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After two years of falling demand, the city’s apartment market is all of a sudden a lot of more competitive.

Landlords and rental agencies say they’re getting dozens of inquiries for vacant apartments, and some have found new tenants several months in advance. In some cases, prospective tenants are engaging in bidding wars over vacant units.

All this newfound demand for rental housing has given some landlords confidence to start raising rents again, in stark constrast to the past two years, when rents were held flat or even reduced.

Apartment hunters are already noticing the higher prices, but many say the lack of decent places and the need to rush a decision is even more frustrating. Apartment searches are taking months instead of weeks, and group showings are forcing prospective renters to make decisions on the spot.

After two years of falling demand, which saw a glut of rental properties and lower rents in the city, things are see RENT page 8

Rees announced as next city manager

BY MATT DODGE THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Mark Rees, the current town manager of North Andover, Mass., will serve as Portland’s next city manager, city officials announced yesterday.

Boasting 25 years experience in public service, Rees was chosen from a field of 65 candidates for see REES page 10

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BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

After deliberating for several months, Councilor Jill Duson has apparently decided to run for mayor.

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Beer gardens everywhere NEW YORK (NY Times) — There are some who thought, prematurely, that 2010 was New York’s summer of the beer garden, what with the World Cup and the opening of a half-dozen outdoor, German-style drinking establishments. But not unlike some genetically altered superweed, these aleand-oompah joints have continued even this year to crop up everywhere you look. They have grown so thick, so fast, that certain neighborhoods (Astoria in Queens and Williamsburg in Brooklyn come to mind) could, with the proper vantage and the help of several pilsners, be mistaken for Bavaria.

It would seem that last summer’s sprouting of beer gardens is about to turn into this summer’s beer garden jungle.

There are now no fewer than 54 beer gardens in the city, according to Beer Gardens NYC, a ninemonth-old iPhone application dedicated to tracking the phenomenon, and that does not include some that have been announced but are not yet open.

There are classic beer gardens (Hallo Berlin), hipster beer gardens (Radegast Hall), beer gardens catering to frat boys (Studio Square) and a beer garden in a former Brooklyn auto-body shop (Mission Dolores).

There are also temporary beer gardens, like the one that Colicchio & Sons plans to run this summer under the High Line in Chelsea, and another that will soon supplant the riverside bar at the South Street Seaport’s Water Taxi Beach.

Beer gardens have achieved such cultural ascendancy that even grand masters are getting into the act. Recently, Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali announced the opening of La Birreria, an outdoor Italian-style drinking establishment, on the roof of Eataly, their Italian food megamall on 23rd Street. The beer garden offers an Alpsinfluenced menu and craft beers seasoned with fresh thyme picked, by hand, from the hills outside Rome.

All of which demands a question: How many beer gardens can one city — even a fiercely pro-beergarden city like New York — possibly have?

“Basically, this is too much,” said Larry Spacek, manager of the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden in Astoria, the 100-year-old paterfamilias of the New York beer garden world.

“Everybody sees our success and is copycatting us.

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MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Friday offered to leverage Russia’s relationships in Libya to try to persuade Col. Muammar elQaddafi to leave power, an act of high-wire diplomacy that for the first time casts Russia as a central player in events unfolding in North Africa.

Mr. Medvedev’s announcement, which came a day after a 90-minute bilateral meeting with President Obama in France represents a pronounced shift in Russia’s tone on Libya. Russia’s criticism of NATO attacks had become increasingly tough over the last months, reviving a longstanding critique of American unilateralism that had quieted since Mr. Obama took office.

By attaching Russia’s prestige to the effort, Mr. Medvedev is taking a gamble. If Colonel

Qaddafi could be convinced to leave, Russia would win international plaudits but would also bear some responsibility for guaranteeing his safety.

If he cannot, Mr. Medvedev might find it more difficult to keep his distance from the military campaign, which is not popular in Russia.

But for Russia, all those risks may be mitigated by the symbolism of the moment, when it is called on to defuse a violent standoff on behalf of world powers.

“Russia in the post-Soviet era has all these ideas about its influence and consequence in the world, and it is very sad for Russian politicians if it does not exist,” said Dmitri Oreshkin, an analyst with the Mercator Group, a Moscowbased think tank. “In this case, it seems like it exists. This is a reason to feel strong and respected.”

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special envoy to the Middle East and Africa, said he had been ordered to fly to Benghazi, the rebel stronghold, to conduct negotiations with the Libyan opposition, with an eye to assessing their vision of a post-Qaddafi government.

He has mentioned Qatar and Saudi Arabia as countries that might possibly offer Colonel Qaddafi asylum, and said Group of 8 allies have proposed a variety of scenarios for his future, “from a quiet life as a simple bedouin in the Libyan desert, to the fate of Milosevic in the Hague.”

Russia is in a unique position to negotiate, he said, because “Russian soldiers have never fought against African countries and against the African people.”

Mr. Margelov added: “We have preserved our embassy in Tripoli, and have preserved contacts with people in Qaddafi’s circle. And we are devel-

Alleged war criminal in poor health; may try to avoid prosecution at The Hague

BY DOREEN CARVAJAL THE NEW YORK TIMES

BELGRADE, Serbia — Life on the run has not been kind to Ratko Mladic, a fugitive in his own land from war crimes charges. His mouth droops sideways and his skin is bluish and mottled red, the pallor of poor hygiene, bad nutrition and selfimposed prison, according to his longtime friend and defense lawyer, Milos Saljic.

When Serbian investigators arrested the former general, 68, in his cousin’s house on Thursday they found $800 in cash and a sack of medicine, with prescription drugs for skin treatment and various maladies over the years that included two heart attacks and three strokes that at one point left him completely paralyzed, the lawyer said.

Bruno Vekaric, the deputy war crimes prosecutor, conceded that Mr. Mladic was receiving medicine, but that he “responds very rationally to everything that is going on.” Mr. Vekaric, the target of Mr. Mladic’s wrath in the first day of the extradition hearing on Thursday, said that the prisoner had already been examined by doctors and

Ratko Mladic in Belgrade on Thursday (NEW YORK TIMES PH0TO).

that he appeared to be moving his hand during the second 45-minute court hearing on Friday afternoon.

The haggard state of Mr. Mladic — who eluded Serbian authorities for more than 15 years — may offer him one more chance to evade a prison cell. His family and lawyer are now angling to seek a team of what they call “neutral” doctors who could evaluate him and deliver an opinion on whether his physical and mental health is fragile enough to place him in a hospital or nursing home.

“If he goes to The Hague, he won’t last three years. He will come back in a coffin,” said

Mr. Saljic, who has known Mr. Mladic since he was a military judge in 1967. “If you put a bird in a cage you can give them whatever it wants, but it’s not going to be happy.”

To drive that point home, Mr. Mladic’s son, Darko, stood in front of the steps of a special courthouse in Belgrade on Friday to deliver a statement about his father’s poor health.

Inside the court, Mr. Mladic was facing the second day of a closed extradition hearing to transfer him to The Hague to face genocide charges for his role in the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the town of Srebrenica in 1995.

oping our contacts with the Libyan rebels. This is why I am going there.”

Earlier in the day, when a reporter asked him who his negotiating partner was likely to be, Mr. Margelov was evasive.

“Can you imagine, if I give you this person’s name, and his head were to be cut off the next day?” he said. “But yes, we do have people in Qaddafi’s camp.”

From the start, Russia spoke against the NATO military operation in Libya, though like China, it chose not to use its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block the authorizing of Resolution 1973. As the Western campaign mounted, Russian officials charged that the allies were exceeding their mandate, and more hawkish commentators argued that Mr. Medvedev should have taken a harder line.

U.S. declines to protect the Bluefin Tuna

The Obama administration said on Friday that it had declined to grant Endangered Species Act protections to the Atlantic bluefin tuna, whose numbers have declined precipitously because of overfishing on both sides of the ocean.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the fish, whose fatty flesh is prized by sushi aficionados, would be classified as a species of concern, however, effectively placing bluefin on a watch list as the agency awaits new data on the impact of a stricter international management regimen.

“The future of this species relies on sound international management,” said Larry Robinson, NOAA’s assistant secretary for conservation and management. The agency’s scientists are also continuing to assess the effect of last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on bluefin spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said, and the agency will revisit its decision by early 2013.

Mr. Robinson said the bluefin tuna was “not likely to become extinct.”

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Portland Daily Sun: What is the mission of Portland Trails?

Nan Cumming: We are a land trust to start with, so we preserve land. But we preserve land with an additional mission of public access.

Our mission is really land preservation, trails construction, and general bike-ped advocacy in Greater Portland.

PDS: Do you currently have any new trails in the works?

NC: In terms of trails, right now we are building the Forest City Trail.

Instead of a circumference (of the Peninsula), it’s a cross-town trail but that will go from the Stroudwater River to the Presumpscot river.

PDS: Will this use existing trails?

NC: Yup, we are just finishing up a couple of connections, but then it’s all on trails. There is a little bit just on city sidewalks, but it is mostly trail.

PDS: What is the status of that trail?

NC: We open it to the public on June 4, which is National Trails Day.

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It’s been 20 years since Portland Trails launched as an urban land trust dedicated to protecting the city’s open spaces. In that time, the group has created a 33-mile trail network that’s use for recreation and, increasingly, transportation.

Over the past few years, the nonprofit has completed the first segment of the Bayside Trail, connecting that neighborhood with the Back Cove and East End Trails. It’s also finished shorter trails like the Fort Allen Park trail and the Loring Memorial Trail, which create shortcuts between existing trails.

Next weekend, Portland Trails will officially open the Forest City Trail, a 10-mile route that crosses the city from Westbrook to near Falmouth, connecting some of the largest openspaces along the way. The trail opening will be marked with a walk from end to end and several other events.

Visit www.trails.org for more information.

In a recent interview, Nan Cumming, Portland Trails’ executive director, talked about how the Forest City Trail, how the nonprofit has grown during her 11 years as director, and how its mission has evolved (The interview has been condensed and edited).

