the forecaster, northern edition, may 2, 2013

Your local newspaper since 1986 • www.theforecaster.net

May 2, 2013 News of Falmouth, Cumberland, North Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Freeport and Chebeague Vol. 27, No. 18

INSIDEIndex

Obituaries ................... 14Opinion ........................ 9Out and About ........... 28People & Business ..... 16

Police Beat ................. 12Real Estate ................. 38School Notebook ....... 20Sports ........................ 21

Arts Calendar ............. 29Classifieds .................. 33Community Calendar . 26Meetings .................... 26 Pages 18-19

Cory Fletcher, of Garbage to Garden, picks up a bucket of food waste from a home on Bridge Street in Yarmouth. The waste will be recycled into high-quality compost.

WilliAM HAll / THE FORECASTER

Portland business brings composting to the massesBy William Hall

PORTLAND — Tyler Frank be-lieves garbage bags may someday be obsolete.

The Vesper Street resident is one of the founders of Garbage to Garden, a community-based curb-side composting service that was launched last summer. For $11 a month, the service picks up food scraps from participating homes,

works with an area farm to compost the waste into a high-quality form of soil, and then delivers as much of the finished product as members want.

By allowing residents to recycle organic waste, just as they recycle paper, glass and other materials, the waste stream can be dramatically reduced, according to Frank.

“Portland is already good at re-

cycling, so the majority of what’s left (in household waste) is food,” he said. “When you take that out, there’s practically zero waste. Can you imagine how little trash there would be if the whole city was doing this?”

While composting is not a new practice, it’s usually difficult for urban dwellers and even suburban residents

See page 39

Clammers await decision on Freeport shellfish studyBy Will Graff

FREEPORT — The future of the town’s compre-hensive shellfish project, and perhaps its clamming community, could be decided Thursday night.

If the project is funded by the Town Council it is expected to have the support of clammers, despite last week’s resignation from the Shellfish Commission by one of the project’s most vocal proponents.

Chad Coffin resigned from the commission after councilors failed to make a decision about an ap-propriation for a shellfish conservation project at an April 23 council meeting.

In stalling the appropriation, councilors cited a need for time to review a revised project plan pre-sented to them the night they had intended to vote on whether the project should be funded. They also

Despite good grades, school chiefs criticize state report cardBy Will Graff

FREEPORT — The Falmouth, Yarmouth and Che-beague Island school departments, Regional School Unit 5, and School Administrative District 51 gener-ally received high marks in the first statewide report card for elementary and high schools.

The grades from the Department of Education were scheduled to be announced Wednesday. The department shared the grades with The Forecaster in advance of the announcement.

The evaluations of 600 Maine schools, using an A-through-F grading system based on proficiency and growth in reading and math, are supposed to provide greater transparency and a “clear, concise benchmark” for the public to evaluate schools, ac-

See page 32

See page 40

Falmouth student a step away from Google stardomBy Will Graff

FALMOUTH — A Falmouth Middle School student is a final-ist to have his artwork displayed on Google’s home page.

Eighth-grader Joseph Han learned at a surprise assembly Wednesday morning that he is one of 50 students, one from every state, selected by Google

to move to the next round in its annual Doodle 4 Google contest. The winner receives a $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 tech-nology grant from Google for the student’s school.

More than 130,000 entries were submitted this year for the theme “My Best Day Ever,” ac-cording to Google spokeswoman

Leah Weisberg, who is originally from Falmouth and now works at the corporate headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Han, who turned 14 on Tues-day, is an avid artist and said he is excited to be a finalist.

“I heard about the contest and

Will GRAFF / THE FORECASTER

Joseph Han, an eighth-grader at Falmouth Middle School, on Wednesday morning with his artwork that was selected by Google for its Doodle 4 Google contest.

See page 39

May 2, 20132 Northern www.theforecaster.net

Our Primary CareProviders are readyto see you now.

Call 535-1200 today!

At Mercy Primary Care,we don’t just see our patients—we see what really matters to ourpatients. Call for an appointmenttoday, and see for yourself whyour patient satisfaction ratingsare so high.

is now accepting new patients!w accs now a pt ng n

MERCY YARMOUTHERCY YPRIMARY CAREPRIM

Close to Home:385 Route One, Yarmouth

Convenient Hours:Mon - Fri: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Dedicated Providers:ElizabethWall, DOCarolyn Millhouse, NP

Spring is here and there are plenty of reasons toget outside and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Make the most of it by surroundingyourself with beautiful flowers from

your friends at Estabrook’s!

All hanging basketsand patio pots are now20% OFF thru May 12th,so it’s the perfect time to

dress up your porch, patio ordeck. Plus, they make great

Mother’s Day gifts!

337 EAST MAIN ST, YARMOUTH • 846.4398 • estabrooksonline.com

HANGING BASKETS SALE

OPEN EVERY DAY 8-6

Jennings: Injury prevents re-election bid in CumberlandNo contests in council, School Board electionsBy Alex Lear

CUMBERLAND — Barring any write-in campaigns, it is likely that every-one who submitted nomination papers for next month’s Town Council and School Board elec-tions will win.

Councilors Mike Perfetti and Jon Jen-nings have chosen not to run again.

Peter Bingham of Brook Road, a for-mer member of the Planning Board, and Michael Edes of Edes Road, who ran for the Town Council in 2011, are running for those two open seats.

Perfetti has served two terms on the council, while Jennings was appointed in January to replace Steve Moriarty, who resigned after being elected to the state House of Representatives.

Jennings – an entrepreneur who helped bring the Maine Red Claws professional

basketball team to Portland and who was named South Portland assistant city manager in February – said Tuesday that he has rehabilitation ahead after a back injury last month. The injury would make it difficult for him to actively campaign, including going door-to-door and climb-ing steps, he said.

Jennings, who in January said he planned to seek re-election in June, said this week that he is “incredibly disap-pointed” he is not able to run, because “the town needs new ideas.”

He said his decision not to run had nothing to do with his job in South Portland.

Bill Dunnett and Jim Bailinson, in-cumbents on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Directors, are not seeking re-election. Bethany Hanley of West Branch Road and Geraldine San-chez of Shady Run Lane are running for those seats.

This year also sees a new Cumberland representative seat on the School Board. Former board member Karen Campbell of Stonewall Drive is running for that seat.

Population change prompted the now-eight-member board to change its composition. Cumberland’s population in the 2010 census grew to 7,211, nearly 67 percent of the district’s total population; North Yarmouth’s population was 3,565.

The School Board now has five mem-bers from Cumberland and three from North Yarmouth. Adding a sixth Cumber-land representative increases the town’s representation to two-thirds, matching its share of the SAD 51 population.

Election Day is June 11.

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

learics.

Jennings

Christiane D. Williams, Esquire482 Congress Street, Suite 402 • Portland

899-4644www.garmeylaw.com

Personal Injury

Auto Accidents & Property

Negligence

Medical Malpractice

Defective Products

Private Disability Claims

3May 2, 2013 Northernwww.theforecaster.net

PORTLAND’S AGE MANAGEMENTCENTER IS LOOKING FOR MALEVOLUNTEERS BETWEEN THE AGESOF 35-60 TO PARTICIPATE IN ATESTOSTERONE ENHANCEMENTPRODUCT STUDY.

CALL 888-418-3305 TODAYTO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY!

1375 Congress St. Portlandwww.agemanagementcenter.com

29 Western Ave, South Portland (formerly Ricetta’s)

Much more than just artisan pizzas

Mother’s Day

Reserve now!747-4261

special menu @ bonospizzeria.com

“Slade was a little nervous when we first arrived.Then we walked, though our team was small, his

little legs walked all but 1/2 mile of the walk. And as wewere walking people were stopping to tell him how proud of

him they were and how special he really was. He beamed the wholeday, and he crossed the finish line on his own two feet with people cheering

him on. He was ever so proud of that red ribbon he got!” – Slade’s mom Amylynn

Slade was diagnosedwith a heart conditioncalled Left Ventricular

N o n C o m p a c t i o nC a r d i o m y o p a t h yafter doctors detecteda heart murmur whenhe was one year old.He first heard of theH e a r t Wa l k a f t e rs e e i n g a n a do n WTMW-8 lastyear just two weeksbefore the event.He asked his mom,“there'smorepeople likeme?" and then decidedthey would participateas a family. Slade is now

7 years old and finallyunderstands that he is not

alone and having a heartcondition is not something to hide.

Local Corporate Sponsors Media Partners

SouthernMaineHeartWalk.org

Southern Maine HeartWalk

Sponsored nationally by SUBWAY®restaurants and JENNY CRAIG®

SUBWAY® is a registered trademark ofDoctor’s Associates, Inc.

National Sponsors

**New Starting Location: AAA Parking Lot, 68 Marginal Way, Portland**Walk Route: Back Cove

JOIN US,SUNDAY MAY 19TH

4 candidates competing for 2 Chebeague selectmen seats

CHEBEAGUE ISLAND — Four residents filed nomination papers for two open seats on the Board of Selectmen, while only one person is running for the School Board, which has two vacancies.

Election Day is June 11.Mark Dyer, who has been on the Board

of Selectmen most of the time since Che-beague Island’s secession from Cumber-land in 2007, is running again. Selectman Mary Holt is not seeking re-election.

Competing with Dyer for a seat on the

board are Peter Pellerin of North Road, Nelson “Dave” Stevens of South Road, who serves on the Coastal Waters Com-mission, and former Town Clerk Susan Campbell of Meetinghouse Lane.

Incumbent Carol White is uncontested for her seat on the School Board. Jerry Wiles has chosen not to seek another term. The School Board could appoint someone to fill Wiles’ seat if a write-in candidate does not emerge.

— Alex Lear

Falmouth School Board election draws 4 candidates; council uncontestedBy Will Graff

FALMOUTH — Monday’s filing deadline for candidates in the June 11 town election produced uncontested races for the Town Council and a four-way race for two School Board seats.

Three residents filed nomination pa-pers for three Town Council seats.

David Goldberg, Claudia King and

Russ Anderson will be on the ballot, Town Clerk Ellen Planer said. Barring any successful write-in campaigns, all three are expected to be elected to three-year terms.

They will replace Town Council Chair-woman Faith Varney, who is not seeking re-election, and Councilors Tony Payne and Bonny Rodden, who have reached

the term limit of six consecutive years.Anderson ran unsuccessfully for the

council in 2012.Caryn Bickerstaff, Susan Coughlin,

Michael Doyle and Claire Harrington re-turned papers and will compete for two, three-year terms on the School Board, Planer said. The seats are being vacated by Chris Murry Jr. and David Snow.

Doyle ran unsuccessfully for the board in 2011.

Voters in June will also decide several

referendum questions:• The proposed $30.2 million School

Department budget for fiscal 2014.• Two infrastructure improvement

projects, estimated to cost $5 million, at Falmouth Middle School.

• And a Route 1 infrastructure im-provement project valued at $11.7 mil-lion.

Will Graff can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter:

@W_C_Graff.

1085 BRIGHTON AVE., PORTLAND 775.3793 – 1.800.489.6330www.holdenagency.com

Call Us To CompareHome • Auto • Business


Cabot Farmers’annex

Cabot Farmers’annex

163 Commercial St., Portland, ME • 207.541.9344

For more information: cabotcheese.coop/visitus

Visiting Vermont? Stop by one of our 3 locations!

Visit us at facebook.com/CabotFarmersAnnex

Donohue Family, Pittsfield, ME

Donohue Family, Pittsfield, ME

Worthen Family, Mercer, ME

Nestled among the beautiful historicbuildings of Portland’s Old Port shoppingdistrict, you’ll find an authentic taste of

New England at the Cabot Farmers’ Annex.

Some of the 104 Maine farm families.

1,200 farm families throughout New York& New England own Cabot Creamery.

Put a spring in your step withsome spice in your cheese!Try our Tuscan, Garlic & Herb, Habanero

and Horseradish varieties.

Come in and sample them today.

Riley Insurance Agency

139 Maine StreetBrunswick, ME 04011Phone: 207.729.3321Fax: 207.729.4056Email: [email protected] site: www.rileyinsuranceagency.com

BOAT

YAchT

The Safe Harbor That Travels With You

Boating has its fair share of hazards. As independent agents, we work closely with you to find the

coverage you want, for the price that fits. We pride ourselves on providing a broad range of insurance for

boats. So when we’re finding the perfect match for your unique needs, it’s nothing short of easy. For more

information, contact us at 207.729.3321.

The Travelers Indemnity company and its property casualty affiliatesOne Tower Square, hartford, cT 06183

© 2007 The Travelers companies, Inc. All rights reserved. cAPL33

No roads. No signs. No stoplights.So why boating insurance?No roads. No signs. No stoplights.

Product may not be available in all states.

N. Yarmouth budget could drop 9.5%, taxes could rise 4%By Alex Lear

NORTH YARMOUTH — Next year’s municipal budget could drop 9.5 percent, but reduced revenues could cause town taxes to increase 4 percent.

Those numbers are based on a Board of Selectmen recommendation to spend $2.4 million in fiscal 2014, an approximately $253,000 reduction from the current budget.

A loss in municipal income, from $1.8 million to $1.5 million, is built into that recommendation, resulting in a municipal tax appropriation of about $926,000, up

from nearly $891,000 in fiscal 2013.Due to a revaluation going on this year,

the tax rate impact may not be known until July, Administrative Assistant Marnie Diffin said last week.

Adding in about $273,000 in Cumberland County tax (up from nearly $255,000), about $34,000 in overlay, and a proposed $5.7 million School Administrative Dis-trict 51 tax (up from $5.5 million), North Yarmouth’s total tax appropriation could rise from the current $6.7 million to $7.3 million next year.

The Board of Selectmen and Budget Committee recommend different expendi-tures in several line items. Under Public Works, the Budget Committee is calling for about $633,000 to be spent, which includes paving North Road. The Board of Select-men favors that, along with another $45,000 to be spent on a “chip sealing” process for Town Farm Road.

In chip sealing, coarse rock is laid instead of asphalt. It is noisier to drive on and not as smooth a surface, but costs significantly less than normal pavement, Diffin said. It has not been used in North Yarmouth.

“We wanted to try it on a road that had traffic, but not too much; houses on it, but not too close to the road,” she said.

North Yarmouth is budgeted to receive $185,000 for the current fiscal year in state revenue sharing. The Board of Selectmen is planning for revenue of $150,000 for next year, while the Budget Committee plans for $100,000.

On the other hand, the Board of Select-men wants to use $150,000 out of the

Unassigned Fund Balance, down from the current $230,000, while the Budget Com-mittee wants to use $190,000.

One significant added expense proposed in next year’s budget is the first phase of a proposed economic development plan, the goal of which is to turn a triangular area in the center of town into a more visible, ac-tive and inviting town center. The project would cost $152,000, but legal fees raise that amount to $155,000, which would be funded through a multi-year bond.

Also in the budget is $45,000 to have an architect determine the cost to renovate Wescustogo Hall. That work would be funded by a bond if approved by a special Town Meeting vote, Diffin said.

One factor causing the net budget de-crease is the completion of Mill Road reconstruction, which was a $250,000 expenditure in the current budget.

Residents will vote on the municipal bud-get item by item at the June 15 Town Meeting.Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or alear@

theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @learics.

3 candidates for 2 selectmen seats in North Yarmouth

NORTH YARMOUTH — Three candi-dates filed papers for election to the Board of Selectmen.

There are two seats on the June ballot: Chairman Steve Palmer of Mountfort Road is running for another term, while fellow Selectman Rob Wood has chosen not to seek another term.

Clark Whittier of Walnut Hill Road, a member of the Budget Committee, is also running for the board, as is Woodfin Brewer of Sweetser Road.

Whittier and Palmer both serve on the Board of Selectmen personnel subcommit-

tee. Whittier is on the Planning Board and Budget Committee, and Palmer is also on the Board of Selectmen fire/rescue subcom-mittee.

Incumbent Virginia Dwyer will be un-challenged for another term on the School Administrative District 51 Board of Direc-tors, and Mark Heath is the only candidate for the Cemetery Commission.

David Holman and Ande Smith are run-ning for two of the three available Budget Committee seats.

Election Day is June 11.— Alex Lear


Special Hearing Event

• FREE hearing evaluation

• FREE otoscopic examination

• FREE check and clean ofcurrent hearing aids

How do you REALLY knowif you have a hearing loss ?

And more importantly, what can you do about it ?

Schedule an appointment duringour event and receive:

Bruce N. Wyman

Falmouth Hearing Aids4 Fundy Road • Suite 100 • Falmouth, ME 04105.

WednesdayMay 15

ThursdayMay 16

FridayMay 17

Special Offer!Save $800 on a pairof our Platinum aids

Our Battery Club:$2.50/4 packAny size

Call Today!207 541-9295

“Like US” on Facebook.com/falmouthhearing www.falmouthhearingaids.comff��

6 Turnpike Acres Road Gray, ME 04039OFFICE HOURS M�T�F �� • W�Th ��

www.grayfamilyvision.com

��8 Crimson Drive, Windham, ME 04062

OFFICE HOURS M�T�Th�F �� &W ��(GPS 985 Roosevelt Trail)

DAVID L. GUISELEY, O.D.AVAILABLE AT BOTH LOCATIONS

JONATHAN F. COOK, O.D.AVAILABLE AT BOTH LOCATIONS

Double your options with offices in Gray andWindham.If you live in the Windham area, we invite you to make your next

appointment at our new office. You’ll receive the same quality careand superior customer service that we offer in Gray. Either way,we’re focused on making your visit as pleasant as possible.

Gray Family Vision Center,now in stereo

Between our two locations,we have 15 different models in stock!

661Main St., DamariscottaTel. 563-5191 • 1-877-203-0322

Topsham Fair Mall, TopshamTel. 729-6990 • 1-800-570-3393

Hrs: Mon. - Fri. 9 - 5 • Sat. 9 - Noon Hrs: Mon. - Fri. 9 - 5 • Sat. 9 - 4

Your Local Medical Equipment Experts with a Personal Touch

Lift Chair Experts

Pownal, Durham face large tax hikes in RSU 5 budgetBy Will Graff

FREEPORT — As the Regional School Unit 5 budget vote nears, state funding uncertainties remain and residents of the tri-town district are weighing tax in-creases with maintaining school services.

The $25.6 million fiscal 2014 budget proposal calls for a nearly 2.6 percent increase, or about $645,000 more than this year, with significant tax increases for Pownal and Durham.

Losses in state subsidies; added costs from salaries, increased enrollments and charter school tuition, and a potential retirement cost shift to local districts from the state account for much of the uncertainty and increases in the budget.

Voters in RSU 5 will also decide in June on a $17 million Freeport High School expansion that involves several additions, including adding nine class-rooms and an eight-lane track and turf field.

If approved, the borrowing costs would be part of the 2015 fiscal budget, with construction likely beginning in spring 2014, School Board Chairman Nelson Larkins said.

The RSU 5 board and administrators have been holding public meetings since the initial budget rollout in late March. Public response to the budget has been mixed, Larkins said, noting that while residents support education, they are con-cerned about the impact on their taxes.

“Obviously there are concerns about budget increases of any kind and the different impact between the towns,” he said.

If the budget is adopted as is, Durham and Pownal residents will see property tax increases of 7.81 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, according to RSU 5

budget figures. Freeport’s increase would be 1.69 percent.

The different increases for each town are the result of state valuation. In the latest appraisal, valuations in Durham increased, Pownal’s remained mostly flat and Freeport’s dropped significantly, compared to the others.

“We can’t do anything about that,” Lar-kins said, adding that only about 13 per-cent of the budget’s tax funding is from local appropriations, with the remainder under the state’s control. “That’s what’s affecting it.”

According to budget figures produced by the RSU’s finance department, if the state appraisals had not changed, the tax increases for all communities would be roughly the same, between 3 and 3.5 percent.

A majority of the budget is also fixed because staff salaries – which will in-crease by 3 percent on average and alone would require a 2.9 percent increase in the total budget, according to the budget – are bound by contracts.

“If you take wage increases out, it’s actually a reduction from last year,” Larkins said.

These figures don’t include the im-pact of the state pulling a majority of retirement funding, which could mean an additional $188,000 in new costs, according to RSU 5 estimates that have local taxpayers funding 70 percent of the retirement costs incurred by the district.

And while the actual amount local dis-tricts will pay will not be known until the Legislature votes on the state budget, the Education Committee has recommended the state continue to pay for retirement funding.

The budget also includes the addition

of three new special education teachers, who will earn about $70,000 in wages and benefits.

To help offset that cost, the budget proposes that teachers eliminate one of their planning, non-teaching days, reduc-ing their at-school work days by one day per year to 182.

In addition, administrators will be forced to take a one-day furlough.

Another potential added new cost is tuition for charter schools.

Superintendent of Schools Shannon Welsh said the official number of stu-dents currently planning to attend the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science charter school in Portland this fall has dropped to eight, reducing the amount RSU 5 will have to pay.

But the number of tuitioned students could climb back up to 13, because two students have shown interest in attending the the Fiddlehead School in Gray and three students are looking at Harpswell Coastal Academy.

The cost to pay tuition for all those

students would be roughly $100,000, ac-cording to early estimates.

Formal information from those schools about how many students plan to attend is expected soon, Welsh said.

Durham board member Candace Dec-sipkes said she would not discuss the budget, without first checking with Welsh to see if it was appropriate for her to talk with press. In an subsequent conversation she said it is the “board’s policy to direct communication to the School Board chair” (Larkins) and refused to talk about the budget’s impact on her constituents.

Other board members from Pownal and Durham could not be reached.

The final RSU 5 public comment meeting on the budget was scheduled for Wednesday in Freeport. The board is scheduled to vote on the budget May 8, followed by a town meeting-style vote May 22, and the budget referendum on June 11.


@W_C_Graff.


Drs. Alan Avtges, Paula Hasson and Manijeh Bestwelcome you and your family to our practice.

We offer all aspects of cosmetic and family dentistry-including, Crowns, Bridges, Lumineers, Implants,

Root Canals, Extraction of wisdom teeth, Teeth Whiteningand Tooth-colored fillings.

Please call today to schedule an appointment (207) 781-2054 or visit ourwebsite at www.foresidedental.com

Foreside Dental Healthcare, PABrilliant Teeth, Beautiful Smiles

LANDSCAPING

529 Mountfort Road, North Yarmouth • (207) 829-5004 • PlainviewFarm.com

facebook.com/plainviewfarm

Spring Has Arrived!

Locally Owned Since 1984Landscape Consultation • Landscape Design • Landscape Maintenance

Look for Plainview Produce at the Cumberland & Falmouth Farmers Markets starting mid-May!

Do you need help with...

• yard clean-up? garden prep?

• lawn aeration/dethatching?

• professional pruning?

• composting or mulching?

Plainview Farm offers...

• a professional approach

• budget-friendly rates

• in-depth plant knowledge

• seasonal/weekly services

Youth Court aims to repair wrongs, not punish kidsBy Amber Cronin

YARMOUTH — A program in Maine is helping first-time juvenile offenders avoid the traditional justice system and repair any harm they’ve done to the com-munity.

The program, called Youth Court, is appearing around the country in an effort to provide what is known as “restorative” justice.

In Maine’s system, two teams of vol-unteer students hear cases in Portland and Yarmouth. Ryun Anderson, director of Youth MOVE Maine, which runs the program, said the organization receives referrals from the Department of Correc-tions, schools, police departments and the court system, most commonly for small crimes like theft, vandalism and posses-

sion of drugs or alcohol.“The idea is that it has to be a first-

time, non-violent offense,” Anderson said. “(The respondents) are not deep into the corrections system. They are lower risk and the idea is to prevent them from being deeper in trouble.”

Anderson said the Youth Court pro-gram is an alternative to expulsion or suspension from school, and to traditional criminal sentencing for young people who have committed a first-time crime. The goal, she said, is to redirect negative behavior into something positive for the community.

“The Youth Court model that we have developed is focused on restorative prac-tices,” Anderson said. “That means we are not looking always at a crime being

something against a law or a rule, but when a crime happens, it has been done to another person and relationships have been harmed, and obligations exist from that harm.”

She said Youth Court volunteers are trained to understand the perspective of the juvenile who got in trouble, the com-munity members, and of the victims, and to look the obligations to repair the harm.

Anderson said the program can work wherever there is a challenge in connect-ing community with youth who get into trouble for the first time.

“The process right now is they get in trouble and are connected with a (juve-nile corrections officer) and they would get a suspension or some more traditional sanctions and then they would just move on,” she said. “The young people were saying that they don’t learn from that experience and they don’t get connected to the community. (We felt) there could be a better way.”

Another unique aspect of the program is that the Youth Court system is essen-tially run by students.

Three student advocates, chosen from the local school systems, represent the community, the respondent and the vic-tim, while a team of three students are

the judges.Dispositions from the student judges

can range from writing a letter of apology to community service, depending on the severity of the crime committed.

“There is a whole process that we have in choosing our dispositions, and it is really making sure that you are re-pairing the harm to the community and really working on (the offenders),” said Grace Mallett, a junior at Yarmouth High School who is one of the Youth Court participants.

Mallett said an example of a disposi-tion could be allowing a student with an interest in lacrosse to volunteer with a youth lacrosse program, so that they are using a skill set they already have to give back to the community.

“It is not a punishment,” Mallett said. “It is something to help the individual heal.”

In order to participate on the Youth Court, the volunteer students must at-tend a summer training session, which often changes the perspective of those volunteers.

Charlotte Eisenberg of Peaks Island, a sophomore at North Yarmouth Academy, said she was at first resistant to the notion

continued page 7


[email protected] Fundy Rd. Falmouth

Member A.M.T.A.National Certification

Maine Lic# MT357

CYNTHIA L. McGOVERNLicensed massage therapist since 1993

I’m BackFor Your Back

Folks around the courthouse commonly refer to ours as a“CSI World”, referencing the popular television series and itsproclivity for demonstrating how perfectly executed scientifictechniques solve crimes. In reality however, scientifictechniques are not perfect and “crime labs” rarely executethem to perfection. Some flaws in technique, includinginstrumentation , are significant, some are not. The sameaxiom applies to execution.

I just returned from a week long training session in gaschromatography (GC). The session took place in Chicago atone of the world’s top GC training labs. GC is the most oftused method of analysis, around the globe, for identifying andmeasuring volatile substances such as ethanol (the alcoholwe drink) and other “common drugs of abuse” (that termdoes not imply that these substances are always or evenusually abused).

The instructors were Dr. Harold McNair (one of the pioneersof gas chromatography and the first person to earn a PhD inGC in the United States) and Dr. Lee Polite (protege of McNairand owner of Axion Laboratory). Pharmaceutical companies,energy companies, the FBI, ATF and other entities fromaround the world send their personnel to Axion for trainingand invite the Axion team to their venues for training andquality assurance evaluations.

I have previously written and lectured extensively on problemswith breath alcohol testing in OUI cases. I have focused onflaws, shortcomings if you will, regarding the instrumentation(Intoxylizers) as well as the element of human/operator error.I wrongfully assumed (you all know what that means) that GCanalysis was relatively (relative to breath testing) “perfect”.Well, obviously there’s no such thing as “relatively” when itcomes to perfection.

