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Jolly, old St. Vic? No sleigh here. This jolly elf rides a Victory motorcycle. See the story on page 3

When this motorcycle pulled to a stop on State Street, a men dressed as Santa and a black-clad ﬁgure riding behind him declined to explain their mission. Perhaps, actions speak louder than words. They embarked on a tour of downtown Portland, stopping to dispense envelopes full of money to strangers. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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The bank around the corner CATTARAUGUS, N.Y. (NY Times) — The Bank of Cattaraugus, the New York’s smallest bank — one branch, eight employees — isn’t the kind of bank you’ll find anymore in New York City, where multiple branches and capitalizations counted in 10 figures are the norm. With $12 million in total assets, the Bank of Cattaraugus is a microbank, well below the $10 billion ceiling that defines small banks. It exists in a seemingly different universe from the mammoth banks-turned-financial-services-conglomerates. With obvious exceptions, business at the Bank of Cattaraugus hasn’t changed much since 1882, when 20 prominent residents — among them a Civil War surgeon and a cousin of Davy Crockett — established the bank to safeguard townsfolk’s money and to finance local commerce. In its 130-year history, the bank has rarely booked a profit for itself in excess of $50,000. He and his officers are industry anomalies: bankers who avoid high-risk and high-growth tactics in order to reinvest in their community’s economy. “My examiners always ask me, ‘When are you going to grow?’ ” said Cullen, a Cattaraugus native who is 64 and has the prosperous stoutness of a storybook banker. “But where is it written I have to grow? We take care of our customers. The truth is we probably couldn’t grow too much in a town like this.”

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Standoff ends: Payroll tax cut bill passes (NY Times) — In under an hour on Friday, the House and Senate dispensed with weeks of partisan bickering, passing a bill to ensure a two-month extension of a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. President Obama signed the legislation hours later, as soon as it arrived from Capitol Hill, calling the resolution “good news just in the nick of time for the holidays.” “Because of this agreement, every work-

ing American will keep their tax cut,” Obama told reporters, and “vital” assistance will continue for the long-term unemployed. “More money spent by more Americans means more businesses hiring more workers, and that’s a boost for everybody,” the president said. In his remarks, Obama sounded his campaign theme of fighting for the middle class, and at one point looked into the cameras in the White House briefing room as if address-

ing viewers, and said: “It’s about you, it’s about your lives, it’s about your families. You didn’t send us to this town to play partisan games.” The fight over how and whether to pass a payroll tax cut extension was settled Thursday afternoon, when Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio agreed — against the will of many of the chamber’s most conservative members — to a Senate bill to extend the benefits for two months while a longer deal was hammered out.

As Pakistan faces two crises, Bomb blasts hit two security military denies a conspiracy facilities in Syrian capital ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (NY Times) — Pakistan lurched between crises on Friday with its military chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, dismissing talk of a coup and canceling a visit from a top American general, a sign that Pakistani fury at the United States over airstrikes that killed 26 soldiers is far from abating. Concern has been growing in Pakistan and abroad that the two crises — a political struggle that has pitted civilian officials

against the military, and the fraying relations with the United States — are distracting from deeper threats to stability, primarily the faltering economy and the festering Islamist insurgency. The Pakistani Taliban offered a sharp reminder of their potency on Friday, killing one soldier and abducting 15 in an attack on a paramilitary post in the country’s northwest, the police said. The Taliban militants threatened to kill the captives.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Two powerful bombs exploded outside government offices in Damascus on Friday, in what appeared to be the most brazen and deadly attacks against the government since the start of the uprising in Syria in March. SANA, the government news agency, reported that dozens of people were killed, blaming suicide car bombers. The news agency said that while some soldiers were among the dead, most were civilians. Faisal Mekdad, the deputy foreign minister, was quoted by The Associated Press as saying that 30 people were killed and 100 wounded in the attacks, coordinated within minutes of each other. In a statement, SANA said an initial investigation showed the attacks “carried the blueprints of Al Qaeda,” though it did not provide any further detail. It appeared to be the first use of car bombs — a frequent and deadly means of attack in neighboring Iraq — in the Syrian conflict.

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For 2012, The Nation keeping an eye on Maine politics As the final days of 2011 begin to whiz past like taxis on a rainy night, our annual barrage of reflection and prediction is bound to leave all but the most focused among us wondering what the heck a new year might bring. And should your thoughts turn political, well, the term “yikes!” comes to mind. If you think that Mayan Calendar end-of-days stuff is scary, wait until we see the campaign ads as the presidential election gets serious. If the TV barrage in New Hampshire is any indication, we’ve not seen this much air ––––– pollution since they started Usually putting scrubbers on coal Reserved plants. The reason for that, of course, is that negative ads work – and since the U.S. Supreme Court has pretty much decided that money is speech, then we can expect it to scream bloody murder. That would be chaos enough, but this year we also have a one-two punch of Tea Party folks and Occupy protesters.

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Veteran of the holidays Looking around for a good holiday story, I found one in the pages of the BDN. There are a couple of guys here in Portland that are getting ready to do something that gets little press, but in the long run, you realize that this might be the best way to celebrate the season. Let’s just get one thing out of the way. By no stretch of the wildest definition imaginable could I be considered a “veteran.” There differing agencies tell me that due to technicalities, I fall under the definition, and could get help on stuff. I didn’t earn it, period. My experience with the military could best be summed up by the plaque on the wall outside the fabled law firm: “Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short.” That being said, I still look back on the short amount of time I spent wearing the greens before Uncle Sugar thought better of it, and gave me a oneway plane ticket back to the civilian life. I even did some “Reserve” time later, but that is a story for another day. You go in, and among the most valuable lessons you learn (“When people are shooting at you, duck.”) are some of the coping skills. There are vets on the street, homeless. It should never happen, period. This is not sub-

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist ject to negotiation or debate. A couple of Portland guys felt the same way a few years back, and started what has become a holiday tradition. They throw a dinner. Down at the Boys and Girls club last year, the estimated crowd of 200 gathered in one place for mutual companionship and a hearty meal. “Uncle” Jake Myrick and “Nephew” John Myrick put the whole deal together for the first time in 2009. They both work at the B&G club, so getting the space wasn’t a big deal. They served 125 people that first year. Think about that for a minute. 125 people who served, but through circumstance and a combination of inner and outer demons, would be alone on Christmas. This year, they are expanding it, even though donations have fallen short of what they need to do the job. Kind of like two old soldiers, that approach. It needs to get done, but we lack

the resources, so dig in grunt, and get it done anyway. They are expanding the meal this year to assist those down at Milestone Shelter, a wet shelter for those still pursued by the demon rum and compatriots. Now we have reached the point in the “Christmas Column” where said columnist pokes you repeatedly with a pointy stick, until you get the point of the column. It’s a good cause, and is running short of donations. In case you missed that, make with the goods. There are those that came home, those that left bits of themselves elsewhere not exactly on a voluntary basis, those that had holes shot in them by enemies in a particularly foul mood. There are those who never really came completely home. The military IS kind of like a family, and even though my status might be as the weird step-cousin-twiceremoved who got caught doing unspeakable things in the bushes behind the Battalion office, the tales are told with laughter and for a few brief moments we are all a family again. Take one vet I know, “Dave.” Bullet hole in each leg, arm half ripped off his body at the shoulder and reattached. Has continuing issues. The VA basisee HIGGINS page 5

