The Forecaster, Mid-Coast edition, September 21, 2012

September 21, 2012 News of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Harpswell Vol. 8, No. 38

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Brunswick prepares to demolish old newspaper buildingBy Dylan Martin

BRUNSWICK — The old Times Record building will be put to rest after the Town Coun-cil authorized its demolition Monday night by a unanimous vote.

“The time has come for us to

bite the bullet and demolish the building,” Town Manager Gary Brown said before the vote.

Copp Excavating of Durham will demolish the newspaper’s former building at 6 Industry Road after Nov. 1, Brown said Wednesday.

The demolition will cost the town nearly $139,000, all of which will come from Bruns-wick’s special revenue fund, which has an approximate bal-ance of $490,000.

The fund holds money from rent payments from Southern

Maine Community College’s Midcoast Campus, along with appropriations for the town, Brown said.

Money from the fund has also been used for maintenance and heating of the former newspaper building, Brown said in June.

Maintenance costs alone were $50,000 a year, the town man-ager added.

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New 9/11 memorial in Brunswick

PAul CunninghAM / FOR ThE FORECASTERMembers of the Standish Fire Department Color Guard view and touch a 9/11 Memorial dedicated at the

new Southern Maine Community College Maine Fire Service Institute on Sept. 15 at Brunswick Landing. The memorial contains a section of girder from the World Trade Center towers that was given to the Bath Fire

Department by the New York City Fire Department. Two Bath firefighters were part of the initial response team at the Twin Towers on Nov. 11, 2001.

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By Dylan MartinBRUNSWICK — The high

school might reopen its doors to Durham students if the town of Durham votes to leave Regional School Unit 5 in a Nov. 6 ballot question.

Superintendent of Schools Paul Perzanoski said he received e-mails from Durham’s Explora-tion Education Committee ask-ing if the town would consider a 10-year contract to accept Durham’s average enrollment of 180-200 high school students into Brunswick High School.

“I think we could certainly use the numbers,” School Board Chairman James Grant said at the board’s Sept. 12 meeting.

Perzanoski said Tuesday the high school’s current enrollment is around 850, but it was closer to 1,200 before the closure of the Brunswick Naval Air Station.

“So we certainly have the capacity for Durham students to come,” the superintendent said.

Durham high school students were previously able to attend Brunswick High School before Durham joined Regional School Unit 5 with Pownal and Freeport in 2009.

The town’s inclusion in RSU 5 was the result of a referendum sprurred by the statewide school consolidation effort, Durham Town Administrator Janet Smith said.

Durham’s k indergar ten through eighth-grade students have been attending Durham Community School and will continue to do so, no matter what the outcome of the Nov. 6 vote.

Following the submission of a

Durham to vote on leaving RSU 5, eyes Brunswick

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Brunswick foreign trade zone seen aseconomic boostBy Christopher CousinsBangor Daily News

BRUNSWICK — The town has been deemed a foreign trade zone by the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zone Board, according to members of

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Publisher: Future uncertain for Harpswell AnchorBy Dylan Martin

HARPSWELL — A monthly news-paper that was originally funded by the publisher’s clam-digging efforts will not be in local mailboxes next month for the first time since home delivery began eight years ago.

Robert Anderson, publisher and editor of the Harpswell Anchor, Wednesday said the community newspaper’s future is uncertain after he realized that 30-40 advertising accounts had not paid by the

beginning of the month.Anderson said his two staff members

also left in the past two weeks. As a result, the publisher has hung a “Closed” sign on the door of his 945 Harpswell Neck Road office.

Robert Anderson, Harpswell Anchor editor and publisher, said the uncertainty of the newspaper’s future became apparent when he realized 30-40 advertising accounts were overdue for payments

at the beginning of September. DylAn MARTin / ThE FORECASTER

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Craftsman hopes to bag competition in Martha Stewart contestBy Dylan Martin

BRUNSWICK — Jared DeSimio has quite the cache of fabrics in his base-ment, so many that you could mistake him as a hoarder of rags.

But DeSimio’s talent for transforming them into high-priced tote bags and ac-cessories has landed him a chance for a big break.

DeSimio is one of the 100 finalists for the “American Made” Audience Choice Award presented by celebrity home decorator Martha Stewart. The winner will be announced by the beginning of next month.

Dylan Martin / the ForecasterJared DeSimio in the basement of his Brunswick home, where he makes tote bags and other

accesories out of second-hand material. Because of his work, DeSimio is a finalist for Martha Stewart’s “American Made” Viewer’s Choice contest. The winners will be announced on Oct. 8.

Becoming a finalist alone has given DeSimio more attention than he has ever received before, but he also a chance of winning $10,000, along with an all-ex-penses-paid trip to New York City and a spotlight in Stewart’s monthly magazine.

DeSimio said he entered because “it’s something that seemed attainable.”

Now all that’s standing between him and the grand prize is less than three weeks and a popular vote.

Anyone can go to DeSimio’s page on the “American Made” website and vote for him once a day until the viewer’s choice deadline on Sept. 24. As of Tues-

day, he was 20 votes away from reaching the top 20 in the contest to find creative American entrepreneurs who are mak-ing “innovating, inspiring and beautiful” products.

For someone who was chosen out of 2,000 entrants, DeSimio didn’t expect to get this far.

“I just figured this would be an oppor-tunity for me to get my name out there a little bit, even if I don’t get chosen as a finalist,” DeSimio said during a recent tour of his workshop. “Someone is go-

ing to see it. I did not anticipate being a finalist.”

DeSimio said he hopes to start his own studio and spend more time making his wares. Winning the grand prize would help him attain that goal.

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Bath councilor seeks re-election, Maine House seatBy Alex Lear

BATH — City Councilor Kyle Rogers, a Court Street resident who has served on the council for six years, is running for re-election and to be the new state representative in House District 62.

Asked Wednesday if intends to serve in both capacities if elected to both offices, he said, "right now, I'm leaving my op-tions open."

Rogers represents Bath's Ward 3 on the council.

A Republican, he is running for the House seat against Jennifer DeChant, a Middle Street Democrat who defeated Paul Johnson of Washington Street, 319-244, in the House 62 Democratic primary in June. The winner of Novem-

ber's election will replace Rep. Michael H. Clarke, D-Bath, who chose not to seek re-election.

Rogers is challenged by Carolyn Lockwood of High Street, a member of the Planning Board, in his council re-election bid.

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Chestnut Street for his Ward 4 seat on the City Council. Councilor Sean Paulhus of Middle Street is unopposed for his Ward 2 seat.

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TOPSHAM — Nomination papers for one seat each on the Board of Se-lectmen and the School Administra-tive District 75 Board of Directors are due back Friday afternoon, Sept. 21.

As of Wednesday morning, Chair-man Donald Russell of Winter Street had submitted papers for re-election to the Board of Selectmen. Bill Thompson of Arbor Avenue had also submitted papers.

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CUMBERLAND — Free parking this year joins the list of reasons to visit the 141st year of farm-centric fun at the Cumberland County Fair.

The event runs Sunday, Sept. 23, through Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Cumberland Fairgrounds on Blanchard Road.

After you've parked for free, opening day features music from the Don Camp-bell band at noon on the Main Stage, in front of the Exhibition Hall, as well as the Colby College Woodman's Team in the museum area at 2:30 p.m. and comedian Bob Marley in front of the Grandstand at 6:30 p.m.

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Maine Maple Day is celebrated on Fri-day, Sept. 28. Debbie Meyers performs on the Main Stage at 5 p.m., and an international horse pull – the U.S. versus Canada – will be held at the pulling arena at 7 p.m.

Everything up on Saturday, Sept. 29, with Brian Wardwell at 1 p.m. and the Northern Groove Band at 3:30 p.m., both on the Main Stage, the NPPA Truck Pull in front of the Grandstand at 6:30 p.m., and the World of Horses show at the pull-ing arena at 7 p.m.

Besides the addition of free parking this year, food and animals are traditional attractions, Mike Timmons, fair presi-dent, said last week.

"I've tried to reinforce to all the super-intendents to make sure to do the best we can to have the barns full of animals, from the 4-H end, to the oxen and hors-es," he said.

Timmons said he hopes the sun will shine throughout the week, and that "people can come in and have a wonder-ful family affair."

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LEWISTON — A man and a woman making their way down the Eastern Seaboard are draining bank accounts by stealing identities and bank information from motor vehicles, police said.

Authorities in New Jersey traced the suspects to Maine after seeing the front page of The Forecaster weekly newspa-per the male driver was reading while waiting at a bank drive-through. The Forecaster is owned by the Sun Media Group, which also publishes the daily Sun Journal in Lewiston.

The duo started in Lewiston at the end of August and recently made their way to New Jersey.

