the forecaster, portland edition, may 13, 2015

May 13, 2015 News of The City of Portland Vol. 13, No. 19

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Hard to believe, but spring season half over5

IndexMeetings .................... 22Obituaries ................... 12Opinion ........................ 7Out and About ........... 21

People & Business ..... 13Police Beat ................. 10Real Estate ................. 30School ........................ 00Sports ........................ 15

Arts Calendar ............. 19Classifieds .................. 26Community Calendar . 22Dishin’ That ................ 14 Page 18

Health debate accompanies artificial fieldsBy William Hall

PORTLAND — Walking by the shuttered stands of Fitzpatrick Stadium, where final touches are now being made on a new artificial turf field, you might believe the adage: The grass really does grow greener on the other side of the fence.

But some critics think recent alleged health con-cerns and questions about turf costs make playing grounds like Fitzpatrick, scheduled to re-open in less than a month,

merely a field of dreams.In October, NBC News

aired a report about Amy Griffin, a women’s soccer coach at the University of Washington, who had noticed a disturbing trend. Beginning in 2009, Griffin has compiled a list of 38 soccer players struck with cancer.

All 38 had played on artifi-cial turf, and 34 of them were goalies, who are constantly diving into the stuff.

BEN MCCANNA / FOR THE FORECASTER

Caleb Johnson, a subcontractor of Northeast Turf of South Portland, smoothes freshly laid artificial turf at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland on Thursday, May 7.

WILLIAM HALL / FOR THE FORECASTER

“Crumb rubber,” like the pellets seen here at a Yarmouth High School field and used as infill in other area artificial-turf playing grounds, may

be linked to cancer, some health experts warn.

Jetport company gets new lease on its futureBy David Harry

PORTLAND — From his office in the original Portland International Jetport terminal, Allyn Caruso has seen a lot of airport growth.

“We used to drag race on the runway, there were so few planes coming and going,” he said May 8.

Caruso, the president of MAC

Air Group, expects to be a larger part of the Jetport future after city councilors on May 4 ap-proved what could be a 40-year lease for his company as a fixed-base operator at the Jetport.

The 20-year lease, with a 20-year option, will allow MAC, through its affiliate, Hanger Group, to build a two-story, 13,000-square-foot office and

29,000-square-foot hangar, and store up to 50,000 gallons of fuel on land that was once a part of the Maine Youth Center.

Caruso operates MAC with his wife, Alysan. He has been part of the family business since before it shifted from Bar Har-bor to the Jetport in 1959, said

The 18,000-square-foot MAC Air Group hangar at Portland International Jetport is used to service

fleet and privately owned planes. Company President Allyn Caruso

said it will remain in use as the company expands on the South Portland

side of the Jetport.

DAVID HARRY / THE FORECASTER

Proposed budget includes fee hikes for trash bags, moreBy David Harry

PORTLAND — The munici-pal budget headed for a May 18 City Council vote could boost property taxes 35 cents.

But total funding for the $175.3 million includes much more than the budgeted $79 mil-lion in property tax revenue, and will be raised in part through a variety of fee increases.

One new fee that will be no-ticed almost immediately is a 35 percent increase in the cost of garbage bags required for collection of solid waste. The cost of 15-gallon bags will go from $1 per bag to $1.35, and the 30-gallon bags will increase from $2 to $2.70.

City Finance Director Bren-dan O’Connell said the increas-es should generate $518,000 in new revenue. Without the increase, he said in an April 23 memo to the City Council Finance Committee, the munic-ipal tax rate would have to rise another 7 cents.

The total tax rate increase from combined school and municipal budgets and the city share of Cumberland County operations is expected to be 58 cents on the current rate of $20 per $1,000 of assessed value.

The $175.3 million municipal operations amount does not

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Turf wars Voters approve school budget by 2-1 marginBy Colin Ellis

PORTLAND — Voters over-whelmingly approved the city's $102.8 million school budget on Tuesday, 653-317.

As is often the case, turnout for the referendum was low.

Just 970 residents voted, or roughly 1.5 percent of the city's registered voters. Last year's turnout brought out 1,492 vot-ers.

Tuesday night's unofficial count showed just over 67 percent of voters supported the budget, compared to nearly 33 percent who did not.

Following the final tally on Tuesday night, School Board

Chairwoman Sarah Thompson said she was appreciative of those who got out to vote.

"I'm pleased the community supported our budget," Thomp-son said. "We didn't expect a large turnout, but we're pleased with those who turned out in favor."

By early afternoon, just over 40 people had voted at Reiche Elementary School on Brack-ett Street. Marianne O'Malley Sampson, the warden for the voting district, said that was on par with past years.

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City officials form united front against racismBy David Harry

PORTLAND — An array of city offi-cials last week condemned three recent, racially motivated incidents.

In a May 7 press conference organized by City Councilor Justin Costa, city councilors, Mayor Michael Brennan, and School Board member Pious Ali said the city must remain open and welcoming to all.

“As elected officials, it is important to be emphatic ... these actions have no place in the city of Portland,” Costa said on the steps of City Hall.

The show of unity came after a woman on Fore Street was called a racial slur by someone in a passing car, the Portland Halaal Market on St. John Street was vandalized, and a black man was attacked along Congress Street.

The incidents occurred last month amid what Costa said was a “charged environ-ment” nationally. He added it is “too soon to intimate there is a common thread” to the three episodes.

Police have made arrests in only one case: Charles and Benjamin Bean of New Gloucester face charges of assault and interference with constitutional and civil rights for their alleged April 19 attack on

Antonio Byars off Congress Street.State Attorney General Janet Mills has

also filed complaints under the Maine Civil Rights Act against the Beans, citing witness accounts the brothers singled out Byars and threatened him with racial slurs.

“The time is always right to say some-thing,” Costa said, adding the recent incidents are not indicative of the city’s overall attitude toward diversity and tolerance.

Councilors Nick Mavodones Jr. and Kevin Donoghue were unable to attend, but expressed their support, as did all School Board members who were unable to attend, and the entire city delegation to the state Legislature.

Councilor Jill Duson, who served as mayor before the position became a ful-ly elected one, said fighting bigotry and hatred is a shared cause.

“Justice is something we are all respon-sible for,” she said.

Duson, who has served on the council since 2001, said councilors have done a good job of listening to a diverse popu-lation when considering city issues. But, she added, imparting the message of acceptance must also done in a localized manner.

“I’ve been challenged to educate people in the supermarket,” Duson said. “When something happens, we need to do something about it.”

Brennan said he wants it clear that people have the right to live in the city without facing prejudice based on skin color, gender or sexual orientation. He said disputes with state government over General Assistance for immigrants have not helped foster tolerance.

“It is divisive, as opposed to how we can come together as a state,” he said.

Brennan also conceded work needs to be done at the local level, acknowledging the Police and School departments have

been unable to hire staff that reflect Port-land’s diverse demographics.

“We have made very strong efforts over the years, but we have a long way to go across the board,” the mayor said.

Councilor David Brenerman, who also served previously as mayor and in the Legislature, and returned to the City Council in December 2014, said the changing racial demographic in the city is not coincidental.

“The city has become one of the most welcoming in the nation,” he said.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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DAVID HARRY / THE FORECASTER

Portland City Councilor Justin Costa speaks at a May 7 press conference, where officials spoke out

against racially motivated attacks and vandalism in

the city. “It is important to be emphatic ... these actions have no place in the city of

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PORTLAND — Getting there from here has been a proverbial challenge in Maine.

On May 7, about a dozen city resi-dents got together at City Hall to hear about a study of how to best get passen-gers from the Portland International Jet-port and Portland Transportation Center to the ferry terminals on the waterfront, on a route not already provided by the city Metro service.

Boris Palchik, a senior associate with the Boston office of consultants Nel-son Nygaard, led the 90-minute forum by detailing the four objectives of the study: connectivity, mobility, economic development and cost effectiveness.

“We do kind of envision this service as being rapid transit service,” Palchik said.

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elled; boardings peak at 96,000 per month in the summer at the Jetport, while 500,000 ride buses and 171,000 people board the Amtrak Downeaster at the Portland Transportation Center. More than 195,000 people use Casco Bay Lines ferries in the peak month of August.

Palchik said the study considered routes on two phases using Interstate 295, Commercial Street and Congress Street, or a combination of the roads. No firm route has been chosen and service funding remains undetermined, as does determining who best can benefit from the new service.

“Connectivity favors tourists, mobility favors residents,” Palchik said.

The intent of the study is to determine how to best get arriving visitors down-town, while also reducing local reliance on individual vehicles.

The route mileage from the Portland Transportation Center to the Casco Bay and Ocean Gateway terminals varies by half a mile, but round-trip times vary from 17 minutes using the I-295-to-Franklin Street route, to 27 minutes along Congress Street, which would also provide a link to the Metro Pulse hub on Elm Street.

A hybrid loop route on Congress and Commercial streets was also suggested, but Palchik noted it could double the cost by requiring two buses running in opposite directions. A crowd consensus also favored not requiring riders coming from the Jetport to change buses at the Portland Transportation Center.

Some service funding will come from the tax increment finance district estab-lished at Thompson’s Point to capture a portion of the increased property tax revenues from the proposed $100 mil-

lion mixed-use development along the Fore River.

The study was funded by $40,000 from the Federal Transit Administra-tion, with a $10,000 local match, city Transportation Program Manager Bruce Hyman said Tuesday.

Route choices may account for areas of future business development, so Com-mercial Street may be a more attractive choice, Palchik said. A scoring matrix using factors such as service frequency, route speed, ridership potential and in-tegration with existing services will be developed before final recommendations are made.

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FALMOUTH — Dr. John Herzog, an orthopedic surgeon, has a message he admits isn’t all that popular in the medical field: eat only plants.

Herzog, who has a practice at 202 U.S. Route 1, said people become healthier and live longer when they eat a plant-based diet. He said it is the “simplest medicine,” which helps evaporate the need for expen-sive medical care.

“It’s an unpopular standpoint for a doc-tor to take,” Herzog said, because “healthi-er people mean less income to the medical field,” especially for the health insurance, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries.

The risks of things like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, inflammation, pain, heart disease and other illnesses can be alleviated by eating healthier and trending away from animal-based prod-ucts, he said.

Herzog has been delivering this message for the last nine years, and will be speak-ing at the 11th annual Vegetarian Food Festival on June 6 at the East End Com-munity School, 195 North St., in Portland. He has spoken at the event before, and said there won’t be any big surprises in his speech, just more statistics and facts.

“You have to take care of your own health because that’s where health care starts, with your own decision, which isn’t commonly known because there isn’t a magic pill or shot,” he said.

Herzog said his philosophy isn’t about being an animal activist, but comes from concern about the food we eat.

“As a species,” he said, “we’re threat-ened by our diets.”

Herzog said he first came across the value a plant-based diet after reading “The China Study,” a book by T. Colin Camp-bell that had a profound affect on him.

“It was noted that people that ate a vegetarian diet didn’t get obese, didn’t get diabetic, didn’t have heart problems, didn’t have strokes, cancer or high blood pressure,” Herzog said.

He said he was 40 pounds overweight, had a cholesterol level of 250 and ended up requiring serious knee surgery. He said changing his diet was the only thing that really helped. Herzog said he “ex-perimented” on himself before he began promoting the diet change to medical students, patients and anyone who would listen.

He said the message has become gener-ally accepted by those who come see him.

“The drawing card is that open-minded people who come to see me know they’ll hear truth, become educated and motivated to take better care of themselves,” Herzog said.

And he said this message is slowly be-coming more popular in the medical field.

He estimated that when he first began preaching the benefits of a plant-based diet, only 1 percent of doctors were con-cerned with diet being the primary cause of increased medical problems.

Now, he said, “physicians are jumping on board and patients are becoming much more educated, and consumers will de-mand better products, because they know the health consequences.”

The message is spreading exponentially, he said, and for the first time in nine years Herzog said he is encouraged that people are beginning to understand the benefits of plant-based, vegetarian and vegan diets.

“It’s health, it’s not a cult,” Herzog said. “It’s sustainable, and people have taken notice.”

