The Forecaster, Portland edition, November 24 2010

INSIDEIndex Great Outdoors ..............10

Meetings ........................26Obituaries ........................9Opinion ............................6Out & About ...................25

People & Business ........21Police Beat ......................8Real Estate ....................35School Notebook ...........20Sports ............................ 11

Fall sports season was simply awesomePage 11

Portland may change restrictions on peninsula parkingPage 3

Arts Calendar ................23Classifieds .....................30Community Calendar .....26Eating Well ....................22

November 24, 2010 News of The City of Portland Vol. 8, No. 47

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Stags partyCoach John Wolfgram and a group of very

happy Cheverus Stags raise the Gold Ball after winning the Class A state

football championship Saturday afternoon at Fitzpatrick Stadium in

Portland. Cheverus beat Bangor, 46-8, for the school’s second title.

Sports, Page 11.

Schools hoping to link teacher pay to student performanceBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — School officials are working on a new system for teacher evaluations and salaries that is based on student achievement.

Officials hope to have a pilot program for the new system ready for the 2011-2012 school year.

Earlier this month, Superintendent of Schools James Morse and teachers’ union President Kathleen Casasa attended the

Thompson’s Point to be sold to Red Claws?By Randy Billings

PORTLAND — Twenty-five acres at Thompson’s Point are under contract to be sold.

But Tony Donovan, a broker at Fishman Realty Group, which listed the property, said he is not permitted to identify the poten-tial buyer.

“I’ve signed a confidentiality agreement,” Donovan said.

Donovan said the property, which is owned by Thompson’s Point Inc., was listed for $9.9 million.

Maine Red Claws President Jon Jennings, meanwhile, would neither confirm nor deny per-sistent rumors that the NBA D-League team is interested in the property for construction of a new arena.

“I have no comment on that, as of now,” Jennings said last week.

Jennings said the team is seeing even greater demand for tickets this year than it did in its debut season a year ago, including a “dramatic increase” in group ticket sales. The Red Claws sold out all 24 home games last year.

Jennings said the team is hap-py with its current home at the 3,040-seat Portland Expo, which

Skatepark opens at Dougherty FieldBy Emily Parkhurst

PORTLAND — After nearly six years of debate, planning and fundraising, the Portland Skatepark at Dougherty Field finally opened on Saturday, Nov.

JOhN AlPhONSE / FOR thE FORECAStERJoshua McCrillis, 19, of Portland, grabs some stylin’ air off a jump during the opening of the Portland Skatepark on Saturday

at Dougherty Field along St. James Street.

20.Nearly 160 skateboarders

and BMX bikers came out for the event.

“It’s really awesome to see the kids out there,” City Coun-cilor and Skatepark Committee

Chairman David Marshall said. “They were having a great time.”

The park was constructed by Hardcore Shotcrete Skateparks, and cost $325,000 to build.

Funds came from public and

private sources, including a land donation and $75,000 from the city, as well as grants from the Beth Qui-mby Foundation, the Ollie

Teachers Union Reform Network’s con-ference in Chicago, which focused on the topic.

Casasa said there were between 200 and 300 people at the conference, which highlighted fewer than a dozen school systems that have tied student perfor-mance to teacher evaluations and com-pensation.

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Veranda Street ramp reopens in PortlandBy Stephanie Grinnell

PORTLAND — Some pavement and bridge repairs to Interstate 295 that began in May are scheduled to be complete by Dec. 18, according to a press release Friday from the Maine Department of

Transportation.Also Friday, the long-closed Veranda

Street on-ramp to southbound I-295 was reopened after repairs on that side of the highway were finished – three months later than originally planned.

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City may change rules for peninsula parkingBy Randy Billings

PORTLAND — The Transportation Committee last week gave preliminary approval to a plan to halve the number of peninsula parking bans for city services.

Peninsula residents are now restricted year-round on a weekly basis from park-ing on one side of the street to make way for street sweepers and snow plows.

But last week, the committee voted 3-0 to direct city staff to develop a plan that would reduce the frequency to only twice a month.

