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Clashing decades New Year’s musical event brings battle to the State BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Then there was the concert when anyone with a peanut allergy had to leave. It was in year five of what’s been a six-year run for Clash of the Titans, the regular concert series that pits iconic bands, as interperted by local musicans, in head-to-head competition. Think Bowie vs. The Police or The Beatles vs. Cyndi Lauper. Grand Hotel’s bombastic frontman Kyle Gervais, a regular on the “Clash” circuit who has taken the stage as everyone from Iggy Pop to Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, was perfoming one of his favorites. “One of the shows I had the best LEFT: Grand Hotel will load up on hairspray and tight neon clothes tonight as they take the stage covering ’80s music as part of Clash of the Titans ’60s vs. ’70s vs. ’80s New Year’s Eve show. After two New Year’s at Empire Dine & Dance, the Clash event will make its way to the 1,400-capacity State Theatre for a mega battle spanning 30 years of popular music. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)

“One of the shows I had the best time doing was The Stooges. It was totally last minute, but anytime I can get in my underwear, I’ll do it.” — Grand Hotel’s frontman Kyle Gervais time doing was The Stooges,” said Gervais, who played the notoriously under-dressed Iggy Pop. “It was totally last minute, but anytime I can get in my underwear, I’ll do it,” he said. While Iggy Pop is famous for his onstage acts of self-mutilation, Gervais had to draw the line somewhere when it came to emulating the punk rock impresario, but still managed to make a little spectacle of his own. “I wasn’t bringing the blood. I brought peanut butter and smeared it all over myself, but some people had peanut allergies and had to leave,” he said. Gervais isn’t alone among Portland musicians prone to stepping fully into character. The November 2009 Def Leppard vs. Bon Jovi clash inspired see CLASH page 3

2010: a look back In this issue, we continue our look back at the year in news and photos, with the summer of medical marijuana and a taste of Wikileaks.

JULY July 1 Now, it’s about to become an inside job. Avesta Housing’s 16-month, $5.6 million dollar renovation of 39 units of affordable rental housing in Munjoy Commons is poised to move indoors, now that restoration of the exterior of the former Shailer School is close to complete. The scaffolding around the

building has become a familiar site as one of the city’s biggest stimulus-fund projects take shape. The project is actually located on two sites in Portland’s East End Neighborhood; 17 units in the former Shailer School Building at 56 North St. and 22 units in the former Emerson School Building at 13 Emerson St. ••••••••••••• BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers Doc Rivers will return for another season, staying with the team he led to the NBA finals twice in three years for a run at another championship. see YEAR page 6

Fireworks explode over the Eastern Prom in Portland on July 4. What officials didn’t expect was a trailer laden with fireworks to catch fire and blow up. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Goodbye, Rosie, but will you be replaced?

Is hacking your spouse’s e-mail truly a crime?

An epicurean eve in Portland

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Debra Saunders’ column on page 4

See a dining report on page 14

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Snooki’s ball drop to ring in 2011 from New Jersey NEW YORK (AP) — Turns out there wasn’t room for Snooki in Times Square this New Year’s Eve. MTV’s plan to put “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi inside a ball to drop from the network’s Times Square headquarters has been dropped after an objection by the group that oversees the worldfamous celebration. But Snooki will still drop in as part of “The MTV New Year’s Bash.” Her stunt has been relocated to Seaside Heights, N.J., according to Diane Stabley, borough clerk for the Jersey shore town made famous as the setting for MTV’s hit reality show. “Like the ball that drops in Times Square, there’s going to be a Snooki ball,” Stabley said Thursday. She said an MTV network crew was in town to pre-tape the spectacle Thursday night.

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Fewer join unemployment rolls; good sign for ‘11 WASHINGTON (AP) — Far fewer people are applying for unemployment benefits as the year ends, raising hopes for a healthier job market in 2011. Applications are at their lowest level since July 2008, the Labor Department says. They fell to 388,000 in the week ending Dec. 25, bringing the four-week average to 414,000. Until mid-October, the four-week average had been stuck above 450,000 most of the year. Economists say the number of people

applying for unemployment benefits predicts where the job market will go over the next few months — so much so that they use this data to help forecast economic growth. “We’re starting to see a pickup in job growth,” says Conference Board economist Kenneth Goldstein. “We may even get to a point, conceivably by spring, where the consumer is going to say that it no longer feels like we’re still in a recession.” He expects the economy to

Estonia’s euro joy dampened by EU debt crisis TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite a hellish year for the euro, the tiny Baltic nation of Estonia will be joining the single currency club as the champagne corks pop at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Estonia will become the eurozone’s 17th member and instantly claim the mantle of the poorest as well as one of the smallest — representing just over one-tenth of a percent of the bloc’s $12.5 trillion economy. But Estonia’s membership carries symbolic value, it is hoped, demonstrating that Europe’s grandest financial project remains an appetizing prospect despite the worst crisis in its 12-year history. Estonia is even vowing to lend a hand, no matter how small, to other members in need. Finance Minister

Jurgen Ligi said recently that the Baltic state would soon start negotiations with the European Union on granting a loan guarantee of up to 130 million ($174 million) to bailedout Ireland — a major commitment for a nation with a state budget of only 6 billion ($8 billion). In November, Ireland became the second eurozone country, after Greece, to require emergency support from its partners in the European Union and the International Monetary Fund to avoid effective bankruptcy. The worry, particularly in the bond markets, is that other countries will get sucked into the mire — Portugal and Spain are widely considered to be the most endangered eurozone countries with both grappling with their hefty debt burdens.

generate 100,000 to 150,000 jobs a month by spring, up from an average 86,500 a month in 2010. That’s an improvement, but still not enough to cause big drop in the unemployment rate. To Paul Kasriel, chief economist at Northern Trust, fewer people applying for unemployment benefits suggests the unemployment rate will slip from 9.8 percent in November to 9.7 percent early next year; that would mean about 150,000 fewer unemployed.

Murkowski is winner of Alaska Senate race JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski was officially named the winner of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race Thursday, following a period of legal fights and limbo that lasted longer than the write-in campaign she waged to keep her job. Gov. Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, who oversees elections, signed the paperwork certifying her win in the hotly contested race. “It’s done,” Treadwell said after penning his last signature in front of cameras in Parnell’s office. The paperwork was expected to be hand-delivered to Washington, D.C., by state Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai to guard against delays that could keep Murkowski from being sworn in with her colleagues on Wednesday. With certification, Murkowski becomes the first U.S. Senate candidate since Strom Thurmond in 1954 to win a write-in campaign.