While the instrumentation component is incomparablebetween the gas chromatograph and the far inferiorIntoxylizer, the potential for human/operator error in GCanalysis is indeed much greater. The reason: There areinfinitely more critical steps involved in proper GC analysis ascompared to the proper administration of an Intoxylizer test.Hence, there are many more opportunities for human error.Don’t get me wrong; there are plenty of chances for normallyflawed humans to mess up an Intoxylizer test. But the numberof those opportunities pales in contrast.

Aside from the innumerable potential lapses in protocol andmethodology in the collection and storage of blood and urinesamples (things upon which I previously focused mostly),the actual GC analysis is fraught with at least as manypotential errors of significance. The chromatographer mustmake accurate and precise measurements, chose the properequipment and controls or standards for each analysis,recognize highly technical, nuanced signs and make thecorrect adjustments, record and interpret data appropriately,utilize sophisticated software correctly and have a detailedhigh-level understanding of the gas chromatograph and thescience of analytical chemistry. Likewise, the lab must havewell-defined strict protocols in place. Those protocols mustbe backed by rigorous validation studies. They MUST befollowed in every single analysis. The brevity of this columndoes not allow for a detailed itemization of the foregoing, butyou get the picture.

It’s not enough to have a really cool sounding machine andoperators “acting” like they know how to use it to “solvecrimes” in the real world. That only works on t.v.

If you have been charged with OUI, a drug crime or any otheroffense, call me for a free consultation at NICHOLS & WEBB207-879-4000. I’m in The Time & Temperature Building, 477Congress Street, Portland, Maine. Check us out at www.nicholswebb.com.

www.nicholswebb.com

Defending Maine,Defending You.

Town of CumberlandLands & Conservation Commission Meeting

Saturday, May 4th9:00 a.m.

East Conference Room, Town Hall

The Cumberland Lands & Conservation Commission and special guest, Bob Bittenbender,will hold a meeting on Saturday, May 4th regarding the control of invasive species. Mr.Bittenbender has over 30 years’ experience in the nursery business and is the AssistantProperty Manager of the Audubon Society in Falmouth. He works with Land Trusts oninvasive species control and support. The meeting will begin in the East ConferenceRoom of Town hall to set the stage for a walk through the Town Forest to identify invasivespecies, with questions along the way and at the end.

The public is encouraged to attend.

of restorative justice when she attended her training session last summer, but she came around to the concept once she learned how the Youth Court operates.

“I thought, ‘why aren’t they getting in trouble, they did something wrong, shouldn’t they get in trouble?’ and I didn’t care to associate myself with peo-ple who were getting in trouble, because I thought it would make me look bad,” Eisenberg said.

“(But) Youth Court doesn’t change that these things are wrong – I still feel that you shouldn’t steal or abuse drugs – but it is more of a situation where I want to help and listen to the facts,” she said. “I have more of an urge to understand and help, whereas before I just wanted to distance myself.”

Eisenberg explained that after respon-

dents receive their disposition from the Youth Court, they are connected with a peer mentor who guides them to commu-nity-service opportunities and deals with the logistics of setting up work hours. The respondents then have three months to complete the prescribed sentence.

Mike Freysinger, restorative prac-tices program manager for Youth MOVE Maine, said that after their three-month stint is complete, respondents come back to the Youth Court to report on how the process was for them.

“We invite each of them to come back and go through a training to possibly be a youth advocate,” he said. “We haven’t gotten any yet, but that would be a really cool full-circle process.”

Freysinger is working on developing a third branch of the Youth Court system in the Bath-Brunswick area, and he said there has been a lot of support in the area from parents and administrators.

“Often times I hear back that this is such an amazing program, and parents ask why don’t all kids have to go through this when they get in trouble for the first

time?” he said.An added reward is that the program

not only benefits those who are find themselves in trouble for the first time, but the people who are involved in their sentencing process.

Both Mallett and Eisenberg said they have gained a greater understanding of, and have more sympathy for, individuals going through the court process than they did before their Youth Court training.

“Before, I would look at these sce-narios and it was very black and white,” Mallett said. “But now that I have been through Youth Court, I see everything about the situation, how many different factors there are going into an incident like that, and repairing the incident.”

The program is really about this connection, Anderson said. It is about

how the community, the victim and the respondent can move on from the harm that was done.

“We really want to make sure the focus of our Youth Court is on the community change that is happening,” she said. “The change is happening for the students, for community members and the kids who are getting in trouble.”

Youth Courtfrom page 6

News briefsYarmouth school chief choice expected soon

YARMOUTH — The School Superin-tendent Search Committee has presented finalists to the School Committee after narrowing down the field from about 20 applicants.

Search Committee Chairwoman and School Committee member Margaret Groban said site visits from the finalists were expected this week.

While the process remains confidential, the Search Committee expects to have a final candidate selected by May 9 to pres-ent to the School Committee.

The new superintendent would ideally begin work July 1, Groban said, although the start date is tentative, depending on the candidate’s existing contract.

The superintendent search began in February, following former Superinten-dent Judy Paolucci’s resignation Dec. 21, 2012, to head the Leicester, Mass., School Department.

Paolucci was superintendent in Yar-mouth for about four years and said she left to be closer to relatives who live in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Ron Barker, a former superintendent and Yarmouth school administrator, is heading the department on an interim basis through the end of June.


www.mainefabrics.com83 West Commercial Street * Portland

207-899-0135 * M-F 10-6 * Sat 10-2

HOME REMEDIES

FABRICSACCESSORIESHOME DECORRUGSREUPHOLSTERYFURNISHINGSCUSTOM SEWINGWINDOW DRESSINgs

20% OFFFURNITURE ORDERS

THROUGH MAY 4, 2013

SaturdayMay 11

8:00 am - 12:00 pmFalmouth Middle SchoolHELP US/HELP YOURSELF

By cleaning out yourbasements, garages, and

closets, and donating thoseitems to the FEF rummage

sale. We are looking for gentlyused books, toys, furniture,house wares, sporting goods,clothing, etc. Please NO itemsthat need to be plugged in.

Drop off items at theFalmouth Middle SchoolGym on Friday, May 10th

9:00 am - 6 pm.Questions?

[email protected]

Rummage Sale

SUPPORT FEF’SAnnual

BangorMay 23: 10:00-11:30 amWith The First at145 Exchange Street, Bangor

Brunswick:May 24: 10:00-11:30 amAt Maine Technology Institute8 Venture Avenue, Brunswick

Auburn:May 30: 10:00-11:30 amWith Camden National Bank at178 Court St. Suite 3, Auburn

Need Funding for An Innovative Business Idea?MTI is once again partnering with Maine banks on a series of workshopsaimed to help new and existing businesses engaging in technology findfunding needed to bring promising products, processes or services tomarket.Come hear MTI give an overview of its grants and low-cost loans; while thebanks will also share what lenders look for from businesses applying forfinancing.Workshops are free but pre-registration is required. FMI or to registerplease visit our website at www.mainetechnology.org and click on thecalendar/events page or contact Jessica Watson at (207) 588-1015 [email protected] can see the future.What does your future

look like?

I LOVE YOU MOM!

GRANDOPENING!Half PriceSushi

for Moms!

Check out our menus at fujisakurafreeport.com • chinarosefreeport.com23 Main St., Freeport • Hours: Sun. - Thurs. 11 – 9:30; Fri. & Sat. 11 – 10

All Day Special BuffetFor Mother’s Day

• Roast Duck with Ginger and Scallions• Salt & Pepper Frog Legs and Jumbo Shrimp• Scallop SizzlingWor Bar• Assorted Desserts & Seafood Salad

Adults $15.95Kids 6-10 $11.95 • Kids 3-5 $7.95

1/2 OFF Low Calorie Specialty Drinks, Beer &House Wine for Mom! FREE Rose for every Mom!Specials in this ad only available on Mother’s Day

865-0888865-6886

Dust to dust: Portland-area funeral homes go greenBy William Hall

PORTLAND — Some local businesses are helping Maine residents be kinder to the earth when they return to it.

New England Green Funerals, a group of four funeral homes that include Jones-Rich-Hutchins Funeral Home on Wood-ford Street and Lindquist Funeral Home in Yarmouth, began offering environmen-tally sustainable services in February.

They include burial in caskets made from biodegradable materials, embalming

without the use of toxic chemicals, and coordinating with cemeteries that delib-erately minimize their impact on the land.

The funeral homes are all part of Dig-nity Memorial, a Texas-based network of 1,800 funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers in the United States and Canada. The formation of New England Green Funerals is the company’s first at-tempt to “go green,” a response to grow-ing demand in the area.

Jane Mullen, who conducts family education programs for Dignity in Maine, said she started receiving more questions about green funerals last year. “I was feeling empty-handed,” she said, “but this told us there was at least some interest.”

Mullen and a small task force began exploring a green marketing strategy for the company in August. Six months later, a menu of earth-kind offerings was intro-duced at Jones-Rich-Hutchins, Lindquist, Veilleux Funeral Home in Waterville, and Ker-Westerlund Funeral Home in Brattleboro, Vt.

Prices are roughly comparable to those of traditional burial services and products, according to NEGF. The costs of its green caskets range from about $1,000-$1,500.

The homes haven’t sold any green goods to date, but Dignity expects that to change, especially as environmentally

conscious baby boomers grow older.“What we’re hearing from our funeral

directors is that ... baby boomers are coming in, making arrangements for a parent, but they see the information about green burials and say, that might be interesting for me,” said Michael Martel, Dignity’s local market director.

Being eco-friendly is a new and grow-ing trend in the “death-care” business, as it’s sometimes called. The Green Burial Council, a nonprofit organization that provides green training and certification for end-of-life businesses, was founded in 2005. In 2008, there were only a dozen green funeral homes in the country, ac-cording to Bloomberg Businessweek magazine; today there are 300.

But there are many definitions of green

Contributed

This “green” casket, displayed at Jones-Rich-Hutchins Funeral Home, at 199 Woodford St., Portland, is made of willow, a sustainably grown tree that doesn’t require fertilizers and replenishes soil nutrients. Jones-Rich-Hutchins and a Yarmouth funeral home recently began

offering earth-friendly services.

continued page 37

fresh • cool • maine modern

Open Wed. - Sat. for Dinner and Lunchin Downtown Bath

Live jazz every Friday night

443-3373 • 128 Front St., Bath

www.solobistro.com


Portland Pottery& Metalsmithing Studio118-122 Washington Ave • Portland, MESumme r Camp

June 24th throughAugust 23rd Tuition $250 perweek•Ages 6-14

207-772-4334 • www.portlandpottery.com

6/24-28: BFF’s7/1-7/3: Indepen, Day Clay7/8-7/19: Focus on Clay7/8-7/12: Girly Metals

7/15-7/19: Manly Metals7/22-7/26: Pottery Wheel

7/22-7/26: Glass Fusing & Joining

7/29-8/2: Found Object Art7/29-8/2: Pottery Wheel II8/5-8/9: Fashion Forward

8/5-8/9: Sculpture & Mosaics8/12-8/16: Fashion Forward II8/12-8/16: Raku Clay for Kids8/19-8/23: Metalsmithing

AUBE’SHOME IMPROVEMENT

10% Discounton all work ordered

by May 31.

BBBA+ COMPANYFOR 10+ YEARS

FREE ESTIMATES784-9948 cell: 212-6309Fully Insured • References

• Additions• Roofing• Siding• Painting & more

FreeportCafé

SERVING BREAKFAST ALL DAY & NIGHT

Sun. -Thurs. 6AM - 2PM; Fri. & Sat. 6AM - 8PM31 US Route One, Freeport

869-5113

NEWEXTENDEDMENUFriend us on

Join us forMother’s Day Brunch

Check out out our facebook pagefor our Mother’s Day Specials.

As always - Breakfast served all day!– Now with 32 more seats! –

NEW HOURS Starting May 10 - 6AM to 9PM daily

MIN IMAL LY- I NVA S I V E JO I N T R E P LAC EMENT SURGERY

Kinder, gentler surgeryby specialists whotreat people, not justtheir injuries.While typical joint replacementsurgeries offer welcome relief,the recovery can take a while.But with minimally-invasivejoint replacement surgery bya Board-certified, experiencedMaineOrtho specialist, you’llexperience less pain, a muchshorter hospitalization andquicker recovery.

Call 207.774.5113 tomake an appointment

with a MaineOrthojoint replacement

specialist.

Portland • Norwaywww.maineortho.com

Personal attention.Expert orthopaedic care.

The ViewFrom Away

Mike Langworthy

An urge for revenge in the land of the loonie

My coworkers on this TV show, who are almost exclu-sively Canadian, have been friendly and welcoming. So have the other people I have run across in Toronto, for the most part. One exception occurred at a suburban movie theater, where a woman wheeled on me and said I was standing too close to her in the ticket line. That one was just weird.

The other happened when I checked my cell phone during a screening of “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” I know. Guilty with an explanation, your honor. I do not want to miss an emergency call from home because my phone is off. I had it on vibrate, and it’s not like I was play-ing “Minecraft.” Not good enough for the guy behind me. He interrupted the con-versation he and his buddy had been having since the trailers began to tell me to turn off my phone.

Several people have gone out of their way to tell me everything that is wrong with America, as if they have been gunny-sacking their resentment for a lifetime, waiting to meet an actual American, so they can unload on them. Maybe they think that because I am living here, I must be “one of the good ones,” who does not mind people trash-ing his country. It is surreal, being surrounded by people who kind of look and sound like Americans, but do not think like them and don’t seem to like them all that much.

Sometimes I feel like saying, “You know I am one of the people you’re talking about, right?”

The other side of the coin, or loonie (the Canadian dollar coin with a picture of a loon on it), surfaced in the after-math of the Boston Marathon bombings.

The same people who bashed the U.S. with no apparent concern about my reaction went out of their way to express their condolences. A particularly poignant example was a barista I have befriended at a local coffee bar. He never missed an opportunity to tell me how arrogant and bullying we are around the world. When I ran into him the day after the bombings, I fully expected him to gloat about the U. S. getting a comeuppance.

Instead, he rather sweetly told me how sorry he was about the bombings, as if they had happened to me person-ally. I think he wanted to tell the whole country how sorry he was for our loss, but I was the only one there. For a moment he wasn’t a Canadian who resented being forced to put up with a nouveau riche, gauche neighbor. It was as if Canada and The States were brothers who fight a lot and may not even like each other that much, but will go to the wall for each other against anybody outside the family.

My barista friend surprised me again with the violence of his feelings. He was furious that the police killed one of the alleged bombers. He wanted them both taken alive so somebody could torture them (strong language omitted). It was kind of shocking to hear this sentiment from a guy who derided America for charging around the world, get-ting its way at gunpoint. I do not agree with him, though I understand the urge.

It got me thinking: Now that a little dust has settled, what would constitute justice in this case?

I wonder if retribution would help the populace heal. I

was in a sports bar when the news broke about Osama Bin Laden’s death. It was wall-to-wall televisions showing dif-ferent programs. Within seconds, they all switched to news coverage. Management switched the biggest screens to a news channel. The customers were riveted. You could have heard a pin drop during the initial stories. Most people in the bar cheered when the president came on and made the official announcement.

The atmosphere in the bar became buoyant. I felt, more than anything else, a strong sense of relief and also release, as if I had thrown off a weight I had forgotten I was carry-ing. Since Bin Laden’s death, that weight has not returned. I do not like admitting it, but I confess to feeling more confi-dent about our ability to defend ourselves. The U.S. feels a little less like the aging, overweight fighter who hasn’t kept up with the tactics the new kids are using. I wasn’t crazy about the vindictive glee, both mine and others’, when Bin Laden was killed, but it did make me feel better about the World Trade Center events.

I have never believed that an act of retribution contributed to a feeling of justice served, yet it did for me in the case of the perpetrator of one of the more heinous acts during my life. A barista in Canada who wears a keffiyeh as a fashion statement wants one in response to the Boston bombings. I do not agree, but I do understand. More than that, I empa-thize, which frightens me. It is disturbing to confront how much of the primitive still lurks within me.

Mike Langworthy, an attorney, former stand-up comic and longtime television writer, now lives in Scarborough and is fascinated by all things Maine. You can reach him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter: @mikelangworthy.

Village Green ApartmentsCumberland, ME

Coming Soon!Recently Renovated Drowne School

Apartments for RentBrand New Efficiency, 1 and 2 Bedroom Units

Rents starting $595 - $925 • Senior Housing 55+ (Income Limits Apply)

Contact:Leasing Team - Phoenix Management

1-207- 571-3061EqualHousingOpportunity

•Smoke-Free Property

•Heat and Hot Water included

•Free Internet

•On-site laundry room

•Resident Service Coordinator

•Small pets permitted

•Beautiful Library with Fireplace

•24 Hour Emergency Maintenance

Amenities:


The exquisite art of personal communication.04101MainePortland,Street,Free26

p |207.871.9722 papiermaine.com

Cabot Mill Antiques will hosts it’s2nd Annual Complimentary Victorian Mother’s Day Tea

Sun., May 12, 2013 * Tea Time 11:30 am-3pmCome enjoy decadent teas, coffee, tea cakes and pastries.

Featuring: Diane Vella-Decorating with Antiques, Demonstratingpaint decorating Techniques Reusing, Repurposing, Refreshing.

Cabot Mill Antiques16,000 SQ. FT. SHOWROOMOVER 160 HIGH QUALITY DISPLAYSAs featured in Down East and Country Home magazines

Open Daily 10 to 5 • Fridays 10-7207-725-2855 Friend us on facebook

www.cabotiques.com email: [email protected] Inquiries Always Welcome Antique Reference and Price Guide Books Available

Featuring: Diane Vella-Decorating with Antiques, Demonstrating

Collins displayed conscience in gun vote

Protection for our children should not be a partisan issue, and yet it has become just that. I am grateful to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for putting politics aside and voting her conscience.

The legislation that was defeated in the Senate de-manded nothing more than benign background checks for online sales of guns and for guns sold at gun shows. Ninety percent of Americans support this increased vigilance. And yet our nation’s lead-ers once again acted with shameful cowardice.

We are a violent country. Our mur-der rate is three to five times that of other industrialized nations. There are over 300 million guns in our country, and in the face of violence, many of us prescribe even more guns as a solution.

Guns are not going away. But thoughtful legislation that would slow the pace of reckless shootings, needless deaths, and endless hurting is surely a reasonable idea.

Will supporting such laws get one voted out of office? Maybe those who opposed this bill acted out of fear for their seats, but they will have to face that the blood of future victims will be on their hands.

Thank you, Sen. Collins, for breaking with your party and for standing up to what is right. Please continue your support for smart gun legislation.

Sarah RussellCumberland

Elect Goldberg to Falmouth council

Dave Goldberg is a family man who recognizes the importance of a strong community and is willing to dedicate his time to be sure Falmouth’s strength is maintained. Those who know Dave know how invested he is and how much he sacrifices on behalf of his fam-

ily, and his community, all while running a highly successful business. I have coached Little League with Dave and he gets that it is about the kids, that they have fun and grow, not just

as athletes but as people. And, as a fiscal conservative and the owner of an investment company, I place the highest priority on fiscal stewardship. A strong financial foundation is critical for any entity and Dave will utilize his experience as a successful business owner and lead Falmouth forward.

Jeff CarlisleFalmouth

Be aware of Falmouth referendum risks

In June, Falmouth voters will be asked to approve a $12 million general obligation bond to pay for the Route 1 improvement project. The treasurer’s statement in the

referendum question anticipates the bond will be paid off with money from the Route 1 “TIF” account, so there will no need to raise property taxes.

That is true if the TIF properties continue to appreci-ate in taxable value at the historical rate of 1.5 percent annually. But past performance is no guarantee of future results. If they don’t, an obvious alternative to paying off the debt is to increase property taxes, or, as a councilor suggested, but did not specify on April 8, reduce and/or eliminate municipal services.

On April 8 and 22 residents asked the council to add clarifying language to the treasurer’s statement that if the TIF money was insufficient to pay the debt, prop-erty taxes might be raised and/or municipal services impacted. The council admitted such risks exist, but voted not to add the language. The majority felt the risks were so slight voters didn’t need to know about them or their consequences. One councilor said clarifying

Guidelines for election letters

Letters to the editor that endorse candidates in upcoming local elections must be received by The Forecaster no later than Monday morning, May 27, to be published before Election Day, June 11. These letters are limited to 150 words, and must include the sender’s name, address and telephone number. Form letters, and letters submitted by candidates or their supporters on behalf of others, will be rejected. Letters should be emailed to [email protected]; hand-written or typed letters delivered to our office are less likely to be published because of the time required for transcription.

continued page 11


Drop us a lineThe Forecaster welcomes letters to the editor as a part of the dialogue so important to a community newspaper. Letters should be no longer than 250 words; longer letters may be edited for length. Letters to the editor will also always be edited for grammar and is-sues of clarity, and must include the writer’s name, full address and daytime and evening telephone numbers. If a submitted letter requires editing to the extent that, in the opinion of the editor, it no longer reflects the views or style of the writer, the letter will be returned to the writer for revision, or rejected for publication. Deadline for letters is noon Monday, and we will not publish anonymous letters or letters from the same writer more than once every four weeks. Letters are published at the discretion of the editor and as space allows.

E-mail letters to [email protected].

The Forecaster disclaims all legal responsibility for errors or omissions or typographic errors. All reasonable care is taken to prevent such errors. We will gladly correct any errors if notification is received within 48 hours of any such error.

We are not responsible for photos, which will only be returned if you enclose a self-addressed envelope.

5 Fundy RoadFalmouth, ME 04105

781-3661Fax 781-2060

Visit our website attheforecaster.net

The Forecaster is a division of the Sun Media Group.

The Forecaster is a weekly newspaper covering community news of Greater Portland in four editions: Portland Edition; Northern Edition covering Falmouth, Cumberland,

Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Chebeague Island and Freeport; Southern Edition covering news of South Portland, Scarborough, and Cape Elizabeth; Mid-Coast Edition covering

the news of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Harpswell

President - David CostelloPublisher - Karen Rajotte WoodEditor - Mo MehlsakSports Editor - Michael HofferStaff Reporters - Will Graff, Will Hall, David Harry, Alex Lear, Dylan MartinNews Assistant - Noah Hurowitz Contributing Photographers - Paul Cunningham, Roger S. Duncan, Diane Hudson, Keith Spiro, Jason VeilleuxContributing Writers - Scott Andrews, Edgar Allen Beem, Orlando Delogu, Abby Diaz, Halsey Frank, Mike Langworthy, Perry B. Newman, David TreadwellClassifieds, Customer Service - Catherine GoodenowAdvertising - Janet H. Allen, John Bamford, Charles GardnerProduction Manager - Suzanne PiecuchDistribution/Circulation Manager - Bill McCarthy

Advertising Deadline is Friday noon preceding publication.

The UniversalNotebook

Edgar Allen Beem

It’s nobody’s fault but our own

As America attempts to come to terms with health-care reform, the national debt, immigration reform, climate change and the epidemic of gun violence, the fault lines that threaten a more perfect union are becoming pretty darn obvious. They run along cultural divides, geographic borders, philosophical differences, personal attitudes and partisan boundaries.

Here’s the way I see the Great American Fault Lines running, sometimes as broad chasms that separate the radical few from the moderate many, but mostly as hairline fractures that may eventually develop into social disintegration if we don’t find a way of mending them.

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

Democrat/Republican.Blue/Red.Black/White.Brown/White.Yellow/White.Green/White.Left/Right.Right/Wrong.Pro/Con.Yes/No.More/Less.Friend/Foe.North/South.East/West.Coast/Interior.Public/Private.Many/Few.Community/Self.Social/Anti-social.Common Good/Personal Gain.Generosity/Selfishness.Collaboration/Competition.Revenue/Expenses.Assistance/Welfare.Flexible/Inflexible.Compromise/Combat.Consensus/Confrontation.Solutions/Victories.Individuals/Corporations.Diversity/UniformityInclusive/Exclusive.Together/Separate.Female/Male.Young/Old.Now/Then.

NY/NH.Progress/Regress.Progressive/Conservative.Gender equity/Male chauvinism.Equal opportunity/Old boys.Multicultural/Xenophobic.LGBT/Homophobic.Open/Closed.Democracy/Dogma.Pro-choice/Pro-life.Poor/Rich.Labor/Management.Workers/Investors.Environment/Economy.People/Profits.People/Property.Sustainability/Profitability.Conservation/Exploitation.Local/Global.ALEC/Agenda 21.International/National.Patriotism/Nationalism.Complex/Simple.Rational/Irrational.Evolution/Creationism.Science/Religion.Ecumenical/Parochial.Causes/Symptoms.Affirmation/Denial.Michelle O./Michele B.NY Times/NY Post.Wash. Post/Wash. Times.MSNBC/Fox.Matthews/Limbaugh.MoveOn/Tea Party.

NPR/NRA.Huffington/Drudge.Soccer/Wrestling.Real/Phony.Rock/Country.Soros/Koch.Sanders/Paul.Biden/Ryan.MLK/Ayn RandPeace/War.Love/Hate.Hope/Fear.Freedom/License.Rights/Privileges.Fair/Foul.Reform/Punish.Compassion/Condemnation.Right/Might.Tax/Spend.Surplus/Deficit.Chomsky/Norquist.Doves/Hawks.Frog/Toad.*Clooney/Eastwood.Marr/Miller.Springsteen/Nugent.Preppies/Preppers.True/False.Fact/Fiction.Laws/Guns.Gun control/Gun controlled.Open arms/Concealed carry.Future/Past.Life/Death.*Frog/Toad included to see if you were paying attention.

Columns welcomeWe encourage readers to submit Forecaster Forum op-ed columns. Forum columns are limited to 700 words. Writers should display an authoritative knowledge on the subject on which they are commenting. Columns must be exclu-sive to The Forecaster for publication. Writers are restricted to one published column every six months. We reserve the right to edit for accuracy, clarity, and civility.To propose an op-ed, or for more information, contact Mo Mehlsak at 781-3661 ext. 107 or [email protected].

language would “confuse” the voters, who then might vote against the project.

Regardless of the council’s failure to clarify the facts, there are risks that before 2030, the TIF account may be insufficient, and there will be increased property taxes and/or reduction or elimination of municipal services to cover the shortfall. Voters need to be aware of these risks.

M. Roberts HuntFalmouth

King for Falmouth Town Council

I am writing to support the candidacy of Claudia King for Falmouth Town Council. As a member of the town’s Recycling and Energy Advisory Committee, of which Claudia is a chair, I’ve come to know her as a passionate and dedicated citizen and environmental steward who tirelessly “fights the good fight” for the benefit of both our town and our natural world. She seems to excel in linking townspeople to solutions that make Falmouth a better place to live and work, with demonstrated service coordinating town committees, staff, businesses, leaders, nonprofit organizations and national initiatives. From her work on the Long Range Planning Committee and the town’s Comprehensive Plan, to founding Cool Fal-mouth and the Falmouth Green Ribbon Commission, Claudia is fully engaged in civil service and will work hard as a councilor to support Falmouth’s continued economic and residential growth while preserving its natural assets.

Michelle LambFalmouth

Lettersfrom page 10


9:00am-2:00pm Saturday, May 11Falmouth Shopping Center parking lot • Route 1, Falmouth

Itemsaccepted:Household electronics includingTV’s, computers,monitors (includingkeyboardand mouse), printers, scanners, DVD players, VCR’s, radios, stereos, microwave ovens, batteries, cellphones, game consoles, cords, circuit boards, digital picture frames, etc.