Committee Chairman and City Coun-cilor Kevin Donoghue said the proposed changes are designed to address constitu-ent complaints and to better reflect the reality of the situation.

“Residents in every part of the penin-sula remark that while they move their cars weekly, street sweeping occurs only monthly at best,” Donoghue said in an e-mail. “We are working to address this disconnect.”

The weekly parking bans for snow removal are not needed, Donoghue said, because the city can simply declare an emergency parking ban.

The proposal, which would return to the committee for its endorsement before being sent to the full City Council, would likely have to be phased in, Donoghue said.

“The highest priority will be given to the West End,” he said.

Councilor David Marshall, who repre-sents the West End, said a combination of dense housing and nearby hospitals and schools makes parking difficult for residents.

Similar changes were made several years ago in Parkside, Marshall said.

“It was a change that was made a few years ago and it’s been successful,” he said.

In addition to only sweeping every other week, Marshall said the parking

signs were changed to show a picture of a vehicle being towed, which has helped residents who do not speak or read Eng-lish, he said.

Marshall said changing the parking schedule will probably cost the city thou-sands of dollars to change street signs.

“It’s going to cost a little money,” Marshall said. “But it’s all stuff we can do within the budget.”

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Foley said the new cable guard rails have prevented vehicles from crossing the median in two recent traffic incidents. He said the road surfaces are expected to last between 12 and 15 years, while bridge repairs should last between 15 and 20 years.

Bridge repair involved removing exist-ing pavement, repairing the concrete decks beneath, repairing or replacing bridge joints, sealing with a rubber membrane and resurfacing with new pavement.

Due to more extensive repairs to some bridges, only eight of 18 bridges were completed this year southbound, while five of eight northbound bridges were completed. Repairs to Tukey’s Bridge and the Presumpscot River Bridge were postponed to next year due to traffic con-gestion concerns.

Total costs for bridge repairs came to $3.6 million, while more than $5 mil-lion was spent on paving, according to the DOT. Repairs will resume on I-295 northbound in Portland and the remaining bridges next spring.Stephanie Grinnell can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123

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PORTLAND — The 250th anniversary of the creation of Cumberland and Lincoln counties will be the cause for celebration on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the Cumberland County Courthouse.

The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at noon in the courthouse rotunda.

Period re-enactments will entertain his-tory buffs, including a traditional proces-sion led by Lincoln County Sheriff Todd Brackett in period garb.

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Forum on teenage drug abuse slated for Nov. 29By Randy Billings

PORTLAND — A town hall meeting about prescription drug abuse by teenag-ers will be held Monday, Nov. 29, at King Middle School.

The forum will provide parents with in-formation about the latest trends in teenage prescription drug abuse, as well as common warning signs of drug use and how to talk to children.

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Jay Robbins, president of the Lincoln County Historical Association, and Port-land historian Herb Adams will address the crowd.

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What I learned from the electionElection Day has come and gone and,

for those of us whose candidates did not prevail, we can either lick our wounds or look toward the future with optimism.

Losing an election produces an acute pain that in time subsides into a dull ache. It hurts, but you learn to cope. You live to fight another day and, if you fought the good fight, you take away from the experience a sense of what is good and what is important. You come away with some portion of your ideals and self-respect intact.

Everyone says this was an election of mandates and messages. Indeed, given the ubiquity of social networks and other online vehicles, it was much eas-ier to gauge the mood of fellow voters.

Because of the echo chamber created by incessant polling, cable news, the blogosphere, and viral and social media, what was said, seen and heard seems to have cut deeper than in the past. This

time around we witnessed unpleasant things that will likely stay with us. But what was good will also endure.

Here, then, is what I learned from the election.

• Mark Twain was right: The great humorist noted that a lie gets half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. In other words, by the time a myth is dispelled, the damage is done. And so it was with the disinformation campaign(s) against Eliot Cutler.

Cutler was forced to combat these slurs just as he was making measur-able headway with unde-cided voters. The negative campaigns against him

cost him time and may have delayed his surge in the polls just enough to cause him to come up short.