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Expect wardrobe changes galore during tonight’s Clash CLASH from page one

local drummer Derek Gierhan to faithfully — and famously — recreate the one-armed drumming prowess of Def Leppard’s Rick Allen. Tonight, the men of Grand Hotel and The Lucid, as well as Zach Jones and a host of friends will have 30 years of rock star antics to pick from as part of Clash of the Titans New Year’s Eve: ’60s vs. ’70s vs. ’80s at the State Theatre. It’s also a milestone of sorts for the Clash series, which launched at the Big Easy a half-dozen years ago. It’s regular recent venue has been Empire Dine & Dance, where its on hiatus while next season is being pondered. “It’s pretty awesome to get back into the State. I’ve done the Clash New Year’s the last two years over at the Empire and it sold out both years, so it’s cool that they are putting it in a bigger room,” said Gervais. Zach Jones & friends will take on the hits of the 1960s while The Lucid tackle the ’70s and Grand Hotel plays the ’80s. “Hopefully there is time for a wardrobe change — we’ve got a few costumes and a whole lot of hairspray,” said Gervais. Tonight’s Clash also brings a onetime change in format which will allow the musicians to play with their own bands, promoting their own acts while paying homage to everyone from the Beatles to Bowie, Cyndi Lauper to Pink Floyd. Usually, Clash

bands are cobbled together to draw the battle lines piecemeal for a one-time of the New Year’s Clash performance. by decade instead of indiHalf social networkvidual bands. “With the all ing exercise half guaranages crowd, we wanted it teed paycheck, The Clash to have a broader appeal.” is organized by Portland “It’s always been our goal music stalwarts Spencer to bring a fun, affordable Albee and Mark Curdo as evening of entertainment a way to get original local to people and also able musicians a cut of profto play all these original itable cover band game musicians who would norwhile allowing them to mally slug away with their collaborate with others in own bands earn a couple the scene. Curdo is also a bucks to out towards their Daily Sun music writer. next record or their rent,” “It’s helping out local Albee said. music scene because if you Meanwhile, Gervais and Look out for the big, frizzy, waist-length hair of the 1980s, a decade when Jon Bon enjoy these covers, maybe Jovi and band specialized in hair metal. (AP PHOTO) the rest of Grand Hotel you’ll enjoy seeing us on our are planning their set list, State, it’s important for them to have own and seeing what we copping poses and raiding a good night. New Year’s Eve has to be really have got to offer,” said Gervais. every Goodwill thrift store in Greater a big moneymaker, and that wasn’t a The Clash events also give Gervais a Portland in preparation for tonight’s cheap renovation. We are flattered by chance to try his hand at some of the show. their confidence,” said Spencer Albee. more obscure rock band roles, from “We have such a wide range of For Albee, the vote of confidence lead guitar to kazoo and tambourine. choices from heavier stuff to cheesier from State Theatre management “I’ll play whatever, but the bruises stuff, it’s definitely been a struggle to shows just how far the event has come from playing the tambourine are not narrow it down to 12 songs,” he said. in six years. worth it, no one cares about tambou“Certain names came up, like Bon “We started off at a tiny bar, so to rine and you go home all bruised,” he Jovi, Prince, and Micheal Jackson, but graduate to our city’s flagship venue said. we kind of went in a different direcis pretty amazing,” said Albee. Having sold out the last two New tion,” said Gervais. “Lets just say it With the large capacity and all ages Year’s Eve performances at Empire, ranges from Olivia Newton John to atmosphere of the State, Albee knew the Clash decided to go big this year Loverboy.” he would have to expand the format and lend their unique spectacle to Clash of the Titans New Year’s Eve to be a little more inclusive. the State Theatre, which returned to at the State Theatre: ’60s vs ’70s vs ’80s “It’s going to be the Clash you know the local music scene in October after begins at 8 p.m. Tickets can be ordered and love, but there is just a little bit extensive renovations to bring the online at brownpapertickets.com or at more of it,” he said. building up to code. any Bull Moose store. $15 advance $20 The 1,400-seat venue drove Albee “With something the size of the day of show, all ages.

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Is hacking your spouse’s e-mail truly a crime? Michigan prosecutor Jessica R. Cooper’s bio boasts that she is a “pioneer in the world of women in the law.” As it turns out, she is a pioneer in the world of busybodies in the law as well. Cooper is the Oakland County prosecutor who charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony for hacking into his now ex-wife’s e-mail, as he suspected that she was having an affair. This sorry episode began when Walker logged into his wife, Clara’s, Gmail account. What he saw led him to believe his wife was having an affair with her second husband, who, according to news reports, had been arrested on charges of beating Clara in front of her son from her first marriage. It gets messier. Walker reportedly printed the e-mails ––––– and then gave them to the first Creators husband. In February 2009, Syndicate Oakland County authorities arrested Walker. “The guy is a hacker,” Cooper explained to the Detroit Free Press. Cooper has maintained that Walker, a computer technician for Oakland County, used his skill to download the e-mails, and then used them “in a very contentious way.” Nonsense, says Walker’s attorney, Leon Weiss. Cooper didn’t use his training to get into the

Debra J. Saunders

see SAUNDERS page 5

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Goodbye, Rosie, but will you be replaced? At the close of the year, we’ve lost another icon. For once, it’s not a fat rock star gone to seed, or some flash-inthe-pan Hollywood personality famous for being arrested, and all the other things famous people do while being famous. This person was an inspiration for an entire generation. “Rosie The Riveter” died this week. According to her local paper in Lansing, Michigan, Geraldine Hoff Doyle was 17 years old and working in an Ann Arbor metal processing plant when a photograph was taken of her. We’ve all seen the classic image of a bandanna clad woman, flexing her muscles, with the tag-line “We Can Do It!” That photo, turned into an illustration, became one of many driving factors that put women to work in factories from one side of the country to the other. There was a war on, and labor supplies were tight. Everyone who could work was working, but still our countries industrial sector could not get enough product out the door to meet the needs of an ongoing war. Doyle was thumbing through a

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist copy of “Modern Maturity” back in 1984 when she ran across a copy of the poster, and told her family “This is ME!” — claiming to have never noticed the poster before. Her local paper, the Lansing State Journal, says she never noticed the poster before because she was too busy living her life. Wow. Think about that for a second. In today’s Internet connected age, where every photo of you is tagged and spread to the corners of the earth. To be a part of history, and never realize it. That is phenomenal. Yeah, this is a national story, but significant to me locally. My grandmother was a woman of short stature, who worked in a hardware store here in Portland prior to World War II. When the call came out for additional workers for the New England Shipbuilding Corporation yards in