PDS: In recent years, Portland Trails has completed several shorter trails, including several around the Eastern Prom. How did those come about?

NC: That’s a major initiative of ours right now, those kinds of connections. And they can be quite short trails, but connecting our trails through key neighborhoods is a major initiative, and the Forest City Trail is a major part of that. It’s all about connecting trails already in place.

PDS: Obviously each trail is different, but how do you go about opening a new trail?

NC: Each trail is completely different, but basically, contact the landowner and ask permission, and there are various legal ways they can give us permission. We can just buy the property, or they can give us an easement or a license that lets us build and operate a trail there. That stuff can take years of going back and forth in negotiations. The next step would be designing trail, figuring out exactly how it goes, if there are bridges, if there are boardwalks over wet areas. And then there is permitting … and that too can take a long time. Once that’s done, we get a budget figure, and once the money is raised, then we can build.

PDS: What is your annual budget?

NC: It varies a lot according to how extensive our construction is.

This year it’s $385,000.

PDS: Can you talk more about the Forest City Trail?

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Ghostly machinations rule in Maine’s smartmeter debate

Call it the “ghost in the machination,” but sometimes the virtually unspoken subtext of an argument tells us more about ourselves than often-contested “facts.”

And certainly that’s one way to understand how Maine became the leading state in declining “smart meter” technology for its electrical grid. Our PUC has ruled that people can opt-out of the program.

You know about the meters, right? They are high-tech wireless meters that greatly increase the amount of information the utility has about your energy use.

They are being rolled out across the country as part of the “smart grid” energy strategy and supporters note that the technology ultimately empowers customers ––––– to self-regulate energy use.

Usually A smart appliance, for examReserved ple, might know to function more during off-peak hours. And of course, utility companies can use the technology to price peak energy a bit higher than off-peak energy – so maybe the washer and dryer run cheaper at midnight.

Critics of the devices worry about stuff like radiation from the wireless, Internet hacking of private information, interference with in-home medical

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Welcome to Summer

Every year, this weekend sneaks up on me. Welcome to the first official week of summer.

I was sitting outside my day gig, enjoying a smoke and catching a few glimpses of the sun when I saw the first of the group. A family, well dressed, pausing to ask me where the Civic Center was. A brief tutorial on the street pattern of Portland, and the happy folks were on their way.

Only to be replaced less than three minutes later by a similarly clad family. Then it hit me. This is the weekend that the “Jehovah’s Witnesses” hold their annual meeting in Portland.

Actually, they do it next weekend too. At least 5,000 well dressed types will be meandering around the streets of the city, while gathering for their New England conference.

As far as conventions go, you couldn’t ask for a better group. They are pleasant, willing to wait in long lines at local Dunkies and Subway franchises for familiar food, dump lots of dough into the local economy, and generally make a point of not making a huge nuisance out of themselves.

What they see when they get here is a different story. Until I

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Daily Sun Columnist had shaved earlier in the week, I must have resembled some escapee from the dark dank pits of Hell, the destination of all writers of editorial columns.

Noting the perpetually confused look on my face, I most likely looked as if I were deciding whether it was worth it or not to go back to that southerly destination for my wallet.

First off, to all the visitors, welcome to Portland. Lots of stuff to do in this town that poses no danger to your immortal soul. But then again, there is a lot of stuff that does. Check out the listings sections in the back of the paper. You’ll most likely find something there that will kill a good hour or two.

Then, there is the whole wandering around town thing. You are bound to run into miscreants like myself. Keep a good humor. Even the locals enjoy a good retort, if well delivered. I was at the library on Friday afternoon, checking

up my e-mail between jobs. A man wandered in, and loudly remarked how “Quiet it is in here.”

Sometimes, I just can’t resist.

Answering in “Jeopardy” question style, I quipped “You mean like a library?” The gentleman in front of me almost wore his coffee. You’ll see a lot of stuff like that in Portland.

There are lots of places to eat and drink here. Locals know that when this weekend happens, hitting any of the chain coffee places up for a quick cuppa is pretty much pointless. By the time we regulars manage to make it to the front of the line, we could have been at home napping already. I admire your patience. It your at the end of your rope, try a couple of places off the beaten path.

Wander around until something smells good, and sit down for a good breakfast or lunch.

If you are one of the group coming back NEXT weekend, you’ll hit Portland during what is known as “First Friday Art Walk,” a time when local galleries open their doors on Friday night for showings, at no charge.

Mostly, for my friends, it is an excuse to wander from one gallery to another in search of free see HIGGINS page 5

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Trust lacking in smart meter debate ROBINSON from page 4

devices and, well, whatever else they can think about. As a Portland PressHerald news report (not an editorial) put it, kind of flatly, is that “... because a vocal and well-organized minority of customers has made smart meters controversial around the country, the [Maine Public Utility] commission’s decision was expected to be watched closely elsewhere.”

Well, it’s not like our PUC drank the anti-smart Kool-Aid. First, it’s opt-out decision – landmark or not – was no sign of an activist agency.

The debate only came about because some very dedicated consumers raised absolute hell over the meters. It’s not easy to stop a $200 million program under full steam, especially when half the money comes from federal programs to update the nation’s grid.

For another thing, the PUC actually admitted it lacked the ability to even rule on some of the arguments, and came came up with an opt-out as a compromise – but one that hits the consumer wallet. In a move similar to the old days when you had to pay the phone company to leave you out of its directory, getting the wireless turned off on your meter will cost $20 up front and then $10.50 per month.

Want to just keep a mechanical meter? That’s going to be $40 upfront, plus $12 a month. As for moving a smart meter that’s already in place, that’s case-by-case but not likely to be cheap, although there is a program to help low-income folks who opt out.

Right behind the adult argument, there’s just a whiff of flat-earth, Luddite-ness around the whole issue.

I mean, the FCC says the smart meters are safe. The Food and Drug Administration says there’s no problem with medical devices. And the PUC flatly dismissed a request for an investigation into interference because CMP has addressed those issues.

The establishment has spoken, and in some hearings you could see that only deep experience and steely resolve

kept the CMP folks from rolling their eyes at the opposition. Some of the debates reminded me of that old law school joke about the attorney rolling his eyes at the judge; His Honor asks “sir, are you trying to show contempt for this court?”

The lawyer: “No sir! I’m desperately trying to conceal my contempt.”

But the ghost in these particular machinations has to do with just how much we’ve come to distrust both government and technology. Nobody anymore doubts that the government will lie to us from time to time, no doubt for our own good. Nobody trusts even the most well-intentioned organizations to keep our personal information private.

Ours is the era of Facebook and data mining when many corporate executives – well, the ones making money from Facebook and data mining, anyway – argue that the idea of privacy has become outdated. And into that come some consumers who just don’t trust this technology. Already, state reports indicate that something like 7,000 Mainers have said “no” to the grid upgrade.

And certainly the folks leading the campaign against the meters are far, far from unsophisticated.

The unspoken argument is this: Some people have a general unease about these meters, they worry that they can be used to increase fees or force things like appliance upgrades, they worry that big utilities might be up to no good that we may not yet see, but we can sense. They worry about that low-level radiation everyone keeps telling us not to worry about.

Now they have a choice, and if the nation does go as Maine went then it’s a huge deal for U.S. energy consumption, because the “smart grid” is going to have some remedial areas.

The issue isn’t conservation or even technology.

It’s trust, and you can’t eye-roll your way around that particular problem.

Curtis Robinson is founding editor of the Portland Daily Sun. His columns appear here on Saturdays.

Tips for Portland’s holiday visitors HIGGINS from page 4

wine and cheese.

If you have the car rental, check out your “local” on Canco Rd. Every time I drive past the church, I get a weird feeling. Perhaps it has something to do with the “First Baptist” church across the street. Though both your groups are peaceable types, I always get the feeling I’ll be driving down that road just at the exact wrong moment, and will be stuck in the middle of a riot between the two.

A brief warning for those tourists not accustomed to Maine. Normally, when looking up, it is sort of a human nature kind of thing for your jaw to slack open a bit. Don’t do it.

The seagulls here in Portland are particularly vicious, and must have been dive-bomber pilots in a previous life. Suddenly, that fine suit of

clothes might need a quick trip to the dry cleaner, but you’ll be out of luck. Most of the cleaners are closed for the weekend.

More info on the seagulls. If you wander out to see some of the local sights out in Cape Elizabeth or South Portland, do not under ANY circumstances leave any food unguarded for even a second. I have seen a gull snatch a huge pile of fries, and scarf down a cheeseburger in the time it took for somebody to go to the next table and get the salt and the ketchup.

In short, enjoy your stay. We locals are just settling in for another long summer of tourists, so this is that big “working the kinks out” weekend. We’ll be a bit rusty.

But then again, the most valuable tools anyone owns usually are.

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Bill ending same-day voter registration could disenfranchise thousands of Maine voters

For the last forty years, Maine has allowed people to register to vote on Election Day and cast a ballot if they have proof of residency and some form of identification. A bill making its way through the Maine Legislature this session, L.D. 1376, would prohibit same-day voter registration and eliminate voting rights we have had since 1972.

It is hard enough to get people to vote now. Why would anyone propose making voting more difficult?

Some have said that processing new registrations on Election Day is too much of a burden for city and town clerks and that allowing people to register and vote the same day opens up the potential for fraud.

I serve on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. When we held the public hearing on L.D. 1376 we did not hear from clerks that there are any problems with the current voter registration law.

In fact, with so many people voting by absentee ballot now compared to five or ten years ago, there are far fewer people voting at the poll-

State Rep. Ben Chipman ––––– I - Portland ing place. This means poll workers have more time now to process new registrations than they did in the past.

In terms of fraud, we only heard evidence of four cases since sameday voter registration was passed in 1972. Only two of these cases were prosecuted and neither one would have been prevented by L.D. 1376.

Maine has the third highest voter turnout in the country. The only two states with higher turnout also allow same-day voter registration. Before allowing same-day registration in 1972, our voter turnout was twenty-first in the country. Why would we want to turn back the clock to a time when voting was not as accessible and reduce our voter turnout?