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Retired Navy capt. challenges incumbent in Senate 10By Dylan Martin

BRUNSWICK — Economic develop-ment is a major topic in the political debate, and it’s no different in state Senate District 10, where a retired U.S. Navy captain and con-struction company manager is challenging incumbent Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, D-Brunswick.

Freeport resident Ralph Dean was unopposed for the Republican nomination earlier this year. Gerzosky, who is seeking his third term in the Senate, also ran uncon-

tested in his nomination bid.The district includes Brunswick,

Freeport, Pownal and Harpswell.Dean, who grew up in Pittsburgh,

Pa., is married and has two grown children. He said he came to Maine in 1976 for an operational tour at the Brunswick Naval Air Sta-tion.

“We fell in love with the place and it’s been real good.

We’ve been fortunate,” Dean said. “It’s been one of the best things that’s

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Since finishing his 28 years of duty in Brunswick and around the world, Dean has worked in the construction industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil en-gineering.

During the 2005 closure process of the Brunswick Naval Air Station, Dean said he was on the executive committee for the task force that sought to keep it open, mainly to serve as an expert on the military value of the base.

He was also a member of the Freeport Project Review Board until this spring. Dean said he resigned in order to avoid any conflicts of interest as a Senate candidate.

Dean has never run for public office be-fore.

“It’s a formative election. I don’t think anyone should be on the sidelines,” Dean said. “I would like to help keep the state go-ing in the direction it just started to go down over the last year-and-a-half to two years.”

Gerzofsky is a sea-soned politician, hav-ing served the maxi-mum four terms in the state House and two terms so far in the state Senate, but he doesn’t call himself a career politician.

“I still consider myself a furniture mak-er,” he said in 2010. “I made a good living doing that for 38 years.”

While Dean said he wants to fight against an ever-expanding government, Gerzofsky said he believes in the values of the Democratic Party. He opposes major cuts to health care, education and taxes, while admitting that some of them may be necessary.

“I think the government can help level the playing field,” he said.

Gerzofsky said one of his legislative ac-complishments includes waiving a plane tax in 2011 for airplanes bought outside the state that stay in Maine for at least 21 different days during the year.

As a result, he said, more pilots were encouraged to land in Maine to improve commerce at the state’s airports.

“You start naming the airports and I can start showing you where they hired people, hundreds of people,” Gerzofsky said.

Boosting businessDean said he thinks Maine’s direction

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For that reason, Dean said Maine should follow states like Pennsylvania, Ohio and South Carolina – states he said have been doing well in this “miserable economy” – and reduce taxes and shrink the size of government.

Gerzofsky said besides a few issues like the state’s permitting processes and some regulations, he has received few complaints about the business environment in Maine.

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WelfareDean said most issues circle back to

economic opportunity, including welfare.He said since Maine is the the state with

the third highest percentage of Medicaid recipients, he would like to tighten the qualification level from 200 percent of the federal poverty level to 100 percent.

“It’s something that the state can afford and it would enable us to focus what we can afford on the neediest,” Dean said.

Maine’s “entitlement culture” needs to be turned around, the Republican said, and that can be done by showing people economic opportunity, something Dean said could be accomplished with reform in taxation, spending and education.

While both candidates said they believe in the social safety net, Gerzofsky said he doesn’t think the government spends too much on programs like Medicaid. In fact, he said he has seen the negative effects of programs that have already been cut.

“When (the Republicans) cut Medicare – MaineCare – they cut my hospital because that’s who’s going to have to pick it up,”

he said.Both candidates said getting people to

work by creating more jobs is how they would lift people out of poverty, but Ger-zofsky said it should happen with assistance from the government – citing legislation he worked on, including the waiving of the plane sales tax, to create more opportuni-ties.

Alternative energyDean didn’t mince his words when it

came to wind energy.“I think It’s a scam on the ratepayers. I

think it’s a scam on the taxpayers,” he said. “I also think it’s a desecration of the natural environment.”

But Dean said he doesn’t oppose using alternative energy sources, as long as they don’t use government subsidies for eco-nomic support.

“If the market supports it, wonderful. If it doesn’t, get out of the way,” he said.

Gerzofsky said he is open to learning more about various kinds of alternative energy sources, wind power included, al-though “with a few caveats.”

Citing the recent opening of Maine’s first

tidal plant in Eastport, he said he originally was skeptical about the idea, but now ad-mits that it works after learning more.

Gerzofsky said subsidizing alternative energy sources wouldn’t be a bad idea.

“Well, we subsidize the oil industry pretty heavily, and I wouldn’t mind seeing some of that subsidy shift to renewable energy,” he said.

Same-sex marriageDean said that while he has given the

issue much thought, he will most likely vote against the legalization of same-sex marriage this fall.

“The institution of marriage between a man and a woman gives us the best chance for the best ultimate outcome,” he said, “which is to have children growing up with both biological parents. And that is nothing

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Gerzofsky said he will “absolutely vote” in favor of same-sex marriage, adding that he co-sponsored legislation in 2009 that almost made it legal before it was repealed by a people’s veto later that fall.

“I signed it like John Hancock with big bold letters,” the incumbent said. “I was the first one on that thing.”

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6.Dylan Martin can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 100 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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Subtle differences between Maine Senate District 19 candidatesBy Amber Cronin

BATH — A political newcomer is chal-lenging a two-term incumbent in the race for the District 19 state Senate seat.

District 19 includes Bath, Topsham, West Bath, Arrowsic, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Dresden, Georgetown, Perkins Township, Phippsburg, Richmond and Woolwich.

Both Jeff Pierce, R-Dresden, and Sen. Seth Goodall, D-Richmond, said they are focused on bringing good-paying, high-quality jobs to the state.

Pierce, 50, was born and raised in Augusta and works as a residential home builder specializing in historic homes. He and his wife Ann have two sons and live and work in Dresden.

He said that while he is a Republican, what really sets him apart from Goodall is that he lives and works in his community and will put the needs of the state and com-munity before party affiliations.

“I'm a Mainer first and (for me) it's re-ally about what's going to get Mainers working,” he said. “Unless you work in the community you live in, how do you know what your community needs?”

Goodall, 34, was elected to his first term in the Senate in 2008 and works as an attorney for Augusta-based Dyer Goodall & Deni-son. He and his wife, LeAnn, live in Rich-mond with their 15-month-old daughter.

He said he hopes that his history of work-ing across the aisle and his experience on the Richmond Board of Selectmen will help him win votes in November.

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RICHMOND — Enterprise Grange No. 48, 15 Alexander Reed Road, will sponsor a "Meet the District Candidates" forum on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m., where the candidates in Senate District 19 will share their opin-ions and goals, and answer ques-tions from the audience.

Grange is a non-partisan organi-zation.

“I believe that my experience of working ... for common-sense solutions, practical solutions to move Maine forward, is some-thing that is very valuable,” he said.

The candidates' views on the major issues do not widely vary.

Business developmentBoth candidates said a strong education

system is what is needed to bring good jobs to Maine.

“(We need) a top-notch education system that gives opportunity to every child and every person seeking to retrain themselves for the economy of today and the jobs of tomorrow,” Goodall said.Pierce said schools need to

train students for hands-on jobs and schools should not be turning

their backs on industrial technologies, because that's where the jobs are in Maine.

“When I was a kid, and I know it was a long time ago, we had shop class in seventh and eighth grade, we had home econom-ics; these are hands-on skills you'd learn whether you were going to be working the field or you were going to college,” he said. “Not everyone goes to college, but we have businesses screaming up here for people who have machinist skills, who have weld-ing skills, who have hands on skills and we don't produce them coming out of high school any more.”

Social welfareNeither candidate would say whether the

state spends too much money on its social welfare programs. But both said reform is

needed to improve the system and that reform starts with continuing education.

“We need to make sure that we are train-ing people, retraining people who have lost their jobs, that have been unable to find a job,” Goodall said. “We need to make sure that they have the op-portunity to succeed.”

Pierce agreed, say-ing that it all comes back to people having the skills to be able to go out and find a job.

But they differ on how abuses of the system can be handled.

Goodall said the state needs to strive to create more economic opportunity for those currently taking advantage of welfare services, so that they do not become depen-dent on them to survive. He also said the state needs to make sure that the services remain available to those who truly need them most.

Pierce said that welfare fraud should be managed by requiring proof of residency, a factor that he feels is currently severely lacking. He said that while he believes that if someone needs a hand up, they should get it, but people should not be able to come from out of state and take advantage of the Maine system.

Alternative energyBoth candidates said they have the best

interest of the taxpayers in mind when it comes to their support of alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro and tidal.

“I believe the state and federal govern-ment has a role to play in incentivizing renewable energy power through tax incen-tives and other dollars, but it has to be in the best interest of the taxpayer,” Goodall said.

He said that in order to receive state or federal subsidies, companies providing the power should have to show a track record of keeping consumer costs low.

