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Where’s our marijuana?

Portland ‘med pot’ center still months away

Auburn dispensary enjoying a fast start

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Medical marijuana dispensaries are accepting patients in Auburn

BY CASEY CONLEY THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Although Northeast Patients Group doesn’t yet

and in Frenchville, but it will still be several months before the dispensary planned for Maine's largest city will open its doors.

Becky DeKeuster, executive director of Northeast Patients Group, a firm awarded permits to open four dispensaries in Maine including the one in Portland, admitted this week that the process has been slow going.

“Things have gone slower than we would have liked, but we will have an announcement for a time line and a location in Portland very shortly,” said DeKeuster, a former director of Berkeley Patients Group, a registered medical marijuana dispensary in California.

“We are on line to be open with all of our locations by the fall,” she continued.

Delays in Portland should not come as a surprise. DeKeuster told Bangor Daily News in March that the opening day for the group’s four dispensaries could be pushed back,

have its Portland medical marijuana dispensary up and running, there is reason to believe the center will thrive once the doors finally open.

Consider the example of Remedy Compassion Center, a nonprofit dispensary that opened about a month ago in an Auburn strip mall.

Operator Tim Smale said in an interview this week that his dispensary already has “well over 100 patients,” with more coming in each week.

Voters in 2009 approved changes to the state’s medical marijuana law that allowed for the creation of nonprofit dispensaries.

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Venues abound for watching fireworks

BY DAVID CARKHUFF THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Eastern Prom is the place to be on the Fourth of July for the Stars and Stripes Spectacular. Or is it?

The Portland Daily Sun asked the public to weigh in on best places to watch Portland's fireworks show.

The annual Fourth of July celebration, The Stars and Stripes Spectacular, will blast off at the Eastern Promenade Park.

“Munjoy Hill is the best place, no question about it. I grew up there, I watched them my whole life. You can’t get any closer without having them fall on top of you.” — Portland School Superintendent Jim Morse on fireworks viewing sites This year's festival will feature comedian Bob Marley performing at 6 p.m., followed by the Patriotic Pops Concert by the

July 4 heroes with little freedom

Reynard on the Declaration

See historian Herb Adams on page 4

See Bob Higgins on page 4

Portland Symphony Orchestra starting at 7:40 p.m.

Once the sun sets, around 9:20 p.m., brace for the launching of the fireworks over Casco Bay and the see FIREWORKS page 10

Due to the Fourth of July holiday, The Portland Daily Sun will not print on Tuesday. Have a happy and safe July 4!

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MIAMI (NY Times) — The hacker group Anonymous has declared a cyberwar against the City of Orlando, disabling Web sites for the city’s leading redevelopment organization, the local Fraternal Order of Police and the mayor’s re-election campaign.

Anonymous, a group of hackers that claimed responsibility for crashing the Web sites of MasterCard and the Church of Scientology, began attacking the Orlando-based Web sites earlier this week.

The group described its attacks as punishment for the city’s recent practice of arresting members of Orlando Food Not Bombs, an antipoverty group that provides vegan and vegetarian meals twice a week to homeless people in one of the city’s largest parks.

“Anonymous believes that people have the right to organize, that people have the right to give to the less fortunate and that people have the right to commit acts of kindness and compassion,” the group said in a news release and video posted on YouTube on Thursday.

“However, it appears the police and your lawmakers of Orlando do not.”

A 2006 city ordinance requires organizations to obtain permits to feed groups of 25 people or more in downtown parks. The law was passed after numerous complaints by residents and businesses owners about the twice-weekly feedings in Lake Eola Park, city officials said. The law limits any group to no more than two permits per year per park.

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Tens of thousands of Syrians Budget fight protest in central city of Hama shuts down BEIRUT (NY Times) — Tens of thousands of protesters poured into the streets Friday of Hama, a Syrian city abandoned by the military and security forces, gathering in the country’s biggest demonstration in nearly four months of unrest and staking a festive claim to a region that bore the brunt of a ferocious government crackdown a generation ago.

The scenes of residents rallying in a central square there, captured by activists on video and circulated on the Internet,

seemed to signal a new stage in an uprising that has so far only aspired to rival the mass protests in Egypt and Tunisia, where authoritarian leaders were eventually forced to step down. Protesters exploited at least a temporary vacuum in the official security presence in Hama to stage a panorama of dissent as celebratory as it was angry.

The military and security forces withdrew last month from Hama for reasons that remain unclear. But the move

seemed to mark a compelling, if ambiguous, turn in an uprising that until recently was marked by repeated clashes between protesters and armed troops.

After weeks of stalemate, a new dynamic has emerged.

The opposition gathered in a rare meeting in Damascus on Monday, government officials are promising reform in coming weeks and protesters have shown a resilience that seems increasingly difficult for the government to suppress.

Strauss-Kahn is released as case teeters NEW YORK (NY Times) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday as the sexual assault case against him moved one step closer to dismissal after prosecutors told a Manhattan judge that they had serious problems with the case.

Prosecutors acknowledged that there were significant credibility issues with the hotel housekeeper who accused Mr. Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in May. In a brief hearing at State Supreme Court in Manhattan, prosecutors did not oppose his release; the judge then freed Mr. Strauss-Kahn on his own recognizance.

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BY MICHAEL COOPER AND RICHARD OPPEL JR. THE NEW YORK TIMES

During the 16 years James (Whitey) Bulger spent on the lam, several of his former partners in crime testified that he had made payoffs to two dozen Boston police officers and half a dozen F.B.I. agents over his long criminal career — giving them thousands of dollars and rings, a Meerschaum pipe and Lalique glass.

But few lawmen — with the notable exception of John Connolly, his longtime handler at the F.B.I. — were ever convicted of corruption.

Now that he is back in custody after his capture last week in Santa Monica, Calif., the looming question is whether Mr. Bulger, a longtime informant — who fed information about his rivals to the F.B.I. for years in return for their protection — will squeal again.

“I think there are a whole bunch of people out there he could probably name” who are worried what he might say, said Robert Fitzpatrick, who was an assistant special agent in charge of the Boston office of the F.B.I. in the 1980s, and who has testified that he tried unsuccessfully to end Mr. Bulger’s run as an informant.

The Bulger saga has been explored in trials, Congressional hearings, reams of newsprint and a shelf of books. But a review in recent days of hundreds of pages of trial transcripts and court decisions, along with interviews with several former law enforcement officials and lawyers connected with the case, shows that, despite all the scrutiny, there has never been a full official reckoning of the public corruption that allowed Mr. Bulger to thrive. His partners have testified that former F.B.I. agents were on the take, and named names, but in many cases, the agents simply denied it and nothing happened. A report promised years ago by a special prosecutor was never issued.

It is unclear even now whether the government wants to reopen old wounds.

“It’s not always just the guy pulling the trigger who is guilty,” said Tom Foley, a retired state police commander who pursued Mr. Bulger with Ahablike intensity for years, only to see him elude capture thanks to help from his F.B.I. friends. “It’s also the people who set that up and allowed it to happen, and especially the people who had a responsibility to put a stop to it.”

Even if Mr. Bulger, 81, decides to talk, it is not clear that he has much to bargain with: he stands accused of 19 murders, and some of his closest associates have implicated him. The statute of limitations has passed for most crimes he could talk about, and most former investigators are retired or dead. But former F.B.I. agents and lawyers connected to the case say that

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Mr. Bulger may decide that he wants to settle a few scores.

For much of the 1980s, he turned the world of Boston law enforcement upside down.

The F.B.I. considered him and his partner Stephen (the Rifleman) Flemmi “top echelon” informants, but the pair seemed to get more from the bureau than they gave. Federal agents helped them by locking up rivals, protected them from other investigators and tipped them off when witnesses threatened to implicate them. Those wouldbe witnesses quickly wound up dead, sometimes with their teeth removed to make it harder to identify the bodies.

In those days it was not just the lawmen who referred to the gangsters with colorful nicknames like Whitey and the Rifleman. Mr. Bulger had his own nicknames for the F.B.I. agents he wined and dined and used, associates testified: Zip, Agent Orange, The Pipe, Doc and Vino.

John Connolly was the F.B.I. agent who handled both Mr. Bulger and Mr. Flemmi, using their information to build high-profile cases against the Mafia. Mr. Bulger called him Zip because they came from the same South Boston housing project and had shared a ZIP code. But Mr. Connolly grew too close to his source. He was convicted of racketeering and obstruction of justice in 2002, in part for tipping Mr. Bulger off in 1994 when he was finally about to be indicted. Then he was convicted of second-degree murder in 2008 for warning Mr. Bulger in 1982 that a man named John Callahan was likely to implicate him in several murders connected with an attempt to profit from World Jai Alai, a company with frontons in Connecticut and Florida. Mr. Callahan’s body was found in the trunk of a car at Miami International Airport, after an attendant noticed blood dripping from it.

A lawyer for Mr. Connolly, James E. McDonald, said that Mr. Bulger’s capture could stir things up. “If I were the Department of Justice prosecutors, I’d be nervous, because if Bulger starts to talk, the whole edifice they have

created about John being the corrupt agent will have holes you could drive a truck through,” he said.

Mr. Connolly did not act alone.

His supervisor at the F.B.I., John Morris, called Vino, admitted to taking $7,000 in bribes from Mr. Bulger and Mr. Flemmi — beginning when he asked them to pay for his mistress to fly to a training session he was attending in Georgia. Mr. Bulger and Mr. Flemmi took to calling him Vino after a 1981 dinner at the Hotel Colonnade in Boston, where he drank a great deal of wine. They later sent him a case, with $1,000 in it. But Mr. Morris was granted immunity when he agreed to cooperate with the government.

Still, he may have the most to fear.

Mr. Morris admitted that in 1988 he leaked information to the The Boston Globe, which has long done groundbreaking reporting on the Bulger saga, that Mr. Bulger was an F.B.I. informant. His lawyer, Michael A. Collora, said that Mr. Morris did so in the hopes that exposing the troubled relationship would end it. But Mr. Bulger’s

brother William M. Bulger, a former president of the Massachusetts State Senate, saw a more sinister motive.

He testified before Congress in 2003 that the leak’s purpose was “bringing about the death of James Bulger.”

After Whitey Bulger became a fugitive, he called Mr. Morris with a threat: he vowed to take Mr. Morris with him if he went down. But Mr. Collora noted in an interview this week that Mr. Morris, who he said worked part-time at a wine store, had already admitted wrongdoing and had been granted immunity.

One memo that has received little scrutiny shows how officials in Washington were warned that the F.B.I.’s Boston office was too close to Mr. Bulger.

It was written in 1982, after the jai alai murders were linked to Mr. Bulger’s group, known as the Winter Hill Gang.

An agent in the Miami office warned officials in Washington that local investigators were cutting the F.B.I. out of the loop, in part because they believed “that some agents in the Boston F.B.I. would not pursue allegations against the Winter Hill Gang vigorously.”

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July 4 heroes who had little freedom to lose

In the Eastern Cemetery on Congress Street, in a corner where windblown litter and beer cans collect, stand silent reminders — even signficant reasons — why we celebrate the Fourth of July this long Independence Day weekend.

Here four tombstones stand in a row. Only one is original, an ancient slate slanting into the long grass. Three are white marble, new and crisp. All stand shoulder to shoulder, like a line of silent infantry.

In a sense they are. These are the graves of African Americans, Mainers all, veterans who fought for freedom in the American Revolution.

For a country’s freedom — but not their own. Some 235 Fourths of July ago, while men in Philadelphia pledged on parchment their “Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor “ to fight for a new nation’s freedom, Lewis Shephard, he of the slate stone, had only a life to give. A poor man. Shephard had ––––– no fortune to offer — and as a “dark, Jamaican-born slave,” he Guest had little freedom to lose.

Columnist But fight with honor he did.

Likewide his companions Cato Shattuck, Plato McLellan and James Bowes, who rest beside him in the Eastern grounds, separated by a wide swath of green grass and broken stones from their fellow white veterans buried nearby.

Herb Adams

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Reynard on the Declaration Looking at how the media has changed in the years since entry on to the big dirt ball, it’s always fascinating to look back on the media of the day on historical occasions. As a treat for the reader, imagine of today’s media environment had been around during the summer of 1776. If there had been television and radio broadcasts back in the day, it might have looked something like this.

REYNARD NEWS NETWORK ANCHOR: “Good evening, colonies. We begin our broadccast tonight with a stunning news story. Just hours ago, delegates from all thirteen colonies announced that they had come to “a decision” on whether or not to continue the resolution regarding an “independence” movement in the colonies. We begin our story tonight with Rushfield Limberger, Philadelpha Radio correspondent and columnist.

Rushfield?”

“Thanks Tom. Sources inside the alleged Continental Congress,’ a loose collection of agitators hand picked by weasel governors in each of the colonies, have apparently produced some sort of document. It is unknown at this time what the document contains, but sources placed well

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Daily Sun Columnist inside the group of troublemakers to keep an eye on them report that essentially, this is a declaration of war against the crown.”

“Rushfield, that sounds downright treasonous. The honorable king has done nothing scandalous, other than rouse a few troublemakers in the Massachusetts colonies. It is universally acknowledged that the King had no choice but to shut down the Massachusetts ports until a major part of the crowns revenue, the East India Company, had been repaid for all that dumped tea. What are you hearing there?”

“Tom, this is a congress of confusion here. I’ve just been passed a copy of the document by an honorable local printer named Dunlap. From a quick examination of the document, this is certainly treasonous material. Our King is accused of many crimes’ here. Quite frankly, the only charge I don’t see listed here is an accusation of worrying livestock.

If these so called “revolutionaries” are not careful, the King will most likely hunt them all down and hang them.”

“Can you tell us more of this document? It sounds like something that must be hundreds of pages long. There is no way those representatives had time to read it all, much less understand it.”

“Tom, it only appears to be one densely packed page of tiny handwriting, but the litany of offenses’ section takes up most of the page.

From what I’ve seen so far, it is a collection of petty and mostly forgotten incidents like the bombing of Falmouth, located in the northern part of the Massachusetts Colony. Those aggravated sots complain that a few puny shells burned the town to the ground.