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The Maine legislature in 2012 will be a study in dueling angst ROBINSON from page 4

Of course, those are very separate manifestations of very similar situations. The Democratic pollster Pat Caddell last week was among those citing recent polling that “just 17 percent” of likely U.S. voters feel the federal government had “the consent” of the governed. And most of those polled, nearly three quarters, feel the “system” is rigged against them. Caddell, who has more or less called for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to step into the presidential race, made some headlines when he labeled the polling “pre-revolutionary.” Certainly the numbers document a sort of free-floating angst that visits Occupy protesters in Iowa as they shout down candidates and/or Tea Party activists when they embrace “debate” over the president’s citizenship. Looking into the Maine legislature through 2012 will be a study in dueling angst. The high-profile debates over issues like the labor mural were merely prelude to the debates over substance that have placed us in a national spotlight of sorts. The Lower 47 might actually do well to learn from Maine. For one thing, the leading Occupy complaint seems to be about public servants being bought and paid for by money in politics. Maine is famously, at least politically famously, a leader in public financing of state races with more than 80 percent of our legislature elected through Clean Election campaigns. Granted, the conservative Supreme Court has challenged our system, and that’s one of the hotter conversations we’ll have in 2012. But it remains an example that Main Another good example came late last week when a leading progressive magazine, The Nation, included a Maine state rep on its annual “Pro-

gressive Honor Roll.” It just doesn’t get much more “on the radar” than that. Writes The Nation’s John Nichols: “A good case can be made that the most extreme of the new crop of radical right-wing Republican governors is Maine’s Paul LePage. An equally good case can be made that no one has caused LePage more frustration than Portland Democrat Russell. With deep roots in Maine and a record of agitating for progressive causes, Russell battled to block a right-wing move to eliminate Maine’s election-dayregistration law. After Republicans rammed the change through, she became a leading advocate for the referendum that restored the law. Active with the Progressive States Network, Russell joined the protests in Wisconsin and returned to Maine with a renewed determination to pass pro-worker legislation. She succeeded with her worksharing bill, which allows employers to avoid layoffs by making the state unemployment insurance program more flexible. Even Tea Party Republicans backed it.” While a high personal honor for Rep. Russell (who is a frequent contributor to this newspaper) the selection perhaps illustrates more than the writer intended. Because support from “Tea Party Republicans” doesn’t just happen for a progressive legislator — Diane is not hesitant to become inclusive on consensus issues. And finding some scrap of common ground, as we say farewell to 2011 and trade rumors of the Biblical rapture for Mayan endtime prophecy, will be our defining challenge. Full disclosure: Diane Russell is a social media director for Morel Communications, which is owned by Curtis Robinson’s wife, Michelle Morel. (Curtis Robinson was founding editor of The Portland Daily Sun.)

An invitation to swap some tall tales and share in some holiday joy HIGGINS from page 4

cally says, “Well, we DID sew the arm back on, and it sort of works ... what is the problem?” Kind of sucks when most of the jobs he can get all require heavy lifting, and every time he picks up something that weighs more than two pounds it pops the shoulder out of the socket again. Portland’s MEDCU doesn’t even bother to take him to the hospital anymore ... just pops the arm back in and goes on their way. (Actually, even “David” admits that is a LOT more efficient than going to the ER.) So I’ve decided to take a good chunk of that day and go down to the Boys and Girls Club and help pass out the food. We’ll all sit around for a bit and swap tall tales. I might even

get a buddy of mine to stop in for a bit and tell the funny story of how he had to sedate somebody once that was screaming, because they were covered with spiders. Or the tall tale of the bushes behind the office, or swap some of their stories. For on this day when each man is a brother to every other, or should at least act like it, the family getting together to tell tales is best summed up by author Spider Robinson: “Shared joy is joy increased, and shared pain is pain lessened. Thus, I refute entropy” Share the joy. I’ll be there, 1 p.m. Christmas Day, dinner at 4:30. (Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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‘Bikers are generally very generous,’ business owner notes SANTA from page 3

the streets that they were making similar stops throughout downtown Portland, dispensing identical envelopes with cash to strangers. Peter Gordon, owner of Cumberland County Choppers at 314 Warren Ave., said he wasn't surprised that a motorcyclist would take on such a mission of kindness four days before Christmas. "Bikers are generally very generous, they give back toys at a toy run each fall, and there's thousands of bikes that show up for that from all over the state. There are always benefit rides," he noted. Mannette said she has lived in Portland since 1993. She was born in York, Penn., and lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Chicago before moving to California and then back to the Port City, the city to which her grandfather emigrated from Nova Scotia and where her father was raised. Only on one other occasion could Mannette recall a stranger giving her a gift of cash — at the time, it was $50. But Thursday's gift from the duo on the Victory will stay with her. "That was a blessing. I hope the Lord blesses them," she said.

This motorcyclist dressed as Santa handled the driving, and the black-clad ﬁgure with a dark helmet riding behind him jumped on and off at stops to give out cash gifts to people on the sidewalk. Neither would divulge who they were or why they were on a mission of kindness. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Old Port merchants optimistic following stronger holiday shopping season BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Unemployment remains high and many Mainers are struggling, but many small businesses in Portland are reporting a stronger holiday shopping season than last year despite the challenging economy. Joseph Redman, owner of Joseph’s, a fine clothing store on Fore Street in the Old Port, said his sales have been higher than last year “all month and all quarter.” “It’s way up,” he added. While he’s not noticing any significant changes in consumers’ shopping habits, Redman said his store has experienced a boost from out-of-state customers. Meanwhile, he says locals have “started buying suits again.” “It’s better this year,” he said yesterday, adding that “quality is the driving factor. It’s not price; people are buying quality.” Nancy Lawrence, the owner of Portmanteau, said she’s noticed a difference in the way people are shopping this year. “In general, people are so happy out shopping,” said Lawrence, who sells locally-made tapestries and canvas bags on Wharf Street and, until January, from its former showroom on Free Street. “It seems to be different than other years.” “I am getting a sense that people are sort of investing their heart in their shopping,” Lawrence said, adding that people seem to be putting more “sweetness and thoughtfulness” into their gift choices than in other years. “I had a wonderful woman say how she is being much more specific about how she shops, and how she is thinking about ... choosing specific things,” Lawrence said. Other merchants are also noticing a greater emphasis on meaningful gifts this season. Heather Nichols, the owner of Stones & Stuff on Congress Street, said she’s noticed more people are making a point to buy local. “I have been more consistent than slammed, but consistency is better because I can talk to people more,” she said yesterday, adding that people who shop at her mineral and jewelry store are typically seeking gifts with an emotional connection. Although the 2011 holiday season was “not a record” it was “definitely better than last year and way better than the year before,” she said. Brook DeLorme, who sells handmade clothing from her boutique Brook There on Wharf Street, said she too has seen an uptick in sales this year. The 2011 season “was a little better for me than last year,” she said. Across town, business has also been brisk at Jolly John’s Cumberland County Choppers store on Warren Avenue. Owner Peter Gordon said his ninemonth-old motrocycle and scooter business has been selling “a lot of gear.” “Leather coats, helmets, and just little trinkets for bikes,” said Gordon, who said the shop has also sold several motorized scooters. “I honestly had no idea what to expect” heading into the shopping season, he said, “so anything we got exceeded our expectations.” With the holiday shopping season nearly complete, several merchants are already looking toward 2012. And even with continued uncertainty, many are hoping to sustain the momentum they’ve gained over the past few months. “I’m feeling optimistic, but I’m an optimistic person,” said Nichols.