NOappliances (ovens, washer/dryers, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.) fluorescentbulbs, thermometers, thermostats

CASHDONATIONS TO FALMOUTH ROTARY REQUESTEDThanks to our sponsors: CPRC Group, LameyWellehan Shoes, Marsh Insurance Agency, Norway Savings Bank

ELECTRONICS RECYCLING COLLECTIONDAYRecycle Your Unwanted or Broken Electronics! Town residency not required!

Falmouth Rotary Club Presents

2 DAYS, 6 KITCHENSLOADS OF INSPIRATION!

EACH KITCHEN WILL FEATURE A CHEF,COOKBOOK AUTHOR, COOKING DEMO OR TASTING.

PRESENTED BY:

andMARCY BOYNTON EVENTS

MEDIA PARTNER:

Distinctive Tile& Design

SPONSORED BY:

KITCHENTOURP O R T L A N D

FRI & SAT MAY 10 & 1110:00AM-4:00PM

TICKETS $25 ONLINE$30 AT THE DOOR

portlandkitchentour.com

[email protected]

[email protected]

LIKE US TO GET ALL THE LATEST TOUR INFORMATION!

continued page 13

Falmouth arrests

4/20 at 1:44 p.m. Keith J. Bragg, 41, of Main Street, Monmouth, was arrested on Route 1 by Officer Kenneth Walberg on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license.

Summonses4/20 at 10:25 p.m. A 16-year-old male, of Falmouth, was issued a summons on Gray Road by Patrolman Daniel Austin on charges of illegal transportation of drugs by a minor and sale and use of drug paraphernalia.

Fire calls4/19 at 10:40 a.m. Accident with injuries on Blackstrap Road.4/19 at 1:44 p.m. Alarm call on Route 1.4/19 at 5:55 p.m. Unpermitted burn on Hemlock Lane.4/20 at 11:33 a.m. Structural fire on Surrey Lane.4/21 at 5:52 p.m. Alarm call on Foreside Road.4/21 at 7:09 p.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Stormy Brook Lane.4/24 at 5:22 p.m. Structural fire on Carroll Street.4/24 at 10:42 p.m. Structural fire on Long-woods Road.

EmSFalmouth emergency medical services re-sponded to 27 calls from April 19-26.

Yarmouth arrests

4/28 at 1:37 p.m. Dennis R. Junkins, 22, of Baywood Lane, was arrested on Baywood Lane by Officer Kevin Pedersen on a charge of aggravated assault.

Summonses4/25 at 2:42 p.m. Nathanial A. Veilleux, 25, of Hamel Street, Lewiston, was issued a sum-mons on Gilman Road by Officer Amie Rapa on a charge of operating without a license.

Fire calls4/21 at 12:25 p.m. Hazardous materials on Cousins Street.4/22 at 7:18 p.m. Power line down on East Main Street4/24 at 11:19 p.m. Hazardous materials on Bluff Road.4/25 at 10:28 p.m. Fire alarm on Bartlett Circle.4/27 at 7:58 p.m. Structure fire on Acorn Circle.

EmSYarmouth emergency medical services re-sponded to 22 calls from April 22-28.

FrEEport arrests

4/23 at 1:15 p.m. Donald P. Reed, 51, of Augusta Road, Bowdoin, was arrested at Route 1 and Allen Range Road by Officer


Tent Rentals• Wedding Receptions• Corporate Events• Tent Sales• Lawn Parties• Sporting Events

Maine Bay Canvaswww.mainebaycanvas.com [email protected]

878-8888free quotes

53 Industrial WayPortland

1-800-287-8887Prompt Friendly Service

Awnings• Commercial• Residential• Deck Treatments• Retractable Awnings• NEW Roller Shades

Mark R. Hammond Associates, Inc.Audiology and Hearing Aid Services

(Evening andWeekend Appointments Available)

222 Auburn Street · Suite 1GPortland, ME 04103 www.mrhassociates.com

207.797.8255 (ext. 101)

40 million Americanssuffer from hearing loss...

Call for your courtesy hearing check

TOWN OF FALMOUTHThe Town of Falmouth is having its annual spring leaf bag collection

program. Collection dates for the bags are as follows:

Friday, May 10thFriday, May 24th

!!Be sure to place bags out at the curb by 7:00 a.m.!!

Leaf bags are available in quantities of 15 per Falmouth resident (while supplies last), and canbe obtained at the Public Works Building, 101 Woods Road.

Leaf bags are for leaves only. Please do not put brush in the leaf bags.

REMINDER: The Town of Falmouth no longer does a spring or fall brushcollection. However, brush is accepted at the Transfer Station.

Transfer Station hours are: Tuesday and Thursday 12:00 pm-4:00 pm,Friday 7:00 am-5:00 pm, Saturday 9:00 am-5:00 pm.

MAY BED SALEGOING ON NOW

BedTime atChilton’s

Made in AmericaAmericainMade AmericainMade

FREEPORT 207-865-4308 • SCARBOROUGH 207-883-3366 www . c h i l t o n s . c o m

Your new bed is waiting —on sale at Chilton Furniture. Save onShaker, Arts & Crafts, Cottage-style, and platform beds. Needmore drawer space? Save on tallboys, dressers and chests. Shopearly: he who snoozeth, looseth.

RummageSale

for French School of MaineSaturday, may 48:00am – 2:00pm99 South Freeport Rd., FreeportLittle bit of something for everyone!

615-5577

[email protected]

References Provided

Locally Owned/OperatedFully Insured

Using “Green Products”

Roofing, Siding, Decks, Windows,Fences, Stone Patios, Pool Aprons

Residential & CommercialPressureWashing

from previous page

Brandon Paxton on an outstanding warrant from another agency.4/25 at 7:41 a.m. James W. Huff, 30, of Ve-ronica Lane, was arrested on Veronica Lane by Officer Thomas Gabbard on an outstanding warrant from another agency.

Summonses4/23 at 3:45 p.m. Kathleen Scott, 49, of Claypits Road, Scarborough, was issued a summons on Main Street by Officer Paul Chenevert on a charge of theft by unauthor-ized taking or transfer (shoplifting).4/25 at 7:16 a.m. Carl Brawn, III, 33, of Gay Drive, was issued a summons on Gay Drive by Officer Thomas Gabbard on a charge of having an unlicensed dog.4/27 at 9:14 a.m. Zachary R. Bowie, 23, of Bowdoinham Road, Lisbon Falls, was issued a summons at Wardtown and Lunt roads by Officer Thomas Gabbard on a charge of being a habitual motor vehicle offender.4/29 at 12:46 p.m. Marguerite Flynn, 36, of Webster Road, was issued a summons on Webster Road by Officer Keith Norris on a charge of operating with a suspended registration.

Fire calls4/27 at 6:48 a.m. Fire alarm on Main Street.4/28 at 3:06 p.m. Brush fire on Lewiston Road.

EMSFreeport emergency medical services re-sponded to 22 calls from April 22-29.

ChEbEaguE arrests

No arrests or summonses were reported from April 22-29.

CuMbErland arrests

4/22 at 7:30 p.m. Jonathan Sonia, 35, of Bucksport Road, Ellsworth, was arrested by Officer Antonio Ridge on Thomas Drive on a charge of violation of conditions of release, and issued a summons on a charge of driving to endanger.

Summonses4/19 at 6:01 a.m. Harry Stilphen, 51, of Maine Street, Poland, was issued a summons by Officer Chris Woodcock on Gray Road on a charge of operating after suspension.4/23 at 4:52 p.m. Amanda Griffin, 21, of Portland, was issued a summons by Officer Antonio Ridge on a charge of operating after suspension.

Fire calls4/19 at 12:51 p.m. Fire alarm sounding on Sky View Drive.4/23 at 9:44 a.m. Fire drill on Tuttle Road.4/23 at 4:10 p.m. Smoke investigation on Woody Creek Lane.4/23 at 5:39 p.m. Propane issue in residence on Arcadian Lane.4/23 at 7:26 p.m. Permitted burn check on Sullivan Drive.4/24 at 11:56 p.m. Smoke detector issue on Middle Road.4/25 at 5:26 p.m. Structure fire on Maine Turnpike.4/25 at 6:37 p.m. Fire alarm sounding on Hawthorne Court.

EMSCumberland emergency medical services responded to eight calls from April 19-25.

north YarMouth arrests

No arrests or summonses were reported from April 22-28.

Fire calls4/28 at 10:47 a.m. Fire alarm on Snow Hook Trail.

EMSNorth Yarmouth emergency medical services responded to one call from April 22-28.

Call 1-800-WE PREVENT and we’llsend you a free booklet on howyou and your community can keepkids away from crime and crimeaway from kids.

It takes you—and programs that work.

This kid’sbeing sentenced

to life.

A good one.

© 1999, National Crime Prevention Council


Rate APY*Starting Rate: 0.50% 0.50% APY

As of:

Step-UpCDStarts high.

Goes higher.

Watch your CD rate climb with thisCertificate of Deposit that lets youWITHDRAW all your money at anytime WITH NO PENALTY!

This Step-Up CD rate increases everynine months -- automatically. Rates areguaranteed when you open your CDand your deposit is fully insured. There’snever a surprise.

Open your Step-Up CD today!Stop by or call 1-800-499-8401.

*Annual Percentage Yield (APY) accurate as of 4/25/13. Rates subject to change without notice. All rates guaranteedwhen account is opened. $10,000 minimum to open and earn stated rate. No penalty withdrawals for total principleand interest; no partial withdrawals. Membership required - simply keep $25 in regular share (savings) account. CDmatures 1/30/2016.

Step-UpCD

Maine’s Oldest Credit UnionThe Value Choice of Members Since 1921

Bangor945-4284

Portland854-6000

Westbrook854-6000

Kennebunk467-4614

Arundel571-1753

Earnfrom

to5 *0.50 1.51

11/1/13 0.75% 0.75% APY

8/1/14 1.00% 1.01% APY

5/1/15 1.50% 1.51% APY

Innova Science Diet Blue Buffalo Multi Pet Precise

Iams Nutro Merrick Steves Natures Variety Wellness

Taste

ofthe

Wild

Earth

born

Natur

alBa

lance

...an

dMore

! Wysong

SolidGoldCaliforniaNatural

Does your pet stillhave fleas after tryingeverything? We haveSeresto. It works whereothers have failed.

177 Lower Main St.Freeport, ME 04032

207-865-6484 ph • petpantry.com

204 US Rte 1Falmouth, ME 04105207-781-6550 ph

Locally owned, neighborhood pet stores, and dogs always welcome.

Wide selectionof pet

related gifts!

Obituaries

Obituaries policyObituaries are news stories, compiled, written and edited by The Forecaster staff. There is no charge for publication, but obituary information must be provided or confirmed by a funeral home or mortuary. Our preferred method for receiving obituary information is by email to [email protected], although faxes to 781-2060 are also acceptable. The deadline for obituaries is noon Monday the week of publication.

Arthur Emile Frederiksen, 85: Dedicated to FalmouthFALMOUTH – Arthur Emile Frederik-

sen, 85, died April 24 at Gosnell Memo-rial Hospice House in Scarborough after a brief illness.

Frederiksen was born May 13, 1927 in Portland, the fourth son of Oscar and Agnes Fredriksen. He grew up in Port-land, attending Saint Dominic’s School. In his youth, family summer outings were spent at Wildwood Park in Cumberland. The family moved to Falmouth in the late 1930s. He graduated from Falmouth High School in 1944 and was inducted into the U.S. Army after graduation, spending 19 months in Kansas and Puerto Rico with the 18th Cavalry Horse and Tank Division. He was also trained as a radio operator.

Frederiksen was employed by South-worth Machine, Pratt Whitney, Brownell Twine, and Grand View Retreat Center. He spent 27 years as a professional photographer in East Haddam, Conn., and continued his interest in photogra-phy until the end of his life. At age 54 he obtained his pilot’s license, a long term dream of his. Upon his retirement in 1995, he moved from Connecticut to Falmouth.

He was very active in the Falmouth community, serving on committees in-cluding library, conservation, building the new police department and renovation of the fire department, and the Veterans’ Monument. Frederiksen was selected as the Falmouth Citizen of the Year in 2003. He was also a member of the Sons of Norway and a volunteer at Maine Medical Center Radiation Department for three years.

His passion was the American Legion Post No. 164 in Falmouth. He was post

commander from 2001 to 2003 and was elected Maine Legionnaire of the Year in 2003. He was post manager for several years, concentrating on post activities and rentals, and was instrumental in set-ting up the Memorial Day parade for the past 11 years.

Frederiksen is survived by his children, Debra Curran, of Portland, Conn., and Arthur Fredriksen of Middlefield, Conn.; his two grandchildren, Hayley Frederik-sen and Kelly Curran.

He is also survived by his nieces, Dorothy and Carol Fredriksen, of Fal-mouth, Patricia Cucinotti, of North Bil-lerica, Mass., and Nancy MacDonald, of Hooksett, N.H.; and his nephews, Donald Fredriksen, of Falmouth, and Michael Fredriksen, of Plymouth, Mass.

Frederiksen had lived in Falmouth with Donald, Dorothy and Carol Fredrik-sen, and his family wishes to thank Diane Moore and Arthur Schade for their friendship, and John Reardon for chauffeuring Frederiksen these past few months.

A Mass of Christian Burial was cel-ebrated Wednesday at Holy Martyrs Catholic Church in Falmouth. Burial was in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Yarmouth, followed by an open house at the American Legion Post No. 164.

The family suggests donations in Frederiksen’s memory to the American Legion Post No. 164, 65 Depot Road, Falmouth, ME 04105.

Anne Egan, 86FREEPORT — Anne Egan, 86, died

Sunday afternoon after a brief but feisty fight with cancer.

She lived in New York, N.Y., much of her life, working in Manhattan in the Chrysler Building for Texas Oil Co. She spoke fondly of that experience her entire life.

She married Edward F. Egan, of

the Bronx, in 1952 in New York City. She and her family moved to Florida in the late 1970s, where she resided until 2004, when she moved to Maine to be closer to family. She adored her eight grandchildren and four great-grandchil-dren. Sharing time with her family was her brightest time and she relished visits from many of them traveling to Maine to see “Nanni.”

A devout Catholic her entire life, Egan asked for and was generous with prayers on all occasions. Her Irish wit and Depression-era upbringing matched well with an extroverted personality. She loved to entertain guests at her home, and lived independently until she was 86.

She is survived by three sons, Edward Egan Jr., of Port Orange Fla., Tim Egan, of Dover, Del., and John Egan, of Free-port. She was preceded in death by her sister, Helen, in 2009; her husband of 51 years, Eddie, in 2003; and her brothers, William, in 1984, and Frank, in 1943.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church in Freeport. Burial will be May 11 in Florida.

Berla Avis Allen, 90FREEPORT — Berla Avis Allen, 90,

of Freeport, died April 23, surrounded by her loving family.

She was born Sept. 6, 1922, in Calais, to John Patrick and Berla Avis O’Neill. She was an indepen-dent woman who was proud of her Scottish and Irish heritages. Her father died when she was 11, and her mother took over his job as school janitor to support her eight children. In the Great Depression, Allen went to work to help provide for her younger siblings. She washed dishes at Gem Restaurant, and clerked at Woolworths and J.J. Newberry. In 1939, she graduated from Calais Acad-emy, managed the Mary Jane Restaurant and met her future husband, Kenneth “Diddy” Allen.

They were married at his church, the Milltown Baptist Church, on March 5, 1941. Their daughter, Jacqueline, was born the next June. The U.S. Navy sent Diddy Allen to the South Pacific during World War II and Berla Allen stayed in Calais with their daughter until the war

ended. After the war, jobs were hard to find in Calais, so the family moved to Freeport, where Berla Allen’s sister was living. Allen worked as a waitress, and their daughter, Kim, was born in 1957. The Allens became active in the commu-nity and considered Freeport as their new hometown. Both girls graduated from Freeport High School.

Allen and her husband were insepa-rable. He played town team baseball and had a band. She attended all his games and the dances where she loved to hear him play guitar and sing. She was an avid Red Sox fan and also cheered for the Celtics. She knew the players and was anxious to tell you whether they were any good or not. She enjoyed Sunday after-noon dinners with her grandchildren. She and her husband spent several winters in Florida after they retired. Once active in Eastern Star, in later years, she at-tended church services at Congregational churches in Durham and North Yarmouth.

She was predeceased by all her siblings and in 2005 by her husband.

Allen is survived by her daughters, Jacqueline Brown, of Pownal, and Kim Merrill, and her husband, Lincoln, of North Yarmouth; her grandchildren, Eric Brown, and his wife, Melanie, of South Carolina, Kevin Brown, of Pownal, Er-inn Tardiff, and her husband, Heath, of North Yarmouth, Tara Merrill, and her fiance, Dustin Goodell, of Yarmouth, and Chelsey Merrill, of North Yarmouth. She is also survived by six great-grand-children, Cameron, Morgan, Taylor, and Tyson Brown, Haley Brown, and her fi-ancee, Eric Christie, and Allyson Tardiff.

A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Parish Congrega-tional Church, 422 Hallowell Road in Pownal. A reception will follow in the church hall. Burial will be in the Burr Cemetery in Freeport at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in Allen’s memory to First Parish Congregational Church, 422 Hal-lowell Road, Pownal, ME 04069.

Frederiksen

Egan

Allen


PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FREEPORT MUNICIPAL BUDGET FOR FISCALYEAR 2014 WILL BE HELD IN THE FREEPORT TOWN HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS,ON MAY 21ST, 2013 AT 6:30 P.M., AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 6.05OF THE TOWN CHARTER.

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET AS COMPAREDTO THE FISCAL YEAR 2013 FOLLOWS:

* Due to the formation of Regional School Unit No. 5, the school’sbudget will no longer be included as part of the municipal budget.

Copies of the proposed budget may be obtained at the office of theTown Clerk, the Freeport Community Library, or online atwww.freeportmaine.com.

Peter Joseph, Town Manager

Town of Freeport - FY 2014 BudgetSummary of Revenues and Expenditures with Proposed Tax Rates

Proposed 04/23/2013

Revenue FY 2013Budget

FY 2014Budget

$ Change % Change

Non-Property Tax $ 3,296,032 $ 3,453,027 $ 156,995 4.76%Property Tax $ 5,619,140 $ 5,714,742 $ 95,602 1.70%Use of Fund Balance $ 500,000 $ 500,000 $ - 0.00%Transfer from Library Lease $ 175,000 $ 175,000 $ - 0.00%

Total Revenue $ 9,590,172 $ 9,842,769 $ 252,597 2.63%

Expenditures

General Government $ 1,336,958 $ 1,416,267 $ 79,309 5.93%Protection and Enforcement $ 2,249,458 $ 2,321,593 $ 72,135 3.21%Health and Welfare $ 129,355 $ 103,757 $ ( 25, 598) (19.79%)Public Works/Solid Waste $ 2,065,001 $ 2,322,956 $ 257,955 12.49%Library $ 376,311 $ 412,926 $ 36,615 9.73%Unclassified $ 1,828,063 $ 1,838,566 $ 10,503 0.57%Debt Service $ 372,339 $ 190,428 $ ( 181, 911) (48.86%)County Tax $ 831,619 $ 858,284 $ 26,665 3.21%Human Service Agencies $ 43,200 $ 38,200 $ (5,000) (11.57%)Bustins Island $ 172,000 $ 172,000 $ - 0.00%Community Center Building $ 40,000 $ 40,000 $ - 0.00%Abatements $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ - 0.00%FEDC $ - $ - $ -EcoMaine Contribution $ 120,868 $ 102,792 $ ( 18, 076) (14.96%)

Total Expenditures $ 9,590,172 $ 9,842,769 $ 252,597 2.63%

County Projected Tax Mil Rate $ 0.68Municipal Projected Tax Mil Rate $ 4.12

BudgET HEaRing

Call our friendly staff tosee if we deliver in yourarea!

Delivering and

Servicing Propan

e!

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICETOWN OF FALMOUTH

The Town of Falmouth will hold a publichearing on Monday, May 13, 2013

at the Falmouth Town Hall,Council Chambers at 7:00 pm.

This is a public hearing relative toparking restrictions on Mariner Lane.

Ellen PlanerTown Clerk

Recognition

The Associated General Contractors of America awarded Freeport-based CPM Constructors with a 2013 Build America Award for new municipal and utility con-struction at AGC’s 94th annual convention March 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. CPM

won for its construction of the first phase of Ocean Renewable Power Company’s Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project in Lubec and Eastport, the first commercial, grid-connected tidal energy project to be built in the U.S.

Jonathan W. Brogan, of Norman, Han-son & DeTroy, has been named a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society. Membership is limited to 3,500 fellows, representing fewer than one-half of 1 percent of American lawyers. Cape Elizabeth resident Brogan is the chairman of the Portland-based Norman Hanson & DeTroy litigation practice group and has

been a trial attorney for more than 20 years. He concentrates his practice in the trial of complex cases in personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice and commer-cial matters.

Vicki Kennedy, of RE/MAX Oceanside, in Cape Elizabeth, was awarded the Certi-fied Luxury Home Marketing Specialist Designation from The Institute for Luxury Home Marketing. The institute offers train-ing, special professional designations and marketing tools for agents who specialize in fine home and estate properties, and has members on four continents. Kennedy has provided residential real estate services to the Greater Portland area for more than 13 years with a focus on the luxury home mar-ket. Kennedy is on the board of directors

for the Greater Portland Board of Realtors, president-elect of the Women’s Council of Realtors, and a director on the Maine Real Estate Resource Center, and has been a member of the Junior League of Portland since 1998.

Marc Gup, an associate broker with Keller Williams Realty in Portland, was named the top producing individual agent of the 252 company agents at the com-pany’s annual awards ceremony. Gup had sales in 2012 of $12 million.

Portland-based lawyer Jay S. Geller was inducted as a fellow of the American Col-lege of Bankruptcy in a ceremony at the Smithsonian Institute Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture

MAY

See our campus, meet our faculty, and find the program that fitsyour budget, schedule, and goals. Check out what our currentProfessional Certificate and MFA students are working on, andchat with our instructors about what you’d like to achieve. JOIN US!

MAY 8, 1-4PM70 CAMDEN STREET, ROCKPORT

OPEN HOUSEPROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN VISUAL STORYTELLING AND MFA DEGREE

WWW.MAINEMEDIA.EDU

continued page 17


We treat all petemergencies, 24/7

MaineVeterinary Referral Center in ScarboroughMAINE

VETERINARYREFERRAL CENTER

Emergencyand Specialty

Hospital

Add this number to your cell phone

207.885.1290maineveterinar yreferralcenter.com

Walk-inswelcome

ATasteforM

odernism

(207) 775-6148 | portlandmuseum.org

© The Museum of Modern Art, New York.The William S. Paley Collection.

May 2–September 8, 2013

Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954),Seated Woman with a Vase ofAmaryllis (detail), 1941, oil oncanvas, 13 x 16 1/8 inches. TheMuseum of Modern Art, New York.The William S. Paley Collection

The exhibition is organized by The Museum of ModernArt, New York. The Portland Museum of Art presentationis generously supported by George & Eileen Gillespie andIsabelle & Scott Black. Corporate sponsorship is providedby Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and U.S. Trust. Mediasupport is provided by Portland Press Herald/MaineSunday Telegram, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, andWGME 13. This exhibition is supported by an indemnityfrom the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

fromDistinctive Eye Wear &NEW Distortion-Free LensestoEconoEyeglasses starting at $59

Eye Care & Eye Wear Center of Maine151 Main Street, Westbrook (Brighton Ave.)

854-1801 • www.eyecareofmaine.com

Eyeglasses for every occasion...and budget!

Send us your newsPeople & Business is compiled by

our news assistant, Noah Hurowitz, who can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 115. Announcements should be e-mailed to [email protected].

in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was presided over by D.J. Baker, chairman of the college. Geller was one of 39 nominees who were honored and recognized for their professional excellence and exceptional contributions to the law fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.

The Institute for Civic Leadership has recognized Jeffrey K. Jordan as Distin-guished Alumnus for 2013. Jordan accepted his award and spoke at the April 5 induction of this year’s ICL Upsilon Leadership In-tensive Class at the Freeport Hilton Garden Inn. He will also speak at ICL’s 20th An-niversary Celebration Thursday at Ocean Gateway in Portland. Jordan is deputy director of the Mid Coast Regional Rede-velopment Authority, which is responsible for the reuse master plans for Brunswick Naval Air Station and the Topsham Annex.

New Hires, Promotions and Appointments

The Policy Committee of the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Sys-tem elected new leadership for the com-ing year. Portland City Councilor David Marshall has been elected chairperson and Saco City Councilor David Tripp, has been elected vice chairperson. Both will serve through June 2014.

Gorham resident David Hamilton has been elected a vice president of Clark In-surance by the agency’s board of directors. Hamilton, a graduate of Husson College, is a stockholder in the agency and leads the employee benefits group. He has more than 25 years of experience in the life and health insurance business and was president of Hamilton & Associates before selling his business to Clark Insurance. He was also president of the southern Maine chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and treasurer and vice president of Maine for the association’s state board of directors.

John R. Nelson, vice president and chief financial officer at Wright-Pierce, was appointed as the 2013-2014 chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies Tax and Regulatory Affairs Committee. Nelson’s term began during the ACEC annual convention, April 21-24 in Washington, D.C., where he was a panelist for the seminar “The Impact of Tax Reform on A/E Firms.”

Fluid Imaging Technologies, Inc., manu-facturer and global exporter of the Flow-CAM imaging particle analyzer, hired Abel Plaud, of Portland, as laboratory and technical customer support technician at the firm’s Yarmouth, headquarters. Prior to joining Fluid Imaging Technologies, Plaud worked as a park ranger at the National Park Service at Acadia National Park. Ken-

nebunk resident Kevin Grogan was hired as production manager. Prior to joining Fluid Imaging Technologies, Grogan was a fabrication supervisor at Westinghouse Electric in Newington, N.H., and a senior operations manager at Idexx Laboratories in Westbrook.

Timothy A. Kearins has been named a partner at Casco Bay Eyecare in South Portland, where he has practiced optometry since 2007. A graduate of Gettysburg Col-lege, he received his doctor of optometry degree from the State University of New York College of Optometry. Kearins is the vice president of the Maine Optometric As-sociation and is a member of the American Optometric Association.

New Initiatives

Family Hope, a new Maine nonprofit, launched FamilyHopeMe.org to help people searching for resources in Maine to help

someone with a mental illness. The website provides information, links and a hotline number to call for immediate guidance. There is also information on dealing with the police and how to remain safe during a crisis. For more information, email [email protected] or call 396-4313.

New Locations

Cape Elizabeth resident Melora Gregory has relocated her yoga and Yamuna body rolling studio to 408 Broadway, South Portland.

from previous page


BOAT SHOW & OPEN HOUSE

“The Family Boating Marina on Sebago Lake”633 White’s Bridge Road • Windham, ME • 207-892-4913

www.richardsonsby.comDiscounts/Rebates • FREE Extended Warranties • FREE Safety Packages

• FREE Season Ramp Pass • 10% OFF ALL ACCESSORIES!• Door Prizes & Refreshments • FREE On The Water Instruction Ask Dealer for Details

SLIPSAVAILABLE!

