the forecaster, mid coast edition, august 6, 2010

August 6, 2010 News of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Harpswell Vol. 6, No. 32

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Earmark could send $425k to SMCC’s Brunswick campusPage 3

Police seize 82 pot plants in bust near Brunswick HighPage 2

Groundbreaking for new Woolwich schoolPage 4

Index Meetings ........................18Obituaries ...................... 11Opinion ............................7Out & About ...................17

People & Business ........12Police Beat ....................10Real Estate ....................26Sports ............................14

Arts Calendar ................15Classifieds .....................21Community Calendar .....18

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Work begins on Amtrak Downeasterextension to Freeport, Brunswick

By Steve MistlerBRUNSWICK — The

northward extension of the Amtrak Downeaster has been local rail advocates’ dream since 2003.

On Monday at Maine Street Station, the first tangible sign that the long-awaited vision is closer to realization was hard to miss.

The train delivering 50 strings of steel rail stretched nearly a third of a mile, its

Left, the rails needed to extend Downeaster service stretch 1,650 feet, and they bend as the train carrying them into Brunswick

makes its way around the curve between Spring and Stanwood

streets on Sunday, Aug. 1.PAul CunninghAM / FOR ThE FORECASTER

Federal Railroad Administrator Joe Szabo addresses the crowd that gathered Monday, Aug. 2, at Maine Street Station in Brunswick to

acknowledge the start of the project that will restore passenger train service between Portland and Brunswick.

cargo weighing more than 3.2 million pounds. Once in-stalled, the track will stretch for nearly eight miles, more than a quarter of the distance to the finish line in Portland.

On Monday, the delivery train served as backdrop for a ceremony marking the start of work on the $38 million track rehabilitation project that will re-establish passen-ger service in Freeport and Brunswick via the Downeas-ter.

“This is an awesome train to launch an awesome proj-ect,” said Martin Eisenstein, chairman of the Northern

Court orders reconsiderationof Wing Farmbusiness parkBy Alex Lear

BATH — A judge last Friday ordered the Planning Board to take another look at its April ap-proval of the third phase of the Wing Farm business park.

Justice Andrew Horton’s rul-ing came in a lawsuit, filed by Robert and Wendy Johansen in May in Sagadahoc County Superior Court, that appealed the Planning Board’s April ap-proval. Represented by Bath at-torney Jenny Burch, they raised concerns about traffic growth from the development of phases two and three and about poten-tial impact to wetlands.

While their 520 Centre St. property does not abut the third Wing Farm phase, the Johansens live within 100 feet of two lots of that phase, Horton noted. Centre Street leads into Wing Farm Parkway and King’s High-way, an unpaved road that will be improved as an access road into the third phase.

While the 25-acre, nine-lot expansion to Wing Farm will be built in West Bath, all the impact on roads will be in Bath, where the first two phases are located. Bath’s approval was also required because about 350 feet of King’s Highway, where a sewer and water line will run, is in Bath.

Horton, who denied a request from the Johansens to stop work on phase three during litigation, stated that his order is not a call

FEMA to hold meeting with Harpswell to explain flood mapsBy Steve Mistler

HARPSWELL — The fed-eral agency proposing new floodplain maps will meet with residents to discuss new flood zones that have already been assailed by other communities as inaccurate.

The Sept. 2 meeting is be-tween town officials, residents

and regional officials from the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency. It comes amid FEMA’s controversial changes to the floodplain, which have already met resistance in several southern Maine communities.

The communities challeng-ing the new maps say the flood designation could impede devel-

opment or force homeowners to buy expensive flood insurance.

Harpswell, which has more than 200 miles of coastline, could be significantly impacted by the new flood zone. The town, along with several other southern Maine communities, has already hired a consultant to refute FEMA’s data.

Town officials also met with FEMA officials in two sepa-rate meetings in Portland last month, arguing that the agency’s mapping models failed to ac-count for the islands, inlets and harbors unique to Maine’s coastline.

The agency has admitted some of the maps are inaccurate

and expressed a willingness to correct them. However, town officials and members of the state’s congressional delegation say the cost of refuting the maps has unfairly fallen on the shoul-ders of individual communities.

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Police seize 82 pot plants in bust near Brunswick High SchoolBRUNSWICK — Police arrested a

33-year-old man Wednesday and seized 82 marijuana plants and a hydroponic system at his home.

Police arrested Eric Colgan of 90 Ma-quoit Road at about 5 p.m. The arrest was the result of a search warrant, part of an ongoing drug investigation by the Brunswick Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

All of the plants and the hydroponic growing system were seized in the arrest.

A photo shows several of the 82 marijuana plants seized by the Brunswick Police Department and agents with Maine Drug Enforcement Agency during a July 28 bust at 90 Maquoit Road.

Police arrested Eric Colgan, 33, on charges of aggravated marijuana cultivation and furnishing of scheduled drugs. Brunswick Detective Sgt. Martin Rinaldi said the growing operation was one of the most sophisticated he’d seen. Rinaldi said the grow room was located in Colgan’s basement

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Topsham celebrates 156th annual fairBy Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Fair is roll-ing out its 156th year of “farm fresh family fun” beginning Sunday, Aug. 8 and running through Saturday, Aug. 15.

On Sunday at 7:30 p.m. the ’80s tribute hair band Twyce Shy rocks the stage, and fans of a different style of music can catch the Wild Horse Country Band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. And those people who want to dust off their platform shoes can groove with the ’70s sounds of Motor Booty Affair at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Colgan is charged with aggravated cultivation of marijuana and aggravated furnishing of scheduled drugs, both Class C felonies. The charges are considered aggravated because the alleged operation was within 1,000 feet of Brunswick High School.

Colgan was transported to Cumberland County Jail in Portland, where he was lat-er released on unsecured bail of $15,000.

He is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Portland on Nov. 4.

event, “to try to make something for them to do and keep them out of trouble.”

He said he’s also met a lot of good people over the years and made many new friends through the fair.

Brillant noted that the fair can always use more volunteer help.

Admission to the fair, held off the Route 196 Coastal Connector, is $6 for adults

Friday at 7 p.m. The Antique Tractor Pull will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday.

There’s also the Car Cruise-In at 8 a.m. Sunday, followed that day by a draft horse and pony show at 10 a.m.

Harness racing will be held Sunday through Tuesday at 5 p.m., and then Wednesday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m.

A National Wrestling Alliance event is new to the fair this year and will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Fireworks will close out the fair with a bang at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Leon Brillant, president of the fair board of directors, has been helping out at the fair since 1972. A big part of what has kept him involved is the children who attend the

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Earmark could send $425k to SMCC’s Brunswick campusBy Steve Mistler

BRUNSWICK — An earmark within a congressional bill funding health and education could provide $425,000 in start-up funding for the Southern Maine Community College’s campus at the re-developed Brunswick Naval Air Station.

The proposed earmark, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, is included in the House of Representatives version of the 2011 Labor, Health, Hu-man Services and Education bill.

The bill has already cleared the House. A companion bill is scheduled to be taken up by the Senate this summer.

The Senate bill doesn’t include the ear-

mark. However, a spokesman for Pingree was confident the appropriation would survive reconciliation of the two bills in conference committee.

Pingree and officials from SMCC said the funding would allow the base campus, dubbed the Maine Advanced Technology and Engineering Center, to open next fall.

The college is a joint venture between SMCC and the University of Maine en-gineering school.

The campus is already slated to receive

about $8 million. Voters in June narrowly approved an economic development bond that included $4.74 million for the campus.

Additionally, Gov. John Baldacci this spring enacted legislation that will redirect 50 percent of state income tax revenue from workers hired at the rede-veloped base into a so-called job incre-ment financing fund. Collected revenues would be split between the redevelop-ment authority and SMCC.

The fund is expected to generate about $4 million, however it’s dependent on the redevelopment authority’s ability to lure tenants to Brunswick Landing, the civilian name for the base.

Base redevelopers say the school will become a lynchpin for the base’s civilian transition because the curriculum can be tailored to meet the needs of incoming businesses.

The SMCC-UMaine partnership will allow community college students to pursue bachelor’s degrees in engineer-ing.

Earlier this week, Pingree highlighted the need to establish a composites degree at the campus. Doing so, she said, would bolster the state’s composites cluster.

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Council approves bids for two fire dept. vehiclesBATH — The City Council voted

unanimously Wednesday to accept bids from a Brunswick company for two fire department vehicles.

The council accepted a bid of $825,000 from Greenwood Emergency Vehicles, Inc., for an E-One 110-foot ladder truck with a pump, as well as a bid of $120,000 for a Ford/Horton ambulance. Both pur-chases were funded by a Bath equipment bond ordinance that received final pas-sage from the council on July 7.

Councilors also granted unanimous first passage to a bond ordinance of $100,000 to fund replacement of drive chains for three clarifiers, which are tanks that collect sludge at the city’s wastewa-ter treatment plant. The ordinance is to undergo second passage next month.

The City Council also voted unani-mously to grant second passage to an ordinance that creates the city’s Museum District. The district is based around the Maine Maritime Museum on Washington

Street. An update to Bath’s 1997 Com-prehensive Plan, approved by the council last year, called for new land use areas that would be dedicated to city fixtures like the museum and the Plant Home.

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Representatives of the Study Team will be present at the Mt. Ararat Middle School (in the cafeteria), located at 66 Republic Avenue in Topsham on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. Following the formal presentation, attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and to share their thoughts and ideas. The meeting is expected to last 2 hours, concluding by 8:00 p.m. NOTE THE CHANGE IN VENUE. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD IN BRUNSWICK, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN TOPSHAM.

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RSU 1 staff breaks ground for new Woolwich schoolBy Alex Lear

WOOLWICH — Regional School Unit 1 staff plunged shovels into the earth Tuesday morning to commemorate the demolition of most of the existing Woolwich Central School and construction of a new one.

The new Nequasset Road facility, which should be complete by May 2012 and open for classes that September, will measure ap-proximately 66,000 square feet, about twice the size of the current building.

The original kindergarten through eighth-grade school was built more than 50 years ago. Later additions that house classroom space will be preserved to contain admin-istrative offices while the existing gym will be expanded for incorporation into the new building.

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Burglaries concern police in Freeport, Brunswick

FREEPORT — A handful of daytime residential break-ins on Monday have police in Freeport and Brunswick on alert.

Lt. Susan Nourse encouraged residents to report suspicious activity or anything that appears out of the ordinary to the local police departments.

“My concern is that someone saw some-thing, but didn’t report it because they thought someone else might have,” she said

Tuesday. “I’d encourage people to keep an eye on their neighbors and call with any concerns.”

Nourse said there were three burglaries reported on Aug. 2 in Freeport, and one attempted and one actual in Brunswick. She said residents reported computers, cash and jewelry were stolen totalling at least $10,000. Some of the houses were unlocked and some were broken into, she said.

She urged residents to contact Freeport police at 865-4800 or the Brunswick Police Department at 725-6621.

room for the students.The new school is being built to hold

375 students, including pre-kindergarten children.

“Research shows that by the time a new school opens, it is filled to the capacity for which it’s built,” RSU 1 Superintendent William Shuttleworth said on Tuesday. “People will move to a town that has a new school. They look at it as an exciting new opportunity for their families.”

The approximately $17 million endeavor, primarily funded by the state, is the largest construction project in the history of Wool-wich, Shuttleworth said.

RSU 1 voters approved the new school at referendum in March 2009 by a tally of 984-218.

Alex Lear can be reached at 373-9060 ext. 113 or [email protected].

Nomination papers available for elections

BRUNSWICK — Nomination papers are now available for the Town Council and School Board.

