The Portland Daily Sun, Thursday, April 28, 2011

Governor: Thank the ‘dingbats’

Between torment and happiness

Two Paths Gallery kicks off Sun’s new ‘In Frame’ feature

See Bob Higgins on page 4

See Maureen Dowd’s column on page 5

See Arts on page 8

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Dittmeyer’s body found Missing Portland woman subject of search, police investigation in N.H.

BY ERIK EISELE THE CONWAY DAILY SUN

CONWAY, N.H. — Police found the body of the missing 20-yearold Portland woman they’d been searching for since Saturday in a pond at the base of Cranmore Mountain Resort early Wednesday.

“It is with great sorrow that I tell you we located the body of Krista Dittmeyer,” assistant N.H. attorney general Jane Young said at a late-afternoon press conference.

“She was located in what is known

in this area as Duck Pond.”

Young spoke before a pack of television reporters from stations around the Northeast. She said she would be unwilling Dittmeyer to answer any questions, but she did take a few without releasing many details.

“We are treating this as a suspi-

cious death,” she said. “Ms. Dittmeyer’s body is being transported to Concord to be examined tomorrow by the deputy medical examiner.”

After an autopsy, she said, officials may be able to release details about “the manner and the cause of her death.”

The attorney general’s office took over communication from the Conway police earlier in the day, shortly after the report went out that a body was in the pond. see BODY page 6

Walking the bus line

Senior city planner Bill Needelman (right) leads a tour of Congress Street Wednesday as part of a proposed Bus Priority Corridor, which would run from Congress Street’s intersection with State Street and continue to the intersection with Franklin Street. Officials in separate initiatives are reviewing options for improved bus and commuter rail service in the region. For a story, see page 6. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Waxman’s council seat absorbed by mayor’s post

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

City Councilor Dory Waxman has two choices this fall: She can run for elected mayor, or she can end her time on the city council, at least in the near term. The one thing she can’t do is seek re-election for her current seat.

The reason? Her at-large council seat won’t exist after November.

A little known provision in the charter revisions approved by voters last fall removes one of the four atlarge council seats Waxman to make way for the new mayor position, which will be elected to a four-year term this November. Waxman, as the only atlarge councilor up for election this fall, is the odd one out.

“It was a surprise to me that it worked the way it did,” Waxman said yesterday.

“I have totally supported a strong elected mayor in Portland for the past 20 years, and I supported the work the charter commission did, but I was a bit surprised that it was going to play out the way it did."

Waxman said she found out on the eve of the November referendum on the proposed charter changes that her seat would no longer exist if the measure passed. It did, and Waxman’s political future changed overnight. see SEAT page 3

Group plans $100m Thompson’s Pt. project

BY DAVID CARKHUFF AND CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

An investment group that includes two part owners of the Maine Red Claws basketball team has announced plans to build a $100 million development on Thompson’s Point that would include a hotel, class A office space and music hall.

Development to include a new basketball arena for Red Claws The project will also include a new basketball arena for the two-year-old franchise, which has played its home games at the Portland Expo, a facility that underwent major upgrades to accommodate the NBA D-League team.

Thompson Point Development Company, which includes Red Claws chairman William Ryan Jr. and Red Claws president Jon Jennings, will formally unveil the project today at a 10 a.m. press conference at City Hall. see DEVELOPMENT page 16

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YouTube near to film rental deal LOS ANGELES — A twoyear effort by YouTube, owned

by Google, to get major Hollywood studios to offer their new-release movies for rental is coming closer to reality.

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers have agreed to rent movies via YouTube, according to two studio executives who spoke on condition of anonymity because they said YouTube wanted to make the announcement. Rental fees are expected to be comparable to those charged by rivals like iTunes.

YouTube, however, has only half of the industry’s top players on board. Still on the sidelines are Walt Disney Studios, which is closely aligned with Apple, and 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures.

Paramount’s corporate owner, Viacom, is still battling YouTube in court over copyright infringement. These three studios together control about 60 percent of the North American movie market.

YouTube declined to comment on reports of new rental deals. “We’ve steadily been adding more and more titles since launching movies for rent on YouTube over a year ago and now have thousands of titles available,” said YouTube in a statement. Despite YouTube’s popularity — people view videos on the site two billion times a day — its film rentals do not appear to have gained much traction.

Still, YouTube offers movie studios more than just viewers, said James L. McQuivey, a digital media analyst at Forrester Research. Google can provide valuable data on how many people have searched for movies and which terms they used to search. Studios have repeatedly said that their digital strategies involve making on-demand deals with as many legitimate Web sites as they can — reflecting lessons learned from the music industry’s attempt to shut down digital consumption.

They are also eager to replace dwindling DVD revenue. The latest rental plans were first reported by TheWrap.com, a movie industry blog.

But the chill between YouTube and Hollywood has taken time to ease. During its first few years, YouTube stood behind the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and told media companies it was not legally required to remove unauthorized material from its site unless specifically asked to do so by the owner. The stance provoked a $1 billion lawsuit from Viacom and broad animosity from media executives.

The willingness of mainstream studios like Sony, Universal and Warner to finally play ball reflects the work YouTube has done to make its portal look less like an online video garage sale.

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Obama releases ‘Long-Form’ birth certificate

BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — The decision by President Obama to release his “long-form” birth certificate on Wednesday injected the president directly into the simmering “birther” controversy in the hope of finally ending it, as aides said, or perhaps even turning it to his advantage.

The gamble produced dramatic television, as Mr. Obama strode in to the White House briefing room to address, head on, a subject that had been deemed irrelevant by everyone in his orbit for years but had nonetheless figured in conservative efforts to undermine his legitimacy.

Mr. Obama’s comments risked elevating the discredited questions about his birth. But they also allowed him to cast his political opponents as focused on the trivial at a time when the nation is facing more important issues.

The fact that much of the recent focus on where Mr. Obama was born has come from Donald Trump, who says he is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination and who spent the day

campaigning in New Hampshire, allowed the White House to use Mr. Trump as a foil, and present the president as a more serious leader than his potential rivals in the 2012 campaign.

“We’re not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by sideshows and carnival barkers,” Mr. Obama said, a clear reference — though not by name — to Mr. Trump.

False accusations about Mr. Obama being born abroad — and the implication that his election was therefore invalid — have percolated on the Internet and among conspiracy theorists since the early days of his presidential campaign, when aides distributed a shorter version of the birth certificate, the version that officials in Hawaii normally give out.

But White House officials concluded about a month ago that the falsehoods had moved from “the nether regions of the Internet” into the mainstream political arena, in large part because of Mr. Trump, the real estate developer and reality TV host who has used the matter as a media magnet.

In remarks to reporters on Wednesday, Mr. Obama noted that such “silliness” had domi-

President Obama discussed the release of his “long form” birth certificate on Wednesday (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

nated news coverage during the week when the Republicans released their 2012 budget proposal and Mr. Obama gave a speech on the nation’s debt.

“This is going to generate huge and serious debates, important debates,” Mr. Obama said of those issues. But he added: “We are not going to be able to do it if we are distracted.

We are not going to be able to do it if we spend time vilifying each other. We are not going to be able to do it if we just make stuff up and pretend that facts are not facts.”

Aides turned back suggestions that Mr. Obama’s appearance at the press briefing was intended to draw attention to Mr. Trump’s allegations, and thereby accentuate the contrast between the president and his likely Republican challengers.

White House officials said it would have been more politically savvy to let Republicans go on questioning his birth certificate, since doing so was likely to appeal only to conservatives whose votes Mr. Obama is not likely to win in 2012 anyway.

Panetta, Petraeus in line for top security posts

BY ELISABETH BUMILLER AND MARK LANDLER THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to reshuffle his national security team this week, naming Leon E. Panetta, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, as defense secretary and Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, as director of the C.I.A., administration officials said Wednesday.

The appointments, set in motion by the impending retirement of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, are the most significant realignment yet in Mr. Obama’s war council.

They could have far-reaching implications for the American strategy in Afghanistan, as well as for its troubled relations with Pakistan.

General Petraeus is a leading advocate of the ambitious counterinsurgency strategy in

Leon E. Panetta, left, and Gen. David H. Petraeus (Left, Stephen Crowley/The New York Times; Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)

Afghanistan, which seeks to build up that country’s political and administrative institutions. Mr. Panetta is viewed as favoring a more limited approach, focused on counterterrorism operations. At the C.I.A., he has overseen clandestine drone strikes in Pakistan, which have been a recurring source of tension between the United States and

the Pakistani government.

With Mr. Gates expected to step down this summer, the changes in Mr. Obama’s national security team have long been expected. The White House declined to confirm the changes on Wednesday, but officials said Mr. Obama planned to introduce his new lineup on Thursday.

Mr. Panetta’s move to the

Pentagon comes at a time when the military’s budget will be on the chopping block.

Mr. Obama will rely on Mr. Panetta, a respected Democratic Party player and onetime head of the White House budget office, to find hundreds of billions of dollars that can be cut from the Pentagon budget to meet the president’s pledge to reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion in the next 12 years.