2 DAYS ONLY! MAY 4-5Saturday 9am-4pm • Sunday 10am-3pm

COMETEST

DRIVETHE BEST!Try Before You Buy! Try Before You Buy! No Demos on PWC

Try Before You Buy!

Try Before You Buy!

ComeTestDriveTheBest!

A LArge SeLection of 2013 BoAtSWiLL Be in the WAter for Demo riDeS!

Providing yachtand boat insurance

throughoutNew Englandand beyond

366 US Route 1, Falmouth, ME 04105 • 207-781-5553 (800) 370-1883www.smithwick-ins.com

With unequaled experience and service, combinedwith competitive rates through our strong relationships

with the finest marine insurers including:

Acadia One Beacon Middleoak Travelers/St. Paul MOACGreat American ACE Chubb Old United IMU and many others

Coverage available for pleasure boats/yachts, commercial vessels,marine contractors, boatyards, marinas, boat builders and more.

“ ”

The lightest 200-hp four strokeon the market

2.8L displacement and Variable CamshaftTiming give it the best power-to-weight ratio

of any 200-hp four stroke

Nearly 120 pounds lighter thanour four-stroke V6 F200

Show the water who’s boss with the new F200 In-Line Four. Incredibly light, responsiveand fuel efficient, it serves up plenty of muscle to handily propel a variety of boats. On topof that, its 50-amp alternator offers the power to add a range of electronics, and its 26-inchmounting centers and compatibility with either mechanical or digital controls give you theflexibility to easily upgrade your outboard or rigging. Experience legendaryYamaha reliabilityand the freedom of forward thinking, with the all-new F200 In-Line Four.

THE ALL-NEW F200 IN-LINE FOUR.

FORWARDTHINKING.

OPEN HOUSE

Date: May 18 Both locations- Brunswick and Freeport

*Deals on Pioneer Boat Packages• Pioneer Sea Trials

• Free Spring Boat prep bags• Seminar on Ethanol Fuel Treatment

• Free fuel treatment kitto first 25 people attending seminar

• Free Raffle items

450 Bath Road, Brunswick443-6277

353 U.S Route One, Freeport869-4007

Check Out Our Ship’s Store846-9577 • 307 Bayview St., Yarmouth,ME 04096 • [email protected]

spring is intheair!Repower with Mercury outboards from 2 1/2hp to 150hp.

All In-Stock motors are NOW ON SALE!!!outboards in stock and on sale.

certified sales, installation and service.

royal river BoatSpring commissioning supplies are also ON SALE!!

Visit the ships’ store for what you need.

Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning on your boatGas-powered boat engines produce car-

bon monoxide, or CO, a colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that can prove fatal to humans. People exposed to high concen-trations of CO over a short period of time can die from that exposure, as can people exposed to lower concentrations of CO over a longer period of time.

No one gets on a boat expecting to be poisoned by CO. But CO can build up on a boat rather quickly, and because it has no color, odor or taste, boaters and their passengers may be inhaling CO without knowing it. To protect themselves from CO poisoning, those who plan to go boating should learn to recognize the symptoms of CO exposure and react to their pres-ence as quickly as possible. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common symptoms

of CO exposure and poisoning include: • headache • dizziness

• weakness • nausea• vomiting • chest pain• confusionMany of the symptoms of CO poison-

ing are also indicative of seasickness, so boaters and their passengers exhibiting any of the aforementioned symptoms should consider that they might be suffering from seasickness, which is not nearly as risky to a person’s overall health as CO poisoning.

In addition to learning about CO, boat owners should take steps to prevent CO poi-soning on their boats. At the onset of each boating season and before each trip, inspect

your boat’s CO detector to make sure it is working properly. When it is, the detector will alert boat owners and their passengers to elevated levels of CO in the cabin. Boat owners should keep a brand new backup detector on their boat so they won’t have to cancel a trip should they arrive at their boat only to find out their existing detector is not functioning properly.

In addition to installing and maintaining your CO detector, the CDC recommends the following preventive measures to re-duce you and your passengers’ risk of CO poisoning.

• Swim and play away from areas where engines vent their exhaust.• Keep a watchful eye on children when they play on rear swim decks or water platforms.

• Do not block exhaust outlets. When such outlets are blocked, CO can build up in the cabin and the cockpit.• Do not dock or anchor within 20 feet of another boat that is running an engine or generator because exhaust from nearby vessels can send CO into the boat’s cabin or cockpit.Preventing CO exposure and poisoning

also involves teaching passengers to recog-nize its symptoms. It’s easy for boaters to get distracted when hosting passengers on their boats, so make sure passengers know how to recognize potential CO issues. Keep a list of exposure symptoms in an accessible common area on your boat so passengers can familiarize themselves and recognize any potential problems that might arise.

A case of CO poisoning can quickly turn a relaxing day on the boat into an emergen-cy situation. Boat owners owe it to them-selves and their passengers to take preven-tive measures to ensure no one is exposed to or poisoned by CO while out on the water.


RESERVE DOCKAGE NOW• Best Location in the Harbor• Prime Boat Slips Available

• Full Service Fuel Dock• Marine supplies/Bait/Ice/Beer

• Restaurant on Site• Dinghy Dock in the Old Port

231 FRONT ST. SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE207-767-4729

www.sunset-marina.com

SUNSET MARINA

Got??

WE DO!...and we won’t be undersold

Come seeus at

Kennebunkport

Marina too!72 Lafayette Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096

(207) 846-9050 Fax (207) 847-9390 [email protected]

www.yarmouthboatyard.com 888-401-4581

Come See All the Brands

Features Included:• 34” Leaning Post Livewell/Baitwell• Raw Water Washdown• Upgrade to Battery Wiring package for

(2) Batteries• Flush Mount Rod Holder (pair)• Ritchie Compass - Flush Mount w/3’ Card• 2 Tier Stern Rail• Shoreland’r Trailer - Model SLRBZ314• Motor Options: 90hp, 135hp or 150hp

*Shown with 135HP Honda 4 Stroke

Regular Package Price $43,902.00 w/90hp Honda

Maritime 20 Defiant

$35,000.00Only $233 per month*

*With 10% down @ 3.99% APR for 15 Yrs(for qualified buyer) Add Maine state tax if applicable

400 Commercial Street • Portland, Maine 04101(207) 773-1761

[email protected] • www.gowenmarine.com

Atlantic Mooring Services25 Lunt RoadFalmouth, Maine 04105

207-781-4737atlanticmooring@yahoo.comwww.atlanticmooringservices.com

We service, sell, install, inspect and maintain: mushroom anchors granite moorings helix anchors

Our professional divers can assist with: emergency situations recovery dock anchoring systems propeller cleaning zinc replacement

Women Under SailLive Aboard Sailing Instructions - Casco Bay, Maine

For Women -- By Women, Aboard 44’ AVATRICE

e-mail: [email protected] web: www.womenundersail.com call 207-415-1606

18th

YEAR

Why Women Under Sail?Same Instructor ExperienceSame Waters = ConsistencySame Vessel Safety

Captain Sharon Renk-Greenlaw has 30 years of ocean & Great Lakes sailing experience.She would like to share her love of sailing with you.

“If you can learn to sail in Maine,you can sail anywhere.”

AlsoAlso offering • On YOUR boat instruction • Couples Classes

• Instructional Passagemaking/Deliveries

Installations Re-Wires Repairs

Marine ElectricElectronics / Trailer Wiring and Docks

Tim Carolan Jr., OwnerP 207-874-9569F 207-774-3781

P.O. Box 4714, Portland, ME 04112

Shipping Address:49 Fox Street, Portland, ME 04101

[email protected]@marinee

Marine ElectricTim Carolan Jr., Owner

P 207-874-9569F 207-774-3781

P.O. Box 4714, Portland, ME 04112

Shipping Address:49 Fox Street, Portland, ME 04101

[email protected]

How to choose a marina for your boatTaking to the seas on a boat is a recre-

ational activity enjoyed by thousands of people. Boat owners who are not able to keep their vessels on their properties due to proximity to water or space constraints must seek out a marina in which to moor their boats for the duration of the season.

There are hundreds of marinas from which to choose, and in coastal cities and towns you may be facing some difficult decisions. However, keep in mind that not all marinas will be able to offer the same level of services and amenities. Boat own-ers must also consider cost when choosing a marina. It is important to weigh your marina options carefully because once the decision has been made you often have to commit to a certain term of housing your boat there.

Certain features available at marinas will help dictate which places will make for a good match.

Size and type of boatFirst and foremost, your marina options

will be narrowed down by the type of boat that you own. Certain boatyards are simply not able to accommodate larger ships, while others are customized to certain vessels, like pontoon boats or sailboats. Knowing the limitations of the marina beforehand can help narrow down your options.

Noise levelMany people take to their boats to get

away from the hustle and bustle for a while. Others prefer the sense of camaraderie they

share with fellow boaters. Find out whether social gatherings or parties are allowed within the marina to judge if a marina will offer peace and quiet or the social hot spot you desire.

Dry dockingWhen the season is over, boat owners

prefer to take their boats out of water. Does the marina offer facilities to overwinter vessels on the same property? Are there maintenance facilities also available to ready the boat for the season? These are other questions to consider.

Electricity and water supplyMany boat owners would like a steady

supply of electricity and fresh water avail-able at their slip to charge components and

also to make cleanup easier after a day on the water. Some marinas offer electrical hookups as part of the monthly fee. Others may have it available as pay-per-use. It is important to have a list of amenities avail-able so you can narrow down your options.

Other facilitiesSome marinas have everything from a

fueling station to a club house. The marina may offer a snack bar or cafe with a WiFi signal. Each of these amenities will affect the price, so it is best to know what you ab-solutely need and what is merely a luxury.

Having a safe place to store your boat is a necessity, but marinas are not all one and the same.


If not - take advantage of our tune-up special.As former owner of Don’s Power Equip-ment andmechanic for over 20 years,no one ismore qualified towork on your equip-ment.Weprovide honest,reliable servicewith snappy turn around times.

ChangeOil andFilter • ChangeFuel Filter • ChangeAir Filter • ChangeSparkPlug • Inspect all Guards andSafetyDevices • CheckDriveBelt • CheckCrankshaft • CheckTransmissionOperation •CheckWheels • SharpenBlades

• CleanUnderDeck •Test RunEngineLawn & Garden Tractors also include:Test PTO •CheckEngineRPM’s • CheckAll Fluids • CheckBattery

Voltage •CheckTirePressure •CheckDeckLevel • Check Lights

Lawn Tractors$124.95

Push Mowers$74.95

Garden Tractors$134.95

Nomore leaving your equipment for days or weeks at a time. If we need to orderparts, you get to keep your machine until they come in!When the ordered parts

come in,we’ll go to your house again to install them.

Call 797-3920 to take advantage of our

Tune-Up Specials ...

At SnAPPy - WE COME TO yOU!

SnAPPy EQUIPMEnT SERVICE207-797-3920

643B Main StreetGorham,ME 04038

Is your mower ready to mow?

WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO BUILD

CHARACTER?OPENHOUSEMay 11

College preparatory boarding schools

Bath, Maine &Woodstock, CT n May 11 1 - 3 PMRSVP (207) 370-7101 or comevisit.hyde.edu

Discover Hyde’sSummerChallengeprogram at

hyde.edu/summer

dwellings

COME SEE OUR NEW LOOK!Enjoy 20% off all custom furniture and fabric orders!

May 6 – 20th

251 US Route One, Falmouth207-781-3711Monday – Friday 10 – 6, Saturday 10 – 5

Joel S. Doyon, D.D.S.has opened

Tory Hill DenTalNew and former patients are always welcome.

Call today to get a Sparkling Smile!

175 Narragansett Trail • Buxton, MaineLocated only 15 minutes from the Maine Mall

929-6626

Spring cleaning is not justfor your home.

Falmouth Presidential Scholar semifinalists advance to finals

Falmouth High School seniors Caroline Levy and Emma Sapat were selected as two of the approximately 550 semifinalists to advance to the final round of the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars competition. Each year, up to 141 students are named as U.S. Presidential Scholars, based on two paths of accomplishment.To be considered

for a merit scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. The majority of Scholars are selected on the basis of broad academic achievement, while about 20 additional students are selected on the basis of their academic and artistic scholarship in the visual arts, the perform-ing arts, or creative writing. From nearly 3.2 million graduating high school seniors this year, approximately 3,900 students were identified as candidates in the program.

RIT announces local dean’s list students

Anthony Hardy, of Cumberland, and Samuel Walker, Adrienne Michalakis and Thomas Walker, all of Falmouth, were named to the dean’s list at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Saturday & Sunday,May 11 & 12 at 2pm

AliceWonderland

in

OnlyTwoMatinees!

AliceWonderland

in

A Comic Ballet

MaineState

Balletisa501(c)

(3)Organization

IllustrationbyGailCso

both

A Comic Ballet

tickets.porttix.commainestateballet.org

21May 2, 2013

INSIDE

Sports RoundupPage 23

Editor’s noteIf you have a story idea, a score/cancellation to report, feedback, or any other sports-related information, feel free to e-mail us at [email protected]

BrIan Beard / For The ForecasTer

NYA’s Bryce Tetreault returns a shot during the Panthers’ loss to reigning Class C state champion Waynflete last week.

Jason VeIlleux / For The ForecasTer

The Yarmouth girls’ lacrosse team celebrates a huge victory Saturday at Scarborough. The Clippers, who lost their first two games, trailed, 6-1, at one point, but rallied to win it, 8-7, on senior Olivia Conrad’s goal in the waning seconds.

John JensenIus / For The ForecasTer

Freeport’s Kelsey Grant wins the 100 hurdles at last weekend’s regular season opening meet in Cape Elizabeth. The Falcons were first as a team.

Lacrosse Super-Six Poll

By Michael HofferWe’ll be presenting

a boys’ and a girls’ lacrosse Super-Six poll weekly through the end of the regular season, with a final poll following the state championship

games. The poll will appear Sundays at twitter.com/foresports, then in print. The poll includes teams from our core cover-age area (Cape/Scar/SP up I-295 through Freeport) and is based

solely on my opin-ion (no consultation with other media or coaches).

Girls’ Super Six1) Waynflete2) Cape Elizabeth3) Falmouth4) Yarmouth

5) Scarborough6) FreeportBoys’ Super Six1) Yarmouth2) NYA3) Cape Elizabeth4) Falmouth5) Scarborough6) Greely

Spring sports season

in full swing(Ed. Note: For the complete

Falmouth-Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth-Yarmouth, NYA-Yar-mouth, NYA-Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth-South Portland boys’ lacrosse and Falmouth-Yarmouth, Falmouth-Cape Eliza-beth, Falmouth-Marshwood, Freeport-NYA and Yarmouth-Scarborough girls’ lacrosse game stories, with box scores and additional photos, please visit theforecaster.net/section/sports.)By Michael Hoffer

The calendar has flipped to May and while summer is still several weeks away, Mother Nature has come around with increasing warmth and sunshine as the spring sports season got underway in full last week.

Local baseball, softball, la-crosse, track and tennis teams all created plenty of drama with much more to come.

Here’s a glimpse:

BaseballIf you wondered what the de-

fending Class B state champion Falmouth baseball team and its ace, senior Thomas Fortier,

would do for an encore this spring, it didn’t take long to find out.

The Yachtsmen opened in Cape Elizabeth last week and beat the Capers, 2-0, in a re-match of last year’s regional final, but the story was Fortier, who threw a no-hitter.

“I was just feeling it,” said Fortier, who did walk four hit-ters. “The game just flew by. It was like nothing else I’ve ever experienced. My fastball was working and my curve too. It was all there.”

“(Thomas) had a great per-formance in Florida (during our vacation week trip),” Falmouth coach Kevin Winship said. “He allowed just one hit in the last game. I thought he pitched great (against Cape). He seemed to hit the inside corner really well. His breaking ball was sharp. He threw strikes, got ahead of hit-ters and kept them off-balance. Overall, it was another great performance. He’s coming off a great season. He and (pitching coach Craig Pendleton) have worked really hard to make him

of the best pitchers around.”Connor MacDowell had three

hits, Drew Proctor two and Con-nor Murphy had a key RBI, but it was Fortier’s day.

“Last year, I was more lucky than skilled,” said Fortier, who will play for St. Joseph’s Col-lege next year. “This year, I have a lot more command and I’m a

lot faster.”The Yachtsmen kept the good

times rolling with wins at Free-port (11-3) and at home over

continued page 22


FALL

2013 NYA LOWER SCHOOL

Cultivating curiosity and nurturinga love of learning, we provide aMontessori setting for children pre-Kto 2nd grade and a 3-4 curriculum thatprepares students for middle school.

FOR INFORMATION CALL (207) 846-2376 OR VISIT NYA.ORGFOR INFORMATION CALL (207) 846-2376 OR VISIT NYA.ORG

Wine Dinner with Bernie’sThursday 5/16/13

NextWine TastingThursday, May 23 4:30-6:30

204 US Route 1, Falmouth • 781-7955www.mainecorkandbarrel.com

MOTHER’S DAY GIFTSJewelryHundreds of new pieces, perfect for any eventScarvesGreat spring & summer looks

Chocolate & CardsDelicious truffles & chocolatesWineSpecial Mother’s Day Bubbly

contributed photo

Cumberland’s Katie Keough won the gold medal in the giant slalom in the women’s 18-22 division of the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) national championship recently at Copper Mountain, Colo. She made a second trip to the podium with a bronze medal in the Slalom event. Racing for the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Winter Sports Club, Keough also competed on the FIS NorAm Cup circuit this season, where she

ended the season ranked 34th overall and fifth among Americans.

Cumberland snowboarder wins national title

Fryeburg (12-2, in six innings). Against the Falcons, Fortier got it done with his bat, getting two hits and driving in a pair of runs, while Andrew Emple, Addison Foltmer and Luke Velas all had multiple hits. In the win over the Raiders, Foltmer almost matched Fortier by throwing five no-hit innings. He also had two hits and an RBI. Emple hit a three-run home run and Fortier had three RBI, including the hit to end the game.

Falmouth looked to stay unbeaten Wednesday when it hosted Gray-New Gloucester. Friday brings a showdown at Greely. The Yachtsmen go to Lake Region Monday.

Speaking of Greely, the Rangers are

off to another sizzling start, downing visiting Fryeburg (10-0, in five innings), visiting Lake Region (12-0, in five in-nings) and Gray-New Gloucester (11-1, in six innings) and winning at Poland, 9-0. Against the Raiders, Bailey Train earned the win and had three hits, includ-ing a home run, and three RBI. In the win over the Lakers, Connor Russell earned his first varsity win by fanning 10 and allowing just two hits, while Pat O’Shea had two hits, two RBI and scored twice and Jonah Normandeau added two hits and two runs scored. Against the Patri-ots, Normandeau threw a six inning no-hitter and ended the game with a walkoff home run. Train threw a one-hitter at the Knights.

Greely was home with Wells Wednes-day, welcomes Falmouth Friday and goes to Freeport Monday.

The Falcons opened with a 5-2 home loss to Yarmouth, beat visiting Cape Elizabeth, 6-1, then lost to host York (7-1), visiting Falmouth (11-3) and visit-ing York (5-3). Niko DiFazio had two hits and two runs against the Clippers. Freshman Jack Davenport earned his first varsity win and had a couple hits in the victory.

Freeport was home with Old Orchard Beach Wednesday, hosts Gray-New Gloucester Friday and welcomes Greely Monday.

Yarmouth got off to a 4-1 start. The Clippers won at Freeport in the opener, 5-2, behind Calvin Cooper and Nick Lainey’s two RBI apiece. Lainey also earned the win on the mound. A 3-1 home win over Wells followed, as Ches-ter Jacobs threw a three-hitter. Yarmouth then went to Lake Region and prevailed, 7-0. Lainey threw a three-hit shutout for six innings, fanning seven. Ian Grover had three hits and drove in two. Ethan Perrier had two RBI and Matt Highland had two hits. After a 7-4 home loss to Old Orchard Beach, the Clippers won at Gray-New Gloucester, 6-3, in a game which featured an odd ending in the sixth inning. With the sun preventing

continued page 23

Spring seasonfrom page 21


329 Maine Street, Brunswick, Mainewww.parkviewamc.org

Lifestyle Choices is a 2-week re-conditioning program designed to give you thetools needed to live a healthier life. It will inspire and inform you to make positivechanges towards a healthier you.

• Significant before and after testing including lab studies,fitness testing, body composition and much more!

Typical Results Include Reduced:

Lifestyle Choices Meets in the Evening:

• Weight• Blood Sugar• Blood Pressure• Body fat by• Cholesterol by 50 points• Triglycerides• LDL

• 3 meals each day.

• Lectures and programming by physicians.• A strong emphasis on nutrition, physical activity, stressmanagement and values clarification.

Improved:• Strength and Flexibility• Sleeping Habits• Overall Well-being

Next Program: May 13 - 23, 2013at Parkview Adventist Medical Center

Parkview’s

a Program for Living weLLLifestyle Choice

ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER

Maine WOOLENS

A Great Selection of Throws, Blankets, Bates Bedspreads, Balsam,Baby Gund, Grandpa’s Garden, Maple Syrup, Pottery & Much More!

DAILY SPECIALS!Open 9 - 5, 7 Days a Week

106 Pleasant Street, BrunswickRoute 1 (next to Dunkin’ Donuts)

798-7933Major Credit Cards Accepted

Maine

Made Gifts

... Perfect fo

r

any Occasio

n

10% OFFwith this ad!Excludes Sale Items

Mill Run Blanket Seconds & Irregulars...for LESS!

CottonBlankets inSpring Colors

Many items woven at our Mill in Brunswick!

Visit our website atwww.MaineWoolens.com

RoundupFreeport hosting Coaches vs. Cancer game

The Freeport boys’ lacrosse team will host Waynflete in a fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society Saturday at 3 p.m. FMI, 841-2734 or [email protected].

Safe Passage fundraiser upcoming

The 9th annual Esperanza 5K, sup-porting Safe Passage, a Maine-based non-profit founded by runner and Mainer Hanley Denning to educate children liv-ing around the Guatemala City garbage dump, will be hailed Sunday at 8 a.m. in Cumberland. The event features live music, free food and a free children’s fun run, featuring an appearance from former Greely High standout and elite runner Ben True. The cost is $20 for adults and $5 for students. FMI, safepassage.org/5k.

the catcher and home plate umpire from seeing the field, the contest was called for safety reasons. Lainey had a key two-run hit in that victory.

Yarmouth was at Poland Wednesday and hosts Fryeburg Monday.

SoftballOn the softball side, Greely is leading

the way.The Rangers opened with a 4-1 home

loss to Fryeburg, but handled visiting Lake Region (15-2), blanked visiting Gray-New Gloucester, 2-0, and won at Poland, 6-1. Dani Cimino threw a four-hitter and drove in a run (Mykaela Twitchell also had an RBI) versus the Patriots. At the Knights, Cimino had a three-hitter and Elyse Dinan drove in four runs and homered.

Greely was home with Wells Wednes-day, hosts Falmouth Friday and goes to the Yachtsmen Saturday. The Rangers play at Freeport Monday.

Yarmouth has gotten off to a hot start under new coach Amy McMullin. The Clippers beat visiting Freeport, 5-1, in the opener. After a 12-5 home loss to Wells, they romped, 14-4 at Lake Region and 19-4 over visiting Old Orchard Beach, before suffering a 5-2 setback at Gray-New Gloucester. Against the Lakers, the Clippers scored in every inning but one, Alexa Sullivan threw a complete game for her first victory and Libby King had four hits, Monica Austin three and Mck-enzie Gray hit a home run. Yarmouth scored 15 runs in the first inning against the Seagulls and never looked back as Mari Cooper had two RBI and Gray, Kal-lie Hutchinson and Julia Anastos all had two hits and drove in two runs. Gray had three hits and two runs scored in the loss to the Patriots.

The Clippers were at Poland Wednes-day, go to Old Orchard Beach Friday and play host to reigning regional champion Fryeburg Monday.

Falmouth opened with an 11-1 loss at Cape Elizabeth, but bounced back to edge host Freeport, 4-3, Friday, be-hind a strong pitching effort from Julia Treadwell, three hits from Maddie Inlow

and a pair from Jessica Collins. The Yachtsmen fell to 1-2 Monday with a 10-0 home loss to Fryeburg.

Falmouth was home with Gray-New Gloucester Wednesday, goes to Greely Friday, hosts the Rangers Saturday, then plays at Lake Region Monday.

Freeport dropped its first two games, 5-1, at Yarmouth and 9-0 to visiting Cape Elizabeth, then got in the win column, 5-4 at York, in eight innings. Jill Baker had the winning hit and Leigh Wyman earned the victory. The Falcons suffered a 4-3 home loss to Falmouth Friday, but bounced back Monday and improved to 2-3 with a 7-6 victory over visiting York.

After going to Old Orchard Beach Wednesday, Freeport is home with Gray-New Gloucester Friday and welcomes Greely Monday.

Boys’ lacrosseLocal boys’ lacrosse teams have al-

ready played multiple games and there have been some absolute thrillers.

Leading the pack in the early going is Yarmouth, which has awakened the echoes with wins at North Yarmouth Academy (7-6, on Ian Edgecomb’s game-winning goal in the final min-ute), at home over Falmouth (10-9, on Edgecomb’s overtime goal) and at South Portland (15-4, as Edgecomb, Ethan

Cyr, Brady Neujahr and Henry Oliva all scored three times.

“The boys came out fired up and ready to play,” said Clippers coach David Pearl. “We’re fortunate to be starting strong this year.”

Yarmouth is idle until Saturday night, when it has a showdown at Cape Eliza-beth.

“What will keep us focused is that we

continued page 24



RE PL ACE M E NT WI N D OWS AN D D O O RS I N STALLE D

NEED TO REPLACE YOUR OLD WINDOWS?

We make it as easy as 1. 2. 3.

THESE WINDOWS WILL LAST…But this OFFER WON’T -

ACT NOW!

1.

2.

3.

Our Marvin® replacement experts will provideyou a worry–free experience with superiorservice and support.

We install quality, handcrafted Marvin replacementwindows and doors to meet your standards forenergy efficiency and match the style of your home.

Now for a limited time you canSAVE$50perwindow installedwith purchaseof 5 ormoreReplacementWindows!*

D E S I G N G A L L E R Y

*Offer expires May 19, 2013. Up to $1,000 total savings. See store for details. Offer applies only to new orders, not existing quotes, and cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.

SAVEper window installed withpurchase of 5 or moreReplacement Windows!*

$50Call us to save up to $1,000

317 Marginal WayPortland, ME207-772-2003marvinbyeldredge.com

D E S I G N G A L L E R Y

Injured at work?We’ll make it right.No matter how careful you are—injuries happen. So if you’ve beenhurt on the job you need to knowyour rights under the law and havean attorney on your side who willbe there to help. The one personyou can count on to make certainyour interests are protected.

That’s why, if you’ve been injured,you should call Karen Bilodeau—your lawyer, ally, and advocate.

800 482-0958 : 207 725-5581

mcteaguehigbee.com4 Union Park : Topsham, ME 04086

IS YOUR DECK LOOKINGAS GOODAS IT USED TO?Your deck is under constant attack from rain, sun, snow andtemperature changes. Left unprotected, the wood will quickly

warp, splinter, crack and discolor.Let our crew clean and renish your deck to protect it fromMaine’s weather and against discoloration, mildew and decay.The Deck Medic system can bring back your wood’s beauty.