It’s high time we forget these petty squabbles and get on with the business of running this collection of colonies.”

“Rushfield, is there anyone there who will take credit for producing this document?”

“Yes, Tom. Joining me now are Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, two members of the working committee’ that drafted this declaration. Gentlemen, You’ve doomed us all with your treason. You should be dragged see HIGGINS page 7

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Flag scofflaws include Palin, Bush, and maybe you Ahhhh. The Fourth of July weekend. A great time for barbecue, a few beers and then destroying the whole vibe by going off about disrespect for the American flag.

––––– Oh yeah. It's time for my annual Usually reminder that when it comes to Reserved respecting the U.S. Flag Code, we have very nearly all sinned and It helps to drag For Flag Code scholars, the Betsy others into the fray come short of the old glory.

Ross Foundation is a primary source. — yes, clothing One year, my the Flag For example, you may remember violates tradition took a Code but so does that Janet Jackson Super Bowl turn for the moreusing it for hamserious when “costume malfunction” as big news, burger bun packCongress Street aging and, this but many of us (including the BRF) year, those horrible business icon Dan Hatt had a rain- remember that same half-time show Budweiser cans. bow gay-pride flag featured the wearing of an American That's because ripped down from the Flag Code and flag by performer Kid Rock. his shop. Since BRF say that a that particular flag is anything flag incorporated "by which the the stars-on-blue of the American flag, average person seeing the same withthere was speculation that part of the out deliberation may believe the same crime might have to do with "disreto represent the flag." spect" of the banner.

Advertising, as it turns out, is speHatt even confirmed that some cifically against the Flag Code. Also a observers sometimes questioned if it's no-no, displaying the flag horizontally disrespectful to the U.S. flag, and we like they do when a group of kids carcan presume that such "disrespect" it ries it onto a football field. outside our ongoing sexual-political Other no-nos are stuff you have rights argument. likely supported: the paper plates, It's clear that any such use of table cloths and napkins some of the American flag violates the U.S. us will innocently use for picnics Flag Code, which despite it's official this weekend. Section 8i of the code sounding name is really an advisory reads that the flag "... should not be document. The U.S. courts have con... printed or otherwise impressed on sistently ruled that virtually any use paper napkins or boxes or anything of the flag is free speech and much disthat is designed for temporary use respect is allowed. and discard."

It's a good thing, too, because if it Some cases are not so clear. were enforced the violators would For example, the MSNBC's "news" include Sarah Palin and President host Martin Bashir actually accused George W. Bush.

Gov. Palin of "... a possible breach of Both of those flag-dissing figures federal law" because the flag (painted were bold enough to autograph Ameron her bus) should never be used for ican flags, a clear violation of the Flag advertising purposes.

Code, which states: "The flag should For once, even the Betsy Ross folks never have placed upon it, nor on any fumble for a handle: "There can be part of it, nor attached to it any mark, no [federal law] breach, as the Flag insignia, letter, word, figure, design, Code is only advisory. There is a long picture, or drawing of any nature." unchallenged tradition of politicians Their transgressions and many using the flag. However, the partial others are well-documented on the flag on her bus is recognizable as Betsy Ross Foundation website, an a flag, so does constitute a U.S. flag. old-school arbiter of such matters.

Bashir is correct that the Flag Code For Flag Code scholars, the BRF is states that the flag should never be a primary source. For example, you used for advertising purposes." may remember that Janet Jackson My personal favorite is the Colorado Super Bowl "costume malfunction" as Motor Vehicles department earning a big news, but many of us (including place on the "Wall of Shame" for placthe BRF) remember that same halfing the Italian flag on the wrong side time show featured the wearing of an of a license plate noting the ItalianAmerican flag by performer Kid Rock.

American friendship.

Let me note Flag Code Section 8d., But details aside, I always rememwhich reads: "The flag should never ber the rest of the story about the be used as wearing apparel." creep who tore down the rainbow flag.

That "apparel" rule is the one I He didn't toss it aside or hurl it away. break most often, and which really According to observers, he folded it, led to flag scholarship. In some places, tucked it under his arm and walked mostly bars, my distinctive American away down the street. flag scarf can bring sudden social conAh, now if we can get the same flicts. Since this often involves people respect for what the flag represents. who once risked their life to defend the country, I figured to get busy (Curtis Robinson is founding editor defending myself. of The Portland Daily Sun.)

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All three — Shattuck, McLellan and Shephard — spent the bitter winter of 1778 at Valley Forge ADAMS from page 4

Theirs is the “Colored Ground,” a corner of the cemetery set aside for black burials in the 17th Century, a relic of an era when no black man could be buried beside a white man he had once fought beside.

Separate in life, separate in death, for one moment all four had shouldered arms to march toward the promise made in the grand Declaration read aloud in 1776 from the pulpits all across Massachusetts: “that All Men are Created equal, with certain inalienable rights ...” Or perhaps they heard the words read aloud on future July 4ths by a white officer on distant fields — for no documents remain that show the four could read or write themselves. In over half the 13 rebellious colonies, teaching a slave to read or write was a criminal offense.

So their life stories are scant and scattered in dusty archives from Washington to Orono. But among them the four were witness to some of the Revolution’s fiercest fighting, brightest moments, and worst winters.

Desperate for manpower, Gen. George Washington’s army made no distinctions about color — at first. In 1777, both Cato Shattuck and Plato McLellan enlisted in Capt. Paul Ellis’ 15th Massachusetts Regiment. Shattuck, a fifer, fifed that fall on October 17, 1777, when Gen. Horatio Gates’ outnumbered Americans thumped “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne’s Brit-

ish army into a surrender at Saratoga.

It was the greatest American victory of the war thus far — as one Mainer wrote, “ A good haul of British boys, over 6,000 men.”

That same year, Lewis Shephard and his brother Nimrod, Jamaicaborn slaves owned by the Libby family of Gorham and Scarborough, “with their owner’s permission ... enlisted in the Revolution “ on January 20, 1777, in Capt. Samuel Thomas ‘ 11th Massachusetts Regiment, and saw hard service at Saratoga’s victory and the Battle of Monmouth’s near-defeat on June 28, 1778, where George Washington himself halted the American rout by charging down the line on horseback, hatless, swearing, and swinging his sword.

All three — Shattuck, McLellan and Shephard — spent the bitter winter of 1778 at Valley Forge, huddled with Washington’s starving army twelve to a cramped log hut. Bootless soldiers wrapped their feet with rags and, marching sentry, left footprints tinged with blood. “Our horses died of starvation,” wrote one Mainer, “and the men harnessed themselves to sleds and hauled our wood and scanty provisions...”

“Surely we, who enjoy the blessings of Liberty, will remember the terrible winter of Valley Forge, 1778.”

James Bowes, a farmer and freeman, enlisted in 1780 in Capt. Watson’s 3rd Massachusetts Regiment and served three years in the Hudson River Valley and at West Point, where

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Shephard had outlived most of his Revolutionary comrades-in-arms, black or white.

Shephard, Bowes, McLellan, Shattuck all made their last joint appearance in the public records in Portland’s early city directories, which note them as “People Of Color “ — a separate listing at the back of the book.

The Revolution did not end slavery in America; it did not even end slavery in Massachusetts.

A 1781 decision of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court did that, based on the new 1780 State Constitution which declared “All men are born Free and Equal” — familiar words written by John Adams, echoing the Historian and former state representative Herb Adams attaches American famous words writflags to the graves of African Americans, Maine veterans who fought for ten by Thomas Jeffreedom in the American Revolution. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO) ferson. For Maine, an unhappy part of Bowes was stationed the day of BeneMassachusetts, slavery ended in 1781; dict Arnold’s famous treason in 1780, for America, it took another eighty failing to surrender the fortress to the years and another, grimmer, war.

British. Arnold fled; Bowes marched In 1876, one hundred years after the on.

Revolution, a Portland writer still But by then, bowing to Southern remembered the aged Lewis Shephpressure, Washington had curtailed ard, a favorite among the waterfront’s black enlistments, free or slave, and children black and white: “We recolsoldiers of color usually served in new, lect well his venerable appearance... segregated, units. and often called to see him and hear After the war, all four settled in the him converse on the olden time.” close-knit black community in old One hundred and more years Falmouth (now Portland) Maine, clusbeyond that, in the century spanning tered on the slopes and by the wharves the Civil War to Civil Rights, only the at the foot of Munjoy Hill. Their voices stones of Shephard and the others still grew fewer and fainter : in 1835 aged stand, forever separate in the “Colored James Bowes “made his mark” on an Ground,” as reminders of their olden application for a state land grant open time. But theirs is a modern message: to aging Revolutionary veterans. “I they served a country that did not have never received any grant of land always serve them, in faith for a cause from Massachusetts... I am 81 years that has not concluded, in an experiold...my Discharge is lost..” ment in democracy not yet finished.

A white neighbor, Charles Harding, The eloquence and irony of the ringadded a plaintive note: “As he is a very ing words of the Declaration of Indeaged and poor old fellow (a Negro) and pendence echo in the empty sweep not able to send any to select for him, I of green grass that separates their ask of you to select a lot as good as any stones from those of their white neigh... for he is really deserving of a good bors buried nearby. one having been a very good soldier...”

The symbolic distance can be Lewis Shephard applied in 1818 crossed in a few steps. Here, the air for a veteran’s pension, the first ever is salt, the faded flags flutter, and the offered by the young United States, winds sigh. “being over 60 years of age, in reduced One could do worse on this, the circumstances in life, and in need of 235th American 4th of July, amid assistance from his Country.” His wife the family barbeques, fine fireworks, Elizabeth, known as “Marm Shephand fun of a long three-day weekend, ard,” eked out a living selling “cakes, than to stand here a moment. Let the pies and eggnog” on militia days from silent stones speak. a busy booth below the Observatory on Munjoy Hill. Lewis Shephard died (Herb Adams is a former Maine Dec. 22, 1833; his widow may have state Representative and a graduate of used his last pension money to buy the Harvard Kennedy School of Govhis slate tombstone . She died April ernment. When he visited Sam Adams’ 3, 1839, and was buried near her husgrave in Boston, he says, a British band in the “Colored Ground” in an tourist asked him, “Is this the guy who unmarked grave. makes the beer?”)

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News coverage in 1700s: ‘We didn’t vote for him, he isn’t OUR King’ HIGGINS from page 4

out and shot. What do you have to say in your defense, Mr. Jefferson?”

“Rushfield, I feel confident that future generations of colonists will view this as a turning point. Today, we declared ourselves and independent entity, no longer subject to the damned King or his foolish laws. We didn’t vote for him, he isn’t OUR King, and quite frankly, his entire family and connections are suspect.”

“Wow, Mr. Jefferson. Surely you will hang for this.

While we are on the subject of families, it has come to our attention that you yourself have some family irregularity, notably involving a domestic slave of yours named ‘Sally Hemings.’ Just what DID happen...”

“Rushfield, I’ve mentioned repeatedly that I will not be inquired about on that matter. This interview is over.”

“Turning now to Mr. Franklin. Sir, how can you honestly state that you are working ‘for the colonies’ interest’ when it is a well known FACT that your

illegitimate son, a William Temple Franklin, is a paid ‘Royal Governor of New Jersey!’ Why, your connections alone are suspect. What other manner of treasonous sots are in there working on this buffoonery! Are those backstabbers from New York there, the ones that were EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN from taking part in any independence movement there?”

“The gentlemen from New York are present. I believe that they all voted ‘present’ rather than ‘aye’ or ‘nay.’ “ “Joining us now is a John Hancock. Mr. Hancock, who appears to be a bit of a dandy with his silk stockings, what can you tell us?”

“This is a foundation document. We have told the king to bugger off, so to speak. We have explained to him for a long time that we don’t wish a fight, but if he wants one, I’m to understand the correct idiom of the day is to say, ‘bring it.’”

“Tom, I don’t quite know what to make of these revolutionaries. Hancock just looks weird, Jefferson is a notorious race mixing bigamist who had fathered at least one illegitimate child, as has Mr Franklin, a bizarre so called ‘journalist’ and ‘inventor’. How can we trust our future to these people? I

have it on good authority that Franklin was CARRIED here in a sedan chair, by shackled slaves from the Philadelphia debtors prison! Are these the types of incorrigible characters that we should entrust our futures, and the futures of our posterity?”

“Rushfield, I echo your concern with the ‘megaditto’. I just don’t know what to make of these revolutionaries. I’m quite sure that this will not pass among the colonists, even though the tension has been growing for quite a while. It’s not like the King was actually doing these actions himself. These so called ‘patriots’ have practically labeled him of waging a war of terrorism against our peoples, all for wanting to tax us slightly higher for his own money!

I mean, it’s HIS MONEY! His PICTURE is on it!”

Thankfully, TV and radio hadn’t come along yet.

In the grand scheme of things, sometimes it’s a good idea to put a document out there, and let people think about it for a bit before coming to a snap judgement.

Happy 4th of July ... and keep on thinking about it.

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

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Higgins off base; Googins will pay for his crime of aggravated assault

Editor, Seems to me that Portland Daily Sun columnist Bob Higgins was mighty harsh in his comments concerning what he regards as the lenient two and a half year sentence William Googins received for causing the death of Eric Bensen in Monument Square a year ago. Mr. Googins did a terrible thing and he needs to pay for it, but we have to keep in mind that he was convicted of aggravated assault, not murder,

in spite of Bob Higgins' repeated use of that word in his column. Murder is when you planned the attack and plotted its result. You conceived of doing and evil thing and you went through with it. There was a high degree of intent and forethought. That's a long ways from an intoxicated twenty-one year old on the streets of Portland at midnight punching a man he never met and having the man fall and hit his head.

We need to take into account as well that this was Mr. Googins first offense. There's no pattern here.

No series of violent crimes. Society is not going to be appreciably safer with Mr. Googins behind bars for a long period of time.