Pierce said he supports all forms of alternative energy, but would lean toward hydro power or tidal before wind and solar because of its cost. He also said that while he supports clean energy coming to Maine, he thinks that the technology should be built here before it is funded by state subsidies.

“There's a lot of companies that take our research and development and figure out (the technology) and take it over and produce it in China and ship it back to us,” he said. “If they want taxpayer subsidies to build wind power in Maine, we have a great workforce here, the turbines should be built in Maine.”

Same-sex marriageGoodall said he fully supports Question

1, the statewide referendum to legalize same-sex marriage.

“I believe that everyone has the right to marry those they love and receive equal protection under the law,” he said.

Pierce said he supports everyone having the same rights, but he won't make up mind on Question 1 until he's in the voting booth on Nov. 6.

He said the government shouldn't have its hands in this issue and that this conver-sation is all a result of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed in 1996, which limits who can and cannot have access to health-care in-formation.

“Why don't we repeal the crappy law and then everybody can have these rights and benefits?” Pierce said. “How does the government get off telling us what we can do and whether we can get married or not or whether we can leave property or not or whether we can go to the hospital or not?

"I don't have a dog in the fight. I think people should be able to leave property to whoever they want and I don't care if they are a same-sex couple or if they are a long-time committed couple that chose not to get married. I think it's a no-brainer. Why do we need a law?”Amber Cronin can be reached at acronin@theforecaster.

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BENEFITProceeds from this year’s race will go to ben-efit STRIVE, serving tweens, teens and youngadults with developmental disabilities

MAINE MARATHON EXPOThe Maine Marathon Expo will take place onSaturday, September 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.at Sullivan Gym, University of Southern Maine- Portland Campus. The Expo is open to thepublic and features product and informationexhibits from race sponsors and several othervendors. Various vendors will have runningapparel and accessories available for sale. TheMaine Track Club will offer track club and mar-athon clothing, as well as membership infor-mation. This year, the Maine Marathon Expowill feature free table massages.

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If you’d like to volunteer for any of these posi-tions, please contact Bob Aube at 650-2939, orvisit mainemarathon.com and click on thevolunteer button.

THE GORHAM SAVINGS BANk MAINE MARATHON-RELAy-HALF MARATHON, SUNdAy, SEPTEMBER 30 is almost here, and we’d like tosay thanks to all of the runners, sponsors, host communities and volunteers at this race that for 21 years has thrived, thanks to your spiritand good will. This year, we are raising money for STRIVE.

SINCE 1988, THE MAINE MARATHON has become one of the region’s most popular marathon-relay-half marathon races. This year it’s soldout again! It’s a community-organized and supported race, and you can feel the enthusiasm and passion along every mile of the course.It’s that warmth and dedication – and a great course – that attracts racers from all over the country – and has helped us raise more than$3 million for children’s charities and cancer research.

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Do I miss L.A.? Well …A friend from my television days wrote recently. She

is a former network execu-tive who fled north to Big Sur a few years before I emigrated to the East. She asked if I still liked living in Maine and if I missed L.A. and making money writing for television and that life.

She got me thinking. Not about Maine vs. Cali-fornia. Maine wins that one in a walk. It’s not per-fect, but it’s the only state I’ve been in that actually looks better than the post-cards, and the culture has a nice mix of sophistication and simplicity.

The ViewFrom Away

Mike Langworthy

L.A.’s baseline condition is smelly, smoggy and con-gested, punctuated by floods, fires, riots, paramilitary bank robberies, gang warfare. And there was another thing. Earthquakes. No wonder they shot “The Ten Commandments” there. They could shoot half the plagues in cinema verite.

The television writer part is more complicated. There is no one “life of a writer.” Some writers go from strength to strength while others of equal or greater skill struggle. Some career trajectories show a slow build, others look like a heart attack patient’s EKG. Some fail up, others just fail. Talent helps, as does savvy, and charm. A few thrive by creating or exploiting palace intrigue. From what I can tell, nothing is either neces-sary or sufficient. I found luck to be a big factor, but to paraphrase the legendary golfer Ben Hogan, the harder I worked, the luckier I got.

My career was marked by rejection, caprice and in-security. First I couldn’t get agents to read my material,

then they would read it but didn’t like it, then they liked it but wouldn’t represent me because nobody was hiring and the industry was dying. Finally, an agent took me on as a favor to a client who was my friend. The agent sent my material out to shows, starting the whole cycle over again, only with more powerful people rejecting me.

It took forever to get the first job, forever and a half to get the second. Whenever a job ended, I figured that was it. Show business finally found me out, and I’ll never work again. More than once, I cleaned out my desk after being called in to see my boss, and then found out he was promoting me, not firing me. More than once, bosses told me I was the one indispensable member of their staffs and then let me go a few months later. Caprice. On any given day you could be a genius or a bum, sometimes both. People magazine once called a friend of mine the writer of the best movie in theaters and the worst show on television in the same issue, two pages apart.

I had a 12-pound shot put in my stomach when I was working and a 16-pounder when I wasn’t. You would think getting out would be a good thing, and it was, sort of. However, as my friend intimated, you do miss the income. Also, I still don’t feel quite complete about the whole adventure. I reached my primary goal of running shows, but had to take a step back to solve some health issues caused by an unhealthy relationship to stress. I’ve learned a lot since then and would love another crack at show running. With the explosion of new platforms and delivery systems for entertainment, and the indus-try’s increasing shift toward an entrepreneurial business model, I like my chances.

I also miss my writer friends. Being on a writing staff often means long hours cooped up with people you might not ordinarily befriend, but cannot escape. It’s an intense, insular shared experience that could be claustro-phobic, like serving on a submarine, but could also form strong bonds. I have been lucky enough to have three extended “you had to be there” experiences. In boarding school, we united against the common enemy of an op-pressive authoritarian environment. Stand-up was a little different. We tended not to be joiners, skewing more toward the disgruntled, live-in-your-mom’s-basement, “If the world would just listen to me, we’d all be better off” type. But we were united by a shared passion for an incredibly difficult art form. We also spent years doing the same kinds of gigs and dealing with the same kinds of audiences. Even when we didn’t work together, we were living parallel lives. And only we knew what it was like to be on that stage.

Television writing combined both. The common en-emy was time, and you could only understand being on a staff if you had been on one. But TV writing is also creativity under pressure. I spent years among people with a breathtaking spectrum of talents (and, often, a similar array of dysfunctions, but that is another story). With the clock always ticking – one of my bosses said it was like being trapped on a railroad track trying to stay ahead of the train – it’s an act of faith to say, “Stop, we can do better here,” but people did. Sometimes the results were great, sometimes barely good enough. The process could be torture or magic. For me it was uniquely engrossing and a privilege to participate. I hope to again.

So Sherry, if you’re reading this, yeah, I do kind of miss it.

Portland resident Mike Langworthy, an attorney, former stand-up comic and longtime television writer, is fascinated by all things Maine. You can reach him at [email protected].

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King in a landslideYou’ve got to hand it to Republicans. They can’t

govern their way out of a paper bag, but they sure are masters of dirty tricks. It’s just amazing how often GOP campaign strategists have resorted to underhand-ed techniques.

Let’s see, there was the swift-boating of John Kerry, a successful effort by a bunch of draft dodgers to make a combat veteran out to be a fraud. Worked so well they also pulled it on one of their own – John McCain. Lately, we’ve seen how Republicans have tried to suppress the vote in order to keep minorities and the young from voting. Didn’t work in Maine, but it has elsewhere.

Now we’ve got Republican moneybags playing “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” game, airing ads that pretend to support Dem-ocratic U.S. Senate can-didate Cynthia Dill in hopes that Dill can take enough votes away from independent former Gov. Angus King for Republican Secretary of State Charlie Summers to pull a LePage and eke out a narrow, unpopular win.

Ain’t gonna happen, boys.Angus King has had hundreds of thousands of out-

of-state dollars thrown at defeating him by groups like the U.S. Chamber of Horrors, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and a Trojan horse group call-ing itself Maine Freedom, but he is still going to win by a landslide. Here’s why.

First, Maine people don’t much care for carpetbag-gers and outside agitators. The out-of-state attacks on him are very apt to backfire in his favor. Mainers of both parties understand that Maine freedom means we need to get Super-PAC soft money out of our elections.

Then there are the undeniable facts that Angus King is 1) enormously popular and 2) the best qualified candidate in the U.S. Senate race.

As a liberal Democrat, I probably share most of Cynthia Dill’s views on the issues, but just because I agree with her doesn’t mean I think she is qualified to serve in the U.S. Senate. Cynthia Dill and Charlie Summers, in fact, strike me as a perfectly matched pair of politicians with more ambition than leadership

experience. To be fair, of course, that’s how I felt about Barack Obama when he announced for president.

Dill served two years on the Cape Elizabeth Town Council before getting elected to the Maine House in 2006. In 2011, she won a special Maine Senate elec-tion, then promptly announced she was going to run for U.S. Senate. Hey, not so fast, Cynthia.