The image of “Rosie the Riveter” became a cultural icon, as “Rosie” represented the approximately 6 million American women who worked in manufacturing and munitions plants during World War II. (COURTESY IMAGE)

South Portland, she was one of the people who no doubt was inspired by the iconic photograph. She, along with other local women, was put to work in the paint shop. She was happy to toil away the hours painting Liberty see HIGGINS page 5

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Is a bond crisis inevitable? With Christmas shoppers out in force and the stock market surging to a two-year high, talk is spreading that the long-awaited recovery is at hand. Perhaps. But gleaning the news from Europe and Asia as U.S. cities, states and the federal government sink into debt, it is difficult to believe a worldwide financial crisis that hammers governments, banks and bondholders alike can be long averted. Consider. Fitch and Moody’s have just downgraded the debt of Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Hungary. In Budapest, the politicians talk of default. Spain has been warned its debt and banks could be downgraded. The European Central Bank is buying up this paper to prevent panic selling by investors. There is talk of forcing bondholders to take a haircut. They would trade their suspect bonds for new euro bonds whose face value would be appreciably less. In the Latin American debt crisis, the United States bailed out its banks holding the bad paper by giving them U.S.-backed bonds, while forcing them to take a loss on their Latin bonds. Courtesy of Uncle Sam, Latin America walked away from a huge slice of its debt. The Japanese national debt is slated to pass 200 percent of gross domestic product this year, highest of any major economy on earth. Half of Japan’s spending is now financed by bonds.

Pat Buchanan ––––– Creators Syndicate Tax revenues do not even cover 50 percent. Nor is America out of the woods. Financial analyst Meredith Whitney told “60 minutes” we can expect 50 to 100 cities and counties to default on their municipal bonds. Though derided as an alarmist, Whitney was among the few who warned that U.S. banks were in treacherous waters before 2008. If anyone is an alarmist, it is The New York Times. In an editorial the day after Christmas, “The Looming Crisis in the States,” the Times writes, “Illinois, California and several other states are at increasing risk of being the first states to default since the 1930s.” California and Illinois are to America what Germany and Spain are to the European Union — the first and fifth largest states. Illinois, writes the Times, “is faced with $4 billion in overdue payments.” The state “has lacked the money to pay its bills. Some of its employees have been evicted from their offices for nonpayment of rent, social service groups have laid off hundreds of work-

ers while waiting for checks, pharmacies have closed for lack of Medicaid payments.” Illinois is also still borrowing to finance half of its budget. By Sept. 30, the U.S. government will have run three straight deficits of close to 10 percent of GDP. And Barack Obama and the GOP just passed $858 billion in new and extended tax cuts and fresh spending. Yet many dismiss the threat of a series of defaults by European nations and U.S. states and cities leading to a financial crisis that could eclipse the one we have just passed through. What is the basis of this confidence? Germany dominates the European Central Bank and will not allow defaults by Ireland, Portugal, Greece or Spain. For that would imperil the One Europe project to which Germany has been dedicated since World War II. Berlin will do what is necessary to save the euro and prevent Europe’s monetary union from collapse. What is wrong with this thesis is that it is not Germany alone that decides on defaults. The weaker countries in the euro zone, like Greece, may decide they will not endure the agonies of austerity any longer. Street politics may force regimes to abandon the regimens imposed upon them as a condition of their bailouts. In America, it is the Fed that is the last line of defense and has shown a disposition to act in a financial crisis. Since 2008, it has doubled the

money supply and taken a trillion dollars in bad debt off the books of U.S. banks. Secretly, it has lent trillions to banks and businesses all over the world and is now buying U.S. bonds to inject more dollars into the economy. But how does the Fed prevent a state like Illinois from failing to meet its debt obligations and defaulting? How does the Fed prevent a series of municipal bond defaults by cities and counties that lack the tax revenue to pay their bills and whose credit rating has reached a junk-bond status where they can no longer borrow? Congress would have to vote the bailout money. But will a House that owns its majority to the Tea Party approve half a trillion dollars to bail out Democratic-run cities or Obama’s home state or Jerry Brown’s California? This June, the stimulus money runs out, and as housing prices continue to fall across America, property tax revenue will fall. The Feds are about to stop bailing out the states, and the states, on shortening rations, will stop bailing out counties, cities and towns. We may be closer to the falls than we imagine. (To find out more about Patrick Buchanan, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.)

Who wants Big Brother mediating their marital issues? SAUNDERS from page 4

Gmail. The couple shared the computer, which Walker had bought, and Clara left her password lying around in their home. While the Michigan hacking law may not specifically exempt spouses, common sense should hold some sway in this case. When you live with someone, you give up a legal expectation of privacy. When you’re married, your spouse, like a parent, has a legal right to see what is in your home. Ask any self-respecting wife. You come home with lipstick on your collar, your wife has a right to look for incriminating evidence. If you don’t want to get caught, do a better job of covering your tracks. In legal terms, Weiss put it this way: “You do give up a good amount of your privacy when you’re in the marital home. If you want to draw personal lines, that’s between the two of you. A violation of

personal lines should be dealt with in the relationship.” Besides, if you don’t want government in your bedroom, you certainly don’t want Big Brother mediating your marital issues. The courthouse would never close. If Walker were a woman, I don’t think there’s a jury in America that would convict. As a wronged husband, doing what many a wronged spouse would do, Walker should have little to fear — yet if he’s convicted, he faces five years in prison. “The ones you should win make you the most nervous,” Weiss confided. I didn’t hear back from Cooper. So let me offer this in her defense: Two judges have ruled in favor of letting the Feb. 7 trial proceed. Doesn’t make it right. As George Washington University law Professor Jonathan Turley blogged, “We have seen the gradual over-criminalization of America where every

act — great or small — has been translated into some form of crime.” And: “If this type of intrusion is criminal, millions of people would be felons. Without some evidence of a collateral crime such as identity theft, the prosecutors should have left this to the divorce courts. My assumption is that Ms. Cooper has other crimes to prosecute in Michigan.” Cooper called Walker a “hacker.” I wonder what she would call a prosecutor’s office that chose to threaten a jealous husband and fearful father with five years in prison by trolling for a law clearly enacted for other purposes. “Hacker” maybe. But in this story, that type of hacking is not a crime. (E-mail Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@ sfchronicle.com. To find out more about Saunders, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.)