Regards Bob Higgins' remark that he's tempted to get in touch with some friends in prison who he insinuates might make sure that Mr. Googins does hard time, I'd have to say that that is an act of premeditated violence on Bob Higgins' part, committed with the collusion of his editor. As it stands, whether Higgins makes the call to his buddies or not, one can assume that even if they don't see his column, they, or others, could well hear of it and be inspired to take action. So, as long as we're on the subject of violence, there you go. Sincerely, Cliff Gallant Portland

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The potential benefits of a bi-weekly mortgage plan

BY MARYANN HAGGERTY THE NEW YORK TIMES

With interest rates low, biweekly mortgage payment plans are looking less attractive than ever.

If you have recently taken a mortgage, you are likely to receive solicitations pushing these plans, from your own lender or a third party. The pitch is that for a few hundred dollars up front, you can painlessly save thousands in the long term on interest, simply by having half your mortgage payment debited from your bank account every two weeks, instead of paying monthly.

For years, financial advisers and consumer advice columnists have offered the same caution about such plans: Don’t pay to participate. You can achieve the same results yourself at no cost.

“I would never pay a bank for that option, because basically a biweekly is sending in one extra payment a year,” Robert B. Walsh, a principal of Lighthouse Financial Advisors in Red Bank, N.J., said of the payment plan.

The 26 every-other-week payments each year are the equivalent of 13 monthly payments, and the extra cash goes to cut your principal, allowing you to pay off the loan earlier. How much earlier depends

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Valley National Bank in Wayne, N.J., distinguishes Citibank calls its BiWeekly Advantage Plan “a between payment plans, which he calls “synthesized faster way to build your home equity.” The plan biweekly mortgages,” and the biweekly loans his charges a $375 enrollment fee, plus $1.50 per draft. bank offers. Those loans are amortized biweekly, in Other biweekly plans, including third-party paycontrast with most payment plans, which accelerate ment services, charge similar amounts. Some lendpayments without changing the underlying monthly ers, including Wells Fargo and Bank of America, accrual schedule. offer biweekly plans free to customers who pay from That is, while you pay each two weeks, nothing is an account with that bank. credited to your account until the monthly due date.

Citibank acknowledges the do-it-yourself advice.

Valley National’s loans credit those payments every “Some homeowners try to make extra principal 14 days, for a slightly faster payoff. payments themselves, but most aren’t able to keep At today’s rates, few customers choose biweekly a consistent schedule,” the bank says on its Web loans, Mr. Engel said. Still, “it remains a stansite. dard product for us,” he said. “As rates increase, Nonetheless, technology makes such payments we expect this program will become much more particularly painless. If your lender offers direct fashionable.” payments via an online site, it will let you add extra Mr. Engel is particularly dismissive of thirdprincipal to the payment. Add an amount equal to party payment plans, saying borrowers are “foolone-twelfth of your monthly payment, and don’t ish” to pay a fee. If nothing else, he suggests a think of it again. low-tech alternative.

If you physically mail a check each month, you’ll “Write a check for half the mortgage each two have to think some, but not a lot. Your payment weeks, and put it in a coffee can.” Each month, coupon has a line where you can write in the addisend two checks from the coffee can. At the end tional principal amount you are paying. of a year, there will be two extra checks; send Asked why Citibank offered biweekly paythose. ment plans, Mark Rodgers, a spokesman for “In effect,” he said, “they are doing the same thing Citigroup, said it is “a matter of client prefera lot of these entities are charging to do.”

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(AP/The New York Times) A report that United States factories rebounded in June prolonged a weeklong rally in the stock market Friday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its best week in more than a year with a gain of more than 600 points.

The factory report was just enough to spur a flurry of buying. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose to 55.3 points in June from 53.5 the previous month. The June increase, the first upturn in four months, surprised economists.

By the end of the day, the Dow Jones industrial average had added another 168.43 points, or 1.36 percent, to 12,582.77. The Standard & Poor’s 500stock index rose 19.03 points, or 1.44 percent, to 1,339.67, while the Nasdaq was up 42.51, or 1.53 percent, to 2,816.03.

THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Saturday, July 2, 2011— Page 9

‘We have had some issues with finding properly zoned sites’ PORTLAND from page one

but that she expected all four to be open by July 2011.

As with her March interview with the Bangor Daily News, DeKeuster this week declined to discuss Berkeley Patients Group's ongoing tax problems.

That company, which provided Northeast Patients Group with a $300,000 line of credit, owes the state of California roughly $6.3 million in back taxes, according to published reports.

Since news of the tax issue reached Maine, rumors have been circulating that Northeast was short on cash. In fact, two people with close ties to the medical marijuana community in Maine and Rhode Island said they had heard Northeast was “out of money.”

“We are two different companies,” DeKeuster said this week. "I can’t speak to what’s going on in California.”

DeKeuster said in March that the company had lined up a new financial partner, but wouldn’t say who that partner was.

Many have speculated that Northeast had partnered with Summit Compassion Center, a Warwick, R.I., dispensary bankrolled by former NBA player Cuttino Mobley. Asked about a possible partnership with Summit this week, DeKeuster declined to comment.

“I can’t say anything more, other than we are on

track to be opening in the fall look forward to accepting patients,” she said.

Attempts to reach officials at Summit’s Warwick operation were not successful. A phone number could not be found for the center, and it wasn’t clear if it had opened.

Northeast Patients Group had long been expected to rent space at 959 Congress St., at the intersection with St. John Street, in the former Key Bank building. DeKeuster told the Bangor paper in March that the company had already leased space in Portland.

But in the interview this week, DeKeuster said her firm was still scouting locations in Portland.

“We are looking at a couple different sites. I expect to have more information within a week,” she said.

So what accounts for the hold-up?

“We have had some issues with finding properly zoned sites,” said DeKeuster. “The state requires us to have on-site parking. We have found buildings that are fantastic but would have had to use on-street parking. So we have run into a couple hurdles that I understand other dispensaries are also dealing with.”

The group is working with the city’s zoning office to make sure its prospective dispensary sites are “in line with the zoning map,” she said.

According to paperwork filed with the state, Northeast expects to draw nearly 250 patients during its first full year in operation, which it says would yield

more than $1.7 million in revenues. In year two, the company expects to have more than 400 patients and earn more than $3.2 million.

The company expects to sell its marijuana — which comes at a much higher grade than is found on the black market — for $340 an ounce, documents show.

Street prices for the illegal drug average between $25 and $50 per eighth of an ounce, and between $100 and $400 for an ounce, depending on quality.

Maine law allows for nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries following a successful referendum in 2009 that amended the state’s existing medical marijuana statute.

To date, dispensaries are open in Frenchville, on the border with Canada in northern Aroostook County, and in Auburn. A dispensary in Ellsworth is due to open in early July, according to published reports.

John Thiele, the state’s Program Manager for the Medical Use of Marijuana Program, didn’t return several phone calls and emails for the latest information on medical marijuana dispensaries elsewhere in Maine.

Catherine Cobb, director of Licensing and Regulatory Services for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, also didn't return a phone call seeking comment.

City officials reached Friday said they were not aware of any applications from Northeast Patients Group to open a dispensary in Portland.

Smale says talk of competition between caregivers, dispensaries is much ado about nothing AUBURN from page one

The state issued permits for eight dispensaries to operate across the state. People must have qualifying illnesses, including cancer, HIVAIDS, chronic pain and glaucoma.

These patients can get doctor’s approval for medical marijuana.

To date, at least two dispensaries have opened — Smale’s, which he operates with his wife, Jenna, and a facility in the Aroostook County town of Frenchville, along the Canadian border, called Safe Alternatives.

Northeast Patients Group, which has the state permits to run facilities in Greater Portland, Greater Bangor, the Waterville-Augusta area and along the Midcoast, has not yet opened a dispensary.

State law also allows people who qualify for medical marijuana to designate a caregiver, who can grow marijuana plants for approved patients — potentially at a savings over dispensary prices. To date, health insurers are not covering the cost of medical marijuana.

While it’s not clear how many people have been approved as medical marijuana patients or caregivers (state officials didn’t return numerous phone calls this week), some have speculated that caregivers would essentially “compete” with dispensaries for customers.

Not so, Smale says.

“That’s not something we are terribly concerned about, because we know this is something patients need, and there is a lot of pent-up demand,” he said. “Many, many patients have ... been waiting for a very long time to come to a place like this.”

Becky DeKeuster, executive director of Northeast Patients Group, agreed that caregivers aren’t the competition.

For instance, she said many patients don’t have access to caregivers and want the services and the sense of community that can be found at a dispensary.

“Illness can be very isolating,” she said, adding that dispensaries can be

places where patients can share what they are going through with people under similar circumstances.

She says there is certainly a place in Maine’s medical marijuana community for caregivers, and says that model will work best for some patients.

“Yet for others, the dispensary will be a community center where they can get their medicine and hopefully benefit from a social environment with other patients who understand what its like to be in pain and need this medicine,” said DeKeuster, who spent six years working for Berkeley Patients Group, in Berkeley, Calif.

Smale says talk of competition between caregivers and dispensaries is much ado about, well, nothing.

“There are so few caregivers, realistically, and so few dispensaries compared with other states, that although (some people) tend to find the ‘competitive nature’ as interesting and newsworthy, it’s not competitive,” he said.

He, too, says the patient-caregiver relationship can be valuable, but says it either won’t be feasible for most patients, or there won’t be one available.

Smale, who has used marijuana for a decade to fight chronic migraines, said he never had a caregiver, and often had to “bounce around from person to person, usually on the black market” to get his medicine.

Of his current patients, Smale said the majority are women who are 50 or older, a demographic unlikely to grow pot for themselves.

So they turn to him.

Like other dispensaries in Maine, Smale grows his own supply of the drug in a controlled environment.

“The patient buys a pre-packaged quantity,” he said. “Everything is barcoded and scanned into the system.

We capture the sale, pay taxes and so forth.”

The state doesn’t regulate the price of medical marijuana, and Smale wouldn’t discuss his rates. However, he said the prices are coming in well under the $400 per ounce price he used on his dispensary application

with the state.

Smale says preparing the launch of the dispensary was much harder work than he first expected. But, the former business executive says the job has its perks.

“It’s extremely rewarding to be able

to serve other patients, patients like myself, and hear their stories,” he said. “Finding a remedy that works for them and helps them get off other, more addicting medicines, medicines that have pretty big side effects, it’s pretty rewarding to do that.”

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Where will you watch the fireworks on July 4?

FIREWORKS from page one

Eastern Prom. Between 50,000 and 70,000 people are expected to watch the spectacle, the city estimates.

Portland's Corey Templeton features nearly daily photographs and occasional commentary on the Portland, Maine Daily Photo blog (http://www. portlanddailyphoto.com). He recently featured "Top 5: Places to Photograph the Portland Skyline" (Casco Bay Bridge ranked No. 1).

We asked Templeton what he thought were the top places to view the Fourth of July fireworks display in Portland: "I usually watch the fireworks from the Eastern Prom with the crowd, as I enjoy the carnival-like atmosphere, complete with fried dough and corn dogs. My dream place to see the fireworks would be the Observatory, which this year had a raffle contest, to benefit Greater Portland Landmarks, for 4 tickets to view the fireworks from up there. Around the Back Cove or Spring Point in South Portland are pretty decent places to view the fireworks also, and Peaks Island, or on a boat near there, is the best view or so I hear."

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The Portland Sea Dogs are on the road playing the Binghamton Mets on the Fourth, so no dice. But the Sea Dogs plan a fireworks show on the night of their Sunday, July 3 game at Hadlock against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Best seat to watch that show? "You can't go wrong with any of them," Cameron said. "It's a nice intimate ballpark."

Others offered their suggestions for places to watch the fireworks.

Mayor Nick Mavodones: "If you can make it to Munjoy Hill, that's probably the best place, but we tend to watch them from a neighbor's house on Back Cove."

School Superintendent Jim Morse: "Munjoy Hill is the best place, no question about it. I grew up there, I watched them my whole life. You can't get any closer without having them fall on top of you."

Assistant Police Chief Mike Sauschuck: "Generally speaking, if people have an in (with) one of the parking garages where they can get up high on the upper levels, they generally stay out of the fray of 60,000 people, and kind of stay out of the traffic flow as well. That seems to be a pretty popular spot.

Baxter Boulevard has always been very popular as well, very family friendly, and again it's not as congested and easier to park and start your way out of town."

Asked where the congested trouble spots are for fireworks viewing, Sauschuck said, "The Peninsula in general, as you're coming down off the hill, obviously tens of thousands of people will be coming off the hill, and with construction up on 295, it will certainly be challenging."

On Facebook, the Portland Daily Sun received a variety of responses when we asked: "Where's the best place to view Portland's Fourth of July fire-

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Intrepid columnist Bob Higgins wrote, "Over the years, best view is at Martin's Point."

Chuck Igo wrote: "Tennis Courts on the Eastern Prom, at Bug Light or Fort Gorges. that's if you don't have a boat."

Sally Morse: "On a boat in the harbor!!"

Maggie Zall: "Right on the left side of the statue on the Eastern Prom in the grass. I've been there every year since I was born (23!) & bring every person I've ever loved there. Fourth of July is my favorite holiday."

Tom MacMillan: "Down Sherwood St off the train tracks near the tressel bridge and behind B&M beans."

Those intrepid enough to wade into the crowds on Munjoy Hill should be mindful of some parking and access restrictions. The following parking restrictions go into effect from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. on July 4: Eastern Promenade (both sides) from Vesper to Washington Avenue; Fort Allen Park (both sides); Walnut Street from the Eastern Promenade to Washington Avenue; and Mountfort Street (both sides). Munjoy Hill will be closed to all traffic at 4 p.m. Handicapped parking is available on a first come first served basis along Cutter Street and Fort Allen Park. Clearly marked handicapped vehicles will be allowed to pass the barricades until 6 p.m.

For a list of local parking garages visit the city's website at www.ci.portland.me.us or to view a map of parking options downtown visit the Portland Downtown District's website at www.portlandmaine.com.