Summers served in the Maine Senate back in the 1990s, then worked as an aide to Sen. Olympia Snowe from 1995 to 2004, recently demonstrating his lack of loyalty by refusing to endorse Snowe’s re-election in 2012. When she announced that she would not run again, he threw his own hat in the ring.

Summers lost bids to get into the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, 2004 and 2008 and then got appointed New England director of the Small Busi-ness Association, a position traditionally reserved for rewarding losers. In 2010, the Republican-controlled state Legislature elected him Secretary of State, a posi-tion he has refused to yield even, though he will es-sentially be overseeing a November election in which he is a candidate.

Yarmouth Town Council Chairman Steve Woods tells me his business experience makes him a more qualified independent candidate than Angus King, but no one has ever gone straight from the town council to the U.S. Senate and probably never will. Woods needs to pay his electoral dues. And anyway, if suc-cess in business qualified one to govern, Paul LePage wouldn’t be such an awful governor.

There are a couple of other guys in the U.S. Senate race, but they, too, are just tilting at windmills.

Angus King will win because 1) he has a track record of being able to work collaboratively to solve problems, 2) his independent status will be an asset both in the election and in the senate, and 3) he is on a first-name basis with the Maine people.

My prediction? Angus will garner somewhere around 50 percent of the vote. Charlie Summers may get as much as 30 percent. Cynthia Dill will be lucky to get out of the teens. And the other three candidates will eat the single-digit crumbs.

Just keep pumping those big bucks into Maine media, boys. The outcome is not in doubt, but if you’re determined to waste obscene amounts of ill-gotten gain, the Maine economy can use your excess.

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

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candidates or discussing issues in the Nov. 6 elec-tion is noon, Monday, Oct. 22, for publication in our print editions of Oct. 24-26. The Forecaster does not publish election letters in the week preceding Election Day.

Election letters must be no more than 150 words long, signed and include the writer’s full name, ad-dress and a daytime telephone number.

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District 64 incumbent is ‘anything but moderate’

I’m writing to express my disappointment in state Rep. Kim Olsen, R-Phippsburg. Since her election in House District 64, Olsen has been anything but moderate.

On women’s health, she co-sponsored two far-right bills that would take away a woman’s ability to make her own health-care decisions.

She voted twice to disenfranchise her fellow Mainers, in-cluding the bill taking away your ability to register to vote on Election Day that 61 percent of us rejected last November.

And she voted for a partisan, short-sighted budget that cuts Head Start (a program that helps children succeed, reduces crime, and saves us tax dollars) and forces many towns to make deep cuts to schools and raise our property taxes at the same time.

I will be voting for her opponent, Jeremy Saxton, this November, because I want a reasonable, moderate voice representing us in Augusta.

Dan Dowd, Phippsburg

Candidate: Don’t cut funding for healthy Maine

In 1998 a settlement between the tobacco industry and 46 states helped create the Fund for a Healthy Maine. During the 125th Legislature, cuts for this program of $11 million

were part of the supple-mental budget. Part of these cuts included $2.7 million to fund preven-tion programs in schools.

These funds are not taxpayer dollars, but money set aside for the health of Mainers. With $1 spent toward prevention it will save $9 in future health-care costs. Non-cigarette tobacco products like cigars and chewing tobacco are rela-tively cheap compared to cigarettes. More children tend to buy these products because of the cheaper costs. These products are not taxed like cigarettes, but maybe it is time that they are. Money from these taxes could help fund programs to curb tobacco use of all kinds.

The Fund for a Healthy Maine and Maine Health Partner-ships should not be another typical government bureaucracy where most of the money goes to political appointees rather than to the cause.

John J. BouchardHouse District 63 Republican candidate, Brunswick

TOPSHAM — Col. Walter A. Guild Jr., 90, died of natural causes on Sept. 8.

Guild was born in Milton, Mass., on March 14, 1922. He was the son of Col. Walter A. Guild and Alice B. Guild. After a year of en-gineering studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-ogy, he followed his father into the U.S. Army by gaining an appointment in 1941 to the U.S. Military Academy. He earned academic stars at West Point and was a cadet company commander.

Guild loved West Point while he was there and throughout his life. He gradu-ated in 1944 with a commission as a sec-


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died Sept. 6 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, after a short illness. Lavoie was born June 17, 1924, in Topsham, to Delia Dugas Frenier and William Frenier. She had one sister, Evelyn Bowley.

Lavoie was married to Alphonse Lavoie in February 1951. She attended school at Notre Dame De Lourdes in Skowhegan. Lavoie began her career at Verney Mill in Brunswick, and worked there until its closing. She then went to Regional Memorial Hospital, where she enjoyed working for more than 20 years, proudly retiring at the age of 65.

Lavoie was an avid reader and enjoyed the thrills of a good murder mystery. She was a congregant of St. John’s the Baptist

Walter A. Guild Jr., 90: World travelerond lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, and then embarked on a military career that would span the next 26 years. His service to his country took him through-out the United States and on assignments to France, Japan and Panama. He truly loved the Army and commanded soldiers at the platoon, company and battalion levels. His military service culminated with his assignment as the Senior Army Advisor to the Maine National Guard.

Guild was a dedicated husband and father. He married Mimi Landis of San Francisco in 1946, and together they raised three children, Judith, Walter III and Peter. The family enjoyed the Army lifestyle and the opportunity to live and travel extensively in the United States and Europe.

Guild retired from the Army in 1970.

Mimi and he lived in Manchester from 1970 to 1988, and then moved to Topsham. They enjoyed camping in northern Maine, extended motor home trips to Florida and Mexico, and their beloved dog, Boo.

Mimi Guild passed away in 1992. Guild was also predeceased by his daugh-ter Judith Veilleux in 2005.

Guild married Patricia Morrison Guild, of Freeport, in 1994. The couple spent the next ten years traveling the globe, includ-ing Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Poland, China and Alaska. They enjoyed football and summer theater. They were a very lively couple and were dedicated to each other. Patricia predeceased Walter in January 2012.

Guild is survived by son Walter A. Guild III and his wife, Patty; son Peter Guild and his wife, Kathie; granddaugh-ters Chelsea Guild, Kelly Collins and Kristin Collins; great-grandsons Jacob, Kyle and Kevin; great-granddaughter Kastile; and son-in-law Robert Veilleux.

A celebration was held Sept. 15 at Brackett Funeral Home in Brunswick. A private burial service for family with full military honors will be held on a later date at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

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Lavoie is survived by son William and his wife, Patty, and son Steven and his wife, Anne, all of Topsham; her grand-sons Alan Lavoie, of Lisbon, and Joe Lavoie, of Richmond; two great-grand-children, Alan Lavoie Jr. and Tristan Lavoie, of Lisbon; and many nieces and nephews.

Lavoie is predeceased by her husband, Alphonse; sister Evelyn Bowley; and granddaughter Amanda Grace Lavoie.

A funeral was held Sept. 11 at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick.

Arrangements are by Demers-Des-mond Funeral Home in Brunswick.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

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Russell P. Favreau, 83BRUNSWICK — Russell P. Favreau,

83, died Sept. 12 at Mid Coast Hospital, with his family by his side.

He was born in Brunswick, April 28, 1929, the son of Wil-brod and Annie Dion Favreau. He attended St. John’s School. He married Phyllis V. Menard in Brunswick on Sept. 3, 1949.

Favreau was employed at Pejepscot Paper for many years.

He enjoyed vacationing with his wife and sons, hunting, and fishing at various places around the state including Moosehead Lake.

He was predeceased by his wife and two brothers, Henry L. and Clement G. Favreau.

Favreau is survived by son Larry Favreau and his wife, Deborah, of Harpswell; son Michael P. Favreau, of Rockwood; son Neal Favreau and his wife, Susan, of Bailey Island; a sister, Vivian, and her husband, Bert Breton; sister-in-law Terry Favreau; 12 grandchil-dren and 16 great-grandchildren.

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A mass of Christian burial was cel-ebrated on Sept. 17 at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick, followed by inter-ment at St. John’s Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Brunswick Fire and Rescue, Town Hall Place, Brunswick, ME 04011.

A tribute to Favreau’s life may be viewed at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.

Ashley N. Demmons, 59BRUNSWICK — Ashley N. Dem-

mons, 59, died unexpectedly Sept. 6 at her residence. She was born on June 16, 1953, in Rockland, the daughter of Ralph and Gladys Robbins. She attended Rock-land schools, where she met her husband, Blaine.

Demmons was a homemaker who en-joyed knitting and crafts and loved to go to yard sales in the summer.

