridays 7:30 p.m. ($20), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ($25), Sundays 2 p.m. ($25) with a special added matinee on Saturday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. ($20). Reservations and information call 885-5883. Presented by Good Theater, a professional theater; the theater is in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center. www.goodtheater.com

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County employee wins national ﬁnance award DAILY SUN STAFF REPORTS Vic Labrecque, finance director for Cumberland County, received the certificate of achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 11th consecutive year, the county reported. This award is given to government units and public employee retirement systems whose comprehensive annual financial reports achieve the highest standards in government accounting and financial reporting. This prestigious award is only received by 5 percent of county governments across the United States, according to a county press release.

When presented the award, Labrecque said, “This represents more than just me, this represents the hard work of the entire Finance Department of the county, Peter Crichton the county manager and the commissioners who provide us the resources to do our job for the citizens of the county.” The award is more than a plaque, in that this is one of many measures used when determining credit ratings for the county and therefore, the cost of borrowing money, the press release stated.

Rabbi applauds Obama’s pick for Chief of Staff Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh of Portland, the oldest Orthodox congre-

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gation in Maine and in northern New England, founded in 1904, joins other Jews, and especially Orthodox Jews, in welcoming the appointment of Jack Lew as President Obama’s new Chief of Staff, Rabbi Akiva Herzfeld announced in a press release. The Orthodox Union a national organization representing Orthodox Jews issued the following statement: “We commend President Obama for appointing Mr. Jack Lew as White House Chief of Herzfeld Staff. Our community takes great pride in the appointment of the first member of our community to this position of great responsibility. We wish Mr. Lew a hearty ‘Mazal Tov’ on his historic appointment and best wishes in his new role in serving the president and people of the United States.” In Portland, Rabbi Herzfeld will alter the text of its prayer service today, the Jewish Sabbath, to honor and celebrate Lew’s appointment. Rabbi Herzfeld said he will add to the text of the prayer for the Government of the United States to include an additional line mentioning Jack Lew’s name and his office. Each week the congregation recites a prayer for the government of the United States, including the President Barack Obama, the Vice President Joe Biden, and “all the constituted officers

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of government of this land.” When Republicans were in office, the congregation said prayers for the Republican president and the government, even when the rabbi or congregants might have disagreed with some policies, Herzfeld said.

Pingree praises move of SBA to Cabinet level U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, prasied President Obama’s announcement that he is elevating the Small Business Administration to a Cabinetlevel agency, noting that Maine native Karen Mills is the administrator. “Karen Mills has been a tremendous asset to the Obama Administration and I’m glad to see he is elevating her to become a member of his Cabinet," Pingree Pingree said in a statement Friday. "Karen has an excellent track record over the last two and a half years running the SBA and made significant contributions to our economy before that as a founder of a venture capital group and the president of a private equity firm. Small business is the key to economic growth here in Maine and across the country, and I’m pleased to see President Obama elevating the SBA to a Cabinet-level agency.”

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Saturday, Jan. 14 Higher Organix and Leave It On Stage 8 p.m. Cyborg Trio, Higher Organix, Leave It On Stage at Port City Music Hall. Massachusetts’ Higher Organix plays psychdelic dance-fusion. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. www.portcitymusichall.com

Sunday, Jan. 15 Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band 12:30 p.m. Different Drummers Joyful Hearts Club Band, hosted by Unity of Greater Portland at 54 River Road, Windham, one mile north of Westbrook. “What a wonderful way to celebrate the New Year or just release some of your toe-tapping energies.” $10 donation requested. For more information about Unity of Greater Portland or the Different Drummers, please contact 893-1233 or visit www.unitygreaterportland.org.

8 p.m. “The Kollection” states: “A lot of people think of Mike Stud as one of just many rappers in a new genre: college students who make party music. It is true that Stud’s biggest track to date is College Humor (see below). However, after meeting Mike Stud on the set for the College Humor video, I found that there was much more to this artist than meets the eye.” Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $25. www.portcitymusichall.com

Friday, Jan. 20 Orchard Lounge 8 p.m. Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk â€“ if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken and Bethany Lokken. This versatile trio has enlightened dance ﬂoors nationwide with their eclectic mixes, from sunset chill-out to bass-dropping tech house, and an array of other futuristic sounds. Theirs is a democratic mission: to expose as many people as possible to the artists they admire and respect. Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; door: $15; VIP: $25.

Saturday, Jan. 21 Women in Harmony 7 p.m. Women in Harmony, Portland’s 60-voice women’s chorus, presents a winter concert, Still I Rise, also Jan. 22 at 4 p.m. “The program celebrates the strength and resilience of women as they seek peace, freedom and understanding. Over three quarters of the pieces on the program were written by women composers and/or performers, including Joan Szymko, Carol Maillard of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Elizabeth Alexander, Eleanor Daley, Gwyneth Walker, The Righteous Mothers, Laura Berkson, Rosephayne Powell, and Holly Near. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Admission is $15 at the door; Students/Seniors $10.”