The people who register to vote on Election Day tend to be young

voters registering for the first time, college students, single parents, homeless, and low-income people who move frequently. There are a lot of people in Portland, particularity in the district I represent, that would be impacted if this bill is passed.

According to the Secretary of State’s Office, if L.D. 1376 had been in effect during the 2008 presidential election, about 56,000 people would not have been allowed to vote in Maine. With another presidential election around the corner next year, it would be morally wrong to pass a law that we know would disenfranchise this many voters.

Whether you are Democrat, Republican, Green, or Independent, everyone has a right to vote.

I hope L.D. 1376 is defeated so we can protect this basic right for all Maine residents.

State Rep. Ben Chipman (I-Portland) represents Portland’s Parkside, Bayside, and East Bayside neighborhoods in the Maine Legislature.

Sensible Portland responds to Bob Higgins’ column Sensible Portland seeks to redirect limited city resources from Marijuana offenses and to violent offenses; Sensible Portland seeks to protect vulnerable medical Marijuana patients.

Over the past five years, voters in municipalities from Montana to Colorado and beyond have instructed their police forces to focus on violent crimes and substance abuse and away from the non-violent crime of adult Marijuana possession. The reasoning is simple: cities only have so much time and money to protect themselves, and voters and policymakers have largely agreed that possession of Marijuana should be the lowest priority.

Likewise, Maine voters have overwhelmingly supported other

citizen initiatives to allow for the legal use of Marijuana for medicinal purposes. Our city council voted unanimously to allow dispensaries in Portland as well.

Bob Higgins fundamentally misunderstands the intent of the lowest priority initiative currently being circulated. Higgins wrote that restaurant code enforcement and texting while driving are big problems. We agree. A quick look at the police log for May 9-15 shows that arrests for ‘scheduled drugs,’ i.e. illegal possession of prescribed medicine, are quite common in our city. We, Sensible Portland, want to release the city from hassling those patients needing medical marijuana and turn to ridding our community of much more pressing problems.

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However, in 2009 when the new dispensary law was passed, it silently added a worrying provision: patients now need to register with the state as medical marijuana users, where they had not before. No other medicine requires this invasion of patient privacy.

Sensible Portland seeks to ease the Marijuana enforcement laws in Portland so that those patients can safely take their medicine without the state looking over their shoulders.

Higgins’ comparison of giving lowest priority to enforcing our city’s Marijuana laws, which are arcane and have clearly failed to stop anyone from getting the substance, to ignoring a violent crime such as domestic abuse is fraudulent and downright disgraceful.

The ordinance currently circulated for lowest priority makes explicit exclusions for those who have committed violent crimes.

Drugs are a major problem in Portland. Marijuana, which the state of Maine rightfully classifies as a medicine for many, is far from our biggest problem. Yet, in 2010, the Maine DEA seized $399,701 worth of drugs, which included $253,891 worth of Marijuana. Therefore, Marijuana comprised 63.5% of the value of the total drugs seized by the MDEA in 2010. We are simply recognizing our city’s limited financial and personnel resources and seek for our police force to focus on the worst offenses. Enforce the drug laws which make sense and rid our community of drugs which are known to cause crime and violence. This is our goal.

John Eder Sensible Portland

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BY MATT DODGE

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

A coalition of voter’s rights advocates opposing a proposed law ending same day voter registration in Maine held a press conference at City Hall on Friday, saying that the law would “turn back the clock” on voter access in the state.

“There are very few activities more patriotic and none for fundamental to our democracy than voting,” said Shenna Bellows, executive director of the Maine Civil Liberties Union.

Sponsored by House Speaker Robert Nutting and Secretary of State Charles Summers, LD 1367 would end the practice of allowing Mainers to register at the polls on election day. The practice was passed into law unanimously by the legislature in 1973, according to MCLU. Bellows said the vote, set to take place on Tuesday, is expected to be very close and fall closely along party lines.

Prior to the law’s passage in 1972, Maine ranked 21st in the country in voter turnout, according to the MCLU. In 2008, the state had the country’s third highest turnout behind only Minnesota and Wisconsin, two other states that allow election day registration. Some 18,364 Maine voters registered at the polls on election day in 2010, while 49,666 did so in 2008.

“Election day registration is part of Maine’s vibrant democratic tradition,”

said Sarah Standiford, Executive Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby.

“Turning back the clock means more barriers to vote — especially for those in our communities who move frequently, including busy single moms, young women, and basically anyone who lives on the economic margins,” she said.

The bill “does allow an already registered voter who has had a change of name or a change of address within the municipality to update voter registration records up to and including on election day,” according to the legislative summary.

Proponents of the bill have suggested that it would eliminate voter fraud, but Bellows said only two known cases of an individual voting twice in one election have been identified in the last 30 years in the state.

“Having worked to make the voting process easy for voters and manageable for poll workers alike, I know that our system is working well,” said John Smith, former Deputy Secretary of State. “There is no need to change a system that is not broken,” he said.

According to Bellows, LD 1376 is opposed by the AARP, Disability Rights Center, EqualityMaine, Homeless Voices for Justice, the League of Women Voters, the League of Young Voters, the MCLU, the Maine People’s Alliance, Maine Women’s Lobby and Preble Street Resource Center.

Judge curbs Wisconsin union law

BY STEVEN GREENHOUSE THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ruling that Republicans in the State Senate had violated the state’s open meetings law, a judge in Wisconsin dealt a blow to them and to Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday by granting a permanent injunction that voided a law curbing collective bargaining rights for many state and local employees.

Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County Circuit Court said the Senate vote on March 9, held after 14 Democratic senators had fled the state, failed to comply with the open meetings law, which requires at least two hours’ notice to the public.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the case on June 6, and Republican lawmakers are hoping the court will overturn Judge Sumi’s ruling and reinstate the law.

The Senate could choose to pass the bill again while assuring proper notice. But some political experts said a new vote might meet numerous obstacles. Some Democrats could flee the state again, and some Republican senators are facing recall elections.

The law, which Governor Walker proposed and vigorously pushed, and which generated huge protests in Madison, the state capital, bars public-sector unions, except those

representing police officers and firefighters, from bargaining over health benefits and pensions. It allows bargaining over wages, but does not permit raises higher than the inflation rate unless they are approved in a public referendum.

The Senate’s 19 Republicans approved the measure, 18 to 1, in less than half an hour, without debate on the floor or a single Democrat in the room. They rushed the vote after weeks of boisterous pro-union rallies in Madison and after hundreds of demonstrators slept inside the State Capitol and crowded and shouted outside the legislative chambers.

Scott Fitzgerald, the Republican Senate majority leader, criticized Judge Sumi’s decision.

“There’s still a much larger separation-of-powers issue: whether one Madison judge can stand in the way of the other two democratically elected branches of government,” he said in a statement. “The Supreme Court is going to have the ultimate ruling.”

Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state’s largest teachers’ union, applauded the decision, saying the law was intended to “bust unions.”

“In the wake of this ruling, state lawmakers should back down and not take another run at this divisive legislation,” she said in a statement.

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now for a renter to try to find an ment open house style. So we apartment.” would get to these showings and Moore said she has had several we would be rushed through a prospective renters try to outbid tiny, overpriced, grungy apartanother for the unit but said she ment with eight to 15 other coudoesn’t “go for that.” ples,” she said recently.

“I am not even advertising “And then someone would be apartments for July and August writing the landlord a check and now and people are calling me all of a sudden we would want to looking for these things. It’s make a counter offer,” Mitchell beyond what I was seeing in past went on. “Then we realized, we summers,” she said. could be overpaying for a dump To be sure, spring is when and then leave heartbroken.” many apartments turn over Although she wanted to stay everywhere, including Portland. in the East End, Mitchell said Students graduate from college, that neighborhood offered fewer people think about relocating options. and more jobs open up. It’s also “I couldn’t find anything equivwhen many landlords try to time alent to (her current apartment) their leases to expire. for the past four months,” she Even so, there is reason to said. “There was nothing like believe the recent spike in that on the Hill. It seemed like demand is more than just a things were $1,100 with no stove, seasonal phenomenon. Pierce, or $1,500 for granite counters.” at Port Property Management, Joel Costigan, who is moving believes the improving economy back to the East End with his is a leading factor. girlfriend after a year in Fal“We are not really doing anymouth, said they looked “every thing different, our product is day for several months” but the same, we are doing the same found “very few affordable or things for advertising, and there quality apartments.” seems to be more ... interest,” he Compared to recent years, he said. “Demand is up, and there said the market appeared “limare more people out there looking ited and more expensive.” for an apartment, and because “The only affordable apartthey are feeling more confident, ments were in areas that were we are getting higher rents.” unsafe for a 25-year-old woman He added, “Generally, there to walk at night. The apartment is more consumer confidence. we found had everything on our People are perhaps making a checklist, but was not the best little more money, or are feeling place we’d ever seen. Regardless, a little more stable in their jobs.” we needed the place,” he said.

Vitalius says he’s noticed that Costigan said there were fewer tenants are breaking their already “several interested parleases because of lost jobs. ties” so they had to put a deposit If good times are here again for on the place essentially on the landlords, the opposite is becomspot. “The entire process felt ing true for renters. extremely rushed, but it was Elizabeth Mitchell, who what needed to be done.” recently moved from the East The same pressures that affect End to Parkside, described her renters are also affecting land10-week apartment search as lords. Mitchell said she was told “horrific.” that many landlords would take Mitchell, a Bates College Craigslist ads down after a day alum who moved to Portland or two because of the number of after graduation, said it wasn’t responses. much trouble to find apartments Vitalius says it’s too soon to during the last two years, but know if the market has turned this time around it was “totally a corner, or whether the recent nutty.” spike is tied to seasonal turn“We would go to see apartments over. Nevertheless, he admits the and the landlords wouldn’t tell recent activity “is the sign of a hot market.” us they were showing the apart–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OBITUARY –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– RENT from page one

Taken together, these are increasingly tough times for the city’s renters.

“In 2009 and early 2010, the market definitely shifted from a landlord and property manager’s market to a tenant’s market,” said Russ Pierce, owner and vice president of Port Property Management, which manages 600 rental units in Portland. “Vacancies were high and rents actually dropped.”