What America needs now is a new Rosie the Riveter to inspire us HIGGINS from page 4

Ships with Lord knows what concoctions. Then, one day as family legend has it, a local man at the yard recognized her as that helpful lady from the hardware store. Someone who REALLY knew what she was doing, and was comfortable around any kind of tools. Did they make her into one of the famous riveters, or one of the welders? Nope, not Gram. They put her to work running the cranes in the big yard. I remember her telling me proudly that she was the “swing-crane operator,” a woman whose job it was to step on the hook for

the crane, have the operator haul her up to the controls, and take over his job while he went to lunch. If something needed to be moved around, she did it until he got back. Then, she would ride the crane hook over to the next crane, and relieve that guy. I checked in once with the shipbuilding museum when it was on Congress St. to see if they had any pictures of her at the yard. It wasn’t uncommon then to see pictures like that taken of women in odd jobs, just doing their part. Much to my sadness, they didn’t have any. That spirit of everybody chipping in to get the job done is important, particularly in the post real estate market collapse and never-ending stimu-

lus programs. But like my grandmother and the woman who was the inspiration for Rosie, it’s gone. If their generation was the “We Can Do It!” generation, with a nod and a tip of the hat to a famous flannel-clad comedian, we should perhaps consider this era the “Git R Done” one. We NEED a new icon to pull people through the hard times. All you artists and photographers and Photoshop gurus, get busy on it. Perhaps your grandchildren will be proud to tell the tale. (Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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2010: a look back

YEAR from page one

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PORTLAND (AP) — Fire officials say there’s no word what caused a trailer that held fireworks to explode following a July 4 show in Portland. No one was injured in the 10 p.m. explosion Sunday, just after the end of the city’s fireworks display. Officials say the trailer contained about 300 plastic tubes used to fire the shells. Portland Deputy Fire Chief Mike Shutts says firefighters, police and event staff evacuated the area after the explosion. Shutts says the fire was managed from a distance, meaning firefighters let the trailer burn itself out.

For an apparently homeless man near Congress Square identifying himself as Jim and declining to give his last name, it boils down to who is working for the police. “If they’re just working for the cops, that’s one thing, and if they’re working to help us it’s the other,” he said after hearing of new city “street teams,” pairs of social workers who began engaging the city’s street people yesterday as part of an effort to balance merchant demands for peace with the rights of free speech and assembly.

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An estimated 50,000 spectators will revel It’s the kind of news that might cause in a half hour of Fourth of July fireworks Rosemont Market fans to panic — the exploding over Casco Bay on Sunday night. mini-chain’s original Brighton Avenue And that 30 minutes represents almost all store is closing. But relax. The original shop of Jana Spaulding’s down time in the offseais closing, but only to focus on food prepason with the Maine Red Claws, Portland’s fledgling NBA D-League affiliate of the Boston Steve Weigle, who manages the Riverton branch of the Portland Public Library system, helps box up ration while the retail operation is moving Celtics. It also represents a hefty investment books at Reiche’s now-defunct library branch, in this scene from July. This branch closed effective June across the street, doubling its size and adding products. for a handful of private businesses, including 30 due to budget cuts. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) Spaulding’s boss, the Maine Red Claws. July 8 ••••••••••••• RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Tears rolled down Paulo Gama’s face and his girlfriend Two railroad groups have reached a grant agreement that will provide $35 million in sobbed in his arms as he stared in disbelief at the video screen on Copacabana beach. federal funds to expand the Downeaster passenger rail service north from Portland, The final whistle had signaled that Brazil — colossus of the soccer world and favorthrough Freeport to Brunswick. ite to win the World Cup — was eliminated from the tournament in a 2-1 loss to the ••••••••••••• Netherlands. The city-owned Portland International Marine Terminal lost about $3,500 when an expired inspection sticker halted a shipping job last month, officials said.

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July 9 As library staffers filled boxes with books and cleared out of Reiche Community Center this week, officers with the Portland Police Department settled in to their new digs at 166 Brackett St. It’s a time of change at Reiche Community Center, where the loss of the branch library and the introduction of the West End Community Policing Center have changed the complexion of this school complex. ••••••••••••• BOSTON (AP) — The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston. U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled in favor of gay couples’ rights in two separate challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, a 1996 law that the Obama administration has argued for repealing. The rulings apply to Massachusetts but could have broader implications if they’re upheld on appeal.

July 10 If you think it’s hard to get a weekend brunch table at Local 188 now, just wait until there are 10,000 new creative entrepreneurs in town queuing up for those Bloody Marys. The number is part of the Creative Portland Corporation’s goal to attract “creative entrepreneurs” to the city, hopping to put Portland on the map as a creative Mecca. The leading edge of those efforts is a developing website, liveworkportland.org and the accompanying PortlandNow blog, which began postings May 3 and is reaching out to the city’s bloggers for fresh content.

July 13 MADRID (AP) — Spain erupted with its biggest fiesta in memory Monday when its football team returned to a jubilant nation after winning the World Cup, giving elated Spaniards a break from months of economic gloom and political squabbling. Hundreds of thousands of people — if not more — jammed Madrid’s historic avenues as an open air bus ferried the national team down stately avenues to cheers from Spaniards decked out in a sea of red and yellow, the colors of the Spanish flag. ••••••••••••• Hoping to send the issue back to city councilors on July 19, Portland’s Planning Board will hold a public hearing today on where medical marijuana dispensaries should go. The goal of the meeting, set for 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, is to formally make a recommendation to the council, explained Planning Division Director Alex Jaegerman.

July 14 Despite a dust-up over concerns it was the wrong boat at the wrong time, and following a one-month delay to accommodate a potential bidder, the state is ready to choose a shipyard to build a new $5.5 million ferry for Casco Bay Lines. Nick Mavodones, Casco Bay Lines operations manager, confirmed this week that the bidding process, which had included a pre-bid conference with several builders, will conclude with bid openings scheduled for July 21st. Those bids will likely nail down when the boat might actually begin service. “We’ll know where it’s being built,” said Mavodones, who is also Portland’s mayor. see next page

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2010: a look back from preceding page ••••••••••••• NEW YORK (AP) — Yogi Berra vowed he would never talk to George Steinbrenner again after the owner fired him as Yankees manager 16 games into the 1985 season. Fourteen years later, Steinbrenner apologized to Berra, and the two ended up close friends. That’s the way it was with “The Boss” — no middle ground. “He said, ‘It was the worst mistake in my life,’” Berra said Tuesday at his museum in New Jersey. “We became very good friends.” The 80-year-old Steinbrenner died in Tampa, Fla., early Tuesday after having a heart attack. Tributes came from Yankee greats to baseball executives to former President Bill Clinton and Jerry Seinfeld. He was described only in superlatives — the way he would have liked it.