The military will face more changes at the top. The term of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, who, like Mr. Gates, was appointed by President George W. Bush, expires at the end of September. And Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg has said he would leave to take an academic job, removing one of the key players in Mr. Obama’s efforts to manage China’s rise.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Thursday, April 28, 2011— Page 3

Charter change results in loss of council seat SEAT from page one

“I am disappointed. I would like to be able to continue the work I am doing, and I will. I haven't totally discounted running for mayor, but I haven't thought much about it either,” she said.

State Rep. Ben Chipman, I-Portland, sat on the charter commission in 2009 when the elected mayor framework was created. He said commissioners debated several options but ultimately settled on a plan that would eliminate one at-large seat to make room for the mayor.

“It was the decision of the charter commission that seat wouldn't exist anymore,” he said. “Basically we decided to have it be the (at large) seat that came up the year the mayor became elected, and that happened to be Dory, and that was the decision of the charter commission.”

Waxman, a longtime neighborhood activist, was

elected to her first three-year term on the city council in 2008. She defeated then-mayor and fellow Democrat Ed Suslovic in a contentious four-way race.

Last fall, Suslovic returned to the city council after winning the District 3 seat vacated by Dan Skolnik.

That means Waxman, who lives in District 3, a large district that includes the Libbytown, Stroudwater, Rosemont and Oakdale neighborhoods, could not challenge Suslovic for the district seat until 2013.

Mayor Nick Mavodones is the only at-large city councilor up for re-election next year.

District 4 Councilor Cheryl Leeman and District 5 Councilor John Coyne are up for re-election this year.

Things could change if one of the sitting at-large city councilors is elected mayor. In that scenario, a special election would be held shortly after the November election to fill the seat.

“I know it was a difficult decision for (the charter commission), but I was a little taken aback that it played out the way it did with a special election coming up, that is going to cost the city money, if one of the at-large councilors actually runs and wins,” Waxman said.

Thus far, District 2 Councilor Dave Marshall is the only sitting city council to announce a bid for mayor. In a recent email, Councilor Jill Duson said she is “strongly considering” a mayoral run as “one of several options.”

Recent speculation in some political circles that Duson had accepted a job in Washington, D.C. and was planning to leave the council, which would have opened up a seat for Waxman to pursue, are “just a rumor,” Duson said.

Casey Conley can be reached at casey@portlanddailysun.me, or 699-5815.

Car strikes East End building, bursts into flames

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Portland Police were searching yesterday for the driver of a Jeep sportutility vehicle that struck an East End office building and burst into flames early Wednesday.

As of yesterday afternoon, a spokesperson for the police department’s traffic division said no arrests were made in connection with the wreck, which occurred at about 1 a.m. at 30 Fore St., a part of the Portland Company marine complex.

Police declined to elaborate on the incident, citing the need to protect the open investigation.

Phin Sprague, owner of Portland Company, said he got a call around 1 a.m. saying the building had been hit.

By the time he got there, the fire was already put out and a tow truck was en route to remove the Jeep, which destroyed a large shrub but did not seriously damage the brick building.

“It hit the telephone pole then hit

the building,” Sprague said. Asked to describe the damage, Sprague said, “It took a brick out, and ran over a shrub.

That’s all, as far as I know.”

The car struck a part of the office building used by Navigator Publishing, which produces Professional Mariner and Ocean Navigator magazines, according to the company's website.

Tire tracks were visible at the scene Wednesday afternoon, from where the car jumped the curb to where it came to rest in the bush. Broken glass and plastic were strewn about the area.

Sprague was told that the driver fled the area before officers arrived.

“I don’t like the thought of people incapacitated driving around the highways at night,” he said. “They had to be on drugs or incapacitated because they did not want to meet police.” He added, “The lady is on the lam.”

Portland Police referred questions to its hit-and-run investigator, who did not return a phone call seeking comment.

LEFT: A Jeep sport-utility vehicle struck this East End office building and burst into flames early Wednesday. Debris from the wreck site is shown.

(CASEY CONLEY PHOTO)

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Artist guilty of defacement of public property, writer says Editor, When is art not art? The answer ... when it is an act of vandalism. Recently, one Portland “artist” has decided to place his artwork on stickers and put these stickers all over town. On a recent walk around town, I photographed over 125 acts of defacement of not only public property but private property and other artists’ work.

This artist is no better than a teen with a spraypaint can or Sharpie marker. In hundreds of places, he has put stickers on all manner of stuff. Fire call boxes, lamp posts, public safety signage, telephones, even this paper’s news boxes. Nothing is safe from his attention seeking. I photographed his handiwork at City Hall, the county courthouse ... even outside the police department and insdie of the Jewelry Box bus stop on Congress Street.

I am a fan of street art but to deface so many places (I estimate that he has put stickers at over 300 locations) is just wrong. This artist used stickers that have metal backing and laminated fronts that are not bio-degradable and are meant to last for years ... weatherproof. This is willful and knowing what he is doing.

I hope the city fines him and revokes his business license. This type of “art” adds to urban blight and just makes Portland look bad. In his words: “Arise, boycott his work.”

Rob Waterman Portland (Editor’s note: The letter writer attached a piece of paper labeled “Tattoo artist, Watson Atkinson, with images of the “Trust Watson ...” sticker.) see LETTERS page 5

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Governor: Thank the ‘dingbats’ for obstruction Last week, during one of the “capital for a day” sessions, Gov. Paul LePage went all bug-nutty again.

In comment about the recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court review of the Plum Creek/Land Use Regulatory Commission lawsuit, he tossed out this gem.

“We should not have a system where it takes you five years to have, get, obtain a permit for a project and have some dingbat file [an] erroneous lawsuit that is not gonna go anywheres except do one thing: Delay. Delay, Delay, Delay.”

Paul (and I’m calling you Paul here since we’re all friendly, since you tossed Dan Demeritt to the wolves a few turns back), Thank Them. Thank the “Dingbats.”

Lets go back over the timeline, so I can explain to you why. Plum Creek Development Company filed their initial permit application way back in 2005. You scoff at an almost six-year process of delay before the first foundation for over 100 houses has been laid.

Chuckles, that’s nothing in these parts. The replacement of the “Million Dollar Bridge”

Bob Higgins ––––– Daily Sun Columnist here in Portland was yapped about and delayed for almost 25 years. Portland has been talking about a convention center since the early 1980’s. The proposed Greater Portland Business Park has been languishing since that Federal Matching Grant money check for $660k came in in 2009.

Things happen slow here. Get used to it.

Assume for a second there was a two-year delay from the start of the initial project. Construction would have begun, they would have been about halfway through phase two of the project. Some of the first houses would have been sold, the second set of houses under construction, and a funny thing would have happened.

That would have been about the time that the national housing bubble popped. Suddenly, Plum

Creek would have had to default, the state most likely ending up carrying the loans. Then add in all the construction workers out of work, who just wanted to finish the job.

Toss in a few homeowners, you know, those rich out-of-state types. They bought the houses for the scenic vista. Now, they own property they have to sell, except there is no market for it.

Take a local municipality, that was not only counting on all those new folks moving in, but had “borrowed” money from themselves to pay for “infrastructure improvements.” They would be looking to the Governor’s office for a big fat hefty check or bailout.

Though you didn’t name him, all of the eyes of the press turned to Jym St. Pierre of “RESTORE: The North Woods” fame as the target of your dingbat comment. His group has been fighting against the project from its inception.

His reaction? “Gov. LePage seems confused about the administrative process. It was not conservation or citizen groups that delayed the Plum Creek project. see HIGGINS page 5

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Between torment and happiness April is the cruelest month for Chrissy Lee Polis.

The 22-year-old stopped by the Rosedale, Md., McDonald’s, just east of Baltimore, last week.

Two patrons, an 18-year-old woman named Teonna Monae Brown and a 14-year-old girl, seemed to come out of nowhere and began ferally assaulting Polis.

The savage pair may have been disturbed at the prospect that Polis was transgender. “They said, ‘That’s a dude. That’s a dude. And she’s in the female bathroom,’ ” Polis told The Baltimore Sun. The attackers spit on her, threw her on the floor, kicked her in the face and back, punched her in the nose, ripped her earrings out of her earlobes, dragged her by her hair across the restaurant and only stopped when she began to have an epileptic seizure and an older woman in a white track suit intervened.

A McDonald’s employee, who captured it all on his cellphone, was fired after his video went viral on YouTube.

“They all sat there and watched,” Polis told The Sun in a poignant video interview. “I think it’s a shame that people of my preference, I don’t care if you dress like a guy or a girl or anything, I feel like people should not have to be afraid to go out of their house.”

With long brown hair, a slender frame, a feminine manner and a Bal-

Maureen Dowd ––––– The New York Times timore accent, Polis said her family had told her that she did not need to explain herself, that she should “be who you are and go as you are.”

But people at parties sometimes want to fight her. “I have been raped before, too, because of who I am,” she said, adding: “It’s bringing me down, slowly but surely down.”

The suspects have been charged with assault and the Baltimore County state’s attorney office is determining whether it classifies as a hate crime.

A week before the attack, Maryland’s Senate shelved a measure extending anti-discrimination protections to people who openly change their gender identity even though, as The Sun editorialized, “It would have sent a powerful signal that transgender people are not fair game for bigots.”