• Dave Barry was right, too: Cutler’s campaign may have been wounded by the negative onslaught, but the damage to those

who circulated the offending mailers and “push polls” will be more lasting, which leads me to a quote from another great American humorist, Dave Barry: “Demo-crats seem to be nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.”

It cannot be good for the Maine Demo-cratic Party to have countenanced the trashing of another candidate and then to have hidden behind the artifice of “unaf-filiated” organizations that orchestrated the effort.

I haven’t encountered too many Demo-crats who are currently inclined to break out their checkbooks.

• People aren’t just angry, they’re mean: I can understand a frustrated tax-payer who feels that incumbents have had enough of an opportunity to improve the economy. I can understand expressing that frustration by voting out the old and ushering in the new, though the new may be untested and inexperienced.

I can’t, however, accept the visceral and grotesque anger that some voters feel towards other voters. Savage commentary towards candidates may be ugly if not unexpected, but vicious attacks against those who have the temerity simply to support another candidate have no place in public discourse.

No candidate is entitled to an office, or even a clear path to office, simply because he or she has put in the time and paid his dues. Dedication and commitment are sure-ly factors to be considered, but our electoral system, like our economy, depends upon and in fact thrives upon the influx of new ideas and new energy.

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I was disappointed to see so many descend into the abyss of anger and vitriol. As a recent president and for-midable campaigner once said, “We can do better.”

• Our best days are ahead of us: You might think, given the foregoing, that this election has left me disillusioned and bereft of hope. Quite the contrary. Dur-ing the course of the campaign, we had the opportunity to meet the candidates. We poked them, prodded them and tried them on for size. We made our choices and we will live with the outcome. Ours is a resilient system, and Maine is a re-silient state.

But resilience depends upon enthu-siastic, energetic, committed and, yes, idealistic people willing to work, sacri-fice and believe in something larger than themselves.

In Maine, our future depends upon a commitment not only to building a just society, but to fostering a culture that rewards innovation and allows risk takers an honest reward.

Ours is a nation where ideas and ide-als still matter. Few have prospered by betting against the people of the United States. Nor should anyone doubt the energy and will of the people of Maine.

I’m convinced our best days lie ahead of us, and I’m looking forward to the journey.

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Edgar Allen Beem

The goal should be consensusEdgar Allen Beem once more regales us with his divi-

sive thoughts on the tea party and the “Evil Empire” of the Republican Party. I have a suggestion: perhaps we can all start having intelligent, meaningful discussions to solve the current economic mess. Most of the anger by the tea party was directed at Congress, not President Obama. It’s true that the Congress along with George Bush spent money like drunken sailors. The sad thing is that America looked to the new president for change. President Obama told us that he would change the way Washington has been operating. That hasn’t happened.

Health care is an example of what went wrong. Instead of mee t ing openly with r e p r e s e n t a -

tives from the insurance, pharmaceutical and health-care provider industries in July 2009, President Obama invited 100 doctors to the White House for a photo op. It wasn’t until February 2010 that he sat down with senators for a summit. Congress should have created a bipartisan committee to look at all the possible ways to cut the cost of health care. Instead, both parties fell victim to the same old partisan politics, and nothing was accomplished. What came out of this was a health-care bill that’s a huge pile of paper, most of which Congress didn’t read before it was passed.

I want smaller government and you want bigger gov-ernment. We should be able to come to some consensus to save this economy.

Lin WhitePownal

Economic development officials, chamber-of-commerce types and conservative politicians are forever complaining about Maine’s anti-business climate.

Does it ever occur to them that Maine makes development difficult through land use regula-tions, zoning ordinances and environmental impact laws because that’s the way we want it? When you come right down to it, most Mainers are pretty much anti-develop-ment.

In the best of all possible worlds, no undeveloped land should ever be developed. That’s why Maine residents support Lands for Maine’s Future bonds. The best way to keep land undeveloped is to buy it. But even when the land doesn’t belong to them, most Mainers feel they should have a say in what happens on it.

We don’t want the massive Plum Creek devel-opment around Moosehead Lake. We don’t want wind turbines erected atop every mountain. We don’t want our rivers and streams dammed up. We don’t want big-box retail stores malling our towns. And we sure as hell don’t want anyone building a house next to ours. That’s the very definition of NIMBYism – not in my backyard.