Districts 1, 2 and 6 on both boards are up for election Nov. 2. Papers can be ob-tained at the Town Clerk’s office on Federal Street.

Interested candidates must obtain 25 sig-natures and turn in the papers by Sept. 3 at 4:30 p.m. to qualify for the ballot.

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So far, all three incumbents on the Town Council have decided to run for re-election. District 1 is represented by David Watson. Ben Tucker represents District 2, while Margo Knight is the District 6 councilor.

Byron Watson represents District 1 on the School Board. Janet Connors and Marybeth Latti represent District 6 and 2, respectively.

As of Wednesday, none of the School Board incumbents had taken out nomina-tion papers.

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South Portland triathlon pushes personal limitsBy Randy Billings

SOUTH PORTLAND — Nearly 1,000 women are registered to take part in the third annual Tri for a Cure on Saturday, Aug. 15.

The majority of them, race director Julie Marchese said, have never participated in a triathlon.

“Each year, 85 percent of our women have never done a triathlon before,” Mar-chese said. “This has taken Maine women off the couch and out to change the health and wellness of themselves.”

The race will begin with a 1/3-mile swim near Spring Point at Southern Maine Community College. Once they reach land, participants will embark on a 15-mile bike ride along Sawyer Road to Cape Elizabeth and back to South Portland along Ocean House Road.

The race concludes with a three-mile run through a course east of Preble Street.

While awards will given to the top three finishers in 14 different categories, Mar-chese said the spirit of competition is more inwardly focused.

“It’s about self-accomplishment,” she said. “It’s about how you did it and how it felt. It’s not about what the other women did.”

And Marchese would know. She entered her first triathlon at the age of 45, one year after being diagnosed with breast cancer, just to prove she could do it.

At the time, Marchese said she hadn’t been swimming in four years or biked in about 30 years.

“Five years ago, I couldn’t run a quarter of a mile,” she said.

On Aug. 1, Marchese, now 50, added another feather in her cap: she placed fourth in her age group in her first half Ironman competition in California.

“I just tagged a half a marathon at the

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the first transition area and her waiting bike

during the 2009 Tri for a Cure in South Portland. This weekend’s third running

of the women’s short triathlon is expected to draw

almost 1,000 athletes.

“It’s great, because we’re really trying to advance cancer research throughout the state.”

Although the number of participants is limited, Rowan said there are no plans in the works to move the event to accommo-date more athletes.

Last year, the group kept a waiting list, but never had the opportunity to use it, be-

end of a 50-mile bike,” she said. “I’m just basking in my glory to know I could ever do that.”

It’s that inner drive to overcome per-ceived limitations that has made the Tri for the Cure such a popular event.

About 100 of the 950 athletes are cancer survivors.

About 150 more athletes are participat-ing than last year. While 800 slots were filled in 26 minutes last year, it took only a fraction of that time this year when regis-tration opened at midnight on Feb. 1: eight minutes.

This is the first year that athletes have had to raise a minimum of $250 to com-pete. As of Tuesday, participants had raised about $500,000 toward the event goal of $650,000.

Fundraising was optional in the previous two years, but that didn’t stop athletes from collecting donations. Last year’s event net-ted $425,000.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Maine Cancer Foundation, a Portland-based nonprofit founded in 1976 to provide re-

search grants, education and patient support grants in Maine.

MCF Executive Director Susan Rowan said last year’s triathlon allowed the foun-dation to award eight research grants, total-ling $650,000 – about twice as many as the previous year.

“(The event) has boosted our overall annual giving, enabling us to award more grants for cancer research,” Rowan said.

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churches, synagogues, mosques, etc., being open to all of God’s children, no matter what their sexual orientation. It is not too hard to imagine what Jesus’ response would be to those seeking to follow his teachings. I think that it would be compassion and tolerance, and a fearlessness in speaking out for those who are the objects of any form of discrimination.

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Beem, liberals miss the pointIn his column, “Gov. LePage? Maybe it won’t be so bad,”

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Beem is wrong, Jesus was no ‘liberal’

I cannot sit idly by and allow your columnist Edgar A. Beem to call my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ a (gasp!) “liberal” without at least saying something. Yes, Mr. Beem is correct in saying that there are many so-called progressive churches today. Actually, such churches have existed since the founding of Christianity. The Apostle Paul was compelled to address a letter directly to the Corinthian Church concern-ing their liberal views towards the sexual misbehavior of a young man in their midst. It is apparent by Paul’s second letter to that church that they did not elevate that man to a position of leadership, which seems to be the norm in the churches Mr. Beem approves of. The second letter com-mends the church for the tough stand they took against that type of behavior and Paul expressed joy in the young man’s repentance.

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it can survive Paul LePage, too. And if the economy re-bounds, as it did toward the end of the Longley administra-tion, the Tea Party may be over, Paul LePage can go back to peddling tube socks, and it will be time to elect Libby Mitchell Maine’s first woman governor.”

So, let’s elect a Republican to reign in spending, let’s let the economy rebound, and then let’s elect Libby Mitchell, who can increase government spending.

Maybe, if you think about these points for a few minutes, you’ll understand the frustration of the conservatives with the current political climate. The liberals understand it may take sacrifice and down-scaling to get the economy turned around, but once it has rebounded, we can grow govern-ment again.

Finally, what frightens me the most is, “How Maine goes, so goes the nation.”

Jeff MarstallerNorth Yarmouth

They promised to keep the economy and jobs, jobs, jobs front and center if elected.

They managed to do this without once mentioning the state’s top job engine, the $10 billion- to $13 billion-a-year tourism industry that accounts for 140,000 jobs.

Much less did any of them come up with a constructive idea for protecting or conserving the landscape which lures all those out-of-state folks to Maine during every season of the year. For example, there is an idea out there to study the feasibility of creating a national park to protect the Moosehead Lake wilderness and the headwaters of all five of the state’s major rivers. The park would provide economic diversity and jobs in an area that is sorely in need of both.

Good idea, that one. Is there a national park anywhere that is not benefiting the economy of its region? Acadia National Park is a convenient example. A Michigan State University study four years ago found the park generating $13.5 million annually in economic activity, accounting for 3,400 jobs in direct and indirect employment. As the state’s top tourist destination, Acadia welcomes 2 million visitors a year.

Your Edgar Allen Beem has endorsed the park idea. I hope he’ll return to the topic during the current election campaign. Maybe he can shame the candidates into arguing about something less nutty than whether creationism should be taught in our schools.

Gordon A. GloverSouth Freeport

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Dechaine’s defense still fails to convinceEver since I moved to Maine more than 10 years ago, I

have been perplexed by the attention that has been given to Dennis Dechaine, and frustrated not to have a fuller picture of the story. With the attention paid to Dechaine lately by Portland’s daily newspaper, I decided to go back and read the case re-cords. Here’s what I found:

On July 6, 1988, a 12-year-old girl named Sar-ah Cherry was kidnapped from the home in Bowdoin where she was babysitting. She was tortured and killed. On March 18, 1989, a jury convicted Dennis Dechaine for Cherry’s murder, rape and gross sexual assault.

According to the reported decisions, the evidence at trial included that the Hen-kel family hired Cherry to care for their 10-month-old infant on July 6. As parting advice, Cherry’s mother admonished her not to let anyone in the house while she was babysitting.

Ms. Henkel spoke to Cherry around noon as Cherry was feeding the baby. Around 1 p.m., a neighbor heard a vehicle and dogs barking, and 15 minutes later saw a red Toyota pickup truck.

Ms. Henkel arrived home around 3:20 pm. She found some papers, a notebook, and a repair bill belonging to Dechaine in her driveway. The doors to the house were slightly ajar, but the house was otherwise undisturbed. The baby was asleep and Cherry was missing.

Henkel searched for Cherry without success and called the police. Mr. Henkel arrived home and noticed an unusual tire track in the driveway that was consistent, it was later determined, with the tires on Dechaine’s truck.

Around 8:45 pm, Dechaine walked out of the woods about two miles away and told a homeowner that he

lived in Yarmouth, was visiting Bowdoinham, had been fishing and could not find his truck. Sheriff’s deputies transported Dechaine to a command post that had been set up to handle the investigation. Dechaine hid the keys to his truck under the seat of the police cruiser.

At the command post, a detective and a deputy in-formed Dechaine that they were investigating the dis-appearance of a 12-year-old girl. They noticed what appeared to them to be fresh scratches and bruises on Dechaine. Dechaine told them he had been fishing and had lost track of his truck. He initially denied ownership of the materials found in the Henkels’ driveway, but then acknowledged that they were his and claimed that he had been set up.

The police searched for and found Dechaine’s locked, red Toyota pickup truck. He gave them permission to search it.

On July 8, 1988, a search team found Cherry’s body approximately 400 feet from where Dechaine’s truck had been found. She had been bound, gagged, grazed, stabbed, strangled and sexually assaulted. Rope used to bind her wrists had the same characteristics as rope found in Dechaine’s truck. A piece of rope found in the woods exactly matched rope in Dechaine’s truck.

Dechaine was arrested. An arresting officer testified that Dechaine said it “must have been someone else inside me.” The booking officer testified that during processing, Dechaine said “Oh my God, it should never have happened. Why did I do this? I didn’t think it hap-pened until I saw her face on the news. Then it all came back to me. I remembered it. Why did I kill her? What punishment could they ever give me that would equal what I have done?”

Two corrections officers testified that Dechaine told them that they needed to know that he was the one who murdered that girl and they might want to put him in isolation.

Dechaine testified. He denied abducting, restraining or killing Cherry. He denied confessing. He claimed that he had been injecting drugs. Wandered into the woods.

Injected more drugs. Got lost. Found his way out around dusk. Lied to the homeowner for fear the homeowner would notice that he was under the influence of drugs. Immediately acknowledged that the papers found in the driveway were his. Hid his keys after realizing that he had mistakenly told the police that he had left them in his truck. Conceded that there were periods of time when his memory was not as sharp as it could have been.

The defense presented character evidence that Dechaine had a reputation for peacefulness and non-violence. The court refused to allow Dechaine to present information in support of an alternative-perpetrator theory because it was too speculative.

Dechaine appealed and the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed his conviction, observing that his alternative-perpetrator theory was unsubstantiated and speculative. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case.

Dechaine moved for a new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence supporting his alternative-perpetrator theory. The court held a three-day hearing and denied the request on the grounds that the newly discovered evidence that an alternative perpetrator had a motive and the opportunity to commit the crime was too speculative and not substantiated enough to warrant a new trial.

Meanwhile, Dechaine’s counsel retrieved from the court what remained of Cherry’s fingernail clippings and sent them to a lab in Boston for analysis. The lab reported finding DNA from two or more donors, but not Dechaine.

Dechaine petitioned for post-conviction review on the grounds of ineffectiveness of counsel. The state moved to depose his co-counsel on the basis that co-counsel had evidence of Dechaine’s actual guilt (had told prosecutors that Cherry was not alive and that they were searching in the right area before Cherry’s body was found). The

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‘Fair-skinned and Unbalanced’edly intimidated voters outside a polling place while dressed in Black Panther paramilitary gear and carry-ing a nightstick.

As I had only vaguely recalled the 2008 incident, I had no idea what he was talking about. When I got home, I read up on the incident, which has been the subject of dozens of Fox News stories this summer.

Seems that two New Black Panther Party members, having been alerted that white supremacists might ha-rass voters at a polling place in a predominantly black housing complex, took it upon themselves to provide “security “ – i.e, intimidate any would-be intimidators, not the voters, who overwhelmingly supported Obama. No voter ever complained of being intimidated by the Panthers. Even the DOJ official who J. Christian Ad-ams says told him of the DOJ’s racist policy (he has no direct knowledge of it himself) says Adams is full of it.