Riverton Park standoff ends peacefully; six face charges DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT Portland police have detained six people following a standoff yesterday morning Riverton Park that reportedly began after a woman told authorities she was stabbed during a party the night before, according to Portland Police.

The woman told police her hand was slashed and her cellphone was stolen, police said.

Authorities, who were called by the woman Friday morning, responded with a tactical team and a specialized armored vehicle. The incident ended peacefully at about 2:45 p.m. when six occupants left the apartment and surrendered to police.

Those taken into custody included Hassan Osman, 24, of Columbus, Ohio, Biniam Tsegai, 24, of Portland, Hassan Akubar, 20, of Portland, Samantha Pecoraro, 26, transient, and Mohamud Said, 24, of Portland were arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Failure to Submit to Arrest or Detention. Samadi Mohamad Hassan 29 of Portland was arrested and charged with Criminal Threatening with a dangerous weapon, Criminal Threatening, Aggravated Assault, and Violation of Conditions of Bail.

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Saturday, July 2 Pete Miller & Christian Cuff

8 p.m. Pete Miller & Christian Cuff at One Longfellow Square.

“A blend of indie and folk, Pete Miller’s songs explore the unmasking of human tendencies. His lyrically clever offerings delve into the raw nature of humans—exposing, proposing, desiring, and accepting. Miller’s determined approach and desire to transcend traditional music boundaries have established him as a prominent, emerging local musician. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Sunday, July 3 Seaside Pavilion Series kicks off in OOB

6 p.m. The Seaside Pavilion in Old Orchard Beach will launch its Summer Concert Series with a special patriotic concert featuring the Strafford Wind Symphony on Sunday, July 3. The performance will include such standards as John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Morton Gould’s “American Salute” and George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris.” The concert is free and open to the public. The Seaside Pavilion Series, a community treasure and outreach ministry of The Salvation Army, is held annually from June through August. For further information, visit www.seasidepavilion.org

The Sweetback Sisters CD Release

8 p.m. The Sweetback Sisters CD release at One Longfellow Square. The Sweetback Sisters sing country songs in close, surrogate-sister harmony and of course their signature matching dresses. Their repertoire combines several of the Sisters’ passions -- country music from before they were born and new interpretations of those traditions — to create a fresh take on what it means to be country. www. onelongfellowsquare.com

J. Geils, Jeff Pitchell, Gerry Beaudoin & Texas Flood

8 p.m. J. Geils, Jeff Pitchell, and theTexas Flood Band with Special Guest Gerry Beaudoin at Jonathan’s Ogunquit. “J. Geils needs no introduction around these parts. Fresh from his reunion with the full J. Geils Band in August along with Aerosmith at Fenway Park, producer, writer, and sports car restoration expert J. Geils is a rockin’ master of the blues.

Known for several huge classic hits and a soulful approach to the blues, J has now been nominated for the Rock Hall of

Fame. Team him up with Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood and you have a show not to be missed.” www.jonathansrestaurant.com/concerts.cfm

Wednesday, July 6 VoXX: Voice of Twenty

7:30 p.m. VoXX: Voice of Twenty, the highly regarded, midcoast Maine a cappella vocal ensemble, announces VoXX in Concert: “Innovation & Innovators” program July 6, 9 and 10 in Maine. Three concerts are scheduled, featuring composers ranging from Hildegard von Bingen to J.S. Bach to Pärt to Whitacre.

In collaboration with abstract painter David Estey and interpretive dancer Joan Proudman. Rockport: Wednesday, July 6 (7:30 p.m.)

Pascal Hall (former Élan Gallery), 86 Pascal Ave. 207-236- 4272; www.pascalhall.com (Reception to follow at Peter Ott’s, Camden.)

Belfast: Saturday, July 9 (7:30 p.m.) Belfast Armory, Route One. Portland: Sunday, July 10, 2011 (2:00 p.m.) Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. 207-780-0118; www.maineirish. com. Tickets are $10, available at the door.

FMI: 207-236-9413; Voiceoftwenty.com.

Thursday, July 7 Jolie Holland with Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside

8 p.m. SPACE Gallery. Texas-born Jolie Holland fuses folk, traditional country and blues into songs that are, as the old book says, “as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves.”

Loosely inspired by Neil Young’s Zuma, Holland’s fourth album, “Pint of Blood,” is out on ANTI-records. Sallie Ford pulled up her Carolina roots and moved across the country to Portland, Ore., where she met her band, the Country star Suzy Bogguss will perform Thursday, July 7 at Jonathan’s Ogunquit.

Sound Outside. Channeling the vocal stylings (COURTESY PHOTO) of Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith and Etta James, the group is doing for roots music what Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings have done for the Saturday, July 9 contemporary soul music revival. $15 advance, $18 day of show, 18 plus. http://www.space538.org/events.php

Callers with Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors)

8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. With a raw and spartan style, propelled by Sara Luca’s sensually tough vocals, and Ryan and Don’s Southern-honed chops as multi-instrumentalists, Callers craft songs that embed themselves deep within the listener. Each track delivers an immediate and tangible humanity, colored by the ages, anchored by the group’s strong musical roots. Much more than the sum of their parts, the trio’s live performances conjure a soulful magic not too be missed. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Suzy Bogguss at Jonathan’s

8 p.m. Suzy Bogguss at Jonathan’s Ogunquit. “Bogguss was ‘discovered’ by talent scouts from Capitol Nashville while singing at Dollywood, Dolly Parton’s theme park in East Tennessee’s Smokey Mountains. A tape of her music that she sold at the park got into the hands of a label executive and three weeks later she was signed. Suzy has collaborated with some of Nashville’s most influential songwriters — Chet Atkins, Steve Dorff, Matraca Berg, Pat Bunch ... however, it should come as no surprise that her favorite cowriter is husband, Doug Crider. In ‘93, the two penned her top-five single, ‘Just Like the Weather.’” www.jonathansrestaurant.com/concerts.cfm

Friday, July 8 Erica Brown CD Release

Fiddler Eileen Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world today. The Grammyawarded artist has performed for presidents and royalty worldwide, contributed to movie soundtracks including “Gangs of New York,” performed with the London Symphony and the National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, and was an original musical star of Riverdance. Her high energy shows with Immigrant Soul have garnered rave reviews throughout the Celtic and World music communities, and beyond. She will perform at the Saltwater Celtic Music Festival in Brunswick on July 31. (Photo by John Kuczala)

8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection, The Stowaways and other special guests! Erica Brown started playing the fiddle at the age of six and has been performing since the age of nine, traveling throughout New England, Canada and Louisiana. She has won numerous fiddle contests in New England as well as Canada. Already considered a Master of Traditional Fiddling by the Maine Arts Commission, Erica brings a special energy and style to the Maine music scene. Performance highlights include opening for Grammy Award winning country music superstar, Dwight Yoakam, as well as Grammy Award winning bluegrass performer, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Erica is celebrating the release of her 5th CD, From Now On. She will be joined by her band, The Bluegrass Connection, as well as The Stowaways and other special guests. www. onelongfellowsquare.com

The Steve Grover Quintet presents: The Beatles Project Volume One

8 p.m. The Steve Grover Quintet will reprise The Beatles Project, a jazz interpretation of The Beatles songbook, at One Longfellow Square. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

‘Chromatic Wildlife’: Cello and Live Cinema Performance

8 p.m. SPACE Gallery. Swedish musician and sound artist Lindefelt (Fredrik, The LK) builds layers of distorted, textural melodies into hazy, synesthetic explorations. “Chromatic Wildlife”, his first solo release, is out in September on 10” vinyl. Gorgeous, day-dreamy stuff - it’s like summer swimming or fading light through the trees. Pennsylvania-based derelict-format film alchemist Caleb Smith accompanies with abstract, mutating 8mm and 16mm film loops to create an amphibious, stream-of-consciousness experience. The pair bring their interlaced sounds and visuals to our new annex space. $5, all ages.

Paula Cole in concert

9 p.m. Paula Cole will perform at Jonathan’s Ogunquit.

“Come listen to the ever so popular, ‘Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?’ or ‘Feelin Love!’ Don’t miss this chance for an intimate concert with Paula Cole at Jonathan’s Ogunquit.” www.jonathansrestaurant.com

Wednesday, July 13 The Kids Are Alright: Theodore Treehouse

noon. SPACE and the Maine Academy of Modern Music debut The Kids Are Alright, a new series of Wednesday lunchtime performances by local musicians for the whole family can dig! Stop by for a break after the Farmer’s Market, or before you hit the beach for a cool hour of music by great live acts tailored for the kids. Parents and kids will be able to meet the musicians, ask them questions, and even experience an “instrument petting zoo”! Kicking off the summertime fun is Theodore Treehouse, local rock boys extraordinaire, whose album Mercury: Closest to the Sun, has fast become a favorite around here. The quartet’s jaunty, infectious rhythms and brash energy will get everybody’s feet moving. $3 adults/ $2 kids, all ages. see MUSIC page 17

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By Holiday Mathis There’s a harmonious feeling in your heart, and you know you are connected to the people who paved the roads you drive on, to the waitress in the restaurant and to the man out walking his dog in the midday sun.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

There’s a place inside you that is safe and protected. You hold the only key, you will never lose it, and no one can ever open the door to this place but you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Promoting someone else’s happiness does not have to happen at the expense of your own. More than likely, there is a mutually satisfying arrangement that can be struck without either party feeling at all compromised.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Every person has a different chemical and emotional makeup, causing a different reaction from you. If someone is to be your good friend, it is important that you like who you are when you are with this person.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have a certain way of charming people whether or not you want to. Enjoy the wave of popularity that occurs now. It will take a while to answer all your calls and messages.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 2). You like yourself more and more. Others feel this and become comfortable with if not enamored of your particular joie de vivre. There’s a financial breakthrough in the next six weeks when your efforts add up to a big payoff. You’ll take a chance in August and love where it leads. There’s a family expansion in September. Taurus and Gemini people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 15, 49, 25 and 13.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are skilled at the art of persuasion. You know to plant an idea in someone’s head and then back off and let it take root and grow. Your prospect will take ownership of the idea, believing it was his all along.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll make a startling statement just to get everyone’s attention. What you say is probably true, as well, but that’s beside the point. You’re really trying to get people to sit up and take notice.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re on an information-gathering mission of sorts. Keep your questions unstructured and open, and people will tell you the most unusual facts about themselves and the world.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You won’t accept all you’re offered. Extraordinary generosity makes you feel beholden to the giver. You much prefer a level of generosity within a range you could potentially pay back at a later date.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have every intention of re-creating yourself.

By taking only one or two actions a day toward your goal, you will land in a future that is significantly different from the one in which you took no action at all.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You will be super-observant. People will reveal their moods to you in the way they move and interact -- much more so than they will in the words they choose, which will be safe and expected.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your attention is like Miracle-Gro. It makes things flourish. Whatever you appreciate (recognize the full worth of) will appreciate (raise in value) over time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

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––––––– ALMANAC ––––––– Today is Saturday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2011. There are 182 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.

On this date: In 1566, French astrologer, physician and professed prophesier Nostradamus died in Salon (sah-LOHN’).

In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.” In 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September.

(Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.) In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps was created.

In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.

In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed a proclamation reviving draft registration.

In 1986, ruling in a pair of cases, the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action as a remedy for past job discrimination.

In 1991, actress Lee Remick died in Los Angeles at age 55.

In 1994, a USAir DC-9 crashed in poor weather at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, killing 37 of the 57 people aboard.

One year ago: Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Afghanistan to assume command of U.S. and NATO forces after his predecessor, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was fired for intemperate remarks he’d made about Obama administration figures in Rolling Stone magazine. The United States defeated Japan 7-2 to win its seventh consecutive world softball championships. British novelist Beryl Bainbridge, 77, died in London.

Today’s Birthdays: Country singer Marvin Rainwater is 86. Jazz musician Ahmad Jamal is 81. Actor Robert Ito is 80.

Actress Polly Holliday is 74. Former White House chief of staff John H. Sununu is 72. Writer-director-comedian Larry David is 64. Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, is 64. Actor Saul Rubinek is 63. Rock musician Roy Bittan is 62. Rock musician Gene Taylor is 59. Actress-model Jerry Hall is 55. Actor Jimmy McNichol is 50. Country singer Guy Penrod is 48. Rock musician Dave Parsons is 46. Singer Michelle Branch is 28. Actress Vanessa Lee Chester is 27. Figure skater Johnny Weir is 27. Actress-singer Ashley Tisdale is 26. Actress Lindsay Lohan is 25.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dear Readers: As promised, one more day on counseling: Dear Annie: Is counseling helpful? You bet. Every person sees a situation differently. Counselors give us a viewfinder into the other side so we can empathize and understand.

They teach us that conflict is normal and healthy and give us the skills to fight fair. Counselors help us see how our past experiences may affect our current circumstances. They let us vent our frustrations without being judgmental and guide us to change for the better. Counselors teach us to stop wishing for someone who doesn’t exist. -- Problem Gone From California: My husband and I went to counseling every week for three years. The counselor was terrific, and I learned a lot about how to cope. However, at the end of three years, I asked my husband whether he was planning to make any changes, and he said, “No.” So I said, “Why are we wasting the money?”

Maryland: Back in the late 1980s, I was a newlywed college student working a late shift at a job I hated. I had developed the inconvenient tendency to burst into tears at random moments for no apparent reason. I found a certified social worker by blindly picking a name from my health plan’s list of providers. I can’t believe how lucky I was. After five sessions, he looked me in the eye and quietly told me, “I can’t take your money anymore. You’re tired. Get a job you like with regular hours.” I followed his advice, and things got better immediately.

Kentucky: For my girlfriend and me, counseling has been nothing but a waste of time and money. We’ve gone through several counselors, each with no results. We’ve been told things such as, “Just keep working at that, and it will get better,” “Go out and buy this book, it will help you,” and “If this

isn’t working, you can’t be trying hard enough.

Greensboro, N.C.: My wife left me for another man, and I became a single father raising a troublesome son. My sister suggested counseling, and one day, on impulse, I drove to a family counseling center and sat in the waiting room. A woman asked if I needed help, and I said, “I think so.” She didn’t say anything, but the waterfall came. I couldn’t stop talking, and so many things rolled out of my mouth and eyes that they surprised me. When I got outside of the building, I felt 30 pounds lighter. It was all I needed to focus on the things before me from then on.