Here in fair Yarmouth, neighbors not long ago successfully fought off a proposed Walgreen’s pharmacy on Route 1. Now a group of hom-eowners seem to have forestalled a major new subdivision on one the few remaining parcels of undeveloped land in town.

This fall, Michael Albert of Albert Realty and William T. Conway of Sebago Technics proposed building a 48-house subdivision on 58 acres of woodlands along Hillside Street, land that had been conveyed by Emily Dickin-son to Albert and Peter Benard of Ledgewood

Construction. Neighbors and abutters in the Applewood subdivision (which presumably was once undeveloped land itself) rose up to com-plain about traffic, pedestrian safety, inadequate buffers and setbacks, and loss of open space and wildlife habitat.

The truth, of course, is that they just didn’t want a bunch of new homes next to theirs. As I said, that’s the Maine way. Heck, local folk even objected a few years ago when Dickinson built her own home on Hillside Street. Woods should remain woods, fields fields.

Nearly 60 neighbors signed a petition rais-ing objections to the proposed subdivision, to be called McKearney Village. The major com-plaint seemed to be that the developers proposed connecting their development to Applewood by extending a dead end street through to Hillside. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, cul-de-sac resi-dential developments were all the rage nation-ally. These days, planners and developers favor subdivisions that are part of the fabric of the community rather than enclaves.

On Nov. 1, the Applewood protesters, the suburban burgher counterparts of EarthFirst! wind-farm opponents, won a temporary victory when the developers withdrew the concept plan for McKearney Village. Town Planner Vanessa Farr tells me, however, that in all likelihood the subdivision plan will eventually be resubmit-ted, albeit at about half the size and without the through street.

Am I anti-development? I’m a Maine native; you bet I am. I have woods beside and behind my house. I’d rather not see a McKearney Vil-lage or an Applewood constructed there. But they are not my woods, so assuming a subdivision is a permitted use, I’d have to think long and hard about objecting to one.

After all, I live in a 1950s subdivision of quarter-acre lots that was once pasture and woods. I’m sure someone at the time thought it was too bad to develop Newell Road, but back then people tended to keep their opinions to themselves.

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

NIMBY, the way life should be

Beem misplaces the blameEdgar Allen Beem’s column, or should I say, “tirade”

(“Mainers immune to tea party hysteria”), showcases his own, as-well-as the rest of the extreme left’s, hysteria over the results of both the national mid-term elections, as well as Maine’s gubernatorial and legislative elec-tions – results that were historically bad for his lefties.

He blamed the previous administration, corporate America, the Supreme Court, the tea party move-ment – in fact everyone but where the blame belongs: President Obama and his cronies, Pelosi and Reid. The well-known reasons for the election results were directly related to Obama’s two years in office: ever-soaring and scary deficits, 15 percent combined unemployment and under-employment despite a $1 billion “stimulus,” and a health-care bill that most Americans just don’t want.

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After she graduated from Deering High School in 1975, she attended the Univer-sity of Maine at Farmington, where she began a lifelong friendship with room-mates Bonnie and Leilani.

Upon receiving her bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1980 from UMF, she began her elementary school-teaching career, sharing her laughter and love of learning with each class.

Seven years ago, she moved back to Portland and focused on her love of gardening and her decorating talents. The home she shared with her compan-ion Peter had immaculate and extensive gardens, where they enjoyed listening to the birds and tending the perennial flower beds together.

She loved the ocean, and was always traveling to Higgins Beach, Pemaquid, and her family’s cottage on Sebago Lake to spend time with friends and family.

She lived her life with joy and cher-ished the little things.

In addition to her companion, Peter Davidson, she is survived by her two brothers, Tom and his wife Leslie, and Jon and his wife Holly; her niece Jesse and her son Presley, and her three neph-ews, Nicholas and his wife Dorian, Ben and his partner Vienna, and Deven and his wife Melissa; and many friends who were like family, Leilani and daughter, Leifa, and Peter’s family, who loved her as their own, Betty, Gretchen, Rob and Bonnie and their families.