National retailers start slashing prices ahead of Christmas holiday eral retailers, including American Eagle Outfitters, Aéropostale, Gap Inc., Urban Outfitters, Chico’s and Talbots. “If inventory is growing ahead of sales growth, there is a need to be more promotional to move the goods,” Mr. Lejuez said. Although sales over Thanksgiving weekend were surprisingly strong, Mr. Lejuez said they seemed to have cut into shopping that more typically would occur in December. Sales were sluggish the first two weeks after Thanksgiving, though they improved in the third week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers. In e-mail inboxes, the promotional cadence is rapid. Retailers sent about 5.6 e-mails each last week on average, according to the e-mail marketer Responsys. That was a 26 percent increase over the same week last year, and matched the record high hit during the week of Cyber Monday this year. Stores including Macy’s and Toys “R” Us are offering 24-hour shopping in the days before Christmas, and many stores moved “Super Saturday,” a promotion that falls on the final Saturday before Christmas, back a week hoping to spur sales. The deals are a boon for people who have put off shopping. “Last-minute Christmas shopping,” posted a Twitter user named Samra Tekeste. “Literally everything is on sale, LOL. Knew my procrastination would come in handy some day.” Another Twitter user with the handle BossNugget suggested that the King of Prussia mall near Philadelphia hang up a sign saying “It’s Almost Christmas, and Everything Is on Sale.” The big discounts mean that retailers are willing to sacrifice profits for revenue. “More and more each year, sales become less of the issue, and it’s more about what retailers have to do to get those,” Mr. Lejuez said. “There’s a little more pressure on that out-the-door price than we would have thought, and, I think, what the market would have anticipated.” And, after Christmas, the value of most merchandise slides. “The inventory is worth so much less in two weeks,” said the chief executive of a retailer, who asked not to be named because he did not want to reveal his store’s strategy. “With that kind of inventory, you’ve got to get rid of it. Whatever the margin is today, it’s that much lower next week and the week after when traffic stops.”

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Half off at the entire store at Ann Taylor. Sixty percent at Gap. Forty percent off almost everything at Abercrombie & Fitch. Aggressive last-minute deals in the days before Christmas are good for procrastinators, but they could be an alarm bell for the retail industry. While scattered markdowns are standard every year, discounts across entire stores — which analysts say are more widespread than last year — suggest merchants are stuck with too much merchandise. “It’s really a game of chicken,” said David Bassuk, managing director and head of the retail practice at the consultant firm AlixPartners. Many retailers entered the season “with pretty optimistic plans” that shoppers would rush into stores and pay full price, Mr. Bassuk said. But that did not pan out, and the final days before Christmas have retailers being “much more aggressive in terms of promotions being offered,” he said. Shoppers are filling their holiday lists against the backdrop of an uncertain year, with stubbornly high unemployment, increased food prices, volatile gas prices and unpredictability for stocks and Europe’s debt crisis. The government on Thursday said that third-quarter economic growth had not been as brisk as it previously estimated, because of a drop in consumer spending on services like health care. Toys “R” Us announced on Thursday new deals on dozens of items for Friday and Saturday, including ‘buy one, get one half off” on popular toys like Legos. A sampling of other promotions: Up to 70 percent off toys at Amazon; up to 50 percent off gifts at Restoration Hardware; 40 percent off almost everything at American Eagle Outfitters, Talbots, Limited and Wet Seal; and 30 percent off everything at J. Crew. “There’s been kind of a waiting game with retailers,” Gerald L. Storch, the chief executive of Toys “R” Us, told CNBC last week. “And it looks like the consumer wins.” Paul Lejuez, an analyst at Nomura Equity Research, surveyed mall deals over the weekend and said he was concerned. “It looks like 40 percent is the new level you have to be at, 40 percent off, to drive traffic. Those that weren’t at that level weren’t getting their fair share,” he said. Going into the holiday season, inventories had grown more than three times as fast as sales at sev-

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Waterville Police Department officers plan to work through the holiday weekend in the case of a missing 20-month-old Maine toddler, officials said yesterday. The department issued a statement Friday saying overnight snowfall had "hampered our ability to conduct large-scale search operations," though teams of Maine Warden Service officials planned targeted searches in specific locations, the release stated. Officials are searching for Ayla Reynolds, who was last seen by family members on Dec. 16. Ayla was living with her father, Justin DiPietro, when she was reported missing Saturday morning. DiPietro told police the toddler was last seen sleeping in her bed at about 10 p.m. Waterville's chief of police said Thursday the search for Ayla was still a missing person case, not a criminal investigation. The news came during a daily press conference held just a short time after the home of where the Maine toddler was last seen had been roped off with police crime-scene tape, and only hours after one of the state's top homicide prosecutors had arrived at the Waterville residence. The department, which has been hosting daily news conferences,

The search for Ayla Reynolds has garnered national attention and is also a topic being discussed on social networking websites, like Facebook, home to a page titled “Find Ayla Reynolds Missing Since 12/16/2011 From Waterville, Maine.” Anyone with information about Ayla’s whereabouts is urged to call 680-4700. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Family, friends, supporters hold vigil in Portland. See story on page 10. indicated Friday that no additional news conferences were planned for the weekend. In addition to searches, authorities said they will continue to investigate the case of the miss-

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Grandfather, mother join vigil to missing toddler BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A candlelight vigil in Congress Square Friday evening gave family of missing Waterville

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The mother of missing toddler Ayla Reynolds, Trista Reynolds of Portland, attended a vigil in Portland Friday evening, holding a candle along with a crowd of over 50 people. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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ABOVE: Aylaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandfather, Ronald Reynolds, speaks to the media prior to a vigil near the Eastland Park Hotel Friday. BELOW: A picture of Ronald Reynolds with his granddaughter and a missing poster seek to raise public awareness about the missing persons case. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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Waterville's chief of police said Thursday the search for Ayla was still a missing person case, not a criminal investigation. DiPietro told police when he last saw Ayla, she was wearing green pajamas with polka dots and the words "Daddy's Princess" on them. She also had a soft cast on her broken left arm. Ron Reynolds urged the public to cooperate with the police investigation, and "let them do their job, that's what they're there for." "I do give thanks to the law enforcement officers, men and women who are out there right now trying to bring her home. I am very grateful and very thankful," he said. Speaking directly to TV cameras, he said, "'Ayla, as I always say, I love you. Papa loves you. We all love you. We all love you. You'll be home with us soon, I know you will.'"