Robert Burns concert 7:30 p.m. Concert of Music, Dance, Poetry in celebration of Robert Burns. Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland, featuring: Highland Soles (Scottish & Cape Breton music and dance by ﬁddler Ed Pearlman, dancer Laura Scott, and family); Neil Pearlman Band (Scottish music laced with jazz, Latin and funk inﬂuences); Elijah Woolcott (Grade 1 bagpiper, the top level of solo piping); Annie Finch (renowned poet/author, director of USM’s Stonecoast MFA writing program); Betsy Sholl (former poet laureate of Maine). Poets Annie Finch and Betsy Sholl will select several Burns poems for us, and will write their own poems in dialogue with Burns, specially for this evening’s performance. We look forward to seeing you in the intimate hall at the Portland New Church (Swedenborgian).” Tickets $12 at door or online at www.highlandsoles.com. Information 7676396 info@highlandsoles.com

Alias, Trails, Sandbag, Educated Advocates 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery presents. Local hip-hop luminaries take the stage for an expansive evening of beats and rhymes. No stranger to SPACE, Alias’ amazingly diverse portfolio of EPs, remixes, collaborations and sonic explorations consistently impresses. Rapper Syn and DJ/producer theLin form the raw and unconventional duo Trails. Sandbag is a collective of talented emcees - Mr. Harps, Pensivv, Nate Shupe, and Ill By Instinct - who fuse socially aware lyricism with good-old-fashioned hip hop. Educated Advocates makes “new vintage” hip-hop, mixing innovative

Tuesday, Jan. 24 PSO Tuesday Classical concert 7:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra’s Tuesday Classical concert features three works by two composers who were each deeply inspired by their homelands. The concert features guest conductor Christopher WarrenGreen and violinist Steven Moeckel, and will be held at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. The evening’s program opens with Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ Karelia Suite. Composed in 1893, when Sibelius was just 28 years old, the suite was commissioned by the University of Helsinki in tribute to the history and traditions of Karelia, Finland. The second piece in the evening’s concert is also by Sibelius, his Violin Concerto featuring Steven Moeckel as the guest soloist. The composer’s passion for the violin is made clear with this work, the only concerto he ever wrote. The ﬁnal work on the program is Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7, an emotionally-charged work celebrating the composer’s love of Bohemia, his homeland. This melodic work evokes both rustic spirit and romance. Conductor Christopher Warren-Green is Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Music Director and Principal Conductor of the London Chamber Orchestra. Tickets are available through PortTIX.com, 842-0800 or at the box ofﬁce at 20 Myrtle St.

Wednesday, Jan. 25 Matt Nathanson at the State 7:30 p.m. State Theatre. “Matt Nathanson is one of the most dynamic performers and premier songwriters on the music scene today. In 2007, his release Some Mad Hope produced the smash hit single ‘Come On Get Higher’ which has sold over 2 million copies to date and subsequent hit singles ‘Car Crash,’ ‘Falling Apart,’ and ‘All We Are.’ The success of Some Mad Hope earned Nathanson the coveted spot as a VH1 ‘You Oughta Know’ artist and he has graced the stages of such national television shows as David Letterman, Ellen, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson.”

Thursday, Jan. 26 Machine Head 6:30 p.m. Machine Head with Suicide Silence, Darkest Hour, Rise to Remain. State Theatre. With a new album that hearkens back to the aggression of old, plus a new guitarist with a historic connection to the band (Phil Demmel, who played with Flynn in the much-loved Bay Area thrash band Vio-lence), Machine Head is glancing back while still moving forward. And now that the band is back home on Roadrunner in America, the ﬁnal piece of the puzzle has fallen into place. www.statetheatreportland.com

Friday, Jan. 27 The Brew at Port City 7:30 p.m. The Brew w/Adam Ezra Group and Ron Noyes Band, Port City Music Hall. Advance: $10; door: $15; VIP: $20. The Brew are an aptly named quartet from Amesbury, a town in northeastern Massachusetts, cooking up a musical melting pot on their brand-new, self-released album, Back to the Woods, that combines their roots in classic rock, adding ingredients of prog, jazz, reggae, world beat, indie, funk and orchestral pop, sometimes in the course of a single song.

Saturday, Jan. 28 Nuclear Boots at Geno’s 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Nuclear Boots will be playing Geno’s Rock Club with Computer at Sea and The Outﬁts. 625 Congress St., Portland. 221-23829

Monday, Jan. 30 Thurston Moore at SPACE 8 p.m. Sonic Youth frontman and underground music godfather Thurston Moore comes to SPACE. Moore’s 2011 solo album “Demolished Thoughts,” expertly produced by Beck, showcases the restless spirit and rigorous mind that informs all of Moore’s work, this time with a stripped-down acoustic bent. With NH’s Mmoss. $15 advance / $18 day of show, 18 plus.

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