Fairfield, Conn.: When I separated from my wife of 11 years, I was totally unprepared to live alone. I missed my kids and was not sleeping well. One Sunday when I was distraught, I went to a phone booth and called a number for help in the Yellow Pages. I spilled my guts about my life, and this person gave me the name and phone number of a counselor and arranged an appointment. This counselor was an angel from heaven. He pushed me to confront my mother’s death, which I had never gotten over. Now, 31 years later, I’ve been remarried for 28 years and am doing fine. Over the years, I have learned to realize that not all women are going to leave me.

Seeking help was the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.

Dear Annie: I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and doctors begged me to get therapy along with medication.

I absolutely refused. But after five years, I gave it a chance.

What a huge difference it made in my life. I found my counselor through social services because I had no insurance. Also, Catholic Charities is a great place, and they charge on a sliding scale if you don’t have insurance. -- Better in Pennsylvania

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

Prickly City

by Scott Stantis

ARE YOU READY FOR A CHANGE? Enjoy the quality of life found in the Mt. Washington Valley while working in a progressive hospital that matches advanced medical technology with a compassionate approach to patient care.

Join our team and see what a difference you can make!

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer an excellent benefits package that includes health/dental, generous paid time off, matching savings plan, educational assistance and employee fitness program. We have the following openings:

• Medical Records Clerk- F/T and P/T. Min two yrs ofc exp. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnostic coding preferred. Computer literate.

• RN- Per Diem. Medical-Surgical Nurse, BLS/ACLS certified.

Day/Night, 12 hr shifts. Experience preferred.

• Office RN- P/T and Per Diem. Office experience preferred. BLS required. Willing to be a team player, NH License. Coumadin Therapy Certification or willingness to obtain.

• Collections- F/T. Initiate collection of accounts through written, verbal and personal contact with the patient or specified guarantor.

Recommend changes & procedures as necessary to the Director of Patient Financial Services or Billing Manager.

• Biller- Per Diem. Performs billing and collections function of accounts with balances due from insurance companies. High school Diploma or GED; prefer two years business college or specialized program. Two years office experience. One year hospital experience.

• Medical Assistant- .7 FTE and Per Diem. Certification as a Medical Assistant is required. Applicant must be computer literate and have strong reading, writing, communication and analytical skills. Every other wknd coverage.

• Registration Clerk- Full-time and Per Diem. Minimum two years office experience. Familiarity with healthcare billing and diagnostic coding preferred. Computer literate. Must be a team player.

• RN- Full-Time. ACLS/PALS, previous OR experience preferred.

Med Surg or critical care experience considered. Certification preferred. Must e a Team Player/good work ethic/positive attitude.

A completed Application is required to apply for all positions Website: www.memorialhospitalnh.org.

Contact: Human Resources, Memorial Hospital, an EOE PO Box 5001, No. Conway, NH 03860.

Phone: (603)356-5461 • Fax: (603)356-9121

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Maine Songwriters Association Showcase

7 p.m. A new monthly series from OLS and MSA featuring a great lineup of local talent every second Wednesday at One Longfellow Square. Maine Songwriters Association is a statewide, nonprofit, member organization dedicated to the support of songwriters and their art. The MSA mission is to encourage, recognize, educate, support and promote developing songwriters. ($5 at the door only. 7 p.m. start, doors at 6:30 p.m.) www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Thursday, July 14 Mid-Summer Mega Dance Party

9 p.m. SPACE Gallery. Mid-Summer Mega Dance Party.

Calling all Geminis, Cancers and Leos to come celebrate your summer birthdays with former Portland hip hop guru Gabe FM. Gabe FM combines an obscure mix of glitched out hip hop with latin and reggae styles. This will be his first DJ appearance in Portland in over 3 years! Maine’s own Lord of the Dance, Nan’l Meiklejohn, takes turns on the decks to give Gabe some time to bask in the glow of his return to Portland. $3, 21 plus. http://www.space538.org/ events.php

Vishten at One Longfellow Square

Friday, July 15 Tricky Britches Album Release

8 p.m. Tricky Britches Album Release with Papadello, Maisie Newell & Eric Dayan at SPACE Gallery. Fresh off a Southern tour, the Tricky Britches bring their high-energy blend of old-time, bluegrass, country and folk to SPACE for the release of their new album, Hard Fought Day. Portland, ME-based trio Papadello’s music is steeped in the sounds of traditional folk and blues with a modern pop sensibility. With fiddler Maisie Newell and Eric Dayan. Come party down with rollicking music, free food and a cornhole tournament! $8, 18 plus.

Cindy Bullens & Greg Trooper

8 p.m. One Longfellow Square presents. Cindy Bullens has perfected the tough-tender, country-rock hybrid sound, she’s a rocker who has grown up and managed to incorporate adult concerns into her work without sacrificing the passion and energy of youth, Cindy Bullens deserves to be mentioned alongside such peers as Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, Bonnie Raitt and Steve Earle. Rarely has there been a more aptly named singer/songwriter than Greg Trooper. Over three decades, the New Jersey native has soldiered on through the victories and setbacks unique to a career dedicated to music, proving through gestures large and small that he’s one of our best. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

G Love and the Special Sauce

9:15 p.m. G Love and the Special Sauce, Maine State Pier Portland. $29.50. Gates open at 7 p.m. The Maine State

Nurturing Touch Massage JOB STRESS? ACHING MUSCLES? $

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Mobil massage available • Gift Certificates Available • 6 Years Experience

Every Tue. Night is Benefit Night at Flatbread

Thursday, July 28 The Wailin’ Jennys in Brownfield

8 p.m. Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield presents The Wailin’ Jennys in concert in support of their highly anticipated new studio album “Bright Morning Stars.” Tickets: $55. 935-7292 http://www.stonemountainartscenter. com/ArtsCenter/Wailin-Jennys.html.

Saturday, July 30

Join us from 5 - 9

Tuesday, July 5th $3.50 will be donated for every pizza sold.

Benefit:

Emmylou Harris at the State Theatre

8 p.m. The Civil Wars. State Theatre. “Born in Alabama, raised in Virginia, a longtime resident of California and then of Nashville, Ms. Harris has transformed her music repeatedly. During the 1970s and ‘80s, through a string of gold albums, she sang honky-tonk, rockabilly, bluegrass and country-folk as a sly traditionalist; she could illuminate country standards, yet also make a pop song from the Beatles or Donna Summer seem to sprout Southern roots. When she shared harmonies with two other country-rooted, popsavvy women — Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton — on the 1987 album ‘Trio,’ it sold a million copies.” $61/$51/$41 reserved seating.

Sunday, July 31 Saltwater Celtic Music Festival

noon. The Saltwater Celtic Music Festival will occur at Thomas Point Beach in Brunswick, and at satellite locations on the days prior to July 31. Day of: 1 p.m. — The Maine Celtic Scene. 2 p.m. — The Screaming Orphans. 3 p.m.

— Karan Casey, John Doyle, Buille. 4 p.m. — The Prodigals. 5p.m. — The Dublin City Ramblers. 6 p.m. —Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul. Satellite Events, separate ticket required, include The Bb Sisters, July 29, Gritty’s, Portland. www.saltwaterfest.com/info.html

Saturday, Aug. 6 Guster, Ra Ra Riot on the waterfront

7 p.m. State Theatre Presents, Concerts On The Waterfront at Ocean Gateway: Guster, Ra Ra Riot. $32.50 advance/$35.50 day of show. www.statetheatreportland. com.

Saturday, Aug. 27

It’s time to treat yourself!

35.00 1 hour massage

Dominican Republic

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Open Sun. thru Thurs 11:30am–9:00pm, Fri. & Sat. 11:30am–10:00pm

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Picnic Music+Arts Festival

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fourth annual Picnic Music+Arts Festival will take place on Saturday, Aug. 27. This juried indie craft fair will be held outdoors at Lincoln Park on Congress Street and Franklin Arterial, in Portland. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., rain or shine.

The Picnic Music+Arts Festival will feature clothing, jewelry, prints, accessories, bags, plush, stationery, photography, housewares, fine art, vintage goods and more. There will be live music and tasty food to enjoy all day. http://www.picnicportland.com/ LEFT: Erica Brown began her professional career at the age of seven when she began performing at churches, nursing homes and fiddle contests. “Ever since I can remember I have had deep roots to the traditional french music of my family.” she says, “ Some of my earliest memories are of my grandfather playing the accordion at the family soire’s.” She will perform a CD release show at One Longfellow Square on Friday, July 8.

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TOUR BUSters!

(207)781-8896

Red Sox at Baltimore Camden Yard Sun-Tues, July 17-19 Sunday to Atlantic City, Monday to Baltimore, free time Inner Harbor, evening game with seats in a private suite at Camden Yard, home Tuesday. $650/person, double occupancy basis.

Tony Bennett Sun-Mon, August 14-15 Hyannis, Massachusetts $335/person, double occupancy basis.

Pizza - Pasta - Parmagiana - Espresso - Cannoli - Steak

8 p.m. One Longfellow Square. Made up of seventh generation Acadians living separate but parallel musical experiences, twin sisters Pastelle and Emmanuelle LeBlanc from Prince Edward Island, Canada have teamed up with Pascal Miousse from the nearby Magdelen Islands to create a sound that incorporates elements of the new ways while retaining and staying true to the essential Acadian spirit of their roots. The sound is essentially Celtic but with a difference. www.onelongfellowsquare.com

Pier Concert Series. Rising to prominence in the early ‘90s with the critically acclaimed “Coast to Coast Motel,” and the self-titled “G. Love and Special Sauce,” G. Love and Special Sauce have recorded and toured relentlessly promoting their signature style of “laid back” blues infused with R&B and hip-hop sounds. Since 1993, G. Love and Special Sauce have released seven albums with combined sales of over a million worldwide, and boast collaborations with Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, and most recently The Avett Brothers. G. Love’s most recent album “Fixin’ to Die” was produced by The Avett Brothers, and showcases the band’s love for “back road blues.” http://www.facebook. com/StatePier#!/StatePier?sk=info

Pizza - Pasta - Parmagiana - Espresso - Cannoli - Steak

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Arootsakoostik music festival worth the drive

BY WILL ETHRIDGE

SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Missed Bonaroo? Lollapalooza too expensive? Don’t worry, there are plenty of great summer festivals to catch right here in Maine.

Last year’s biggest festival, Nateva, won’t be returning this summer, but Bangor’s KahBang Festival will feature its best line-up yet. The music takes place over Aug. 12 and 13, with acts like My Morning Jacket, Grace Potter, and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper.

The Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival also takes place the same weekend, and Bangor will host the American Folk Festival during the last week in August. However, if you can make just one festival this year, make it this weekend’s Arootsakoostik. Here’s why: Festival to See: Arootsakoostik, Thomas Park, New Sweden, Maine, Saturday, July 9. Music starts at 10:30 a.m.

I know it sounds a little crazy to drive over five hours to the northern reaches of the state to see a festival comprised mostly of Portland bands, but Arootsakoostik is one of the best events of the year anywhere in Maine.

Arootsakoostik originally started five years ago as Gardenstock and mostly attracted folk artists.

However, the festival has grown in attendance and eclecticism each year, and now features a 20-plus lineup on two separate stages. Putnam Smith,

Theodore Treehouse “is a growing, organic contraption,” according to the band’s Facebook page. Theodore Treehouse and the Lucid bring the summer psychedelia to Arootsakoostik.

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Jesse Pilgrim, and Wesley Hartley & the Traveling Trees keep the festival’s folk roots alive; Theodore Treehouse and the Lucid bring the summer psychedelia; and Belfast duo The Class Machine will absolutely melt your mind as their drummer pounds out the beat while playing crunchy guitar riffs at the same time.

Last year, Herbcraft held an eighthour drone-in/jam-out in the woods around the park, and you can probably expect something similar this

year, along with some interesting art installations. Although the majority of the bands hail from Maine, two notable touring acts include Spirit Family Reunion and Bearkat. You can preview both these acts on July 7, with Spirit Family Reunion playing Biddeford’s The Oak and The Ax, and Bearkat paying a visit to Portland’s Blue. Once you get a taste of these great bands, you will be even more eager to make the weekend trip to New Sweden. Tickets to Arootsakoostik are just $15.

Find more information about Arootsakoostik on Facebook.

Festival You Should Have Seen: Deep Heaven, SPACE Gallery, 6/12/2011 On the heels of three successful festivals in Boston, the Deep Heaven series made its way to Portland’s SPACE Gallery for two days of far-out music. I missed the first night, which featured noise-pop local favorites Metal Feathers and Foam Castles, but caught the second day’s psychfolk marathon. The line-up was comprised mostly of touring acts engaged in deep sound experimentation, with results ranging from the meandering to the captivating, but the undisputed highlight of the show was the headlining set by Herbcraft. Led by Matt Lajoie (who recently played with MV & EE for their opening set at Port City’s Dinosaur Jr. show), Herbcraft were the only band to actually feature

vocals (although drenched in reverb to the point of beautiful indecipherability), and they kept their spaced out vibe rooted in the earth with killer basslines and shamanic drumming. If people took peyote at discos, Herbcraft would be the house band. The show also served as the record-release for the band’s second full length, “Ashram to the Stars” – vinyl copies are now available at Strange Maine.

Track of the Month: “My Heart Is An Idiot” by dilly dilly Dilly dilly, the musical moniker of former Cerberus Shoal member Erin Davidson, released one of my favorite local albums in 2009 before moving to Los Angles the next year. That album, "Of Art and Intention," is still available for download online, and I highly recommend it for all your summer jamming needs. Better still, dilly dilly has recently released one of her best tracks online — “My Heart Is An Idiot,” originally written for a documentary of the same name by local filmmaker David Meiklejohn, is quintessential Dilly Dilly with its ukulele strumming, tasteful electronics, and a sentiment we can all relate to.