Free Estimates and Fully Insured767-6500

NOW CLEANING COMPOSITE DECKS

play Cape Elizabeth, one of our tough-est opponents every year,” Pearl added. “They’re our oldest rivalry and it’s at their place. Hannaford Field has not been kind to us. They’ve been the gold standard for many years.”

Tuesday, the Clippers play at Freeport.Hot on Yarmouth’s trail is NYA, which

bounced back from its season-opening loss to the Clippers with wins at Wells (16-4), at home over Cape Elizabeth (9-6), at three-time defending Class A champion Scarborough (8-5) and at Fryeburg (12-2). Oliver Silverson had six goals against the Warriors. In the win over the Capers, the Panthers’ first in 10 tries, they erased a 5-1 first half deficit and allowed just one goal over the final 34 minutes. Silverson had the tying and go-ahead tallies.

“This feels very good,” said NYA coach Peter Gerrity. “These boys hadn’t

beaten Cape. Now we know we can play with the best teams in the state.”

Against the Red Storm, Jacob Scam-mon scored three times. Scammon scored four more goals in the win at the Raiders.

Freeport opened with losses to visiting Greely (14-4), at York (7-5) and at Gor-ham (7-4). Clayton Morrison had three goals against the Wildcats. Morrison and Galen Simmons both scored twice against the Rams. The Falcons were at Fryeburg Wednesday, host Waynflete Sat-urday and play host to Yarmouth Tuesday.

In Western B, Falmouth, the two-time defending state champion, has found the going difficult in the early season. The Yachtsmen opened with a 10-9 overtime loss at Yarmouth (despite three goals each from Brad Gilbert and Bryce Kuhn), romped over visiting Portland, 18-1 (Kuhn, Charlie Fay and I.V. Stucker each had four goals), then lost in overtime again in an instant classic Monday, 11-10, to visiting Cape Elizabeth. Falmouth


continued page 25

LONGEST DRIVEREnjoy extreme distance and extreme adjustability. With the lowest center of gravity of anyadjustable driver, plus faster ball speeds and lower spin rates for maximum distance, this will beyour longest driver ever.

Choose from Maine’s largest selection of golf merchandise

CallawayRAZR Fit

XtremeDriver

Payne Road Scarborough, ME 207-883-4343Route 33 Greenland, NH 603-433-8585Route 3A Hudson, NH 603-595-8484Route 12A West Lebanon, NH 603-298-8282Open Daily • Try before you buywww.golfskiwarehouse.com

DRIVERLONGEST DRIVERLONGESTlargestMaine’sfromChoose largestMaine’sfromChoose

CallawayFitRAZR

XtremeDriver


PINE GROVE SchOOlRt. 88, Falmouth 781-3441pinegrovecenter.com

OPEN HOUSESaturday May 18th

10:00-11:30AMBring your soon to be Preschooler/Kindergartner• Hear about our Montessori based philosophy andview classrooms.• Play on our playground or discover our naturecourtyard (weather permitting)• Full and Part-time programs for ages 3-6• Scholarship still available for ‘13-14’ school year• NEW! AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM for K-1

Little Red Caboose, Inc.Now Celebrating 23 Years of Quality ChildcareLRC provides and promotes opportunities forincreased physical activity and healthyeating, positively influencing children’s

physical, social, emotional, and academic growth

Call Lisa Lalumiere Owner/DirectorStephanie Taglienti Assistant Director

781-2508 • Fax [email protected]

2013-2014 OpeningsSummer Availability:

Available in our School-Age Summer Program at the Club House. Activities include Friday themedays, Art Lessons, water slide, gardening, hula-hooping lessons, cooking lessons, and much more!

Fall Availability:School-Age: 3 day and 5 day options, a.m. care, vacation weeks,teacher in-service days, snow days. 4+5’s Preschool Openings

Now accepting applications.Open daily 7:00 to 5:30. Call today for a tour @ 781-2508 or check us out on the web,

LittleRedCaboose.org, to learn more about our programs and policies.

let leads of 8-3, 9-8 and 10-9 slip away and Fay’s six goals went for naught.

“The thing that stings the most is that we had a five-goal lead and we weren’t able to hold onto it,” said Falmouth coach Mike LeBel. “That’s a representation of our inexperience. I knew the game wasn’t over at 8-3, but (the guys) may have. There was way too much time.”

The Yachtsmen were at Lake Region Wednesday and host NYA Monday.

Greely has quietly put together a strong start, beating host Freeport, 14-4, visiting Waynflete, 11-10, and host Massabesic, 8-7. Tim Adams had five goals and Bren-dan Trelegan four against the Falcons. Trelegan had five versus the Flyers (as the Rangers rallied from an early 4-0 deficit) and scored three more against the Mustangs.

Greely was at Wells Wednesday, hosts York Friday and has a huge home test versus Cape Elizabeth Tuesday.

Girls’ lacrosseYarmouth’s girls’ team opened with

losses to host Falmouth (16-7) and visit-ing Waynflete, the defending Class B state champion (17-5), then was staring a third straight loss in the face Saturday when it was down, 6-1, in the second half to host three-time defending Class A champion Scarborough. The Clippers battled back, however, and rallied for a palpitating 8-7 win, on Olivia Conrad’s goal with just 16.8 seconds remaining.

“It’s huge,” Conrad said. “I can’t stop smiling. We really needed this because we’ve had a tough start to the season. I think now, we’ll only go up from here.”

“It’s a tribute to our hard work,” Yar-mouth coach Dorothy Holt said. “We have such great leadership. They got everyone to settle. We had two tough games at the start of the season and that had us down a little bit, but we came back and worked so hard this week. Our youngsters are stepping into their roles.”

The Clippers hosted Falmouth Wednes-day, welcome NYA Friday and go to Wells Tuesday.

The Panthers were still seeking their first win at press time, losing, 13-8, to visiting Freeport in their opener last

week. Olivia Madore did have five goals in that one.

“We’re a talented team, but we didn’t show our talent until the second half,” NYA coach Lynn Sullivan said. “We’ve got to figure out a way to play 50 minutes of intense lacrosse. I’ve seen it. We have it. It’s just a matter of doing it.”

The Panthers were home with York Tuesday, go to Yarmouth Friday and welcome Greely Tuesday of next week.

Defending Eastern B champion Free-port got five goals from Aubrey Pennell and four from Meredith Broderick in opening with a 13-8 victory at NYA.

“There are a lot of good players who can score,” said Broderick. “Going into this season, knowing we can pass to dif-ferent people, it’s great to have.”

The Falcons then hung tough with powerhouse Cape Elizabeth for a half before losing, 13-4. Jocelyn Davee had three goals in that one. Freeport beat vis-iting Windham, 9-6, Saturday (Broderick had three goals, Davee and Pennell two each), but fell to 2-2 Monday with a 10-8 loss at Greely (despite three goals each from Broderick and Davee).

The Falcons hosted York Wednesday, welcome Fryeburg Thursday, then have a state championship game rematch at Waynflete Tuesday.

In Western B, Falmouth opened with a 16-7 home win over Yarmouth (Alex Bernier had eight goals), then, after a stunningly decisive 18-5 home loss to Cape Elizabeth, rallied to beat visiting Marshwood, 11-10, Friday night. Bernier (who had six assists) scored the win-ner with 1:50 left and freshman goalie Sarah Hutcheon made a pivotal save in the waning seconds. Molly Ryan scored four times.

“We’ll take it,” said Yachtsmen coach Robin Haley. “It’s definitely a confidence builder for us. We did a lot of things re-ally well defensively today. The girls are just working hard. We had good practices to get ready. (Marshwood’s) considered a top five team and we’re not, so to beat them, it’s big. We figured out a way.”

After going to Yarmouth Wednesday, Falmouth welcomes Waynflete for a playoff rematch Friday evening.

Greely has been impressive by winning its first three games for new coach (and

alumna Becca Lambertson Koelker), 14-11 at York, 11-10 over visiting Massabe-sic and 10-8 over visiting Freeport. Paige Tuller had five goals and Julia Mitiguy four in the win at the Wildcats. Against the Falcons, Meg Finlay had five goals.

The Rangers are home with York Fri-day and go to NYA Tuesday.

Oudoor trackThe outdoor track season began with

plenty of familiar names doing their thing.Falmouth’s boys and girls defeated

Gray-New Gloucester, Lake Region and Traip Academy.

The boys got wins from Alex Gowan in the 100 (12.16 seconds), Jacob Buhelt in the 200 (23.51), Scott Lambert in the two-mile (10 minutes, 31.97 seconds), Andrew Thornton in the pole vault (11 feet), Grant Burfeind in the long jump (19-9.75), Matt Edmonds in the shot put (37-2.25), Shreyas Joshi in the dis-cus (123-11), Jon Walker in the javelin (147-10), and the 400 (44.71) and 1,600 (3:45.68) relays.

Girls’ winners included Alta Farrell in the mile (5:52.55), Madeline Roberts in the two-mile (12:38.42), Kiersten Dyhr-berg in the discus (86-2) and the 3,200 relay team (11:16.5).

NYA and Yarmouth joined A.R. Gould and Waynflete at Sacopee Friday. The Clippers boys and girls were second, while the Panthers boys and girls placed third.

Individually, Yarmouth got wins from Wes Crawford in the 800 (2:05.5), Chan-dler Smith in the javelin (134-6) and all three relays in the boys’ meet and Emma Egan (long jump, 14-1; high jump, 5-0; 400, 1:03.7), Megan Smith (pole vault, 8-0), Gina Robertson (javelin 77-2), Abby Vogel (shot put, 33-7), Simone Laverriere in the mile (6:33.4) and the 400 and 3,200 relays in the girls’ meet.

NYA boys’ winners included Mi-chael McIntosh in the 100 (11.3) and 200 (23.4), Duncan George in the mile (5:03.1), Jake Burns in the 300 hurdles (42.2) and Jin Yao in the two-mile (12:42.9). The Panthers got wins in the girls’ meet from Jillian Bjorn-Caron in the 100 hurdles (18.7) and the triple jump (26-2.25), Kayla Rose in the discus (89-8), Hannah Austin in the two-mile (12:14.8) and Ellis Miskell in the race-

walk (12:50).Freeport’s girls won a five-team meet

at Cape Elizabeth, getting wins from Ol-ivia Bubar in the discus (65-.0.75), Lexi Dietrich in the 200 (27.3), Kelsey Grant in the 100 hurdles (17.5) and all three relay teams.

The boys placed third, getting wins from Harrison Stivers in the 400 (52.0), Zach Merrill in the 800 (2:19.4) and Mark Donahue in the two-mile (11:15.6).

Last, but not least, Greely joined Frye-burg and York at Poland. The girls took top honors and the boys were second to the Wildcats.

The girls got wins from Gwen Sawyer in the discus (107-4) and the shot put (37-10.5), Kirstin Sandreuter in the mile (5:15.8) and two-mile (11:12.9), Hannah Keisman in the 100 hurdles (17.2) and Sarah Ingraham in the long jump (15-5).

Boys’ victors included Liam Campbell in the 800 (2:04.9) and the mile (4:48.1), Jacob Isaacson in the 100 (11.6), Ryan Morrison in the two-mile (10:56.5), James Ferrar in the shot put (40-11), Nick Maynard in the high jump (5-8), Dan Ray in the pole vault (11-0) and the 400 relay (47.9).

TennisFalmouth’s girls’ tennis team remains

unbeatable, extending its win streak to 80 with 3-0 wins over Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth and Old Orchard Beach. A home match with Western C power NYA could be a challenge Monday.

Elsewhere, Freeport fell to 1-2 with a 4-1 loss to Cape Elizabeth Monday, Greely is off to a 4-1 start after a 4-1 win over NYA, while the Panthers fell to 1-2 with that setback, and Yarmouth has a record of 0-4 after a 5-0 loss to York.

The big news on the boys’ side came Friday, when two-time defending Class B champion Falmouth lost, 4-1, at home to rival Cape Elizabeth, to snap a 34-match win streak. The Yachtsmen looked to start a new one Wednesday when Lake Region paid a visit.

Elsewhere, Freeport is 1-2 after a 4-1 loss to Cape Elizabeth, Greely fell to 1-4 with a 4-1 loss to NYA, which is now 3-1, and Yarmouth began the week 0-3.

Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

foresports.



Greater PortlandBenefitsFriday 5/3Achieve a Vision Beyond Your Sight, 7 p.m., Hannaford Lecture Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland, 475-7148, $10 suggested donation.

Saturday 5/4Superhero Lady Arm Wrestlers of Portland, a benefit for A Company of Girls, 7 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $7.

Sunday 5/5Walkathon for Environmental Illness, 1 p.m., Green Building Supply Store, 11 Fox St., Portland, 495-2031, $25 per person, free for children under 14.

Saturday 5/10Spring Bash to benefit the Hunger Initiative, 6:30 p.m., The Portland Club, 156 State St., Portland, 956-8943.

Bulletin BoardThursday 5/2Sacred Stories: Stories from

refugees and immigrants, 4 p.m., South Portland City Hall, 25 Cot-tage Road, South Portland.

Saturday 5/4Indoor/outdoor yard sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., West Scarborough United Methodist Church, 2 Church St., Scarborough, 883-2814.

Give Us Your Poor and Indigent, 1 p.m., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 29 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, 767-3391, free.

Renewable Energy and Efficien-cy Fair, 10 a.m., Southern Maine Community College, 62 Fort Road, 741-5758.

Sunday 5/5Cinco de Mayo cruise, 3 p.m., Cas-co Bay Lines, 56 Commercial St., Portland, 647-4534, $30.

Tuesday 5/7East End Wastewater Treatment Facility tour, 10 a.m., East End Wastewater Treatment Facility, Marginal Way, Portland, 774-5961 ext. 3324, registration required.

Wednesday 5/8Eggs and Issues with Gov. Paul LePage, 7:30 a.m., Holiday Inn

by the Bay, 88 Spring St., Port-land, visit http://portlandmecoc.weblinkconnect.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=548 to register, $17 for members of the Portland Veterans Network, $27 for non-members.

Call for VolunteersRefugee and Immigration Servic-es, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for com-mitted volunteers who will assist new Mainers in their search for employment, FMI, Paul Mullaney, [email protected].

ActionBasedCare.org needs vol-unteers to expand organization, ABC believes in empowerment through sailing, and action-based activities to relieve depression, check website or 831-4151.

Allegiance Hospice is looking for volunteers to visit patients under hospice care in nursing homes in York and Cumberland Counties, volunteers receive formal training, Katharyn LeDoux, 877-255-4623 or [email protected].

Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, has ongoing volunteer opportunities for caring people who can offer 3-4 hours per week,

383 U.S. Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarbor-ough, 772-0115.

American Red Cross needs vol-unteers in the disaster services, health and safety and administra-tion departments, 874-1192 ext. 105.

The Cedars welcomes volunteers to help with activities and special events, including young child/par-ent and pet visits, 630 Ocean Ave., Portland, 772-5456.

Compass Project needs volun-teers with tools, carpentry or boat skills for the boat building festival and youth boat building classes, 774-0682 or [email protected].

Cumberland County Extension Association seeks people to serve on its executive committee, meets third Wednesday every month from 7-9 p.m. at Barron Center, Portland, 800-287-1471 or [email protected].

Deliver Meals on Wheels, mileage reimbursement, flexible days and weeks, one to two hours a day, FMI 800-400-6325.

Fiddlehead Center for the Arts is looking for volunteers for ongo-ing projects and special events, earn credits in exchange for classes, ages 16-plus, Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, 383 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, 883-5720, fcascar-borough.org.

Freeport Community Services and Center needs people to help make a difference, FMI 865-3985.

Freeport Historical Society needs ongoing help cataloguing collections, greeter/reception-ist at Harrington house, garden helper, poster delivery assistance, administrative help, handy-person, 865-3170 or [email protected].

Friends of Feral Felines needs hardy volunteers to feed hungry cats on the Portland waterfront, 1-2 hours per month, training pro-vided, 797-3014.

Greater Portland Mentoring Part-nership needs adult mentors for school-age children, 888-387-8758.

www.maineveincenterassociates.com

Thursday, January 24, 4:00 pm to 7:00 pmThursday, May 16 4:00-7:00 PM

Independent education fromEarly Childhood through Grade 12 Waynflete

Discover WaynfleteView the Campus, Visit Classes, Meet the Head of School

lower, middle, and upper schoolsTuesday, May 7, 20138:30 to 10:30 a.m.

contact the admission office at 207.774.5721, ext. 1224www.waynflete.org

www.manwithapan.comor call 650-1404

Personal Chef Service

®

www.manwithapan.com650-1404callor

ServiceChefPersonalIt’s Spring!

Think LAMB!

Gala/AuctionThursday, May 16, 2013 6-10:00 pmThe Woodlands Club, Falmouth ME

$75/ticket; call or visit our website

Justin Bieber Tickets Hawaii getawayAkari spa day for 2 Martini partyPatriots tickets Raffle: iPad Mini

SILENT & LIVE AUCTIONMUSIC, DANCING, APPETIZERS, OPEN BAR

Reach for the Stars!

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.

MeetingsChebeague IslandTues. 5/7 6:30 p.m. CISD School Committee PH

CumberlandWed. 5/8 6 p.m. Val Halla Board of Trustees TH

FalmouthThur. 5/2 8 a.m. Community Development Committee THMon. 5/6 7 p.m. Conservation Commission THTues. 5/7 6:30 p.m. Planning Board THTues. 5/7 7 p.m. School Board Workshop THWed. 5/8 4 p.m. Long Range Planning Advisory Committee TH

FreeportThur. 5/2 6:30 p.m. Town Council THMon. 5/6 7 p.m. Library Board FCLTues. 5/7 6:30 p.m. Town Council THWed. 5/8 6 p.m. Coastal Waters Commission TH

MSAD 51Mon. 5/6 7 p.m. School Board GHS Library

North YarmouthTues. 5/7 7 p.m. Board of Selectmen THWed. 5/8 5 p.m. EDSC TH

YarmouthThur. 5/2 7 p.m. Town Council Workshop THWed. 5/8 7 p.m. Planning Board Workshop TH


O’Donal’s is my“feel good” place

6County Road Gorham, Maine207-839-4262 www.odonalsnurseries.com

Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/odonals

Only 5 minutes fromMaine Turnpike exit 46,just follow Rte 22 west.

At the first smell of springI’m off to O’Donal’s! Aftera long Maine winter, it’s theplace I go for great advice,a large selection of Mainegrown plants and, mostimportantly, to be inspired.

Knowing my money stayslocal with a family that’sbeen in business for over 50years, providing local jobs…that feels pretty good too!”

“

Open HouseWeekendJoin us May 4 and 5

Retro-fitting existing HomesMore Quiet.Less Drafty.

Safe & AffordableFoam Insulation

Highest R-Value

Community Calendar

from previous page

The Cumberland Town Council will hold its regular meeting on Monday, May 13, 2013

at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Council Chambers. An opportunity for public comment will be

provided. The following items will receive a public hearing:

• To set a Public Hearing date (June 3rd) to consider and act on a Class III (vinous only) and

Class IV (malt liquor) Liquor License for Doc’s Café.

• Review of Personnel Policy.

Please refer to the town’s website: www.cumberlandmaine.com for a complete agenda.

Cumberland Town Council MeetingMonday, May 13, 20137:00 p.m. Call to Order

Guiding Eyes for the Blind needs volunteer puppy raisers in the Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Bath/Brunswick areas, keep puppy from age 8 weeks-16 months, free training, support. FMI, Kathleen Hayward, [email protected], guidingeyes.org.

HART, Homeless Animal Rescue Team, a no-kill cat shelter in Cum-berland, is looking for volunteers who love cats to help in the shelter, 3-4 hours in the morning, one or two days a week, call 829-4116 or 846-3038.

Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding Center volunteers needed to help people with disabilities experience riding, call Vickie 929-4700, or 807-7757.

Homeless Animal Rescue Team seeks direct care volunteers, fa-cilities maintenance, fundraisers, cleaning supplies, canned cat food, 302 Range Road, Cumberland, 829-4116 or 846-3038.

Hospice Volunteers needed for Allegiance Hospice, to visit pa-tients in nursing homes in York and Cumberland counties, Nicole Garrity, 877-255-4623 or [email protected].

ITNPortland needs volunteer drivers, help seniors and visually impaired adults enjoy indepen-dence and quality of life, commit to one or more hours per month, 854-0505.

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Portland needs volunteers for stu-dent-centered tutoring, education for non-literate adults and English as a Second Language instruction,

780-1352 for training information.

Melanoma Education Founda-tion seeking used car donations, call Cars Helping America, 866-949-3668, skincheck.org.

Mercy Hospital in Yarmouth needs volunteers, contact Me-lissa Skahan, manager of Mission Services, 879-3286 or [email protected].

Recovery International, self-help group for nervous people, 10 a.m. Saturdays, Maine Medical Center Conference Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, free, all welcome, Diane, 892-9529.

Road to Recovery, American Can-cer Society needs volunteers to drive cancer patients to their doc-tors’ appointments, 800-227-2345.

TogetherGreen Volunteers need-ed for conservation projects at Scarborough Marsh, call Audubon Center at 883-5100, or [email protected].

The University of Maine Coopera-tive Extension seeks volunteers to serve on its executive committee; [email protected], 780-4205 or 800-287-1471 to request information packet.

VolunteerMaine AmeriCorps VIS-TA Projects seeks members; living allowance, health care, education award; apply online AmeriCorps.gov; Meredith Eaton 941-2800, ext. 207, [email protected].

Dining OutSaturday 5/4Public supper, 4:30-6 p.m., Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, Ocean House Road, Cape

Elizabeth, 774-7241.

Bean supper, 5-6:30 p.m., The Tri-angle Club of Casco Lodge #36 A.F. & A. M., 20 Mill St., Yarmouth, 846-4724, $8 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12, free for children under 5.

Gardens & OutdoorsSaturday 5/11Foreside Garden Club Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Falmouth Public Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 878-9087.

Monday 5/13Mushroom Identification, 11 a.m., St. Mary’s Parish House, 43 Fore-side Road, Falmouth, 358-9312.

Getting Smarter Thursday 5/2Always On: Family Life in the Digi-tal Age, 7 p.m., Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St., Portland, 781-6321, free.

Sunday 5/5Famine Ships and Famine Times, 2 p.m., Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 899-0505, free.

Tuesday 5/7Starting Your Own Business: Follow all the guidelines, 6 p.m., SCORE offices, 100 Middle St., Port-land, call 772-1147 to register, $35.

Wednesday 5/8Being a Professional: Responsi-bilities and Expectations, 6-9 p.m., Osher Hall, Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, [email protected], free for MECA students, alumni and staff, $10 for the public.

Thursday 5/9Managing by the Numbers: How to use them profitably, 2 p.m., SCORE offices, 100 Middle St., Port-land, call 772-1147 to register, $35.

Health & SupportSunday 5/5Cancer in the Latino Community, an educational forum, 1:45-3:45 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 65 Mel-len St., Portland, 874-8752.

Tuesday 5/7Living Well for Better Health, 1 p.m., Southern Maine Agency on Aging, 136 U.S. Route 1, Scar-borough, registration required, 396-6583, free.

Cancer in the Latino community, an educational forum, 7-9 p.m., El Sinai Church, 837 Brighton Ave., Portland, 874-8752.

Tuesday 5/14Living Well for Better Health, 1 p.m., Southern Maine Agency on Aging, 136 U.S. Route 1, Scar-borough, registration required, 396-6583, free.

Kids & FamilyMonday 5/13Family storytime, 10:30 a.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-4723 ext. 3.

SeniorsWednesday 5/8National Senior Health and Fit-ness Day, 9 a.m., OceanView at Falmouth, 20 Blueberry Lane, Fal-mouth, 781-4460, free.

Mid CoastBenefitsSaturday 5/4Habitat for Humanity 5K run, Reg-istration begins 7:30 a.m., Habitat for Humanity office, 108 Centre St., Bath, 386-5081, $15.

Sunday 5/5Habitat for Humanity Spring Walk, 2 p.m., Habitat for Humanity office, 108 Centre St., Bath, 386-5081, $15.

Friday 5/10Talent Show benefit for the Bath

Area Soup Kitchen, 7 p.m., Bath Holiday Inn, 139 Richardson St., Bath, 522-6797, $5.

Theater Project Benefit Auction, 6 p.m., auction begins 8 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick, 729-8584, $10.

Supper to support teen mission trip, 5-7 p.m., St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St., Bruns-wick, 725-2624, $8 for adults, $4 for children.

Call for VolunteersRefugee and Immigration Servic-es, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for com-mitted volunteers who will assist New Mainers in their search for employment, FMI, Paul Mullaney, [email protected].

Gardens and OutdoorsSaturday 5/11Bath Garden Club Plant Sale, 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Library Park, Wash-ington St., Bath.

Parenting for Peace presents

ALWAYS ON: Family Life in the Digital AgeMay 2, 2013 • 7:00 pm102 Wishcamper Center, USM Portland Campuswww.friendsschoolofportland.org • 207-781-6321


Town of CumberlandSpring Bulky Item Pickup Week

May 13th through May 17thItems will be collected on your regular pickup day.

Items accepted at curbside:

Items NOT accepted at curbside:

• Bathroom Fixtures• Mattresses and Box Springs• Carpets—Rolled• Couches and Chairs• Stoves

• Washers and Dryers• Bicycles• Tires with NO Rims• Large Metal Items• Cabinets

During Bulky Waste Week only,Paint Cans that are OPEN and DRY will be collected.

• No wood products• No appliances containing Freon• No propane tanks• No yard or tree waste• No liquid waste• No clothing or textiles• No TV’s

• No computers or monitors• No plastic bags of assorted trash• No tires still on rims• No florescent light bulbs• No demolition debris,

no building debris

These items may be taken to Riverside Recycling, 797-6200 in Portland for disposal. There isa minimal fee for disposal. A link to their website has been provide for additional information:

http://www.recycling.portlandmaine.gov/prices.asp

Brush, Leaves and Grass Clippings may be taken to the Public Works Garage Brush Dump.Residents may obtain a Season Pass for $25 at the Town Offices. Day Passes for $10 andOne Use Passes for $5 are available at Food Stop or the Town Offices. The Brush Dumpis open on Tuesdays from 11am to 3pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 12:30pm. Extendedhours are offered in May and November.

Please remember that all other waste must be placed in Cumberland PAYT Bags and allregular weekly recycling must be put out in the same manner as is usual. Do not place anyitems in black, white or any other colored plastic bags—they will not be picked up!

If you have any other question regarding Bulky Item Week, please contact the CumberlandPublic Services Department at 829-2220.

Town of Cumberland

Tires with NO Rims

During Bulky Waste Week only,

Out & About

Maia Sharp, Big Sandy top the billBy Scott Andrews

May arrives this week with a plethora of sunshine and flowers, plus an equal bounty of arts and entertainment.

A superb singer-songwriter and a leading Americana-rockabilly band are two of the top offerings at Portland’s One Longfellow Square. First up is singer-songwriter Maia Sharp. Then it’s Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, a four-man Americana band.

Three of southern Maine’s largest music producers and presenters are currently wrapping up their classical seasons. The biggest item is Portland Symphony Orches-tra’s finale, two performances of a program devoted to one work by Gustav Mahler, a classical composer who foreshadowed the modern era.