A rally against transgender violence at the Rosedale McDonald’s on Monday night featured Polis’s mother, grandmother and a crowd of 300, singing “We Shall Overcome.”

Chrissy, no doubt afraid, stayed home. Her mother, Renee Carr, told

The Washington Blade, a gay newspaper, that she supported her daughter “100 percent” and added: “I even carried her pocketbook on the way to the bus stop as a kid.”

Renée Richards’s father never talked to her about her sex change, but he did once chase after her in his car to bring her a purse she’d forgotten.

An early icon for the transgender community, Richards is the subject of Eric Drath’s ESPN documentary playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.

“Renée” recounts the painful transformation of Dr. Richard Raskind, a Yale-educated ophthalmologist who married a beautiful model and had a son, to Renée Richards, a competitor on the women’s professional tennis circuit.

In the mid-1970s, when I covered tennis, Renée Richards was a supremely strange phenomenon as the pro tennis and legal worlds hotly debated the fairness of a “he/she” competing against the likes of Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

(Richards later coached Navratilova, helping with a couple of her Wimbledon championships.)

As John McEnroe notes in the film: “I was weirded out just watching her from a distance.”

David Israel, a sports columnist on The Washington Star with me, wrote mordantly at the time: “Renée Richards proves that in sports the legs don’t always go first.”

The tall and muscular yet girly

Richards — she once wrote that she swaggered and jiggled — won her fight to compete. But because she was in her 40s and softened with estrogen, she did not mow down all the younger competition.

Now 76, still practicing at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and living in Carmel in upstate New York, Richards has traded tennis for golf because it’s easier on her creaky knees.

The wraithlike doctor now surprisingly contends that it’s not fair for transsexuals to play professional sports “because it’s not a level playing field.”

“Maybe in the last analysis,” she said, “maybe not even I should have been allowed to play on the women’s tour.”

(She also told The Times’s Joyce Wadler in 2007 that marriage should be between a man and a woman, noting: “It’s like a female plug and an electrical outlet.”)

In the documentary, her scarred son, Nick, describes Richards, who found great loves with women as a man but not men as a woman, as being “at a place in between torment and happiness.”

As Richards herself describes her melancholy odyssey through limbo: “I wanted to be a man or I wanted to be a woman. I didn’t want to be a trans in the middle of something, a third sex or something that’s crazy and freakish and not real.”

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Governor is premature by celebrating mural victory Editor, Judge John Woodcock’s decision to deny a temporary restraining order in the Maine Labor History Mural case came as no surprise. Judge Woodcock noted during oral arguments that federal courts are reluctant to interfere in state affairs and that he was inclined “to allow the status quo to exist while a more ordered and thorough process is completed.”

Though Gov. LePage declared to a handful of his supporters that “We won,” his claim of victory is as premature as Pres. Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech in 2003, during which he declared victory in a war that rages on eight years later.

According to arts professional and activist Edgar Beem, “We won the moment the US DoL put in writ-

ing that LePage was out of order with the terms of the federal funding when he seized the mural. We won the moment Taylor stated publicly that LePage had not consulted her – as required by her business contract – when he seized the mural. The injunctions before Judge Woodcock are simply about the disposition of the mural and what happens next.”

Contrary to what the governor seems to believe, Judge Woodcock did not “throw the case out.” He simply and predictably denied a temporary restraining order seeking to restore the mural. The legal and moral fight for justice in the mural censorship case will continue.

Still to be answered are the U.S. Department of Labor’s demand for the mural to be re-hung (or the Reed Act funds that paid for the mural returned), the issue of LePage’s breaching the artist contract and whether the LePage administration violated the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990.

As well, if Woodcock orders the LePage administration to allow members of the public to check

on the disposition of the mural and either LePage refuses or the mural is damaged, there will be serious legal consequences.

As Judge Woodcock himself points out in his decision, “Maine’s political leaders are ultimately responsible to the electorate.” Who ultimately wins the battle over the Maine Labor History Mural may not be decided until the next gubernatorial election.

According to activist Joan Braun, “We have already been proven right in the court of public opinion, but we do not intend to wait four years for justice.”

MURAL (Mainers United for the Rights of Art & Labor) Natasha Mayers Lee Sharkey Joan Braun Julieanne Reed Edgar Beem Dan Kany Robert Shetterly

Governor, you should be grateful for those who stood in the way HIGGINS from page 4

The delays were caused by endless changes that were made to the proposal, first by Plum Creek and later by LURC.” Of course, he neglects to mention that most of those changes were made in response to legal challenges by his group, or by suggestions at neighborhood meetings.

This all bubbled to the surface as a result of the Maine Supreme Curt decision last week sending the permits back to LURC. According to a statement

released by the AG’s office, “The Court found that LURC commissioners needed to hold an additional adjudicatory hearing on the proposal before finally acting on it. The decision remanded the LURC decision and ordered further proceedings.”

Before we get all name slinging, read that again.

Have one more meeting, THEN you are done. The AG’s office has filed a notice of appeal. By the time that is even heard, you could have had that meeting and been done with it, without all the brouhaha about flapping lips and having your foot in your mouth.

Quite frankly, I think you should be thankful for

those that you have labelled “dingbats.” They keep the state and city governments from jumping headfirst into the open empty sewerage pool of publicly funded projects. They keep businesses from promising the moon, but only delivering an incoming meteor that destroys all around the impact area.

I get the Governor’s point. But maybe he doesn’t get it. Thank those that you would call dingbats.

They just saved you a world of grief.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Portland Daily Sun.)

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Rail, METRO efforts to boost trains, buses Advocates say regional planning could curb cars, promote transit

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

When nearly 57 percent of peninsula commuters drive solo with no passengers in their vehicles, the accumulation of cars can slow down the METRO buses that lumber along Congress Street and tangle up outlying streets.

A proposed Bus Priority Corridor would limit those drivers by giving buses preference on a stretch of Congress from the intersection with State Street to the intersection with Franklin Street.

Meanwhile, a Portland legislator's study of commuter rail as an alternative to driving in and out of Portland is facing a public hearing today in the Maine Legislature.

"A lot of folks are frustrated with all the traffic congestion," said Rep. Ben Chipman, I-Portland, who received a vote of support for his legislation from the Portland City Council Monday. Councilors by a 6-1 vote backed L.D. 1330, Chipman's bill that establishes a task force to study commuter rail service.

Chipman, who represents District 119, which includes Portland’s Parkside, Bayside and East Bayside neighborChipman hoods, wants to see how passenger rail service would work in the suburbs west as far as Windham, north as far as Yarmouth or Brunswick and south as far as Saco and Biddeford.

A public hearing on the bill is scheduled at 1 p.m. today in front of the Transportation Committee in room 126 at the State House.

"I see rail as a way to get people in and out of the city," Chipman said.

Yesterday, the city took its own steps to ease traffic congestion by leading a walking tour of Congress Street and the proposed Bus Priority Corridor.

The Bus Priority Corridor would potentially run from the intersection with State Street to the intersection with Franklin Street and would seek to improve mobility, speed up transit operations and improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, according to

A METRO bus pauses to pick up passengers on Congress Street. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

a city press release.

"The purpose of the walking tour is just to let people orient to the corridor itself and to understand how some of the physical and functional changes may look and feel on the street," said Bill Needelman, senior city planner.

The Bus Priority Corridor is a recommendation of the recent Portland Peninsula Transit Study, adopted by the city in 2009.

METRO, which operates 17 buses on eight fixed routes, faces "significant delays on Congress as the result of personal and commercial traffic, crossing pedestrians and blocked bus stops," according to the city's Peninsula Transit Study.

The study offered ideas, such as a transit mall like that created in Portland, Ore. This is where

A public hearing on legislation to form a commuter rail task force is scheduled for 1 p.m. today in front of the Transportation Committee in room 126 at the State House bus-only corridors restrict motorists. "While transit operations on this corridor are excellent, local businesses fronting the corridor have generally suffered from a lack of vehicular access, compromising the streetscape environment for passing pedestrians and waiting transit riders," the study cautioned. see next page

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“Effective immediately all further press inquiries and information releases will be under the authority of the New Hampshire Attorney General's office,” Lt. Chris Perley said in an email to reporters around noon.

For most of the day, official spokespeople were unwilling to confirm the body had been found, but news of the discovery went out over the radio early Wednesday morning and police at the scene confirmed the report early on.

The pond where Dittmeyer was found is just north of Cranmore’s base lodge, several hundred yards away from the spot where Dittmeyer’s car was found

on Saturday with her infant daughter inside.

Police have been searching for Dittmeyer ever since, with national media following close behind.

Police scoured the nearby woods on Saturday and drained a retention pond at the base of the mountain on Monday, but they had not drained the Duck Pond.

Police had the area immediately around the pond closed off by 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, shortly after the call went out over the radio. By 10:30 a.m. State Police and Conway officers had restricted traffic to Skimobile Road and the fitness center. They closed off Old Bartlett Road entirely. More than a dozen news trucks from stations in Portland, Boston and Manchester waited in the dirt parking lot just

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A Department of Safety emergency services incident command truck arrived early in the afternoon, and about an hour later a Fish and Game Department dive team showed up. Around 5 p.m. a hearse arrived and left with a police escort.