She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Blaine E. Demmons, of Brunswick; daughter Jean Tewksbury and her husband, Stanley, of Waldoboro; son Ralph Demmons and his wife, Noleta, of Rockland; brother Raymond Robbins and his wife, Pen-nyLee, of Paradise, Calif.; sister Barbara Down and her spouse, Ed King, of Palm Springs, Calif.; brother Clifford Robbins, of Chicopee, Mass.; brother Norman Robbins and his wife, Germaine, of Rock Hill, S.C.; grandchildren Aaron Con-logue, Coty Demmons, Leicia Machie, Morgan Demmons and Sydney Tewks-bury; and two great-grandchildren.

There will be a private ceremony for family members.

Donations in Demmons’ memory may be made to the Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, ME 04011.

Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home in Brunswick.

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9/13 at 1:45 p.m. Rory Govostes, 26, of Dum-mer Street, was arrested on Water Street by Officer Andrew Booth on a warrant.9/13 at 6:50 p.m. Dylan Taylor, 21, of Nichols Lane, Hollis, was arrested on Drayton Road by Officer Ted Raedel on a warrant and a charge of violation of conditions of release. Taylor was also issued a summons on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Summonses9/13, no time listed. Patrick Collins, 18, of High Street, was issued a summons at Sewall Woods by Officer Ted Raedel on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.9/13, no time listed. Kyle Gustafson, 21, of Crescent Street, was issued a summons at Sewall Woods by Officer Ted Raedel on charges of possession of marijuana and pos-session of drug paraphernalia.9/16, no time listed. Jessica Cook, 28, of Pine Street, was issued a summons on Pine Street by Officer Richard Ross on a charge of theft.9/16, no time listed. Shawn Cook, 33, of Pine Street, was issued a summons on Pine Street by Officer Richard Ross on a charge of theft.

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9/16 at 4:47 p.m. Officer Ted Raedel re-sponded to the complaint of a male juvenile throwing a chestnut at a house and breaking the glass portion of a storm door. Police have identified the boy and spoken with his parents, but no charges had been filed as of Wednesday.

Fire calls9/13 at 7:12 a.m. Hazmat call on Washington Street.9/14 at 3:43 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Whiskeag Road.9/16 at 9:20 p.m. Carbon monoxide check on Raymond Court.

EMSBath emergency medical services responded to 33 calls from Sept. 10-16.

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9/12 at 2:50 p.m. Brittaney A. Boshea, 26, of Pleasant Street, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Jason McCarthy on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and violating condition of release.9/14 at 7:49 a.m. Abraham M. Chipman, 34, of Maine Street, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Jason McCarthy on a warrant and a charge of use of force.9/15 at 12:04 a.m. Michael A. Giberson, 45, of Coville Road, Topsham, was arrested on Maine Street by Officer Brian Funke on a charge of criminal tresspass.9/15 at 4:10 p.m. Kaili L. Mayberry, 24, of Clary Road, Jefferson, was arrested on Tib-betts Drive by Officer Jonathan O'Connor on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and violating condition of release.9/15 at 9:18 p.m. Christopher Young, 44, of Terrace View, Sabattus, was arrested on Pleasant Street by Officer Brian Funke on a charge of operating under the influence. 9/16 at 2:48 p.m. Jennifer Wall, 28, of Jersey City, N.J., was arrested on Route 1 by Officer

Paul Plummer on a warrant and a charge of being a fugitive from justice.9/17 at 10:46 a.m. Carolyn A. Tebben, 36, of Independence Street, was arrested on Pleasant Street on a charge of negotiating a worthless instrument.9/17 at 2:23 p.m. James Moody, 18, of Swett Street, was arrested at Maquoit and Rossmore roads by Officer Julia Gillespie on charges of driving to endanger and speeding more than 30 mph over limit.9/17 at 6:02 p.m. Jeffrey Dolloff, 55, of Lewiston Road, Topsham, was arrested on Water Street by Officer Thomas Stanton on a charge of violating condition of release.

Summonses9/13 at 6 p.m. Anthony A. Linkovich, 32, of Link Lane, Topsham, was summonsed by Officer Matthew Swan on charges of possession of marijuana and sale and use of drug paraphernalia. A 16-year-old juvenile was also summonsed on a charge of a minor consuming alcohol.9/13 at 11:12 p.m. Brandon Staples, 22, of Erin Street, Thomaston, was summonsed on Route 1 by Officer Matthew Swan on a charge of speeding more than 30 mph over limit.9/14 at 6:43 p.m. Zachary R. Gowen, 29, of Lois Lane, Naples, was summonsed on Pleas-ant Street by Officer Patrick Scott on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.9/15 at 6:49 p.m. Robert A. McCullough, 26, of Federal Street, was summonsed on Tibbetts Drive by Officer Brian Funke on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.9/15 at 8:53 p.m. Samuel D. Bruce, 21, of Hanover, N.H., was summonsed on Union Street by Officer Daniel Herbert on a charge of allowing a minor to possess or consume liquor. Nicholas Tonckens, 18, of Mineral Springs Way, Kennebunk, was also summonsed on a charge of a minor consuming alcohol.

Fire callsNo fire calls were reported from Sept. 12-17.

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9/12 at 2:54 p.m. Shaun Fraser, 21, of Wadsworth Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Troy Garrison on Route 196 on charges of operating after suspension and driving to endanger.

Summonses9/12 at 8:05 a.m. Scott Herling, 35, no ad-dress listed, was issued a summons by Officer Robert Ramsay on Winter Street on a charge of operating after suspension.

Fire calls9/7 at 8:57 a.m. Possible dump truck fire on Lewiston Road.9/7 at 9:28 a.m. Fire alarm on Governor's Way.9/8 at 9:14 a.m. Fire alarm on Doris Lane.9/8 at 10:31 a.m. Carbon monoxide detector activation on Eider Lane.9/8 at 4:38 p.m. Unpermitted burn on Bar-rows Drive.9/8 at 10:31 p.m. Tree in road on Foreside Road.9/9 at 11:13 p.m. Smoke alarm on Curtis Lane.9/11 at 11:28 p.m. Smoke alarm on Curtis Lane.9/12 at 11:25 a.m. Smoke alarm on Gover-nor's Way.9/12 at 2:54 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Lewiston Road.9/12 at 8:57 p.m. Street lamp arcing on Governor's Way.

EMSTopsham emergency medical services re-sponded to 17 calls from Sept. 7-14.

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benefited from wonderful weather, which, along with stellar local athletes, has made for a most entertaining time for area fans.

Several teams are already closing in on the midway point and here’s a glimpse at what you may have missed and what’s to come.

FootballBrunswick’s football team

continues to make the claim that it’s as good as anyone in Eastern Class A. After running back extraordinaire Jared Jen-sen rushed for over 700 yards in wins at Bangor and over visit-ing Skowhegan, Jensen and the Dragons kept the good times rolling Friday at Lewiston.

Jensen raced for 254 yards and three touchdowns in three quarters of work and quarter-back Jason Carter ran for two TDs and passed for another as the Dragons torched the Blue Devils, 57-21.

“We knew he’d be good, I didn’t think he’d have this kind of start,” Brunswick coach Dan Cooper said. “A lot of that has to do with the line play. They’ve been fantastic. It’s what we know right now. He’s running the ball well,” Cooper said. “He’s got the ball 80 percent of the time. And our line’s been doing a great job. But he’s a special athlete, and he can make something out of nothing sometimes.”

Brunswick’s defense only Lewiston to gain 124 yards.

“We didn’t give up the big play,” Cooper said. “We bent a little, gave up some chunks of yardage, but we prevented the big plays. We forced them to drive the field, and they couldn’t do it.”

Brunswick is at 0-3 Edward Little Friday.

“EL is circled right now,” Cooper said. “We can’t over-look anybody. We’ve been in a position before where we’ve

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Mt. Ararat defenders (from left) Rebecca Shuman, Sonja Robert, Kristi Willey and Sydni Clark set up a wall on a Lawrence free kick.

Freshman Torri Pelletier, right, controls the ball in the rain during the Eagles’ 2-1 home loss to Lawrence Tuesday night.

slipped and lost a game maybe we shouldn’t have, so no let up from the Dragons.”

Mt. Ararat fell to 0-3 after a 57-28 home loss to Cony last weekend. The Eagles trailed 43-0 at the half. Mt. Ararat hosts undefeated, reigning regional champion Lawrence Friday.

Morse dropped to 1-2 after a 28-7 loss at Leavitt Saturday. The Shipbuilders host 2-1 Wa-terville Saturday.

Boys’ soccerBrunswick’s boys’ soccer

team bounced back from losses last week to host Edward Little (1-0) and visiting Lewiston (3-0) to beat host Cony Friday, 12-2, improving to 3-2-1 in the process. The Dragons (third behind Lewiston and Hampden Academy in the Eastern Class A Heal Points standings) was at Brewer Tuesday, welcomes Bangor Friday and plays host to Messalonskee Tuesday of next week.