You can download both "Of Art and Intention" and “My Heart Is An Idiot” at http://soundcloud.com/dilly-dilly.

(Will Ethridge is the founder of local music label Eternal Otter Records.

Contact him at theottersden@gmail. com.)

Prey’s Blue Water Fine Arts notes print release of ‘Mender’s Assistant’ DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

A Print Show runs today through July 10 at Blue Water Fine Arts in Port Clyde.

A new print release of “Mender’s Assistant” by Barbara Ernst Prey is included in this show, titled Barbara Ernst Prey: The Print Show. The print, one of six of her new releases, was produced by U.L.A.E. which produces prints for Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. It is a limited edition of 40 prints signed by the artist. Preys prints are in U.S. Embassies worldwide and in many prominent collections including the White House and Orlando Bloom.

Also included are prints of her 9/11 painting “Patriot,” of her paintings commissioned by NASA and a special release of her painting, Barbara Ernst Prey with James Taylor at The White House “Family Portrait” which National Medal of Arts Awards. (COURTESY PHOTO) is in the collection of The call 372-8087.

Brooklyn Museum.

Prey was appointed by the president Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. to the National Council on the Arts, A portion of the proceeds will benefit the advisory board of the National Habitat for Humanity. Prey’s annual Endowment for the Arts. exhibit “Open Spaces:Meditations on Members are chosen for their estabthe Environment” at Blue Water Fine lished record of distinguished service Arts is July 22-Aug. 21. For details, and achievement in the arts. visit www.bluewaterfinearts.com or

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Saturday, July 2 Open Gates Equine Rescue yard sale

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open Gates Equine Rescue is sponsoring a multi-family yard sale at the First Congregational Church Parish House, 8 Brown Street, Gray (right behind McDonald’s). If raining, yard sale will be held inside the Parish House. Many household items, some estate items and some horse tack. FMI, please call 926-5570.

Bath Heritage Days continues

8:30 a.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July during Bath Heritage Days. “Join us for a citywide festival featuring live music, a carnival on the waterfront, art and craft shows in Library Park, a fireman’s muster, and annual Heritage Days Parade. There will be a fireworks finale on the Fourth on the Kennebec River.”

Events continue with Farmer’s Market. Downtown Bath/ Waterfront/Library Park. Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Monday; fireworks over the Kennebec River 9 p.m. Monday. July 1-July 4. www.visitbath.com

LucidFest at Lucid Stage

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd, presents LucidFest. “Stop by Lucid Stage this weekend for an outdoor fair! We’ll have arts & crafts vendors, caricatures by Ed King, massage therapy, a yard sale, live music, performances and children’s activities! If it rains, we’ll move inside. Performers scheduled: The Humble Farmer, Herb Adams, Chuck Muldoon, Harlan Baker, Daniel Noel and friends, Cliff Gallant, Peter Mezoian, Deena R. Weinstein, Britta Pejic, The Magic of The Steelgraves, and many more!” Also Sunday. 899-3993 Antique Tractors and Engines at the Boothbay Railway Village

Antique Engine & Tractor Meet in Boothbay

9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Boothbay Railway Village will be host to the Maine Antique Power Association and the Maine Antique Tractor Club. “These two fine organizations are dedicated to preserving unique and important mechanical labor saving devices.” http://www.railwayvillage.org/hoursandevents.html

Annual Fair at St. Christopher Parish

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. Christopher’s Parish, Peaks Island.

Games, food, lobster rolls. http://www.cluster21portland. org/stchristopher

Herb Cooking Workshop

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A hands-on Herb Cooking Workshop will be held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Harvesting and drying of herbs, herb blend recipes and prepared foods will be part of this workshop as well as attendees making their own herb blends. Fee: $40 (pre-registration required).

New Gloucester History Barn Open House

10 a.m. The Declaration of Independence will be read aloud at the monthly New Gloucester History Barn Open House, Route 231, behind the Town Hall. The complete History Barn open hours on that day are 9 a.m. to noon. The event is sponsored by the New Gloucester Historical Society.

Floorcloth Workshop

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Floorcloth Workshop will be held on, 2011 at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Route 26, New Gloucester. Participants will make a 2-foot by 3-foot canvas floorcloth using traditional designs or designs of their own making. Betsy Grecoe who sells her floorcloths at the Shaker Store will be the instructor. Fee: $55 (includes all materials) (pre-registration required).

‘Octubre’ at the PMA

2 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2 p.m.; Sunday, July 3, 2 p.m. NR. Portland Museum of Art presents “Octubre” as part of its Movies at the Museum series. “October is the ‘purple month’ in Lima, when the grey city’s somber tones give way to processions celebrating the Lord of Miracles.

Hope is reborn among the throngs of devotees who light candles and follow the processions, each in search of their own miracle. Tucked away in one of the Lima’s modest flats lives Clemente, a small time loan shark with a penchant for reckless hookers, grave solitude, money lending, and nothing else. Stuck in a shallow routine, Clemente lacks any real emotional connection to anyone.

People, in turn, refer to him not by name, but as ‘the pawnbroker’s son.’ Whether it’s a slippery counterfeiter, an amiable thief or a desperate neighbor, Clemente is sensitive only to what their business might bring him.” http://www.portlandmuseum.org/events/movies.php

The Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan’s Meats

2 p.m. The Dave Astor Show Visits Jordan’s Meats, at Maine Historical Society. Weekly Screenings: Saturdays at 2 p.m. in July and August. “Join us for a screening of the only remaining episode of The Dave Astor Show, one of Maine’s best-loved homegrown television shows. The program, which aired on Saturday afternoons from 19561971, featured students from area high schools perform-

This Rambler was introduced in February 1902. This vehicle has a single cylinder L-head engine, 6 horsepower with a 4.5 bore and strong of 6 inches. The body is made of wood, it weighs 1,100 pounds. The original price was $750. This antique is on display at the Antique Tractors and Engines exhibit at the Boothbay Railway Village today. (COURTESY IMAGE) ing dance routines and other productions. The Dave Astor Show, Maine’s own American Bandstand, quickly became a teenage phenomenon, a fixture in numerous homes, and provided invaluable training and experiences for the students who participated. In this episode, recorded in 1962, Dave and his students help celebrate the opening of the new Jordan’s Meats plant in Portland with song, dance, and lots of fun. (60 minutes).” www. mainehistory.org

The Chebeague Chebang!

3 p.m. “A New Traditions Festival, it’s a summer jubilee, replete with Pig Roast, Live Music, Games and huge fireworks. Play some badminton, have a cocktail out on the porch or cut a rug out on the lawn. It’s going to be a splendid afternoon of activities for young and old.” Children’s Art Activities: Oak Street Studios, Yard Games: Port Sports.

Musical performances throughout the day: Jose Ayerve, Emilia Dahlin, Turn Pollock, South Bound & Grand Hotel.

Rain Date: Sunday, July 3. Departure: 3 pm Casco Bay Lines to Chebeague Island. www.chebeagueislandinn.com/

‘Ida’s Having a Yard Sale’

4 p.m. Ida Leclair, “the funniest woman in Maine,” is having a yard sale. From crocheted toilet paper covers to the complete Box Car Willy record collection and plenty of gossip going around Mahoosuc Mills. Performances are June 22 through July 2, Saturday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $22.50/ $17.50 for seniors and students, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets, www.freeportfactory. com 865-5505. The Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, one block east of L.L. Bean.

Summer Concert series in Wells

6:30 p.m. Annual Summer Concert series co-sponsored by the Wells Chamber of Commerce. “‘60s Invasion.” An evening of ‘60s music with lights, costumes and audience participation. 6:30 p.m., Hope Hobbs Gazebo, Wells Harbor Park, Harbor Road, Wells. 646-5417

‘Summer of Love’ continues at Ogunquit Playhouse

8 p.m. The Ogunquit Playhouse, Route 1, Ogunquit. Box Office 1-800-982-2787 or go online ogunquitplayhouse.org for online ticketing and more information. June 22 through July 16, “Summer of Love.” “When a runaway bride discovers the countercultural revolution of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, with a little help from the hippies and dropouts of Golden Gate Park, she comes to realize she has to make her own kind of music! This hippie, trippy musical features the powerful music of the late 1960s, by some of the most influential artists of the love generation: The Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and many more.” Next on stage: “The Music Man,” July 20-Aug. 20; “Legally Blonde” starring Sally Struthers, Aug.24-Sept. 17; and “Miss Saigon,” Sept. 21-Oct. 23.

‘IndepenDance — Rage Against LePage’

9 p.m. Club Evolution (Racks), 272 St John St. (downstairs below Maine Hardware) formerly The Station. A Raging Benefit Dance Party for the Portland Democratic City Committee, created by Greg Silverchild Gould, Jill Barkley, Bryan Bonesaw Kessler, Joel Turgo. “IndepenDance — Rage Against LePage raises funds and heart rate for Portland Dems.”

Sunday, July 3 Lions Club Breakfast on Peaks

8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lions Club Breakfast, Greenwood Gardens, Peaks Island. Pancakes, eggs, sauage, hashbrowns, coffee, milk, orange juice. Adult: $6; child: $4. Peaks Island Lions Club, Dan Doane, 766.2100.

She’s My Sister bicycling team speaks in churches

9:30 a.m. Members of the She’s My Sister bicycling team will speak at Windham Assembly of God, Route 302, 1051 Roosevelt Trail in Windham, at 9:30 a.m.; and at 10:45 a.m. at North Deering Alliance Church on Washington Avenue in Portland. “Led by American Bible Society, She’s My Sister is a collaborative effort of organizations from around the globe dedicated to providing Scripture-based trauma healing programs and practical aid to the women of the DRC and the surrounding region,” according to the American Bible Society, a Manhattan-based 195-year-old ministry.

“For decades, paramilitary groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa — and the Congo in particular — have used rape as a weapon of war to terrorize women even as they murder the men of the region and abduct its children.” http://shesmysisterbiketour2011.blogspot.com

‘The Language of Eden’

10 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Michael Harvey, executive director of the Conference of Baptist Ministers in Massachusetts.

Topic: “The Language of Eden: The Way to Freedom of Speech” At The Temple, 50 Temple Ave., Ocean Park. Free admission. FMI: 934-9068, www.oceanpark.org.

Book signing with Pam (P.I.) Hersey at the Fifth Maine Museum on Peaks Island

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Book signing with Pam (P.I.) Hersey, author of “The Takedown Series,” a trilogy of murder mysteries, who also has written “The Dangling Wire,” a romance adventure.

Hersey’s books feature Portland and Peaks Island locales.

The event is at the Fifth Maine Museum, and also will feature framed and unframed photographs by Paul Legere. The Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall was built in 1888 as the “Headquarters” of the Fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry 1861-1864. www.fifthmainemuseum.org see next page

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Family Sand Sculpture Competition

3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Twenty-Fifth Annual Family Sand Sculpture Competition, on the beach in Ocean Park between Randall and Ancona Avenues. Theme: “Castles by the Sea.” Judges will announce the winners at 5 p.m. on the beach.

FMI: 934-9068, www.oceanpark.org.

Monday, July 4 Blueberry Pancake & Sausage Breakfast

7 a.m. Twentieth annual breakfast will be celebrated by serving free meals to “active-duty military personnel.”

Local parade down Main Street follows at 10 a.m. St. Jude Church, 134 Main St., Freeport. 865-6624

Bath Heritage Days continues

7:45 a.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July during Bath Heritage Days. “Join us for a citywide festival featuring live music, a carnival on the waterfront, art and craft shows in Library Park, a fireman’s muster, and annual Heritage Days Parade.

There will be a fireworks finale on the Fourth on the Kennebec River.” Events continue with One-Mile Fun Run. Downtown Bath/Waterfront/Library Park. Bath Municipal Band Pre-fireworks Concert 8 p.m. Monday; fireworks over the Kennebec River 9 p.m. Monday. July 1-July 4. www.visitbath.com

Ocean Park July 4 events

9 a.m. Art Show and Sale sponsored by Saco Bay Artists, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Library lawn, Ocean Park.

Sixty-First Annual Independence Day Community Parade in Ocean Park, 10 a.m. Square and Line Dancing on the street, Temple Ave. and West Grand in Ocean Park, 7:30 p.m. Free. FMI: 934-9068, www.oceanpark.org.

Fourth of July in South Portland

10 a.m. Bug Light Park on Monday. “Bring your own picnic blankets or folding beach chairs ... and come celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s birth at this free familyfriendly event.” There will be activities going on all day. The museum will open at 10 a.m. with no admission charges. At 11 a.m., the fundraiser barbecue will open, serving up hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, sausage sandwiches, cold drinks and more at reasonable prices; the barbecue will continue all day, with proceeds benefitting the historical society’s museum. Also starting at 11 a.m., live music will be provided by Tricky Britches, a Portland-based string band which plays a high-energy, foot-stomping, modern fusion of bluegrass and folk rock. After a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. for the museum’s engraved brick walkway, we will be joined by Mr. Benjamin Franklin who will read the Declaration of Independence at noon. Afternoon activities include old-fashioned games for kids (sack races, three-legged races) at 1:30 p.m., and Lobster Lore at 2 p.m., a hands-on educational program sponsored by Weathervane Seafoods. “Throughout the day, enjoy the beautiful patriotic kites in the sky, flown by members of the NorEasters Kite Club. If you’d like to try kite-flying yourself, kites are available for sale in the museum gift shop. Bug Light Park is a nine-acre scenic park with stunning views of Casco Bay and the islands. To find the park, take Broadway east to the ocean, turn left onto Breakwater Drive, then turn right onto Madison Street that leads into the park. You can come by car, but feel free to come on foot or by bike via the Greenbelt Walkway — just head east on the Walkway until you reach the ocean. You can have fun all day and stay for the fireworks at night!” For more information, visit www. sphistory.org or call 767-7299.