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Exploring Ridgewell Preserve in PhippsburgWould you believe my wife and I were on

our way to Popham Beach for a walk, but were captured by dinosaurs in route? There is a very plausible explanation.

We stopped by the Ridgewell Preserve in Phippsburg a few miles north of Popham Beach just to scope it out for a future hike. Our quick look-see turned into a three-hour exploration of the preserve, culminating in a wonderful walk through the aptly named “Dinosaur Rocks” maze. Here in the Town Forest, just south of the Ridgewell Preserve boundary, three parallel humped ridges sit amidst a vast pitch pine forest.

The easterly ledge offers a glimpse five miles south to the fortress-like island of Seguin. At 180 feet above the ocean, the flashing beacon of Seguin Lighthouse is

the highest light above water in Maine. The view is a bit restricted through the tops of the trees, but with binoculars is nonetheless impressive.

The preserve is at Pride Rock Way on the left side of Route 209, approximate-ly 2.5 miles beyond the Phippsburg Town Hall. It is easy to drive right by the road, so slow down at mile two from the Town Hall and be on the lookout for a small green street sign at the north end of the cir-cular gravel entrance. You will see a green preserve sign at the edge of the woods, and a kiosk with information on all the trails (30

miles worth!) in Phippsburg.There are two loop trails

within the 50-acre preserve, the northerly one marked with red blazes and the adjacent loop marked with orange blazes. The red blaz-es are a bit hard to see at times, and with the leaves down it is easy to walk off the trail, so pay attention to the blazes. Detailed maps of the preserve are posted at most trail junctions, letting

you know exactly where you are, and the choices before you. If you explore the two loops, then follow the white-blazed trail south into the Town Forest to the dinosaurs, you will hike a total of 4.5 miles.

As you start out you will skirt around North Creek marsh on a series of board-walks. Note on the right a huge red pine. At eight feet in circumference this is one of the larger red pines we have seen in the Mid-Coast region. This is but a sign of things to come. Throughout the preserve there are many pockets of red pine, their reddish, scaly bark glowing in the soft afternoon light. Like their more famous white pine brethren, the red pine were also used for ship masts. The British were still buying these tall, straight trees from us as late as 1875.

A blue-blazed side trail leads out to the marsh. Then the trail climbs 100 feet in elevation up a series of switchbacks onto a vast ledge-pocked plateau. There are a host of vernal pools on the plateau, critical habi-tat in the spring for wood frogs and spotted salamanders. Greenery abounds every-where, from treetops to ground level. Shiny green wintergreen leaves and their tasty red berries were everywhere. Oval laurel leaves held fast on their branches. Crunchy patches of reindeer moss dotted the forest floor. Many species of mushrooms had still avoided a killing frost.

Outcroppings of ledges were dotted with nubbins of white quartz and sparkling flecks of mica. Some of the trail-side ledges

were ergonomically designed and invited us to sit and listen to the birds. Moss and pine needles provided the perfect cushion. (We were not going to make it to Popham Beach on this perfect Indian Summer day!) A downy woodpecker landed above us on a slender branch, its red head patch clearly visible. Later we would see two hairy woodpeckers chasing each other from tree to tree and calling back and forth.

The red-blazed northerly loop starts out by going through a narrow defile between two 20-feet tall vertical ledges covered with rock tripe. If you changed the rock color to red you might think you were in Utah canyon country. As the trail circled back around to the south we entered a dense grove of pitch pine. The gnarled and twisted trunks were spooky, and we laughed about not wanting to be in this forest on a full-moon Halloween night.

Eventually we made it down to the Dino-saur Rocks and enjoyed the trail maze cre-ated both between and up onto the humps. We felt like the Flintstones walking beside huge dinosaurs and then venturing right up their broad, curved backs and back down again. Hidden deep within the vast pine wilderness between Route 209 and the Parker Head Road we were amazed that someone had found these unique formations and blazed a path to them.