The final classical offering on Portland Ovations’ 2012-1013 calendar is Imani Winds, a fivesome whose program focuses on modern works.

The University of Southern Maine School of Music is wrapping up its spring semester, and professor Bruce Fithian is wrapping up his longtime teaching gig there. Recogniz-ing this milestone, Fithian Fest, a public celebration, happens in Gorham.

Maia SharpIt’s not schizophrenia, but there are two

sides to singer-songwriter Maia Sharp. Within the music biz, she’s known as tune-

smith and lyricist who boasts a platinum list of performers: artists such as Cher, Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chicks, Tricia Yearwood and Art Garfunkel.

Less known, unfortunately, is her con-siderable skill as performer of her own material. Maybe that’s starting to change, as Sharp returns from on a national concert tour as Raitt’s opening act. Mainers can learn firsthand about Sharp’s vocal and interpretive abilities when she appears in concert this Friday at One Longfellow Square in Portland.

Sharp will be promoting her newest album, “Change the Ending.” The first cut on the CD was released as a single: “Me After You,” is a driving, tuneful take on the emotional cost of a romantic breakup that greatly impressed me when I attended her OLS concert last July.

Catch Maia Sharp at One Longfellow Square, corner of State and Congress streets, at 8 p.m. May 3. Call 767-1757

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite BoysOne of our country’s most successful

Americana bands will be visiting One Longfellow Square on May 9.

As explained by Allmusic critic Craig Harris: “Authenticity is the key to the mu-sic of Rockabilly Hall of Fame members Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys. Although

they’ve moved from their rockabilly roots to a sound that encompasses folk, bluegrass, Western swing, Cajun, and mariachi influ-ences, the ... band continues to be faithful to the music of the past.”

Inspired by the rockabilly revival of the 1980s, the group’s eponymous leader found success writing and performing in the genre with various bandmates in southern California. The Fly-Rite Boys (initially two of them) began in 1988, and in various permutations of up to six they’ve been per-forming with Big Sandy ever since. They’ve recorded nine CDs, the most recent being 2006’s “Turntable Matinee.”

The opening act will be King Memphis, the Port City’s own rockabilly favorites.

Catch this great double bill at One Long-fellow Square, corner of State and Congress in Portland, at 8 p.m. May 9. Call 761-1757.

Portland Symphony OrchestraLast week, the Portland Symphony Or-

chestra ended its season of Pops concerts. This Sunday and Tuesday, it’s goodbye to 2012-1013 as the PSO makes its seasonal exit with two performances of a program featuring one major work.

Maestro Robert Moody has selected Gus-tav Mahler’s passionate Symphony No. 5. PSO program annotator Mark Rohr notes that this late 19th-century work is almost as well known as Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

“The ominous trumpet call that opens the symphony is one of the most memorable moments in Western music, every bit as distinctive as the opening of Beethoven’s Fifth,” explains Rohr. “The funeral march that follows is a relentless tragedy, harrow-ing and inconsolable. The faster middle section is even more anguished.”

By contrast, the work’s finale is relent-lessly cheerful, and Rohr comments that “Mahler’s music could express the depths of despair and the exhilaration of joy, often simultaneously.”

The performance will be dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bomb-ings in a gesture of musical sympathy by Moody, an avid runner himself.

Catch the Portland Symphony Orches-tra’s final two concerts of the season at 2:30 p.m. May 5 and 7:30 p.m. May 7 at Merrill Auditorium at Portland City Hall. Call Port-Tix at 842-0800.

Imani WindsPortland Ovations wraps up its classical

offerings for 2012-2013 with North Amer-

ica’s premier wind quintet. Imani Winds is one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the U.S. The ensemble has received many awards including the 2007 ASCAP Award, the 2002 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Grammy nomination.

The fivesome’s innovative programs and commitment to commissioning new works are evident in their Portland Ova-tions debut, which will include Carlos Franzetti’s “Serenata” and Jason Moran’s “Cane.” Noting the limited repertoire for wind quintet, Imani has also been active in commissioning transcriptions and adapta-tions of classical favorites written for other instruments and ensembles. These include Henri Tomasi’s “Cinq Danses,” Claude Debussy’s “Bruyere” and Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”

Catch Imani Winds at 7:30 p.m. May 2 at the Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St. on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. Call PortTix at 842-0800.

Fithian Fest at USMFor the past three decades, Bruce Fithian

has been at the center of southern Maine’s musical life in a variety of roles: organist, pianist, vocalist, choir director, composer, impresario and professor. This spring he’s retiring after 29 years at the University of Southern Maine School of Music, and a very public retirement party is planned this Saturday on USM’s Gorham campus.

They’re calling it “Fithian Fest,” and the evening of free music will include some of his compositions, a performance by several of the church choirs that he leads plus a few of his former students who have succeeded in opera, concert and musical theatre. Cur-rent USM students and colleagues will also take part, headed by professor Robert Rus-sell directing the school’s Chamber Choir. St. Mary’s Schola, an early music consort that Fithian leads, will also perform.

“The excitement in this program is gen-erated as we showcase many of the myriad talents that Bruce has developed throughout his professional life,” says Russell, a long-time colleague. “Bruce is a consummate musician, a beautiful interpreter of early music, and a colleague of the highest in-tegrity. I have been privileged to know him and to make music with him.”

Catch this free concert at 8 p.m. May 4 at Corthell Hall on the USM Gorham campus. Call 780-5555.

Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, a top Americana-rockabilly band, will appear May 9 at One Longfellow Square in Portland.


MOTHER’S DAY CONDO SOFA SALE

Endicott Home FurnishingsInspired Furniture For Smaller Spaces429 US Route 1, Scarborough

OPEN 10-6 Mon-Satwww.condofurniture.com 207.883.3264 zero flame retardants!

Save up to 20% off non-toxic Condo Sofa orders

May 10th-17th Only!

May 10th-17th Only!

Arts 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.

The Opulent Forest is showcased at Daunis through June 29

“Daphne,” left, is a part of The Opulent Forest, a fine art jewelry showcase by Aaron Patrick Decker on exhibit through June 29 at Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland.

643Main Street, Gorham,ME(207) 767-5555

MAINETOLL FREE1-800-854-BUGS

Locally Owned and Operated since 1974(We are not a franchise or large out-of-state company)

STERLINGINSECT/LAWNCONTROL, INC.

★ ORGANIC BASED FERTILIZER ★ PHOSPHATE FREE ★

• Mosquito and tick control• Grub control• Fertilization• Aeration & overseeding• Organic programs available

Massage TherapyAcne Treatment

Body Masks, Wraps & Scrubs Physician Directed Skin Care Hand & Foot Care Skin Peels Botox

Faci

als

&P

hoto

Faci

als

Fac

ial

Fil

lers H

airR

emoval

P H Y S I C I A N – D I R E C T E D

240 U.S. Rt. 1 The Shops at Falmouth Village Falmouth, ME 04105

Like us

Microderm

abrasion

Introducing Reaction by VioraYour new way to exceptionally treat cellulite,

loose skin, and fat from the neck down.Affordable, pain free and no down time.

Reaction- Your path to Rejuvenation!

To learn more come in for a free consultation with Liz.The first 15 people will recieve a 15% discount on viora services.

Call 781-9976 to book!

Greater PortlandBooks & AuthorsThursday 5/2Meet the Author: George Daughan, 6:30 p.m., Prince Me-morial Library, 26 Main St., Cumberland, 829-2215.

Susan Dahlgren Daigneault: “In the Shadow of a Mountain: A Soldier’s Struggle with Posttrau-matic Stress Disorder,” 6:30 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.

Sunday 5/5Merriconeag Poetry Festival, 3 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport, 865-3900.

Friday 5/10Barbara Damrosch: “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cook-book,” 12 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.

FilmFriday 5/3“Tabu,” 6:30 p.m., Portland Muse-um of Art, 7 Congress St., Portland, 775-6148.

Saturday 5/4“Tabu,” 2 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress St., Portland, 775-6148.

Sunday 5/5“Tabu,” 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress St., Portland, 775-6148.

GalleriesThursday 5/2PATHS student art show, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Portland Arts and Technology High School, 196 Al-len Ave., Portland, 874-8165.

Friday 5/3Phillip Barter: New Work, 11 a.m., Gleason Fine Art, 545 Congress St., Portland, 633-6849.

The Opulent Forest, jewelry by Aaron Patrick Decker, Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011.

Saturday 5/4It’s Not So Black and White III, 12 p.m., Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island, 712-1097.

OngoingA Fine Thing Gallery: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, 699-2919, edpollack-finearts.com.

Addison Woolley Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., corner of Fox Street, Portland, 450-8499, addi-sonwoolley.com.

Addo Novo, 490 Congress St., Port-land, addonovo.com/arts.

Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, USM Portland, 780-5008, usm.maine.edu/gallery.

Artascope Studios, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154, artascope.com.

Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4499 or une.edu/artgallery.

Art House Picture Frames, 61 Pleasant St., Portland, 221-3443, arthousepictureframes.com.

Arthur Fink’s Studio/Gallery, 145 Newbury St., Portland, 615-5722.

Artist and Craftsman Supply, 540 Deering Ave., Portland, 772-7272

Art Loft Gallery, 8 School St., Free-port, 865-1705.

Art Studios at Cottage Road, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154.

Aucocisco Gallery, 89 Exchange St., Portland, 775-2222 or auco-

cisco.com.

The Blue Spoon, 89 Congress St., Portland, yesartworks.org.

Biddeford Savings Bank, 360 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, 883-3004.

Bomb Diggety Bakery, 649 Con-gress St., Portland.

Borealis Bistro, 182 Ocean Ave., Portland, 541-9600.

Bridge Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, bridgegalleryportland.com, 712-9499.

Cape Cottage Gallery, 179 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-5700 or capecottagegallery.com.

Carolyn Walton Gallery, 39 Pleas-ant Hill Road, Freeport, 865-1585 or carolynwalton.com.

Casco Bay Frames and Gallery, 295 Forest Ave., Hannaford Plaza, Portland, 774-1260 or www.casco-bayframes.com.

Christoph Gallery, Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing, 118 Washington Ave., Portland, 772-4334 or portlandpottery.com.

Eli Phant, Munjoy Hill, Portland, eli-phant.com, Sally Struever, 253-9943.

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2620, eliza-bethmossgalleries.com.

Ember Grove Gallery, 247 B Con-gress St., Portland, 761-0408 or embergrove.com.

emilie inc., photography, 227 Con-gress St., Portland, 272-2285.

Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.

Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, 383 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, fcascarborough.org, 883-5720.

Filament Gallery, 181 Congress St., Portland, 774-0932 or filament-gallery.com.

Fore River Gallery, 613 Congress St., Portland, 252-6728.

Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore St.,

Portland, 874-8084, forestreetgal-lery.com.

Forgotten Transport, photogra-phy by Jonathan M. Dunitz, 645 Congress St., Portland, 415-8462, jmdunitzstudios.com.

Four Walls Gallery for Fine Art, 564 Congress St., Portland, 221-3426 or fourwallsgallery.com.

Free Street Gallery at MECA, 87

Free St., Portland, Dee Adams, 653-7271.

Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307.

Freeport Square Gallery, 140 Main St., Freeport, 865-1616.

Front Room Gallery, 378 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-9070.

Frost Gully Gallery, 1159 U.S. Route 1, Freeport, 865-4505 or

frostgullygallery.com.

Gallery 132, 132 Spring St., Port-land, 842-9200, ext. 226.

Gem Gallery, 62 Island Ave., Peaks Island, 766-5600.

Gleason Fine Art Portland, 545 Congress St., Portland, 699-5599, [email protected].

continued page 30

Open Every Sunday 2 to 4pmSprucewood and Applewood Neighborhoods now open and

under construction with 21 new building sites. Choose one of ourplans or custom build yours. Low Maintenance Grounds and fully

equipped Clubhouse. Priced from $399,000

Exclusively Marketed By:Hona Longstaff, Bruce Lewis

& David Banks207-773-2345

RidgewoodFalmouth.com


��i�lity &��ti��RefreshYour Makeup

for Spring

www.mardens.com Hours vary, check our website· 750 Main St., Lewiston · 65 West Gray Rd., Gray · 451 Payne Rd., Scarborough

REMEMBER OUR 30 DAY NO FUSS MONEY BACK GUARANTEE with RECEIPT

Sold on TVshoppingchannel for$299.99

3850Marden’s Price$

· 33 solar-powered LED lightswith solar panel and 3rechargeable AA batteries

· Patented offset umbrella design· Rotates 360 degrees· Choose from 6 fabulous colors!

to

99Marden’s Price

¢Each

29.6” x 6 1/2”

Single seat cushions, Lounge &Loveseat cushions, Pillows & More!

Overstock of home improvement chain is the reason for this assortment

10’ Round Offset SolarUmbrella with Base

9’ Wooden Crank & TiltMarket Umbrella


· Easy touse sidecrank

Lawn EdgingDurable plastic

$6Marden’s Price

49 $3Marden’s Price

49

29.6” x 3 1/2”· Corrugated for strength and flexibility

Patio table and 4 chairs

· Umbrella canopymeasures 9’ diameter

· Crank and tilt technology· Sturdy wooden pole

Seen onlineat $74.99

Headphonesand Earsubs

Marden’s Price

2499$399$

the retailer refused this shipment ofpatio sets because of a slight blemish

14999Marden’s Price$Compare

at $249.99

includeschair

cushions!!

$5Marden’s Price

99

Compareat $15.99

DrizzleStikGolf bagumbrella

temperedglass table

top

· Extra deepcanopy

Other Resinedging

available

High performanceHEADPHONES

High performanceEARSUBS

with Microphone

$5Marden’s Price

99OnlineRetail$24.99


Online Retail$59.99

· Microphone answer/end call

· Swivel earcups

· Lightweighthoneycombaluminum casing

assortedmodelsavailable

Patio Chair Cushionsassortedcolors &patterns

Table &chairs notincluded

Arts Calendar

from previous page

Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693.

The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 253-6808.

Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, 584 Congress St., Portland, 774-5948.

Heron Point Gallery, 63 Market St., Portland, Bonnie Faulkner, 846-0817, heronpointstudio.com.

Holly Ready Studio, oil and gouache paintings by Holly Ready, 146 High St., Portland, 632-1027 or hollyready.com

ICA at MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland, meca.edu, 775-3052.

Jameson Modern Art, 305 Com-

mercial St., Portland, 772-5522 or jamesongallery.com.

The Language Exchange, 80 Ex-change St., Portland, 772-0405.

Maine Roaster’s Coffee, 82 Port-land Road (Route 1), Yarmouth.

Market House, 28 Monument Square, Portland, 228-2056.

Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609, mayostree-tarts.org.

Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland, 772-0689, megper-rycenter.com.

Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.

Moxie Studio and Gallery, land-

scape, still life paintings, by appointment, Cousins Island, Yar-mouth, 846-0978.

North Yarmouth Academy, Curtis Gallery, 148 Main St., Yarmouth, 847-5423, NYA.org.

Portland Arts and Cultural Alli-ance, 548 Congress St., Portland, portlandarts.org.

Running with Scissors Gallery, 54 Cove St., Portland, 699-4242.

Salt Institute, 561 Congress St., Portland, salt.edu.

Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, 851 Sawyer St., South Portland, Mi-chael Hofheimer, 767-8090.

South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland,

767-7660.

Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, space538.org.

St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568, stlawrencearts.org.

Stones & Stuff, 556 Congress St., Portland, rickgreenart.com.

Susan Maasch Fine Art, 567 Con-gress St., Portland, 699-2955 or susanmaaschfineart.com.

Sylvia Kania Gallery, 148 High St., Portland, 615-6019.

Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.

Toby Rosenberg Pottery Gallery, 293 Read St., Portland, 878-4590, tobyrosenberg.com.

Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, 149 Main St., Freeport, 865-4519.

TIME Gallery at CTN Studios, pho-tography by Dawn Herrick, 516 Congress St., Portland, HourEx-changePortland.org, Orion Breen, 874-9868.

USM Glickman Family Library, 7th floor, Glickman Library, USM Port-land campus.

USM Osher Map Library, USM Portland, usm.maine.edu/maps.

USM Wishcamper Center, USM Portland, 780-4270, 34 Bedford St., Portland.

Utopia Gallery, 468 Fore St., Port-land, www.utopiadesigns.com.

VoxPhotographs, for viewing in-vitation and location, 232-1214 or [email protected].

Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress St., Portland, whitneyartworks.com, 780-0700, whitneyartworks.com.

Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery, 336 Main St. Yarmouth, 846-7777; second location, 720 Route 1, Yarmouth, yarmouth-frameshopandgallery.com.

3Fish Gallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.

MusicThursday 5/2Imani Winds, 7:30 p.m., Hannaford Hall, 88 Bedford St., Portland, 828-0800.

Mark Tipton & Friends play South American Folk Music, 7 p.m., Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $10.

Friday 5/3Standard Issue, 6:30 p.m., Port-land Marriott at Sable Oaks, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland, 712-0930.

Zemya, 8 p.m., The Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Port-land, 219-2247, $12 suggested donation.

Saturday 5/4Lionize, 7 p.m., The State Theater, 609 Congress St., Portland, 956-6000.

Greater Freeport Community Chorus, 7:30 p.m., First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Sunday 5/5Greater Freeport Community Chorus, 2:30 p.m., Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland.

Shape Note Singing, 1 p.m., The New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland.

Wescustago Youth Chorale, 4:30 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 846-0705, $10, $5 for students.

Theater & DanceThursday 5/2“Oklahoma!,” 7 p.m., Falmouth High School, 74 Woodville Road, Falmouth, 781-7429.

Contra Dance, with Sassafras Stomp, 8 p.m., Falmouth Congre-gational Church, 267 Falmouth Road, Falmouth, 358-9354, adults: $10, under 21: $7, children 5-12: $5, children under 5: free.

Friday 5/3Roderick Russell - Family Friendly Mentalism and Sword Swallow-ing Show, 7:30 p.m., The Freeport Theater of Awesome, 5 Depot St., Freeport, 518-8839, tickets are $18 for adults in advance, $20 at the door, $12 in advance for children, $14 at the door.

Saturday 5/4“Oklahoma!,” 7:30 p.m., Falmouth

High School, 74 Woodville Road, Falmouth, 781-7429.

Mid CoastGalleriesThursday 5/2Brad McFadden art exhibit re-ception, 4 p.m., Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thorn-ton Way, Brunswick, 729-8033.

Friday 5/10Artist Reception, Sheer Madness group show, 5 p.m., Points of View Art Gallery, 18 Pleasant St., Bruns-wick, 729-6592.

Theater/DanceThursday 5/2“The Wiz,” 7 p.m., Crooker The-ater, Brunswick High School, 116 Maquoit Road, 729-7120, Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students. Other showings: Friday and Sat-urday, 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 p.m.

Spring Dance Concert, 8 p.m., Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, 5000 South St., Brunswick, 725-3375. Other showings: Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.

Friday 5/3Folk Dance Brunswick, 6:30 p.m., People Plus, 35 Union St., Bruns-wick, 729-7402, $8 donation, $5 for students.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Fac-tory,” 7 p.m., Studio Theater at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland, 874-2107, $8 for adults, $5 for children. Other showings: May 4, 7 p.m.; May 5, 2 p.m.; May 11, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday 5/4“James and the Giant Peach,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Studio Theater at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland, 874-2107, $8 for adults, $5 for children. Other showings: May 10, 7 p.m.; May 11, 7 p.m.; May 12, 2 p.m.

Sunday 5/5“Harriet Beecher Stowe - A Liter-ary Soldier,” 12 p.m., First Parish Church, 9 Cleaveland St., Bruns-wick, 729-7331, free.


www.acadiatreeservice.com

• Driveways • Parking Lots • Private Roads• Asphalt Repairs • Sealcoating

• Hot Rubber Crack Repairswww.ruckpaving.com

Residential - Commercial

Free Estimates - Fully [email protected]

Now Accepting

Ron Utecht, OwnerPO Box 313,Topsham

Office: 729-6500

Free EstimatesResidential and Commercial

Pet Containment Systems• Lifetime Warranty• Containment Guarantee• Digital FM Technology• Free Batteries for 10 Years!

www.dogwatchofgp.com • 207-318-8533

846-5222 • 725-1388moorepaintinginc.com

MOOREPAINTING

Call us to quote yourSpring/Summer Projects

Quality Interior - Exterior PaintingFully

InsurEd

Member

Bark Mulch $40/yardLoam $25/yard

Compost • Sand • Stone...and many more

Call for deliveries 829-3989

—We do Sea WaLLS—

Call for specific pricingand delivery fees.

Paul or Randy Tukey(cell) 207-210-0729 [email protected]

TUKEY’S FAMILYLANDSCAPINGServing ALL of Southern Maine Since 1977

Residential or CommercialAffordable, Knowledgeable and Professional

lICenSed & InSuRed – Call for FRee estimate

www.invisiblefence.com207-781-2400

Invisible Fence of Southern ME

417 US Rte.1 Falmouth

• Most trusted brand since 1973• Start puppies at 8 weeks• 99.5% success rate

“Your Petis Our

Priority”

Interior & Exterior PaintingSheet RockWork & Repair

PowerWashing

207-504-484026 yrs. Experience • Free Estimates • Fully Insured

CALL FOR SPECIALS

FENCING &

FREEESTIM

ATES

CALL FORSPECIALS

251 US Route 1 FALMOUTH,ME 04105www.hopnails.comLocated between Radio Shack & ShawsFormerlyViVi NailsHOP has extensive experience in the industry

Prom SpecialsManicure and Pedicure $30.00

Call HOP207-781-0299

Mon-Sat 10am-7pm • Sunday 11am-4pm

HOP NAILS & SPA

Professional LMT,Aesthetician, and Nail Tech

Antique Restoration

SAVE 20-30% OFF Selected Fabrics

Crafted by Hand~Museum Quality WorkmanshipCareful Restroation with Relentless Perfection

DURING OUR SPECTACULAR SPRING SALE

REUPHOLSTERY SPECIALSChair reg. $525……..SALE $399

New England Furniture Service Company• Falmouth • 878-0585 & 318-7472

[email protected]

New England Furniture Service Company

HJCAmsoil

Woody’sCarbide

ZOXKatadin Gear

56 New Meadows Rd., W. Bath, Me 04530Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-12

207-443-9702

heWoodville

Group Inc.Building Design ♦ Construction ♦ Restoration

Visit Us at www.TheWoodvilleGroup.com

Wally Geyer“Your Local Builder”

(207)[email protected]

Celebrating30 Years!

223 Woodville RoadFalmouth, Maine 04105


Lisa J. FriedlanderAttorney at Law91 Auburn St., Unit J #234

Portland, ME 04103

(207) 655-9007www.lisafriedlander.com

Free InitialConsultation

Personal Injury

Family Law

Wills, Trusts

Probate andother Legal

Actions

Call 329-9017

Vindle Builders LLC

FullyInsured

Custom Framing to Fine Carpentry“Where Integrity Means Business”www.vindlebuilders.com

See us on FacebookCertified Green Professional Energy Auditor

EASY TAVERN MEALSbreakfast • hamburgs to lobster • no sad songs

88 Main, Freeport • 865-9835 • 7 days, 6:30 AM to late night

SCOTT DUGAS

Trucking and ExcavatingInc.

Site Work for New Homes and Septic SystemsSewer Hookups • Water Lines

Roadways • DrivewaysGUARANTEED WORK ~ FREE ESTIMATES

387 East Elm Street, Yarmouth • 846-9917— 35 YEARS OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE —

NOW ON SALE!SEAMLESS GUTTERS

www.MAINEGUTTER.COM 1-800-670-7663

Aluminum & Copper

Please calltoday for a

FREEestimate!

Year Round Property Maintenance

Commercial & Residential Fully Insured

207-712-5554• Mowing• Spring Clean-up• Trimming & Pruning• Shrub Removal/Planting• Edging & Mulching• De-thatching

www.acyardservices.com

BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY RATES

Minimum 4 week Consecutive insertions

52 weeks $46.00 each week26 weeks $50.00 each week13 weeks $55.00 each week4 weeks $65.00 each week

raised concerns about getting the appro-priate permitting.

Besides being frustrated, Coffin said he must spend more time working as president of the Maine Clammers Association.

“I’ve been spending a tremendous amount of time (on organizing the project) and have to do a better job of allocating time in Freeport,” he said. “I’m frustrated with the dragging of feet.”

The project – aimed at not only gather-ing data on the cause of declining soft-shell clam populations in Southern Maine’s clam flats, but also as a defensive measure to help deter the invasive species devouring them – has been debated at several council and committee meetings in recent months.

Clammers, along with scientists who have studied Maine clam flats, say an in-vasive species known as green crabs could devastate the soft-shell clam population in southern Maine completely within the next few years. The crabs have intensified in recent years, propelled by rising water temperatures and warming winters.

Last year, the council appropriated $100,000 to help build the effort to study the clam flats and take action on addressing problems.

Earlier this year, the commission hired Brunswick-based consultant Resource Ac-cess International to conduct studies. The consultant’s work will focus not only on the green crab problem, but also on other significant issues believed to be contribut-ing to the decline of crabs, including ocean

acidification and disease.In coordination with that study, which

is funded by the town through a matching $20,000 state grant, the commission also planned to launch a larger trapping and fencing campaign. The combined project is supposed to run from summer to the end of the year.

After reviewing the plans in March, the council delayed the appropriation and di-rected the commission to join the two plans, which is what the council was presented with at the last council meeting.

Thursday night, the council will hold a special meeting and what is expected to be the final discussion about including the nearly $67,000 for the project in the $4.85 million fiscal 2014 budget.

Coffin, in emails to councilors and town officials in the past week, has criticized councilors for stalling.

Councilor Melanie Sachs, who at the previous council meeting wanted to only move forward with the scientific aspect of the project, also expressed concern about the scope and permitting.

She said her hesitation on the project is based on council responsibility.

“I guess I’m a bit puzzled at the reac-tion. Many of the councilors said they are definitely proponents of savings the clams,” she said. “The only questions we have are very appropriate ones about planning, time and budgets. We just need to do our due diligence.”

Sachs said the aim of her questions about the project is to make sure the “full scope of the project is fleshed out.”

“We want to make sure if we’re going to

do something, it’s actually going to help,” she said.

For the project to move forward as planned, the town will need a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to lay strategic fencing around clam flats. The town submitted the permit application last week and now must wait for a response from the Corps, which could take up to 60 days.

Corps project reviewer LeAnn Neal previously said that without seeing the application she could not comment on its likelihood of approval, noting that the main concern with a fencing project would be creation of an impediment for other species to navigate the waters.

If the permit is denied, the overall project would have to be scaled back significantly, causing councilors last week to question whether equipment should be purchased if the scope of project could change.

“We need to especially have our ducks in a row regarding permitting. We cannot proceed as municipality without those per-mits,” Sachs said. “Everybody wants to do the right thing for the environment. I don’t see any ill will about having things done properly.”

But clammers have a sense of immediacy and say waiting to start a project they feel has already been through a thorough pro-cess is reckless.

In addition to the the clammers being on a four-day work week before the summer season begins and having time available to volunteer, Coffin said the clammers worry that if the project isn’t done this year, there won’t be any clams left to study next year.

Still, if the project goes forward, Coffin said he will help through the Clammers Association, along with 20-25 “core clam-mers” in the community.