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad reduced fare rides

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with a leisurely train ride along Casco Bay. The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad will be running trains at a reduced rate in celebration of the Independence Day holiday. All tickets for regular daytime train service will be a special holiday rate of $5 per person. As always, children two and under ride free. “We hope that families will be able to ride the train and visit the museum as a part of their holiday celebration!” said Museum Director Allison Tevsh Zittel. “It’s a perfect time to enjoy the beauty of Casco Bay and spend some quality time with your family before the fireworks begin on the Eastern Promenade.” Reduced fare daytime trains will run on the hour between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. http:// www.mainenarrowgauge.org/independence-day/

Celebrate the Fourth of July with MHS

noon. A Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence by former state representative Herb Adams. Join the Maine Historical Society to celebrate the Fourth of July with a public reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the Longfellow House at 489 Congress St. MHS owns one of only 25 surviving copies of the rare 1776 Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration. http://www.mainehistory.org/ programs_events.shtml#event_206

The Maine Narrow Gauge’s 33-ton 1913 2-4-4T Baldwin locomotive. This historic railroad will feature reduced fares for the July 4 holiday.

(Photo courtesy of Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad/Arthur Hussey)

Fourth of July celebration in Portland

noon. Portland’s annual Fourth of July celebration, The Stars and Stripes Spectacular, will be held at the Eastern Promenade Park. Vendors will be open at noon. The celebration will feature a free Patriotic Pops concert by the Portland Symphony Orchestra with performances of Sousa, Copland, and Tchaikovsky. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:40 p.m. and will run throughout the fireworks display, which will begin at 9:20 p.m. Prior to the pops concert, spectators can enjoy a special performance by “Maine’s funniest comedian,” Bob Marley, presented by the Bangor Savings Bank and starting at 6 p.m. A rain date for the Fourth of July event is scheduled for Tuesday, July 5. Call the city’s hotline at 756-8130 if a change seems likely. The Stars and Stripes Spectacular is entirely privately funded including support from Founding Partners of the July 4th Portland Foundation, The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Quirk Chevrolet, Wright Express and the Maine Red Claws. Additional support for this year’s event was provided by Major Sponsor — Bath Savings Bank; Gold Sponsors — Time Warner Cable, Unum and Cross Insurance; Silver Sponsors — PowerPay, Woodard & Curran, Famous Dave’s BBQ, and Citadel Broadcasting; Contributing Sponsors — Proprietors of Union Wharf, MEMIC, Creative Office Pavilion, KeyBank and countless donations from area business and individuals. “It is estimated that 50,000 people will watch the program throughout the city and to accommodate spectators that want to ride their bikes to Munjoy Hill, the city’s first ever Valet Bicycle Parking area, located near the cannon at Fort Allen Park, will be open allowing cyclists to park their bicycle for free. Sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the Portland Bicycle Community Meetup, people will be able to leave their bike in a staffed parking area, no lock required.

Bicycle lights will be available for sale from Gorham Bike & Ski, to ensure that spectators can ride home legally after dark. Valet Bike Parking will be available from 6 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. Attendees are reminded to throw their trash away or take it with them when they leave the park. In an effort to make recycling easier for spectators, recycling bins will be widely available throughout the area for bottles, cans and other recyclables. Staff will be walking through the park to answer questions or direct the public to the nearest recycling bin or trash container. Public restrooms will be open at the East End Beach, Turner Street and the top of Cutter Street. Due to the crowds and loud noises, spectators are asked to leave their pets at home. A variety of vendors offering 4th of July souvenirs, food and drink will be located along the Eastern Promenade. Per the State Fire Marshal, the tennis courts, playground and ball fields on the Eastern Promenade, are within the fireworks shoot zone and will be closed as of 7 a.m. on July 4. The East End Boat launch as well as Cutter Street and all the parking lots at Cutter Street will be closed from 10 p.m. July 3 to 6:30 a.m. July 5.

Boaters can access alternate launches nearby including the Falmouth Town Landing on Route 88 ($10 for non-resident, 781-7371), Bug Light Boat Launch in South Portland ($5 for

resident, $6 for non esident) and Portland Yacht Services ($50 includes parking, $35 no parking, 774-167). For information about the events scheduled for the day, visit www. july4thportland.org.

Simply Tsfat in Portland

4 p.m. On Independence Day, the Simply Tsfat are on tour in the U.S. and will be performing at Shaarey Tphiloh Synagogue, 76 Noyes St. in Portland. “This is a band of musicians from Tsfat, Israel, who perform Breslov Chassidic music, which is full of joy and mystical magic. This will be a great event, with music, singing, dancing, storytelling. Don’t miss it! Free event, sponsored by Beth Israel of Old Orchard Beach, and generous donations of a number of individuals.” Call 934-2928 or visit www.simplytsfat.com

MECA Master of Fine Arts lectures

6:30 p.m. Each summer, the Master of Fine Arts program at Maine College of Art invites guest artists, curators and scholars to participate in the curriculum. All visiting artists deliver a free public lecture in Osher Hall at 6:30 p.m. July 5: Juan Logan; Logan’s paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and videos address the interconnections of race, place and power. July 11: Sina Najafi; Najafi is the Editor of Cabinet Magazine. July 18: Anne West; West is a writer, theorist, and independent curator. She teaches in the graduate program at RISD. July 25: Lee Boroson; Boroson’s airy sculptures give viewers the chance to experience the ineffable impossibilities of the world. Aug. 1: Hamish Fulton; Since the early 1970s, Fulton has been labeled as a sculptor, photographer, conceptual artist andland artist. Fulton, however, characterises himself as a “walking artist.” Aug. 8: Lisi Raskin; Raskin handcrafts whimsical recreations of military command centers. This summer the MFA’s Moth Press is also releasing Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work; An Explorative Guide to Making, Thinking, and Writing by Anne West. Her lecture on July 18 will be followed by a book signing. West is an educator, writer, and independent curator. She teaches in the Division of Graduate Studies at Rhode Island School of Design, where she supports students across disciplines in conceptualizing and writing their master’s thesis. http://www.meca.edu/mfa

Independence Day Fireworks Display in Ogunquit

7:30 p.m. Musical entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. Ogunquit Beach. www.ogunquit.org

Tuesday, July 5 The Art of the Artisan at Ocean Park

7:30 p.m. The Art of the Artisan — Potter, Painter …

Candy Maker as well as other artisans share their trade secrets. Explore some very different artistic mediums; samples and discounts! Jordan Hall, 46 Temple Ave., Ocean Park. Suggested donation: $5. FMI: 934-9068, www.oceanpark.org. see next page

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Wednesday, July 6 Lobsterman’s Park kids’ activities

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Free activities with the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine every week, Wednesdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Lobsterman’s Park (corner of Union and Middle Streets). July 6 — Whale Wonders. Lean the difference between toothed and baleen whales, touch real whale baleen and make a whale tail craft.

July 13 — Beaver Business. Take a look at a beaver skull and fur, then take part in a craft to learn about beaver adaptations. July 20 — Dino Discovery. Investigate a life size T-Rex jawbone and make a dough dino fossil to take home.

July 27 — Understanding Owls. Lean about an owl’s silent flight and other hunting techniques by exploring artifacts and making a craft. www.portlandmaine.com or www.childrensmuseumofme.org

LearningWorks hosts Gov. Paul LePage

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. “In keeping the Community Conversations focus on generational poverty, the Governor will share his personal story of overcoming adversity: the combination of personal fortitude, adult role models, and community supports needed to help him succeed. At LearningWorks we work with at-risk youth who come from very similar circumstances to the Governor’s: broken homes, domestic abuse, and homelessness. The Governor’s willingness to share his story will be an inspiration to our students as well as program attendees. A distinguished panel will join the Governor, reacting to and asking questions about his story.”

Maine Medical Center, Dana Health Education Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. To register, email the name and full contact information of all attendees to register@learningworks.me or call 775-0105. Sponsors: Wright Express, Maine Medical Center, and Bangor Savings Bank.

Free summer concerts in Portland

8 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket, sit back and enjoy the music throughout the summer months. Portland Recreation, Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood, West End Neighborhood Association, Maine Red Claws, Quirk Chevrolet, Friends of Eastern Promenade, Kemp Goldberg Partners, Betty Winterhalder Fund, Trevor & Joe, Coyne Piergrossi Associates, Keller Williams Realty, SMRT, the Italian Heritage Center Concert Band and the Willey Trust sponsor these free outdoor concerts. FMI: 756-8275; Information and cancellation hotline: 756-8130.

Sunset Folk Series At The Western Prom Park: Sponsored by Families of the Western Prom Neighborhood and WENA. Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. (During inclement weather, concert canceled.) Held Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. (or as announced) at Western Prom Park.

July 6, 8 p.m. Rob Simpson http://www.myspace.com/ robysimpson; July 13, 7:45 p.m., Darien Brahms http:// www.myspace.com/darienbrahms; July 20, 7:45 p.m., Mark Farrington; Wednesday, July 27, 7:30 p.m., Sorcha http://www.myspace.com/sorchasongs; Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m.,

Phantom Buffalo http://www.myspace.com/phantombuffalo; Aug. 10, 7:30 p.m., Will Gattis http://www.myspace. com/gattistheband.

Crusher’s Kids Concerts in the Park: Concerts last approximately 40 minutes. Concerts held Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Bandstand, Deering Oaks Park. (During inclement weather concert relocated to Reiche Community Center, 166 Brackett Street). July 7, Jon Call (Camp Songs); July 14, Delilah & Chandra (Singing Hands); July 21, Tangletoons (Maine Songs); July 28, Sparks Ark (Wild Animals); Aug. 4, Sammie Haynes (Singer Songstress).

Friends Of Eastern Promenade Concert Series: Sponsored by the Friends of the Eastern Promenade.

Concerts last approximately one hour. Concerts held Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Bandstand, Fort Allen Park. July 7, Delta Knights (Rock ‘n’ Roll) sponsored by SMRT; July 14, Don Roy Band (Fiddlers); sponsored by a Friend of the Eastern Prom; July 21, Chandler’s Band (Marches & Big Band Era) sponsored by the Willey Trust; July 28, Sean Mencher and his Rhythm Kings (Rockabilly) sponsorship in Memory of Betty Winterhalder; Aug. 4, Big Chief (Rhythm & Roots Music) sponsored by Trevor & Joe Coyne Piergrossi Associates and Keller Williams Realty; Aug. 11, The McCarthys (Country Rock) sponsored by Kemp Goldberg Partners; Aug. 18, Banda di Nepi (Community Band from Italy) sponsored by the Italian Heritage Center (rain date at center). www.portlandmaine.gov/rec/summer.htm

Maine Festival of American Music

7 p.m. The Sixth Annual Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions will be held from July 6-9 at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, New Gloucester. The festival’s free program flyer is now available by contacting 9264597 or usshakers@aol.com.

‘Trollhunter’ at SPACE Gallery

7:30 p.m. “The government says there’s nothing to worry about – it’s just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local hunters don’t believe it — and neither do a trio of college students who want to find out the truth. Armed with a video camera, they trail a mysterious ‘poacher,’ who wants nothing to do with them. But their persistence lands them straight in the path of the objects of his pursuits: Trolls. They soon find themselves documenting every move of this grizzled, unlikely hero — The Troll Hunter — risking their lives to uncover the secrets of creatures only thought to exist in fairy tales.

Talk on trolls to follow with Loren Coleman, cryptozoologist, author and director of the International Cryptozoology Museum.”

Thursday, July 7 Opera at the Mansion

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PORTopera and Victoria Mansion partner for the first time to present Opera at the Mansion. This benefit will be at the Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St. in Portland. The Opera at the Mansion event will feature soloists Claire Coolen, soprano, and Robert E. Mellon, baritone, from PORTopera’s Young Artists program, and includes hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets are $50 and can

Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman shows a cast of a Bigfoot footprint found in Maine in 1999. Coleman is guest speaker at a film screening about trolls at SPACE Gallery at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 6.

(DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO) be reserved by calling Victoria Mansion at 772-4841. The funds raised from this event will benefit PORTopera and the Victoria Mansion. PORTopera Young Artists are selected through national auditions. They are young singers on the cusps of major operatic careers. The Young Artists Program was created to support PORTopera’s mission to bring opera to Maine’s communities and to foster operatic talent from Maine and elsewhere. PORTopera is Maine’s only opera company performing fully staged operas with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. The company will present “The Daughter of the Regiment” on July 28 and 30 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. For more information, visit www.portopera.org.

Hypnotist Paul Ramsay at Lucid Stage

7:30 p.m. Lucid Stage presents hypnotist Paul Ramsay.

“The days of clucking like a chicken are over. Hypnotist Paul Ramsay’s ‘Mind Games’ show breaks the mold of stage hypnotism. Using interactive polling software and remote controls, audience members steer the course of the show by voting on what they want to see happen on stage.”

29 Baxter Boulevard. $12/$10 students and seniors, 8993993.

Friday, July 8 Compass Project Boat Building Festival

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This July 8 through July 10, Compass Project will present its eighth annual Boat Building Festival at Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extension (accross from Hannaford). Compass Project is a Portland-based youth development organization that engages at-risk youth through experiential boat building programs. These handson programs help youth find new directions for the future by combining life-skills, academic challenges and job-skills training. “Join us July 8th, 9th and 10th at our new Location, Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extention in Portland.

Twelve boat building teams will be arriving Friday afternoon to begin the intensive three-day task of building their very own 12-foot Skiff and helping to raise funds for our Youth Boat Building Program. Along with our new location, we have new activities! We are very excited to announce the First Ever Mascot Row-down to be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 at the Festival. The Portland Sea Dogs mascot, Slugger, has issued a rowing challenge to Salty Pete of the Pirates and Crusher of the Red Claws. Come find out who has the best rowing skills in town!” Friday, July 8, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parade from Back Cove to East End Beach; launch at East End Beach. http://www.compassproject.org/bbfest.htm Compass Project team members load a boat they built in the 2010 competition. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale Preview

5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale Preview. Mark Goettel and Andy Abrams, Portland Trails Board Members and experienced runners, will be offering a preview of the Portland Trails 10K: Trail to Ale as part of the Portland Trails Discovery Trek Series. Runners of all abilities are invited to meet at Ocean Gateway and run the 10K course. The 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) race course is run exclusively off-road and allows beautiful views of the Casco Bay as runners enjoy the Eastern Prom and Back Cove Trails.