Mt. Ararat blanked visiting Edward Little (2-0) and Brewer (6-0) last week to improve to 3-1-1 and eighth in the region. The Eagles were at Lawrence Tuesday, visit Skowhegan Sat-urday and play host to Mt. Blue Tuesday of next week.

In Western B, Morse is 0-5

and 17th after falling at Oceans-ide last Thursday, 1-0. After playing host to Lincoln Tuesday and visiting Mt. View Thurs-day, the Shipbuilders welcome Gardiner Saturday and play host to Belfast Tuesday of next week.

Girls’ soccerOn the girls’ side, Morse was

first in the Western B Heals at press time with a 3-1-1 mark following recent 2-0 victories over visiting Oceanside and host Leavitt. Miracle Trimble and Ruth Nadeau scored against the Mariners. In the win over the Hornets, Morgan Cram and Bess Howell scored. The Shipbuild-ers were at Lincoln Tuesday and hosted Mt. View Thursday. Morse is home with Gardiner Saturday and plays at Belfast Tuesday of next week.

Brunswick sits atop Eastern A with a 6-0 mark after recent wins over visiting Edward Little (5-3), host Lewiston (3-2) and visiting Cony (7-2). The Drag-ons were home with Brewer Tuesday, go to Bangor Friday and visit Messalonskee Tuesday of next week.

Mt. Ararat its seventh in the Heals with a 4-1 mark after a 3-0 victory at Edward Little last Thursday and a 5-0 win at Brewer Saturday. The Eagles

were home with Lawrence Tues-day, welcome Skowhegan Satur-day and go to Mt. Blue Tuesday of next week.

Field hockeyMt. Ararat’s field hockey team

is red-hot. The Eagles have won four straight and sit third in the Eastern A Heals with a 4-2 mark after downing visiting Brewer (2-1, in overtime) and host Cony (2-1) last week. Mt. Ararat was home against Oxford Hills Tuesday and was at Mes-salonskee Thursday. The Eagles host Lawrence Saturday and play at Hampden Academy Monday.

Brunswick sits 11th with an 0-5-1 record. The Dragons most recent results were a 1-1 tie at Oxford Hills and losses to visiting Cony (3-1) and host Lewiston (3-0). Brunswick was at Edward Little Tuesday and hosted Brewer Thursday. The Dragons welcome Hampden Academy Saturday and visit Bangor Tuesday of next week.

In Western B, Morse is 16th in the Heals with an 0-6 record after recent losses at home to Winslow (8-0) and at Mt. View (4-0). The Shipbuilders were home against Belfast Tuesday and Maranacook Thursday, go to Oceanside Saturday and return home Tuesday of next week to face Camden Hills.

Cross countryOn the trails, Mt. Ararat host-

ed Brunswick, Morse, Brewer and Edward Little last weekend.

In the boys’ meet, the Eagles were first, the Dragons fourth and the Shipbuilders fifth. In-dividually, the race was won by Mt. Ararat’s Sam Wood (17 min-utes, 52.83 seconds). Morse’s top finisher was Nate Stover (sixth, 19:10.17). Brunswick’s first finisher was Walter Martin (11th, 19:44.15).

In the girls’ race, the Eagles were first, with the Shipbuilders coming in second and the Drag-ons placing third. Mt. Ararat’s Kelly Lynch (21:35.29) was first individually. Brunswick was paced by Tiffany Tanner (second, 21:48.85). Morse’s top finisher was Amy Franklin (fourth, 22:43.44).

GolfBrunswick’s golf team has

won three straight matches and took a 5-2 mark into Wednes-day’s home match versus Ox-ford Hills. The Dragons close the regular season Friday versus Morse. Mt. Ararat was 1-5 enter-ing Wednesday’s home match against Edward Little.

(Sun Journal sports editor Justin Pelletier contributed to this story)

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Mid CoastGalleriesThe Dragon Sleeps, Jean Kigel, through Sept., Summer Island Studio, 149 Maine St., Brunswick, 373-1810.

Wearable Art, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily, through Oct. 31, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, 443-1499.

Friday 9/21ArtVan Youth: Summer Buzz, 5-6:45 p.m., Midcoast Center for Higher Education Gallery, 9 Park St., Bath, 251-1973.

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MuseumBowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Bruns-wick, 725-3275.

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We Get Around: Beach Boys Tribute, 7 p.m., The Nor’easters, United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, Brunswick, 353-2464, adults $15, seniors $12, students $5.

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David Mello and Tommy O’Connell & The Juke Joints Devils, 5 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, [email protected].

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Friday 9/28 Rick Miller and His Band, Poor Howard & Bullfrog, 5 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, [email protected].

Stephane Wremble, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, $20 advance, $25 door.

Saturday 9/29Poke Chop & The Other White Meats, 9 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455

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The Fishtank Ensemble, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, $12 ad-vance, $15 door.

Sunday 9/30Voices United Concert: Featur-ing Connor Garvey, Cidny Bullens and Vanessa Torres, 7 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757$20.

Theater & DanceCan U Rel8?, a showcase of short plays by Maine playwrights, times vary, through Sept. 30, Freeport Players, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, 865-2220, $10 advance, $15 door.

“Tess of D’Ubervilles,” times vary, through Sept. 23, Dead Wes-sex Fair, Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993, $12 adults, $10 students and seniors.

“Anything Goes,” Sept. 21- Oct. 6, Fri. and Sat. at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, 799-6509, $21.99.

Friday 9/21Port City Swing Dance, lessons 8 p.m., dance 9 p.m, Woodford’s Club, 179 Woodford St., Portland, 563-8632, $8.

Saturday 9/22 Defining Marriage, 2 p.m., York Reader’s Theater, Thomas Memo-rial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.

Mirage: an Evening of Belly Dance & International Dance, 7:30 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Con-gress St., Portland, 838-3638, $18.

Sunday 9/30Inganzo, 4-7 p.m., Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 408-3419, adults $10, students and children $5.

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Wednesday 9/26District 66 candidates forum: health care, 7-8:30 p.m., People Plus, 35 Union St., Brunswick, 725-6484.

Health & SupportSaturday 9/22Harpswell Community Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kellogg Church, Route 123, Harpswell, 833-5567.

Kids and FamilyBig Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick is accepting applications for girls ages 6-14 that live in single parent homes to participate in The Big and Little program, a mentor-ing program that matches a child with an adult community mentor (Big Sister) in a one-on-one friend-ship. There are Big Sisters currently waiting to be matched with Littles. Please Contact Aurora Joseph, Match Support Specialist, 729-7736 or [email protected] to enroll your daughter.

Brunswick Teen Center at People Plus, an after school and summer drop in program for area youth in grades 6-12, free membership, safe and fun environment with pool, ping pong, snacks, video games, movies, crafts and more, Mon-Thurs. 2:30-5:30 p.m., call for vacation and summer hours, 35 Union St., Brunswick, 721-0754.

Morning Storytelling, monthly, songs, stories from around the world with Janice O’Rourke, for ages 6 and under, Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, information, 725-5222 or explorefrontier.com.

Greater Portland BenefitsBeards B-cause, participants grow beards from September to March to benefit the Cancer Community Center, visit MyStacheFightsCancer.com, [email protected].

Coffee by Design is selling Beans of Peace community coffee through-out Sept. to benefit the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project.

Friday 9/21A Totally RAD Night, 7 p.m., to benefit the Amy St. Laurent Fund which underwrites the Portland Po-lice Department’s rape aggression defense training, Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland, 756-8173, $20 advance, $25 door.

Suitcase Party, 7-11 p.m., to ben-efit Camp Sunshine, private hangar at Portland Jetport, South Portland, 553-2445, tickets $100-$250.

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

American Red Cross needs volun-teers in the disaster services, health and safety and administration de-partments, 874-1192 ext. 105.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ITNPortland needs volunteer drivers, help seniors and visually im-paired adults enjoy independence 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

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Junior Achievement of Maine recently announced the election of the follow-ing officers for the Board of Direc-tors: Chairman of the Board Darren J. Hurlburt, Vice Chairman of the Board Guy Langeviny, Past Chairman of the Board Jeffrey Laniewski, Treasurer Paul Clancy, Secretary of the Board Scott Twitchell.

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Falmouth by the Sea and Medical Director Richard Marino were recently honored by Beacon Hospice for their commitment to excellence in end-of-life

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Kathi Hardy, of Cumberland, was nomi-nated for the Golden Apple Award. This award is presented annually to ten teach-ers in the state in recognition of dedica-tion to the intellectual and emotional growth of students.

Financial services firm Edward Jones was named the Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year by the Money Management Institute as the firm that most exempli-fied overall excellence and contributed to the long-term success and sustainabil-ity of the wealth management industry. The Money Management Institute is the national association for the managed in-vestment solutions and the wealth man-agement industry. This award recognizes the features and benefits of both of the firm’s advisory platforms.