Still, Fox News is obsessed with the story, so that’s what was on Mike’s mind.

But that’s not all. Someone (I’m guessing Fox, Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh) has also convinced Mike that President Obama has plans to enlist the Black Panthers as a paramilitary force to counter domestic terrorism – i.e., right-wing militias, white su-premacists and benevolent Tea Party folks like himself. When that happens, the Second American Revolution will break out.

This, of course, is exactly what I meant a year ago in this column when I warned that broadcast blowhards Beck and Limbaugh “are filled with hot air that they use to inflate the sick notion that our constitutional democracy is everywhere under attack from liberals seeking to turn America into a socialist dictatorship.”

Big Mike and I were leisurely bobbing about neck-deep in the lake to stay cool when all of a sudden things started to heat up.

Mike, a retired state trooper, is my neighbor at the lake. A nice guy, hale fellow well met and all that. He calls me his “favorite liberal,” but until this particu-lar conversation I had no idea how conservative he was. Knowing, however, that he is not a big fan of President Obama, I jokingly asked him if he’d gone to Mount Desert Island to get the president’s autograph.

Dark clouds suddenly appeared.

For the next 10 minutes, as we contin-ued to drift into deeper water, Mike lectured me about how Obama is out to destroy America. He knows this, he said, because he watches Fox News and I don’t.

I just smiled with horrid fascination as an otherwise reasonable man insisted the Obama Department of Justice has a policy of not prosecut-ing black-on-white crime. He knows this because a former DOJ official named J. Christian Adams said so. The proof is that the DOJ failed to prosecute a pair of New Black Panther Party members in Philadelphia who, during the 2008 presidential election, alleg-

I’m not sure whether Mike believes this or not, but some hard-right conservatives are now advancing the conspiracy theory that the Obama administration is orchestrating the Wall Street meltdown and the BP oil disaster in order to create the chaos necessary to ef-fect a socialist takeover. It’s called the Cloward-Piven Strategy, after a pair of sociologists who, back in the 1960s, advocated a welfare enrollment drive as a way to overwhelm the welfare system in order to force the federal government to institute a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.

Doesn’t seem to have worked, but I guess that’s beside the point.

There are also people out there in the blogosphere who believe that President Obama and Attorney Gen-eral Eric Holder are themselves secret members of the New Black Panther Party. Now, I try to differenti-ate between frustrated mainstream Tea Partiers who just worry about debt, taxes and big government and right-wing wackos who believe this racist nonsense, but it’s getting harder and harder to do. Fox News, Fair-skinned & Unbalanced as it is, and conservative talk radio just keep poisoning the minds of ordinary Americans.

I mean, Mike, where do I start? You’re in way over your head. Maybe you should just stop watching Fox News for a while.

Freelance journalist Edgar Allen Beem lives in Yarmouth. The Universal Notebook is his personal, weekly look at the world around him.

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court denied Dechaine’s petition on the grounds that he had delayed his petition until after the co-counsel had suffered a stroke, which prejudiced the state’s case.

Dechaine collaterally attacked his conviction in federal court. The court denied the claim on the grounds that it lacked the power to order an alternative suspect to provide a saliva sample, and that Dechaine failed to show the funda-mental miscarriage of justice required to escape his proce-dural default. It observed that the evidence of his guilt was substantial and the evidence of the alternative perpetrator was inadequate. In particular, the court observed that the

nail clippings had been handled in a manner that raised concern about contamination, and there was no evidence that the mystery DNA was transferred to the fingernails during commission of the crime.

In 2006, a three-person panel appointed by the attorney general investigated five allegations of impropriety made against the prosecution team and found them all unsub-stantiated. The Legislature passed a law allowing new trial motions based on DNA analysis. Dechaine filed such a motion in 2008. It is awaiting a hearing.

My analysis? My analysis: Dechaine has had a lot of process and his defense theory doesn’t hold up in court.

Halsey Frank is a Portland resident, attorney and former chairman of the Republican City Committee.


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Maine Street.7/29 at 8:06 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Stanwood Street.7/29 at 10:35 p.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Davis Court.7/30 at 8:17 a.m. Fire on Pleasant Street.7/31 at 7:52 p.m. Fire on Gurnet Road.8/1 at 1:22 a.m. Fire on Lincoln Street.8/1 at 1:27 a.m. Motor vehicle accident on Route 1.8/1 at 9:28 a.m. Medical emergency on Bunganuc Road.8/1 at 11:05 a.m. Medical emergency on Maine Street.8/1 at 2:32 p.m. Disturbance on Robinson Avenue.8/1 at 2:40 p.m. Fire on River Road.

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7/29 at 2:18 p.m. Elizabeth Taylor, 18, of Main Street, was arrested by Officer Robert Ramsay on a charge of probation violation.7/29 at 3:43 p.m. A 15-year-old boy was ar-rested by Officer Robert Ramsay on a charge of probation violation.7/30 at 12:54 a.m. Kim Wentworth, 26, of River Road, was arrested by Sgt. Frederick Dunn on a charge of operating under the influence.8/1 at 11:47 p.m. Christopher Doherty, 24, was arrested by Officer Peter Kaminski on a charge of operating under the influence.8/2 at 1:31 p.m. Richard Leach, 77, of Bay Park Drive, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Robert Ramsay.

Summonses7/28 at 11:36 a.m. Amanda Robichaud, 25, of Winter Street, was issued a summons by Officer Robert Ramsay on a charge of operat-ing after license suspension.

the hulk's in town7/30 at 9:40 a.m. Officer William Collins responded to a report of vandalism on Brook-side Drive. Sometime the night before, eggs had been thrown on a vehicle and house, someone had tried to uproot a tree, a mailbox was destroyed and another mailbox had been pulled off its post and thrown into a culvert.

Fire calls7/27 at 3:46 p.m. Medical call on Cathance Road.7/28 at 6:51 a.m. Motor vehicle accident on Meadow Road.7/28 at 7:36 p.m. Fire alarm at Dick's Sporting Goods on Topsham Fair Mall Road.7/29 at 7:59 a.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on West Merrill Road.7/29 at 9:08 a.m. Fire alarm on Meadow Cross Road.7/29 at 12:44 p.m. Medical assistance on Barrows Drive.7/30 at 10:53 a.m. Medical alarm on Reed Street.7/30 at 6:45 p.m. Fire alarm on Sewall Lane.7/31 at 4:56 p.m. Fire alarm on Elm Street.8/1 at 12:45 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Lewiston Road.8/1 at 2:42 p.m. Possible motor vehicle fire on Interstate 295.8/1 at 10:39 p.m. Fire alarm on Main Street.

EMSEmergency medical services responded to 22 calls from July 27 to Aug. 2.

Michelle Small on a charge of theft.7/29 at 4:34 p.m. Tabitha Brockett, 29, of Harpswell Island Road, Harpswell, was ar-rested by Officer Michelle Small on a charge of theft.8/1 at 10:41 p.m. Carl White, 30, of Gerald Street, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Ted Raedel.

Summonses7/28 Autumn Snyder, 28, of Heath Lane, was issued a summons by Officer Keith Jensen on a charge of operating after suspension.

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Summonses7/28 at 8:54 p.m. Robert E. Vanvranken, 50, of 117 Pennellville Road, was summonsed on Pennellville Road on a charge of violation of protective order.8/1 at 10:24 a.m. A 15-year-old was sum-monsed at Bull Moose Music on Maine Street on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.8/1 at 4:51 p.m. Michael Stevens, 19, of 22 Knox St. Apt. 304, Lewiston, was sum-monsed on Gurnet Road on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.

hold the mayo, extra phone8/1 at 4:51 p.m. A Lewiston man arrested on a charge of shoplifting at Walmart was summonsed on the same charge at Subway. According to police, Michael Stevens, 19, was arrested for allegedly stealing iPhone accessories at Walmart. Police then linked Stevens to a separate incident that occurred earlier that day at Subway, when a woman claimed someone stole her iPhone. Police say Stevens was captured on Subway's sur-veillance video taking the phone while the woman paid for a sandwich.

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Robert N. Stailing, 83: Former Sagadohoc sheriff, BIW pipe fitterWEST BATH — Robert N. Stailing,

83, died July 25 at Miles Memorial Hos-pital after a long illness.

On March 13, 1927, he was born in Strong, a son of Wil-liam E. and Gladys Stailing and attend-ed schools in Bath, Freeport and South Portland.

In 1944 he joined the U.S. Navy at age 17, and served in the Philippines and Japan until he was honorably discharged in 1948.

On May 31, 1951 he married Marilyn L. Longley.

From 1951 to 1959 he was a police officer in Bath. He spent five years as a pipe fitter at Bath Iron Works before he returned to law enforcement in 1964. For 12 years he served as the Sagadahoc Sheriff and later on as police chief in Richmond from 1976 to 1979. He re-turned to Bath Iron Works in 1979, where he spent the last 11 years of his career working as a pipe fitter.

He was predeceased by his wife Mari-lyn, a son, Kenneth, his brother Carl and his sister Lillian Ayer.

He is survived by two sons, Robert Stailing of West Bath and Michael Stail-ing of Damariscotta; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorial services were held earlier this week.

Arrangements are by Desmond Funeral Home, 638 High St., Bath.

Memorial donations may be made to Bath Fire Department or to the Morse High School Boosters club.

Memorial condolences can be shared with the family at desmondfuneralhomes.com.

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Jeremiah K. LoganBRUNSWICK — Jeremiah Kane

Logan was born and died on July 18 at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

He was a son of Nena B. Logan and Shawn P. Davis of Brunswick.

Surviving are his parents; a sister, Belle P. Meyers, and two brothers, Jacob E. Mowry and Jordan C.P. Davis, all of Brunswick; maternal grandparents, Mary J. Thompson of Mobile, Ala. and Larry S. Logan of Phoenix, Ariz., and paternal grandparents, Peggy Levesque of Durham and Michael Levesque of St. David.

Memorial services were held earlier this week.

Arrangements are by Demers-Desmond Funeral Home, 34 Cushing St., Bruns-wick.

Monte E. Haines, 54BRUNSWICK — Monte E. Haines,

54, died July 26 in Harpswell. He was born in Williamsport, Penn., on

Aug. 30, 1955, a son of Earl and Barbara (Williams) Haines.

In 1974 he grad-uated from Bruns-wick High School and began working at Suscom for the next 16 years. He later worked at Bath Iron Works, at a boat-yard in Woolwich and painted houses.

On July 27, 1996, he married Jackie Esztergalyos.

His hobbies included hunting, fishing and playing chess.

He was predeceased by his mother in 2003, and a sister, Kathy Jo Barnes, in 2009.

Surviving are his father Earl of Topsham; two stepdaughters, Heather

Winter of Jay, and Tamera Eads of Mis-souri; two brothers, Kirk Haines of Bath, and Randy Haines of Bowdoin, and a sister, Marlene Osentoski of Texas; and five grandchildren.

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Suzanne D. Moran, 82BRUNSWICK — Suzanne Drinker

Moran, 82, a writer and former history teacher, died at home Aug. 1.

Born in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 25, 1927, a daughter of Philip and Susan Aldrich Drinker, she grew up in the Boston area.

She was educated at Smith College and received her master’s degree in history from Case Western Reserve University.

In 1970 she mar-ried William L. Moran.

She taught college courses in history part-time while raising her five children.