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In the wake of a Canadian consultant’s report sharply negative of high-speed ferry service between Portland and Nova Scotia, officials in both communities are evaluating how long it might be before sea service returns. Not likely until 2012, says Portland City Manager Joe Gray. ••••••••••••• Yesterday, representatives from a local political action group turned in over 5,000 signatures to the city clerk’s office, bringing Portland one step closer to allowing non-citizen residents to vote in local elections. The League of Young Voters has been circulating its Legal Resident Voting petitions for the last 114 days, and turned in the signatures six days before the 120 day deadline as part of a gentleman’s agreement with City Clerk Linda Cohen. ••••••••••••• Capt. Dan Adams, a charter boat captain from Dunedin, Fla., hasn’t seen a drop of oil from the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill, but that hasn’t saved his livelihood. “I’m here to say that as of next week, I’m basically out of business,” Adams told about 40 people gathered for

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2010: a look back

Portland Police Officer Anthony Ampezzan (left) and Police Chief James Craig talk before a ribbon-cutting event for the West End Community Policing Center at Reiche Community Center. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) REVIEW from page 7

July 21 WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to be the fourth female justice. Just one Republican joined Democrats to approve Kagan’s nomination and send it to the full Senate, where she’s expected to win confirmation within weeks. ••••••••••••• Portland Police Officer Anthony Ampezzan is entering two different worlds as the new senior lead officer for community policing efforts in both Portland’s West End and Parkside areas. Both neighborhoods boast strong neighborhood associations with Neighborhood Watch programs, he noted, but there the similarities end. At the West End, Ampezzan is settling into a newly secured policing center at 166 Brackett St., the Reiche Community Center. The opening of the West End Community Policing Center was celebrated at a press event Tuesday morning. But in Parkside, the status of the policing center is in doubt, as the police department tries to secure grants to pay for rent, officials said this week. see next page

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Eric Pedersen of Portland strolls near a line of ﬂags for the Festival of Nations at Deering Oaks. “This is just the nicest display I’ve ever seen here,” Pedersen said. “I just want to walk by and hug all the ﬂags.” The festival took place on July 31. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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July 22 The Maine Historical Society has been awarded a Museums for America grant by the Institute of Museum & Library Services to process and provide access to the Central Maine Power collection, one of the museum’s largest and most important recent acquisitions, the society reported.

July 23 Michael Okigbo, executive director of the Mugabi Foundation, a six-year-old organization that Okigbo said he created to help children, has stepped in to run the annual Festival of Nations in Deering Oaks. (“Mugabi” is “I will live” in the Igbo language, a Niger-Congo language, Okigbo said.) Okigbo said he agreed to coordinate the festival, billed as the “largest cultural diversity festival in the state of Maine.”

July 27 Two of the city’s top creative industry groups will meet Thursday to decide just how intertwined they would like their future operations to become. The Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance (PACA) officially became a subsidiary of the Creative Portland Corporation (CPC) when PACA adopted a new set of bylaws at its May 18 meeting, but with both groups actively trying to solicit

an executive director, board members thought it would be worthwhile to explore how the two groups might consolidate forces, according to CPC Board President Andy Graham. ••••••••••••• WASHINGTON (AP) — The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy agency and raise questions around the world about Washington’s own ability to protect military secrets. The White House called the disclosures “alarming.”

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Friday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2010. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 31, 1775, during the Revolutionary War, the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed. On this date: In 1857, Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada. In 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J. In 1909, the Manhattan Bridge, spanning the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, was officially opened to vehicular traffic. In 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II. In 1969, Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was shot to death along with his wife and daughter in their Clarksville, Pa., home by hit men acting under the orders of UMWA president Tony Boyle. In 1970, Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit in London’s High Court against his fellow Beatles to officially dissolve their partnership. In 1985, singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year’s Eve performance in Dallas. In 1990, football coach George Allen died in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., at age 72. In 1997, Michael Kennedy, the 39-yearold son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado. One year ago: A lone gunman dressed in black killed five people in Espoo, Finland, four at a crowded shopping mall, before returning home and taking his own life. Today’s Birthdays: TV producer George Schlatter is 81. Actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is 73. Actor Tim Considine (“My Three Sons”) is 70. Actress Sarah Miles is 69. Rock musician Andy Summers is 68. Actor Sir Ben Kingsley is 67. Producer-director Taylor Hackford is 66. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg is 64. Actor Tim Matheson is 63. Pop singer Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) is 63. Singer Donna Summer is 62. Actor Joe Dallesandro is 62. Rock musician Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) is 59. Actor James Remar is 57. Actress Bebe Neuwirth is 52. Actor Val Kilmer is 51. Singer Paul Westerberg is 51. Actor Don Diamont is 48. Rock musician Ric Ivanisevich (Oleander) is 48. Rock musician Scott Ian (Anthrax) is 47. Actress Gong Li is 45. Author Nicholas Sparks is 45. Actor Lance Reddick is 41. Pop singer Joe McIntyre is 38. Rock musician Mikko Siren (Apocalyptica) is 35. Rock musician Bob Bryar (My Chemical Romance) is 31.

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Friday, Dec. 31 ICING New Year’s Bash at SPACE 8 p.m. SPACE Gallery and The VIA Group ring in 2011 with our 2nd annual ICING New Year’s Bash. Dress to impress and live it up for a wild evening with good food, friends, dancing, and a cavalcade of performances and installations by SPACE’s talented family of artists. Performances include a soulful set by the inimitable Lady Zen, live drumming by Dylan Blanchard and friends and West African inspired dancing by Blue Moon Tribe, led by Marita Kennedy-Castro. There’ll be some time-warping trouble provided by Tin Pan Alley alums Over A Cardboard Sea. Portland’s Dirty Dishes Burlesque Review plan to live up to their name and Kate Cox and Matt Rock have something up their sleeve for when the ball drops and we lift a glass to another year at SPACE! Dj King Alberto keeps the soul and funk grooves spinning all night. $50, 21 plus.

Mallett Brothers / Marion Grace at Empire 8 p.m. New Year’s Eve with Mallett Brothers and Marion Grace and special guests Holy Boys Danger Club. Ticket

toast at midnight, music until 1:15 a.m. $30, 21 plus.