This will give runners an idea of what to expect the day of the Trail to Ale 10K race which will be held on Sept. 18 this year. Folks training for the run are encouraged to come.

Bring running shoes. Meet at Ocean Gateway Terminal on the Eastern Prom Trail just after the intersection of India and Commercial streets. Free for Portland Trails members, $5 suggested donation for non-members ($5 can go toward new or renewed membership.) Reservations suggested.

Call Portland Trails: 775-2411. For a full schedule of Portland Trails Discovery Treks, visit http://trails.org/events.html

East Bayside Neighborhood Organization talent show at Mayo Street Arts Center

7:30 p.m. Support the East Bayside Neighborhood Organization by coming out to a night of great local talent! MC ALex Endy! A Bake Sale too! Mayo Street Arts. Break dancing, Taiko drumming, bake sale and much more! Proceeds benefit East Bayside Neighborhood Organization and Mayo Street Arts. Contact Alex Endy to sign up for a performance slot! http://www.eastbayside.org/

Open Mic/Poetry Slam in Auburn

7:15 p.m. Open Mic/Poetry Slam. First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. Free. FMI 783-0461 or www. auburnuu.org.

A Theater Tasting

8 p.m. A Theater Tasting is a twist on the traditional wine tasting, and a fundraiser for Lucid Stage (www.lucidstage. com). A roster of performers will present, and between the acts the audience will be invited into the lobby for a wine and appetizer pairing that is chosen to go with each performance. Performers will include: Carolyn Gage (excerpt from her play The Parmachene Belle); stand-up comedy

from Mike Sylvester; Michael Lane Trautman; Dark Follies (burlesque); Jake Brooks (musician); Naya’s Trance (bellydancing); The Green Room musical, produced by New Edge. $25.

Tom Clark at Freeport Factory Stage

8 p.m. Freeport Factory Stage features Tom Clark. “Tom Clark has been called the ‘Mel Tillis of stand-up comedy,’ his slight stutter disappears when his comedic voices hit the stage. He has appeared on A&E’s “An Evening at the Improv.”

Performances are Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15/$12 seniors and students, and are available through Brown Paper Tickets; www.freeportfactory.com or 865-5505. Freeport Factory Stage is located at 5 Depot St., downtown Freeport, one block east of L.L. Bean.

Saturday, July 9 Kids First Program in Topsham

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Woodside Elementary School, 42 Barrows Drive, Topsham. “This four-hour co-parenting education workshop for parents is designed to help address problems and reduce the negative effects of separation and divorce. ... Participants are encouraged to attend the program as early in the separation and divorce as possible.

But it’s never too late to break old bad habits and learn healthy new ones!” Fee: $60 per person.

Raising the flag in Southern Sudan

9 a.m. The day for raising the flag in Southern Sudan. Festivities start at 9 a.m. in Monument Square in downtown Portland. At noon everyone will march to the Portland Expo where there will be celebration including continuous music, dancing and food.

Boat Building Festival

9 a.m. This July 8 through July 10, Compass Project will present its eighth annual Boat Building Festival at Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extension (accross from Hannaford). Compass Project is a Portland-based youth development organization that engages at-risk youth through experiential boat building programs. These hands-on programs help youth find new directions for the future by combining life-skills, academic challenges and job-skills training. “Join us July 8th, 9th and 10th at our new Location, Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extention in Portland.

Twelve boat building teams will be arriving Friday afternoon

to begin the intensive three-day task of building their very own 12-foot Skiff and helping to raise funds for our Youth Boat Building Program. Along with our new location, we have new activities! We are very excited to announce the First Ever Mascot Row-down to be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 at the Festival. The Portland Sea Dogs mascot, Slugger, has issued a rowing challenge to Salty Pete of the Pirates and Crusher of the Red Claws. Come find out who has the best rowing skills in town!” Friday, July 8, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parade from Back Cove to East End Beach; launch at East End Beach. http://www.compassproject.org/bbfest.htm

Skyline Farm’s ninth annual Summer Celebration

9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pony rides, bargain hunting, lobster, dessert, live music and more are featured during Skyline Farm’s ninth annual Summer Celebration fundraiser. A Barn Sale under the tent will offer shoppers an assortment of items, including antiques, collectibles, and horse-drawn carriages. If you have items to sell, rent your own table for $20, or have Skyline sell your items for a commission.

Contact Greg at 239-5782 or Lisa at 829-6899. A silent auction of fascinating items will be held inside the Visitor Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5:30-8 p.m. Anyone willing to donate items worth $25 or more should call Diana at 252-9352. Pony rides ($5/child), face-painting, and oldfashioned children’s activities will run from 10 a.m. to noon.

From 5:30-7 p.m. enjoy an authentic Maine lobster bake catered by North Yarmouth’s Young’s Clambakes, while overlooking Skyline’s beautiful fields. By July 1 please reserve a lobster, steak or chicken dinner ($50 pp includes a tax deductible donation to Skyline) with Pam at 829-5708.

From 7-8 p.m. enjoy free admission to the museum featuring the ‘Summer Delivery Vehicles’ exhibit, a truly unique venue. Enjoy complimentary dessert while listening to live acoustic music from Yarmouth’s own Diana Hansen, Bill Hansen, and George Maxwell. See who takes home the hotly-contested silent auction items. All proceeds benefit Skyline Farm’s operational expenses. Skyline Farm, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, is located at 95 The Lane in North Yarmouth (near the junction of Routes 9 and 115).

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North Country Fireworks Get Ready for Your Next Celebration!

Rt. 16 • Tamworth • 603-323-9375 Check with your local fire department if permissible fireworks are allowed in your area.

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Experience the source point for some of Portland’s most ‘Knit A Bunny’ workshop eclectic creators and qualify 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Knitters to win prizes from East End from all skill levels are welvendors just by participatcomed to enroll in a “Knit A ing. Connect to community, Bunny” workshop that will expand your horizons and/ create a crouching bunny or add to your art collection with floppy ears at the Saball on a summer day! The bathday Lake Shaker Village, tour is a free self-guided Route 26, New Gloucester. walk through the Munjoy Hill Fee: $30. For details call neighborhood. It is held in 926-4597 or www.shaker.lib. conjunction with the Munjoy me.us.

Hill Garden Club tour. Maps Urban Epic Challenge of the Open Studios will be 10 a.m. “The Urban Epic available the day of the event Challenge presented by at 81 Congress St. and in Oxford Networks offers a participating artists’ studios. course that rivals any existOpen studios will be marked ing race in terms of variety of with green, blue and white terrain, unique elements, and balloons. Don’t miss this stunning views. The run starts opportunity to see the many near the East End Beach and and unusual ways artists winds from one end of the make it work: hallways, extra prom to the other and back bedrooms, garden sheds — There are two times when you name it, some artist on you will be able to sign in and Harlan Baker is an adjunct professor in the Theatre department at the University of Portland’s East End is using get your packet: Friday, July Southern Maine, an actor, a former member of the Maine legislature, a union activist, it to spin their creative vision!

8 at Maine Running Com- and democratic socialist. He is performing at Lucid Stage. (COURTESY IMAGE) Tour will be held rain or shine. pany in Portland from 5 p.m.

For more information, please during the First World War, his meeting with to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 9 at the Eastern call Colleen Bedard at 233-7273 or visit the Eugene Debs and other radicals opposed Prom (near the Beach) from 8 a.m. to 9:30 website http://www.SEAportland.org to American participation in the First World a.m. Participants will line up at the start line The Hidden Gardens of Munjoy Hill War, his experiences in the Lafollette camat approximately 10 a.m., which is located 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hidden Gardens of paign for president in 1924 and his expeon the paved trail near East End Beach.” rience covering the union organizing drives www.urban-epic.com/urbanepicchallenge of tenant farmers and auto workers in the ‘The Other Dickens’ at Boothbay 1930s. Harlan Baker is an adjunct professor 12:30 p.m. Lillian Nayder, a Bates College in the Theatre department at the University of professor whose biography “The Other Southern Maine, an actor, a former member Dickens” is the first comprehensive portrait of the Maine legislature, a union activist, and of the woman whom novelist Charles Dickdemocratic socialist. ‘Jimmy Higgins’ has ens married and then repudiated, discusses long stood for the name of the rank-and-file the book at Books in Boothbay: Maine’s union and socialist activist.” The July 9 show Summer Book Fair at Boothbay Railway is a fundraiser to restore Maine’s Labor Mural.

Village, Route 27 South, Boothbay. Nayder $15 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, is one of 40 Maine authors who will discuss Portland. 899-3993. and sign their books at the fair. A reception with the authors begins at 3:30. The event Sunday, July 10 is open to the public at no cost. Learn more at http://booksinboothbay.blogspot.com/. from preceding page

Munjoy Hill offers an opportunity to explore a dozen lush city gardens tucked away in this charming Portland neighborhood. The self-guided garden tour will feature a dozen unique urban retreats scattered throughout Munjoy Hill. Members of the Society for East End Arts (SEA) will also open their studios for visitors. The tour is presented by Friends of the Eastern Promenade. “Visitors can stroll through a delightful English Victorian garden, a tranquil Japanese garden and a “wild” flower garden that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Some gardens are brand new, with others tended by gardeners for several generations. All of the gardens highlight the creativity of gardening in the city.” Advance tickets are available for $15 online at hiddengardensofmunjoyhill.org or at Skillin’s Greenhouse, O’Donal’s Nurseries, Allen, Sterling & Lothrup, Broadway Gardens, Rosemont Market and Coffee by Design. On the day of event, tickets will be sold for $20 at the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization’s Hill House at 92 Congress St., where the tour begins. For more information, visit hiddengardensofmunjoyhill.org.

Defenders of the Funny

7:30 p.m. Defenders of the Funny is a new improv group in Portland. Expect new games, sketches, music, and audience participation. Special guest: Comic Stephanie Doyle. Tickets $7. Defenders of the Funny will also be participating in the second annual Portland Improv Festival, held at Lucid Stage Aug. 11-13.

The “Merry Table” Crêperie

Nine Nation Animation

2 p.m. The World According to Shorts presents Nine Nation Animation, a selection of recent award-winning animated short films from the world’s most renowned festivals, including Cannes, Berlin, Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand and others. Portland Museum of Art. Saturday, July 9, 2 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 2 p.m. NR. http://www. portlandmuseum.org/events/movies.php

Truth About Daisies on Peaks

7:30 p.m. Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island. $8 adult; $5 seniors and students. “Popular trio, Truth About Daisies, features original songwriting and beautiful harmonies of Sheila McKinley, Doug Swift and Ronda Dale. Their music draws on many traditions including urban folk, country, and melodic pop.” The Fifth Maine Regiment Museum is a nonprofit museum and cultural center housed in the 1888 Fifth Maine Regiment Memorial Hall. Its mission is the preservation of Civil War and local history. To that end the museum offers a wide variety of lectures, concerts, tours, youth education programs, and community activities. Membership is open to the public. For more information call 766-3330 or email fifthmainemuseum@ maine.rr.com.

Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement

8 p.m. “Harlan Baker will appear as Jimmy Higgins in a one-man show he has written, ‘Jimmy Higgins: A Life in the Labor Movement.’ The play is set on the eve of the 1960 presidential race. A rank and file union activist is being interviewed by a college student about his life. Higgins recounts his days as a newspaper boy in Sandusky Ohio

Boat Building Festival concludes

9 a.m. This July 8 through July 10, Compass Project will present its eighth annual Boat Building Festival at Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extension (accross from Hannaford). Compass Project is a Portlandbased youth development organization that engages at-risk youth through experiential boat building programs. These hands-on programs help youth find new directions for the future by combining life-skills, academic challenges and job-skills training. “Join us July 8th, 9th and 10th at our new Location, Back Cove Park on Preble Street Extention in Portland. Twelve boat building teams will be arriving Friday afternoon to begin the intensive three-day task of building their very own 12-foot Skiff and helping to raise funds for our Youth Boat Building Program.

Along with our new location, we have new activities! We are very excited to announce the First Ever Mascot Row-down to be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 9 at the Festival. The Portland Sea Dogs mascot, Slugger, has issued a rowing challenge to Salty Pete of the Pirates and Crusher of the Red Claws. Come find out who has the best rowing skills in town!” Friday, July 8, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, July 10, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parade from Back Cove to East End Beach; launch at East End Beach. http:// www.compassproject.org/bbfest.htm

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Happy Fourth of July Harmon’s and Barton’s flower shop on Congress Street unveils its patriotic spirit with giant American flags in the shop windows Friday.

On Monday, for the Fourth of July, some businesses will be open, but government offices will close. The Postal Service observes Independence Day on Monday, so all post offices in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will be closed. There will be no regular mail delivery, except for Express Mail.

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Marcotte replaces Jeanneret for Pirates

DAILY SUN STAFF REPORT

Brent Marcotte has been named the new director, Communications & Team Services, for the Portland Pirates, the American Hockey League team announced on Thursday.

Marcotte replaces Mark Jeanneret, who had been in that role, in addition to acting as the play-by-play voice of the Pirates, during the past two seasons.

“I am elated to have been offered this great opportunity with the Pirates organization,” Marcotte said. “Portland has for over three decades run a first-class operation in a thriving, history-rich hockey region, and I hope to continue the tradition as a member of the front office staff and help raise the brand to the next level in the years ahead while servicing the operational needs of our NHL affiliate’s coaches, players and support staff.”

Marcotte, 24, joins the Pirates after spending the past year as a Media Relations Assistant with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Minor League Baseball Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, and as Senior Intern of the Portland Pirates Communications Department. The 24 year-old Dartmouth, Mass., native will handle all public and media relations responsibilities for the Pirates, along with providing team services for the Club’s new NHL affiliate — the Phoenix Coyotes.

Marcotte is a 2010 honors graduate of Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga., where he received a B.S. in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Management, and lettered four years for the school’s baseball program. Currently the Massachusetts native is pursuing his MBA in Sport Management at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, N.H.