“But in the last six months, it’s definitely changed the opposite way, he continued. “There is a lot more demand for apartments, and we are renting them faster and getting higher rents.”

There is no firm data on the city’s vacancy rate. But Brit Vitalius, head of the Southern Maine Landlord Association, estimated in January it would be about 5 percent on average for 2011. In an interview this week, Vitalius, a principal of the Vitalius Group real estate firm, estimated vacancies could be as low as 3 percent.

Two years ago, he estimated vacancies were “hovering around 7 to 8 percent.”

Despite the lack of data, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence suggesting the market has begun to turn. Vitalius, who owns several units in Portland, said he recently filled an apartment more than two months in advance.

“I just rented a studio without having to run an ad. It was a friend of a friend, who had been outbid on 10 places,” he said, adding that the person took the unit about an hour after the showing.

It’s much the same situation at H.H. Sawyer Realty Co., which owns or manages more than 20 buildings in Portland. Manager Stacy Moore said she’s receiving multiple applicants for every unit, which lets her be choosy about who gets the apartment.

“I have noticed that it has been very busy for us, and we are renting out apartments months in advance right now, which is really unusual,” Moore said. “It is definitely a tough market right

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job. The city council will vote to confirm his appointment at its June 6 meeting.

“I’m very impressed with all attributes of the city,” Rees said in a telephone interview. “It’s a great cultural and economic center for the state of Maine, and I’m very impressed with full spectrum of services the community provides.”

The details of Rees’ contract with the city have yet to be finalized, but Councilor Cheryl Leeman said she expects a two or three-year contract with an annual salary of about $143,000.

Acting Portland City Manager Pat Finnigan was one of three finalists for the position. She will continue as acting manager until Rees takes over, said city spokesperson Nicole Clegg. At that point, Finnigan will return to her former role of assistant city manager.

Rees’ contract with North Andover requires 90 day notice, meaning he might not start in Portland until early September. However, he plans to request a waiver on that provision that would allow him to start sooner.

“I’m looking forward to coming up, it’s a great opportunity and something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time,” he said.

Rees has been city manager in North Andover for the past 10 years. In that capacity, he managed a operating budget of $86 million in a town of roughly 30,000 people. North Andover is located across the Merrimack River from Lawrence, Mass., near the New Hampshire border.

Earlier in his career, Rees served as chief financial officer for Framingham, Mass., which at that time had an operating budget of $145 million.

During his time in Framingham, Rees developed the town’s first five-year capital budget plan and financial forecast and is credited with developing fiscal policies that reversed a three-year trend of operating deficits.

“Mark brings a wealth of experience to the position and his enthusiasm for public service is best illustrated by his accomplishments in municipal government for nearly three decades,” said Leeman, who chaired the city council’s search committee.

Rees started his career in North Carolina and Pennsylvania after earning a Bachelor of Science with a degree in Physics from Boston College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He aslo attended the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at

Rees the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

The city council began searching for a new City Manager in February, following the retirement of City Manager Joseph Gray. A search committee comprised of thre city councilors was assisted by Colin Baenziger of Colin Baenziger & Associates, a national search firm.

Friday’s announcement follows a series of meetings with community groups as well as a public meeting during which City Councilors heard the views of the community on what they believe are important qualifications for the City of Portland’s next City Manager.

The feedback garnered from the public helped guide the review and selection of the finalist, who was interviewed by the full City Council, and also conducted personal interviews with each individual councilor.

“It was pretty intense,” Rees said of the process.

“But I thought that it was very helpful for me to gauge where the councilors were coming from.”

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Cumming has served as Trails director for 11 years CUMMING from page 3

the end of Blueberry Road, right on the Stroudwater River Trail. It comes along the Stroudwater, comes along the Fore River Sanctuary, up through neighborhoods into Evergreen Cemetery, through Woodford’s Corner, up through Portland Arts and Technical High School, through a few more neighborhoods, and then into the Presumpscot River Preserve.

PDS: Which parts of that trail are not currently built up?

NC: We were just finishing some work in through PATHS. A small bridge and boardwalk needed doing. And we did have to get permission from a few landowners, but that is all set.

PDS: Has the Portland Peninsula been “built out” for as far as the construction of its trail network?

NC: I don’t think so. Not yet. There are still some opportunities along the West End, West Commercial. There are opportunities there, espe-

cially as Veterans Memorial Bridge gets rebuilt, and that’s going to be much more bike and pedestrian friendly. Bayside has opened up some more urban opportunities. We are hoping to connect (the Bayside Trail) into Deering Oaks Park.

PDS: What is the status of the trail connection from the Back Cove from the Franklin Street exit off I-295?

NC : It’s still on the agenda. Maine Department of Transportation is talking about it, and they have left space for it. I think that is moving forward much better than I thought it was going to.

PDS: Can you talk about any impacts you’ve noticed since the Bayside Trail was built?

NC: It was considered a scary part of the city.

I walked that trail route a few times before the trail route was built and it was grown up over my head, and it was a place where people dumped trash and everything else. Now that it is cleaned see next page

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‘There aren’t huge tracts of land available to buy and preserve anymore, when parcels do become available, you cant wait’ from preceding page

up, you start to see businesses open their back doors to the trail, trying to draw business in from their back entrance, as well as the front, which is really exciting.

PDS: How did you come to Portland Trails?

NC: I had worked in museums and that sort of thing, but nonprofits. I have always been a walker, I have lived in town for a long time. Having gotten this job, I have learned bike/ped. and trail construction and urban planning and everything else that goes into it as I have gone along.

PDS: Obviously, you can’t build every trail you want to build at the same time. Is it frustrating to wait so long before a trail is built?

NC: We take the long view. Of course with any land development, there will be opportunities that you have to jump on right now (such as the work around Veterans Memorial Bridge) suddenly our attention had to focus on that.

There aren’t huge tracts of land available to buy and preserve anymore, but when parcels do become available, you cant wait.

PDS: Do you have a five year plan at Portlamd Trails?

NC: We do. We have a vision map, and we do have a plan. The problem is, you can have a plan saying these are our priority areas, but they might shift if development in the city shifts.

But over the next several years, what we will be working on is the Presumpscot River, and continuing out toward Westbrook. We’re looking to build a bridge (in Falmouth) so you can walk out to Brickyard Point parcel.

PDS: Where are you from originally?

NC: Detroit PDS: How did you end up in Portland?

NC: I left Detroit and moved to New York City for six years after college.

After six years in New York, my husband and I said, ‘We’ve gotta get out of here’ and we sort of said, ‘Let’s move to Maine’ with no real plans or prospects. We just said, ‘Portland looks like it might be nice’ and I had never really even been here. But that was 1989, so that was some time ago.

Cumming

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Winning tennis matches at Falmouth High School has become contagious over the years. State titles and undefeated seasons have been the norm with the boys and girls. Entering the postseason, both teams have a combined record of 24-0 and combined individual records of 116-2.

For the boys, the playoffs start Wednesday when they take on Morse in the regional quarterfinals. To say the Yachtsmen have been dominating this season would be an understatement. They have outscored opponents 56-2. That means they have only lost two individual matches all season.

“It is one of the best teams I have had at Falmouth in my 40 years here,” said head coach Bob McCully. “The only individual losses were tough ones. Our number one singles player, Justin Brogan, lost to the top player in the state, Waynflete’s Patrick Ordway, twice.” By the way, Brogan is just a freshman.

Besides Brogan, three seniors have helped lead the way. Harlan Cutshall is part of the number one doubles team. Connor Burfiend is on the number two doubles team and the third senior is the number three singles player Taylor Dimick.

“Not only are they talented, but I have a group that really gets along,” said McCully. “This could be the best regular season we have had at Falmouth since 1994. That’s when we only lost one set the entire season.”

Now it is playoff time, though, and the regular season records are thrown out the door. If history is any indication, it will probably be Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth meeting for the regional championship. The two teams last played on May 4th. The Yachtsmen won 5-0, but it was a lot closer than the final scored indicated.

Three of the matches ended up going three sets.

“It seems like it always comes down to us and Cape,” said McCully. “They have another great team.”

Meantime, the Falmouth girls don’’t open the playoffs until Friday, June 3. If the standings stay the same, the Yachtsmen would play the winner of Mountain Valley and Gorham in the regional quarterfinals.

The girls ended up 12-0 and outscored opponents 60-0. That means

“This could be the best regular season we have had at Falmouth since 1994. That’s when we only lost one set the entire season.” Falmouth boy’s tennis coach Bob McCully not one player lost an individual match durinig the regular season.

Actually the last time Falmouth lost an invidivual match was May of 2009.

“We have had a lot of success,” said head coach Sandy Stone. “We are playing very strong, and we always like to be contending.”

The Falmouth girls have done more than contended. They are going for their fourth straight state title this season and fifth in six years. The Yachtsmen girls like their chances again this time around. They are the top seed and five of the seven starters from last year’s team are playing again this spring. Juniors Analise Kump and Annie Criscione and sophomore Libby Voccola and three of the players. None of them have lost a singles match in high school.

“We tried a bunch of combinations and finally found just the right mix,” said Stone. “I am very proud of the girls. They have really played well together and have had great spirit.”

Bob McCully has been coaching at Falmouth for 40 years and Sandy Stone for nine. They have seen lots of talented players and teams over the years. Year in and year out the Falmouth boys and girls always compete and usually win. Both coaches agree the reason for success is Falmouth is a great tennis community.

“The kids start tennis young here,” said Stone. “Some as early as third grade. The Woodlands has a great junior program that has turned out a lot of Falmouth High players. Six or seven of my varsity players actually participated.”

“What really helps out is that we have two indoor facilities. Quite a few kids like tennis and play year round.

I run a middle school program in the fall and the kids are groomed for the future.”

With that kind of help and support, it seems like Falmouth will be a tennis factory for years to come.

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John served as Lieutenant R.N.V.R. British Royal Navy during World War II, as a destroyer/navigator. Mr. Layman was proud to become a U.S. citizen in 1996. He volunteered five years at Mercy Hospital and was a member of State Street Church in Portland as well as a choir member.