Her first book, “Gathered in the Spirit,” traced the beginnings of the historic First Church in Cambridge, where, after her children were grown, she worked as an administrator and archivist.

Her second book, a memoir interwoven with local history, “The House at Bunga-nuc Landing,” was published earlier this year.

In 1990 she moved to Brunswick, and

became an active member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, volunteered at local homeless shelters, and taught correspon-dence courses to prisoners.

She enjoyed sharing Maine’s beautiful outdoors and her lifelong love of music with her children and grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband William in 2000.

Surviving are two sons, Christopher Funkhouser and his wife Sharon Tenhope of Stow, Mass., John Funkhouser and his wife Amy of Needham, Mass., and three daughters, Susan Mickel of Madi-son, Wis., Catherine Garlid and husband Peter of Portland, and Ann McMahon and husband Francis of Bethesda, Md.; a brother, Philip Drinker and wife Mar-garet of Norwich, Vt., and a sister, Mary Eliza Scudder and husband Theodore of Altadena, Calif.; and 12 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pleasant St., Bruns-wick.

Memorial condolences can be ex-pressed at brackettfuneralhome.com.

Memorial contributions can be made to the College Guild, P.O. Box 6448, Bruns-wick, ME 04011 or to Tedford Housing, P.O. Box 958, Brunswick, ME 04011.

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Appointments

Avesta Housing has elected the follow-ing board members as officers at the an-nual board meeting: chair, Gail Kingsely, attorney at Libby, O’Brien, Kingsley & Champion, LLC; vice-chair, Neal Allen, executive director of the Greater Portland Council of Government; treasurer, Cor-nelia Swanson, senior vice president and regional commercial credit administra-tion manager at TD Banknorth N.A.; and secretary, Mary Striker, retired nurse. Avesta Housing has reelected three board members, Rev. William R. Baran, retired minister; Luc Nya, multicultural services coordinator for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services; and Robert Dunfey, real estate and hotel devel-oper. The nonprofit also newly welcomed Maine State Representative Michael Carey to its board of directors.

At the Portland Museum of Art’s an-nual meeting, the following new members were elected to the board of trustees: Scott M. Black, Harry W. Konkel, Samuel

A. Ladd III, Frank G. McGinty, and S. Donald Sussman. The officers of the board for 2010-2011 are John F. Isacke, president; Hans Underdahl, chairman; Rosalyne S. Bernstein, vice president – collections; Anna H. Wells, vice president; Robert S. Nanovic, treasurer; William J. Ryan, Jr., assistant treasurer; James A. Houle, secretary.

Bernstein Shur attorney and shareholder Scot E. Draeger has been chosen to serve as a member of the board of advisors for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Com-mission Historical Society located in Washington, D.C.

John Lightbody of Falmouth, and Kelly McDonald of Portland, attorneys with Murray, Plumb & Murray, were elected to leadership roles in the Maine Motor Transport Association. Lightbody, a 25-year member of MMTA, will serve as chairman of the executive committee. Mc-Donald was named a director representing the service industry for MMTA.

Maine Health Access Foundation named Arabella Perez of Portland to its statewide Community Advisory Commit-tee. Perez currently serves as the director of the Thrive Initiative.

At the 10th annual meeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park, members elected several new board directors: Don-na Betts of Scarborough, development director for Hospice of Southern Maine;

Lindsay Bourgoine of Falmouth, Appa-lachian Mountain Club; Sally Daggett of Portland, municipal law; Charlie Jacobi of Bar Harbor, natural resource specialist at Acadia National Park; Mike Stillman of Farmington, trail crew leader in Baxter State Park. Barbara Bentley, a retired teacher, and Chaitanya York, founding director of the Common Ground Country Fair, were reelected to the board. Outgoing

board member Philip Ahrens of Yarmouth was recognized for his contribuations. Officers elected included Barbara Bent-ley of Hope, president; Howard Whit-comb of Georgetown, vice president; Al Howlett of Yarmouth, treasurer; and De-nise Clavette of Scarborough, secretary.

The Hellenic Society of Maine held its annual meeting recently in Scarborough,

UNE earns Chamber of Commerce kudos

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and health care services to the state valued at more than $1 million. UNE President Danielle Ripich, pictured center, accepted the award on behalf of UNE, from Portland

Chamber members, pictured from left, Jim Harnden, partner, Malone Commercial RE; Larry Wold, president, TD Bank; Godfrey Wood, CEO, Greater Portland Regional Chamber of

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where they named the fol-lowing members as board officers: president, Mary Snell of Gorham; vice president, Chris Ziagos of Portland; treasurer, Taxia Paras of Scarborough; secretary, Irwin Novak of Gorham. Individuals elected to the board of directors include Despina Deveres of Portland, Christos Gianopoulos of Greene, Dorothea Klimis Zacas of Oro-no, George Spatoulas of Scarborough, Jim Yalouris of Portland, and Miltos Zacas of Orono.

Literacy Volunteers of Maine has ap-pointed Tod Edgecomb of Scarborough to serve on its board of directors. Edge-comb is a senior manager at Berry, Dunn, McNeil and Parker.

The Maine Chapter of the Fulbright Association recently named Erika J. Waters of Freeport as president of the board for 2010. Waters is an adjunct professor of English at the University of Southern Maine, and was a former Ful-bright Scholar to Finland in 2005. She is also a professor emeritus at the Univer-sity of the Virgin Islands. Susan Picinich of Scarborough, professor of theatre and interim dean of USM’s College of Arts and Sciences, was newly elected to serve on the board of directors. Picinich was a Fulbright Scholar to Bulgaria in 2009.

Awards

The Society for Human Resource Management has awarded the Superior Merit Chapter designation to the Hu-man Resources Association of South-ern Maine, for its scope of work in perpetuating and supporting the mission of the organization.

Patty Medina received the runner’s up award for the 2010 Governor’s Fitness Award, for the Senior Fitness program she created with the South Portland Recreation Department called “Fit to Live”.

Richard Maiman of Portland, profes-sor of political science at the University of Southern Maine, has been named a Fulbright Scholar to teach at the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in South Africa from January through June 2011.

Catherine Lorello-Snow, RN, direc-tor of Spurwink’s Portland Help Center, was presented with the 2010 Sister Consuela White Spirit of Nursing Award by the Maine Chapter of the American Nurses Association, in recognition of her 30 years of service as a psychiatric nurse and administrator.

The New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland presented several awards at its annual Employee Apprecia-tion Day celebration. Sharon Hartl of Scarborough, an occupational therapist, received the Buzz Fitzgerald Award for her extraordinary care and kindness to rehabilitation patients and their families. Annamarie Loffeld, CRRN, of South Portland received the Clinician of the Year Award, the Caregiver of the Year Award and the Sandra Marriner Certified Rehabilitation Nurse Award for her clin-ical knowledge, professional initiative, strong leadership skills and outstanding commitment to excellent patient care.

Several local drivers earned high marks at the Maine State Truck Driving

Championship held outside Bangor. Two drivers representing FedEx Corp., took home awards. Brad Bartlett, owner of Wolfe Transportation Inc., based out of the FedEx Ground station in Portland, earned first place in the step van class, his third state title. Portland-based Fe-dEx Freight driver John Ellingwood placed second in the twins class. Port-land resident Jim Shunk, a Poland Spring tanker driver, earned first place on the written exam, and third place in the tanker class.

For the second year running, Sudzie Autowash, located at 285 U.S. Route 1 in Scarborough, was selected for the 2010 Best of Scarborough Award in the Car Washes category by the U.S. Com-merce Association.

Keller Williams RED Day a rousing successSwinging a hammer,

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Williams associates on their second

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Keeping courses green is a challengeBy Peter Blais

Over the past 16 years, Skip Fitch has seen the worst Mother Nature can throw at course managers while first working in course maintenance at Portland Country Club and currently as superintendent at Point Sebago Golf Resort in Casco.

“I’ve never seen a stretch of hot, humid weather like this,” Fitch said, echoing the thoughts of fellow superintendents in the Greater Portland area. “It is challenging to grow grass when temperatures are in the 70s at night and in the 90s during the day like we’ve had lately.

Heat is wreaking havoc on golf courses nationwide, es-pecially in northern areas, according to a recent state-ment from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), a national trade group. Prolonged periods of high temperatures and in some cases, excessive rainfall and high humidity have made life uncomfortable for golfers and golf courses alike.

“The simple fact is the cool season turfgrasses such as bentgrass, fescue, bluegrass, annual bluegrass (Poa annua) and others are stressed when temperatures climb and humid-ity is high,” said GCSAA Direc-tor of Research Clark Throssell. “Golf courses in many parts of the country experience this ev-ery year. However, what makes the situation so dire this year are the high levels of extended heat and humidity, and the siz-able part of the country affected (Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic).”

Much of the Northeast has seen below normal rainfall since April 2010 as well as unusually warm temperatures, especially during July, accord-ing to the Northeast Regional

ContrIbuted photoRecent warm weather hasn’t been great news for everyone. Golf courses have been affected.

Climate Center.While the additional players

attracted by the warm weather are welcome at pro shop coun-ters - especially considering the down economy and last year’s extremely rainy summer that hindered play - these hot, humid patches are when Fitch and his fellow superintendents earn ev-ery penny of their pay checks.

Brown grass is the most ob-vious symptom of heat- and humidity-stressed turf. Even though golf’s major associa-tions have endorsed a “brown is beautiful” initiative designed to encourage courses to use less water, most golfers still want the green, manicured Augusta Na-tional look they see each week on televised tournaments.

Scott Lancaster, head super-intendent at Toddy Brook Golf Course in North Yarmouth, reported some brown grass, particularly on the back nine, where the subsurface has a lot of ledge, roots cannot grow deep and ground temperatures bake nearby soil.

“I can deal with a little brown turf. Brown usually means the ball will roll farther,” Lancaster said.

Fitch has also noticed a bit more brown this season than in past years. But customers have yet to complain.

“We are watering where and when necessary,” he said. “I don’t mind if the grass goes brown in a few spots as long as it still plays well. That does not seem to bother our customers.”

The obvious answer to brown turf is generally, though not always, to apply more irrigation water.

“We have definitely been watering more often this year,” Lancaster said. “There is a bit more disease pressure because of the weather. You need to

water more, but not too much. And if you get some disease, you might let it go rather than fight it too aggressively and hurt conditions. It is a balancing act.”

Fitch likewise reported doing more watering than in the past few years. “It is better to feel you are in control than be dic-tated to by the weather,” he said.

Problems occur when the roots don’t absorb the water or the liquid fails to drain well from grassy areas, water puddles and disease occurs.

“We have seen more take-all patch in areas that are poorly drained,” Lancaster noted of the fungus that causes grass to turn brown. “It is not easily treatable. Fortunately it has shown up in just a few fairways.”

The major fear of course

superintendents in this area is a disease called pythium. It spreads rapidly, killing large areas in as little as a day during conditions of high temperatures (80 to 90 degrees), high soil moisture, and little air move-ment over the turf, according to a Cornell University turfgrass fact sheet. By the time the grass starts to turn brown it is usually too late to save it. The condition is difficult and costly to prevent or cure with chemicals.

Neither Lancaster nor Fitch reports any pythium outbreaks, although the fear never goes away. They monitor their facili-ties carefully for any sign of the disease rather than face applying either a preventive or curative chemical because of both the high cost (which would have to be passed on to golfers eventu-ally) and potential environmen-tal issues.

Another problem keeping grass green during the periods of high heat and humidity Maine has recently experienced is sim-ply keeping workers motivated in those conditions. “I’ve read that the temperatures on riding mower seats can get up to 150 degrees on days like this,” Lan-caster said.