Elizabeth Liscomb, sales director and senior trainer with BeautiControl, was recently awarded Top Director Overall in her national unit at the company’s celebration conference. Liscomb leads a team of over 70 skin care and spa consultants based in Maine.

New Hires and Promotions

Albin, Randall & Bennett, a full-service certified public accounting firm based in Portland, recently announced

that Holly D. Ferguson has been named as a principal in the firm. Ferguson spe-cializes in working with manufacturers, credit unions and not-for-profit organiza-tions, providing business consulting, tax, accounting, and assurance services.

Vreeland Marketing & Design, a full-service marketing and public relations agency in Yarmouth, has recently hired Shireen Shahawy as an account execu-tive, Erich Pobatschnig as digital and so-cial media manager, and Betty Turina as office coordinator.

ecomaine, a nonprofit municipally-owned recycling and waste-to-energy organization, announced the following new employees: Human Resources Accountant Carolyn Knights, Relief Operator Winslow Pillsbury, Accounting Assistant Kathleen Snyder, Truck Driver Steve Pearson, and Equipment Operator Matt Dibiase.

BerryDunn recently announced that Richard Stevenson has been hired as a senior proposal writer in the manage-ment information technology group at BerryDunn, a CPA and consulting firm. BerryDunn, established in 1974, is the largest certified public accounting and management consulting firm headquar-tered in northern New England,

Good Deeds

Avesta Housing, northern New Eng-land’s largest nonprofit affordable housing developer, has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support its new home ownership center. Recently launched, the center helps families sta-bilize their housing costs and increase their economic self-sufficiency through homebuyer education, individual coun-seling and foreclosure prevention coun-seling. The center serves as a one-stop shop for low- and moderate-income families looking to buy their first home, improve the home they own or avoid foreclosure.

Bob’s Discount Furniture has awarded Longfellow Elementary School in Port-land a $1,000 donation. The money will be used for technology. Longfellow is one of seven schools in Maine that re-ceived $1,000 awards from Bob’s in a ceremony at the South Portland store. Money comes from donations made by the public to jars located in the stores’

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New Business

Lux Realty Group is a partnership between two real estate brokers, Daren Hebold and John Golden. The firm, licensed in both Maine and New York, will transact commercial and high-end residential real estate and sponsor in-vestment opportunities in both states. The firm is focused on office, hotel, multi-family and luxury residential properties in the range of $5M to $100M.

New Location

Kate Meyers, president of Brown & Meyers, recently announced the acqui-sition of a new facility and impending relocation of the Brown & Meyers head-quarters from Portland to Scarborough. The move follows several years of steady growth in data management systems in response to business trends toward more efficient and cost effective methods for storing vital information.

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USDA Rural Development has se-lected Casa to receive a Community Facilities Direct Loan in the amount of $6.2 million. Casa serves both chil-dren and adults with a broad variety of needs throughout Cumberland and York Counties. Their new facility will be a 20 bed long-term intermediate care facility with 24-hour nursing services. The new building will replace the older 16-bed facility, and create room for ad-ditional parking. Casa’s intermediate care facility for mental retardation is the only facility of its kind in Southern Maine and its location benefits the fam-ily members who would have to travel greater distance for services.


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senger claimed to be the account owner, Jones said.

On Aug. 30, Lisbon police responded to a parking lot at a local walking trail for a motor vehicle burglary. The window of the vehicle had been broken and the female victim's Bank of America check-book was missing.

She reported the theft, but police later discovered the thief had used information from her checking account and driver's license the same day to withdraw $2,000 from her account at an Exeter, N.H., Bank of America branch, Jones said.

Photos from bank surveillance cameras from both withdrawals show the suspects in the same car, described as a white, four-door Nissan Altima sedan with Pennsylvania registration. No registration number was observed.

The man is described as white with a receding hairline, dark hair pulled back in a ponytail, a goatee and a tattoo on his left wrist. Two women were seen in the male suspect's car, but no identification was available for them, police said.

The public is urged to call Jones at 207-513-3001 and/or Lisbon police of-ficer William Tapley at 207-353-2500, extension 240, with any information.

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Engineer John Foster. The highest bid was made by Chabot’s Construction of Green for $286,900.

Once the building is destroyed, Brown said the remaining balance from the en-terprise account will be transferred to the town’s general fund, unless another use is determined and approved by the Town Council.

Before the council voted 9-0, Councilor Ben Tucker asked about the large differ-ence between the least and most expensive bids.

“The high bid is almost twice the low bid,” Tucker said. “Why would one com-pany say it costs this much and another said it costs this little? Is that bid so low that we’re at risk for paying more for that?”

“There was a required walk-through for the building. They are all fully aware of the requirements of this project,” Brown said. He added that the lower bids were possibly a reflection of times when busi-ness slows down.

The town purchased the Times Record building on Sept. 28, 2004, for nearly $1.28 million.

After several failed attempts to sell the building since fall 2010, the council so-licited demolition bids in June.

On another note, the Times Record’s owner was able to pay the town a little more than $272,000 on July 20 for proper-ty taxes that were due since late 2011, ac-cording to Finance Director John Eldridge.

Brunswick Publishing, the owner of the weekly newspaper, said a few days before that it was able to make the pay-ment by selling the Times Record building at 3 Business Parkway and its Alliance Press printing division to the company’s president, Chris Miles, and RFB Co-Op of Rockland.

George Sample, owner of Brunswick Publishing, at the time described the sale as a “financial restructuring.” The newspa-per still operates at the Parkway building.

The newspaper’s former building has been used to store old town and school documents along with gym equipment from the Recreation Department. All of the materials will be moved to other build-ings, including the town’s Field House at Brunswick Landing, prior to demolition.

While there are currently no plans for use of land at 6 Industry Road once the former newspaper building is demolished,

at least one department has an idea for its future.

“It’s no secret that the school is thinking about putting a bus garage down there,” Brown said. “For the time being, it’s just gravel.”

Other items discussed at Monday’s Town Council meeting included the con-sideration of a proposal to add four flag stops in the downtown area for the Coastal Trans bus service, and an ordinance amendment to increase the maximum footprint for buildings with three or more units.

After a lengthy discussion, the Town Council voted 6-3 to table consideration of the flag stops. A disagreement between councilors about the placement of the stops led them to conclude that the pro-posal should be discussed in the Master Plan Implementation committee.

“I was afraid there were too many ques-tions,” Town Council Chairwoman Joanne King said. “Take it to the implementation committee.”

The footprint amendment for buildings with three or more units in the Residential and College Use Districts, which increases the maximum footprint from 5,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet, passed 7-1.

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Yarmouth – 500’ of WaterfrontExceptional design and elegant décor –12 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 5 baths-incrediblekitchen. 1st floor master bedroom suite -3 privateacres, broad river and bay views – this home isabsolutely elegant. Reduced to $1,795,000

South Freeport13 rooms, 5 bedroom contemporary colonial.

Guest quarters, elevated, private setting -beach and marinas nearby. $650,000

South Freeport – New PriceMain St location just steps from marinasand town dock. Currently a two family,would serve well as a single family. Waterviews - 13 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3000+ sq ftVillage setting. $549,000

Cumberland Foreside – New PricePrivate waterfront home – 1st and 2nd floor

master bedroom suites – open floor plan. Viewsfrom nearly every room.

New paint and roof shingles – large watersidedeck - Whole house generator. $849,000

Cumberland Foreside - New to MarketSpectacular and spacious estate that includesa separate guest cottage. 4+ acres - 18 rooms -6 baths. Ming marble master bath - elegantlyappointed, high level finishes and detail.Manicured grounds - pool- no detail overlooked.Dock – mooring. $3,750,000

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Topsham.Even if he doesn’t win the top spot, he

would still have a chance at making the top 10, which would still give him a trip to New York along with the recognition in the magazine.

“Everyone is just trying to get their name out there, right? So there’s nothing to lose,” he said.

The 11 winners will be honored at an “American Made” event at Grand Central Station on Oct. 16, eight days after the winners are announced.

DeSimio, who started as a photogra-pher and earned a bachelor’s of media studies at the University of Southern Maine, said he got into making bags when he entered a contest in 2008 for BaileyWorks Bags, a New Hampshire-based company.

The company had sent him a bag

that he would then have to modify in a creative way. DeSimio said his bag was pretty popular in the contest, and com-pany ended up selling it at a gallery show in New Hampshire.

After that, DeSimio said his interest grew. He now has been creating his own bags out of vintage, antique and used materials for three years. He has sold 50 bags on Etsy.com and at the Picnic Festival in Portland, for $125-$275 each.

DeSimio said his mother-in-law has been a major supporter in his efforts, finding troves of old cloths, duffel bags and other fabrics that are prime ingredi-ents for creating his art.

“She has kept me stocked well on fabric,” DeSimio said as he dug through a pile. “That means military duffel bags, that means this roll of old natural canvas. This is an old antique fabric from a hand-sewn mattress. Salt bags. Feed bags.”