He enjoyed skiing, yoga, swimming, reading about Winston Churchill and author Louis Lamour.

John was well liked by the various communities he participated in. His

wife and family would like to thank St. Joseph's Manor for the loving care he received and to all doctors and friends that helped him along his journey.

There will be a church memorial service in June. A service notice will be published at a later date. Arrangements are under the guidance of Independent Death Care, 660 Brighton Ave., Portland. To offer words of condolence to the family, sign a guest book and share memories, go to the obituary page at www.independentdeathcare.com.

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After several months of deliberation, four-term City Councilor Jill Duson has decided to run for mayor.

Duson registered as a mayoral candidate with the city on Friday, becoming the 11th candidate to file ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

In a brief phone interview, Duson said she has proven that she can get things done during her 10 years on the city council and her two terms as mayor.

“I am a listener and I am a collaborator. I bring to the table skills of working with eight other strong persons to figure out what we need to do to move things forward, and what we need to plan on doing to keep things moving,” she said.

Duson, 57, said whoever is elected mayor should be capable of building “long-term relationships” at the state and federal level, but must also be able to work well with city staff.

“I think this role really requires someone who can lead and collaborate, not someone who thinks leadership is about being boss,” she said. “Leadership is about getting things done with others.”

Duson filed candidate paperwork at about noon yesterday, said Bud Philbrick, an election administrator in the city clerk’s office. Registering with the city allows candidates to raise money and form a committee.

Duson is the second sitting councilor to announce a bid for mayor. Councilor Dave Marshall, whose district includes the West End and parts of Parkside, declared several weeks ago.

Duson has been mulling a run for some time, but as recently as last month said she was still thinking it over. She said yesterday that she had always intended to make a decision by Memorial Day. While not unexpected, Duson’s entry into the race immediately shakes up the field that has no short-

age of candidates, but only three who have been elected to public office by city voters.

Indeed, of the 11 people that have registered with the city, Duson is the only candidate who has won a citywide election. She is also the only former mayor under the current system to enter the race.

Currently, the city’s mayor is chosen from among the nine city councilors for a oneyear term.

Last November, voters amended the city charter to elect the mayor to a fouryear term through ranked-choice voting.

That system allows voters to rank their favored candidates numerically. If no candidate receives a majority on election day, the last place candidate is eliminated and that person’s second-place votes are re-allocated to other candidates, according to the website instantrunoff.com.

This process continues until one candidate receives a majority.

Duson is the second high-profile Democrat to enter the race in two weeks (former state senator Mike Brennan declared May 16) but she isn’t expected to be the last. Current Mayor Nick Mavo-

Duson dones is said to be near a decision about whether he will run for mayor.

Other than Duson, Brennan and Marshall, Charles Bragdon, Erick Bennett, Zouhair Bouzrara, Jedd Rathband, Peter Bryant, Steven Houston, Jodie Lapchick, and Christopher Vail have registered as candidates with the city.

Candidates can start gathering signatures for the election on July 1. Between 300 and 500 signatures are required on official candidate nominating papers.

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By Holiday Mathis proud of now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll take on a task that many have taken on before you. The predictability factor will work against you. So take control of the situation and execute the job in a way that is uniquely you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

You’ll be dealing with shrewd players in a challenging game. You need an edge. Never let the others know fully what you’re up to. Keep them guessing about you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

The clubs, leagues and organizations you belong to are sometimes more work than fun. Right now they’re all worthwhile, though, and you’ll be glad you made the choice to be a part of these groups.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have the right to be happy, not because you’ve earned it but because you were born with it, just like everyone else.

You’ll enjoy life and share that enjoyment with others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be stirred by an exciting wonder. The best part of this is that you don’t have to go to the Grand Canyon or the Egyptian pyramids to experience this wonder. It’s in the eyes of another person.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 28). You make highly original choices this year, which is why you repeatedly land in new and novel situations. Family makes you proud in the next six weeks. You’ll net a professional goal in July. August features improvements and additions to your team and exciting news, too.

You’ll glide into an exclusive situation in September. Leo and Libra people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 16, 1, 26, 48 and 9.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You might not think that what you have to say is particularly profound, but it needs to be said and is, therefore, important.

So plant yourself evenly on both feet and deliver the message.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Objects and people can’t bring you happiness, though you will have a great time pursuing a certain prize with others. Just don’t forget that the happiness comes from you, not the game you’re playing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Everyone needs a platonic friend who will stick by them through good times and bad. If you’ve let such a person drift out of touch, reel him or her back into your life.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You care tremendously about your interactions with others, and that sometimes wears you out and makes you dread social functions. Relax and enjoy solitude. Rest up, and you’ll be more in the mood to mingle next week.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When loved ones want to help you, let them do it.

Pride could get in the way of some assistance this weekend, and that would be a shame. Gracious acceptance of help is a kind of gift you can give your people.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re more remarkable than you realize. Don’t shrink yourself to fit in with a smallminded group. Instead, find the people who are thinking and living on the same scale as you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are a part of a group and a partner in work, friendship, love or all of the above. But you are not defined by these roles.

It’s what you do on your own to fulfill your soul’s purpose that you’ll be most

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, May 28, the 148th day of 2011. There are 217 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On May 28, 1961, the human rights group Amnesty International had its beginnings in the form of an article by lawyer Peter Benenson that was published in the British newspaper The Observer. Titled “The Forgotten Prisoners,” the essay called for mobilizing public opinion to defend “prisoners of conscience” worldwide.

On this date: In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England’s King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of freed blacks, left Boston to fight for the Union in the Civil War. In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

In 1918, the Battle of Cantigny (kahn-teeNYEE’) began during World War I as American troops captured the French town from the Germans.

In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.

In 1959, the U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.

In 1972, Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.

In 1985, David Jacobsen, director of the American University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, was abducted by pro-Iranian kidnappers (he was freed 17 months later).

One year ago: President Barack Obama visited Grand Isle, La., where he personally confronted the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico — and the bitter anger rising onshore.

Today’s Birthdays: Rockabilly singermusician Sonny Burgess is 82. Actress Carroll Baker is 80. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 80. Actor John Karlen is 78.

Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 73.

Actress Beth Howland is 70. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 67.

Singer Gladys Knight is 67. Actress-director Sondra Locke is 67. Singer Billy Vera is 67.

Singer John Fogerty is 66. Actor Brandon Cruz is 49. Country singer Phil Vassar is 49.

Actress Christa Miller is 47. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 46.

Rapper Chubb Rock is 43. Singer Kylie Minogue is 43. Actor Justin Kirk is 42. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is 34.

Actor Jesse Bradford is 32. Actress Monica Keena is 32. Pop singer Colbie Caillat is 26.

Actress Carey Mulligan is 26.

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Dear Annie: A few years ago, I had a one-night stand with my married boss while attending a work-related seminar in another town. On the third evening, we had dinner and drinks, and one thing led to another. We had always been attracted to each other, and co-workers noticed all the flirting.

We resumed our work relationship, although we stopped having occasional lunches together like we used to. He told me once that what we did was wrong, and it took him a long time to get past the guilt. Apparently, his wife always suspected that we were more than co-workers.

My boss retired two years ago, but I can’t seem to stop missing him, thinking about him and wondering what’s happening in his life. I’d like to get in touch with him again, just as a friend, and ask if he’s free for lunch. I know he would not be able to tell his wife about it, but I’m not out to make trouble in his marriage. I haven’t seen my boss since he retired, and I don’t see why having lunch would be wrong. We could catch up on office news. That one-night fling just happened. He apparently regrets it. I don’t.

My husband never asks questions about the seminars I attend, the people I work with or whether I am attracted to other men. I sometimes wish he were more jealous. I need a neutral person to tell me it’s OK to get in touch with my former boss. What’s the harm in an innocent lunch date between two good friends? -- Hesitant Dear Hesitant: Who are you trying to kid? This isn’t “innocent.” You slept with this man. You are still attracted to him. You would be concealing the lunch from his wife.

And you want to make your husband jealous. It is obvious that you are looking to rekindle your romance. It’s not OK. Leave the guy alone already.

Dear Annie: My father-in-law is marrying a wonderful

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However, my family has been planning a huge family reunion that same weekend. We asked my father-in-law specifically not to plan the wedding at the same time, but they went ahead and did it anyway.

My wife wants me to at least attend the wedding ceremony, but I don’t feel right leaving after Mass. However, a lot of my family members will be in town for the reunion, and I’d like to spend time with them. Now what? -- Spread Thin in Texas Dear Texas: Your father-in-law knew you had other commitments when he scheduled his wedding. Your wife is right. Attend the ceremony, hang around long enough to congratulate the bride and groom, and then go to your reunion. Your wife can remain at her father’s wedding as long as she chooses and join you later.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Driving for Two,” whose husband refuses to drive. There may be another reason besides a phobia.

When my teenage son was 16, we enrolled him in a driver’s education program, which he completed. He then told us he did not want to get his license. He felt it was too expensive to be added to our insurance, not to mention the cost of gas. He also said he didn’t feel confident in his ability to drive safely and that his friends would expect rides and distract him. Since we’re near good public transportation, he asked instead for a monthly bus pass. When he doesn’t take the bus, he walks, bikes or gets rides from friends and family.

“Driving’s” husband may be too embarrassed to say he’s not a good driver. It might help her to weigh that against the ramifications of a serious car accident. -- Wish My Husband Would Stop

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Saturday, May 28 Tate House Museum Herb Sale

8 a.m. to noon. The Tate House Museum announced its upcoming Herb Sale to be held on the grounds of Tate House Museum.