The Ridgewell Preserve is one of many beautiful properties managed by the Phipps-burg Land Trust. Check out their website (www.phippsburglandtrust.org) for further information about the preserve and other trust projects. With holiday feasting soon upon us, a good walk in a wild place can help counterbalance those extra wedges of pie.

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Fall sports season was simply awesomeBy Michael Hoffer

The fall 2010 sports season didn’t come to a close until Sat-urday, but let’s face it, we didn’t want it to end.

For the most part, the weather was good and the action on the field, pitch, trails and courses was nothing short of superlative.

Football featured drama ga-lore from start to finish, high-lighted by a regional final for the ages between two city teams and of course, Cheverus’ trip to the state final and its first champion-ship in a quarter-century.

On the pitch, Portland’s boys’ soccer team won a regional final for the first time since the first Clinton Administration. Several other boys’ and girls’ squads also excelled.

Cheverus’ field hockey team stole headlines, reaching a first state final.

Cross country produced an-other state champion.

Golf saw two local teams make it to the state match.

Before we bundle up for the long, cold winter ahead, here’s a look back at the highlights from the autumn that was.

Michael’s TopFive Fall stories:

5) McAuley soccer makes postseason

Prior to this fall, McAuley’s girls’ soccer team hadn’t en-joyed a winning season since

Fall 2010 State ChampionsCheverus Stags football, Class A

Cheverus Stags girls’ cross country, Class AFall 2010 Regional Champions

Cheverus Stags field hockey, Western APortland Bulldogs boys’ soccer, Western A

Waynflete Flyers girls’ cross country, Western C

FIle PhotoThe Cheverus girls’ cross country

team, behind standout Emily Durgin, repeated as Class A state champions

this fall.

Twenty-five years in the making

Cheverus wins Class A football title!By Michael Hoffer

PORTLAND—The team that refused to lose secured its destiny with relative ease Saturday after-noon at Fitzpatrick Stadium.

The Cheverus Stags, one week removed from an epic regional final nailbiter against Deering that wasn’t decided until the final sec-onds, won their first state cham-pionship since 1985 going away.

Leading Bangor just 9-8 at half-time, Cheverus put together a ball control offense clinic, saw junior Spencer Cooke explode for four touchdowns and rode yet another superb defensive effort to a 46-8 victory over the Rams in front of an inspiring purple-and-gold-clad vocal throng.

Cooke had just 27 yards on sev-en carries at halftime, but wound up with 239 on 28 attempts as the Stags reached the Promised Land, capping a 12-0 season.

“We play hard every play and

Jason VeIlleux / For the ForecasterCheverus junior Spencer Cooke breaks free for one of his long runs Saturday.

Cooke gained 239 yards and scored four times.

DiBiase, Portland baseball a great fitBy Michael Hoffer

Tony DiBiase, a man synony-mous with athletic success for the better part of four decades as a player and coach, is in the midst of new challenges this school year and couldn’t be happier.

DiBiase, a football, basket-ball and baseball standout at Westbrook High in the early 1970s, who went on to play football and baseball at the University of Maine before embarking on a long, successful coaching career, served as an as-sistant coach with the Portland High football team this fall, has begun his first season as Gray-

have a lot of heart,” said Cooke. “We practice hard, prepare well and it shows on the field. I love these guys.”

Long journey backCheverus holds the record for

the most lopsided victory in a state championship game, a 65-13 romp over Lewiston in 1985. That team was coached by Dick White and featured such names as Sean Ashley, John Bolduc, Scott Dutton, Scott Fitzgerald and Scott Perez.

Unfortunately for the Stags, that was their lone state final appear-ance prior to this fall.

After some lean years in the middle part of this decade, Cheverus hired legendray coach John Wolfgram in 2006 and re-turned to contender’s status in his third season, 2008, when it went 5-4 and reached the Western A quarterfinals before losing at Bonny Eagle.

Last year, the Stags turned the corner for good and got to the regional final before dropping a 7-6 heartbreaker at Windham in miserable weather conditions.

Cheverus managed to channel the disappointment from that loss into the best season in program history this fall.