Wednesday was the first time in days the Conway Police Department was unwilling to comment on the Dittmeyer case. Police had been holding daily press conferences to keep momentum going for the search and tips.

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The transit study suggested a "hybrid" operation that allows private and commercial vehicles to operate on the bus corridor, but with limited turning and duration of traffic by motorists. The Congress Street concept envisioned in the transit study called for no left turns onto or off of Congress Street except by buses.

While Needelman said the Bus Priority Corridor "has a specific scope to bus traffic on a certain section of Congress Street," Chipman said his commuter rail study could help city officials coordinate bus line schedules with commuter rail service.

After riding a train into Portland, "you'd be able to get on a bus and get to where you're going," Chipman said.

Under Chipman's legislation, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority would create a task force and report the task force's findings to the Maine Department of Transportation and the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than Dec. 31.

"I think Portland is big enough to support rail, it's got to be well thought out. The bill would bring stakeholders to the table," Chipman said.

Last year, Chipman was the only Portland legislator to attend a briefing given by the Route 113 Corridor Committee, Greater Portland Council of Governments, and the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission about reclaiming the Mountain Division line. Passenger service ceased on this rail line in 1959, and the last freight train ran in 1984. In the mid 1990s, a coalition, now known as the Mountain Division Alliance, formed to preserve the rail corridor for future use.

In 1997, the state was able to purchase the 40-mile section from South Windham to Fryeburg for the price of $1 million.

A statewide bond package passed by voters in June 2009 provided $4 million to refurbish the historic track.

The goal is to restore track from Cumberland Mills to at least South Windham that will support passenger rail speeds of up to 60 miles per hour.

With an estimated 15,000 families moving to suburban towns over the next 15 years, "getting the Mountain Division Line up and running can help us

“Balance means choices. And in Maine we have really one: to drive. So we make the unconscious choice everyday to buy petroleum from our enemies to support our habit. Transportation choices are about freedom. And the investments in transportation balance are about economic development. That’s why the now obsolete highway system was built.” — Eppich, transportation planner with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System attract families," Chipman said.

When people are spending $4 a gallon on gas, that money is going outside of the state and going for the most part out of the country," he said.

Both the rail study and the METRO analysis are "baby steps" toward weaning the Portland area off oil, according to Carl Eppich, transportation planner with the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, a metropolitan planning organization for the Portland region.

"My thoughts on both of these initiatives and transit and rail in general are that we need balance in our transportation system," he wrote in a message to The Portland Daily Sun. "Balance means choices. And in Maine we have really one: to drive.

So we make the unconscious choice everyday to buy petroleum from our enemies to support our habit.

Transportation choices are about freedom. And the investments in transportation balance are about economic development. That's why the now obsolete highway system was built."

Eppich said, "We need more accommodations for rail and transit to move Maine away from dependency on the car and foreign oil. The bill and Congress Street projects are baby steps in that direction.

If only our leaders would make bolder steps."

For a copy of the Portland Peninsula Transit Study, visit www.ci.portland.me.us/planning/peninsula.asp.

For more information about the Bus Priority Corridor, visit www.portlandmaine.gov/planning/congressstreetbus.asp.

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Two Paths Gallery (Editor’s note: Today The Portland Daily Sun introduces a feature, “In Frame,” which profiles galleries across Portland.)

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

LOCATION: 613A Congress Street HOURS: Wed.-Sat., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or by appointment

Based on its location, history and content, it would be easy to classify Congress Street’s Two Paths Gallery as a rock ‘n’ roll art gallery.

Nestled next to the newly restored State Theatre and former home of a legendary Portland record shop, the photography of Jeff Swanson stays dutifully on theme with photos from live concert events around Portland, landscapes and “whatever happens to be in front of me.”

“Right now, I’m really enjoying rock and roll stuff because a lot of people can relate to that,” said Swanson. “It also plays off the spirit of the space.”

Complementing the music photos and catering to a distinctly different crowd is the work of painter Jim Williams, who shares the cozy commercial space with Swason under the name Mainely Labs Studios.

“When Enterprise Records moved out two years ago, Jim had the idea of both of us teaming up and sharing the rent on one gallery space,” said Swanson. “We found that the gallery had this mojo since it use to be a vinyl rock and roll shop. We’re working toward getting a turntable and buying records from Enterprise so we can continue to play vinyl in here.”

The gallery’s name reflects both Swanson and Williams’ arrival in the art world after previous careers in disparate fields. “We were both late-blooming artists on our own different paths, him with paint, me with photography,” said Swanson.

Two Paths Gallery partners Jim Williams (left), painter of “Lab Art,” and Jeff Swanson of Portland-based photography, are located in the heart of the Arts District. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

The name is also a nod to the famous Robert Frost poem, and Led Zeppelin, too, while we’re at it. “You can go on and on. We were just kind of two old rock and roll guys brainstorming for ideas for a name, and both our paths have turned toward the world of art,” he said.

Swanson’s own photography has taken a live music focus as of late. Granted photo access to many of the live shows at Merrill Auditorium thanks to his day job, Swanson has been front and center for some of the biggest acts to roll through town.

“I play guitar and I always wanted to be the rock star, but I never could be. The closest I get to rock star is the photography, but I have a lot of musicians complimenting me,” he said.

Williams’ Mainely Labs has turned the tragic death of the artist’s dog into a professional fascination; his “lab art” features bold, colorful acrylic paintings of Labrador retrievers.

“Years ago he had a lab named Maddie that

passed away tragically. He always said he wanted to paint a picture, and eventually he came up with one that he really liked,” said Swanson.

“A lot of people were receptive to it, so he started doing more and more. It’s a cool kind of pop art thing and people who like labs absolutely love it,” he said.

Williams paints all his labs without eyes, a style choice that Swanson said is aimed at making the image more universal to the viewer. “They can relate to it, that’s why a lot of people enjoy it.”

Two Paths and a number of other galleries on the 600 block of Congress banded together to co-brand themselves as the State Theater Neighborhood Galleries two years ago.

“We’re trying to draw more people past High Street. We know there is much more beyond the museum, when you cross over High Street there are lots of funky galleries, restaurants, bars and cool stuff,” said Swanson.

With the theater space re-opened, Swanson said the galleries are hoping to receive a boost from patrons to the historic venue.

“I mean, the stage door is 10 feet away, we can usually hear the sound check. Hopefully when the nicer weather comes around, people will be making more of a day of coming into town for a show,” he said.

Swanson said owners of the State Theater Neighborhood Galleries will meet this Friday to discuss summer events, including a possible block party.

‘Made for Japan’ to aid quake victims DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Maine Potters Market, a co-operative gallery featuring fine pottery, handmade in Maine, announced that Susan Horowitz’s “Made for Japan” exhibit will benefit Japanese earthquake relief efforts.

“Made for Japan” is the next installment of Horowitz’s “Pots for a Cause” series in which special pieces are inspired, designed and sold for a particular cause. “Made for Japan” will benefit Japanese relief efforts from the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, the potters market reported. Horowitz’s “Made for Japan” window display and designated pieces will be featured at Maine Potters

Market, on 376 Fore St., from Monday, May 23 through Sunday, June 12.

Inspired by the work of Japanese potters Shoji Hamada and Soetsu Yanagi, Horowitz celebrates the traditions, crafts, resiliency and culture of the Japanese people. “Made in Japan” will feature vases for Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arranging, as well as Maneki Neko, or Lucky Cats. The vases have a pin frog, known in Japanese as kenzan, which make it easy to create simple yet elegant displays.

Maneki Neko have a long history in Japan, notes a press release about the event.

For additional information, contact the Maine Potters Market at 7741633 or mepots@maine.rr.com.

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SPORTS––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Thomas Hottovy warms up prior to an early-season game at Hadlock Field. The sidearm pitcher was forced into relief work in a 6-3 loss to Binghamton on Monday; on Tuesday, the Sea Dogs won 8-2, scoring their first victory of the season against the Mets in four tries.

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BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Today at noon, when the Portland Sea Dogs host the Binghamton Mets at Hadlock Field, Thomas Hottovy will keep his sidearm limber.

The only six-year Sea Dog in franchise history, Hottovy helped the team win its 2006 championship and is back this year with a new, potent sidearm delivery that flummoxes many batters.

Hottovy tallied a .192 average in four outings in April, pitching 10.2 innings and allowing one run with 13 strikeouts. He remains on hand in the bullpen, ready to take the field if a starter needs relief.

"You don't see many lefties doing it," Hottovy said of his sidearm pitching style.

"To me, developing into a sidearm pitcher wasn't as hard or as difficult as it may be for some other guys. Hitters don't really see it, it's a different look, lefties that throw upper 80s, 90s, are a dime a dozen, but you don't see many who throw from up here," he said.

Hottovy underwent Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery in 2008, and in July 2009, he returned to competition. Last year was his first full

season with the Sea Dogs; he started out with Portland and then played at Pawtucket at the Triple A level.

"This is part of my sixth season here, I've obviously really enjoyed coming back to Portland. I moved up pretty quickly to Portland, my rise through the system, then I had surgery and it took me awhile to get back," Hottovy said.