There will be a selection of perennials and herbs available for purchase. Tate House Museum, 1270 Westbrook St., Portland (Stroudwater). 774-6177. www.tatehouse.org

Friends of Evergreen 20th Birthday Party

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to a morning full of free events including the unveiling of the new Visitors Sign by Mayor Nicholas Mavodones Jr. The Visitor’s Signs are adjacent to the Evergreen Cemetery office, at 672 Stevens Ave. They are filled with historic and environmental facts, points of interest, photographs, and a detailed guide map. “The Friends of Evergreen want to thank the Quimby Foundation for their generous support. We also thank City of Portland Public Services Department, Portland Trails, and Maine Audubon for their involvement. 9 a.m. Herb walk with Corinne Martin. Meet at the Cemetery Office. 10 a.m. Visitor’s Signs unveiling and ribbon cutting with Mayor Nicholas Mavodones, Jr. Meet at the Cemetery Office. 10:30 a.m.

Civil War walking tour with Janet Morelli and David Little. Meet at the Cemetery Office. noon.

Birthday cake and live music by John Dana at Wilde Memorial Chapel.

‘Circo’ screened at the PMA

2 p.m. “Circo” screening at the Portland Museum of Art. Saturday, May 28, 2 p.m.; Sunday, May 29, 2 p.m. “Gorgeously filmed along the back roads of rural Mexico, ‘Circo’ follows the Ponce family’s hardscrabble circus as it struggles to stay together despite mounting debt, dwindling audiences, and a simmering family conflict.”

UMC Public Bean Supper

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Traditional Elm Street UMC Public Bean Supper, Elm Street United Methodist Church, 168 Elm St., South Portland. Beans, hot dogs, casseroles and pies.

Suggested donation: Adults $8, under 12: $4, family: $20. www.elmstreetumc.org

is sanctioned by USA Ultimate, formerly the Ultimate Players Association (UPA), based in Boulder, Colo. The UPA was founded in 1979 as a player-run, not-for-profit organization that serves as the governing body for the sport of Ultimate in the U.S. USA Ultimate sanctions youth, high school, college and club competition across the country, including sectional, regional and national championships each year. Visit www. usaultimate.org. http://www.maineultimate. com/team-schedules

Memorial Luminary event in Old Orchard Beach

7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Memorial Luminary Fundraiser at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Old Orchard Beach. Honor a loved one with your own Memorial Luminary. All of the proceeds will be used to honor veterans of the following wars: Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom. Purchase your own Luminary Bag at the Town Clerk’s Office or at the Libby Memorial Library; $3 each or two for $5. 934-5714

Monday, May 30 Arboretum Plant Sale

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Arboretum Plant Sale at 114 Old Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth. Locally grown trees, shrubs and perennials from Old Ocean House Farms and from an extensive waterfront landscape in Scarborough. Sale proceeds will benefit the Arboretum at Fort Williams Park, a project that will control invasive plants, demonstrate sustainable landscaping and improve the trail system at the Park. Old Ocean House Farms is part of the Cape Elizabeth Farm Alliance, which is dedicated to preserving local agricultural properties. Mary Hodgkin at maryh777@gmail.com, 767-5692. http:// www.fortwilliams.org/arboretum.html

Memorial Day parade in Portland

10:30 a.m. The city of Portland and the Harold T. Andrews Post 17, American Legion, will sponsor a Memorial Day Parade. The parade will begin at Longfellow Square on Congress Street and prog‘It Goes Without Saying’ at Lucid Stage ress along the street ending at Monument 8 p.m. Written and performed by Bill Bowers, Square. Guest speakers include Congressdirected by and developed with Martha Banta woman Chellie Pingree, City Councilor and at Lucid Stage, May 27 and May 28. Tickets Representative of Senator Olympia Snowe $15; $12 Student/Senior. “Join us for this fun Ed Martin, a volunteer with the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad in Portland, looks at gift items near a Cheryl Leeman, Cheverus High School and unflinching look at the life and mimes of per- Polar Express display at the railroad station in 2009. The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad has immediate President and Parade Chaplain Father Wilformer Bill Bowers. From his days playing with openings for train crew and is hosting a volunteer training on Saturday, June 4. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE liam Campbell and City of Portland Mayor his Barbie dolls in his backyard in Montana to his PHOTO) Nicholas Mavodones. The Maine Center for training with world-renowned mime Marcel Marthe Deaf will provide interpreter services. college transitioned to a comprehensive community colceau, Bill has observed the incredible power that silence can Following the speeches, the event will conclude with a lege and became the fastest growing community college wield-whether onstage, between family members, among neighwreath laying ceremony at the monument. Portland Police in New England, tripling its growth between 2002 and the bors, or when we are alone.”

Department Color Guard and the Portland Fire Department fall of 2010. Over the past several years, Dr. Ortiz has laid Color Guard will be marching as well as the Portland and the groundwork for SMCC’s new Midcoast Campus at the Deering High School band, the AMVETS Post 25 Color Sunday, May 29 former Brunswick Naval Air Station. SMCC’s 2011 graduGuard, Boy Scouts of America, Girls Scouts of America ates include 16-year-old Rachel Champoux and 83-yearand much more. Military aircraft sponsored by the U.S. Air old, Robert Witham — the youngest and oldest students Unity Center for Sacred Living Force have scheduled a flyover at 10:45 a.m. Speaking and ever to graduate from SMCC. Students will receive degrees 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Unity Center for Sacred Living, “an wreath laying ceremony at Monument Square at 11 a.m. in over 40 different programs ranging from health sciences open, interfaith, Oneness oriented Spiritual Community ... and technical programs to liberal studies and business.

Military Appreciation Day at Hadlock Field here to evolve consciousness through what we call The Witham was enrolled in one of the first classes at Maine noon. The Portland Sea Dogs have partnered with the New Spirituality,” is holding services. “We know that the Vocational Technical Institute when he returned from World United States Department of Veterans Affairs to host Miliessence of Spirit is within each and every one of us, and our War II. Jewett Hall, Howe Hall and Slocum Road on the tary Appreciation Day at Hadlock Field on Memorial Day; aim is to create a safe and sacred space for each person SMCC campus were named for his instructors. He will Monday, May 30 when the Sea Dogs take on the Trenton to explore their own perception of Spirituality. UCSL offers receive an associates degree in Applied Technology in InteThunder (New York Yankees) at 1 p.m. Members of the weekly gatherings that are informative, creative, interacgrated Manufacturing at graduation on Sunday. Champoux military and veterans along with their immediate family tive, and sometimes ceremonial followed by fellowship. started taking classes at a local university when she was 12 members are eligible for free tickets to the game thanks to We hope you will come join us for our alternative services years old. Having been homeschooled, she was not used Operation Homefront and the VA Maine Healthcare System. known as Sacred Living Gatherings.” Sundays from 10 a.m. to the large class size she found there. When she was ready Military personnel and veterans may reserve their complito 11 a.m. at the Williston-West Church, Memorial Hall (2nd to enroll in college full-time she looked for a place that was mentary tickets to the game by logging on to Joint Serfloor), 32 Thomas St. Portland. For more information call close to home with the smaller class size she desired. She vice Support (JSS) at www.jointservicesupport.org. Once 221-0727 or email centerforsacredliving@gmail.com. enrolled at SMCC at the age of 14. logged in, search for the Memorial Day Baseball Game, Southern Maine Community College complete the form and tickets can be picked-up at the ballMaine High School Ultimate [Frisbee] League park on game day at the Veterans booth. Please contact commencement at the Civic Center in Portland 3 p.m. The Maine High School Ultimate [Frisbee] League, the Military Family Assistance Center at 1-888-365-9287 2 p.m. The largest graduating class in the 64-year history of now in its third year, will conclude its 2011 season with the with any questions or problems. Limited tickets are availSouthern Maine Community College will join together with State Championships on Sunday, May 29 at the Cumberable and will be distributed on a first come first serve basis. faculty and staff for commencement exercises. Nine-hunland County Fairgrounds. Up from eight teams in 2010, The Sea Dogs will host an autograph session for military dred and fourteen students will receive diplomas at the certhe 2011 season saw 16 teams, including Casco Bay High personnel in the outfield prior to the game from noon to emony in the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland.

School, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Deering, Falmouth, 12:20 p.m. In honor of Military Appreciation Day, the team The commencement speaker will be retiring SMCC PresiFreeport, Fryeburg Academy, Long Creek (AR Gould), Merwill wear camouflage caps for the game. dent, Dr. James O. Ortiz. Ortiz will retire on July 29. Ortiz riconeag Waldorf School, South Portland and Yarmouth. became president of what was then Southern Maine TechTeams in the Northern Division included Bangor, Belfast see next page nical College in February of 2002. Under his leadership, the and Camden Hills. The Maine High School Ultimate League

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Tuesday, May 31 MOFGA Farm Training Project at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough

5 p.m. Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association’s 2011 Farm Training Project (FTP) Workshop Series. The 2011 season will kick off with workshops on Starting with the Soil: Sustainable Soil Management. There will be two offerings of this workshop — first on Tuesday, May 31 at 5 p.m. at Broadturn Farm in Scarborough, and second on Wednesday, June 1 at 5 p.m. at Village Farm in Freedom.

The FTP workshops are designed for and targeted to participants in MOFGA’s Apprenticeship Program, but are free and open to anyone interested. They are intended to give apprentices and other young, beginning, and aspiring farmers the chance to visit other farms, learn from farmers about their areas of expertise, and socialize with peers. The workshops follow an informal format. They generally begin in the late afternoon with a farm tour, followed by a presentation and demonstration on the topic of the day. Participants are then invited to stay for a potluck supper and discussion bring a dish or something fresh from the farm to share. For more information about or directions to any of the workshops, or to get yourself on a reminder mailing list, email April or call 568-4142.

Wednesday, June 1 Portland Public Schools graduations

10:30 a.m. It’s graduation season in Portland. The Portland Public Schools will hold the following graduation ceremonies: June 1, 10:30 a.m., Portland Expo, Deering High School graduation; June 2, 10:30 a.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland High School graduation; June 2, 6 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Casco Bay High School graduation; June 9, 6 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, Portland Adult Education graduation.

KeyBank and the Maine Small Business Development Centers small business seminar

4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. In an effort to help more Maine entrepreneurs and small business owners access resources and expertise, KeyBank and the Maine Small Business Development Centers (Maine SBDS) are teaming up to offer free informational events exclusively for Maine small business owners. A June 1 session will take place at the Key Plaza at 23 Water Street in Bangor. A June 7 session will take place at the KeyBank branch at 400 Forest Ave. in Portland. All of the sessions will run from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. They are free and open to the public. For more information or to register, go to www.mainesbdc.org.