“Everything they have hinges on what the council does. They’re going to lose every-thing and here’s the council dragging their feet,” he said. “That’s what’s frustrating for the clammers and fishermen in this town. It’s a shame to see the guys clamming that don’t have any money, scrape up old ropes and traps with what they have for what is a mere drop in the bucket (of the overall town budget). The council should be ashamed if they can actually see what’s happening to these families.”

Freeport has about 60 licensed clammers, Coffin said, in addition to 12 processors who shuck clams and the drivers who de-liver them to restaurants and grocery stores.

“It’s a lot bigger than the 60 clammers. It reaches much deeper into the town,” he said. “It is frustrating when compared to other funding ... they can’t just give clam-mers a small amount of money so they can get going and try to preserve the marine resources of the town. It’s a slap in the face to all the working class.”

Freeport is the only town in the state working on a large, comprehensive shellfish project, although Coffin said fishermen in other towns are beginning to take notice.

“This is the one of most depressing subjects to be right on; you have to fight everybody to prove it’s happening,” he said. “If we don’t take action on our own, we are not going be around.”Will Graff can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @W_C_Graff.

Shellfishfrom page 1


Classifieds781-3661fax 781-2060

Place your ad onlinetheforecaster.net

1

Offices include — Utilities— High Speed Internet

Connectivity— Parking— Weekly Cleaning

For more information about Foreside Executive

Suite, please contact us at ........... 518-8014

Executive SuitesIn the heart of Falmouth

Join us at 5 Fundy Rd.right off Route 1 in Falmouth.

Professional office suites ranging in size up to1600 sq.ft. Offices and suites offer many amenities

with prices starting at $450 per month.

We offer flexible leasing termsand affordable monthly rates.

SUCCESS STARTS HERE

For more information about graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information visitwww.intercoast.edu. Not all programs are available at all locations. Please call for more information. Financial aid is available to those who qualify.

Call your nearest location to schedule a career planning session:InterCoast, Kittery275 US Route 1,

Kittery, ME 03904

InterCoast Portland Maine Campus207 Gannett Drive S.

Portland, Maine 04106

InterCoast Salem, New Hampshire19 Keewaydin DriveSalem, NH 03079

√ FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE(to those who qualify)

√ Job Placement Assistance

ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELING STUDIES

ASSOCIATES IN APPLIED SCIENCESSUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELINGGIVE OTHERS HOPE. BECOME A SUBSTANCEABUSE COUNSELOR!

PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM *LOCATED IN MAINE

PHARMACY TECHNICIANMEDICAL ASSISTANT

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY & ADMINISTRATION(ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SECRETARY, HR)

COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING (BOOKKEEPING)

ELECTRICAL TRAINING PROGRAMHVAC TECHNICIAN

CAREER TRAINING AT INTERCOAST

ClassesFormingNow

OnlineProgramsAvailable (888) 341-1616(888) 449-8383

INTERCOAST.EDUvisit:

ANIMALS

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.

DOG TRAINING in your homeCertified Professional DogTrainer Jeff [email protected]

ANIMALS

RT 136N Freeport1 mile off Exit 22 I-295

The Brown Dog InnBoarding, Daycare & Spa

Lic# F1323

865-1255www.browndoginn.com

In Home Pet Service & Dog Walking• Flexible Hours• Fair Rates“They’re Happier at Home!”

• Boarding• Pet Taxi

ANIMALS

Just CatBoarding

Lisbon Falls, Maine754 3139

justcatboarding.com

ANTIQUES

CUMBERLAND ANTIQUESCelebrating 28 years of TrustedCustomer Service.ABSOLUTE BEST PRICESPAID FOR MOST ANYTHINGOLD. Buying, Glass, China,Furniture, Jewelry, Silver,Coins, Watches, Toys, Dolls,Puzzles, Buttons, SewingTools, Linens, Quilts, Rugs,Trunks, Books, Magazines,Postcards, Old Photos, Paint-ings, Prints & Frames, Stereos,Records, Radios, MilitaryGuns, Fishing Tackle, & MostAnything Old. Free VerbalAppraisals.Call 838-0790.

I BUY ANYTHING OLD!Books, records, furniture, jewelry,coins, hunting, fishing, military,

art work, dishes, toys, tools.I will come to you with cash.

Call John 450-2339

ANTIQUES

ExperiencedAntique BuyerPurchasing paintings, clocks, watches,nautical items, sporting memorabilia, oldpost cards and early paper, vintage toys,trains, political & military items, pottery,silver, gold, coins, jewelry, old orientalrugs, iron and wood architectural pieces,old tools, violins, enamel and woodensigns, vintage auto and boat items, duckand fish decoys & more. Single itemsto large estates. Courteous, promptservice.

Call Steve atCentervale Farm Antiques

(207) 730-2261

INC

maine.rr.com

EST 2003 INC.

BOOKS WANTEDFAIR PRICES PAID

Also Buying Antiques, Art OfAll Kinds, and Collectables.G.L.Smith Books - Collectables97 Ocean St., South Portland.799-7060.




2

Do you want to make a difference in someone’s life, put a smile on someone’s face and be a team player? If so, then Port Resources is looking for you.

Port Resources, a non-profit social service organization takes pride in providing the highest quality support for individuals with developmental andbehavioral health challenges live meaningful and fulfilled lives in their communities.

The Long Term Live In Staff are responsible for maintaining a nurturing, safe, and caring environment for children and adults with emotional,behavioral, developmental and/or learning disabilities in our agency owned home. Responsibilities include coordinating education and treatmentplans with programmatic administrators. Experience working with individuals who experience autism and mental health issues.

Port Resources provides an agency vehicle, the home and household expenses.

This position is scheduled for 7 days on and 7 day off rotation. The hourly rate for this position is $12.50. Homes are located in greater Portland area.

Benefits include health, dental, short & long term disability, life insurance, earned time, retirement, 403b match, wellness program. Please submit yourcover sheet, resume and salary requirements to:

Port Resources280 B Gannett Street

South Portland, ME [email protected]

EOE

Long Term Live In Staff

Come home to a clean house, dinner ready and happykids! Impeccable references as a Nanny, Householdmanager and cook. Available for summer and long term.I’ve access to great swimming, kayaking, canoeing andhikes for great excursions.Will provide fun, sports, reading,games, music and laughing. Salary starts at $15.00/hr

Nanny and Household Manager Available

Contact [email protected] or (207) 272-6597

Looking for a fun, safe summer for your kids? Or time away without them?

ANTIQUES

ALWAYS BUYING, ALWAYSPAYING MORE! Knowledge,Integrity, & Courtesy guaran-teed! 40+ years experiencebuying ANTIQUE jewelry(rings, watches, cuff links,pins, bangles, necklaces andold costume jewelry),coins,sterling silver, pottery, paint-ings, prints, paper items,rugs,etc. Call SchoolhouseAntiques. 780-8283.

AUTOS

PONTE’STRUCK/AUTO SERVICE

725-5997

We offer all types of service• Oil Changes • Brakes • Tires• State Inspection Commercial

• Emissions Shock • Struts • Plow Service• RV Service & Marine Work

Low Rates Come Get a 10% cardfor a whole year

Body Man on Wheels, autobody repairs. Rust work forinspections. Custom paintingand collision work. 38 yearsexperience. Damaged vehicleswanted. JUNK CAR removal,Towing. 240-2564.

BOATS

ABANDONED BOAT SALE-1987 CELEBRITY- MODEL 26-Crown Line Cruiser. Twin 200Mercruiser with Alpha One I/Owith trailer. 26 LOA. See it atROYAL RIVER BOATYARD.846-9577 or 415-0886.

Selling your boat? Buying?Brewer Yacht Sales- Prof.YachtBrokers in South Freeport.Email: [email protected]

Tel 207-415-1004Breweryacht.com

BUSINESS SERVICES

Administrative Assistance -Bookkeeping (QuickBooks),Consulting, Desktop Publishing(Flyers, Invitations, Newslet-ters), Filing (archiving, organi-zation), Mailings, Typing, Com-puter Assistance. Call Sal-U-tions at (207)797-2617.

CHILD CARE

DONNA’S DAYCARE

FMI 415-4314

Full & Part timeSummer Care openingsw/ trips to the lakesbeaches & state parks

School Age before & afterLicensed Daycare on Cumberland/

No.Yarmouth bus route

Plenty of fun outdoor playw/snacks provided

CHILD CARE

WatchMeGrow Child CareHas Full & Part Time OpeningsFor Children 6Weeks Through

School Age.Lunch & Snacks Provided.

For More Information PleaseCall 846-3442.

CLEANING

Low PricesGreat Service!Free Estimates

Excellent ReferencesCall Sonia 939-0983

HOME & OFFICE

CLEANINGSERVICEApartments, Condos,Construction Cleanups,

Special Events

Window CleaningPower Washing

Gutters CleanedCommercial and Residential

Professional, AffordableInsured

John 353-6815 or 592-6815 [email protected]

“Like” us on FacebookWeDoWindowsMaine

You’ll Clearly See, YourSatisfaction is Our Business!

LOPEZ Cleaning ServiceWe offer many differentkinds of Cleaning Services:House Cleaning, Office &Apt. & Condo, Banks &Store Cleaning. Free Esti-mates, Fully Insured, Low-est Rates.

Abel & TinaCell: 207-712-1678

FOR HOME/OFFICE, NEWConstruction, Real EstateClosings etc. the clean youneed is “Dream Clean” theclean you`ve always dreamedof with 15 years of expert serv-ice. Fully Insured. For rates &references call Leslie 807-2331.

TABATHA’S SPARKLINGHOMEORGANIZING

Call Rebecca 838-3049

Wedo homecleaning andorganizing

looking to clean yourhome your way

Have great references

GREAT CLEANER

Call Rhea 939-4278

CLEANING

We Have OpeningsFREE ESTIMATES • Shirley Smith

Call 233-4191Weekly- Bi-Weekly

WINDOWCLEANINGby Master’s Touch

846-5315Serving over 25 years

CINDERELLA’S CLEANINGSERVICE has time to thor-oughly clean your home.Excellent service at affordablerates. Call Terry Hartwell!“Because your home is yourcastle!” 207-233-5445.

MAGGIE’S Cleaning & HomeCare covering all areas. Rea-sonable Rates, Great Refer-ences. Mature, experiencedwoman. 522-4701.

OLD GEEZER WINDOWCLEANER: Inside and out;upstairs and down. Call 749-1961.

References Available• Hardworking• Reliable

• Honest• Weekly, Bi-Weekly

Housekeeperwith a personal touch

Housekeeper with manyyears experience

Openings Available for CleaningReasonable rates Free Estimates

Call Laurie 207-651-1913

COMPUTERS

Certified in PC Board Repair / Inspection / ReworkAll Levels of Hardware Repair Can Be Performed

Disaster Recovery • Spyware – VirusWiFi Networks • Data Recovery

30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

A+ Network+ CertifiedComputer Repair

PC – Mac – TabletsMember of Sebago Lake Chamber of Commerce and BBB since 2003

SENIORS AREESPECIALLY WELCOME

Dave: 892-2382

All Major Credit Cards Accepted

PC LIGHTHOUSE

NEED COMPUTER HELP?• We Come To You• Problems Fixed/Repaired• “How To” Tutorial Lessons

• SENIORS Our Specialty• Reasonable Rates• References Available• Facebook Help

Friendly Tech Services207-749-4930

APPLE MACBOOK 13’Snow Leopard and WindowsXP!! Dual Boot Apple Mac-Book in perfect condition.One click switching betweenMac and PC. Both have MSoffice. 2.16 GHZ, 2gb RAM,120 Hard Drive and muchmore. $350. 400-9658

ELDER CARE

Beth's TouchI'll do errands, Spring and Fall cleanings, car detailing,yardwork, adult sitting, pet sitting, shopping and more.

Your needs are my concernCall 751-4283~after 6 PM

ENTERTAINMENT

Temptations Partiesby Laurie

Women Only or Coed or Bacheloretteor Any Theme of Choice!Book your fun party now207-651-1913

GARDENS

WILSHOREFARMS

COMPOST & HAYONE CALL GROWS IT ALL

776-8812FIREWOOD

Custom Cut HighQuality Firewood

Contact Don Olden(207) 831-3222

Cut to your needs anddelivered. Maximizeyour heating dollarswith guaranteed fullcord measure or yourmoney back. $185 percord for green. Seasonedalso available. Stackingservices available.BUNDLED CAMPFIREWOOD

now available.

Call 389-2038 or order on the webat hawkesandtaylor.com/firewood

Kiln-dried $300Green $230

Great WoodGreat Price

Quick Delivery25 years kilndrying wood

FIREWOOD

$220

Kiln-dried Firewood$340

Green Firewood

$220(mixed hardwood)

*Celebrating 27 years in business*

Cut/Split/DeliveredQuality Hardwood

State Certified Trucks for Guaranteed MeasureA+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau$220 Green $275 Seasoned

$330 Kiln DriedAdditional fees may apply

Visa/MC accepted • Wood stacking available353-4043

www.reedsfirewood.com

Cut • Split • Delivered$210.00/CORD GREENGUARANTEED MEASURE

CALL US FOR TREE REMOVEL/PRUNING

FIREW D

891-8249 Accepting

YANKEE YARDWORKS

FLEA MARKETS

MONTSWEAGFLEA MARKETOPENING FOR THE SEASON

Mothers Day WeekendMay 11th & 12th • 6:30-3

6 Hunnewell Lane, WoolwichFor Reservation Call Gena at

443-2809or [email protected]

Corner Rt 1&Mountain Rd.

WoolwichTABLES

$12each

FOR SALE

PICTURE WINDOW WITHattached casement side panel,screen, white vinyl, Low-Einsulated glass. Misordered,Brand New at $450. 6’x66” tall.Make offer. Please call 841-6445.

FOR SALE

BOWFLEX MOTIVATORWorkout Machine. Great con-dition. Can see pictures onCraigslist under SportingGoods by owner. NEWPRICE $250. Freeport. Get fitfor the new year! Need theroom. Call Cathy 653-5149,leave message.

XBOX-Refurbished Original-ly paid $119 for just the XBOX,and have added 6 DVD’s, TigerWoods PGA Tour 2003 & 2006,Madden 2004, Real WorldGolf, Call of Duty, NascarThunder 2002. A bargain price.Great condition. $100. Pleasecall 653-5149.

FURNITURERESTORATION

DON’T BUY NEW, RENEW!REPAIR & REFINISHINGStripping w/no dipping. Myshop or on site. PICKUP &DELIVERY PROVIDED by For-mer high school shop teacherwith references. 32 yearsexperience.

QUICK TURN AROUND! 371-2449

HEALTH

Alcoholics Anonymous Fal-mouth Group Meeting TuesdayNight, St. Mary`s EpiscopalChurch, Route 88, Falmouth,Maine. 7:00-8:00 PM.

HELP WANTED

Apply online athttp://www.mercyhospitalstories.org/

cms/careers/or call 400-8815

We are a thriving programproviding in-home supportto older adults. Our per diem

Companions offer socialization,personal care and end of life care.We seek skills and experience

but are willing to train. If you arecompassionate, mature and a

helper by nature call LifeStages.All shifts available, particular need

for evenings and week-ends.Competitive wages.




3

EDITORAward winning weekly in western Maine seeksexperienced, tenacious editor willing to bring thepaper even further. The newspaper has won state,regional and national awards for its communityand investigative journalism. The candidate mustbe willing to be active in the community as wellas help staff grow into their potential. Should beexperienced in small town journalism and be ahands-on leader who understands the importanceof community journalism. Candidates for thiseditor’s position must possess strong writing,editing, photography and social media skills.

Cover letter and resume to:[email protected]

KIND-HEARTEDBegin a rewarding career as a Comfort Keeper. Responsibilitiesinclude personal care, meal preparation, companionship, andlight housekeeping. Flexible full-time or part-time hours areavailable.

Earned benefits include:

• Dental and Vision Plan • AAAMembership

• Paid Sick Leave • Year-End Bonus

Experience is always helpful, but not necessary. Our excellenttraining program helps all our caregivers become skilledprofessionals.

Please call to find out more!

152 US Route 1, Scarborough www.comfortkeepers.com

885 – 9600

Auburn • Westbrook • Bangor

Classes StartingMay in

Westbrook

HHoommee II nnssppeecc tt ii oonnCCoouurrsseeThe Home Inspection Service is one of the fastestgrowing aspects of the real estate business. Prepare toprovide home inspection services as a “RegisteredHome Inspector” by completing this 40-hour coursedesigned to put you into the home inspection businesswithin days of graduation.

Perfect home-based business for anyone with knowledge of residential construction

Classes Start November 9, 2012 in WestbrookThe Arthur Gary School of Real Estate has successfully offered

Home Inspection courses for over 15 years.

Please call 207-856-1712 or visit our website.

www.ArthurGar y.com

Classes Start May 10, 2013 inWestbrook

Advantage Home Care, ratedhighest in 9 different clientand caregiver satisfactioncategories for 2 years in arow, is looking for fresh new

faces to join our team of experienced caregivers. If you live inthe Greater Portland area, are a kindhearted, dependable personwho has a heart for serving and comforting the elderly as theywalk through their later years, we may be looking for you.Duties include: Meal planning and prep, personal care assistance,medication reminders, light housekeeping, incidental transportationand companion care.

Applicants must: Have their own car, a valid driver’s license, andone-on-one experience with senior citizens. Part time positionsinclude days, evenings, weekends, and awake overnights.

We offer competitive wages, on-going training and support, dentalinsurance, and 401k with employer match. Please call Laura(M-F) 9am-4:30p for more information on how to receive anapplication. 699-2570.

www.advantagehomecaremaine.com

BEST OF THE BEST

Do you want to leave work knowing you’ve made a real difference insomeone’s life? Are you the kind of dependable person who won’t let a perfectsummer day (or a winter blizzard) keep you from work? Are you trustworthyenough to become part of someone’s family? We’re looking for natural bornCAREGivers: women and men with the heart and mind to change an elder’slife. Call us today to inquire about joining the greatest team of non-medicalin-home CAREGivers anywhere! Flexible part-time day, evening, overnight,weekday and weekend hours.

Call Home Instead Senior Careat 839-0441 or visit

www.homeinstead.com

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE IS LOOKINGFOR THE BEST OF THE BEST.

Be a part of this award-winning, growing local weekly newspaper,with four editions covering the Greater Portland area. Applicants shouldhave college or professional newspaper experience and strong writing

and reporting skills. You must be versatile, a self-starter,competitive and enthusiastic, with a desire to produce news and

feature stories, and enterprise projects, for print and online. We embracenewsroom technology and the use of social media, and so should you.

Ability to work comfortably with others and generalphotography skills a plus. Must have reliable transportation

and good driving record.

HELP WANTED

Are you interested inmaking a difference in an

older person’s life?Opportunities available for

individuals interested in rewardingwork providing one on one care

for elders in our community.Responsibilities include non-

medical and light personal care.For more info and an application,

please go to our website atwww.homepartnersllc.com

HomePartners883-0095

Opportunities available forindividuals interested in

rewarding work providing oneon one care for elders in ourcommunity. Responsibilities

include non-medical andlight personal care. Weekendavailability a plus. For more

info and an application,please go to our website atwww.homepartnersllc.com

HELP WANTED

EXPERIENCED PCA neededPart-time evenings and morn-ings hours. (10-15hrs perweek)Freeport $11-$14/hr Call865-1029

HELP WANTED

Apply in person at

Residence InnMarriott145 Fore St. Portland

ME 04101

HelpWantedFull/Part Time

HousekeepersLaundryPart Time

Food Server for EveningHospitality and /or

AM Breakfast16 – 20 hours per week

The perfect job for the retiree!

Part TimeHouseman to clean

public areas and assistguests when needed

Full TimeHousekeeping Inspector

Should have previoushousekeeping experience.

Benefits include dental, healthand 401K plans for full time

employees

HELP WANTED

Premiere Homekeeping Serviceis actively seeking people who enjoy

making homes sparkle! We’re looking forpeople who have an eye for detail andtake pride in their work. You must also

be dependable and enthusiastic,and beresponsive to customers. We currently

need homekeepers for Portland,Falmouth,Yarmouth and Cumberland.

We offer full-time hours,and excellentcompensation and working conditions.

Plus ,we work for the nicest people in Maine!Apply online at www.mrsmcguires.com orsend resume to [email protected]

HOME REPAIR

846-5802PaulVKeating.com

• Painting• Weatherization• Cabinets

CARPENTRY

GENERATORINSTALLATIONS

LAMP REPAIRS

since 1986773 - 3400




4

Four Season Services

CertifiedWall andPaver InstallersCALLFOR ACONSULTATION

829.4335www.evergreencomaine.com

NOWSCHEDULING:•Mulching

• Lawn Mowing

• Spring Cleanups

•Mulch Delivery

• Landscape Renovations

• Paver Walkways, Steps,Patios, Driveways

•RetainingWalls

•Drainage Solutions

•Granite Steps & Posts

• Lawn Care/Installation • Fencing • Rototilling• Mulch/Loam/Gravel Deliveries • Tractor Work

• Landscape Design/Installation • Tree Removals/Pruning• Driveway Sealing/Sweeping • Spring/Fall Clean-ups

• Reasonable Prices• Free Estimates • Insured

Dan Bowie Cell:207-891-8249

207-353-8818 [email protected]

Yankee Yardworks

Durham

You name it, we’ll do it!Residential / Commercial

• Storm Cleanups • Lawn Care/Installation • Fencing• Rototilling • Mulch/Loam/Gravel Deliveries • Tractor Work• Landscape Design/Installation • Tree Removals/Pruning

• Driveway Sealing/Sweeping • Spring/Fall Clean-ups

Professional Landscaping and Lawn ServicesLocally owned and operated.

Insured and ParticularCall us at 332-4370 or email [email protected]

for Spring Clean up, mowing contracts or hardscape solutions.See us at www.tomsproperty.com

Tom’s PropertyServices, LLC

J. Korpaczewski & SonAsphalt Inc.

• Driveways• Walkways• Roadways• Parking Lots• Repair Work• RecycledAsphalt/Gravel

FAMILYOWNED &OPERATED www.mainelypaving.com

“Making Life Smoother!”“Your Full Service Paver”

N� P�ymen� Un��l We’re D�ne100% SatiSfactioN • fREE EStiMatES

Licensed-Bonded • Fully Insured

282-9990

HOME REPAIR

CARPENTER/BUILDER

Roofing Vinyl / Siding / Drywall / PaintingHome Repairs / Historical Restoration

25years

experienceFullyInsured

ContraCting, sub-ContraCting,all phases of ConstruCtion

Call 329-7620 for FREE estimates

FLOORINGINSTALLER

Call Bill 831-2325

30+ yearsNo Job to Big or Small

Carpet, Ceramic, Hardwood,Laminate, VCT no problem

Chimney Lining & MasonryBuilding – Repointing – Repairs

Asphalt & Metal RoofingFoundation Repair & Waterproofing

Painting & Gutters20 yrs. experience – local references

(207) 608-1511www.mainechimneyrepair.com

799-5828

Residential & CommercialGenerators-Kohler • Honda

All calls returned!

BOWDLER ELECTRIC INC.

JOHNSON’STILING

Custom Tile design available

Floors • ShowersBacksplashes • Mosaics

829-9959ReferencesInsured

FreeEstimates

Dr.DrywallQuality workmanshipat Affordable Prices

207-219-2480

Seth M. RichardsInterior & Exterior Painting & Carpentry• Small Remodeling Projects • Sheetrock

Repair • Quality Exterior & Interior PaintingGreen Products Available

FULLY INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES

Call SETH • 207-491-1517

PROFESSIONALFLOORING INSTALLER

All major brands,Hardwood, Laminate,Ceramic Tile, Linoleum,Carpet etc.

Hardwood Refinishing Labor on your material available also25 years + experience • Free Estimates

Call Chris 831-0228

Sales & ServiceAll major brands,

Hardwood, Laminate,Ceramic Tile, Linoleum, Carpet etc.

BUILDING GREEN SINCE1994.Kitchen & Bath remodeling,Additions, Energy PerformanceUpgrades,Design/Build.

Taggart Construction, Inc. www.tagcon.com

207-865-2281 ext 101 -Peter

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

GET IT DONE!Maintenance, Yard Work &Plowing. Portland & Westbrook

References, Insured.Call James 207-420-6027.

LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

SERVICES• Leaf and Brush Removal• Bed Edging and Weeding• Tree Pruning/Hedge Clipping• Mulching• Lawn Mowing• Powersweeping

Call or E-mail forFree Estimate(207) 926-5296

[email protected]

We specialize in residential andcommercial property maintenanceand pride ourselves on our customerservice and 1-on-1 interaction.

D. P. GAGNONLAWN CARE & LANDSCAPING

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

email: [email protected]

Stephen Goodwin, Owner(207) 415-8791

LAWN AND GARDEN

Peter Niklaus: 207-781-5516 [email protected]

A Falmouth-based, experienced, student enterprise.

• Spring Clean Up• Odd Jobs

Call today for a free Quote!

Pete’s Yard Care

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

ReferencesAvailable

4 Years ofExperience

DELIVERYSERVICES

25 mile radius of Scarborough

CALL (207) 699-4240

• SAND• STONE

• MULCH• LOAM

L A N D S C A P E M A N A G E M E N T

Bestpricesaround!

Lawn Care: Mowing • AeratingDethatching • Renovations

Landscape: Maintenance,Loam/Mulch •Year Round Clean-ups

Planting • Snow Removal

Quality always comes first

Aaron Amirault, Owner(207) 318-1076

[email protected]

LAWN AND GARDEN

LAWN CARE & LANDSCAPE SERVICES

207-712-1678

Looking To ServeMore Customers This Season.Free Estimates • Lower Rates

LOPEZ

Serving Cape Elizabeth, South Portland,Portland, Westbrook, Scarborough,Falmouth, Cumberland & Yarmouth.

RICKER FARMS353-4513 or 576-4138

Lisbon

Pleasecall ahead for

loadingBags $3.00

Yard: $30.00

SCREENED COMPOSTMOSGA

NUTRA-MULCH YOUR gar-dens! Enhance your gardenswith compost and mulch inone. Residential delivery at$45 per yard plus deliverycost. Call for delivery 252-9525

A BETTER GARDEN!ROTOT I L L I N G - G a r d e n s ,lawns. Reasonable rates. Largeor small gardens. Experienced.Prompt service. Call 829-6189or 749-1378.

FOSSETT`S ROTOTILLING-New and established gardens,large or small, reasonablerates, free estimates. 34 yearsof experience. Dan Fossett,274-3749 or 829-6465.

LOW CARBON Lawn CareEco-friendly mowing and yardwork. 207 318 6397lowcarbonlawncare.com

LAWN MOWING $25.00 Start-ing price Senior disc. 756-4274or 333-1541

MASONRY

MARK ABOURJAILY’SStone Construction andMasonry. Build, Maintain,Restore Stone Walls, Patios,Walkways and Masonry.FREE Estimates and FullyInsured.I am involved in every projectfrom start to finish am com-mitted to giving my best andalways bring a passion forbuilding with stone. Call oremail me for a free quote:[email protected] out my website at:mainestonemasonry.com

GAGNON CHIMNEY &Masonry Services. ResidentialM a s o n r y , C h i m n e y s ,Stonewalls, Patio’s, Walkways,Repointing Chimneys & Steps.Blue Stone Caps, StainlessSteel Caps. Reflashing.Expert, Professional Services.Insured, References available.Free estimates. Call weekdays.Scott 749-8202.