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2011. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 24, 1814, the War of 1812 officially ended as the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent. On this date: In 1524, Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama — who had discovered a sea route around Africa to India — died in Cochin, India. In 1809, legendary American frontiersman Christopher “Kit” Carson was born in Madison County, Ky. In 1851, fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes. In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tenn., called the Ku Klux Klan. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe as part of Operation Overlord. In 1951, Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” the first opera written specifically for television, was first broadcast by NBC-TV. In 1961, the Houston Oilers won the second American Football League Championship Game, defeating the San Diego Chargers, 10-3. In 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. In 1980, Americans remembered the U.S. hostages in Iran by burning candles or shining lights for 417 seconds — one second for each day of captivity. Karl Doenitz, the last leader of the Third Reich following the suicides of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels, died in West Germany at age 89. One year ago: Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass amid heightened security concerns following package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the previous two years. John Warhola (cq), the older brother who helped raise pop art icon Andy Warhol and later helped establish the Andy Warhol Museum, died in Pittsburgh at age 85. Today’s Birthdays: Songwriter-bandleader Dave Bartholomew is 91. Author Mary Higgins Clark is 84. Rock singer-musician Lemmy is 66. Actor Clarence Gilyard is 56. Actress Stephanie Hodge is 55. The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai is 54. Rock musician Ian Burden is 54. Actor Anil Kapoor is 52. Actor Wade Williams is 50. Designer Kate Spade is 49. Rock singer Mary Ramsey is 48. Actor Mark Valley is 47. Actor Diedrich Bader is 45. Singer Ricky Martin is 40. Author Stephenie Meyer is 38. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is 37.

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the area and are still making friends. I worry that she would behave the same way if I were to bring other people over. I want to be sensitive to her preferences, but if she had it her way, I’d probably be unwelcome in my own apartment. What should I do when her behavior becomes unacceptable? -- Nine Months Left on the Lease Dear Nine Months: Jennifer is not being particularly accommodating, but this is a one-bedroom apartment, and when you have a guest over, she feels crowded out. It would help if she periodically entertained friends as well, but she doesn’t, so she reacts poorly to yours. One solution would be to invite over a couple of new people and do something together. Another is to see your boyfriend at his place. But you also should discuss this with Jennifer and ask how you can alleviate her discomfort when your boyfriend drops by. Dear Annie: “Aunt Jane” wrote about her “rude, unlikable” sister-in-law and her likewise ill-mannered children. She said she didn’t want to create a problem, but there already is a problem because nobody will take a stand to stop this behavior. Here’s my advice: She should talk to her siblings and make sure her brother passes it along to his angry wife, saying, “We’ve put up with this rude behavior long enough, and we’re not going to tolerate it. We expect basic courtesy from her and her children, and we won’t allow them to belittle people we love in front of us.” When this behavior rears its head at the next function, you say, “We really want to have a loving family, but we won’t put up with this anymore. If we have to say it again, you will be asked to leave.” I had to do this, and the people involved either changed or stopped coming around. We are better off without them. -- A Former Aunt Jane

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WEST DOVER, Vt. — There were far too many skis on hand this week at High Altitude, a rental shop on the road to Mount Snow here, and Andrew Glover, the manager, was far too lonely The problem was the weather. Week after maddening week of unusually balmy temperatures have made snowfall scant in New England, and, worse, wreaked havoc on snowmaking at ski resorts that like to have a healthy base of, at the least, manmade snow by Christmas. Many ski areas opened late this year, and the slow start is threatening the fragile economy of towns that rely heavily on the ski traffic that usually starts in earnest over the holidays. Hundreds of seasonal workers have been unable to start their jobs, while some innkeepers report far more empty rooms than is customary during the holidays. “We opened two weeks before Thanksgiving, and to this point we haven’t even done $2,500 worth of sales,” said Mr. Glover, whose shop also sells ski and snowboarding gear. “It’s been wacky weather, and it’s been really tough.” Nor is the frustration limited to the Northeast. Out West, some of the country’s more famous ski resorts have been waiting for the steady snowfall that made last year an epic season, dumping seemingly endless amounts of fresh powder. At Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley, Calif., near Lake Tahoe only 15 percent of the mountain was open this week. Just 12 inches of snow had fallen at the base of the resort and 26 inches on the upper mountain, by far the lowest in a decade for this time of year. (By this point in 2010, the resort had received 135 inches at the base and 246 inches on its upper mountain.) At Alta Ski Area, near Salt Lake City, the base depth was 34 inches, compared with 105 inches last year at this time. “People are just ready to sacrifice someone to the gods,” said Bill Clifford of Cumberland, Me., who plans to spend the holiday week with his family at Sugarloaf, where 15 out of 153 trails were open on Thursday. “Everyone’s depressed, knowing those limited trails will be crowded and not very much fun.” On the few days and nights that temperatures have dropped and lingered below the mid-20s, ski areas in the Northeast have gone into manic snowmaking mode. Bill Stenger, president and chief executive of Jay Peak Resort in Jay, Vt., said the resort had been able to make snow on about 15 days this season, about half the usual number. “We’re going like hell” on days that are cold enough to fire up the snow guns, he said. “Our guys are working 24 hours a day.”

A lone skier on an artiﬁcially snow-covered run at Mount Snow in West Dover, Vt. (New York Times photo).

But those efforts have been foiled at times — as on Wednesday, when temperatures rose into the 40s in southern Vermont. “If Mother Nature’s not going to give us the snow, she’s got to give us the temperatures,” said David Meeker, a spokesman for Mount Snow, where 16 of 80 trails were open on Thursday. Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, in Hancock, Mass., opened on Dec. 10, a few weeks later than its usual Thanksgiving start, delaying paychecks for hundreds of seasonal workers. Brian Fairbank, president and chief executive, said that about 800 skiers had visited the ski area by mid-December, down from 3,000 by that point last year. “The Valium bottle in my drawer — I haven’t taken it out yet or opened it yet,” Mr. Fairbank said. “But it’s close.” Mad River Glen, a ski area in Waitsfield, Vt., which prides itself on making minimal snow and relying almost entirely on the natural kind, has yet to open at all. “There’s probably about 45 people waiting just to start work,” said Jamey Wimble, Mad River’s president and chief executive. In Colorado, ski areas like Keystone and Arapahoe Basin had opened less than half of their terrain, although colder temperatures were allowing snow-making machines to keep runs open and both had a few inches of snowfall this week. In both the East and the West, ski industry workers said it was too soon to predict how the season would shape up, because December snowfall is typically fickle. Parts of Vermont and Massachusetts were eagerly expecting a few inches overnight Thursday and Friday morning. There is a bright spot: northern New Mexico, where Taos Ski Valley has received more than 50 inches of snow this month, compared with only six last December. “This is the best opening we’ve had since 2002,” said Adriana Blake, a spokeswoman. At Vermont’s Mount Snow, an arsenal of some 250 fan guns and 800 air water guns have built the base depth to 10 to 18 inches and, thanks to cold temperatures over