Old Orchard Beach charter commission

7 p.m. The Old Orchard Beach charter commission is having a public hearing on the proposed charter. There is a synopsis of the charter changes available at town hall. 1 Portland Avenue, Old Orchard Beach. http://www. oobmaine.com/Pages/OldOrchardBeachME_BComm/ chartercom

Portland’s Public Schools spring concerts

7 p.m. Family members, friends and other area residents are invited to attend the following concerts in Portland’s public schools: Lyman Moore Middle School: June 1, 7 p.m., Moore cafeteria. King Middle School: June 2, 7 p.m., King cafetorium. King Bridge Festival: June 6, 12 to 8 p.m., Deering Oaks bandstand. (Rain location is King Middle School cafetorium.) See details at www.bridgemusicfestival.org. Fifth grade after-school orchestra concert: June 6, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln gym. Lincoln Middle School: June 7, 7 p.m., Lincoln gym. Elementary band and strings concert: June 8, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln gym.

Thursday, June 2 Cocktail reception honoring Stephen Bowen

6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Maine Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bower, Portland Country Club, Eleven Foreside Road, Falmouth. Tickets are $30 each and include hor d’oeuvres, wine and beer. “Please join us as we celebrate Steve Bowen’s appointment to Commissioner, Maine Department of Education. Steve Bowen served as Director, Center for Education Excellence at The Maine Heritage Policy Center and he will discuss his goals and philosophies for Maine’s Education system. This event is hosted by the Board of Directors of The Maine Heritage Policy Center. http://stevebowenreception.eventbrite.com.

‘The Thinking Heart’ in Portland

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 con-

cerning the work will follow performances. 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.

Daphne Kalotay and Jane Roper book readings

7 p.m. New England authors, Daphne Kalotay and Jane Roper will each be reading from their debut novels, “Russian Winter” and “Eden Lake,” at Longfellow Books. Longfellow Books events are open to the public and always free to attend. Daphne Kalotay’s short stories have appeared in various literary journals and magazines and she has taught literature and writing at Middlebury College and Boston University “Russian Winter,” her first novel, was a finalist in the James Jones First Novel competition and is being published in 19 foreign languages. Fellow Boston resident, Jane Roper is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop and writes Baby Squared, a narrative blog about her adventures in twin parenting, at Babble.com. She spent her first 15 summers at summer camps in Maine inspiring the premise of her debut novel, “Eden Lake.”

Portland’s Public Schools spring concerts

7 p.m. Family members, friends and other area residents are invited to attend the following concerts in Portland’s public schools: King Middle School: June 2, 7 p.m., King cafetorium. King Bridge Festival: June 6, noon to 8 p.m., Deering Oaks bandstand. (Rain location is King Middle School cafetorium.) See details at www.bridgemusicfestival.org. Fifth grade after-school orchestra concert: June 6, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln gym. Lincoln Middle School: June 7, 7 p.m., Lincoln gym. Elementary band and strings concert: June 8, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln gym.

‘Late Nite Catechism’ performed at Freeport Factory Stage

7:30 p.m. The Smash Off-Broadway hit, direct from New York, “Late Nite Catechism” will feature Colleen Moore, who has played the role of Sister in New York as well as the National Tour. This show has been praised by Catholic Standard and Times, Catholic Explorer and called “uproarious” by the New York Times. Laugh your Sins off and don’t let Sister catch you with gum in your mouth!

Performances are June 2 through June 12, Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $27/$22.50 for seniors and students, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets, link to the ticket outlet can be found at www.freeportfactory.com. 865-5505 The Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, just one block east of L.L. Bean.

Friday, June 3 Author Lynn Plourde visits Reiche School

9 a.m. Lynn Plourde, a well-known children’s author, will spend all day June 3 at Reiche Community School in Portland. She will work with students and participate in school-wide assembly. Plourde is the author of “Teacher Appreciation Day,” “Pigs in the Mud,” “Class Picture Day” and many other books. Reiche students have created plays, puppet shows, poems, letters and a newscast based on her stories. Beginning at 9 a.m., Plourde will visit classrooms and watch the student presentations. Reiche families and other community members are invited to attend the assembly with Plourde from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Tours of Spring Crossing housing in Westbrook

1 p.m. Westbrook’s newest affordable housing community for senior citizens gets its first official viewing Friday, June 3, at 1 p.m. at an open house for federal, state, and local officials — along with the public. Spring Crossing, a 34-unit senior community at 19 Ash St., on the banks of the Presumpscot River, is a project of Westbrook Housing, Westbrook Development Corporation and Spring Crossing Associates Limited Partnership. Funded by Maine Housing with financing assistance from TDBank and Northern New England Investment Fund, the low-income tax credit property for individuals age 55 and over is expected to receive its first residents in June, according to John Gallagher, executive director of Westbrook Housing and president of Westbrook Development Corporation. In addition to the Friday afternoon open house, Westbrook Housing officials are hosting tours of the building from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 during Westbrook Together Days.

Since ground was broken in July, the $3.3 million construction project—headed up by Great Falls Construction of Gorham— has created about 100 jobs, involved some 25 local subcontractors and has had a payroll of more than $1 million, according to a press release.

Westbrook Together Days

3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Westbrook Together Days. This annual event put together by the Westbrook Community Cham-

ber brings together the best of Westbrook, local groups, local artisans, local service clubs, and great food along with amusement rides. “We will have 20-30 performers and entertainers as well as a parade down Main Street Saturday morning and our Annual Auction Saturday afternoon. The festivities are concluded with our fabulous fireworks show at 9:30 p.m. Saturday night. Riverbank Park, 655 Main St., Westbrook. June 3-June 4. Friday 3 p.m. until 10 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. No cost for admission. Tickets can be purchased for amusement rides.

‘Refashioned’ at the PMA

5 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 21 through July 31, the Portland Museum of Art presents “Refashioned.” “Inherent in the structure of a garment is the story of its purpose, time, and place. Contemporary artists, Lauren Gillette (York, Maine), Anne Lemanski (Spruce Pine, North Carolina), and Angelika Werth (Nelson, British Columbia), use the configuration of an article of clothing or hairstyle as an armature for historical narratives. Their work begins with the desire to communicate details of a life revealed in the conventions of outward appearance. In sculptural jackets, hairstyles, and dresses, the artists reconstruct identities, reuse materials, and reinvent historical personas. The exhibition will feature 21 objects lent by the artists. Refashioned is the third in a series of exhibitions called Circa that explores compelling aspects of contemporary art in the state of Maine and beyond. Circa is a series of exhibitions featuring the work of living artists from Maine and beyond. Circa is made possible by S. Donald Sussman. Corporate support provided

by The VIA Agency.” Opening celebration: Friday, June 3, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

First Friday at Geno’s Rock Club

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Art Walk at Geno’s Rock Club is free, and open to all — Jessica Butts will be exhibiting her newest multimedia pieces in the lobby. Refreshments will be provided. Live music show doors open at 9 p.m., cover is $5, 21 plus/proper ID required. Bands: Brenda — http:// www.brendabrenda.com; Over a Cardboard Sea — http:// www.myspace.com/sailingoveracardboardsea.

Contact Peri Broadbent for more information at genos.artwalk@ gmail.com

Opening for artist Leslie Wicks

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Local artist Leslie Wicks welcomes guests to her opening at Running with Scissors studios and gallery.

The show features both sculptures and prints. Refreshments will be served. 54 Cove St., Portland. 699-4242. www.runningwithscissorsartstudios.com

‘My Perestroika’ at the PMA

6:30 p.m. “My Perestroika” screening at the Portland Museum of Art. Friday, June 3, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, 2 p.m.; Sunday, June 5, 2 p.m. NR. “‘My Perestroika’ follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. At the center of the film is a family.”

PORTopera Dinner/Dance & Auction

6:30 p.m. PORTopera, Maine’s only professional opera company, hosts its annual gala Dinner/Dance & Auction at the Sable Oaks Marriott in South Portland. This year’s gala supports the company’s 17th season main stage performance: Donizetti’s The Daughter of the Regiment (La Fille du Régiment); and the gala is French-themed. PORTopera Dinner/Dance guests dine and dance in elegance.

The evening begins with a cocktail hour, with wine and hors d’oeuvres. Master of Ceremonies is Frank E. Reilly, spouse of gala co-chair Sharon Reilly, and auctioneer is Tom Saturley. The Bob Charest Band provides live music for dancing and listening until 11 p.m. Dinner is classically French and opera-inspired. Entrees include Chicken Marengo; according to legend, Chicken Marengo is an entrée ingeniously crafted by Napoleon’s chef after a military conquest, the Battle of Marengo, and thusly named. For vegetarians, Crêpes Vivandiere takes its name from vivandieres, the women attached to regiments of soldiers whose duties were to sell wine for their canteens. Marie, the lead female in La Fille du Régiment, is a fictional example of a vivandiere. Items up for auction include “walk-on” roles in the opera performance as well as a week in a Swiss chalet, an exclusive PORTopera design pendant crafted by Peapod Jewelers, opera trips to New York, Washington, Santa Fe and San Francisco and more. The gala is PORTopera’s largest fundraiser each year, allowing the opera to continue bringing the joy of opera and music to Maine year after year.