Hottovy was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the fourth round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Wichita State University. Initially a starting pitcher, Hottovy said he relishes his current role as a relief pitcher — something he did in college before being drafted.

"Coming back it was just a thing where I was going to be ready faster and could get more work out of the bullpen, and I've stayed there and loved it," he said.

"Now I am a strictly sidearm reliever, last year I was moving back and forth, so I was doing really good against lefties, but when righties would come up I was just having trouble walking a lot of guys, I wasn't consistent because I was trying to go back and forth," Hottovy explained. "Now I'm staying strictly one way, it's so much easier,

Pirates playoff games to be broadcast DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT The Portland Pirates, in conjunction with the Binghamton Senators and Time Warner Cable Sports, announced Wednesday that every game of the American Hockey League Atlantic Division Finals between the two teams will be televised live on Time Warner Cable Sports.

Game 2 is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

The games will be available to Time Warner Cable’s digital customers on channel 1000. A digital box will be required to view them. Some of the games will also be simulcast on TWCTV (channel 9, 20 or 21)

depending upon location, the Pirates announced.

Atlantic Division Final games are scheduled as follows: Game 1 was Wednesday night; Game 2, tonight, Binghamton at Portland, 7 p.m.; Game 3, Saturday, April 30, Portland at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.; Game 4, Monday, May 2, Portland at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.; Game 5 (if necessary), Tuesday, May 3, Portland at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.; Game 6 (if necessary), Friday, May 6, Binghamton at Portland, 7 p.m.; and Game 7 (if necessary), Saturday, May 7, Binghamton at Portland, 7 p.m.

For tickets, call 775-3458 or go online at www.portlandpirates.com.

and I have so much more control over my pitches."

Today at noon is the team's last home game for a while; the team goes on the road until May 6. Hottovy looks forward to a streak of solid outings.

"I'm still here, I'm still kicking it, and I'm just going to keep rolling," the 29-year-old said. "My wife's real supportive. I have an awesome family

back home. Obviously I'm here for a reason. So I've got to keep working, I've got to keep getting better, and my goal is to pitch in the big leagues and stay there for a while."

Meanwhile, Hottovy, whose home is in Parkville, Mo., has bigger things to look forward to this year.

"I have my first child on the way this summer," he said.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Like any good superhero, your true identity must be, at times, hidden. Only the ones on the very inside are trusted with the information about your enormous strength and power.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There is a buffer zone around you now, and you are careful to only include those who have proven themselves worthy of getting close to you. This is how you avoid distractions and accomplish what you need to do.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You have a powerful personal radar system that extends from your heart to the hearts of those around you. You don’t have to know a person well to recognize their pain. You’re part of the healing, too.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You will be assertive when you need to be, but mostly laid-back. You easily share yourself with others. This builds bonds that are enjoyable, effortless and a source of both pride and comfort.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have acted more sensibly than others in your family, and you will see the benefit of those choices now. You certainly don’t want to win at anyone else’s expense, but your victory will be noble.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 28). It’s a year of bright ideas and bold action.

You’ll connect in different social circles in May. A special relationship is touched with poetry and magic. You have a healing talent. You will be sensitive to the pain of others and could make money alleviating it. July and October bring financial good fortune. You share a connection with Scorpio and Aquarius.

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You’ll get busy exploring your world and suddenly realize that you are interested in so many things, it would be impossible for you to ever be bored.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Ask anyone who has risen to superstar status -- failing makes you a success.

You need the lessons so you can master the lessons. It is your mistakes you’ve learned from that give you the edge.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You have some good stories. Plus, you have anecdotes that people can really learn from. If you explain yourself well enough, you’ll never have to say, “I guess you had to be there.” So make the effort to really spell it out.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You cannot unlive what you have lived, but you can find another way to respond to it. You’ll take a judicious trip down memory lane, and it will be a little like cropping a picture and keeping the best parts of the image in frame.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Children, and immature adults, throw tantrums.

You are different. If you can’t do what you want, then keep your wits about you and look for new opportunities.

You’ll succeed with your sly, foxy ways.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Some of your thoughts are the same as yesterday and will repeat again tomorrow. There will be completely unique thoughts, too -- ones you will never think again. Capture them somehow so you will remember.

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Thursday, April 28, the 118th day of 2011. There are 247 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 28, 1789, the mutiny on HMS Bounty took place as the crew of the British ship set Capt. William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. (Bligh and most of the men with him managed to reach Timor in 47 days.)

On this date: In 1758, the fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was born in Westmoreland County, Va. In 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1817, the United States and Britain signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, which limited the number of naval vessels allowed in the Great Lakes.

In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.

In 1952, war with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Allied commander in Europe; he was succeeded by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.

In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army, the same day General William C. Westmoreland told Congress the U.S. “would prevail in Vietnam.”

In 1974, a federal jury in New York acquitted former Attorney General John Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans of charges in connection with a secret $200,000 contribution to President Richard Nixon’s re-election campaign from financier Robert Vesco.

In 1988, a flight attendant was killed and more than 60 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore off during a flight from Hilo (HEE’-loh) to Honolulu.

One year ago: Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was worse than officials had believed, and that the federal government was offering to help industry giant BP contain the slick threatening the U.S. shoreline.

Today’s Birthdays: Author Harper Lee is 85. Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III is 81. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 70. Actress Marcia Strassman is 63. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is 62. “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 61. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 59. Actress Mary McDonnell is 58. Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) is 58. Rapper Too Short is 45. Actress Simbi Khali is 40. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 40.

Actor Chris Young is 40. Rapper Big Gipp is 38. Actor Jorge Garcia is 38. Actress Elisabeth Rohm is 38. Actress Penelope Cruz is 37. Actress Jessica Alba is 30.

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– EVENTS CALENDAR––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Woodmans beautifully interweaves the young artist’s work (including experimental videos and diary passages) with interviews with the parents who have nurtured her professional reputation these past 30 years, while continuing to make art of their own in the face of tragedy. The film grapples with disturbing issues, among them: parent-child competition and the toxic level of ambition that fuels the New York art scene.” ” http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/ movies.php

Thursday, April 28 Bates College’s fourth Presidential Symposium noon to 5:30 p.m. The connections between diversity and learning will be explored in Bates College’s fourth Presidential Symposium at Chase Hall, 56 College Ave., Lewiston. Admission to the symposium, “ Recognizing Change, Preparing for the Future: Developing Partnerships for Academic Success” is free and open to the public. The keynote speech will be given at noon by Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, former vice president for education and institutional renewal and now senior scholar with the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The title of her talk is: “Making Excellence Inclusive Is an Educational Imperative.”

Portland Pirates in the Atlantic Division Finals 7 p.m. The Portland Pirates are competing in the Atlantic Division Finals against the Binghamton Senators. The slogan is Portland Pirates Playoff Hockey MISSION: 16W, powered by Time Warner Cable. Following is the Pirates Atlantic Division Finals Schedule, Best of Seven Series: Game 1 was Wednesday, April 27; Game 2: Thursday, April 28 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 3: Saturday, April 30 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 4: Monday, May 2 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday, May 3 at Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena, 7:05 p.m.; Game 6 (if necessary): Friday, May 6 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m.; Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday, May 7 at Cumberland County Civic Center, 7 p.m. http://www.portlandpirates.com/splash1.asp

Public hearings on budgets 5:30 p.m. The public will have one of several opportunities to voice their opinion on the Portland Public School system and the City of Portland’s municipal budget. Monday, May 2, the City Council will hold a public hearing for the municipal budget only and will vote on the school budget. The school budget will then be sent to the voters for a citywide vote Tuesday, May 10. The City Council will vote on the municipal budget May 16. Thursday, April 28, 5:30 p.m., Room 209: Finance Committee Public Hearing, public comment taken on city budget. Monday, May 2, 7 p.m., City Council Chambers: City Council Public Hearing for city budget only. Tuesday, May 10: Citywide vote on school budget. Visit the city’s website for the latest information on the budget process, www.portlandmaine.gov/financialreports.htm#FY12_Budget_Process.

The Journey Within at Mayo Street 7 p.m. The Journey Within: A performance by Anca Gooje at Mayo Street Arts. “Discover the fascinating world of Bharata Natyam, the most ancient style of Indian classical dance in a unique experience of self discovery. The performance is presented by Anca Gooje who choreographed and performed in India and Europe. Come and experience this mystical art form!” Tickets online and at the door: $10. http:nirananda.ticketleap.com/indiandance

‘Work It Up’ celebration 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Second Anniversary Celebration of Moving Maine Forward, One Business at a Time by “Work It Up” Organization: This nonprofit economic development organization is inviting owners, managers and human resources executives of Maine companies to join “Work It Up” members at this celebration of the more than 100,000 hours of volunteer professional services delivered to Maine businesses and nonprofit groups. There is no charge for attending. “Work It Up” will highlight the results experienced by the 15 firms that were selected as recipients of the organization’s $3 million Economic Stimulus Program.

New recipients of assistance from the Economic Stimulus Program will be announced. “Work It Up” is Maine’s fastest growing organization for working, non-working and underemployed professionals who volunteer to deliver business solutions and project-management services to small businesses, individual entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations. Portland Harbor Hotel, 468 Fore St., Portland.