the weekend, doubled the resort’s skiable terrain between Friday and Tuesday. Mr. Fairbank, of Jiminy Peak, said he had flown a small plane over a number of ski areas in the region on Monday, snapping pictures of slopes covered with (manmade) snow to send the 100,000 people on his resort’s e-mail list. Still, he and others said it was famously hard to motivate people to venture north on a ski trip if their home turf was still grassy. “When people are still able to play golf down in Connecticut,” said Mark Wallace, owner of First Trax Sports Shop in West Dover, “they’re not thinking about coming up here.” Deb Buehler, who owns the Red Oak Inn in West Dover, a few miles from Mount Snow, said she had 22 guests last Christmas but no bookings until Dec. 29 this year. But Mr. Meeker said the resort’s hotel and condominiums were mostly booked for the week after Christmas. At Stratton Mountain in southern Vermont, where 18 of 94 trails were open on Wednesday and the afternoon temperature was 39 degrees at the summit, Myra Foster, the marketing manager, said there had been a few cancellations for the Christmas week. “People are really waiting to see,” she said. “Everyone’s keeping their fingers crossed.” T. J. Raab, a skier from Hoboken, N.J., who coordinates a ski-house share with 17 other people in Killington, Vt., said he had skied there last weekend but that with limited terrain open, the trails felt crowded. “We skied from 8 to 10, and by then we were like, We need to get off this mountain,” Mr. Raab said. “You feel like you’re going to get crushed.” But Tristan Grush, 14, of West Dover, said he had skied 10 trails at Mount Snow last weekend and found the terrain “really nice.” The ribbons of white on the otherwise brown mountain lift his spirit. “When I’m skiing, I feel like it’s winter,” he said. “You go to the mountain and it reboots your faith.”

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10 a.m. Next Level Church presents “Christmas at the Movies,” an incredible family Christmas experience featuring clips from the holiday movie, “Elf,” a family photo booth, great gifts, and tons of holiday treats and fun. “Christmas at the Movies” will happen on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 10 a.m. at the Cinemagic Grand Theater, located at 333 Clarks Pond Road in South Portland. Tickets are free but are required, and are available by visiting www.nlc.tv anytime. Next Level Church is one church, meeting every weekend across three locations (Dover, N.H.; Newington, N.H. and Portland).

added to rooms to illustrate both the emergence of Christmas as the holiday we recognize today, and the impact of the Civil War on residents of the house and of Portland. Wadsworth-Longfellow family members kept up with their usual habits and interests throughout the holiday season: Anne Longfellow Pierce participated in the war effort by making bandages, socks, shirts, and other supplies to be sent to soldiers in addition to her usual charity work; Lucia Wadsworth was interested in political affairs and city life, and also contributed knitted and sewn goods to the war effort. Tours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Last tour leaves at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last tour leaves at 1 p.m. http://www.mainehistory. org/programs_events.shtml

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7 p.m. First Universalist will present its annual Christmas Eve service in song and prayer. First Universalist Church is located at 169 Pleasant St., with entry on Spring St. Accessible. For more information, call 783-0461 or www.auburnuu.org.

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Merry Christmas! 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A family Chanukah bash at Happy Wheels, 331 Warren Ave., Portland. Music, dreidels, latkes, grand rafﬂes, donuts, gelt, lighting of the menorah. Admission is $7 per person. RSVP ChabadofMaine@gmail.com.

Monday, Dec. 26 6:30 a.m. “This holiday season, Portland Public Services crews will collect curbside trash and recycling as usual with no changes to the schedule. Crews will collect trash and recycling Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday, Jan. 2. Residents are asked to place their items out by 6:30 a.m. for collection. Christmas trees can be left for collection on your normal trash day between Dec. 26 and Jan. 20. Trees can also be dropped off at one of the following locations during the month of January: Cutter Street parking lot, Payson Park Little League Field and the nine-hole golf course lot on Riverside Street. Please note that wrapping paper is recyclable, and Styrofoam packaging is not.”

Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Rock Camp 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. “School’s out and it’s time to rock! Forget the books and come play at the Maine Academy of Modern Music’s Rock Camp. Whether on the nice list with a brand new guitar … or stuck on the naughty list for jamming too loud, MAMM’s cool Rock Camp series provides young aspiring musicians a place to learn rock ‘n’ roll and have fun. This weeklong crash course in modern music covers songwriting, recording and tips on how to start a band — everything it takes to get out of the garage and into the studio or on stage. Ages 10 and up. Price: $300. Dec. 26 through Dec. 30. Location: Portland (Breakwater School/856 Brighton Ave.). Registration: www.maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/camps, 899-3433.

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11 a.m. For the past 13 years, Acorn Productions has been brightening the cold bleak week between Christmas and New Year’s with Phyzgig, a unique festival featuring vaudeville variety shows in downtown Portland from Dec. 27 through New Year’s Eve. “Phyzgig shows offer a complete package of entertainment for all ages — juggling, illusion, physical comedy, live music and much more. Acorn annually attracts performers from all over the country to appear in Phyzgig, which is attended by approximately 2,500 audience members each year. This year’s edition of Phyzgig features 11 traditional acts and three local burlesque groups, along with the live sounds of ‘The Fabulous Lacklusters’ under the musical direction of Joel Eckhaus. The festival is comprised of 13 shows at three different venues: the mainstage at Portland Stage Company, SPACE Gallery on Congress Street, and the Acorn Studio Theater in Westbrook.” Tickets to Phyzgig range from $10 to $20 and a complete performance schedule appears below. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 854-0065 or visit www.phyzgig.org.

Cafe en Francais in Brunswick 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Cafe en Francais at People Plus, 35 Union St., Brunswick. Are you a French speaker, eager to share a lively hour with good company? Have a cup of thé ou café on the fourth Tuesday of each month at People Plus. Nous parlons of our family histories and experiences as French speakers. Join us on Tuesday, Dec. 27 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. when we’re pleased to have local attorney, Richard Lord as our guest. He has represented the interests of the French community for many years and will bring a selection of photos of Old Brunswick. All are welcome.” Call 729-0757 to sign up for Café en Français at People Plus.

Portland Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament 3:30 p.m. At the Portland Expo, Maine Red Claws presents Portland Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament, Bonny Eagle vs. Wells; 5 p.m. — South Portland vs. Lake Region; 6:30 p.m. — Deering vs Spruce High; 8 p.m. — Cheverus vs. Yarmouth. www.portland-calendar.com

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Wednesday, Dec. 28 Lady Bulldogs Basketball Tournament 8:30 a.m. At the Portland Expo, Portland High School Lady Bulldogs Basketball Tournament, Greely vs Biddeford; 10 a.m. — Portland High School Lady Bulldogs Basketball Tournament Westbrook vs. Richmond; 11:30 a.m. — Portland High School Lady Bulldogs Basketball Tournament Cape Elizabeth vs Thornton Academy. www.portland-calendar.com

Portland Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament 1 p.m. At the Portland Expo, Maine Red Claws presents Portland Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament, Scarborough vs. Cape Elizabeth; 2:30 p.m. — Falmouth vs. Moore Catholic, N.Y.; 4 p.m. — Greely vs. Mt Valley; 5:30 p.m. — Portland vs. Susan Wagner, N.Y.; 7 p.m. — Winner Game 5 vs. Falmouth; 8:30 p.m. — Portland vs. Winner Game 7.