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Scarborough natural foods market expanding to India St.By Alex Acquisto

PORTLAND — For Lois and Dan Porta, opening a second Lois’ Natural Marketplace isn’t simply an expansion of enterprise, it’s a culmination of life-style.

The new space, at the corner of India and Middle streets, sandwiched between Two Fat Cats Bakery and Micucci’s Grocery Co., is approximately 2,300 square feet and is scheduled to open May 19.

It will boast the same offerings as the couple’s Route 1 store in Scarborough: grocery items, homemade soups and salads daily, lunch and breakfast sand-wiches, baked goods, and dinners to go. The new space will also eventually incorporate an organic juice bar.

When the couple opened the first Lois’ more than 20 years ago, it was to fill a need few others satiated. The Portas had recently left The Good Day Market in Portland, one of the first co-ops in the city, which dated to the 1970s.

“When we first moved to Portland, there (were very few) options to buy organic food,” Dan Porta said Monday afternoon. There also weren’t as many organic farmers, he noted.

The Portas devoted several years to the co-op before opening an establish-ment that catered more to their personal philosophy.

Recognizing that informing residents about how to eat healthy was as im-portant as giving them non-genetically modified and organic products, Lois’ also used its deli counter to demonstrate how to eat and prepare non-meat prod-ucts, like tofu and tempeh.

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portant to us,” Lois said. Now, nearly 22 years later, the Por-

tas are expanding to the neighborhood they’ve wanted to have a stake in for a decade.

There are also three alternative nat-ural markets in the area: Rosemont Produce Market on Commercial Street, the Portland Food Co-op on Congress Street, and Whole Foods Market off of Franklin Street.

“I don’t see any of the stores here as competing,” said Lois. “I think we’re all helping each other to build (stronger resources) to support farmers and the community ... we’re here to complement each other.”

Each establishment has a different mission, Dan said. There may be prod-uct crossover, but he said each enter-prise fits “into the community in a very important way.”

Part of the social movement to con-sume organic products is “empowering” consumers with choices, Lois said. They both agreed that the community is lucky to have a Whole Foods nearby, but smaller, local establishments provide an outlet for smaller farms and producers who might not yield enough to stock shelves at the larger grocery store.

“Dan and I are totally committed to supporting farmers as much as possi-ble,” Lois said.

Her husband said they also want to get to know the India Street neighbor-hood.

“I think there’s a vitality,” Lois said. “People working together to create something for the community.”Alex Acquisto can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow Alex on Twitter:

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Students put Peaks Island landmarks on the mapBy Colin Ellis

PORTLAND — Students at Peaks Is-land Elementary School recently unveiled a new way to see the island and learn its

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second- and third-grade classroom spent the year making a Landmark Bike Tour

brochure, marked by 24 landmarks around the island. Marenghi said each student in the class had one landmark to research, study and eventually draw.

“We chose three (of the landmarks), and we would write about it and then choose,” second-grader Scarlett Rocque said.

Marenghi said each student had to write a paper about which landmark they wanted. He read them, and most students ended up with their first or sec-ond choice.

The students worked with Bridgette Kelly from the Maine Bicycle and Pedes-trian Safety Education, a partnership be-tween the Bicycle Coalition of Maine and the Maine Department of Transportation, to make the map. Kelly said she made the map, and the students did landmark expedition for the nearly four-mile ride.

“We first started talking about it in

March, but it wasn’t full time, it was pieced together little by little until the (unveiling) event on May 1,” Kelly said.

Marenghi said the students began with a first-draft drawing of their landmark, which several said was difficult since they had never seen their landmarks or were unfamiliar with them. They includ-ed well-known sites like the school itself, the Inn on Peaks Island and the ferry landing, to less-noticed landmarks like Trout Pond and the beaver lodge.

“We did a walking tour of the island, I think it was in October, the weather wasn’t too bad yet. But then we had a long winter which is when we studied because we couldn’t get out, that’s when did all our research,” Marenghi said.

In researching their landmarks, stu-dents went out into the community and spoke with parents, neighbors, family friends and others.

“It really pushed them out into the community and it’s what we wanted, to interview people and use their interview skills to find out what (they) need to know about (their) landmark,” Marenghi said.

COLIN ELLIS / THE FORECASTER

Teacher Charles Marenghi with his

second- and third-grade class at Peaks Island Elementary School,

which recently produced a Landmark and Bike Tour map featuring 24

sites on the island.

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Paving to close East End boat launch

PORTLAND — Boaters will be unable to use the East End launch until Monday, May 18, due to repaving work.

City spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said the lower East End Beach parking lot and lower portion of Cutter Street will be closed beginning Wednesday, May13.

Grondin said work is expected to be-gin at 6 p.m. Wednesday and continue through Thursday and Friday before the lot and launch are reopened at 6 a.m. on May 18.

Nova Scotia ferry service to begin June 1

PORTLAND — The second season of Nova Star ferry service to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, is scheduled to start June 1.

A May 7 press release from Nova Star Cruises spokesman Dennis Baily said the ferry is expected to arrive in Portland on May 23 from its winter berth in Charles-ton, South Carolina.

Bailey said an open house with ferry tours is scheduled from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 31.

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According to widespread news accounts, West-brook City Councilor Paul Emery will not re-sign despite being urged to do so by the other six city councilors, after stat-ing at a Democratic town hall-style meeting that he would not be disappoint-ed if Gov. Paul LePage went to “meet his maker,” and then further “joked” that it was unfortunate that assassination is not a political strategy in the United States.

House Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, and state Sen. Justin Al-fond, D-Portland, co-hosted the event at Camp Ketcha in Scarborough. They reportedly said nothing when

Emery made his comments.But things went from bad to worse after the meeting,

when Emery actually tried to steal the cell phone of the reporter who confronted him with his remarks, which were recorded on the phone.

Those are not the actions of a man who has made a “joke.” Those are the actions of a man who knows he has stepped in it, and is now trying to hide the evi-dence. Emery didn’t just attempt to take the reporter’s cell phone, he did take it. He also started walking away with it, and only after a number of other people intervened did he return it.

The Bangor City Council voted to formally censure Democratic Councilor Charlie Longo in 2013 for his comments that “folks say Gov. LePage hits the bars pretty heavy.” Now we have a Westbrook city councilor lamenting that assassination of the governor is not a viable option – and virtually nothing more can be done than the City Council’s 6-1 vote in favor of a resolution urging Emery to resign?

While my colleague on the Cumberland County Republican Committee, Chairman Eric Lusk, has also called on Emery to resign, he went further, telling me the local media response is as troubling as Emery’s comments themselves.

“While the Portland Press Herald and The Fore-caster’s own Edgar Allen Beem gleefully harrumphed about Gov. LePage getting a prominent Mainer’s tax domicile wrong, neither could find the value in de-

crying Emery’s advocacy of political assassination, never mind Emery stealing personal property of a member of the press engaged in the exercise of the First Amendment.

“And if someone wants to make the case Emery was not serious in his comments,” Lusk continued, “why would he steal a reporter’s recording device? Emery thought he was serious;why don’t the local media out-lets’ Big Thinkers find it concerning? Where is the ... defense of civility or the First Amendment? Nowhere to be found, because LePage is a Republican and Em-ery is a Democrat.

“If we wonder where the incivility in public dis-course gathers momentum,” Lusk said, “look no fur-ther than the selectively partisan blind eye of the local media. For them the ends justify the means.”

Emery’s offer of an apology is not enough. Saying his words were inappropriate is not enough. A man who displays Emery’s actions is not fit to hold public office. The fact that he is seemingly unaware of this fact, and the media is not calling with one voice for his resignation, only compounds the error. I feel for the residents of Westbrook, who deserve better.

Julie McDonald-Smith lives in North Yarmouth. She is a registered nurse, former Capitol Hill staffer, and development chairwoman of the Cumberland County Republican Committee. Her column appears every other week.

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Democrats’ recent track record is awful.They’ve continually settled for tax measures that

inevitably shrink state revenues and make budget cuts necessary to essential programs.

They haggled so long over the mechanics of paying hospital debt that it looked like Gov. Paul LeP-age alone favored taking this sensible step.

They fought for a Tax Expenditure Task Force, and got it, but then failed to make substantial recom-mendations for reducing state revenue losses. Had a significant level of lost revenues been retained, all essential programs would have been more adequate-ly funded.

They compromised with the governor on energy policy. He got to kill Statoil’s $200 million dollar investment in offshore wind. The Dems secured the financial future of Efficiency Maine, an agency that has given rise to energy-cost saving projects statewide. But a typographical error, which the governor refused to correct, threatens to scuttle the agency’s work.

Finally, the Dems lacked the courage to judicially challenge the governor’s repeated refusal to issue voter-approved bonds, and to comply with existing statutory provisions.

Now it’s May again, and another legislative session is winding down. There are any number of issues on the table that will determine whether the Democrats have learned anything from past legislative end games with the governor. Three examples must suffice.

One issue involves the governor’s tax package. LeP-age would eliminate the estate tax and significantly reduce personal and corporate income taxes. At the same time he would raise and broaden the sales tax. His package is similar to two recent reform proposals by the Baldacci administration and by former inde-pendent Sen. Richard Woodbury. Republicans rejected both of these proposals.

The big difference between the governor’s proposal and the earlier proposals is that the earlier ones were “revenue neutral”: They raised as much revenue from proposed tax increases as was lost from proposed de-creases. The revenue mix changed, but not the total tax revenue the state collected.

The trap in the governor’s tax package lies in the fact that his plan intentionally gives rise to an annual $260 million dollar reduction in state revenues.

This follows $300 million in annual tax cuts enacted in his first term. Continuing cuts in state revenues fur-thers the governor’s long-term goals, i.e., eliminating the income tax altogether, and shrinking state programs and expenditures. Essential state spending on schools, roads, etc., will decline further. Already high property taxes will increase.

The Dems have offered what they call a “Better Deal” for the majority of Maine taxpayers. But hard numbers, not slogans are the bottom line. The revenue losses arising from expiring sales tax increases must be covered; new changes to the tax mix must be reve-nue-neutral. If that doesn’t happen, total state revenues will continue to decline, and the governor wins.

A second key issue grows out of the governor’s re-fusal to issue voter-approved Land For Maine’s Future bonds. His refusal has nothing to do with bonding or land for Maine’s future. He’s attempting to extort concessions from the Legislature with respect to timber harvesting on state lands.

Republican Sen. Roger Katz has offered legislation to block this tactic. If it passes, it is likely to be vetoed. In the more unlikely event the veto is overridden, there

is no assurance the governor will comply. Contrary to the state Constitution, he asserts a right to issue vot-er-approved bonds when he chooses.

The Dems need to resist this bullying tactic. The timber harvesting issue should be decided on its merits, and a judicial action should be brought to challenge the governor’s repeated refusal to issue voter-approved bonds when his ideology or political whim dictates.

A third issue grows out of the energy compromise hammered out two years ago. All of the parties then and now understand what was agreed to. The belated finding of a missing word – “and” – that essentially defunds Efficiency Maine ought not to be used by the governor to extort unrelated legislative changes to state energy policy.

Lepage’s conduct is reprehensible. Moreover, it is barred by a state statute that requires the correction of small, inadvertent errors that defeat the intent of the underlying legislation. Here the missing “and” should be inserted by the revisor of statutes and/or by the Legislature to achieve the intent of the Efficiency Maine legislation.

The Dems need to hold out for a one-word correction of the Efficiency Maine law. If that measure is not passed, or if passed, is vetoed by LePage, they should immediately take the issue to court. The governor is not above the law.

The Democrats, in the waning days of the legisla-tive session, should not give in to LePage’s bullying and should have the courage to take core issues that affect all Maine people to the courts, if that becomes necessary.

Orlando Delogu of Portland is emeritus professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law and a longtime public policy consultant to federal, state, and local government agencies and officials. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Concealed carry folliesGun control is one of those issues, like abortion,

about which people tend to want all or nothing, when what is really needed are reasonable lim-itations.