The GCSAA listed other maintenance practices golfers may notice superintendents employing during hot, humid stretches such as: raising the mowing heights of playing

areas, most notably putting greens; alternating daily prac-tices of mowing and rolling put-ting greens, with consideration to skipping a day if the schedule of play allows; forgoing double mowing, topdressing, verticut-ting or grooming greens; hand watering as much as feasible; and monitoring and adjusting golf cart traffic patterns to mini-mize stress to turf.

“We have stepped up other maintenance practices to give the grass its best chance to sur-vive,” Fitch said.

The goal of all this is to keep playing conditions the best they can be in order to keep golfers happy.

Golfers seem to be respond-ing to superintendents’ efforts. For example, play seems to be steady this year at Point Sebago.

“Last year, we would have a huge influx of players, 200 to 250 a day, on those few days the weather was nice in July.,” Fitch said. “This year, it seems to be a steady 150 to 175 daily.”

And for those who dislike the heat and humidity or simply ap-preciate Maine golf at its best, fall is on the way.

“Play slows down in mid-September and the turf recovers from any mid-summer stress very quickly,” Fitch concluded. ‛With the return of cooler weath-er, many consider September and October the best months to play.”

Coastal Humane Society hosting fundraiser

Coastal Humane Society in Brunswick will host the Coastal Humane Society Golf Classic “Fore Paws,” Monday, Aug. 23 at the Brunswick Golf Club. All proceeds raised will benefit the homeless animals at

RoundupCHS. The tournament will be a scramble format with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Cost to play is $150 per player ($600 per 4-person team). FMI, coastal-humanesociety.org or 725-5051.

Gridiron Club hosting road race

The Freeport Gridiron Club will host a Run With The Fal-

cons 5K road race Sunday, Aug. 29, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Mast Landing School in Freeport. Runners and walkers can register on-line for $15 or the day of the race for $20. FMI, [email protected] or runreg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=2412.

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contributedDavid Witbeck, Toby and Patrick, oil on wood. The “Birds, Boats, and Big Fish” display at Gleason Fine Art at 545

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First Friday Art Walk, 5-8 p.m. Aug. 6.

Mid CoastBooks, AuthorsSaturday 8/7“The Sunflower Promise,” book singning by author Margaret Hutchins 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., Bruns-wick, 729-9108.

FilmsTuesday 8/10”Welcome,” 6 p.m., “Tuesday Free Movies” through Aug. 31, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath, 443-5141.

GalleriesMerrymeeting Art Association art exhibit and sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Aug. 31 at The Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell; and at Orr’s Island School House 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily July 25-Aug. 3.

Friday 8/6Fiber Arts Tour Weekend, over 50 fiber art studios and farms statewide will open their doors and offer special demonstrations, activities detailed online at maine-fiberarts.org.

Off-Season, Off-Shore: [Yet An-other] Trap Day on Cliff Island, words by Roger Berle/photographs by Lesley MacVane, opening re-ception 4-7 p.m., runs through Oct. 3, Harbor Works Gallery, Hol-brook’s Wharf, Holbrook-Trufant House, 977C Cundy’s Harbor Road, Harpswell, 729-9525

Saturday 8/7Fiber Arts Tour Weekend, over 50 fiber art studios and farms statewide will open their doors and offer special demonstrations, activities detailed online at maine-fiberarts.org.

Sunday 8/8Fiber Arts Tour Weekend, over 50 fiber art studios and farms statewide will open their doors and offer special demonstrations, activities detailed online at maine-fiberarts.org.

Friday 8/13”Globetrotting,” reception 5-8 p.m., on display through Aug. 31, Whatnot Gallery, Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St., Brunswick, spinkdle-works.org.

The Drawings: Works on Paper from the Henry Moore Family Col-lection, open house and reception 5:30 p.m., on view through Oct. 3, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick, 725-3275.

MusicBowdoin International Mu-sic Festival, daily performances through Aug. 6, complete listings at bowdoinfestival.org, or call 725-3895.

Sunday 8/15Bob Zentz, singer-songwriter, Songs of the Sea Benefit Concert Series, presented by The Maine Maritime Museum, benefits The Bonyun Sea Music Endowment Fund, 7:30 p.m., Long Reach Hall at the Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath, admission $10 for museum members/$12 for the general pub-lic/half price for children aged 7 to 12/free for children under 7, 443-1316.

Theater & Dance”Chicago,” presented by Maine

State Music Theatre, daily shows through Aug. 7, times vary, 725-8760, ext. 18, 725-1199, msmt.org, MSMT, 22 Elm St., Brunswick

Sunday 8/7Square Dance at Cundys Harbor Community Hall, 6:30-10 p.m., caller/instructor Walt Bull, $5/per-son, $15/family, proceeds benefit Cundys Harbor Library, Denise, 729-3009.

Greater PortlandBooks, Authors Friday 8/6Nancy 3. Hoffman, author of “Un-covered and Exposed! A Guide to the World’s Only Umbrella Cover Museum,” 5-8 p.m., The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 518-9496, umbrel-lacovermuseum.org.

Saturday 8/7Nancy 3. Hoffman, author of “Un-covered and Exposed! A Guide to the World’s Only Umbrella Cover Museum,” 4-8 p.m., The Umbrella Cover Museum, 62-B Island Ave., Peaks Island, 939-0301, umbrel-lacovermuseum.org.

Annie Seikonia Wadleigh and Megan Grumbling, poetry read-ing hosted by Anna Wrobel and Jim Donnelly, Lowry’s Lodge monthly reading series, 6:30 p.m., Bard Cof-fee, 185 Middle St., Portland.

Monday 8/9 William Powers, author of Ham-let’s Blackberry, 7 p.m., Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Port-land, 772-4045.

Wednesday 8/11Paul Doiron, author of The Poach-ers Son, 12-1 p.m., Portland Public

Library, 5 Monument Square, Port-land, bring lunch, coffee provided, complete listing at portlandlibrary.com.

Thursday 8/12”Author! Author!” Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance 35th birth-day celebration, series of 11 author dinners, reception in Portland Pub-lic Library, dancing and live music, swing band, SPACE Gallery, visit mainewriters.org for times, pricing and registration.

Maximilian Werner , author of “Black River Dreams,” 7 p.m., Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland, [email protected].

ComedySunday 8/8“Comedy Night with Rabbi and Stand-Up Comic Bob Alper,” pre-sented by Temple Beth El, 7 p.m. show; 6:15 p.m. reception for do-nors and patrons, $18 advance/ $22 door/ $36 Donors/ $72 Pa-trons, Temple Beth El, 400 Deering Ave., Portland, tickets, 774-2649, [email protected], or tbemaine.org.

Wednesday 8/11Ladies comedy night featuring comedienne Karen Morgan, doors open 6 p.m., show 7 p.m., 21+, The Inn on Peaks Island, 33 Island Ave., Peaks Island, tickets $20, portion of ticket sales benefit Maine Tri for a Cure, 766-5100, ext. 2.

Films Saturday 8/7”My Tale of Two Cities,” 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, $7, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, mov-iesatthemuseum.org.

Sunday 8/8”My Tale of Two Cities” 2 p.m., $7, Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, moviesatthemuseum.org.

Friday 8/13”Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” 7 p.m., free, part of Classic Cinema at St. Mary’s, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, 781-3366.

GalleriesSaturday 8/7Artascope Studios Summer Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., rain date Aug. 8, Art-scope Studios, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154.

Artist Meet & Greet, with Mary Hart, 11 a.m., free, Aucosisco Gal-leries, 89 Exchange St., Portland, 775-2222.

”At the Waters’ Edge,” paintings by Victoria and Peter Nelson, 6 p.m. opening, exhibit through Aug. 27, Bridges Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, Jeanna Zelin at 480-298-0928.

Thursday 8/1241st Annual Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show, Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., free parking, vendors, rain or shine, admission $4, chil-dren under 12, free, Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road, Cumberland, 621-2818 or united-mainecraftsmen.com

Friday 8/1341st Annual Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show, Thursday- Satur-day, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., free parking, food vendors, rain or shine, ad-mission $4, children under 12, free, Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road, Cumberland, 621-2818 or unitedmainecrafts-men.com

Saturday 8/14Artist Meet & Greet, with Gail Spaien, 11 a.m., free, Aucosisco Galleries, 89 Exchange St., Port-land, 775-2222.

41st Annual Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show, Thursday-Saturday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., free parking, food vendors, rain or shine, admis-sion $4, children under 12, free, Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road, Cumberland, 621-2818 or unitedmainecrafts-men.com

Sunday 8/15“Beaches,” exhibit through Sept. 1, 15 Casco Bay area artists, artists reception, 1-3 p.m., Long Island Dodwell Gallery, Long Island Learning Center, 7 Gorham St., Long Island, 766-2530.

MuseumsFalmouth Historical Society Summer Program at Falmouth

Heritage Museum, special map collection on view, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. every Saturday through Sept. 18; Tuesday tours by appointment, free, 60 Woods Road, Falmouth, 781-4727, falmouthmehistory.org.

Friday 8/6Artist’s reception, Anna Helper, “Makeshift,” 5-8 p.m., Portland Mu-seum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148.

Saturday 8/7“Anna Hepler,” gallery talk by museum docent Linda Frinsko, 1 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148 ext. 3244 or portland-museum.org.

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Mike Baggetta & Kevin Norton, guitar, percussion duo, concert of Thelonious Monk music, 7:30 p.m., tickets $15 general admission, $12 students & seniors, The Portland Conservatory, Woodfords Congre-gational Church, 202 Woodford St, Portland, parking available in church parking lot, 775-3356.

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Saturday 8/14My First Time, a “mature audienc-es only” comedy directed by Janet Ross, Aug. 12-29, tickets $22/$20, Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sun-day 7 p.m., Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, oldportplay-house.com.

The Firebird and Bach Concerti, by Linda MacArthur Miele, Maine State Ballet, both works in four performances over two weekends, Aug. 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 7 p.m. at the Maine State Ballet Theater, 348 U.S. Route One, Falmouth, tickets $20/$15 seniors & children under 12, 781-7672.

Sunday 8/15My First Time, a “mature audienc-es only” comedy directed by Janet Ross, Aug. 12-29, tickets $22/$20, Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sun-day 7 p.m., Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, oldportplay-house.com.

Ukulele Summit with Brittni Paiva and Victoria Vox, 8 p.m., tickets $15 advance/ $18 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, onelongfellowsquare.com

Sunday 8/8Guitarist Gil Donatelli with singer Lisa Belisle, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., free, family friendly, The Royal Bean, 18 Yarmouth Crossing Dr., Yarmouth.

Monday 8/9Earth Jams with Matt Loosigian, summer concert series at Village Park, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Village Park, behind Wal-Mart and adjacent to Family Ice, Falmouth, bring your own picnics, blankets or lawn chairs, call cancellation line at 781-5253 in case of questionable weather.

Wednesday 8/11 Sunset Folk Series at Western Prom Park, Darien Brahms, 7:30 p.m., free, bring own seating, 756-8130.

”Willie Nelson,” 7:30 p.m., tickets $45 for members, $65 for general public, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myr-tle St., Portland, tickets, 842-0800, portlandovations.org.

This Moment In Black History, doors open 8:30 p.m., show starts 9 p.m., 18+, tickets $7, Bull Moose Music locations, Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600.

Friday 8/13”Rock my Soul” with Dawn Boyer, Lost Coin Cafe, 6 p.m., no cover charge, Lost Coin Cafe, 40 Portland St., Portland, 423-016.