Rustic Overtones / Gypsy Tailwind 8 p.m. Hometown heros Rustic Overtones join with Gypsy Tailwind for the Port City Music Hall New Year’s Eve Bash. $25 adv / $28 dos / $50 VIP. 21 plus.

State hosts Clash of the Titans — New Year’s Eve 8 p.m. The State Theatre presents a battle of the bands on New Year’s Eve as Clash of the Titans, a Portland institution since 2004, pits three super groups with some of the best local musicians in head-to-hand combat. It’s a duel of the decades, as Zach Jones and friends take on hits of the 1960s versus The Lucid and friends as they tackle the ‘70s versus Grand Hotel and friends as they rip through the classics of the ‘80s. Since 2004, the Clash of the Titans has been creeping up Congress Street playing to capacity crowds at Empire Dine ‘n’ Dance on Tuesday nights throughout the year.

SPOSE / Cam Groves / Sidecar Radio 8:30 p.m. The 2011 Party with SPOSE, Cam Groves, Sidecar Radio, Restless Groove & Educated Advocates Doors. There will be drink and food specials and a champagne

Saturday, Jan. 1 Zach Zaitlin / Jacob Augustine 7:30 p.m. Drawing on the limitless possibilities of the piano and a unique compositional perspective, Zach Zaitlin lures listeners into a rich, dark-hued soundworld replete with hypnotic ambient textures, heartfelt vocal melodies, and crashing dissonances over driving beats. Jacob Augustine travles to Biddeford sans his House of Fire band mates for an intimate performance at the cozy venue. Oak and the Ax, Biddeford, all ages.

Ellis Paul at One Longfellow 8 p.m. Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990s. $18. One Longfellow Square.

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our home and installing hardwood floors. After a family gathering this summer, our floors developed little round dents in the rooms. We realized that our future daughter-in-law, who always wears stilettos, was the culprit. The last time she was in our home, we could clearly see the dent trail she left. How do we tactfully ask people to remove their shoes without hurting their feelings? -- Dimples Dear Dimples: Hardwood floors are not expected to remain pristine, and nicks and dents are the cost of entertaining. However, it is perfectly acceptable to ask guests to remove their shoes at the door, especially if you provide cozy little slippers for them to wear instead. Some will refuse, which is OK, but your son should encourage his future wife to comply. Dear Annie: You were way off in your response to “Spouse,” whose wife is caring for their daughter’s blind, incontinent dog and said if the dog goes, she goes. The wife is not choosing the dog over her husband of 30 years. She is just continuing with the responsibility and commitment the daughter accepted. Just because a pet becomes incontinent or blind doesn’t mean it should be abandoned. The wife did the right thing. Now she is seeing her husband’s true colors, and she doesn’t like it. There are all kinds of compromises that could be made to make life easier for all of them -- diapers, a crate, doggy daycare, etc. Abandoning the dog should not be one of them. -- Pet Lover in California Dear Pet Lover: Several readers responded to this letter. Some suggested the dog be euthanized. One recommended a rescue group that will place it in a loving foster home. A few, like you, thought the wife was right to put the dog first and were angry enough with the husband to suggest throwing away the marriage. We do not agree.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to: anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045.

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Friday, Dec. 31 Plunge at East End Beach noon. “Be bold in the cold with a plunge into the Atlantic to support the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s work to reduce global warming pollution. The bone-chilling fun will take place at East End Beach in Portland, Maine on Friday, Dec. 31st at noon (the “warmest” part of the day!) Your friends and family can pledge your plunge, to raise money and awareness about global warming and what NRCM is doing right here in Maine to curb it. And, it will be fun, with folks in polar bear costumes and hot coffee from Coffee by Design and pastries from Whole Foods. The two top fundraisers will receive $50 gift certiﬁcates to LL Bean, while additional top fundraisers will receive commemorative NRCM tote bags or caps. To participate, email or call stacie@nrcm.org, 430-0127, with your name and contact information and we will send you an information packet. We request that you raise a minimum of $50 in pledges. Your pledgers may use the online pledge forms at http:// supporters.nrcm.org/polar_plunge.”

Vaudeville at Portland Stage 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Vaudeville shows at Portland Stage Company. http://www.phyzgig.org or www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Phyzgig2009.html

Pirates Kid’s New Year’s Celebration 5:30 p.m. Portland Pirates vs. Connecticut Whale, Kid’s New Year’s Celebration at the Cumberland County Civic Center. WGME 13 and WJBQ present the annual Kid’s New Year’s Game. The game, an expected sellout, will mark the 16th 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

A Lucid New Year’s Eve 6 p.m. Ring in the New Year with Portland’s newest performing arts venue, Lucid Stage, at 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland. “A Lucid New Year’s Eve” runs from 6 p.m. to midnight; $5. Live music by The Modest Proposal, and afterwards, a community jam. Bring your instruments and play solo or jam with others! There will be door prizes, and a rafﬂe with a variety of items to choose from — gift certiﬁcates, memberships, artwork, and a surprise big-ticket item! 899-3993. www.lucidstage.com

person; advanced tickets may be purchased by calling 772-3599. Cash, check and credit cards accepted in advance, at the door during the event, or anytime online at brownpapertickets. com. Visit Sid Tripp’s Black Cat Ball on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pages/Sid-Tripps-BlackCat-Ball/154751921233348?ref=mf for up-tothe-minute details.

Saturday, Jan. 1 Dog licensing at City Hall 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Starting with the New Year, Portland resident dog owners are required, pursuant to Maine law, to have all dogs six months of age or older licensed. Dog licenses are issued for a calendar year and will expire Jan. 31, 2011. A dog license can be obtained from the City Clerk’s ofﬁce at City Hall, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Renewals and new registrations are also available online at https://www.informe.org/ dog_license/begin.shtml or through the mail, call 874-8610 for more details.