He said he begins making a bag by taking one of these fabrics and then finds

another fabric with a contrasting color.“Then it’s about pairing the buckles,”

DeSimio said, sorting through buckles of different colors and sizes. “I’m not concerned with matching up the buckles.”

“A lot of the work goes into the rivet-ing and the choosing of the materials. This bag is one of the more difficult bags,” he said as he held a tote bag made of an old military duffel. “This is incorporating multiple parts of a guy’s two bags.”

And the guy had a name: Sgt. McMul-len. It was handwritten on the fabric.

DeSimio took out another old military duffel bag that hadn’t yet been repur-posed.

“I haven’t done anything with it yet, because it’s a holy grail,” he said. This was another item his mother-in-law scored (at the Goodwill store in Belfast) and as DeSimio rolled it out on a work-bench, the bag’s sacredness became clear.

The bag’s original owner had etched in

all of the locations he visited during his tour in the Korean War: Camp Lejune in North Carolina, Parris Island in South Carolina, California, Japan, Inchon, Seoul.

“This is every step along the way for his military career,” DeSimio said.

And then there were a list of battles: Battle of the ImJim River, Battle of Bloody Ridge, Battle of White Horse.

DeSimio said it will take him some time to decide what to do with this ma-terial.

“Sometimes I’m worry that people think that it might be disrespectful in some way, but I don’t see it this way,” DeSimio said. “Where did I find this? Goodwill? It has already been disre-spected. (My work) is elevating it a bit.”


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citizen’s petition that sought withdrawal from RSU 5 earlier this year, the Durham Board of Selectmen formed the Explora-tion Education Committee “to explore all available options for the future education of Durham students” before the referen-dum question is put to a vote, according to the town’s August newsletter.

“Their role was to present facts to the town so they can make an educated deci-sion,” said Milton Simon, who started the petition, which received more than 250 signatures.

Simon said that once Durham went through a 30-month trial with RSU 5, state law allowed the town to reconsider its membership.

“So I think if we have the option, we should exercise that options,” the Durham resident said.

The Exploration Education Committee’s job includes opening discussions with nearby high schools for the town’s students to attend, since Durham doesn’t have its own high school. All of Durham’s high school students currently attend Freeport High School.

RSU 5 Superintendent Shannon Welsh said that while she respects Durham’s

right to study the effects of a withdrawal, the town will find it beneficial to remain with the RSU.

Welsh said the Exploration Education Committee’s research has found that Dur-ham “would see a significant increase in cost if they removed themselves from the RSU,” according to her correspondence with the committee’s chairman, Kevin Nadeau.

“We are fiscally responsible and studies done from outside (the district) show that we use our resources wisely,” the superin-tendent said.

For contract negotiations to begin with any high school in the area, Smith said, the town must first vote to leave RSU 5. If that happens, the Board of Selectman will have to form a withdrawal committee.

The committee would then create a plan to withdraw from RSU 5, which the town would have to vote on, according to the minutes from a recent Durham select board meeting.

But before the plan could take effect, Durham would have to sign a 10-year con-tract with a nearby high school to accept the town’s students, as required by state and federal laws.

This wouldn’t “technically” stop parents from choosing another high school for their children, according to Exploration

Education Committee Chairman Kevin Nadeau.

Smith said if the town votes to withdraw from RSU 5 , a schedule for the transfer of students to new schools won’t be known until the withdrawal committee draws a plan.

Welsh said the withdrawal would affect renovation plans for Freeport High School, which is at capacity right now. The cur-rent master plan takes the population of Durham into consideration.

The RSU 5 superintendent said she wouldn’t go into detail about what the other possible effects of withdrawal would have on the district. Instead, she emphasized that the current arrangement is financially and educationally beneficial to the town of Durham.

“We’re focused on providing a world-class, cost-effective education for all of the students in the district,” Welsh said.

Until the Nov. 6 vote, the Exploration Education Committee is expected to ex-plore all its options for the town’s students. The committee has sent e-mails to several high schools in the area to gauge how many students each school could accept.

The surveyed schools included Bruns-

wick High School, Lewiston High School, Edward Little High School in Auburn, Gray/New Gloucester High School and Mt. Ararat High School in Topsham.

Welsh pointed out that the last time a 10-year contract was proposed by Brunswick High School, Durham refused because they would have been required to send 80 percent of their students to the school.

“If the parents chose to send the stu-dents to Freeport High School (under that contract), they would have had to pay the tuition costs to Brunswick High School in addition,” the superintendent said.

The Exploration Education Committee will hold an open forum to present the results of its research at 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Durham Community School.

Until then, Perzanoski said, it’s just a waiting game for the Brunswick School Department.

“I’m behind bringing Durham back 100 percent,” Brunswick School Board member William Thompson said last week. “I think the students brought a lot to our school and budgetarily I think it makes sense. We should work with them as closely as possible to arrange a contract that works to both of our advantages.”


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Maine’s congressional delegation.The Midcoast Regional Redevelop-

ment Authority, which is overseeing the conversion of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station to a civilian facility, ap-plied for the status in 2010. The concept was supported by all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation.

Foreign trade zones are ports of en-try to the United States where goods from overseas can arrive duty-free to be processed or incorporated in products before being sold in the U.S market. The

concept allows overseas producers to better compete with domestic industries, though import fees and taxes are paid on the material once it leaves the foreign trade zone.

In Brunswick, it will allow businesses at Brunswick Landing – the former air station – to enjoy lower prices for goods and materials until they leave the foreign trade zone.

In Maine, Bangor, Madawaska, Belfast and Portland are already designated for-eign trade zones.

In a joint statement released Tuesday morning, U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both R-Maine, and Reps.

Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, both D-Maine, said the new designation indi-cates that the Foreign-Trade Zones Board recognizes the “breadth and depth” of the economic opportunities available at Brunswick Landing and in the Mid-Coast region.

“When Brunswick Naval Air Station was closed as a result of the ill-conceived 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process, we pledged that no stone would be left unturned in support of the Brunswick-Topsham region’s economic

recovery,” the statement said. “The new designation is a critical tool for the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Au-thority in attracting additional business opportunities and is a clear step in the right direction.”

In a July 2010 letter of support from the delegation, they argued that the des-ignation would be attractive to businesses seeking to locate on the former Navy base, particularly those in the aviation manufacturing and remanufacturing, composite technologies and alternative energy product manufacturing, which are industries being targeted by the MRRA.

In addition, Anderson said his usual group of freelance writers have not been available this month for various reasons, leaving the paper without any stories past its Sept. 17 deadline for the October edition.

Anderson said one staffer left because her husband was assigned a job in Cali-fornia. He said the other staffer left after she thought she was going to be laid off when he told her about the outstanding accounts.

A half dozen people have come in to help with volunteer or paid work, Ander-son said, but he’s still not sure whether his readers will see a paper next month.

If the newspaper gets out, it will be at least a week late, he said.

The publisher said both of his em-

ployees had specialized skills in design and other necessary tasks for newspaper production – skills he doesn’t possess.

“I have to go in and learning every-thing, and for anyone I bring in,” Ander-son said.

He said he’s been knocking on his advertisers’ doors to get them to pay, and has been paid by about half of the overdue account-holders.

Anderson said he has been lenient in the past with advertisers who fail to pay on time, but it’s never been like this.

“This is the worst year I’ve ever had,” he said.

Anderson said he did not want to dis-close how much the newspaper makes on a yearly basis, but it was enough for him to pay his own bills and pay the two employees.

The publisher, however, did say that he supplemented his income by digging for

clams on weekends.The Anchor began in July 1998, a

month after Anderson, a retired lobster-man, first rented the office building with money from a day’s catch of clams.

The publisher said before the paper started making money on its own, he sup-ported it with half of the money he made from clam digging while paying his own bills with the other half.

Carol Coultas, a Harpswell resident and longtime journalist who is now editor of Mainebiz, said she helped Anderson with free design work for about five years before he brought on paid employees.

“I did it as a volunteer because I be-lieved in what he was doing for the com-munity,” Coultas said.

She said her husband, Ken Chutchian, was a staff writer at Maine Times, a now-

defunct statewide alternative newspaper, while Anderson was a freelancer in the mid-1990s.

When Anderson came up with the idea for a community newspaper after he at-tended some media studies classes at the University of Southern Maine, Coultas said he approached her and Chutchian to help him get started.

“I think it was a fabulous service for the town,” Coultas said, adding that she hopes the newspaper finds a way to keep going.

No matter what happens, Anderson said he will keep plugging away at some-thing. For now, he said he doesn’t want people to worry too much about him.

“I’m not looking for any sympathy,” he said. “I’ve got broad shoulders and I can take it.”


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The Forecaster, Mid-Coast edition, September 21, 2012