Saturday 8/14Paul Geremia & Frank Fotusky, 8 p.m., $15 advance/ $18 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfel-lowsquare.com.

Lady Zen, jazz singer and ensem-ble, 9 p.m., $12, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609.

Sunday 8/15Christy & Emily, Brooklyn-based indie chanteuses with wurlitzer,

8:30 p.m., $8, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609.

Theater & DanceFriday 8/6Portland Playback Theater, ”Close Calls,” 7:30 p.m., $5-10 suggested donation, First Parish Church, corner of Congress and Temple St., Portlandportlandplay-back.com.


Saturday 8/7Nat Hewitt and Friends, Great-er Portland Community Contra Dance, 1st Saturday each month, adults $10/students under 21 $7/children 5-12 $5/children under 5 free, bring non-street shoes for dancing, no partners needed, dance instruction review 7:15 p.m., main dance 8 p.m., dessert potluck at 9:45 p.m., Falmouth

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‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Willie Nelson are top choicesBy Scott Andrews

Fields of goldenrod mark the second full month of the summer, and the seasonal of-ferings in music and theater continue at a hot pace.

The most notable offering in musical theater opened in Ogunquit last week: An-drew Lloyd Webber’s “Sunset Boulevard” is a dark tragedy based on the 1950 Billy Wilder film of the same name.

Willie Nelson, the gravel-voiced singer-songwriter who’s been on top of the country music scene for five decades, comes to the Port City Aug. 11, courtesy of Portland Ovations.

Portland Chamber Music Festival, an annual late-summer event since 1994, starts its 2010 season on Aug. 12. The festival has become known for championing new music by living composers.

‘Sunset Boulevard’

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most suc-cessful composer for the stage of the late 20th century, boasting an incredible string of hits on London’s West End and Broad-way beginning in the 1970s.

One of Webber’s darkest shows is “Sun-set Boulevard,” a tragedy that’s closely based on the celebrated 1950 Billy Wilder film of the same name. With libretto by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, “Sunset Boulevard” opened on the West End in 1993 and enjoyed a two-year run on Broadway between 1994 and 1997. That production garnered 11 Tony Award nominations, and won seven.

Performance rights to this show are not yet generally available to regional theater companies, so Ogunquit Playhouse has scored quite a coup by producing the New England premier.

Set in the late 1940s, “Sunset Boulevard” follows a young Hollywood screenwriter (Todd Gearhart) who’s down on his luck. To make ends meet, he collaborates on a script written by an aging and largely forgotten movie star (Stefanie Powers) from the silent film era. Despite a 20-year age difference, the faded film star also has romantic de-signs on the young man.

Powers, best-known as a television star, is the central figure in the show, but I couldn’t really warm up to her character until early in the second act, when she performs “As If We Never Said Goodbye,” one of Webber’s best-known songs.

Gearhart is superb throughout, alternating between lead character and occasionally stepping aside to narrate. I also loved two of the supporting cast, Sal Mistretta and Christina Decicco. Ogunquit’s elaborate sets (Todd Edward Ivins) and costumes (Anthony Powell) are other highlights of this wonderful production.

Ogunquit Playhouse, on Route 1 a half-mile south of the village, presents “Sunset Boulevard” at various days and times through Aug. 14. Call 646-5511 or visit www.ogunquitplayhouse.org.

Willie Nelson

Country music fans have been “crazy” about Willie Nelson’s music since the 1960s, when the 30-something songwriter penned top-selling hits for Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison, including the legendary

Contributed photoA young Hollywood screenwriter and a former movie star are the principal characters in “Sunset

Boulevard,” running through Aug. 14 at Ogunquit Playhouse.

“Crazy” and “Pretty Paper.”

But Nelson couldn’t find the same suc-cess as a singer. For the first decade of his career, Nelson’s deep gravelly voice – his instantly recognizable signature style – was deemed too out of fashion by the solons of Nashville’s Music Row.

But in the 1970s Nelson achieved megastar status after a few shrewd busi-ness moves that included switching record labels, which allowed him the artistic free-dom to create and sing in his own voice. “Shotgun Willie,” his 1973 breakout album on the Atlantic label – a non-Nashville imprimatur – marked the watershed of his career.

The height of his popularity arrived in the mid-1970s, when he was the acknowledged leader of the “outlaw country” movement. It’s worth noting that “outlaw” referred to thumbing his nose at Nashville conventions and working in Austin, Texas, instead of Music City. Hits from those years included my personal favorite: “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.”

Not wanting to argue with success – mul-tiple gold records and multiple Grammy Awards – Nashville has since embraced Nelson as one of their own. For the past four decades Nelson has been recording, writing and touring – plus he’s appeared in a number of movies – as a solo artist and

in collaboration with others. Willie Nelson and Family is one of those collaborations, which features the icon himself plus kith and kin.

Portland Ovations presents Willie Nelson and Family Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium at Portland City Hall. Call Port-Tix at 842-0800.

Portland Chamber Music Festival

Back in August of 1994, two highly tal-ented and energetic 20-something women with a yearning to play more chamber mu-sic opened Maine’s newest classical festival with four days of concerts at the University of New England on Stevens Avenue.

I remember attending all four of those first-year concerts, and “Out & About” noted the very polished performances – as well as the enthusiastic response from the distressingly tiny audiences.

Fast forward 16 years. Violinist Jenny Elowitch, a Portland native, and pianist Dena Levine, a New Yorker with a dis-tinguished musical pedigree, are both 40-something moms whose initial vision has been totally fulfilled: The Portland Chamber Music Festival, which opens Aug. 12, has gained national recognition as one of the best small gatherings of its type, and Elowitch and Levine have been cited as notable arts entrepreneurs.

There have been a number of changes over the years. Those minuscule audiences of 1994 grew to the point where the festival had to find a bigger venue. It’s currently ensconced in Hannaford Hall in the Abrom-son Community Education Center, one of several new buildings on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus.

PCMF has always featured new music by living composers. The current festival expands and extends that advocacy with a national competition and ongoing recogni-tion of Maine composers. Bowdoin Col-lege professor Elliott Schwartz has been involved from the beginning. Several of his compositions have been played over the years, and for 2010 he delivers the pre-concert lectures on all four evenings.

The featured Maine composer this year is Daniel Sonenberg, a USM scholar-performer. He will be represented on the festival’s first concert this season with “Whistlesparks,” a piece written for the unusual combination of flute and harp.

Each of the other three evenings show-cases a contemporary work. The Aug. 14 concert features Chen Yi’s “Happy Rain on a Spring Night,” scored for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Andrew List’s “Six Bagatelles for String Trio,” the winner of the fifth annual PCMF new music competi-tion, will be played Aug. 19. The contem-porary music series wraps up Aug. 21 with Charles Loeffler’s “Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano.”

All concerts take place at 8 p.m. at Han-naford Hall, 88 Bedford St. in Portland. For details, visit www.pcmf.org.


Community CalendarAll ongoing calendar listings can now be found online at theforecaster.net.Send your calendar listing by e-mail to [email protected], by fax to 781-2060 or by mail to 5 Fundy Road, Falmouth, ME 04105.


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Mid CoastBenefitsCall to local artists, carpenters, craftspeople and birders: Habitat for Humanity seeking bird houses for September auction, entry form and guidelines, James, 386-5081, [email protected]; for in-formation about Habitat programs or to volunteer, call 386-5081.

Saturday 8/7Auction and Yard Sale, Orr’s & Bai-ley Islands Fire Department, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., live auction 10 a.m. Sunday, the fire station at 1600 Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24, Orr’s Island, all proceeds benefit the fire depart-ment, for information, or for help in donating items, 833-5405.

Sunday 8/8Auction and Yard Sale, Orr’s & Bailey Islands Fire Department, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., live auction 10 a.m. Sunday, the fire station at 1600 Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24, Orr’s Island, all proceeds benefit the fire department, information, or for help in donating items, 833-5405.

Wednesday 8/11Summer Antiques Show, pro-ceeds aid Bath YMCA’s scholarship fund; luncheon, silent auction, more, $5 admission, YMCA, 303 Centre St., Bath, information, Polly Thibodeau, 443-8983, [email protected].

Saturday 8/14The Young Company’s Yard Sale, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick, drop off donations or call 729-8584.

Blues & BBQ Street Party with The Colwell Brothers, to benefit Saga-dahoc Preservation Inc. and the Winter Street Center, bring chairs and wine/beverages, 6-9 p.m., across from Bath’s Library Park, tickets at Now You’re Cooking, Or-nament, Brick Store Antiques, or at the door, $20 adults, $15 ages 5-12, children free, 442-2174 , sagada-hocpreservation.org.

Bulletin BoardSaturday 8/76th annual Peace Fair, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., non-profit information tables, children’s activities, perfor-mances, poetry writing, afternoon

walking meditation, more, Bruns-wick Town Mall.

Wednesday 8/11World Class Frisbee Show and Playshop, sponsored by Curtis Friends, all ages, free, open to pub-lic, 1:30 p.m., Elijah Kellogg Church grounds, Rte 123, Harpswell, Pam Jenkins, 725-5242 ext. 234, [email protected].

Saturday 8/14Dogs Only Rabies Plus! Clinic, vaccinations and various services, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., L.L. Bean Discovery Park, Freeport, all proceeds benefit the animals at the Coastal Humane Society, 725-5051 for more informa-tion or coastalhumanesociety.org

Call for VolunteersNon-Profit Harbor Works Photog-raphy Gallery needs volunteers, open through October 3, flexible times available, Guy Saldanha, [email protected], 729-9525, Harbor Works Gal-lery, 977C Cundy’s Harbor Road, Harpswell, harborworksgallery.org.

Step One Weatherization Pro-

gram, Habitat for Humanity / 7 Rivers Maine, currently recruiting volunteers, for information or to volunteer, Ryan Collins, 386-5081, [email protected].

Dining OutSunday 8/15Public breakfast buffet, 7:30-10 a.m., suggested donation, adults $6, children under 12 $3, families with children under 12 $15/max, Knights of Columbus Hall, 807 Middle St., Bath.

Getting SmarterSunday 8/8Walking Tour of Historic Fort Scam-mel, historian-led, 3 hours, meet 11 a.m. at Long Wharf, bring water, snack, sunscreen and flashlight, $30 for Maine Maritime Museum members, $35 for nonmembers, advance reservations required by August 4, MaineMaritimeMuseum.org, 443-1316.

Health & SupportFriday 8/6Anam Thubten, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, author of “No Self, No Prob-lem” will give a public talk at the Curtis Library in Brunswick, 7-9 p.m., suggested donation $10.

Saturday 8/7Meditation retreat with Anam Thubten, Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author of “No Self, No Problem,” Saturday-Sunday, August 7-8, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., $150, no one turned away for lack of funds, 45 Baribeau Dr., Brunswick, [email protected], sponsored by the Dharmata Foundation, dharmata.org.

Monday 8/9Ounce of Prevention programs resume with Joint Replacement Surgery: Latest Advances in Joint Health and Replacement, by Dr. Robert Livingston, Coastal Ortho-pedics and Sports Medicine, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., free, open to public, Com-munity Room, Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive.

Thursday 8/12Laughter is the Best Medicine!, Certified Laughter Leader training, reduce stress, health costs, improve employee morale, The Highlands in

Topsham, Michelle Rich 725-2650 ext. 104, for details and to register, visit worldlaughtertour.com.

Just for SeniorsBath Area Senior Citizens, bridge club, cribbage, crafts, line dancing, bocce, bingo and more, 45 Floral St., Bath, 443-4937.

Meals on Wheels, delivery avail-able for homebound seniors and disable adults, offered by Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham, 729-0475.