Recently, for instance, in a display of dou-ble-barreled Republican firepower, state Sen. Eric Brakey of Auburn and our pistol-packing Gov. Paul LePage teamed up to try to get rid of restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon.

Brakey introduced a bill to repeal the require-ment that you get a permit if you want to carry a concealed weapon and to legalize carrying a loaded gun in your car. LePage signed on to an amicus brief with the Republican governors of Texas, Mississippi, Louisi-ana, South Dakota and Oklahoma in a case that seeks to repeal California’s handgun permit law.

T h e g ove r n o r s ’ argument goes that “citizens in the Ami-ci Governors’ states should not be forced to choose between exercising their constitutional rights to bear arms and exercising their constitu-tional rights to travel to California.”

Really? That’s an issue? Mainers can’t pack heat in California?

Some 36,000 people already hold concealed weapons permits in Maine, 12,000 of whom are from out-of-state. Maine has reciprocal agree-ments to honor concealed handgun permits with Delaware, South Dakota, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Apparently, someone thought armed tourists would be a good idea?

The governors’ amicus brief argues that con-cealed handgun license holders are dispropor-tionately less likely to commit crimes, therefore California’s public safety concerns are unfounded.

But don’t you suppose the fact that people have to be approved to get a concealed carry permit has something to do with their good conduct record? If every Bud Weiser in Maine could legally stuff a piece in his pants, as the Brakey bill contemplates, I have a sneaking suspicion the safety record might get shot full of holes.

While people licensed to carry guns may be less likely to commit crimes, a University of Pennsyl-vania study found that assault victims who were carrying guns were 4.5 times more likely to be

shot than those who were not, and 4.2 times more likely to be killed.

The trouble with carrying a gun is that sooner or later you are going to be tempted to use it, po-tentially turning what should have been a fist fight into a homicide and a murder conviction.

While it may seem counter-intuitive, people who live in homes where guns are present are more like-ly to become victims of gun violence – suicides, accidents, crimes – than people who live in homes without guns. That may be one reason why gun ownership in America is on the decline, down to 22 percent from close to 32 percent in 1985.

To get a concealed weapon permit in Maine, you apply to the Maine State Police or your local police department. You have to present a birth certificate, driver’s license, auto registration and proof of pass-ing a handgun safety course, pay $35 and answer 32 questions about your criminal background and mental health. If you pass the criminal and mental health background check, you get a permit. To ob-ject to this permitting process is to place individual liberty above public safety.

In California, you have to demonstrate “good cause” for carrying a concealed weapon. Sounds reasonable to me. I’d like to see that standard in Maine. The Republican governors, however, argue that no one should have to show cause for exercising a constitutional right, confusing in their absolutism the right to bear arms with the right to carry a concealed handgun.

Personally, I have no problem with responsible, law-abiding adults being issued permits to carry a concealed weapon, but I see no reason to allow every Tom, Dick and Mary to walk around with a concealed weapon without a permit. Fortunately, the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee rejected Brakey’s bill and it is unlikely to pass the Democrat-controlled House.

The right to bear arms is not absolute. The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that limitations may be placed on the ownership and use of firearms to ensure public safety. Individuals and organizations that refuse to acknowledge any limitations on the Second Amendment are complicit in the epidemic of gun violence that plagues the United States.

Yet even in the wake of mass killings such as Columbine and Sandy Hook, we seem unable and unwilling to enact reasonable gun-control mea-sures, such as background checks on all gun sales.

With efforts to make it easier for people to carry concealed handguns, we are slipping ever back-ward into the lawless past.

Freelance journalist Edgar Allen Beem lives in Brunswick. The Universal Notebook is his person-al, weekly look at the world around him.

Beem’s case for Sanders ignores history

Edgar Allen Beem is to be congratulated for his candor in advocating Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid. (“The case for Bernie Sanders,” May 7) Derid-ing most of the other aspirants, Beem is nothing if not realistic in acknowledging the odds Sanders faces as an avowed

socialist. Many readers may view Beem’s attention to whether the “s” is upper- or lower-case as irrelevant.

Socialism’s standard-bearer, Karl Marx, observed that all facts and personages in world history occur twice, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. The tragedy is the millions of people imprisoned, tortured, starved and killed in the name of this ideology.

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ObituariesBarbara C. Doane, 83: Dedicated to family, community

PORTLAND — Barbara Concannon Doane, 83, of State Street, died May 9 at her home.

She was born Nov. 1, 1931, in Port-land, a daughter of Peter F. and Cather-ine (Folan) Concannon. She graduated from South Portland High School, in the class of 1949. She then worked for New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. and for Maine Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

She married Don-ald S. Doane on June 13, 1953, at Holy Cross Church in South Portland.

Barbara was a dedicated wife and

mother who quietly devoted herself to home and family. To them, she was an adoring “Meme,” who relished time with her grandchildren, especially trips to Scarborough and Higgins Beach. She enjoyed reading and knitting hats for local schools and sports teams.

She was predeceased by a sister, Mau-reen Flaherty, and a brother, Joseph S. Concannon.

She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Donald; a daughter, Catherine D. Knudsen and husband, Erik, of Falmouth; three sons, Donald C. Doane and wife, Susan, of Portland, James O. Doane and wife, Beth, of South Portland, and Joseph A. Doane and wife, Pauline, of Cape Elizabeth; nine grandchildren, Neils and wife, Christine Knudsen, Kurt Knudsen, Lianna Doane, Alison Doane, Paige Doane, Owen Doane, Carolyn Doane, Joey Doane and Peter Doane; two great-grandchildren, Olivia Knudsen and Elliot Knudsen; a sister-in-law, Betty Concannon, of Portland; a brother-in-law, Alfred R. Doane, of Portland; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, May 13, from 2-4 p.m., at Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home, 172 State St., Portland. A graveside service and com-mittal will be private.

Memorial donations of books may be made to a local library of one’s choice.

Anna C. Olsen, 93PORTLAND — Anna C. Olsen, 93, of

Portland, died May 8 at Cedars Retire-ment Community.

She was born in Portland on Oct. 24, 1921, the daughter of Hans and Ane Dorthea Christensen.

In her early life, Olsen worked for several businesses, including her brother Soren’s print shop. In 1965, she married Svend T. Olsen and the couple lived in Lynn, Massachusetts, until moving to Portland in 1967. There she returned to work for her brother and continued until her retirement.

She was predeceased by her parents;

her husband, who died in 1996; her sister, Ellen Christensen; and her brother, Soren Christensen.

She is survived by her brother, Espen Christensen, of Portland; two nephews, James Christensen, of Durham, and Thomas Christensen, of Bangor, and their families; and a sister-in-law, Gloria Berry, of Bridgton, and her family.

A funeral was scheduled for Tuesday May 12, at 10 a.m., at St. Ansgar Evan-gelical Lutheran Church, 515 Woodford St., Portland, with the Rev. William Bar-ter officiating. Interment was to follow at Forest City Cemetery, in South Portland.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Olsen’s memory to St. Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church, 515 Wood-ford St., Portland, ME 04103.

Cecile D. Currier, 95PORTLAND — Cecile D. Currier, 95,

of Cumberland Avenue, died peacefully on May 3 at Mercy Hospital, with her family by her side.

She was born Dec. 14, 1919, in Caribou, the daughter of Paul and Agnes Baron Smart. She attended local schools there, but at age 20 moved to Portland, where she made her home for the rest of her life.

Davies worked for several laundry services in Portland, and also worked as a house cleaner. In addition, she spent several years employed as a baker for J.J. Nissen Baking Co.

She married George H. Currier in 1937 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con-ception, where she was a longtime com-municant.

Cecile was predeceased by her husband, George, in 1960; a daughter, Mary Jane Andrews, in 1993; a son, George Currier, in 2001; and a son-in-law, Kenneth Alexander.

She is survived by two daughters, Nancy Alexander, of South Portland, and Patsy Shaw, of Gorham; two sons, Kenneth L.

Currier, of Brunswick, and Lawrence J. Currier and wife, Kaye, of Brunswick; 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, along with many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrat-ed May 6 at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, and burial followed in Calvary Cemetery, South Portland.

Edward P. Ranaghan, 90PORTLAND — Edward Patrick

Ranaghan, 90, died peacefully May 5 after a brief illness.

He was born Feb. 20, 1925, in Portland. Christened Patrick Edward Ranaghan, has was the son of Charles H. and Margaret (Costello) Ranaghan.

Edward attended local schools and graduated from Cheverus High School in 1943. He then entered the U.S. Navy and proudly served as a signalman on the escort aircraft carrier USS Bogue.

After his military service, he attended the University of Maine in Orono and graduated in 1951, the first in his family to earn a college degree. He began his teaching career in Madawaska and later accepted a position in Auburn.

In 1956, Ranaghan began teaching at Portland’s King Middle School and retired as a guidance counselor in 1983. While at King, he implemented several very suc-cessful student programs, including the Neighborhood Youth Corps.

Ranaghan enjoyed retirement to the fullest and spent his time attending book fairs, volunteering at a local soup kitchen and spending time at his camp on High-land Lake. Another favorite activity was hosting his biweekly poker games with his friends.

He was predeceased by his wife, Eliza-beth Griffin Ranaghan, in 2008.

He is survived by his sister, Catherine Monn, of Portland, and his three children, Stephanie Smith, Patrick Ranaghan and Mary Latini. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Rachel, Patrick, Zacha-ry and Mackenzie Smith and Meghan and Amie Ranaghan, as well as three great-grandchildren.

He enjoyed a very close relationship with his son-in-law, Philip Latini, and his nephew, Thomas Ranaghan Jr. Both spent much time with Ranaghan, and were always there to help.

The family would like to thank the staff of Mercy Hospital’s critical care unit for their compassion and care.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrat-ed May 8 at St. Joseph Church, in Port-land, with interment following at Calvary Cemetery, in South Portland.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ranaghan’s name to St. Brigid School, 695 Stevens Ave., Portland ME 04103.

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Donated dramatist digs debut

Maine State Music Theatre on April 29 unveiled Clancy House, a four-bedroom residence that will provide accommo-dations for actors employed during the theater company’s summer season. Clancy House, at 9 Cedar St., Brunswick, was given last year to MSMT by an anon-ymous donor, and since then has been under renovation. Union rules require that professional “summer stock” actors are housed within one-quarter mile of their rehearsal space, so the donated space re-lieves some of the need for MSMT to rely on rental properties. Based in Brunswick, MSMT has staged Broadway-caliber shows in the Mid-Coast region since 1959.

New Hires, Promotions and Appointments

Stephanie Eglinton, of Portland, has been named senior program officer at the Maine Community Founda-tion, a statewide or-ganization that works with donors to improve the quality of life for Maine people. Eglinton

will manage the foundation’s Cumberland and York county committees. Previously, she worked as a program officer at the Sam L. Cohen Foundation, and also has served as a legislative fellow in the U.S. Senate. Eglinton holds a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University.

Robert Cummins, a trial attorney with more than 50 years of experience, has joined Portland law firm Norman, Han-son & DeTroy. Cummins, who practices law in Chicago, will be of counsel. He is recognized as an expert in legal ethics and professional conduct, and has held leadership positions with the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

The Plant Memorial Home, a nonprofit as-sisted living facility in Bath, recently named Linda A. MacMillan as director of develop-ment and marketing. Previously, she served as associate director of development at Mid

Coast Health Services in Brunswick, and also held similar positions with Maine Bank & Trust, People’s United Bank, the Maine Maritime Museum and The Highlands. She also served on the Plant Home’s board of directors for the past year.

Maine Medical Part-ners, a physician group affiliated with Maine Medical Center, has added Dr. Philip An-son to its neurosurgery and spine practice. An-son is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who has practiced in

Portland since 1984. He received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Rochester, followed by an additional year of training in England and Switzerland.

Health Affiliates Maine, a statewide substance abuse and mental health

agency, has hired Dawn Stratton as a counselor, providing therapy for young adults, adults and couples from her home office in the Portland area. Stratton is a licensed clinical professional counselor who specializes in issues including the loss of a loved one, parenting difficulties, relationships and work-related stress.