Catherynne Valente at Longfellow Books 7 p.m. Catherynne Valente will share her newly released novel, “Deathless,” at Longfellow Books. “In her own words, Catherynne Valente is ‘drawn to feminine archetypes that previous generations have found threatening or dangerous: crones, oracles, madwomen, Amazons, virgins who aren’t helpless, bad mothers.’ Her new novel, ‘Deathless,’ brings to life Koschei the Deathless, the devilish villain representing the evils of the world through generations of Russian folklore. Valente transforms this traditional Russian fable with her modernized take, creating a story accessible to today’s readers. Joining actual twentieth century Russian history with her own version of Russia’s rich mythology, Deathless is a magical tale of love, death and revolution.”

Equal Time, Equal Value: Building Healthier Communities through Time Banking 7 p.m. Professor Ed Collom, Chair of Sociology at USM will be presenting “Equal Time, Equal Value: Building Healthier Communities through Time Banking” at the Hannaford Auditorium. “Across the globe, activists are creating their own local currencies or non-cash exchanges to complement national currencies. Community currency networks are ‘do-it-yourself’ groups, established with the intention of building social capital and making goods and services more accessible. This presentation will provide an overview of local currencies and an in-depth investigation of Time Banking. ... Light refreshments will be served and the event is free and open to the public at the USM Portland Campus inside the Abromson building with free parking in the garage attached to Abromson. The event is being presented by the University of Southern Maine Office of the Provost, Research Administration and the Office of Sponsored Programs and is the First Annual Provost’s Research Fellowship Presentation.”

Friday, April 29 Community Development Block Grants week continues with walk on the Bayside Trail 10 a.m. This week, the City of Portland is commemorating National Community Development Week with a series of events highlighting “projects that have helped make Portland

In Maine Roller Derby action, the Calamity Janes suffered a loss in their first bout of the 2011 season against Boston’s B Party, April 3 at Happy Wheels. Next month, the Calamity Janes will compete on Saturday, May 14 at the Portland Expo. Here, Jennifer Kruszewski enjoys the spectacle. (Photo by Johanna Bobrow) a livable community. National Community Development week provides the city an opportunity to draw attention to the many positive impacts generated by both CDBG funds and the HOME Investment Partnership program from the construction of the Bayside trail, to community policing efforts, to the rehabilitation and first time homebuyer programs. All events are free and open to the public where one lucky attendee will receive a gift card from Hot Suppa!.

Light refreshments provided by Local Sprouts will be served. Both Hot Suppa! and Local Sprouts are small local businesses that have received CDBG funding. On Friday at 10 a.m., residents are invited to join staff for a walk along the Bayside Trail. The trail was designed to re-imagine the area, stimulate economic development and build a welcoming and safe neighborhood for residents and local businesses.

The one-mile trail has transformed a 13.2-acre corridor that runs parallel to Marginal Way through the Bayside Neighborhood into a ribbon of green that will connect the Eastern Prom with Deering Oaks Park. The $2.3 million trail was funded in part by a $100,000 CDBG grant and helped the city reclaim and decontaminate a prominent brownfield for recreational use in the downtown.” Meet at front steps, City Hall.

Happy Trails Big Bash and Silent Auction 5:30 p.m. Portland Trails, a nonprofit urban land trust dedicated to building a network of multi-use trails in the Greater Portland area, will hold its silent auction at The Portland Club. http://www.trails.org

Words & Images 2011: Resurgam Book Release Party 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The launch for the forty-first publication Words & Images will feature Kate Cheney Chappell, Adrian Blevins, and an exclusive reading by bestselling author Andre Dubus III from his recent release Townie: A Memoir.

There will be a cash bar, free hors d’ouerves, and live music from 8-9 p.m. by Olas, a Portland-based flamenco-inspired band. The event is free and open to the public. Words & Images 2011:Resurgam is the latest issue from Words and Images, a student-produced publication from the University of Southern Maine. Talbot Lecture Hall in Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland Campus, 92 Bedford St.

‘The Woodmans’ 6:30 p.m. “The Woodmans” screens at Movies at the Museum at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, April 29, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 30, 2 p.m.; Sunday, May 1, 2 p.m.

NR. “Francesca Woodman’s haunting black-and-white images, many of them nude self-portraits, now reside in the pantheon of great photography from the late 20th century.

The daughter of artists Betty and George Woodman (she a ceramicist and he a painter/photographer), Francesca was a precocious RISD graduate, who came to New York with the intention of setting the art world on fire. But in 1981, as a despondent 22-year-old, she committed suicide. The

Benefit for Brunswick fire victims 7 p.m. The Theater Project’s Young Company has organized a benefit for the victims of the recent fire at 45 Maine St. in Brunswick.Local teens from Brunswick and Topsham will perform at The Theater Project (14 School St.) to help raise money. Tickets will be $5, general admission, available at the door. All proceeds will be donated. The Theater Project is a 501(c)(3). Contact the box office at 729-8584.

Maine Playwrights Festival marathon evening 7:30 p.m. Acorn Productions, a nonprofit art presented located in the Dana Warp Mill, announces the complete line-up for the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival (MPF), the company’s annual celebration of the work of local theater artists. The month-long festival begins in early April with staged readings of two full-length plays.

Later in the month, the MPF moves to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, where 10 short plays will be presented in two evenings of rotating repertory between April 14 to 29. Each evening of plays will be presented four times, along with a special marathon evening on Friday, April 29 on which all 10 plays will be performed beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the 10th annual Maine Playwrights Festival are $16 for adults, $14 for students and seniors. The MPF culminates with the second annual 24-Hour Portland Theater Project, which features directors from five different area companies. The 24-Hour Portland Theater Project will have two performances at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on the St. Lawrence Stage on Saturday, April 30. Entrance to the 24-Hour Portland Theater Project festival is $8. The 10 playwrights whose short plays have been selected for the MPF are all Maine residents hailing from a variety of communities throughout the state: Marie Coyle (Portland), Larry Crane (Southport), Lynne Cullen (Yarmouth), Shannara Gillman (Seal Harbor), Kathy Hooke (Portland), Michael Kimball (Cape Neddick), Cullen McGough (Portland), Jefferson Navicky (Portland), Isabel Sterne (Cape Elizabeth), Michael Tooher (Portland). This year’s short plays will be directed by Karen Ball, Laura Graham, Michael Levine, Stephanie Ross, and Tess Van Horn. www.acorn-productions.org or 854-0065

DudeFest 2011 (‘The Big Lebowski’) 8 p.m. One Longfellow Square welcomes fans of the movie, “The Big Lebowski.” “The Dude abides over One Longfellow Square for a night of mayhem featuring a screening of the Coen Brothers’ ‘The Big Lebowski.’”

With live music from the film performed by The Little Lebowski Under Achievers around 10 p.m. and a Costume Contest! The Little Lebowski Under Achievers features Matt Shipman and Steve Roy of The Stowaways! Sign up for the Costume Contest at the show —ticket required to participate. Judges will be chosen ahead from a selection of local “Dudes.” White Russians on special all night, and wear a bathrobe for $3 tickets at the door! “Half-price tickets if you come in a bathrobe but only if there are any tickets left!” http://www.onelongfellowsquare.com/Details. asp?ProdID=1111 see next page

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Saturday, April 30 Feathers over Freeport 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, April 30-May 1, Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport; park admission: $3, adults; $1.50, children, ages 5-11; all others free. “Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend” will highlight special birding opportunities in the greater Freeport area, featuring top Maine experts, plus hikes, workshops and other activities for people of all abilities and interests at two locations — Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, according to event organizers. Sponsored by the Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) and the Freeport Wild Bird Supply, organizers hope it will become an annual event showcasing the special natural resources of the area, including the annual Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch and the annual return of nesting osprey at Wolfe’s Neck Woods.

Meeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park 7:30 a.m. The 11th annual meeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park will be held at the Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street in Augusta. Prior to the meeting, there will be a birdwalk led by expert birders Jay Adams and Ted Allen at 7:30 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., coffee and muffins will be available and books and art pertaining to Baxter State Park and Katahdin will be on display. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is Earle G. Shuttleworth Jr., Maine State Historian, who will talk about his personal recollections of former Governor Percival P. Baxter. The meeting also includes a report on the “State of the Park” by Park Director Jensen Bissell, the election of new directors to the Friends of Baxter State Park board, and a musical performance by Rosalea Kimball of the rare “Katahdin Waltz,” composed in 1855. After lunch, participants may choose to go on a guided hike at the Bond Brook Recreation Area in Augusta or on a Woods Walk at Wilson Pond in Wayne.

For more information, contact Barbara Bentley, 763-3014, barbarabentley@tidewater.net.