Money Management Program, help low-income seniors with rou-tine financial matters, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham, 729-0475.

People Plus Community Center, multipurpose facility provides recreational, social, informational, educational and personal services to persons 55+, 6 Noble St., Bruns-wick, 729-0757.

The Retired and Senior Volun-

teer Program seeks volunteers age 55 and over for various op-portunities, 396-6521.

Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, support groups, lectures, socials, activities, 521 Main St., Damariscotta, for daily schedule, 563-1363 or spectrum-generations.org.

Spectrum Generations South-ern Midcoast Community Center now open for classes, activities, trips, health & wellness, 12 Main St., Topsham, FMI, 729-0475, or [email protected].

Topsham Merry Meeters Senior Citizens, all ages 50 and over welcome, bring a dish to share for potluck meal, noon, Westrum House, Union Park Road, Topsham; 729-7686 or 725-2425; meets third Tuesday except July and August.

Kids and Family StuffSaturday 8/7Blood & Bones, Body Science Fun with Julie Bender, all ages, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Curtis Memorial Library, Morrell Meeting Room, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, free, open to the public, sponsored by Cornerstones of Science, cornerstonesofscience.org.

Thursday 8/12Songs & Stories From Around the World, world music and stories with Janice O’Rourke, for children 6 and under, free, 10-11 a.m., Fron-tier Cafe and Cinema, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-5222, [email protected]

Saturday 8/14Live raptor show, “Wind Over Wings” with Hope Douglas, free, open to public, 11 a.m., Topsham Public Library, Foreside Road, Topsham, information, CREA, Rick Wilson, 798-1913, [email protected]

MeetingsBrunswickMon. 8/9 1 p.m. Staff Review 46 Federal St.Mon. 8/9 4:30 p.m. Teen Center Advisory Committee 35 Union St.Mon. 8/9 5:30 p.m. Bruns./Topsham Water Brd 266 River Rd, TopshamMon. 8/9 6 p.m. Maine Dept. of Transportation Maine St StationTue. 8/10 7 p.m. Planning Board MSSWed. 8/11 3 p.m. Town Commons Committee 30 Federal St.Wed. 8/11 7 p.m. School Board MSSThu. 8/12 6 p.m. Maine Dept. of Trans. Public Mtng 46 Federal St.

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DOG TRAINING for the bestresults in the shortest timehave your dog train one-on-onewith a professional certifieddog trainer. First your dogtrained; then you. Training timeaverages 7-9 days and threeone hour follow up lessons areincluded.Your dog will play andtrain in parks as well as down-town Freeport. Both hand andvoice commands will be taught,find out just how good your dogcan be. Goals and cost will bedetermined after an individual-ized obligation free evaluation.Call Canine Training of South-ern Maine and speak withDavid Manson, certified dogtrainer, for more details. 829-4395

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ROUTE ONE YARMOUTH.Great space for Office orRetail use. Easy access,lots of parking, great visi-bility.1000 to 3000 SF. Joinother happy tenants. 846-6380.

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Home CleaningReliable service atreasonable rates.Let me do yourdirty work!Call Kathy at892-2255

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RESPITE CARE for agingparents, or family members?Experience with Alzheimer,dementia and hospice.Overnight, part-time andcheck-ins. Excellent recent ref-erences. 590-5557.

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Contact Don Olden(207) 831-3222

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BUNDLED CAMPFIRE WOODnow available.

SEASONED HARDWOODFIREWOOD- $245 per cord.Harvested through Urban TreeCare. 207-767-0055.



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Call Home Instead Senior Care at 839-0441,or visit www.homeinstead.com

Best of the BestHome Instead Senior Care is looking for the best of the best.Do you want to leave work knowing you’ve made a real differ-ence in someone’s life? Are you the kind of dependable personwho won’t let a winter blizzard (or a perfect summer day) keepyou from work? Are you trustworthy enough to become part ofsomeone’s family? We’re looking for natural born CAREGiversSM:women and men with the heart and mind to change an elder’s life.Call us today to inquire about joining the greatest team of non-medical in-home CAREGivers anywhere! Flexible part-time day,evening, overnight, weekday and weekend hours.

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885 - 9600

Kind Hearted, Patient & GentleIf these words describe you and you have ex-perience working with the elderly, please giveus a call. We’re looking for special people tojoin us in providing excellent non-medical,in-home care to the elderly.

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND, MAINE (350/2,500)

Town Administrator. Salary negotiable DOQ/E. Attrac-tive and historic island community in Casco Bay witha significant seasonal population. Select Board/TownAdministrator/Town Meeting form of government witha five-member Select Board. Municipal budget exclud-ing schools of $ 1.7 million; 10 ft/pt employees. PreferPA/related degree and Town management experience,but candidates with related experience are encouragedto apply. Desire strong financial management andbudget skills; personnel management, public worksand demonstrated leadership skills, and good com-munication and public relations skills. Send resumewith salary requirements by fax (207) 624-0118, [email protected] or US mail to: Directorof Personnel Services, Maine Municipal Association, 60Community Drive, Augusta, ME 04330 by the deadlineAugust 25, 2010, 5:00 p.m. EOE

MAINE SURGICAL CARE GROUPPatient Accounts/Insurance Representative

Seeking a dedicated full-time, experiencedindividual to join our Billing team workingin a general/vascular/oncologic/transplantation surgical office.Must have an established medical practicebackground including management of self-pay accounts, collection agency protocol,posting incoming payments, working unpaidclaims and all follow-up as needed. Insuranceknowledge and computer skills a must.

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Forward resume to:Maine Surgical Care GroupAttn: Human Resources887 Congress St., Suite 400Portland, ME 04102Fax (207)771-5474

e-mail: [email protected]

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Call for details and available discounts353-4043

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FIREWOODGreen Firewood $195

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FOODS

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FOR SALE

MOTORIZED LIFT RECLINERCHAIR. Used, but great condi-tion. Aprox. 5 years old. Bestoffer. 781-4406.

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QUEEN PLUSH TOP mattressset. Factory sealed. Originalvalue $699. Asking $240. Call899-8853.

KING MATTRESS SET allwrapped. Brand new. Originalvalue $1099. Take $399. Call396-5661.

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BUNK BED STURDY New inboxes with mattresses. $299Call 396-5661.

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I got my healthand my life back.Janet 799-3391

HYPNOSIS WORKS!

874-9859

Specializing in workingwith adolescents,

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Clinical Hypnosisof Southern Maine

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207-775-7888

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– Gandhi

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Are you interested inmaking a difference in an

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CARING PEOPLE NEEDED:Visiting Angels is seekingexperienced, compassionateand reliable caregivers to pro-vide in-home non-medicalassistance to seniors. All shifts.Make a difference today. Call773-3397.

If you are interested in working for a dynamic publishing companywith a comprehensive benefi t package, please forward a cover letter and resume to:

Sun JournalAttn: Human ResourcesPO Box 4400, Lewiston, ME 04243-4400or email: [email protected]

Sun Journal is a division of the Sun Media Group

One of Maine’s premier media corporations providing years of reliable news and information is searching for qualifi ed candidates to fi ll the position of:

Join our fast growing team and help build industry-changing technologies. Sun Media Group is looking for an in-house Web developer focusing primarily on front-end implementation. Candidate should have expert knowledge of HTML, Javascript and CSS, and solid experience with PHP and MySQL and Photoshop. Drupal or other open-source content management system experience a plus. Position includes design work and a link to an online portfolio is highly encouraged with application. Experience with Flex, Air, Flash, and Javascript libraries such as JQuery not required, but a benefi t.

Web Developer Full-time



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Call 329-9017

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Vindle Builders LLCFully

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Affordable Prices • Insured • Free Estimates

Contact: Dave (207) 347-9510 Email: [email protected]

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Four Season Services

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[email protected]

NOW SCHEDULING:•Spring Clean Ups •Lawn Mowing •Landscape Design

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•Lawn Installations and Renovations

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NATIVE PLANTING DESIGN � INVASIVE SPECIES ERADICATIONEXPERT INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE

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ISLAND CARETAKER,CUSHINGS ISLAND, CASCOBAY, PORTLAND, MAINE.Summer colony of approxi-mately 50 families seeks ayear-round caretaker who is aself starter with strong peopleskills and an aptitude for jug-gling multiple demands. Prefer-ence will be given to candi-dates with strong mechanicaland trade skills, as well aswaterfront capabilities. In addi-tion to salary, including a com-pensation package aid to part-ner, benefits will include theuse of a 2 story brick home, allutilities and a mooring. A sturdyboat is also a requirement forthe job.Please send resume and coverletter by August 14,2010 to:Search Committee, 65 Rose-mont St. Portland, Maine04103 or email to:C u s h i n g s I s l a n d M a n [email protected]

HOME REPAIR

Jim’s Remodeling

653-1833

• Decks, Dormers• Kitchens, Baths• Windows & Siding• Int./Ext. Painting• Ramps &

HandicappedAdaptations

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Call for Free EstimateSmall to Large Jobs Welcome

Designed to enhance your home & lifestyleInterior & ExteriorRestoration & Remodeling

Custom Stairwork & AlterationsFireplace Mantles & Bookcase Cabinetry

Kitchens & Bathrooms

All manner of exterior repairs & alterations

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& LANDSCAPINGResidential & Commercial

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• Painting• Weatherization• Cabinets

CARPENTRY

DECK DOCTORDecks are our Specialty

Call Dan653-2230Wayne415-6750

Restoration of Old DecksPower washing•Sealing•Repair

Installation of NewDecks

Free EstimatesFully Insured

20 yearsexperience

Chimney lining & MasonryBuilding – Repointing – Repairs

Asphalt & Metal RoofingFoundation Repair & Waterproofing

Painting & Gutters20 yrs. experience – local references

272-1442, cell

Electrical ContractorNew Homes, Additions, Tel/Com,CATV, Audio and Networking.

Licensed. Insured. FREE Estimates.

Shannon K. HulitOwner

[email protected]

NORTHEAST

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DAVID D. JOHNSONCOMPLETE HOME REPAIRSPECIALIZING INWATER

DAMAGE &WOOD ROT REPAIR32 years experience • Fully InsuredAffordable Rates • Materials at cost

Recent References207-256-9070

CARPENTER/BUILDER, 25years experience. Contracting,sub-contracting, all phases ofConstruction. Roofing, VinylSiding, Drywall, Painting,Home Repairs. HistoricalRestoration. Fully Insured. Call329-7620 for FREE estimates.

GEORGE, JACK All TRADE,himself. Redecorating, Remod-eling. All trades. Carpentry,Drywall, Tile, Painting, even alittle Plumbing & Electrical.Many references available.Over 30 years experience. CallGeorge 415-7321.

EXPERT DRYWALL SER-VICE- Hanging, Taping, Plaster& Repairs. Archways, Cathe-drals, Textured Ceilings, Paint.Fully Insured. ReasonableRates. Marc. 590-7303.

Professional - CourteousCompetitive Rates - Free Estimates

*Fully Insured for Commercialand Residential*

Offering Construction Servicesfor Just About Any Size Project

Spend your$8,000 tax credit wisely!!!

(207) 699-4239

G . S . M E R R I L L & S O N S -BUILDING & REMODELINGAdditions,Custom Decks,Sid-i n g , W i n d o w a n d D o o rreplacement,hardwwod- tilefloors call for any homeimprovement needs- Greg754-9186 No. Yarmouth

NORMAN A. CHASSEBuilding • RemodelingHome Improvements(207) 657-2737(207) 650-3575

Insured & Bonded

Additions • Decks • Kitchens & BathroomsRoofing & Siding • Replacement Windows

Seth M. RichardsInterior & Exterior Painting & Carpentry• Small Remodeling Projects • SheetrockRepair • Quality Exterior & Interior Painting

Green Products AvailableFULLY INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES

Call SETH • 207-491-1517

Serving Greater Portland 18 yrs.