Grants

Bangor Savings Bank Foundation recently awarded a total of $100,000 in grants to 68 nonprofit organizations throughout Maine. Recipients of the foundation’s “Community Matters More” grants were selected partially on the basis of more than 3,000 votes cast by the public. The recipients include the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, based in Brunswick, which was awarded one of eight $5,000 grants. Grants of $1,000 went to five nonprofits based in

Cumberland County: Casa Inc., Girls on the Run – Maine, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland, Project G.R.A.C.E. and Simple Gifts.

The People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, has awarded a $3,500 grant to Special Olympics Maine, based in South Portland. The contribution will help offset the cost of the 2015 State Summer Games, and support the 1,500 athletes with intellec-tual disabilities expected to attend the annual event, scheduled for June 5-7 in Orono. In addition, the foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to Let’s Get Ready, of Portland. Let’s Get Ready helps low-income high school students by providing free entrance test prepara-tion, admissions counseling and other support needed to successfully pursue a college education.

CONTRIBUTED

Celebrating the opening of Maine State Music Theatre’s actors residence on April 29 were, from left, Board of Trustees President Ed Bradley, Managing Director Stephanie Dupal, Brunswick Town Manager John Eldridge, Clancy House volunteer Margy Burroughs and MSMT Artistic

Director Curt Dale Clark.

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Kelly said it was also a good way for the students to spread the message of bike safety.

“It’s a meaningful way for them to go outside of school and into the communi-ty,” she said.

Marenghi said the map doubles as an educational card game known as “Top Trump Cards,” which helps the students learn historical facts about all the land-marks.

“You can learn about the island and some of the landmarks on the island,” said third-grader Bella Green. She said the facts on the cards include when the landmark was built, how tall it is, its width and how long it has been in use. The point of the game is to end up with all the cards in the deck.

“So you would pick from (the four categories) and if I picked ‘date built’ and the card you were using (was older) than mine you would win, and if you got all of my cards then you would win (the

game),” Green said.“You might have a building that’s taller

or a building that’s older or a building that’s longer, and that way they ingest that information in a fun way,” Marenghi added.

The students said the game was fun and worth all the work.

“It’s a fun way to learn and some people don’t know about the island,” second-grader Olivia Boyle said.

Marenghi said the idea for the game came first, and the map followed shortly after as a way to “get exercise, get out into the community and see landmarks.”

The project received a Safe Routes to School mini grant, which Kelly said was used for printing 1,000 maps for distribu-tion. The maps will be available for free at the Casco Bay Lines ticket office and Brad’s Bike Rental & Repair on Peaks Island. Additional funding from the mini grant was put towards multi-sport helmets for the students.


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The mother of all restaurant daysBy Natalie Ladd

“Don’t spend money on flowers for Mother’s Day this year,” I told my col-lege-age daughters, Number One and Carlykardashian. “Number One, you’re graduating from college next weekend, and CK, you’re schlepping home more clothes than Macy’s has on the rack. It just isn’t necessary.”

There was a pause and three seconds of silence. “But seriously, don’t for-get to call your grand-mother,” I said.

Feeling resolute when I gave the marching or-ders, why was I so weepy, when, for almost the first time ever, they actually listened to me? There were no flowers. No candy. No Hallmark cards. No breakfast in bed or false promises of doing the dishes afterward.

Then I brightened up.For the first time in many years, I

wasn’t in the Mother’s Day trenches with my hospitality brothers and sisters, who were working one of the busiest breakfast/brunch days on the calendar. It falls under the “amateurs dining out” category (along with Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve), and those celebra-tory shifts can be lucrative.

They can also be long, stressful and loaded with drama from both sides of

the table.The lucrative part comes from work-

ing in a place serving a “churn ‘em and burn ‘em” buffet brunch, with set prices for adults and children. Up-sell a few bloody Marys and the check grows, along with the gratuity. Traditional

breakfast places will have lines out the door and, according to my peeps in the field, Sunday’s beautiful weather brought about record-breaking head counts everywhere from Dunkin’ Donuts to The Maine Dining Room at the Harraseeket Inn in Freeport.

One of my friends made more than $300 between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at her place of employment in York County.

“We all had to get there by 7 to rearrange the din-

ing room, set up tables, make sure we had enough polished wine glasses and other tedious side work,” my pal said. “You should have been there. Two wom-en I work with played the mom card in a big way. They were wearing cheesy buttons of their kid’s faces, and got sympathy tips for sure. Come to think of it, I’m sure one them was wearing a button of her nieces.”

As anticipated, my friend’s $300 day dwindled when it came time to share tips and take home the pay dirt.

“We were so overstaffed,” she went on. “There were two extra host people, an extra bus kid and one girl who did nothing but fill water glasses without saying a word.

“But do you think they had extra people in the kitchen who they’d have to pay over 4 bucks an hour? No, of course they didn’t. We could have used another dishwasher and someone to run stuff to the carving and omelet stations. It was a cluster.

“I tipped out over 35 percent by the time I got out of there,” she finally said before hanging up to Skype with her mom in Phoenix.

Another friend complained of a family behaving poorly and fighting at their ta-ble loudly enough to attract the attention of those seated nearby.

“So,” my server friend began, “appar-ently, a black-sheep brother wasn’t in-vited to breakfast, but somehow caught wind and showed up anyway. We didn’t have an extra seat in the house for him and the mom started crying when the fighting started. One of the sisters said, ‘Are you going to steal the silverware from here too?’ and the manager had to ask them all to calm down. It would have been funny if the mother wasn’t so upset.”

Lastly, a new Johnson & Wales stu-dent, working on a summer internship, told me his mom actually went into the closed kitchen and asked the head chef why her food was taking so long.

“I was so embarrassed,” he shared.

“But I was more pissed my mom had to wait so long on her big day. Maybe next year, I’ll stay home too.”

Peas & Q’s:Q: I try to educate myself about wine

and have gone to a few tastings. The range of prices still confuse me. I know things change with vintages, and supply and demand, but sometimes, I stand there like a dolt trying to decide on a bottle. Suggestions? — L.M. Portland

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Another great resource is if you see a representative from one of the distribu-torships checking inventory while you’re shopping. Those folks are a wealth of untapped knowledge about what’s newly priced, has received props, or should simply be avoided because it’s nasty swill.

Natalie Ladd lives in Portland. When not pecking away, she can be found serving the masses at a busy eatery, or tirelessly conducting happy-hour field research. Hospitality questions or comments should be sent to [email protected], and may be featured in a future column. Follow Natalie on Twitter: @natalieladd.

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Hard to believe, but spring season half overBy Michael Hoffer

(Ed. Note: For the com-plete Cheverus-Scarborough and Deering-South Portland base-ball, Cheverus-Falmouth boys’ lacrosse and Waynflete-Scarbor-ough girls’ lacrosse game sto-ries, with box scores and photos, see theforecaster.net)

It feels like the spring sports season has just began, but many teams have already completed half of their schedule. That means that it’s time to start pay-ing attention to the Heal Points and possible playoff positioning with the postseason just a few weeks away.

Here’s a glimpse at what oc-curred over the past week and how things stand:

BaseballPortland’s baseball team was

up to third in the Western Class A Heal Points standings at the start of the week after improv-ing to 6-1 after victories last week over visiting Scarborough (3-0) and Noble (8-0) and host Gorham (7-3). In the win over the Red Storm, Charles Barnard threw his second straight com-plete game shutout, allowing just two hits, while striking out seven. John Williams had a pair of hits. Against the Knights, Ryan Ruhlin threw a three-hit shutout, while Williams and George Chaison-Lapine both

had two hits. The Bulldogs erupted for seven runs in the third inning. At the Rams, a six-run fifth inning erased a 3-0 deficit. Williams had three hits and Dan Marzilli earned the win. Portland was at West-brook Tuesday, hosts preseason favorite Marshwood in a key tilt Thursday (see theforecaster.net for game story), welcomes defending regional champion Windham in a playoff rematch Friday and goes to Biddeford Tuesday of next week.

Deering was 4-3 and eighth at press time after falling at home to South Portland (2-1) and Marshwood (15-6) and beating host Bonny Eagle, 5-3. In the loss to the Red Riots, the Rams wasted a strong start from Col-by Dame, only managing three hits. Deering led the Hawks, 6-4, heading to the fifth, but Marshwood scored seven runs in that frame and added four in the sixth. Orey Dutton and Kevin Goldberg had two hits apiece, Goldberg and Dominick Bernard both tripled and James Sinclair took the loss. Sam Luebbert pitched a complete game to beat the Scots, as Patrick Viola

paced the offense with two hits and two RBI. The Rams were at Thornton Academy Tuesday, host Massabesic Thursday and Gorham Friday and visit Noble Tuesday of next week.

Cheverus sat 4-2 and ninth after sandwiching one-run losses at Westbrook (4-3, in nine in-nings) and South Portland (1-0) around a 7-1 home victory over Scarborough. Alex Libby was perfect through five innings, but the Stags let a 3-0 lead slip away against the Blue Blazes and fell in extras despite a pair of hits from Jared Brooks. In the win, Jensen Lapoint threw a five-hit-ter and with the bat, he doubled twice, scored two runs and even stole a base.

“Coach told us to keep the pressure on them and don’t let up,” Lapoint said. “That was a tough loss against Westbrook. We came out and got a good win today.”

“The boys were focused start to finish,” said Cheverus coach Mac McKew. “We didn’t have the killer instinct against West-brook and we gave (that game) to them. That’s baseball, espe-cially high school baseball. The

key word today was resiliency. We needed to bounce back.”

Against the Red Riots, in a rematch of a thrilling playoff loss from last spring, the Stags fanned 19 times against South Portland ace Henry Curran and Alex Jacobs was the hard-luck loser after giving up just three hits. The Stags were home against Noble Tuesday, welcome Thornton Academy Thursday, visit Biddeford Saturday and play host to Bonny Eagle Tues-day of next week.

In Western C, Waynflete was 2-4 and 16th in the Heals after a pair of wins over visiting Greater Portland Schools (15-4 in five innings and 22-6 in five innings) and losses at home to Scaopee Valley (17-0 in five innings) and at North Yarmouth Academy (6-2) last week. Tommy Silk homered and singled twice, while Alonzo Antoine earned the first victory against the Lions. In the second, Silk had three more hits and Max Winson added two. The Flyers went to Old Orchard Beach Monday, host Fryeburg Academy Wednesday, welcome Traip Acad-emy Friday, go to NYA Saturday

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Cheverus pitcher Jensen Lapoint delivers a strike during the Stags’ 7-1 win over Scarborough last week.

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Waynflete’s Emily Tabb takes part in the racewalk during a meet last week at Greely. Tabb came in third in that event.

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Super Six PollsBy Michael Hoffer

The latest version of our Super-Six polls for baseball, soft-ball and boys’ and girls’ lacrosse. These polls consider games played through Saturday, May 9, and were first released on Twitter at Twitter.com/foresports Sunday. The poll includes our core coverage area (coastal Cumberland County from Cape Elizabeth to Freeport) and is based solely on my opinion.

Baseball 1) South Portland 2) Portland 3) Falmouth 4) Cheverus 5) Greely 6) Deering Softball 1) Scarborough 2) Greely 3) Yarmouth 4) South Portland 5) Cape Elizabeth 6) McAuley

Boys’ lacrosse 1) Cape Elizabeth 2) South Portland 3) Falmouth 4) Yarmouth 5) Scarborough 6) WaynfleteGirls’ lacrosse1) Cape Elizabeth 2) Scarborough3) Falmouth 4) Waynflete 5) Cheverus6) Yarmouth


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SoftballAt the start of the week, the only city

team that would make the playoffs if they began now was McAuley, which was 4-4 and 12th in the Western A Heals (12 teams qualify). Last week, the Lions won at Biddeford (11-3), edged visiting Portland (3-2), lost at South Portland (9-4), then won at Cheverus (9-0). Against the Bulldogs, Taylor Whaley went the distance, fanning 10, Anya Chase hit a home run and Ally Tillotson scored twice, had two hits and three steals. Whaley singled and tripled in the loss to the Red Riots. Against the Stags, Wha-

ley threw a two-hit shutout and had four hits. McAuley hosted Gorham Monday (see theforecaster.net for game story), welcomes Bonny Eagle Wednesday, then plays host to powerhouse Scarborough Friday and goes to defending Western A champion Thornton Academy Monday of next week.