Harlem Globetrotters at the Civic Center 7 p.m. The Harlem Globetrotters, who have contributed more innovations to the game of basketball than any other team in history, have implemented the ﬁrst-ever 4-point shot as part of all of its games on the team’s 2011 “4 Times the Fun” North American tour, the team’s record 85th season of touring. This game-changing innovation will be on display when the Globetrotters take on the Washington Generals at Cumberland County Civic Center. Tickets, starting at $13.50, are on sale at www.harlemglobetrotters.com, the Cumberland County Civic Center box ofﬁce, or by phone at 207-775-3331 or 603-868-7300. Information on group and scout tickets can also be found at www.harlemglobetrotters.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 4 Portland School Board meeting

7 p.m. Business meeting of Portland School Board, Room 250, Casco Bay High School. Beginning in January, the Portland School Board will hold its regular business meetings and workshops on Tuesdays rather than Wednesdays. Most School Board committees also will meet on Tuesdays. The board decided to change the meeting day earlier in the fall to accommodate members who have to travel for work. School New Year’s Burning Bowl Service In a 2008 show, Harlem Globetrotters “Scooter” Christensen practices a trick shot before the Board meetings and committee meetings are 7 p.m. New Year’s Burning Bowl Service at show at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. (Photo courtesy of Globetrotters/Damon Tarver/Cal announced on the Portland Public Schools Web site: www.portlandschools.org. Unity Church of Greater Portland, 54 River Sport Media) Road, Windham. “The burning bowl service is a Ball originally began at the Eastland Ball Room in the midfavorite within Unity. It encourages each of us to identify the Wednesday, Jan. 5 ’80s. On hiatus for 17 years, Tripp has a big night planned as doubts and fears which stand between us an true spiritual he weaves his magic into a night of singing, dancing, laughenlightenment. It is an opportunity to release those limitaing and celebrating as revelers enjoy a cocktail or two. Join ‘Checkered Floors’ tions into a ritual fire, letting go of them and opening ourus to relive the magic of the Black Cat Ball, and ring in 2011 7 p.m. “Checkered Floors,” a controversial and inspiring selves to new possibilities to come.” For more information in Red Carpet style in glamorous festive holiday attire with true story of the 1,500 Somali migrants in Maine and how about Unity or its events, please contact the church office 350 of your best friends. The rockin’ sounds of local band playwright/actress, Cheryl Hamilton’s own life parallels at 893-1233 or visit www.unitygreaterportland.org. Wavelength will be jamming all night long. The celebrations their plight with humor and horror. January 5-9. WednesNew Year’s Eve Gorham will include heavy hors d’oeuvres, Italian wine tasting, three day and Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., 7 p.m. Volunteers, with the cooperation of the Town of cash bars, party favors, photo booth, roving photographer, Sunday at 2 p.m. with talkbacks. $15. Old Port Playhouse, Gorham’s public safety, fire, public works and recreation countdown, champagne toast and balloon drop, psychics 19 Temple St. Portland Box Office: 773-0333. oldportplaydepartment, coordinate a community-wide New Year’s Eve and surprise guest performances. Tickets are $50 per house.com event. Churches and other public buildings serve as various venues where performances are scheduled throughout Thursday, Jan. 6 the evening. They offer a variety of entertainment, which is presented for families and people of all ages to enjoy. The New Year rings in with an exciting celebration at midFilm: ‘Budrus’ night culminating with a fireworks display accompanied by 7:30 p.m. Film: “Budrus,” film screening at SPACE Galmusic, dancing and lots of Auld Lang Syne. http://newyearlery, 538 Congress St., Portland. 828-5600. Doors open at 7 gorham.org p.m.; film begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission $7, $5 for SPACE members. “Ayed Morrar, an unlikely community organizer, New Year’s Eve Celebration unites Palestinians from all political factions and Israelis to 2011 at 51 Wharf save his village from destruction by Israel’s Separation Bar7:30 p.m. Two DJs on two dance floors spinning two genres rier. Victory seems improbable until his 15-year-old daughter, of music at 51 Wharf St. in Portland. A $2 coat check; fiveIltezam, launches a women’s contingent that quickly moves hour countdown. Red Bull VIP Party: RedBull@NewYearsto the front lines. Struggling side by side, father and daughter PortlandMaine.com. Watch the Ladies of Go-Go Maine live unleash an inspiring, yet little-known movement in the Occuall evening; Evan Smith will be taking photos; 20 percent off pied Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today. In Hit the water at East End Beach in Portland today at noon (the pre-ordered bottles). For tickets, visit www.newyearsportan action-filled documentary chronicling this movement from “warmest” part of the day) to raise money and awareness about landmaine.com/tickets.htm. its infancy, Budrus shines a light on people who choose nonglobal warming and what Natural Resource Council of Maine is violence to confront a threat yet remain virtually unknown to Sid Tripp’s Black Cat Ball doing right here in Maine to curb it, the group announced. And, the world. The movie is directed by award-winning filmmaker at the Mariner’s Church it will be fun, with folks in polar bear costumes and hot coffee Julia Bacha (co-writer and editor Control Room, co-director 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. New Year’s Eve Bash, Mariner’s Church, from Coffee by Design and pastries from Whole Foods. The two Encounter Point), and produced by Bacha, Palestinian journal368 Fore St. $50 tickets per person; festive holiday attire. top fundraisers will receive $50 gift certificates to L.L. Bean, while ist Rula Salameh, and filmmaker and human rights advocate Sid Tripp & Proactive Resources Design are pleased to additional top fundraisers will receive commemorative NRCM tote Ronit Avni (formerly of Witness, director of Encounter Point).” announce the revival of the Black Cat Ball. The Black Cat bags or caps. (COURTESY PHOTO) www.justvision.org/budrus

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An epicurean eve in Portland BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

New Year’s Eve may be the perfect night for ball dropping and cork-popping, and it’s also a perfect excuse to indulge in all the butter-soaked scallops you like before renouncing such indulgences as part of your short-lived resolutions. Many Portland restaurants are offering special prix fixe dinner specials tonight for the epicurean New Year’s Eve set, charging a flat rate for a fixed menu of multiple courses, plus wine pairings for an additional charge. But some local restaurants forgo the New Year’s tradition of offering a fixed, flat rate menu and stick to their patron’s favorites. “This will be our 14th New Year’s Eve and what we’ve found over the years is that if we don’t offer something like our full regular menu, customers are disappointed,” said Fore Street chef Sam Hayward. “We’ll add a few things that are fun for us to do,” said Hayward, who said the restaurant has learned to avoid cliche New Year’s menu items over the years and stick to what it does best. “We’ve tried to do caviar, truffles and champagne in the past, but it’s just not what people come to Fore Street for — they’re coming for the hardy, rustic, locally-based fare we’re already known for,” he said. Local 188 and Sonny’s, both owned by Jay Villani, subscribe to the same New Year’s philosophy as Fore Street, offering their regular full menu with a couple of festive holiday specials tacked on. “We find people like it because normally restaurants try to charge people a fortune to come in on New Year’s Eve. We just go with our regular menu and find people really like it,” said Local 188’s Garry Bowcott. The restaurant will offer a mahi-mahi special and hanger steak special, and are hoping to have a live DJ for the night’s festivities.