Drug Take-Back program at ecomaine 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regional waste manager ecomaine will be a host site for the U..S Drug Enforcement Administration’s free Drug Take-Back program. DEA’s Maine Resident Agent in Charge Michael Wardrop said the program is offered, “so that everyone can rid their medicine cabinets and care facilities of those potentially harmful medications which impact our public safety, personal well being and clean environment.” The ecomaine site is in Portland at 64 Blueberry Road, just on the other side of the Maine Turnpike from UNUM. Troop G of the Maine State Police will be at ecomaine as individuals drive up to drop them off any quantity of unwanted drugs. Large quantities from institutional use are welcome, as well as small quantities from individuals. Last year’s Drug Take-Back Day in Maine netted 7,820 pounds of prescription drugs. Also at the Public Works Recycling Center at 271 Hill St., Biddeford; Community Center on Franklin Street in Saco; new police station at 16 E. Emerson Cummings Blvd., Old Orchard; Goodwin Mills Fire Station, Lyman; Kennebunk High School; Kennebunkport Police Station on Route 9; and the Rite-Aid and Hannaford in Buxton. www.ecomaine.org or www.deadiversion. usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html

Drug take-back day in Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement Administration and Portland Police Department’s Drug Take Back Initiative will occur this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The three Portland PD sites will be at 290 Congress St., 713 Congress St., and University of New England’s College of Pharmacy on Steven’s Ave. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portland-Maine-Police-Department/121900037821056?

Drug take-back day in South Portland 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “The South Portland Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to the South Portland Community Center, 21 Nelson Road, or the Community Partnership for Protecting Children (CPPC) HUB trailer, 580 Westbrook Street. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners. The South Portland Police Department hosted two drug takeback dates in 2010; one in conjunction with the DEA, and a second in concert with the Cape Elizabeth Police Department and the South Portland Community Advocates for Social Action (SPCASA). Those

This weekend, “Feathers over Freeport: A Birdwatching Weekend” will highlight special birding opportunities in the greater Freeport area, featuring top Maine experts, plus hikes, workshops and other activities for people of all abilities and interests at two locations — Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal and Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport. (FILE PHOTO) local events netted over 280 pounds of prescription drugs.”

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Meet the Artists: The Family Gallery Talk

‘Dancing with the Community’

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. “Enjoy a very special time in the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial for families with exhibiting artists Alisha Gould, Carly Glovinski, and Alicia Eggert. We love to talk as families and invite artists to join in our conversation. The artists will share tools and experiments and other parts of the art-making process that are usually left behind in the artists’ studio! The art on the wall will ‘speak to you’ with your help! All children must be accompanied by an adult.”

6:30 p.m. South Portland Recreation teamed up with local dance studios to put on a benefit dinner/dance similar to “Dancing with the Stars.” The benefit dance will feature local celebrities dancing with local area dance instructors for a competition like the popular show, “Dancing with the Stars.” Participants are Kevin Scott, 2010 gubernatorial candidate, with Ann Smith; Jill Duson, former mayor, with Sergei Slussky; Robert Lynch, a local chiropractor, with Johanna Welch; Barbara Joyce, Italian Heritage Center first lady, with John Davis; and Verne Weisberg with Elizabeth Richards. Special showcase presentations by Christian Clayton and Polina Kirillova, professional ballroom dancers, and Joe Cupo and Patty Medina, last year’s “Dancing with the Community” winners. Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland; doors open at 6 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door. Call 767-2650 or go to the South Portland Recreation Department at 21 Nelson Road, South Portland.

Community Dog Show at The Woods at Canco 11 a.m. The Woods at Canco retirement community, located at 257 Canco Road in Portland, is hosting its fourth annual Community Dog Show. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories such as “Best Dressed,” “Best Trick” and “Mirror Image Award.” Light refreshments will be provided for people and pups. The public is invited to attend and donations will be collected for the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland, in honor of Animal Cruelty Prevention Month. For their current wish list, visit www.arlgp.org. To learn more about the fourth annual Community Dog Show, please call The Woods at Canco at 772-4777.

MAMM SLAM Finals noon to 6 p.m. After two days worth of high energy performances at Empire Dine & Dance over the April 2 weekend, the Maine Academy of Modern Music and the Portland Music Foundation announced the MAMM SLAM Finalists: The Modest Proposal (Freeport HS); Finding Perfection (Scarborough HS); The Twisted Truth (Portland HS, Casco Bay HS, South Portland HS); Dusty Grooves (Cheverus High School HS); Crossed Out (Gorham HS); Wildcard Band: Midnite Haze (Telstar High School/Bethel HS). Five of the bands were selected to move on to the Final Round by a panel of judges that was comprised of professionals recruited from the local music community by the Portland Music Foundation. A sixth Wildcard Band was selected by an online poll held by MaineToday.com. The Port City Music Hall will play host to the MAMM SLAM Finals on Saturday, April 30, where the six bands will compete for the title of Best High School Band in Maine.

Cheverus High School auction 6 p.m. The 25th annual Cheverus High School auction, Guys and Molls, will be held at Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave. “We are turning back the clock to the excitement of the Roaring 20’s: jazz, flappers, the Charleston, gangsters and G-men … Rumor has it that Cheverus now has a speakeasy, and that the ‘Holy Moly Club’ will be hopping with our famous live auction! Come and join in the merry mayhem and see for yourself!” 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., The Speakeasy: Silent Auction; 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Club Holy Moly: Dinner and Dessert; 8:30 p.m., Live Auction Mayhem! Tickets are $50 per person and will benefit the Cheverus Scholarship Fund. For more information visit

Salt River benefits Peace Action Maine 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Salt River will thrill the audience with their folk music and much more.” At the Sacred Heart Catholic Church located at 80 Sherman St. in Portland. Donations benefit Peace Action Maine. Suggested donations at the door $15 [sliding scale]. For more information, call Sally Breen at 892-8391 or e-mail sallybreen@roadrunner.com

WMPG’s seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit 7:30 p.m. WMPG announces the seventh annual Fashion Show Benefit at PULSE on Spring Street in Westbrook.

WMPG’s celebration of local fashion designers, A Night of Fashion, Entertainment and Community Fashion Show Highlights, opens its doors at 7 p.m., with 7:30 p.m. preshow entertainment with Dark Follies; 8 p.m. The 2011 WMPG Fashion Show; music by DJ Corbin; 9 p.m. Meet & Greet Designers and Models; 9:30 p.m. Dance Party — closing. Music by DJ (Stuck in the 80’s) Ron. Tickets available online at www.WMPG.org. VIP reserved seating $20; general admission $10; students with ID $5.

Lewiston! Cabaret 7:30 p.m. Lewiston! Cabaret illuminates the stage of the Franco-American Heritage Center’s beautiful new Heritage Hall, featuring a wide array of stage performers young and old assembled for one night of great entertainment by Lewiston’s ever-popular Cabaret host Louis Philippe. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by calling 689-2000 or in person.

Contra Dance at COA 7:30 p.m. Contra Dance with Big Moose Contra Dance Band and caller Chrissy Fowler in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Center, 105 Eden St., Bar Harbor. Lessons at 7:30 p.m., Dance begins at 8 p.m. $6. Children free. www.coa. edu or 288-5015. see next page

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Two officials resign from LePage administration

FAA administrator to tour Portland International Jetport improvements

The commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that he will be stepping down after conflict-of-interest questions were raised by the state’s Attorney General, according to the Portland Press Herald.

Former MDEP commissioner Darryl Brown has accepted an appointment as director of the State Planning Office, said the Press Herald.

Economic Development Commissioner Phil Congdon resigned Wednesday regarding disparaging comments he made about affirmative action and the parenting skills of people in Aroostook County, saying that people who live in northern Maine need to “get off the reservation” according to the Press Herald.

Phil Congdon, who was confirmed by the state Senate in January, made those comments during a chamber of commerce event in Caribou and a meeting in Presque Isle on April 1, according to several sources.

Brown’s announcement that he was stepping down came following a letter Attorney General William Schneider sent to Brown saying income from his business, Main-Land Development Consultants Inc., could create a conflict under state and federal law, the Press Herald reported.

If Brown couldn’t produce documents showing the absence of a conflict, Schneider said he’s unqualified to serve, but Brown said making such documents public could hurt Brown’s business, which consults for companies on issues of land use, said the Press Herald.

An Federal Aviation Administration administrator will meet with the city’s airport director on Friday to discuss progress on construction of the Portland International Jetport’s $3 million geothermal heating system, according to a press release from the city.

Associate Administrator for Airports Christa Fornarotto and Jetport director Paul H. Bradbury will discuss the geothermal heating project, which is funded in part by a $2.5 million Federal Aviation Administration’s Voluntary Airport Low-Emissions grant, according to a news release.

The geothermal system will tap the earth’s heat during the winter and cool air during the summer to help regulate the temperature of the new terminal and is expected to reduce the jetport’s oil consumption by more than 50,000 gallons a year.

Immediately following the press conference, Bradbury will guide Fornarotto and attendees on a tour of the new terminal and geothermal heating system, the press release stated.

Currently the largest construction project in the state, the Portland International Jetport is engaged in a $75 million terminal expansion, which will add 137,000 square feet of space to the existing terminal, create three new passenger gates, double the number of security screening checkpoint lanes, add an outbound baggage in-line Explosives Detection System, and meet LEED Silver certification standards.

The first phase of the terminal is expected to be open to the public early October.

State faces $47 million shortfall The state of Maine is facing a new $47 million revenue shortfall for the next two-year budget, according to projections from the state’s Revenue Forecasting Committee.

The new figures account for an expected decrease in individual and corporate income taxes due to the sluggish economic recovery, according to MaineToday Media.