Portland beat visiting Deering, 17-4 in five innings, then fell to 2-6 with losses at McAuley (3-2) and Marshwood (5-2). Against the Rams, Isabelle Dimillo hit a grand slam and earned the win, Taylor Crosby and Maddie Kennie also hom-ered and Molly Rickett had four hits. Rickett drove in both runs against the Hawks. After hosting Cheverus Monday, the Bulldogs (ranked 14th in Western A) visit Windham Wednesday, welcome Westbrook Friday and go to Biddeford

Monday of next week.Deering was 2-6 and 16th after losses

last week at Portland (17-4, in five in-nings), at home to South Portland (10-1) and at Gorham (9-3). Kaylee Helmick had two hits against both the Bulldogs and the Rams. Siobhan Densmore also had two hits versus Gorham. After playing host to Bonny Eagle Monday, Deering goes to Scarborough Wednesday, hosts Thornton Academy Friday and vis-its Noble Monday.

Cheverus was still seeking its first win at press time. Last week, the Stags fell to 0-7 (and 18th) after losing at home to Windham (20-8), at Westbrook (18-6 in five innings) and at home to Biddeford and McAuley by identical 9-0 margins. Cheverus was at Portland Monday, hosts South Portland Wednesday, visits Gor-

ham Friday and welcomes Bonny Eagle Monday of next week.

Boys’ lacros seWaynflete’s boys’ lacrosse team

bounced back from its loss on Opening Day with four straight wins, including victories last week at NYA (7-5) and Oak Hill (13-6). Ford Malter scored four times against the Raiders. The Flyers (fourth in the Western B Heals) were home Monday against Freeport, welcome Thornton Academy in a crossover game Saturday and go to Lake Region Tuesday of next week.

In Eastern A, Cheverus won, 19-7, at Bonny Eagle and lost at Falmouth, 16-10, last week to fall to 2-3. Nick Schleh scored five times against the Yachtsmen. Thomas Lawson added three goals.

“I’m very pleased,” Stags coach Bill Bodwell said. “There were times I looked out and we had five freshmen out there. We’re getting better. The defense got better as the game went on. I’m happy with how we played.”

Cheverus (sixth in the Heals) plays at Scarborough Wednesday and hosts Kennebunk Saturday and Noble Tuesday.

Portland improved to 2-4 and fifth after a 9-3 win at Edward Little Saturday. The Bulldogs snapped a two-game scoreless streak and got four goals from D.J. Coo-per. Portland welcomes Oak Hill Friday.

Deering fell to 1-4 after falling at home against Scarborough (16-10) and at Mes-salonskee (11-4) last week. Brent Rickett had three goals against the Red Storm. The Rams (ninth in the Heals) played at Bonny Eagle Tuesday, host Maranacook Saturday and visit South Portland Tues-day of next week.

Girls’ lacrosseOn the girls’ side, defending Eastern A

champion Cheverus lost at home to Mes-salonskee last Tuesday, 8-7, to start 0-2, then evened its record with 10-8 victories over visiting Windham and host Bonny Eagle. Abby Biegel had three goals and Nicole Pineau and Anne Veroneau both scored twice against the Eagles. In the win over the Scots, Pineau had three goals. The Stags (fourth in the Heals) were at Portland Tuesday (see thefore-caster.net for game story), host Massa-besic in a state game rematch Thursday, welcome Deering Saturday and play at Thornton Academy Monday.

Portland lost last week at Massabesic (18-11) and at home to Scarborough (17-5), then evened its record at 2-2 with a 13-7 home victory over Cony Saturday. Ella Coose scored six times against the Mustangs, while Merritt Ryan had seven goals in the victory. The Bulldogs (sixth in Eastern A) go to South Portland Thurs-day and host McAuley Monday.

The Lions got their first win last week, following up a 15-6 home loss to Bidd-

Run for Hope upcomingThe 9th annual Run for Hope, a 5K

run/walk to benefit Catherine McAuley High School’s Jim and Maxine Pouravelis Scholarship Fund, will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the high school. Pre-regis-tration is $15 and registration the day of the race is $20. FMI, mcauleyhs.org/RFH.

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Recapfrom page 15

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eford Tuesday with a 12-11 triumph at Noble Thursday. Greta DiPierro had three goals against the Tigers. McAuley (ninth in the Heals) was at Westbrook Tuesday, hosts Sanford Thursday, plays at NYA Friday and visits Portland Monday.

Deering got its first victory last Tues-day, edging visiting Noble, 13-12. The Rams then fell to 1-2 and eighth in Eastern A with a 12-3 loss at Biddeford Thursday. Deering was at Massabesic Tuesday, plays at Windham Thursday, goes to Cheverus Saturday and comes home to face South Portland Tuesday of next week.

In Western B, longtime power Wayn-flete was second to Kennebunk at 5-2 after wins at Fryeburg Academy (10-1) and at home over Gould Academy (13-6) and a 7-4 loss at Scarborough last week. Against the Raiders, Izzy Burdick had a game-high four goals. Nina Moore had four goals and Helen Gray-Bauer added three in the victory over Gould. The Flyers fell behind 3-0 at Scarborough just a couple minutes in and while they subsequently shut the Red Storm out for 23 minutes, they never could catch up.

“It was a tough game,” Waynflete coach Cathie Connors said. “That tough start killed us. I should have had them get back on defense from the beginning. That was my bad, not theirs. I wish that I had called a timeout sooner, but Scarborough played beautifully. They’re very good. We’re just not finishing offensively.”

The Flyers host Falmouth Wednesday (see theforecaster.net for game story) and go to Cape Elizabeth Monday.

Outdoor trackCheverus hosted a girls’ outdoor track

meet last Monday. The Stags were second to South Portland with Deering placing third, Portland fourth and McAuley fifth.

Cheverus got wins from Emily Turner in the 400 (1 minute, 1.21 seconds) and Milena Opielowski in the long jump (16 feet, 9 inches). Deering’s Neilab Habib-zai won the shot put (31-2). McAuley’s Samantha Witkowski took the pole vault (7-6). Portland’s Madison Bolduc was first in the triple jump (34-2).

The boys convened at South Portland

last Tuesday, where the Stags were sec-ond to the hosts, the Rams came in third and the Bulldogs were fourth.

Cheverus event winners included Jake Dixon in the 100 (11.68 seconds) and 200 (22.83), James Hannigan in the 400 (53.94), Nick White in the discus (152-9), Jake Schott in the high jump (6-2), Aston Kritzer in the javelin (149-7). Deering’s Paulo DeMarco was first in the 110 hurdles (16.37) and 300 hurdles (42.4), Hany Ramadan took first in the 800 (2:05.12), Yahya Hussein won the mile (4:45.61), Iid Sheikh-Yusuf won the two-mile (10:13.48) and the Rams’ 1,600 (3:38.63) and 3,200 (9:33.73) relay teams also placed first. Portland had no event winners, but Jonathan Bobe was second in the 200 (23.44).

Waynflete joined Kennebunk, NYA and Traip at Greely Friday. The boys were fifth, but got a win from Cody Tiparos in the 200 (24.81). The girls were fifth as well. Ellie Chidsey placed second in the two-mile (12:51.46).

TennisWaynflete’s seven-time defending

Class C boys’ tennis team improved to

4-1 last week with 5-0 wins over Greely and NYA. The Flyers girls fell to 3-3 af-ter losing last week to Greely and NYA by 5-0 scores.

In Western A, Cheverus’ girls began the week a perfect 5-0, having won every match by a 5-0 score, including victories last week over Westbrook, McAuley and Sanford. The Stags host Portland in a critical battle Wednesday. Cheverus’ boys suffered their first loss, 4-1, to Thornton Academy, then improved to 4-1 with a 5-0 win at Sanford Friday.

Portland’s girls increased their win streak to four with 3-2 victories last week over Thornton Academy, Scarborough

and Gorham. The Bulldogs boys dropped their first two matches, then downed Windham, Scarborough and Gorham last week by 3-2 scores to improve to 3-2.

McAuley snapped a three-match losing streak and improved to 2-4 with a 5-0 win over Bonny Eagle Friday.

Deering’s boys have shaken off an opening match loss and rattled off five straight victories, capped by a 5-0 win at Massabesic. The Rams girls evened their mark at 3-3 after beating South Portland (3-2) and Massabesic (4-1) last week.

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Greater PortlandBooks/AuthorsWednesday 5/13“The Negotiator,” discussion with author and former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, sponsored by the Port-land Regional Chamber, 5 p.m., $10, Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, 88 Bedford St., Portland, portlandregion.com/events.

Friday 5/15“You Are Not Special ... and Other Encouragements,” discussion with author David McCullough Jr., 6:30 p.m., free, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com.

Monday 5/18“Through Evil Days,” book sign-ing with local author Julia Spencer-Fleming, 7 p.m., free, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, freeportlibrary.com.

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“Twisted Threads,” luncheon with author Lea Wait, 11 a.m., $15/reservations only, South Freeport Congregational Church, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport, 865-4012.

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“La Sapienza,” 6:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, pmamovies.org.

Thursday 5/14“The Byrd Who Flew Alone,” part of music and film tribute to Gene Clark, sponsored by WMPG Com-munity Radio, 7 p.m., donations suggested, SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 780-4151, wmpg.org.

GalleriesArt of John Calvin Stevens, on

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Carole Kainlor and Richard Saw-yer, wood art and photography, on view to June 15, Cia Cafe, 72 Ocean St., South Portland, 747-4414.

“Dappled Canopy,” paintings by Liz Hoag, on view to June 6, Eliza-beth Moss Galleries, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2620, elizabeth-mossgalleries.com.

Ingrid Christensen and James Rivoli, paintings, on view to June 2, Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, 48 Free St., Portland, 576-7787, rouxandcyrgallery.com.

“Interior Life,” paintings by Louise Bourne, Sukie Curtis and Brita Holmquist, on view to June 4, Ocean House Gallery & Frame, 299 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, 956-7422, oceanhouse-gallery.com.

“Men in Suits,” paintings by Na-tasha Mayers, on view to June 21, Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland, 772-2339.

“Molecular Art,” DNA images by

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“Past Impressions,” monotypes and lithographs by Sissy Buck, on view to May 30, Fogg Light-ing, 281 Marginal Way, Portland, 797-7568.

“Path, Points, Lines, Tangents,” paintings by Martha LaMarche, on view to June 30, Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011, daunis.com.

“Ripple Effect,” monoprints by Karen Adrienne, Kris Sader and Barbra Whitten, on view to May 30, PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, 517-0200.

S.C. Myer, paintings and mixed media works, on view to June 27, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763, yar-mouthlibrary.org.

Student Art Show, works by 650 Portland Public Schools students, on view to May 20, Portland City Hall, 389 Congress St., Portland.

“Tuesday Group and Friends,” paintings and sculpture by lo-cal artists, on view to October, Macpage LLC, 30 Long Creek Drive, South Portland, macpage.com.

“Zen Mind, Artist Mind,” mixed me-dia works by Mei Selvage, on view to May 29, 3fish Gallery, 377 Cum-berland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.

OngoingA Fine Thing Gallery, Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Ave., Portland, 699-2919, edpollackfinearts.com.

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

Area Gallery, University of South-ern Maine, Woodbury Campus Center, 780-5008, usm.maine.edu/gallery.

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

Art Gallery at University of New England, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4499, une.edu/art-gallery.

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.

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Constellation Gallery, 511 Con-gress St., Portland, 252-9520.

Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 In-dia St., Portland.

Couleur Collection, 240 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2401, couleurcollection.co.

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Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693.

Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 253-6808.

Harmon’s & Barton’s Gallery, 584 Congress St., Portland, 774-5948.

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Language Exchange, 80 Ex-change St., Portland, 772-0405.

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Long Island Dodwell Gallery, Long Island, 766-2940, [email protected].