Amateur Kids Stand-up Comedy auditions 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Schoolhouse Arts Center’s will hold auditions for an Amateur Kids Stand-up Comedy Show on Dec. 28. Shows will be presented in our new Black Box theater beginning on Jan. 14. “This is a chance for any kid who likes to make people laugh and wants a chance to show off their ‘stuff.’ Those auditioning should come prepared to perform before a small group. Performers must be at under 18 years of age. Content should be appropriate for kids of any age. Auditions will be held at the Schoolhouse Arts Center, located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. For more information, call Schoolhouse Arts Center at 642-3743 or log onto our website at www.schoolhousearts.org.

Thursday, Dec. 29 U.S. Postal Service processing operations consolidation meeting in Brewer rescheduled 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The U.S. Postal Service will hold a public meeting to discuss its proposal to move mail processing operations from the Eastern Maine Processing and Distribution Facility in Hamden to the Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center in Scarborough. The public meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 29 to explain this proposal and to allow public input has been rescheduled for Jan. 11, 2012. The time and location remain the same: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Jeff’s Catering, East West Industrial Park, 5 Cofﬁn Ave, Brewer. Anyone who wishes to submit comments in writing can send them to: Manager, Consumer and Industry Contact, Northern New England District, 151 Forest Ave., Portland, ME. All comments must be postmarked Jan. 13, 2012.”

Celebrate New Year’s with the Pirates 5:30 p.m. Portland Pirates vs. Worcester Sharks, Kid’s New Year’s Celebration. Bud Light Saturday Night is Hockey Night. Celebrate New Year’s with the Pirates. “The game, an expected sellout, will mark the 17th season the Pirates have celebrated New Year’s featuring New England’s largest indoor ﬁreworks display at the conclusion of the game.” www.portlandpirates.com/promotions.asp

‘Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits, Volume I’ 7 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage presents: “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits, Volume I” — a musical roast of Broadway’s best on New Year’s Eve. Two performances at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $25; call the box ofﬁce at 865-5505 or purchase tickets online at www.freeportfactory.com.

Thursday, Jan. 5 Vein Healthcare Center free leg screenings 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Vein Healthcare Center will be giving free leg screenings. Venous exam of both legs, an overview

10 a.m. Through Saturday, Dec. 31, Christmas with the Longfellows: Holiday House Tours. “Visit the Longfellow House for a special holiday experience. This year’s seasonal decoration and interpretation, based on family letters and documents, focuses on 1861. Objects have been added to rooms to illustrate both the emergence of Christmas as the holiday we recognize today, and the impact of the Civil War on residents of the house and of Portland. Wadsworth-Longfellow family members kept up with their usual habits and interests throughout the holiday season: Anne Longfellow Pierce participated in the war effort by making bandages, socks, shirts, and other supplies to be sent to soldiers in addition to her usual charity work; Lucia Wadsworth was interested in political affairs and city life, and also contributed knitted and sewn goods to the war effort. Tours: MondaySaturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Last tour leaves at 4 p.m. Dec. 24 and 31, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last tour leaves at 1 p.m. http://www.mainehistory.org/ programs_events.shtml

NRCM Polar Bear Plunge and 5K Race 10:30 a.m. East End Beach, Portland. “Be bold in the cold with a plunge in at East End Beach and/or a walk or run around Back Cove to support the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s work to reduce global warming pollution. Run/walk registration starts at 10:30 a.m. at Back Cove; Dip registration starts at 11:30 a.m. at East End Beach. Pre-register online at http://supporters.nrcm.org/register. The walk begins at 11, the run at 11:15, and the dip at noon — the ‘warmest’ part of the day!”

Friday, Jan. 6 ‘Reﬂection, Revelation, Resolution’ 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Gallery at Harmon’s & Barton’s presents “Reﬂection, Revelation, Resolution,” a collection of inspirational dance images by Maine photographer Arthur Fink and encaustic artist Lori Austill. 584 Congress St., Portland. First Friday Art Walk reception, exhibit and sale through January.

Auditions for Performance Troupes 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Auditions for Performance Troupes, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St. “Seeking actors ages 11-17 to join the Kids on the Block puppeteer troupe and/or the Youth Voices On Stage anti-bullying performance troupe. Audition will include improvisation. No experience necessary; new faces encouraged.” More information: www.kitetails.org, 828-1234, ext. 247.

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Monday, Dec. 26 Matishayu’s Festival of Light 7:30 p.m. Matisyahu with Cris Cab at the State Theatre. Matisyahu fuses the contemporary styles of rap, beatboxing, and hip-hop in general, with the more traditional vocal disciplines of jazz’s scat singing and Judaism’s hazzan style of songful prayer—more often than not rolling it all into a dominant background of reggae music. $25 advance/$28 day of show. www.statetheatreportland.com/

Wednesday, Dec. 28 Clutch with Corrosion Of Conformity, Kyng 8 p.m. State Theatre. Clutch combined elements of funk, Matisyahu Led Zeppelin, and metal with vocals inspired by Faith No More. Formed in 1991 in Germantown, Md., the group included Neil Fallon (vocals), Tim Sult (guitar), Dan Maines (bass), and Jean-Paul Gaster (drums). They built a local

following through constant gigging, and after just one 7” single (the classic Earache release “Passive Restraints”) Clutch was signed by EastWest Records. Their debut LP, Transnational Speedway League, followed in 1993. In the summer of 2010, the founding members of the pioneering underground metal band Corrosion of Conformity—bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/ vocalist Reed Mullin and guiRt. 16 • Tamworth • tarist Woody Weatherman— gathered at Weatherman’s Check with your local fire department if farm in the Virginia hills and permissible fireworks are allowed in your area. began jamming together as a three-piece for the ﬁrst time since the mid-1980s. KYNG the southern California hard rock trio, originated in January of 2008 in Los Angeles. This event is all ages. $20 advance/$25 day of show. www.statetheatreportland.com

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5 p.m. “The Maine Academy of Modern Music, in partnership with the Portland Music Foundation, kicks off the next year of the MAMM SLAM and announces the opening of registration with a show featuring 2011 MAMM SLAM winner Modest Proposal, hot new indie rockers Worried Well (featuring former MAMM Slam judges Daniel James and Cam Jones), and rising openers Cosmonaut Astrox and Dusty Grooves on Dec. 28 at 5 p.m. at Bayside Bowl in Portland. The concert is open to all ages; cover is $5. The MAMM SLAM is much more than your typical battle of the bands, providing young, career-minded musicians with a platform for developing not only their songwriting and performance skills, but also forcing them to consider their web presence, marketing materials, professional appearance and all the other factors that go into being a professional touring and recording band. The winner of the MAMM SLAM not only lays claim to a title that is increasingly prestigious in Maine and far beyond, but also takes home a prize package that includes

$1,000, recording time, radio play, plum gigs and professional marketing help. Bands can register at www.MaineToday.com/ Mammslam starting Dec. 28 through Feb. 14. The competition starts with preliminary rounds at the Big Easy March 24 and 25. Finals will be held April 28. 2011 winners Modest Proposal used their package to record their selftitled debut album which they’ll release at the show on December 28. Since they took home the title, the band has opened for Fearless recording artists Sparks the Rescue, top-selling local act the Mallett Brothers Band and a number of other great bands at venues like Bar Harbor’s Criterion Theater and the LL Bean Music Series.”