Prix ﬁxe restaurants for New Year’s Eve Cinque Terre (36 Wharf St.) — Four-course menu for $50 per person, will also offer cocktail and wine specials and their regular a la carte menu. Vignola (10 Dana St.) — Four-course menu for $42.50 per person excluding tax and gratuity, will also offer cocktail and wine specials and their regular a la carte menu. Figa Restaurant (249 Congress St.) — Two dinner seatings at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. From 10 p.m. to midnight there will be passed hors d’oeuvres, live music and a cash bar. Tickets are $30 per person. The Sea Glass restaurant at Cape Elizabeth’s Inn by the Sea (40 Bowery Beach Road) — A four-course tasting menu on New Year’s Eve for $75 per person. The restaurant opens at 5:30 p.m. and reservations are encouraged. Bar Lola (100 Congress St.) — A seven course prix fixe menu for $55 dollars, includes two options per course from. Optional wine paring of five wines for an additional $25. Bibo’s Madd Apple Cafe (23 Forest Ave.) —

Mary Ledue Paine and Eddie Fitzpatrick, owners of the Pepperclub restaurant on Middle Street, are offering a ﬁve-course, ﬁxed-priced menu for New Year’s Eve. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) BELOW: Figa will seat for dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. (MATT DODGE FILE PHOTO)

Prix fixe menu of 3 course, $40 per person plus tax and gratutity. The special holiday menu includes a choice of five appetizers, six entrees and five desserts. Bresca (111 Middle St.) — $75 prix fixe, five-course menu including caviar and other seasonal favorites. Wine flight paired with menu for an additional $35. Pepperclub (78 Middle St.) — Five course, fixed price menu for $33, as well as all regular menu items. The restaurant also features an extensive wine list. Havana South (44 Wharf St.) — Four-course, $49 per-person prix fixe menu with five different entree options and two tiers of wine pairing for each course for $19 and $29. Live music from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. five fifty-five (555 Congress St.) — Five course new year’s eve menu with options. $90 per person excluding of tax and gratuity. Midnight champagne toast and balloon drop, several seatings available starting at 5:30 p.m. and options to pre-order a special caviar service. The Corner Room (110 Exchange St.) — $45 per person, includes glass of Prosecco. Chef Harding Lee Smith’s other two local restaurants, the Front Room and Grill Room, will offer regular menus.

Non-prix ﬁxe options for New Year’s Eve Ribollita (45 Middle St.) — Offering a soul dish, with a saffron broth and tortellinis, Maine shrimp risotto and oysters. The Farmer’s Table (205 Commercial St.) — Seasonal favorites including fresh scallops from Chebeague Island and truffle and lobster ravioli. DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant (25 Long Wharf) — The floating resturaunt of lore will offer a live DJ, dance floor and a bar serving until midnight. Menu items include classic Beef Wellington, pesce and polenta and a chocolate truffle tart. Fore Street (288 Fore St.) — Special include the popular Maine island lamb, Maine shrimp and a whole Atlantic black sea bass. G.R. DiMillo’s (118 Preble St.) — New Year’s Eve specials include prime rib, baked stuffed shrimp, broiled haddock and veal parmagiana. Local 188 (685 Congress St.) — Mahi-mahi special, a hanger steak special and a live DJ. Sonny’s (83 Exchange St.) — “Everyday is special,” said chef Jay Villani. The restaurant will offer a late night menu until 1 a.m. Those looking to combat epic New Year’s Day hangovers are encouraged to stop by for Sonny’s newly-introduced weekend brunch on Saturday and Sunday.

Securing New Year’s Eve in Times Square involves police, cameras NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the biggest public party in the country. Nearly a million revelers will cram into the streets of Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve. It’s also remarkably crime-free, safe and orderly. In the past decade, there have been few arrests and virtually no major problems funneling people in and out of the confetti-filled streets to ring in the New Year. That’s due mostly to what the partygoers don’t notice: Throngs of police and counterterrorism officers blanketing the area, working from a security plan specifically tailored for the event. Manhole covers are sealed. Counter-snipers are

stationed on secret rooftops. Officers carry beepersized radiation detectors. Plainclothes officers are stationed in the pens with the crowds, along with a uniformed presence and undercover officers. Bomb-sniffing dogs are on site. Purses are searched. Checkpoints are set up and perimeters are created using concrete blocks. Passing vehicles are checked for safety. Haz-mat teams are on standby. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday that there are no “specific threats against the city” on New Year’s Eve. The 20-inch snowstorm that left the streets far from Times Square unplowed will be a memory to the crowd. Crews have removed the large drifts and warm temperatures are helping to

melt what’s left. NYPD brass tweak their security plan every year, using lessons learned from previous scares like the botched Times Square car bombing in May and the attempted bombing of a Christmas tree lighting in Portland, Ore., near Thanksgiving. NYPD counterterrorism chief James Waters mined information on the suicide bombing this month in Stockholm, Sweden. “Intelligence informs a lot of what we do,” Waters said. “Understanding the threat, always the basics, understanding what the threat is against New York, what’s the threat against the country, and everything that comes behind that.”

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Ex Portland Museum of Art head returning to Maine PORTLAND (AP) — Philanthropist Roxanne Quimby is uniting her three charitable organizations that manage 120,000 acres of woodlands and distribute millions of dollars in grants to encourage economic growth in Portland and small towns across Maine. Quimby, who made hundreds of millions of dollars through the sale of Burt’s Bees, the personal care company she co-founded in the 1980s, announced Wednesday that she has hired the former director of the Portland Museum of Art to manage her philanthropic ventures. Daniel O’Leary, who headed the museum from 1993 to 2007 and now directs a museum in Utica, N.Y., plans to be on the job in January. Quimby’s organizations that will fall under O’Leary’s control are Elliotsville Plantation, a foundation that acquires and conserves land; The Quimby Family Foundation, which advances wilderness values; and the Quimby Colony, a Portland artist program. Quimby said O’Leary played a crucial role in growing Portland’s arts district and she expects him to do the same for her organizations. “I believe that this new approach will allow us to manage the synergies and relationships between crucial activities including wilderness preservation, family farm preservation, visual arts, fashion, design, culinary arts, economic development and job creation,” Quimby said.

Fryeburg mill goes up in ﬂames FRYEBURG (AP) — A fire has destroyed an idled wood products mill in the western Maine town of Fryeburg. Officials say the fire at the Forest Industries mill on Fair Street was reported at about noon Thursday. By the time firefighters arrived, the building was engulfed by fire and thick black smoke, but no injuries were reported.