Maine Arts Workshop, 39 School St., Freeport, 831-2759, main-eartsworkshop.com.

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Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.

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North Yarmouth Academy , Curtis Gallery, 148 Main St., Yar-mouth, 847-5423, NYA.org.

Open Concepts Gallery and Stu-dios, Cove Street Art Center, 50 Cove St., Portland, 772-3822.

Paula Banks Consulting and Two Lights Home Care, Pond Cove Shopping Center, Cape Eliz-abeth, lola-studios.com.

PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, 517-0200.

Ponomo, 142 High St., Suite 307, Portland, ponomostyle.com.

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Portland Public Library, Lew-is Gallery, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandli-brary.com.

Radiant Light Gallery, 615 Con-gress St., Suite 409, Portland, 252-7258.

Richard Boyd Art Gallery, 15 Epps St., Peaks Island, 712-1097, richardboydartgallery.com.

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Rose Contemporary, 492 Con-gress St., Portland, 780-0700, rosecontemporary.com.

Roux and Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, 48 Free St., Portland, 576-7787, rouxandcyrgallery.com.

Salt Institute, 561 Congress St., Portland, salt.edu.

Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, 851 Sawyer St., South Portland, 767-8090.

South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland, 767-7660.

SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, space538.org.

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Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.

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Thos. Moser Gallery, 149 Main St., Freeport, 865-4519.

3fish Gallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.

317 Main, 317 Main St., Yar-mouth, 846-6264.

TIME Gallery at CTN Studios, 516 Congress St., Portland, HourEx-changePortland.org, 874-9868.

USM Osher Map Library, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, 780-4850, oshermaps.org.

USM Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St., Portland, 780-4270.

Utopia Gallery, 468 Fore St., Portland, utopiadesigns.com.

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“Rose Marasco: index,” to Dec. 6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Con-gress Square, Portland, 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org.

“The Way We Wear: Fashion & Industry in the 19th Century,” to Oct. 31, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., Portland, 772-4841, victoriamansion.org.

OngoingInternational Cryptozoology Museum, 661 Congress St., Port-land, cryptozoologymuseum.com.

Maine Historical Society Muse-um, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday; noon to 5 p.m., Sunday; 11 a.m.to noon, children’s hour, Monday and Wednesday; adults $8, children $3, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, maine-history.org.

Maine Jewish Museum, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Friday, or by appointment, 267 Congress St., Portland, 329-9854, treeofli-femuseum.org.

Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown St., Portland, 871-7188, museumafricanculture.org.

Neal Dow Memorial, tours by appointment, 714 Congress St., Portland, 773-7773, mewctu.com.

Portland Fire Museum, open first Fridays 6-9 p.m., adults $5, children $2, 157 Spring St., Port-land, portlandfiremuseum.com.

Portland Museum of Art, 10 a.m.

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Portland Observatory, 138 Con-gress St., Portland, 774-5561.

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Yarmouth Historical Society Museum, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Satur-day, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259.

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Saturday 5/16DaPonte String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., $20, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 529-4555, daponte.org.

Ryan Blotnick Group with Michael Blake, 10 p.m., $15 do-nation, Blue, 650A Congress St., Portland.

Sunday 5/17“From Land and Sea to Concert Hall,” folk songs presented by Portland Rossini Club, 3 p.m., $10, seniors $5, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St., Portland, 797-8318, rossiniclub.org.

State Street Traditional Jazz Band, 2 p.m., $10, State Street Church, 159 State St., Portland.

OngoingCommunity Chorus, rehearsals 10 a.m. to noon, first and third Saturdays, St. Lawrence Arts Cen-ter, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568 ext. 102, [email protected].

Kirtan, group chanting, 7-8:30 p.m., first and third Fridays, $5 donation, Portland Yoga Studio, 616 Congress St., Portland, 799-0054, portlandyoga.com.

Theater/DanceMaine Playwrights Festival, six world-premiere plays, May 13-17, various times, $10-$15, St. Law-

rence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, acorn-productions.org.

“Mamma Mia!” national touring production presented by Port-land Ovations, Wednesday and Thursday, May 13-14, 7:30 p.m., $45-$70, Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, 842-0800, portlandovations.org.

“Other Desert Cities,” to May 17, Thursday to Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., $20, seniors and students $15, Mad Horse Theater Co., 24 Mosher St., South Port-land, 747-4148, madhorse.com.

“Papermaker,” to May 24, var-ious times, $37-$47, Portland Stage Co., 25A Forest Ave., Port-land, 774-0465, portlandstage.org.

“Snow White” and “The Hundred Dresses,” part of May Madness Theater Festival presented by A Company of Girls, to May 16, various times, adults $8, children $5, Portland Ballet Studio The-ater, 517 Forest Ave., Portland, 747-8421, acompanyofgirls.org.

Friday 5/15“Daddy Issues: Stories Told by a Son,” with Peter Aguero, 8:30 p.m., $15, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 879-4629, mayost-reetarts.org.

Saturday 5/16Mini Guinea Fest, celebration and all-level instruction in West African dance, 4 p.m., and drum music, 7 p.m., $36/both events, Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford St., Portland, embodytherhythm.com.

OngoingArgentine Tango Practice, 7-9 p.m.Wednesdays, beginner les-son 7 p.m., $10; Ballroom Dance Party, 8 p.m. to midnight Sat-urdays, beginner lesson 7 p.m., $7; Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St., Portland.

Club 188, line dancing instruc-tion, Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. beginners, 8-9 p.m. intermediate, 9-9:30 p.m. advanced, 188 Warren Ave., Portland.

Greater Portland Community Contradance, no partner needed, first Saturdays, 7:15 p.m. lesson, 8 p.m. main dance, $9 adult, $5 child, Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road, 756-2201.

Irish Set Dancing, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, Yarmouth Community Services, 200 Main St., Yarmouth, [email protected].

Maplewood Dance Center , night classes followed by dance socials on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 383 Warren Ave., Portland, 878-0584, maplewood-dancecenter.com.

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or six years, and there's always between 110 and 125 people (who come out to vote)," she said.

Sampson said the day began at 5:30 a.m., when she got the ballots from City Hall and brought them to Reiche. Voting began at 7 a.m. and concluded at 8 p.m. She said poll workers brought things to keep themselves busy, like puzzles.

At St. Pius Church, 492 Ocean Ave., nearly 70 people had turned out by mid-afternoon. Warden Elizabeth Cyr said that was lower than previous years.

"This year we didn't have the morning

rush," Cyr said. "No one was lined up outside."

Cyr said the St. Pius Church polling place typically gets a few hundred voters for for the school budget referendum.

The budget, unchanged from the one proposed in early March by Superin-tendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk, is a 1.2 percent increase over current spending. It glided through every step of the School Board and City Council approval process.

It requires a 2.3 percent increase in the school portion of the city's property tax rate, adding about $23 in taxes per $100,000 of assessed value.

The school portion combined with the proposed municipal side of the

budget would add 58 cents to the cur-rent tax rate, to $20.58 per $1,000 of assessed value. The combined school and city budget, which totals over $320 million, would account for a $116 an-nual tax increase on a property worth $200,000.

The 2.3 percent increase is about the same as the increase voters overwhelm-ing approved a year ago.

When Caulk first presented the bud-get to the School Board, he called it "modest," in large part due to declining state aid.

The School Department lost nearly $1 million in state Essential Programs and Services funding, a nearly 6.5 percent reduction. In March, Caulk said without

the EPS loss the city tax increase would have been only 1.1 percent.

Thompson had said last week that if any more revenue comes from the state, it would be used to offset the tax increase.

Caulk also had said if the state still paid the costs of teacher pensions, as it had until shifting them to local school districts in 2013, the tax rate increase would have been "zero or less."

The budget maintains current staff, class sizes and programs. Personnel costs increased by $2.2 million, or 2.7 percent.


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Out & About

Midcoast Symphony debuts new piano concertoBy Scott Andrews

Southern Maine’s arts and entertain-ment calendar boasts a variety of inter-esting offerings this weekend.

The most significant happens in Lew-iston and Topsham this Saturday and Sunday, as the Midcoast Symphony Or-chestra wraps up its 25th season with the world premiere of a specially commis-sioned concerto written by a prominent Maine composer.

The DaPonte String Quartet opens the final concert series of its 2014-2015 sea-son this weekend in Portland.

Heather Maloney is a singer-songwriter from Massachusetts whose new indie album, “Making Me Break,” is making waves in the music world. She’s playing in Portland this Saturday.

The 14th annual Maine Playwrights Festival continues daily through this weekend, with the culminating event on Sunday.

Midcoast Symphony OrchestraFor 25 years the Midcoast Symphony

Orchestra has been a growing part of Maine’s cultural life. My personal con-nection began about a dozen years ago, when the MSO’s search for a new music director attracted some considerable attention.

Rohan Smith, an Australian-born con-ductor, was chosen to lead the ensemble, and I’ve been a frequent concert-goer ever since. During his tenure, Smith plus a dedicated team from this all-volunteer community ensemble has recruited more musicians, improved performance stan-dards, tackled more challenging reper-toire and generally elevated the MSO’s status in Maine’s cultural community.

This 25th anniversary season will conclude with two performances of a program titled “Growing Into the Fu-ture,” and the featured item will mark another significant milestone in the MSO’s growth: the world premiere of a specially commissioned orchestral work

by a prominent Maine composer.After opening with Dmitri Shostakov-

ich’s “Festival Overture,” the MSO will perform Vineet Shende’s Piano Concerto, with George Lopez as the guest soloist. Both are familiar figures in Brunswick.

Shende is an internationally recognized composer who serves as chairman of the Bowdoin College music department. In addition to teaching a wide variety of music courses, he’s a guitarist and singer. Shende’s music is highly eclectic, rang-ing from novel combinations of voices plus small instrumental ensembles to full-scale symphonic works. Lopez is an artist-in-residence at the college, and a frequent collaborator with Smith.

Does outer space and interplanetary travel represent the future? Maestro Smith seems to be saying yes with his selection of the final work on the pro-gram: Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.” This immensely approachable orchestra suite was written a century ago in England; its principal themes were inspired by the astrological associations of the seven planets – all that were known at that time.

Two performances are slated: May 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Franco Center, 46 Ce-dar St. in Lewiston, and May 17 at 2:30 p.m. at the Orion Performing Arts Center at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Topsham. Call 846-5378.

DaPonte String QuartetMusic lovers have a chance to sample

a hugely diverse range of short works by seven very different composers as the DaPonte String Quartet wraps up its fall-winter-spring season with five performances of a program titled “Short and Sweet.”

On the menu are works by composers from six countries, four continents and three centuries. They include “Quar-tettsatz” by the classical Austrian com-poser Franz Schubert, “Crisantemi” by the Italian opera maestro Giacomo Pucci-ni, “Concertino” by Russian master Igor

Stravinsky, “Italian Serenade” by Hugo Wolf (born in what is now Slovenia), “Funf Satze” by 20th-century Austrian composer Anton Webern, “Lullaby” by the beloved American composer George Gershwin, and “Four for Tango” by Ar-gentinian composer Astor Piazzolla.

“This is really a veritable smorgas-bord,” says violist Kirsten Monke. “In a short amount of time, this program covers wildly differing styles and moods. It’s like reading short stories by great novel-ists: Each of these little jewels captures the essence of what makes each of these composers great.”

Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. May 16 at the Portland Public Li-brary, 5 Monument Square; 3 p.m. May 17 at St. John’s Church, 200 Main St. in Tho-maston; 7:30 p.m. May 22 at Lincoln The-ater, 2 Theater St. in Damariscotta; 7:30 p.m. May 23 at St. Columba’s Church, 32 Emery Lane in Boothbay Harbor; and 3 p.m. at Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St. in Topsham. Call 529-4555.

Heather MaloneyAfter years of struggling to discover

the true nature of the artist within herself, Heather Maloney seems to have finally decided what she is: a powerful sing-er-songwriter who is beginning to make waves on the national music scene.

A native of New Jersey, Maloney stud-ied for years to be a professional opera singer, but she surrendered to the twin muses of poetry and songwriting during meditation one day in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts. Now based out of the those mountains, Maloney motors around this country singing and further honing her craft. She’s coming to Portland this Saturday.