Friday, Dec. 30 Da Block at Lucid Stage 8 p.m. Da Block at Lucid Stage. Live performances by K Em & B Aull/Conman/A.Willy/Mellmurk/Ga South/Loc Dab/ Demon Dog & Da Block! Music By Neeko Brown! Tickets are $8. www.lucidstage.com

Two nights with moe. 9 p.m. WCLZ presents two nights with moe., Dec. 30 and 31, at the State Theatre. moe. is the preeminent progressive rock band on the music scene today. With 20 years of touring and just as many albums under its belt, the quintet of Al Schnier and Chuck Garvey on guitars and vocals, Rob Derhak on bass and vocals, Jim Loughlin on percussion and vibes, and Vinnie Amico on Drums, continues to push the standard for performance art. This event is all ages. $50/two-day pass $75.

Russian rockers Kino Proby 9 p.m. Kino Proby at Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland. 21 plus. 21 plus. “To celebrate KP’s arrival on BandCamp, we’re performing a Winter 2011 tour! Dec. 29 in Boston at All Asia Cafe and Dec. 30 in Portland at the Empire Dine and Dance!”

Saturday, Dec. 31 NYE 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, et al 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve 2011 w/Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel Project and more at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $20; door: $25; VIP: $40. Celebrate NYE 2011 in a reggae style. Mighty Mystic, Soul Rebel Project, Royal Hammer, & DJ Queendem. Mystic began experimenting with the local urban and Hip Hop Scene of the early 90’s, and started to develop a buzz. After several years and several small releases on the local scene, Mystic began to receive some national attention when his “Put up unu Hand” and “Friends” remix’s were featured on popular Dance/Club Compilation Album “Dancehall Devastation” by X-Mix. Mystic says “his rising popularity is due partly to the exciting performance which he and his band ‘Strings of Thunder’ deliver at their concerts.” This party goes til 2 a.m.! 18 plus. http://portcitymusichall.com/events

Paranoid Social Club, others at the Asylum 9 p.m. Paranoid Social Club with Sidecar Radio and Grant St. Orchestra, at the Asylum. Come celebrate the new year with three of portland’s ﬁnest bands!$14 Adv./$16 day of show; 121 Center St., portland, 21 plus.

ICING: SPACE Gallery’s New Year’s Eve Bash 9 p.m. “Ring in the new year SPACE style! ICING, our popular New Year’s Eve bash, will be full of performances and surprises, with music, food, art installations, a champagne toast and the eventual descendence into an all out dance party! Come see what everyone has been talking about and live it up, it is the last party of the year, so do it right!” $50/$40 before Dec. 1/$400 for a virtual table of 10, 21 plus. see next page

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Early morning mischief draws police to West End; clerk accosted on Pine St. BY JEFFREY S. SPOFFORD SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A man in his early twenties was arrested early Friday for criminal mischief outside the Cumberland Farms on Pine Street, after an incident in which witnesses said he threw food at a store clerk. According to the store clerk on duty at the time of the incident, the assailant entered the store just after 4 a.m. and told the clerk to “put your hands on the register,” at which point the man, who seemed to be under the influence, was asked by the clerk to leave. The man then told the clerk to “put your hands behind your f---ing back,” threw a snack cake at the clerk and abruptly left the building. The man remained on the property in the parking lot, however. The clerk told The Sun that there was only one other customer in the store at the time of the incident. Police were then called to the scene and arrested the man without incident, witnesses reported. Later it was learned that the assailant had just walked to the store from Mercy Hospital, where he had been asked to leave by Portland Police for what security guards there told The Sun was “erratic behavior.” Mercy Hospital security guards said the man waited in the lobby for police once he was told they were en route, and was sent on his way without arrest, allowing him the ability to walk to the Cumberland Farms. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kiwanis helping Portland Eyeglasses for Students Fund Portland Kiwanis Club President Elizabeth Richards presented a $1,000 check for the Portland Eyeglasses for Students Fund to Portland Public Schools Nurse Coordinator Amanda Rowe during the club meeting held at STRIVE in South Portland on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the club reported. The club raised the money by sponsoring a walkathon called a Kake Walk around Back Cove Trail on Saturday, Oct. 1. Members from the Service Leadership Programs sponsored by the club collected walk sponsors with the net proceeds benefitting the club’s service activities. The Catherine McAuley High School Key Club collected enough sponsors to earn $100 for its club treasury. Kiwanis Clubs and members undertake nearly 150,000 service projects each year, contributing more than $107 million and over 18 million volunteer service hours, according to a club press release. The Portland Kiwanis Club serving Greater Portland is a nonprofit organization whose members meet monthly every second and fourth Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at STRIVE in South Portland. The club sponsors a Circle K Club at University of Southern Maine, an Aktion Club at STRIVE, a Cub Scout Pack at Front Street in Portland, and high school Key Clubs at Brunswick, Catherine McAuley, Cheverus, Deering, Gorham, and Portland. For more information on the club’s activities, visit www.portlandkiwanis.com or contact Richards at 329-5673 or by email at president@ portlandkiwanis.com.

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Thursday, Jan. 5 Naruse, Dan at noonday concert 12:15 p.m. Program: Sonatina in G major op. 100, Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904); Sonata no.2 in Eb major op.120, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Chiharu Naruse holds a master’s degree in Music Performance and Instruction from the Hochschule fur Musik “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin. She has performed and toured extensively at numerous international venues in the United States, Japan and Europe. Chiharu has played with the Portland String Quartet, the DaPonte Quartet and performed Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 and the Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto with the Augusta Symphony. Robert Dan, violist, was praised by the New York Times as “a consistently tasteful stylist.” Mr. Dan has appeared extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan performing and giving master classes. He has performed on many prestigious music series in the U.S. including at Carnegie Hall and has been a member of the Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center for many years. He has been an Artist-inResidence at Harvard University, inaugurating Harvard’s Blodgett Artist-in-Residence program and performing at the 350th anniversary of Harvard’s founding. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Thursday, Jan. 12 Atlantic Chamber Ensemble 12:15 p.m. Robert Lehmann is Director of Strings and Orchestral Activities at the University of Southern Maine School of Music. In addition to his duties at USM, he is Music Director of the Portland Chamber Orchestra, the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Hampshire White Mountain Bach Festival. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland. Concerts are free and open to the public. 775-3356.

Saturday, Jan. 21 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.