New Construction/AdditionsRemodels/Service Upgrades

Generator Hook Ups • Free Estimates

207-878-5200WATERPROOFING- FIX THATDAMP WET Leaky basement!!Sump-pumps & Drainage sys-tems installed. Over 30 yearsexperience. 24/7. CALL ANY-TIME. 831-2325.

INTERIOR/EXTERIOR PAINT-ING & CARPENTRY: 30 Yearsexperience. Residential &Commercial. Insured. Free esti-mates. Mike Hamilton, 829-3679.

LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

829.4335

GARDEN RESCUESERVICE

• Single clean up,weeding.• Biweekly weeding service.

•Transplanting andplanting.

Residential & CommercialPROPERTY MANAGEMENT• Mowing•Walkways & Patios• RetainingWalls• Shrub Planting & Pruning• Maintenance Contracts• Loam/Mulch Deliveries

email: [email protected]

Stephen Goodwin, Owner(207) 415-8791

LANDSCAPINGDESIGN & CONSTR

EARTHSCAPE, UNLTD.www.earthscapeunltd.com“MAKING YOUR LIFE GREEN-ER SINCE 1982”. 865-1700.

LAWN AND GARDEN

• Garden Tilling• Compose & Manure, Truckor Yard

• Bush Hogging• Seasonal Cleanup• Lawn Mowing

Serving Greater Freeport,Brunswick & Yarmouth

Call Rick White 865-4749

TRACTORSERVICES

WHITE’SYARD CARE

LighthouseLandscaping

• Spring Cleanups • Planting Beds• Pruning • Mowing

• Mulch & Loam Deliveries• Lawn Installations

• Ground Maintenance• Patios • Walkways• Retaining Walls

• Fences • Shrub Beds

846-1113or 408-7596

Spring & Fall Clean UpLawn Maintenance

Professional Landscape DesignInstallations

(207) 699-4240

Professional - Courteous - Competitive Rates�Fully Insured for Commercial and Residential�

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FEMAfrom page 1


produce evidence that FEMA’s flood-plain in Portland Harbor was inaccurate. Smaller communities, such as Harpswell, are expected to pay even more – up to $17,000 in some instances.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the ranking member of the Senate’s Home-land Security Committee, in a July meet-ing with FEMA officials in Washington D.C. was critical of the proposed maps.

“Undoubtedly, other communities across the nation will also likely object

to FEMA’s proposed maps,” Collins said. “The economic consequences of revised flood maps can be quite dramatic and devastating, particularly in the current economic climate.”

In a statement sent earlier this week, Collins said the cost for accurate map-ping “should be FEMA’s responsibility.”

Communities refuting the flood zone in June hoped FEMA would delay its map adoption process in order to consider new evidence.

South Portland, for example, submitted its consultant report early this spring hop-ing the agency would review it. However,

according to city officials, FEMA never contacted them to correct the proposed flood zone.

During the two June meetings in Port-land, FEMA officials from the Region 1 office in Boston said they couldn’t delay the adoption process because it could push back the new flood designation by another year.

That led town officials to worry that FEMA didn’t have the capacity to fully consider the updated data during a fast-

approaching 90-day appeal period.The appeal period initiates a series

of rigid adoption steps that could force communities to agree to the maps by June 2011, or risk being kicked out of the National Flood Insurance Program.

The appeal period was expected to start in late July.

The Sept. 2 meeting will be held at Harpswell Island School at 6 p.m. The proposed maps will be available for resi-dents to review.


SMCCfrom page 3

ment of a composites cluster in the area,” Pingree said in a statement. “It is a tech-nology that supports traditional Maine industries like boat building but also takes advantage of new opportunities like clean energy and aerospace.”

The earmark comes on the heels of news that Kestrel Aviation has signed a lease option to build a composite turbo-prop at the base. The company, founded by aviation visionary Alan Klapmeier, hopes to create 300 manufacturing jobs at Brunswick Landing.

Klapmeier has repeatedly said that the state’s composites cluster were major reasons he decided to bring Kestrel to Brunswick.

“We are going to build airplanes in Maine because we found the skills we need there,” Klapmeier said in statement. “This investment in a composite training center is an investment in future jobs for the area.”

SMCC president James Ortiz said the campus will drive innovation and job creation in composites, engineering and manufacturing.

“These funds would enable the (cam-pus) to open next fall, helping to expand access to higher education and ultimately to raise incomes across Maine,” Ortiz said.

Ortiz and UMaine Vice President Jake Ward provided video testimony for the earmark. The videos can be viewed on Pingree’s website, http://bit.ly/cO2z2t.

According to Ortiz, Maine is 49th na-tionally in producing engineers.

“If we’re going to have a well-trained workforce, we’re going to need engi-neers,” Ortiz said.

Ward said the campus will train over 500 workers each year. During the first year, he expected the school to serve 300 students, leading to 75 jobs and $3.8 mil-lion in wages.


Triathlonfrom page 5

cause very few athletes dropped out.Organizers, however, are trying to find

more ways to include family members of athletes.

On Saturday, Aug. 14, there will be two events for kids. At 10 a.m. there will be a Kids Fun Run, where children ages 4-10 can race distances varying from 100 yards to a mile.

At 11 a.m. there will be a Youth Aqua/Run, where kids ages 10-15 will swim 100 feet parallel to the shore in waist-deep water and run about a mile to the finish line.

In addition to the support of Southern Maine Community College, Rowan said the event has been embraced by the com-munity, noting that many neighborhoods hold parties and decorate their front lawns during the race.

Davis Street, Fort Road, Benjamin Pick-ett Street and Surfsite Road will be closed from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the race.

“There’s been a tremendous outpouring

of community support,” Marchese said. “They make a little festival out of it.”

Beth Vose-Gimbel is one of several people who will be decorating on Sawyer Street to show support for both the athletes and the Maine Cancer Foundation.

Vose-Gimbel, whose friend and sister-in-law are battling breast cancer, said their theme will be “anything pink,” the color associated with breast cancer awareness.

“I wanted to do something, but I’m not a doctor or a scientist,” she said.

There will be people collecting donations for the Maine Cancer Foundation in front of the displays, and Vose-Gimbel will be sell-ing a panoramic shot of last year’s event to go to the cause.

Vose-Gimbel said she has convinced two other neighborhoods to decorate their yards and hopes others will follow.

“I love Maine Cancer (Foundation); they’re so pure,” she said. “I just want to challenge people to get involved.”

For more information about the event, log on to MaineTriForACure.org.

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Business parkfrom page 1


Alex leAr/The ForecAsTerWendy Johansen, left, and her husband Robert filed an appeal

in May against the Bath Planning Board’s approval of the third Wing Farm business park phase. They are represented by Attorney Jenny Burch, at right. A Maine Superior Court justice has issued an order of remand to the board that requires it to

take another look at its findings.

for the board to overturn its decision, but rather “to re-examine the entire existing record, consider the issues that it did not address, and make the findings that it omitted.”

City Solicitor Roger Therriault noted last week that the Johansens and the city had agreed to the remand.

Horton said the review is not a chance to reopen the record to include new evidence.

“The problems with the Planning Board all center on inadequate findings – meaning that the Board in its written decision failed to make findings on matters that the state statute and/or the Bath Subdivision Ordinance require be addressed,” Horton wrote. “If the court con-cluded that there was insufficient evidence to support the Board’s decision to approve the Phase III subdivi-sion, the court would likely be constrained to vacate the approval. The court also might well have granted the Plaintiff’s request for stay of construction. However, because the deficiencies in the Board’s decision relate to its findings or lack thereof ... the appropriate response is to remand for further findings without nullifying the approval.”

Horton noted that if the Planning Board opts after its review to stand by its approval, with or without extra or different conditions, the Johansens can renew their request for the approval to be overturned.

Among the issues the Johansens raised was the impact of King’s Highway on wetlands. Although the board found that the subdivision was not within 250 feet of a river, the Johansens and Burch pointed out that the city subdivision ordinance also applies to closeness to a wetland. The board must decide whether the applica-tion complies with ordinance standards regarding the wetland.

Therriault said the town of West Bath is preserving other wetlands to make up for the impact made by Wing Farm. He also said the Bath Planning Board needs to look at the wetlands issue again.

The Johansens also expressed concern that the Plan-ning Board waived requirements of the subdivision ordi-nance and a plan for infrastructure construction, but that the board did not make the necessary written findings of fact and conclusions. Wendy Johansen pointed out that the existing road is already hazardous, particularly with many people walking on the road.

“We put it out there that you can’t grant a waiver

unless you make sure that it’s not going to negatively impact health, safety and general welfare,” Burch said.

Therriault said the waivers were intended to reduce the impact of the road on the wetland area. He noted that while there is nothing in the decision about why the board granted the road waivers, “it’s crystal clear (in the record) that it was a legitimate, bona fide decision by the Planning Board, given competing interests, but it didn’t get into the (written) decision.”

Therriault pointed out that the road has passed federal and state standards.

“It’s not like we’re trying to slide something by here,” he said.

The Johansens have also taken issue with the lack of a second access road. Horton pointed out that the con-nectivity provisions in Bath’s subdivision ordinance “require street connectivity whenever possible.”

When connectivity is not feasible, Horton said, “the Ordinance appears to mandate that the Board incorpo-rate at least one of several enumerated measures into the design of the subdivision, which in this case would mean the access road. ... In this case, the Board does not appear to have considered connectivity in its written decision or decided whether it was feasible, contrary to the requirement of the Ordinance.”

Johansen said she was told during the planning stages for phase one that Wing Farm would have a second ac-

cess road build from Anchor Road during phase two.“If one of those tractor trailer trucks tips over in the

winter time, you will not be able to get an emergency vehicle in beyond that point,” she said.

Therriault said Bath’s codes call for a second access road only when possible, and that West Bath’s codes have no language concerning connectivity.

The Johansens also expressed concern about the development’s impact on traffic conditions on the road outside their house.

“The board’s decision said that with certain condi-tions,’ there won’t be a problem,” Burch said. “But what are those certain conditions?’”

Therriault said a traffic study and DOT permit say the intersection of Congress Avenue and Centre Street, which leads into Wing Farm Parkway, is “adequate for the present. The big problem is the vehicles turning.”

He noted that a traffic light will move the stop lines to allow for larger vehicles to have ample turning space.

“(A light) is going to be the ultimate fix if in fact it needs to happen,” Therriault said. “But we’re not there yet, and we don’t know what the build-out is going to be.”

He said Bath and West Bath would conduct signal warrant analyses at 50, 75 and 100 percent increases of traffic volume. A signal could be deemed warranted at 50 percent, negating the need for the next two levels of study, or it could be found at 100 percent that a signal is not warranted.

Therriault said Horton had noted last week that the problem was not with the Planning Board’s process, but rather its written decision.

“There was sufficient evidence in the record to sup-port what the Planning Board did; it just didn’t get into the decision,” Therriault said. “The actual written deci-sion requires that (the Planning Board) make findings of fact and conclusions of law to support what their decision is. And some of that is either incomplete (or) missing, but it’s there in the record ... (the board) just didn’t put it in (its) decision.”

Alex lear can be reached at 373-9060 ext. 113 or [email protected].


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the forecaster, mid coast edition, august 6, 2010

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