After listening to numerous selections from her releases to date, I’m very im-pressed with Maloney’s performance and writing. She seems equally at home backed by her own band or performing solo with guitar. She’s comfortable and persuasive covering the song of others,

particularly Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball,” and Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock” – the latter as lead singer fronting Dar-lingside.

Her own writing is also powerful. I especially like “Flutter,” which is equal parts thoughtful and playful, and the eloquent introspection of “Making Me Break,” the title song of her latest album, which was released last month.

Also appearing on Saturday’s bill will be Will Dailey, a singer-songwriter who copped two Boston Music Awards in 2014 plus a pair of New England Music Awards this year. He’s currently touring in support of “National Throat Deluxe,” an album that was released this past March.

Catch Heather Maloney at 8 p.m. May 16 at One Longfellow Square, corner of State and Congress in Portland. Call 761-1757.

Maine Playwrights FestivalAspiring local dramatists and their

fans are gathering this week in Portland, as Acorn Productions presents its 14th annual Maine Playwrights Festival. Between May 13 and May 17 five new plays by Maine authors – “Predestina-tion” by Arthur Boatin, “Houston” by Michael Kimball, “3 a.m. at Denny’s” by Shondra Jin Robbins and “Creation” by David Vazdauskkas – will be presented in rotation.

The culminating event will be the fifth annual 24-Hour Portland Theater Project on Sunday, where six new plays are cre-ated, rehearsed and presented within a 24-hour period. Maestro of the festival is Michael Levine, a longtime theater activ-ist in Portland and Westbrook. At varied times and wearing various thespian hats, Levine is a producer, director, actor and playwright.

All events are slated for the St. Law-rence Arts Center, 76 Congress St. (top of Munjoy Hill). For complete infor-mation, visit acornproductionsportland.wordpress.com.

Heather Maloney, a singer-

songwriter whose

new indie album,

“Making Me

Break,” is making waves in the music

world, will visit Portland on May

16.


Greater PortlandBulletin BoardThursday 5/14Spring Sale in the Greenhouse, 8:30 a.m. t0 4 p.m., Morrison Center, 60 Chamberlain Road, Scarborough, 883-6680, morri-son-maine.org.

Saturday 5/16Electronic Recycling Event, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., First Congregation-al Church of Scarborough, 167 Black Point Road, Scarborough, 883-2342.

Electronic Waste Recycling Day, sponsored by St. Paul’s Church, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Back Cove Parking Area, Baxter Boulevard, Portland.

Herb & Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tate House Museum, 1267 West-brook St., Portland, 774-6177.

Plant & Yard Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road, Falmouth, 781-3413.

Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Peo-ples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland.

Plow Day, demonstration, exhibits and pony rides, 10 a.m., to 1:30 p.m., $5, Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, 829-5708.

OngoingCasco Bay Newcomers Club, for people new to the area and inter-ested in knowing others, second Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., Freeport Grill, 175 Lower Main St., Freeport, 370-2606.

Call for VolunteersMaine Audubon seeks volunteers for “Wildlife Road Watch,” to survey roads for animal crossings, 781-2330 ext. 225, maineaudubon.org.

Friday 5/22Blood Drive, sponsored by American Red Cross, 1-6 p.m., St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road, Scarborough, redcrossblood.org.

OngoingActionBasedCare.org needs volunteers to expand the organization. ABC believes in em-powerment through sailing and action-based activities to relieve depression. Check the website or call 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 train-ing. Contact Katharyn LeDoux, 877-255-4623 or [email protected].

Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, has ongoing volunteer opportunities for caring people who can offer three to four hours per week. 383 U.S. Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarborough, 772-0115.

American Red Cross needs vol-unteers in the disaster services, health and safety and administra-tion departments. 874-1192 ext. 115.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South-ern Maine is looking for people who can positively impact chil-dren, for a few hours each month, 773-5437, somebigs.org.

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, [email protected].

Fiddlehead Center for the Arts is looking for volunteers for ongoing projects and special events, ages 16-plus. Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, 383 U.S. Route 1, Scarbor-ough, 883-5720, fcascarborough.org.

Freeport Community Services continues to seek the help of vol-unteers in its Thrift Shop, Food Pantry, free lunch program and other projects, 865-3985 ext. 206, [email protected].

Freeport Historical Society needs helpers for cataloguing collections, greeter/receptionist at Harrington House, garden helper, poster de-livery assistance, administrative help, handy-person. 865-3170, [email protected].

Friends of Feral Felines needs har-dy volunteers to feed hungry cats on the Portland waterfront, one to two hours per month, training provided. 797-3014.

Greater Portland Mentoring Partnership needs adult mentors for school-age children. 888-387-8758.

Guiding Eyes for the Blind needs volunteer puppy-raisers in the Bath, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth, Freeport, Portland and Yarmouth areas. Keep puppy from age 8 weeks to 16 months, free training, support. 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, three to four hours in the morning, one or two days a week. Also seek-ing cleaning supplies and canned cat food. 302 Range Road, Cumber-land. 829-4116 or 846-3038.

ITNPortland needs volunteer drivers to 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.

Meals on Wheels, Portland, needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals to home-bound elderly, once a week, once a month or more on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mileage reimbursement offered. Contact Alice or Laurie at 878-3285.

Melanoma Education Founda-tion seeking used car donations.

Call Cars Helping America, 866-949-3668, skincheck.org.

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

Recovery International, self-help group for nervous people, meets 10 a.m. Saturdays, Maine Medi-cal Center Conference Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland. Free, all wel-come. Diane, 892-9529.

Refugee and Immigration Services, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for committed volunteers who will assist new Mainers in their search for employment. Paul Mul-laney, [email protected].

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

TogetherGreen needs volun-teers for conservation projects at Scarborough Marsh, call Audu-bon Center at 883-5100, or [email protected].

University of Maine Coopera-tive Extension seeks volunteers to serve on executive committee, request information packet at 781-6099, 800-287-1471, [email protected].

VolunteerMaine AmeriCorps VISTA Projects seeks members; living allowance, health care, ed-ucation award provided. Apply online at AmeriCorps.gov; Mer-edith Eaton 941-2800, ext. 207, [email protected].

Dining OutFriday 5/15Public Chowder Luncheon, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., $5-$11, North Deer-ing Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland, 797-2487.

Saturday 5/16Baked Bean Supper, 4:30-6 p.m., adults $8, children $3, West Scarborough United Methodist Church, 2 Church St., Scarborough, 883-2814, wsumc.us.

Bean Supper, 5-6 p.m., individuals $8, families $17, Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland.

Spring Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., adults $9, children $4.50, Freeport Masonic Lodge, Mallet Drive, Free-port, 865-3536.

Wednesday 5/20Public Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., $7, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Port-land, 767-2575.

Saturday 5/23Baked Bean and Mac’ & Cheese Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., adults $8,

children $4, First Parish Congre-gational Church, 116 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-3773.

HealthTuesday 5/19Skin Cancer Screenings, 6-8 p.m., free/reservation necessary, Mercy Hospital Oncology-Hematology Center, 195 Fore River Parkway, Suite 360, Portland, 844-504-9680.

OngoingChristian Meditation Gather-ing, hosted by United Methodist communities of Hope.Gate.Way, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 185 High St., Portland, 899-2435, newlightport-land.org.

Sadhana Meditation Center, The Castle, Lower Level, 100 Brickh-ill Ave., South Portland, open to people of all faiths, 772-6898, [email protected].

Sunday Morning Recharge: Med-itate! 10-11:15 a.m. Sundays, $10, Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road.

Women ages 40-64, mammo-grams and pap tests available at no cost through Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, 874-8942 or 800-350-5180.

Yoga for Movement Disorders, 11 a.m., Tuesdays, at the Medically Oriented Gym, 29 Foden Road, South Portland, 347-3030.

Yoga for Parkinson’s, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, free, Family Ice Center, 20 Hat Trick Drive, Fal-mouth, sponsored by American Parkinson Disease Association, 653-3319.

SupportOngoingAll-Recovery support meetings, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Hope.Gate.Way., 185 High St., Portland, Ronni, 756-8116.

Cancer Community Center, daily classes, support groups, 778 Main

St., South Portland, 774-2200 or cancercommunitycenter.org.

CODA: Co-Dependents Anon-ymous meeting every Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m., St. Dominic’s Church, Mellen St., Portland, call Pauline 617-259-6623.

Diabetes Support Group, 5:30-6:30 p.m., second Thursday of every month, free, Martin’s Point Health Education Center, 331 Ve-randa St., Building 5, Portland, 800-260-6681.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anon-ymous, free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, un-der-eating or bulimia, foodaddicts.org, 775-2132.

Food and Body Balance Support Group, free, Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m., The Dana Center at Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, 799-1331 ext. 136, [email protected].

Greater Portland Mothers of Multiples Club, support group for mothers and expectant mothers of multiples, meets first Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., Barron Center, Brighton Avenue, Portland, gpmomc.org.

Grief Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Wednesdays, VNA Home Health Hospice, 50 Foden Road, South Portland, 400-8714, [email protected].

Gynecological and Breast Cancer Group, 6-7:30 p.m., second and fourth Tuesday, Cancer Commu-nity Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200, or cancercom-munitycenter.org.

HOPE Groups, wellness support group with Elizabeth Holder, LADC Guide, Wednesdays 5:30-7:30 p.m., Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St. and Thursdays 5-7 p.m., Portland Recovery Community Center, 468 Forest Ave., Liz, 899-2733, HopeHealing.org.

International Dyslexia Asso-ciation, support for parents of dyslexics, noon, third Friday of ev-ery month, Portland Public Library,

5 Monument Square, 767-4059.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Support Group meets on the third Tuesday of every month, Cancer Commu-nity Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, FMI 508-810-1329.

Life Choice Grief Support Group, third Sundays, noon to 1 p.m., Sedgewood Commons, 22 North-brook Drive, Falmouth, 761-6967, LifeChoiceHospice.com.

Living with Loss, first and third Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., 778 Maine St., South Portland, 774-2200.

Moms in Recovery, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays, The Salvation Army, Cumberland Avenue, Portland, free, with on-site childcare, Aman-da, 756-8053.

Nar-Anon Family Suppor t Group, for families of drug ad-dicts, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Dana Education Center, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, 594-2801.

NAMI Portland, National Alli-ance on Mental Illness support meetings for people coping with another’s mental illness, second and fourth Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m., and peer support groups, Thurs-days, 7-8:30 p.m., The Dana Center, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bram-hall St., Portland, [email protected].

Talks/WorkshopsTuesday 5/19“The History and Future of Lane’s Island,” with Amanda Devine, 7 p.m., $5, Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259, yarmouthmehistory.org.

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“I’ve coached for 26, 27 years,” she told NBC. “My first 15 years, I never heard anything about this. All of a sudden it seems to be a stream of kids (getting sick).”

Neither Griffin nor NBC claimed there was a causal link between the turf and cancer. But the coincidence has been enough to fuel a simmering debate about the safety of crumb rubber, the tiny pellets of recycled car tires used as “infill” cushioning in nearly all of the country’s 11,000 artificial fields.

The rubber’s composition is hard to pinpoint, but often includes toxic chem-icals such as lead, other heavy metals and carbon black. Many of these are cancer-causing, and can be especially dangerous to children and teens, whose bodies are still developing.

Nevertheless, Portland has gone ahead with plans to spend $835,000 to replace the artificial turf and surrounding run-ning track at 6,000-seat Fitzpatrick.

The new field, including dark-blue end zones and emblazoned with a Port-land High School bulldog logo, is ex-pected to open by June 20 for the state lacrosse championship and to be hosting football and soccer this fall, according to Ethan Owens, the city’s recreation and athletic facilities manager.

Nine of the 17 high schools in The Forecaster’s coverage area now send their athletes to play on artificial turf fields. Two of those – Fitzpatrick and the Yarmouth High School varsity field – are replacements for man-made grass installed in 2001. At that time, the two were among the first artificial-turf play-ing surfaces in the state.