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Bloggers team up to spread holiday cheer BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

For the week leading up to Christmas, Corey Templeton decided to use the power of the blog as a source of kindness and generosity. “The idea is that any time throughout the week, people that want to participate — it's open to anybody — they can go ahead and make the post about any local organization or cause they care about,” said Templeton, who blogs at Portland (Maine) Daily Photo (www.portlanddailyphoto.com). Calling his project “Blogging for Good,” Templeton recruited other bloggers to share information about causes. On Friday, 11 had joined, and four had responded with posts. Liz Woodbury of Me an Mama (www. meanmama.blogspot.com) promoted WMPG's Blunt Youth Radio Project, a Greater Portland Community Radioproduced high school weekly call-in talk show that airs Monday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on WMPG. The Old Pine Tree (http://oldpinetree.tumblr.com) blogged about the Portland Museum of Art. Sweeter Salt (http://sweetersalt.com) blogged About the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland. I Wanna Wear That (http://iwannawearthat.wordpress. com) blogged about the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Templeton, 25, said he plans to blog about the Wayside Soup Kitchen. “It's really open to a broad cross section of different organizations,” he said. Templeton works at Unum as s service associate and attends University of Southern Maine part time as a communications major. Photography is a hobby, he said. Blogging provides an outlet for his photos, which he tries to post daily. Templeton’s Portland (Maine) Daily Photo blog draws about 135,000 unique visitors, according to statcounter.com. He also blogs at Walk Around Portland (http://walkaroundportland.blogspot.com). “Blogging for Good” bubbled up from the Portland blogging community and spread largely through email. “The idea has been a while in the making, I'd say a couple of weeks ago I really started looking for a concrete way to organize something like this,” Templeton said. Maine Belle’s Michelle Smith, who also is involved with Portland Food Co-op and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, provided feedback, he said. “She was a good person to bounce ideas back and forth,” Templeton said. Smith said she jumped at the chance to participate. "Corey approached me with the idea and I thought it was great," Smith said in a message to The Portland Daily Sun. "There is a pretty extensive blogging network in Portland that covers a wide array of topics — food, fashion, photography, thrift and re-use, etc. Many of these blogs have

Calling his project “Blogging for Good,” Corey Templeton recruited other bloggers to share information about worthy causes. (COURTESY PHOTO)

high readership, so the thought was to take a week in December and blog about the good and important work nonprofits do in our community." Smith added that there is a Buy Local aspect to the "Blogging for Good" campaign. "There is a big focus in Portland on buying local for the holidays (which is fantastic), but you don't hear much about local nonprofits and how you can support them in a variety of ways — buying their products, gift memberships, making a donation, etc.," Smith wrote. "Blogging about these organizations reminds readers that they are also a part if our local economy and need our support." Templeton said bloggers seemed eager to boost awareness of charities and nonprofits. “I think the root is thinking about ways to use my own blog for some greater good, taking advantage of the audience that's out there to start awareness of local causes,” he said. “The format of the posts, I encourage people to be creative, however they want to do it,” Templeton said. “It could be just typing something you care about, it could be sharing a personal experience.” Templeton wrote, “It might be saying way too much to imply that the bloggers of Portland, Maine play an important role in their community, but actually that's how I feel. If you are publishing something for the world to see, it provides a good opportunity to make some sort of a positive difference in your local community.” Templeton said “Blogging for Good” likely will evolve, maybe reaching beyond writing. “I'm thinking it would be an annual thing to do around year end, I definitely would like to do something bigger. It's been kicking around in my head for a while, but I think for next year, I could build upon the success of this year,” he said. see BLOGS page 23

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Portland police standoff ends with man in custody BY MATTHEW ARCO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A police standoff that lasted more than 13 hours and involved multiple outside agencies ended early Friday morning with one man in custody, police said. Patrick Mullen, 41 of 169 Washburn Ave., was transported by police to the Maine Medical Center for a psychological evaluation shortly after giving himself up to authorities at 4:30 a.m. Friday, ending a standoff with police that began shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, according to officials. Police were dispatched to the residence after being alerted that Mullen had been making homicidal and suicidal threats to someone over the phone, said Capt. Ted Ross, of the Portland Police Department. “Police responded to that location and attempted to make contact with Mr. Mullen with no success,” Ross said in a statement. “Believing Mr. Mullen was present in the residence, a perimeter was established at the location and nearby streets were blocked.” Ross said Mullen was “uncooperative” during police negotiations and that he made a number of threats, including telling officials he planned to blow up the building and burn it to the ground. Also, Mullen displayed a firearm at some point during the standoff, police said. “Following several hours of negotiation attempts, gas was deployed by the Portland Police Special Reaction Team,” said Ross, adding the gas failed to end the standoff. The PPD received assistance from South Portland authorities who comprise the Southern Maine Tactical Team, and officials from Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth, police said. Officials didn’t say whether Mullen sustained any injuries during the standoff or what charges he faces. According to the Press Herald, police may pursue a civil case against Mullen to recover the cost of the effort.

Two teenagers charged with credit union robbery Portland police say two teenagers were responsible for the daytime rob-

bery of a city credit union this week. The two juveniles, 14 and 15 years old, were arrested early Friday morning and were being held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center pending court appearances. Both were arrested for robbery, but are unlikely to be charged as adults, officials said. The teenagers are accused of robbing the University Credit Union at 391 Forest Ave., Wednesday at about 2 p.m. The pair were spotted earlier that day acting suspiciously at two other nearby banks, police said. Police said the department received tips from residents who recognized the teenagers from still photos released to the media by the Portland Police Department, and that officers also recognized the two suspects. During the robbery, they concealed their faces with hooded sweatshirts and did not display any weapons. Once inside the credit union, police said they used a note to demand cash and made off with an unspecified amount of money. Both were arrested at their respective homes at about 6:20 a.m. Friday, police said.

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Police: Man breaks into woman’s home to sleep A 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday after police say he kicked open a Portland woman’s door and was found sleeping on her couch. Christopher Chambers was charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass after a resident awoke to find Chambers asleep on her couch, police said. The woman discovered Chambers at about 8 a.m., said Lt. Gary Rogers, a “When she got up, police spokes- he was there on the man. “Sometime couch.” — Lt. Gary during the Rogers, Portland night he had Police spokesman gained entry,” Rogers said. “He was intoxicated.” The woman, who lives in the 50 block of Grant Street, told officials she didn’t hear Chambers enter the residence. “When she got up, he was there on the couch,” Rogers said.

Templeton: ‘I encourage people to be creative, however they want to do it’ One idea is to involve the organizations that are discussed. “There's definitely a lot of opportunities. I think maybe there could be a financial tie-in, too, some way to raise money for these organizations beyond just writing about them, actually helping them with money or volunteering,” Templeton said. Response so far this week has provided momentum, he said. “I've been getting a lot of thanks for

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putting this together, some of us have blogged here and there about local causes that we really care about, but having this organized effort kind of gives it focus,” he said. Participants as of Friday included Appetite Portland, the Blueberry Files, Fore Front Fashion, I Wanna Wear That, Mainebelle. Mean Mama, The Old Pine Tree, Portland Daily Photo, Sweeter Salt, Unseen Portland and The Vigorous North. “Combined I think we have a pretty large audience,” Templeton said.

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