K.B. MASONRYBRICK • BLOCK • STONEWORK

RESTORATION

Free Estimates 30 years experience

• Fireplaces• Rock Walls

• Patios• Chimneys

207-274-0441

MOVING

BIG JOHN’S MOVINGResident ia l /Commercia lHouseholds Small And Large

Office Relocations Packing ServicesCleaning ServicesPiano MovingSingle Item Relocation

Rental Trucks loaded/unloadedOPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

828-8699We handle House-to-Houserelocations with Closingsinvolved. No extra charge forweekend, gas mileage orweight. Happy Holidays!

MUSIC

FRENCH PROVINCIAL styleupright mahogany piano withmatching bench for sale. Pur-chased in 1950’s fromCressey & Allen. Gentlyused, never moved.Will tune at my expense oncesale finalized. $1,200 or Bestoffer. (207) 781-7429 x210.

PAINTING

JIM’S HANDY SERVICES,DUMP RUNS. COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL. INTERIOR-EXTERIOR PAINTING/ CAR-PENTRY/DECKS/FLOORS/WALLS/DRYWALL/MASON-R Y / P R E S S U R EWASHING/TREEWORK/ODDJOBS. INS/REF/FREE EST./24 YRS. EXP. 207-239-4294OR 207-775-2549.

Exterior/InteriorGreater Portland Area20+ years expAlso cleaning out basements, garages,attics & barnsWilling to possibly trade part of or all services forcertain antiques/old items. References Insured

Call Joe (207) 653-4048

Hall PaintingInterior/ExteriorFamily owned andoperated for over 20 yearsFree and timely estimates

Specializing in Older Homes

Call Brett Hall at 671-1463

Violette Interiors: Painting,tiling, wallpaper removal,wall repairs, murals andsmall exterior jobs. Highestquality at affordable rates. 26years experience. Free esti-mates. Call Deni Violette at831-4135.

REAL ESTATE

PRIVATE PARTY SEEKING toPurchase a Camp, Cottage orSeasonal Home, Liveable orrepairable on a lake or pondwithin 1 hour Portland payingcash. All replies kept strictlyconfidential. Call 207-650-7297.

RENTALS

YARMOUTH VILLAGE- large2 bedroom apt. 2nd floor. Offstreet parking, W/D hookupavail. Heat/Water included.Walk to Main St/Royal RiverPark. $1,000/month. NP/NS.References/Security Depositrequired. Call 846-6240 or 233-8964.

Windham—Clean, furnished,safe, waterfront single occu-pancy room with kitchenette-$595.00. Rooms with sharedkitchen and bath with only Iother room-$450.00. Utilitiesincluded. Close to shopping,restaurants and laundromat.Available to May. 892-2698.

SOUTH FREEPORT- Waterviews on Casco Bay, next toWinslow Park . Outstanding 2bedroom, 1 bath mobile. Openconcept, huge yard, workshop,gardens. $900+ utilities. Petsnegotiable, NS. Call Robin 865-0786.

YARMOUTH SUMMER RENTALSUNNY, 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

FURNISHED HOUSE.

207-846-1420

N/S, N/P • $1500/month • 2 month minimumIncludes utilities, cable & internet

Available Mid-June to end of Aug.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH- 1bedroom apartment. Clean,Modern. Heat, hot water, park-ing, laundry, new hardwood .No dogs. $775/month. 508-954-0376.

GRAY- CABIN FOR RENTFurnished. No pets. All utilities,cable, wireless internet.$175.00/week. 657-4844.

ROOFING/SIDING

STUART’SEXTERIOR SOLUTIONS

Specializing in Copper Work,& Standing Seam Metal Roofs.

RYAN STUART (207) [email protected]

EMERGENCY SERVICEREPAIRS!

FULLY INSURED

Roofing, Siding, Gutters& Chimney Flashing

SERVICES OFFERED

CZ PLUMBING LLC. OF MAINEServing Southern MainePlumbing & Heating

Well Pumps & Tanks, FiltrationKitchen, Bath, RemodelsSump, Sewage Pumps

Water Heaters, Disposals, Fixtures & FaucetsWinterization, Drain Cleaning

40YEARS EXPERIENCE AT AFFORDABLE RATESLICENSED & INSURED

CALLTODAY 207-865-0499




5

We haul anything to the dump.Basements and Attic Clean-Outs

Guaranteed best price and service.

INSURED

DUMP GUY

Call 450-5858 www.thedumpguy.com

Many Sizes & Styles Available at:

Coastal Metal Fab.

Classifieds Instructions Classification

Copy (no abbreviations)Name Address

City, State, Zip Phone

E-mail # of weeks

1st date to run Amount enclosed $

Credit Card # Exp. date

Want to place a Classified Ad in The Forecaster?

DEADLINE: Noon Friday prior to next Wednesday’s publication. Earlier deadlines applied for holiday weeks.TO PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD: ONLINE at theforecaster.net, click on the Classified ads link; or MAIL this coupon, with payment payable to

The Forecaster, to CLASSIFIEDS, The Forecaster, 5 Fundy Rd., Falmouth, ME 04105; or DROP OFF between the hours of 8:30-4:30 at 5 Fundy Road, Falmouth.RATES: Line ads $15.25 per week for 25 words, $14.25 per week for 2-12 weeks, $13.25 per week for 13 weeks,

$11.75 per week for 26 weeks, $10.75 per week for 52 weeks; 15¢ each additional word per week.

Classifieds automatically run in all 4 editions. Display rates available upon request. No refunds.

Classified ad deadline:Friday @ Noonprior to next Wed.’s publication

You can e-mail your ad [email protected]

781-3661 • FAX 781-2060

SERVICES OFFERED

Attic • Basement • GarageCleanouts • Demolition

Residential & CommercialWe Recycle & Salvageso you save money!

NEED JUNK REMOVEDCALLTHE

DUMPMAN

We will buysaleable salvage goods

Furniture/Doors/Windows/etc.

Guaranteed

Best Price

828-8699

ALL METAL HAULED FREEWashers/Stoves etc.

Removal of oil tanks

Pools, Privacy, Children,Pets, Decorative

Cedar Chain link,Aluminum, PVC

ANY STYLE FROM ANY SUPPLIER20+ years experience

FENCESINSTALLED

Call D. Roy + Son Fencing

[email protected]

SERVICES OFFERED

Building Maintenance, LightTrucking, Roofing, Siding,Chimney Repair, Painting,Dump Runs, Moving Antiques,Valuables. 20 years experi-ence. Call Mark at 346-0120 orFrank 653-6218.

Handyman ServicesRetired Navy Officer

Light maintenance, painting,power washing, poolopening/cleaning, mowing, etc.

Honest, Efficient, ReliableCall 207-749-6000

TREE SERVICES

FullyLicensed

AndInsured

www.southernmainetree.com207-632-4254

FreeEstimates

Justin CrossFCL2731

Experienced x Safe x AffordableStump Grinding Services

• Planned Removal• Crane Work

• Pruning• Storm Damage

24 Hour Emergency Services

McCarthyTreeServiceSPRING SPECIALS• Fully Insured• Climbing• Difficult Take-downs

Low Rates Fast Service

232-9828

Serving Greater Portland &24 hr. Emergency Service

Member of BUY LOCAL

TREE SERVICES

FOWLER TREE CARE:Licensed Arborist & MasterApplicator, fully insured. Largetree pruning, ornamental tree,shrub pruning, spraying, deeproot fertilizing, hedges, difficulttree removal, cabling. Free esti-mates. Many references. 829-5471.

Stump & Grind. Experts instump removal. 15 years inbusiness. Best prices and serv-ice. Satisfaction guaranteed.Free estimates. Fully insured.Call 846-6338, or emailg r i n d . s t u m p @ g m a i l . c o mwww.stumpandgrind.net

• Climbing• Limbing• Difficulttake-downs

• Fully insured • Free estimates• Many references

829-6797

REE SERVICEJIM’S• Removals• Chipping• Lots cleared& thinned

FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES(Affordable Rates)

Call 256-0439

S.W. DAYE TREE SERVICES

TUTORING

MATHEMATICS TUTORINGCall 207-233-1883 or emailScott [email protected] forrates. Teaching pre-algebrathrough pre-calculus. Providinggeneral instruction, summerinstruction, and assistance withcredit recovery. Serving Port-land area.

VACATION RENTALS

SCENIC TUSCANY- Charm-ing 1 bedroom apartmentequipped, old world patio,backyard, great views. Historichillside village, ocean and Flo-rence close by. $725.00 week-ly. 207-767-3915.

WANTED

WWI & WWIIGerman

Military items

Wanted: New and Used furni-ture, glassware, collectibles,antiques, baby furniture,clothes and much more. CallDottie 207-773-6668

YARD SALES

FALMOUTHSmall Estate Sale

Sat. MAY 4th8-10:30

135Mountain RdFurniture, Lamps,Tables, Books Etc.NO EARLY BIRDS

YARD SALES

Huge Bath CityWide Yard Sale

Saturday, May 4Mayfair Weekend

Over 30 individual andgroup yard sales throughout

the city. Downtown Tent Sale,Scavenger Hunt, Maypole

Dancing and more!

FMI 442-7291 orwww.visitbath.com

FREEPORTSAT. MAY 4th

110 Hunter Road9am-4pm

Rain Date: Sunday, May 5th

Washer & Dryer,Furniture, Dishes &other household items!

CUMBERLAND

Sat. May 11th9am-2

226 BRUCE HILL RD.Couch, Electronics, Clothing,Diecast Cars, Books, Chairs,

Girls Bedroom Set, Household,Shoes & Lots More!

Garage Sale109 Continental Drive, Portland,

Off Wash. Ave. Ext.,2 WEEKENDS- Save the date!Fri. May 3rd & Sat. May 4th

Fri. May 17th & Sat. May 18thRain or Shine

VERY OLD TO BRAND NEW

FREEPORT- 4 Carriage Rd.May 4th- 7-1. Preparing tomove, lots must go- tools, elec-tronics, misc household items,toys, etc.

death care.“It doesn’t have to be all or nothing,”

Mullen said. “It’s just about making some greener choices among a range of options.”

Biodegradable caskets come in various forms. NEGF offers boxes made from willow, wool or pine, some with lin-ings of organically grown cotton. Metal screws are avoided in favor of wooden pegs. Cremation urns are made from earth-friendly materials such as bamboo, paper or hemp.

Families can even have NEGF add a loved one’s cremated remains to concrete then used to create an artificial reef, pro-viding a home and feeding ground for marine life.

There are green final-resting-places on land, too, Martel said. Maine is home to dedicated, green burial grounds in Limin-

gton and Orrington, two of several dozen in the United States.

Such cemeteries try to keep a low en-vironmental impact by refusing to install burial vaults, which delay the natural de-composition of the body. Green cemeter-ies usually are not landscaped or mowed, and often require grave monuments to be made of locally found stone.

“A green burial is like going back to our roots. It’s not a new invention. ... There’s no vault, and you’re just lower-ing a very simple casket into the ground,” said Martel, a licensed funeral director.

In Freeport, more than an acre of Burr Cemetery was reserved last year for green burials. But only a couple plots have been sold so far, according to Chris Stilkey, president of D.C. Stilkey & Son, the company that operates the cemetery and an on-site crematory.

Stilkey’s green burial services take green to the extreme. No monuments are allowed in the space, and grave-digging

is done by hand, without heavy equip-ment. That’s one of the reasons burying a casket in the space is three times as ex-pensive as it is elsewhere in the cemetery.

“Instead of taking me a half hour with a backhoe, it takes about three hours,” Stilkey said.

He also questions NEGF’s claim of being green, noting that Lindquist Fu-neral Home contracts with a crematory in Auburn, nearly 30 miles away, rather than ones closer to Yarmouth – such as his. The extra corpse-carrying that’s necessary increases the business’ carbon footprint, he claimed.

“If you’re going to talk green, let’s talk green,” he said. “Is (NEGF) doing everything it can to be green?”

Martel admits there’s more that could be done.

“Right now, we want to serve families who are green-oriented ... but in terms of turning our entire operation green, we’re not there yet,” he said. “It’s a really a

fine line for us to walk, whether it’s the crematories we use, or the gas we put in a hearse.”

The eco-friendliness of cremation itself is also debatable, according to Martel.

“We didn’t spend a lot of time on the cremation side, frankly, because using a lot of carbon fuel to cremate a body just didn’t seem very green to us to begin with,” he said.

Stilkey, on the other hand, claims that his cremation services are environmen-tally responsible, with pollutant emis-sions 10 times less than the maximum allowed by most standards, according to his website.

“Sure, cremation isn’t completely green. You’re burning fossil fuels,” he said. “So does a Prius (car), but it still gets better mileage than an SUV.”William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

hallwilliam4.

Funeralsfrom page 8


• land•homes• rentals• commercial• summerproperty

Lowest Mortgage Rates at:firstportland.com

878-7770 or 1-800-370-5222

Rob WilliamsReal Estate

Bailey Island, ME 04003 207-833-5078baileyisland.com

HaRpsWEll

HARPSWELL ~ Tastefully restored 1905 +/- shinglestyle. Protected water views, easy deeded accessto beach. Fireplace, hardwood floors, large 3-storyaccessory building with 2 finished floors andwaterview decks. $449,900

I BUY UGLY HOUSE IN MAINE.WE BUY LAND, TOO!

S★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

★★★★★★★

★★★★★★★

★★

★★

LOOKING FOR HOUSE LOTS IN WINDHAM, FALMOUTH,YARMOUTH, CUMBERLAND AND FREEPORT FAST CLOSING!

- NO REALTOR FEES! - WE ARE THE BUYERS! NO MIDDLEMAN!TEL: 207-781-8522 [email protected]

Looking for House Lots in WindHam, faLmoutH, gray,neW gLoucester, cumberLand and freeport fast cLosing!

i buy ugLy Houses in maine.

124 Greely Road, CumberlandArchitectural Original

15 +/- Pastoral Acres Abutting Twin Brooks$995,000 MLS 1086553

Jeffrey B. Pierce207.632.1695

Debra T. Wallace207.232.4468

MULKERIN ASSOCIATESREAL ESTATE

97A Exchange StreetSuite 304 Portland

www.mulkerinrealestate.com

Brett Davis Real Estate

Please visit: www.brettdavisrealtors.com • [email protected]

Pristine cape in sought after“Falmouth Flats.” Beautifullyupdated kitchen with granitecounter tops, hardwood floors, anda private sunny backyard. Onlyminutes to Portland. MLS# 1085674Brett’s Team $364,000

Privacy and Elegance. This home offers11 acres, a gorgeous kitchen withViking appliances, Family room withvaulted ceiling and brick fireplace,hardwood floors throughout, attached4 car garage, plus an in-law apartment.MLS#1084486 Brett’s Team $675,000

Rare Spar Cove Gem with Waterviews!! Move in condition withnew granite kitchen, new baths,newly finished daylight basement,new septic, and the list goes on!MLS# 1085288 Brett’s Team $369,000

Bright move in ready home on quiet cul-de-sac.Open concept kitchen with dining room.Living room w/fireplace. Master bedroomw/bath and walk in closet. Large bedroomsw/guest room above garage. Lower levelw/family, craft&exercise rooms.MLS#1074844Brett’s Team $379,000

Wonderful village location in this CumberlandEstates neighborhood! This stately Colonialoffers over 3,000 sq. ft of open floor space,wood and tile floors, 2 wood stoves, first flooroffice, wonderful kitchen & more. Private backyard w/inground pool is great for entertaining.MLS#1072981 Brett’s Team $450,000

Immaculate cape style home in beautifulShoreland Farm. Enjoy the cool ocean breezesfrom Maquoit Bay. Home offers large granite& maple kitchen, hardwood floors, mudroomand 3 car garage. Spacious yard offers roomfor outdoor play, relaxation, or entertaining.MLS# 1088271 Brett’s Team $489,000

Falmouth

Pownal

FreePort

Cumberland Cumberland

Ulla ZriokaChris Cunningham81 Bow St., Freeport, MEOffice: (207) 865-9919Fax (207) 221-1800

Brett Davis John Davies

FreePort

Brett's Team

NEWLIS

TING

NEWPRICE

!

www.townandshore.comone unionwharf • portland • 207.773.0262

International Exposure • Local Expertise

Bold Casco Bay ViewsCumberland Foreside Contemporary Cape Elizabeth Cross Hill

Self-Storage

Home • Business • Auto

DOWNTOWN PORTLAND LOCATION• Video monitored • Secure • Inside loading• All-inclusive pricing • Staffed • Easy access

775-5720www.NoyesSelfStorage.com Kennebec Street, Portland•

A division ofEarle W. Noyes & Sons, Inc.Family owned and operated since 1923

We SellPacking

Supplies!

•

765 Route OneYarmouth, Maine 04096

(207) 846-4300rheritage.com

2 RUSSELL RD., CUMBERLAND

[email protected] • [email protected]

Incredibly private Foreside location.4 BR Colonial in Cumberland Foresideon a private 3.26 AC lot. Gourmetkitchen w/ comm. appliances, LR wVC gas stove, formal DR w/ FPL, FR w/FPL and bonus rm w/full bath over thegarage. Professionally landscaped.

MLS#1087197 $799,000

Mike LePage, ext. 121& Beth Franklin, ext. 126.Mike LePage x121

Beth Franklin x126


• land • homes• rentals • commercial• summer property

Diane Morrison Broker/RealtorMorrison Real Estate158 Danforth Street

Portland, Maine 04102207-879-0303 X105(c) 207-749-3459Fax 207-780-1137

www.MorrisonRealtors.com

765 Route OneYarmouth, Maine 04096

(207) 846-4300rheritage.com

97 BRAMBLEWOOD DR., PORTLAND

[email protected] • [email protected]

As featured in BH&G Kitchens & Baths.

Gorgeous, remodeled, open concept Cape

w/custom kit, hdwd floors, perfect sized

rooms & gracious flow. Upstairs family

room, study center w/ built-in entertainment

center & desks. You will LOVE this house!

MLS#1087377 $359,000

Mike LePage, ext. 121& Beth Franklin, ext. 126.Mike LePage x121

Beth Franklin x126

It starts with a confidentialCONVERSATION

[email protected]

Roxane A. Cole, CCIMMANAGING MEMBER/COMMERCIAL BROKER

Roxane A. Cole, CCIM

WWW.ROXANECOLE.COM

Congratulations to Macor Corporation for the sale of448 Cottage Road, South Portland - a new neighborhood

restaurant is coming soon!

to do well on their own. A compost heap takes up scarce yard space and often produces unpleasant odors. It takes months to properly “cook” the garbage. And it’s usually impossible to compost meat scraps and some other types of organic matter.

GTG avoids those difficulties by allowing members to dispose of their food waste in large, secure buckets that are picked up each week and replaced with clean ones. And because GTG works with Benson Farm, a commer-cial composter in Gorham, it can accept meat, bones and dairy waste.

Since starting GTG with a few friends, 12 buckets and a pickup truck, Frank said his business now serves about 1,000 households in Portland, South Portland, Cumberland, Falmouth and Yarmouth. He hopes to expand to other southern Maine towns if there is enough demand.

At the Portland Farmers’ Market, which held its first summer market in Deering Oaks Park on April 27, GTG signed up nearly 40 new members in one day.

Mike Milliken, a West End resident, signed up in Febru-ary.

“(GTG) makes a ton of sense in urban centers, where there’s not a lot of room to compost,” Milliken said. “And

it just seems like the right thing to do. Why put these things in a landfill, when we can be putting them back in nature?”

Milliken estimates that he has reduced his household waste by more than half since he began using GTG’s ser-vice. “That’s been the most significant benefit I’ve noticed,” he said. “There’s a lot less trash each week.”

To Frank, who grew up in North Yarmouth and whose family kept a compost heap, community composting is “an opportunity to make a big difference.”

And unlike composting services in some cities, which charge expensive fees and market themselves as a high-end convenience, GTG is a community-based group that welcomes participation.

The organization has a modest facility on Riverside Street and does little advertising, in order to keep its fees low, Frank said. Members can even join for free by volun-teering with GTG.

“My goal is to get people composting who otherwise probably wouldn’t,” he said. “This is important, and some day everyone will realize that.”

William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @hallwilliam4.

Compostfrom page 1

WILLIAM HALL / THE FORECASTER

Cory Fletcher, left, and Tyler Frank, two of the founders of Garbage to Garden, prepare to deliver fresh compost from their

Portland facility to customers participating in the community composting service. Besides the city, Garbage to Garden also serves Cumberland, Falmouth, Yarmouth and South Portland.

thought it was a good opportunity for me to show my artwork,” he said.

Han’s drawing is an outdoor scene in-spired by the woods and the Presumpscot River, which runs behind his house. In the drawing, Han is pictured in a corner, looking out into the wilderness with his small, white dog, Otto. Elements in the image spell out G-o-o-g-l-e.

“I was going for more of a light-hearted feel and I feel like playing in the woods is a good feel, especially because

I live in Maine,” Han said. “With all the outdoors in Maine, I thought it fit.”

Han now moves on to the next round, where people will vote online from May 1-10 to select a winner. The voting will determine the five national finalists and eventually one winner, whose winning art will be displayed on the U.S. Google home page for 24 hours.

His drawing can be seen on the Doodle 4 Google website, where people can vote to choose their favorite piece.

Google has displayed more than 1,500 different artworks on its home page, most of which commemorate significant

events like anniversaries, birthdays and inventions.

The Internet company is also is flying Han and his dad, Paul Han, to New York City for the announcement of the national finalists at the American Museum of Natural History.

Han’s mom, Cindy Han, said her son’s enthusiasm for drawing drove him to enter the contest.

“He just draws all the time and when he heard about the contest he got to work,” she said.

Han’s drawing, which is made from ink and water colors, took about three days to

complete, mostly, his mom said, because “he’s kind of a perfectionist.”

“He likes playing in the woods behind our house along the Presumpscot River trails. Sometimes he draws, sometimes he catches creatures,” she said, noting that the family moved to Maine from Maryland a few years ago in part because of the environment.

“This is a clear drawing of his best day ever,” she said.


@W_C_Graff.

Googlefrom page 1

Find what you’re looking for...

InREAL ESTATE PAGES

781-3661


Celebrate Cinco De Mayo,Sunday, May 5th at 5:00 pmJoin us for a sunset run/walk through

Freeport followed by an awardceremony and after‐party celebration at

Gritty's in Freeportfeaturing music by

The Mallett Brothers Band!

Walk. Run. Build.Won't you join us?

Registration price includes akeepsake commemorative pint glassfilled with a beverage. The first 500registered will be guaranteed at‐shirt while the first 600 areguaranteed a pint glass, too!

All proceeds from the race willbenefit theWomen Build projecton Hummingbird Lane off WestStreet in Freeport.

Prizes will be awarded to thetop 3 fundraisers overall as well asthe top 3 finishers in each agecategory.

Register today to support Habitat’s Women Build House!Visit www.firstgiving.com/habitatme and select this race!

Starting line is on Park Street near the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport.Questions? Contact Tina Hendricks at (207) 837‐9192

[email protected]

cording to the plan announced by Gov. Paul LePage in his State of the State Address in February.

All elementary and high schools in Falmouth, Yarmouth, Chebeague and SAD 51 received grades of A.

In RSU 5, the state gave B grades to Freeport High School and Freeport Middle School; Mast Landing Elemen-tary School in Freeport and Durham Community School received C grades, and Pownal Elementary School received an A.

While in general, area schools scored higher than the C average, school super-intendents criticized the grading system and said, although the grades are flatter-

ing, the evaluation system is flawed.“We are heartened by the grades we

received, but I’m concerned with the overall model of the program evaluation that is relying on this data and not other inputs,” Robert Hasson, the SAD 51 superintendent, said. “I’m concerned for the effect this will have on students and educators across the state.”

LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen were expected to announce the grades at a press conference Wednesday, after The Forecaster’s deadline. Department officials have said in previous statements that the goal of the grading system, called the Maine School Performance Grading System, is to empower “parents and com-munity members with easy-to-understand information about their local school using existing data.”

Report cards were sent to school super-intendents Monday.

The grading is on a bell curve, which means there are as many A grades as there are F grades, and a high concentra-tion of C grades.

Falmouth Superintendent of Schools Barbara Powers said this approach is “fundamentally unfair.”

“It’s an antiquated way of looking at achievement,” Powers said. “If you have a bell-shaped curve, there’s always going to be people not making it.”

Powers was encouraged to see the growth measurement, in addition to pro-ficiency, but said the calculation would be more fair and accurate if schools were asked to meet a standard threshold.

“If half the grade is proficiency, we already have a leg up because we have

low, free and reduced lunch, highly edu-cated parents able to support their kids, and we’re fortunate enough to have the resources to have exceptional opportuni-ties for our students,” she said, noting the grading system does not consider socioeconomic status of school districts, which disadvantages poor schools.

“This way, we are assured to have D and F schools and that’s fundamentally unfair and not progressive,” Powers said.

Schools are graded based on two gen-eral measurements: student proficiency and growth from math and reading tests.

In grades 3-8, the proficiency measure for math and reading is calculated from student achievement levels of “proficient, or proficient with distinction.”

The growth measurement is based on student improvement, year to year, col-lectively for the school. This measure-ment is also broken down into how much improvement was seen for students who scored in the bottom 25 percent on read-ing and math tests.

The high school grades are based on 11th-grade student proficiency and progress.

The progress is measured on a three-year average from 2009-2011 for reading and math test scores, and the number of stu-dents who graduate in four and five years.

All schools are also required to meet a 95 percent assessment participation rate. Participation of less than 90 percent results in an automatic F, with grade reductions for schools below 95 percent.

The grading system is modeled on a similar evaluation system instituted in Florida, which critics say is aimed at put-ting a greater burden on public schools and teachers, while favoring private charter schools.

About a dozen other states have state-wide evaluation systems, according to the state DOE, but Maine’s is nearly identical to Florida’s, except the latter accounts for free and reduced lunch and the number of minority students.

Powers said the grading system also “flies in the face” of LD 1422, which was approved by the Legislature last month with bipartisan support and sets standard criteria for Maine school achievement, a move away from grade averaging.

Yarmouth Interim Superintendent of Schools Ron Barker said he commends his administrators and staff for receiving a high grade, but wished the DOE had asked for input from the schools.

“It came about very quickly and there was not a lot of involvement from people in the field,” he said. “Normally, people buy into something if there’s collaboration.”

Barker, who is a longtime schools ad-ministrator and former head of the Maine School Management Association, and works as an area representative in the Ad-missions Department at the University of Southern Maine, said he has seen “good things happening” at all Maine schools.

“I hope schools are commended throughout the state,” Barker said. “Is there more work we can do? Absolutely. But there needs to be a balance and the state should be complimenting schools on the good things they are doing.

“I do feel badly for some of the schools around the state that might not score as well,” he continued. “I hope that the de-partment will work to help these schools, if the intent was to be helpful, I hope they follow through on that commitment.”


@W_C_Graff.

Gradesfrom page 1

the forecaster, northern edition, may 2, 2013

Documents

household waste

waste stream

organic waste

bucket of food waste

shellfish conservation

school chiefs

school notebook

shellfish commission