Since then, turf-adopters have includ-ed Cape Elizabeth, Deering, Falmouth, Morse and Scarborough high schools, as well as The Hyde School in Bath and North Yarmouth Academy.

And as at Fitzpatrick, Portland may double down by replacing the artificial turf at Deering’s Memorial Field in 2017, according to a city memo.

But opinion is divided about the fake fields.

Crumbs of evidenceSchool Administrative District 51 is

now considering plans for a $1.6 mil-lion turf field at Greely High School in Cumberland. Yet the proposal has

been under review for six months and it’s not clear when or if a decision will be made, according to Eliza Miller, chairwoman of the district’s Athletic Advisory Board.

Regional School Unit 5 in 2013 reject-ed a similar proposal at Freeport High School. So did South Portland in 2010. Morse built its $580,000 artificial-turf field in 2013, but only after the Bath City Council overcame three years of opposition, including a public referen-dum that repealed an earlier approval.

While most local opposition has focused on the high up-front costs of installing artificial turf, concern about the health effects of crumb rubber has prompted other regions to reconsider their use of turf.

Kennedy Catholic High School in suburban Seattle decided not to use crumb-rubber infill after the school principal viewed the NBC report. Last month, voters in Concord, Massachu-setts, nearly passed a proposed two-year moratorium on the town’s use of artificial turf.

The Los Angeles Unified School District and the New York City Parks Department both stopped construction of new fields with crumb rubber several years ago. The California legislature is now considering banning the use of state funds for such fields. And some municipalities have required chemical testing of their artificial-turf fields be-fore players set foot on them.

Owens isn’t worried, however.“It’s pretty clear that there are really

no issues,” he said in a recent interview. “I kind of find it odd that we keep hear-ing these reports, when it’s out there pretty explicitly that there really are no troubles with the rubber.”

He said the city’s request for the turf replacement took a year to draft, and required the field to meet high indus-try standards for safety factors such as shock absorbency.

(Three turf companies submitted bids on the project; the winning bidder, Northeast Turf of South Portland, also installed the stadium’s first artificial surface.)

But there was no standard set for chemical safety and no requirement for study or testing.

“I don’t think we did (testing) because of the information that is out there al-ready,” Owens said. “I think we felt there

was no need because we would rely on the (industry) standards and the ... studies that had previously been done.”

Yarmouth’s athletic director, Susan Robbins, shares Owens’ confidence in the safety of artificial turf. She called the NBC report “sensationalized.”

“There’s absolutely no link (to can-cer),” she said recently. “As a parent here, I would never put my own children at risk if I thought there was.”

Like Owens, she cited scientific stud-ies touting the safety of artificial turf. Fact sheets published by the turf indus-try cite dozens of them.

But some health experts claim the studies are too limited to be useful, ex-amining only a small number of fields and the effects of only a small number of chemicals.

And regardless of the scientific de-bate, these experts say, there has been no study of turf’s long-term effects, simply because today’s fields haven’t been around very long.

In the beginning, AstroTurfArtificial turf dates to 1966, when

the first brand, AstroTurf – basically, short-pile nylon carpeting laid over concrete – was installed at the Houston Astros’ indoor baseball stadium. But crumb rubber infill has been used less than 20 years.

Reflecting the uncertainty, both the federal Environmental Protection Agen-cy and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have recently back-pedaled from claims they made more than five years ago that artificial turf is safe.

The EPA’s website now states that it “is not possible to extend the results beyond the four (artificial fields studied) or to reach any more comprehensive conclusions without the consideration of additional data.”

And a CPSC spokesman last month told an Atlanta reporter that “what was done in 2008 was not good enough to make a claim either way as to the safety of those fields.”

Local sports experts are keeping a close watch on the potential cancer risks of turf.

“There certainly seems to be some sort of a connection. Maybe it’s worth a second look, to continue the research,” said Matt Gerken, head athletic trainer at the University of Southern Maine, which installed turf in 2011. “But where do you draw the line?

“For now, we will continue to watch (the health risks) until we start to feel it’s a problem. It hasn’t risen to that level yet.”

Gerken, who served as trainer to the USM women’s soccer team for 15 years, speculated whether crumb rubber infill could be inhaled, ingested or ground into an open cut or abrasion.

“Those rubber pellets get everywhere, cleats, coolers, socks,” he said. “Those things migrate.”

At SAD 51, Miller said, “We’ve looked at the reports, and are investigat-ing options for infill” on the proposed Greely field. School Board members and Cumberland residents have already asked questions about artificial turf’s safety, she said.

Back at Fitzpatrick, Owens doesn’t dismiss the cancer claims entirely.

“Like any product, you can buy the Yugo or you can buy the Cadillac,” he said. “Companies that make the Cadillac (turf) put in their time, they do the re-search, they make sure the rubber they use is a clean rubber. The others? Well, who knows where their rubber comes from?”

Artificial turf provides a more uniform playing surface that is easier on athletes’ joints, he adds. And the high price tag of the turf is offset by maintenance that is far less costly than a natural grass field’s.

Still, municipalities such as Montgom-ery County, Maryland, estimate that the need to replace turf every eight years or so makes the long-term costs of both field types about the same.

Owens believes the bigger advantage is the heavy use turf can take. Fitzpat-rick could only accommodate about 140 hours of use annually when the field was grass; in its last season of use, the turf field hosted 3,500 hours of play.

“If I was going to have this as a grass field, there would be a night and day difference,” he said. “You’d only have varsity teams out there. You wouldn’t have community use.”

Last week, as workers prepared to lay down the first rolls of new turf, a visitor wondered when the work would be finished.

“It can’t be soon enough,” said Pa-tricia Allen, whose children attended Portland schools and who often walks the track. “I worry a bit when I think about those rubber bits and what they could do. But I guess that’s a risk we have to take.”

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include the $46.5 million enterprise fund budget, which largely covers Portland International Jetport operations and does not affect the property tax rate.

Increasing prices for garbage bags will help recover increasing costs of the solid waste collection program, O’Connell said, and would be the first increase in the fee since 2010.

O’Connell said solid waste collections cost $3.8 million annually, with $1.9 mil-lion borne through property taxes.

The City Council Finance Committee, chaired by Councilor Nick Mavodones Jr., referred the municipal budget to the full council without a recommendation, but did accept the bag increase, some-what grudgingly.

O’Connell noted that at $13.50 per

roll, the price of garbage bags remains comparably low. In nearby Falmouth, a roll of 10 small bags costs $14.60.

Owners of the city’s 3,600 residential rental properties will be assessed a fee of $35 per rental unit, a fee that will help fund operation of the new city Housing Safety Office.

With about 17,000 rental units in the residential properties, the initial budget projection was more than $600,000 in revenue. The projection was scaled back by $178,000 in the April 30 Finance Committee meeting because officials do not expect to collect the full amount of fees.

O’Connell on Monday said $439,000 has been budgeted to fund office staff and rental unit inspections, based on sug-gestions from a task force created after a Nov. 1, 2014, fire that killed six people at 20-24 Noyes St.

Permit and license fees covering food

service, construction, and animals are also increasing.

Food service and hospitality businesses will also be affected by higher license fees: Class A lounge and restaurant licenses will increase from $2,540 to $2,642 and $1,715 to $1,784, respec-tively. Annual food truck licenses will increase $20 to $520, pushcart licenses will increase $12 to $307 annually, and various hotel license fees will increase by 4 percent.

Fee increases will extend beyond life, too, with the Public Services Department proposing increasing cemetery fees by 10 percent across the board at Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Avenue and Forest City Cemetery, which is actually on Lin-coln Avenue in South Portland.

In an April 24 memo to former acting City Manager Sheila Hill-Christian, Public Services Director Michael Bobinsky said the fee increases are

expected to generate $45,000 in addi-tional revenue.

Included are new fees for the colum-barium under construction at Evergreen Cemetery. The columbarium would have 300 niches to inter urns containing cre-mated remains.

Like the garbage bags, the fee increases at cemeteries are the first in five years.

The annual cost to keep chickens will increase $1 to $26, while the permit fee to open a street for construction work will increase $25 to $295.

Bobinsky said the increased fees to open streets and sidewalks will raise an additional $53,000.

The increase in chicken permit fees is expected to add $27 in new revenue, according to a memo from Deputy City Clerk Carolyn Dorr.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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OfficersPresident & CEO............................................................................................ Paul H. AndersenExecutive Vice President ........................................................................ Christopher J. LoganExecutive Vice President ..................................................................................David C. PeaseExecutive Vice President & CFO......................................................................Thomas J. ZukeExecutive Vice President ...................................................................................Neil Kiely, Esq.Senior Vice President ..........................................................................................Dave EldridgeSenior Vice President ....................................................................................... Rhonda FerraraSenior Vice President ...............................................................................................Diane FieldSenior Vice President .....................................................................................Robin T. RobbinsVice President..................................................................................................Peggy AndersonVice President....................................................................................................Lyn A. AudibertVice President.................................................................................................Gerald J. AugelloVice President...........................................................................................................Colin BaierVice President................................................................................................... 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RandVice President.................................................................................................. Melissa C. RockVice President..............................................................................................Jonathan RoderickVice President .............................................................................................Charles A. SchwabVice President....................................................................................................Jason SimcockVice President .....................................................................................................Paul T. SoucieVice President .........................................................................................................Tina WillardVice President.....................................................................................................Sally A. WilsonAssistant Vice President ...................................................................................Jennifer ArnoldAssistant Vice President ....................................................................Deborah Dunlap AvasthiAssistant Vice President ........................................................................... Michele J. BediganAssistant Vice President .............................................................................. Terri-Ann BoisvertAssistant Vice President ....................................................................................... Kelly DorseyAssistant Vice President ....................................................................................Travis FrauttenAssistant Vice President ...........................................................Beverly A. Frizzell-MacCallumAssistant Vice President ....................................................................................Britany HustusAssistant Vice President ........................................................................ Raymond A. MichaudAssistant Vice President ................................................................................... Donna L. MillerAssistant Vice President ....................................................................................... Sean RankinAssistant Vice President ..................................................................................... Susan Stacey

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he hopes the expansion will be complete by early spring in 2016.

The expansion will make MAC Air Group the second fixed-base operator at the Jetport, joining Northeast Air.

While the company will move out of the former terminal building, which dates to the mid-1930s, it will keep operating its current 18,000 square feet of repair space on Yellowbird Road, near the Fore River.

The $4.35 million expansion will be made on land in South Portland, at Westbrook Street and Aviation Drive. The expansion requires South Portland Planning Board approval, and an amend-ed site plan will be considered Tuesday.

The Hangar Group will also build a $1.56 million apron to park aircraft that will be turned over for general Jetport use. Adding the fuel and airplane storage aspects will complete the requirements to be a fixed-base operation.

The cost of the apron will be reim-bursed to the Hangar Group through 12 years of rental rebates.

“We are building (the apron) because the Jetport doesn’t have the money to do it,” Caruso said.

An April 30 memo by Jetport Director Paul Bradbury estimated the base lease would provide $34,500 in rental income annually. Additional income, based on 2 percent of rental revenues, is estimated at $75,000 for this year.

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to the Jetport has been a goal for the past decade, Bradbury said in a memo to the City Council. MAC was the only company that responded to a request for proposals in January.

Caruso said the expansion will benefit his company in several ways, including consolidation in Portland of operations now at hangars in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Burlington, Vermont.

Fuel storage is also critical, Caruso said.

“We need to be able to control our fuel prices,” he said, estimating fuel can amount to 35 percent of operating expenses.

More indoor plane storage space will also reduce the need and cost of de-icing planes in the winter, he said.

Expanded hangar space will allow staff to better service and maintain larger fleet aircraft, including former commercial jets the company has chartered to musicians including Carlos Santana, Jon Bon Jovi and Fleetwood Mac.

The expansion could create as many as 15 jobs, Caruso said, including fuelers, technicians, and perhaps office staff. Beyond its sales and charter operations, MAC also maintains and services planes for corporate customers.

While Maine is not a hub of corporate activity, Caruso said his company offers other advantages, including reduced labor costs and hangar fees.

“One of the advantages is we have em-ployees who want to live here,” he said.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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