The gala is open to the public. Tickets are $125 per person, and tables of 8 or 10 are available. Tickets must be purchased in advance through the PORTopera office (8797678). Suggested dress is black tie. PORTopera will present The Daughter of the Regiment on July 28 and 30 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. For more information, visit www. portopera.org. see next page

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Saturday, May 28 Mission of Burma with Haru Bangs at Space

8 p.m. Simply stated, Mission Of Burma were, and remain, one of the most important American rock bands of the last 20 years. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979

by Roger Miller (guitar), Clint Conley (bass), Peter Prescott (drums) and Martin Swope (tape manipulator/sound engineer). Miller, Conley and Prescott share singing and songwriting duties. Like many of their post-punk contemporaries, Mission of Burma’s efforts are largely concerned with extending punk’s original vocabulary without losing its essential rebellious spirit. Using rapid shifts in dynamics, unconventional time signatures and chord progressions along with tape effects, Mission of Burma challenges the prevailing idioms of punk while attempting to retain its power and immediacy. Portland’s Haru Bangs start the night out loud and proud. $15, 18 plus. http:// www.space538.org/

Antje Duvekot at One Longfellow Square

8 p.m. Antje Duvekot is one of the brightest singer-songwriters to rise out of Boston’s competitive acoustic music scene. She released her second studio album, The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer on Black Wolf Records on March 17, 2009. Antje chose one of her favorite songwriters, Richard Shindell, to produce the album. Richard lent his talent to the record and brought in well respected musicians such as John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky and Victor Krauss. “What a blessing to have worked with someone as talented as Antje. With a voice like hers, and songs as good as these, a producer (especially a firsttime producer!) just tries to get out of the way, to do no harm, and to let the artist speak for herself.” (Richard Shindell) $15, all ages.

Sunday, May 29 In The Audience EP Release Party with Dirty Dishes, The Milkman’s Union at Space Gallery

8 p.m. The members of In the Audience have found a way to prosper as a rising indie band (and score a Phoenix BMP nomination for Best Rock Act) despite having a key songwriter float between Portland and Toronto. The collective members all come home tonight to celebrate the release of their new EP just 8 months after the 2010 debut LP “What Lives”. More assured songwriting and larger contributions from the band’s ever-expanding lineup push things forward. The album’s tone is aided significantly by producer Ron Harrity of Peapod Recordings and is being released in a limited edition by Nice Friends for the show, before a larger release later in the Summer. Come celebrate the release of the EP (and the one year anniversary of the band’s first performance at SPACE) with Boston’s Dirty Dishes and local boys The Milkman’s Union. $7, 18 plus.

Wednesday, June 1 Neon Trees at the State

7:30 p.m. WCYY and WJBQ present Neon Trees with The Limousines at the State Theatre. Take hook-happy new wave, add to it the classic-rock story-telling humanity and leaven with other-worldly charisma, and you begin to understand the palette Neon Trees are working from. Along with Glenn, Chris Allen has a quirky, edgy Johnny Marrr-meets-The Edge guitar playing while drummer Elaine Bradley drums with the intensity of John Bonham adding a heartbeat to the sensuality of the songs. $18 advance/$20 day of show. www. statetheatreportland.com

Portugal. The Man at Port City

8 p.m. Portugal. The Man with Telekinese and Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Port City Music Hall. Advance: $12; $15 door. VIP: $25. By

now, the peripatetic trail etched out by Portugal. The Man is well documented. The band’s nomadic path snakes down the Cascades, starting first in Wasilla, Alaska (yes, the very same city whose identity has been hijacked by a certain celebrity politician, one who we shall not mention again here), and then eventually settling in amongst the puddles and monochromatic haze of Portland, Ore. Carrying forth the momentum triggered by their unexpected rise in 2006, and their FM airwave success of “People Say” (from 2009’s The Satanic Satanist), In The Mountain In The Cloud continues the pattern of an album per calendar year, a feat made all the more staggering when you consider the band’s fervent devotion to the open road, logging over 800 shows.

Thursday, June 2 The Avett Brothers at the State

7:30 p.m. The Avett Brothers formed in 2001 in Charlotte, North Carolina when banjoist Scott Avett and guitarist Seth Avett joined forces with standup bass player Bob Crawford when they began feeling the tug of the acoustic music they’d heard growing up.

They were raised in the textile town of Concord, about a half-hour north of Charlotte.

Their dad, Jim Avett, had a box of eight-track tapes that Scott and Seth picked through, listened to and digested. It included albums by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Jim’s own folksy duo, Common Decency.

Other roots musicians from the folk and country realms filtered into their subconscious, too. $39.50, sold out.

Friday, June 3 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony at the State

8 p.m. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an American hip hop group from the Glenville section of Cleveland, Ohio. They are best known for their fast-paced rapping style and harmonizing vocals. In 1997, the group was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with their song “Tha Crossroads.” State Theatre, $22 advance/$25 day of show. www.statetheatreportland.com

Saturday, June 4 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

8 p.m. George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic on the Maine State Pier, presented by Maine State Pier Concert Series. “Funk legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelics kick off the Maine State Pier Concert Series. This show promises the best funk concert dance party complete with vendors, street performers and beer garden, all set against the backdrop of Portland Harbor.” General admission seating. All tickets $30 including $3 service fee. Rain or Shine. All tickets will be mailed. https://tickets.porttix.com/public/show.asp or http://www.kahbang.com/maine-state-pierconcert-series/

Monday, June 6 Low Flying Airplanes at Space Gallery

7 p.m. In “Sea to the City” and “Dreams from the Deep”, Low Flying Airplanes’ two independent releases, there is heartening sense that LFA’s music played for its own sake. Like other aspiring indie groups in the post-boom folk revival, Low Flying Airplanes is about a lack of pretense and onstage warmth, which continually develops as we watch the band quickly mature. In 2010 Low Flying Airplanes won the Maine Academy of Modern Music Rock-Off and played with Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club, and even an Alive At Five show! Come celebrate a new chapter for the band with their sophomore appearance on the SPACE stage. $8, all ages.

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$28,970

Monaco Blue/Gray, Heated Leather Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, Navigation System, Only 34,257 Miles.

Platinum/Tan Leather, Heated Seats, Premium Package, Automatic Trans., Panoramic Glass Roof, Factory Warranty Only 47,738 Miles.

03 BMW 325xi

$16,500

05 BMW 325xi

$16,999

02 BMW X5 3.0L Si

$16,999

05 BMW 325xi

$16,999

06 BMW 328i

$17,999 08 BMW X3AWD

Blue/Tan, Heated Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Power Moonroof, Premium Pkg, Only 49,752 Miles.

Titanium/Grey, Heeated Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Automatic Transmission, Directional Stability Control, Power Moonroof, Premium Pkg, Low Mileage.

Blue/Black, Heated Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Panoramic Vista Roof and Automatic Transmission.

Silver/Black, Heated Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Power Moonroof, Automatic Trans., Only 65,762 Miles.

LA9117 A - Black/Black Leather Heated Seats, Auto. Trans, PWR Moonroof, ONLY 43,290 Miles!

$18,999

04 BMW X3 2.5L

Black/Tan, Heated Leather Seats, Navigation System, Panoramic Vista Moonroof, All Wheel Drive, and Great Gas Mileage.

07 Mercedes-Benz C280 AWD Silver/Black Leather Heated Seats, Navigation Systems, Only 53,662 Miles.

$19,500

or $282/mo.

05 BMW X5 3.0L

$19,999

08 BMW 328xi AWD Sedan

$22,900

07 BMW X3 AWD

$25,999

White/Tan, Heated Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Panoramic Roof Sunshade, Bluetooth, a Rare Find!

LA9145 -Silver/Black Leather Heated Seats,Power Moonroof, Nav. System, Factory Warranty, 6 Spd Trans.,

Highland Green/Gray, Heated Leather Seats, Cold Weather Package, Premium Package, Rain Sensor Windshield, Only 40,764 Miles.

08 Volvo XC70 3.2L AWD

LA9159 -Blue/Stone Leather, DVD/TV Players, Moonroof, Heated Seats, Alloy Wheels, Factory Warranty - 45,948 Miles.

Grey/Black Seating, 6-Speed Transmission, Balance of Factory Warranty Remaining and Only 10,582 Miles.

Graphite/Black, Heated Leather Seats, Sport Package, Premium Package, Premium Stereo, Blue Tooth, Bixenon Headlights, Factory Warranty Only 44,730 Miles.

LA9160 -Monaco Blue/Tan Leather, Power Moomoof, or $434/mo.

Sport Package, Premium Package, Harmon Kardon Logic 7, Navigation System, Xenon Lights, Woodgrain Interior Package, Factory Warranty - 47,325 Miles.

08 Mercedes-Benz CLK350

$33,400

08 BMW X5 3.0L Si

$33,995

08 BMW 328ci Hard Top Convertible

$35,900

11 BMW 328i Xdrive (AWD)

$35,800

Storm Red/Stone Leather Heated Seats, Navigation or $484/mo.

Systems, Satellite Radio, Keyless GO, Premium 3 Pkg, A/C Front Seats, Only 40,908 Miles.

Silver/Black Leather Seats, All Wheel Drive, Rear DVD Player, Panoramic Vista Roof, Automatic Transmission, Only 42,269 Miles.

Space Gray/Gray, Heated Leather Seats, Heated Steering Wheel, Sport Package, Premium Package, Factory Warranty - Only 24,861 Miles.

L9170 -Auto. Trans. with Premium Package, Navigation, ONLY 12,278 Miles! Balance of Factory Warranty.

$26,899

or $376/mo.

MERCEDES

MADNESS

04 Mercedes Benz E320 4Matic Sedan $17,995 08 Mercedes Benz C350 Arctic White/Gray Leather, Navigation System, LA9139 -Desert Silver/Ash Leather, Moonroof, or $313/mo. Heated Seats, AMG Sport Package, Premium Package, Dual Power Heated Seats, Premium Stereo/6 Disc CD, Side Air Bags - 73,678 Miles.

06 Mercedes Benz R350 AWD

L9187 -Desert Silver/Ash, Heated Leather Seats, Power Moonroof - 51,288 Miles.

$31,990

Titanium/Gray, Heated Leather Seats, Cold Weather Package, Sport Package, Premium Package, Vista Moonroof, Navigation System, Factory Warranty - Only 25,550 Miles.

$30,760

or $459/mo.

Power Moonroof, Only 23,407 Miles.

$22,995 07 Mercedes Benz GL450 AWD

L9186 -Desert Silver/Ash, Heated Leather Seats, Power Moonroof, Navigation System, Rear DVD System, 3rd Row Seats - 46,602 Miles.

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$33,995

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