Rising gas prices will likely mean less revenue from sales taxes, and could hurt tourism-related businesses, the committee said A report from the committee also projects a $170 million shortfall in the 2014-2015 budget if projections hold true, according to MaineToday.

The LePage administration is to meet next week to discuss changes to the proposed $6.1 billion twoyear budget.

Free Comic Book Day May 7 The Bull Moose stores located in Lewiston, Bangor and Scarborough will be three of thousands of stores around the world celebrating the comic book art form on Saturday, May 7.

On Free Comic Book Day, over 2.7 million comic books will be given away by participating stores, introducing as many people as possible to the wonders of comic books. Three Bull Moose stores will give away a large selection of select comics that were specifically printed for Free Comic Book Day. A list of participating publishers and their free comics as well as Free Comic Book Day artwork can be found online at www.FreeComicBookDay.com.

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Spring Music Fling by Relay For Life 8 p.m. Celebrating three decades of music and hits, the Relay For Life of Greater Portland will be hosting a Spring Music Fling in partnership with The Gold Room in Portland, featuring Motor Booty Affair, Time Pilots and Sly-Chi. “Since the theme of this year’s Relay For Life of Greater Portland event is ‘A World With Less Cancer Is A World With More Birthdays’ it seemed appropriate to celebrate as many birthdays as we could in one night,” said event cochair Susan Towle. “We were fortunate to partner with The Gold Room and these three popular bands to feature music from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.” In addition to the dance parties that will be breaking out around The Gold Room, Relay For Life of Greater Portland Youth Outreach Chair Andrea Levinsky, a senior at Deering High School, is organizing a silent auction featuring donations from area businesses and Relay For Life of Greater Portland teams. Items to include four floor seats to any Red Claws game in the 2011-2012 season, live theater tickets, local restaurant gift certificates, hand-crafted pottery items and much more. The Spring Music Fling will take place on th at The Gold Room on Warren Avenue in Portland. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. and will end at 1 a.m. Show is ages 21 plus. Tickets are $20 per person and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland. To purchase tickets please email greaterportlandrelay@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/relayforlifegreaterportland

Sunday, May 1 Maine Green Independent Party convention 9 a.m. The Maine Green Independent Party will be holding its annual statewide convention at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. All registered Greens in Maine are encouraged to participate. Starting at 9 a.m. the gathering will elect steering committee members and will discuss Party platform and bylaws. After lunch, provided at noon, candidates for Portland’s Mayoral race will speak as will Independent Legislator Ben Chipman and a representative of Maine’s labor community. Interested non-Greens are welcome to attend as non-voting guests. The public is invited to join the gathering at 6 p.m. on the Brunswick Mall for a celebration of Bringing in the May, a tradition that goes back to the 12th century. The convention closes with some drumming and dancing and ancient ritual, from the Library to the Mall to the beat of “The Different Drummers” (a Yarmouth Drumming circle), followed by a May Pole dance to

the tunes of Doug Protsik and Friends. The May Pole Dance will be a weaving together of our intentions for building community and sustainability in the year ahead. In case of rain, the drumming will take place in the Morrill Community Room at 6 pm. The May Pole dance can be held only in dry weather. For registration and more information visit www. mainegreens.org

Sacred Living Gatherings

Portland. “According to Charles A. Scontras in his 1994 study of Maine Labor Unions, Collective Efforts Among Maine Workers: Beginnings and Foundations, 1820-1880, ‘The Maine granite cutters, through their formation of the Granite Cutters National Union, made a major contribution to the national labor movement, and for many years served as in inspirational model for workers throughout the state.’” http://www.stonecuttersonline.org

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unity Center for Sacred Living, an open, interfaith, Oneness oriented Spiritual Community, is “here to evolve consciousness through what we call The New Spirituality. We know that the essence of Spirit is within each and every one of us, and our aim is to create a safe and sacred space for each person to explore their own perception of Spirituality. UCSL offers weekly gatherings that are informative, creative, interactive, and sometimes ceremonial followed by fellowship.” Sacred Living Gatherings on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Williston-West Church, Memorial Hall (2nd fl), 32 Thomas St. Portland. For more information call 221-0727 or email centerforsacredliving@gmail.com.

Portland Symphony Orchestra finale concerts

‘Food is Hope benefit for Wayside Food Programs

7 p.m. Four performances of “The Thinking Heart: the Life and Loves of Etty Hillesum,” will be presented in the Portland area during April, May and June. Conversation concerning the work will follow performances. First Parish Portland, 425 Congress St., Portland, on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. Contact: 773-5747. Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, on May 22, at 3 p.m. Contact: Caroline Loupe, cmloupe@maine. rr.com, 926-5983. Admission: Donation requested. Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine, 314 Forest Ave., seventh floor, Portland, on June 2, at 7 p.m. This performance is sponsored by Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. Contact: Joshua Bodwell, Executive Director, director@mainewriters.org, 228-8263.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Truly Chillemi, a second grader at Pond Cove Elementary School in Cape Elizabeth, has helped organize a musical event and food drive called “Food is Hope” to benefit Wayside Food Programs of Portland. The event will be held at the Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. Scheduled artists include jazz trumpeter Marc Chillemi and the SoPo Trio, singer songwriter Chris James, and traditional Cuban group Primo Cubano.

Donations of non-perishable food will be collected at the event. “After learning about Martin Luther King Jr. at school in January, Truly was inspired to do something to help people in her community. She hopes to use music as a medium for bringing people together and raising awareness about hunger. With the help of her father, jazz musician Marc Chillemi, Truly has organized this event to benefit Wayside Food Programs. ‘Truly’s idea to use music to teach people about the social condition of hunger is quite remarkable,’ says Susan Violet, Wayside’s Executive Director. ‘We are very grateful to her. I want to thank everyone who is supporting her effort.’” The event will benefit Wayside’s Food Programs and help the many families and individuals who lack adequate access to resources to feed their selves or their families.

The Maine Irish and their Labor Union 2 p.m. Maine Irish Heritage Center presents: The Maine Irish and their Labor Union Granite Cutters International Union of North America. Lecture and movie by Dorothea J. McKenzie at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St.,

2:30 p.m. The Portland Symphony Orchestra will close its 2010-2011 season with music of Wagner and Mozart, and featuring Ravel’s luminously beautiful “Daphnis et Chloé.”

Music Director Robert Moody will conduct two performances on Sunday, May 1, at 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. The PSO’s season finale concerts are sponsored by KeyBank, with media support from MPBN. Ticket prices range from $17-$70 and are available at porttix.com and by phone at 842-0800 or in person at PortTIX (20 Myrtle St., Portland). Special pricing may be available for students, seniors, and groups of 10 or more.

‘The Thinking Heart’ in Portland

Monday, May 2 ‘Health as a human right’ 5:30 p.m. A public forum to discuss health as a human right is being hosted by students from the University of New England School of Social Work at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Congress Street in Portland. “This collaborative event will mobilize our communities to action in the pursuit of access to equitable health resources. The evening will include a panel discussion with health professionals and legislators, a conversation with community members and an opportunity to take action.” The event is free and open to the public. Unitarian Universalist Church, Parish Hall, 425 Congress St., Portland.

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Red Claws owners part of group planning development DEVELOPMENT from page one

The announcement came a day after another convention center was proposed for the city's East End,

by Shipyard Brewing co-owner Fred Forsley.

Jennings said the Thompson's Point developers have "put together a core group of people" to invest in the project.

"We're very conscious of the fact that there are not a lot of $100 million projects being brought forth, we've “We’re very conbeen at this for a year now," Jennings said Wednesday in scious of the fact an interview. that there are not Thompson's Point, a a lot of $100 mil25-acre site on the Fore River, has been considered one of lion projects being the largest parcels available brought forth. ...” for development within the — Jon Jennings, city of Portland, according to Maine Real Estate News. partner in the Jennings described it as a parcel that looks largely the Thompson’s Point development same today as it did 100 years ago.

Thompson’s Point is home to several businesses as well as the Portland Transportation Center, home to Amtrak trains and Concord Coach bus lines.

While Jennings said the developers are still running numbers on the projected tax benefit to the city, he said "it's significant." Tax increment financing, a type of tax break that's become common for major developments, is being pursued, Jennings said.

"We have talked to the city about a TIF, we are in discussions with them about that but nothing concrete," he said.

The project would also include walking trails, bike trails, water access for canoeing and kayaking and a new facility for the Red Claws that could be also

An artist’s rendering shows projected locations of an event center, restaurant, hotel, outdoor event center and other developments on Thompson’s Point. (COURTESY IMAGE)

be used for concerts, trade shows, tournaments and other sporting events, Jennings said.

"I think we're pretty much demonstrated our commitment to Portland," Jennings said, noting that the Red Claws franchise provided money to save the city's Fourth of July fireworks display and invested in upgrades at the Red Claws' current site, the Portland Exposition building.

"We care greatly about our reputation," Jennings said, noting the developers don't want to "go out and announce a half-baked project."

Fall of 2013 is earliest projected opening, he said.

"We've started the pre-application process with the planning board and we're going to move that forward and continue discussions with city council and anyone else who's interested," Jennings said.

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