The fun began with a 40-6 home romp over Gorham. Next, the Stags avenged their play-off setback with a 28-0 win at Windham. Cheverus rolled to a

3-0 start after pulling away to beat South Portland, 45-21. The first test arrived in Week 4, a 22-19 come-from-behind home victory

2002 or a playoff berth since 2003. The Lions won their first three games, started 4-1-2 and even after cooling down after being decimated by injuries, managed to earn the final post-season spot at 6-5-3. McAuley was ousted by Windham in the Western A preliminary round, but produced three league all-stars and set the stage for future success.

4) Waynflete field hockey becomes “That 70s Show”Waynflete has long been a

soccer school in the fall, but this year, field hockey made its presence felt. Under coach Noelle Surette, the Flyers, who just missed the playoffs in 2009, posted a winning record for the first time since 1977 and made the postseason for the first time in a non-open tournament year for the first time since 1978 after posting an 8-5-1 mark. Waynflete earned a difficult draw and had to play eventual state champion North Yarmouth Academy in the quarterfinals. The Flyers were ousted, but could take solace in the fact

B - 0 8 0 0 - 8C - 3 6 23 14 - 46

First quarterC- Distasio 27 FG

seConD quarterB- sherwood 36 pass from seccareccia (Frost pass from seccareccia)C- Bushey 22 pass from Gwilym (pass failed)

thirD quarterC- Cooke 2 run (Gwilym rush)C- Cooke 42 run (Cooke rush)C- Cooke 87 run (Distasio kick)

Fourth quarterC- Cooke 6 run (Distasio kick)C- olsen 36 interception return (Distasio kick)

they’d returned the program to respectability and beyond. The years to come could be even better.

3) Cheverus field hockeymakes stunning run to states

Cheverus’ field hockey team was a regional finalist in 2009, but after some big-time gradua-

tion hits, few expected the Stags to be one of the last two teams standing this fall. Cheverus got off to a great start and even though it stumbled at times dur-ing a 10-4 campaign, saved its best for last. As the No. 4 West-ern A playoff seed, the Stags held off No. 5 Kennebunk in the quarterfinals, then avenged not only last year’s playoff loss, but also a 6-1 rout earlier in the 2010 season with a 2-1 upset victory over defending state champion Scarborough in the semis. Senior standout Em-ily Sawchuck erupted for four goals in a regional final win over

DiBiase

New Gloucester’s boys’ basket-ball coach and in the spring, will take over the Portland baseball program.

DiBiase, who coached the South Portland baseball team for 14 years, making the playoffs ev-ery season but one, is very excited for spring to roll around.

“ I t ’ s a great oppor-tunity,” said DiBiase, who was on a state championship boys’ basketball team at Westbrook in

1972 and took part in the Col-lege World Series with Maine in 1976. “After I got done at South Portland I decided that would be it. We had a great season and the program was strong. The job at Portland opened up and I’d been there before (he coached boys’ basketball in the 1980s and led the Bulldogs to the 1986 Class A state championship). I enjoyed coaching there. It’s one of the top jobs in the state. Great facili-ties. Great history. I was happy to be selected.”

DiBiase replaces Mike Mc-Cullum, who is now the Port-land High athletic director.


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Recapfrom page 11

Ralph Houanche

and the Portland

boys’ soccer team kept its head

on the ball all autumn and were rewarded with a trip

to the Class A state final.

File photoJo Moore and the Waynflete field hockey team

had their best season in three decades this fall, posting a winning record and making the

playoffs.

Bonny Eagle and just like that, Cheverus was in the state game for the first time. The dream would end with a 3-0 loss to perennial champion Skowhegan, but the Stags had enjoyed a ride of a lifetime.

2) Portland boys’ soccer fallsone goal shy of glory

Coming into the 2010 season, word was the Portland boys’ soccer team had the capability to be as good as anyone. Three games in, however, the Bull-dogs were just 1-1-1. Then, everything changed. Led by dynamic senior Fazal

Nabi and a supporting cast that rose to the occasion time and again, Portland ripped off 11 straight wins to close the regular season. As the No. 2 playoff seed, the Bulldogs eliminated Cheverus with ease in the quarterfinals, rallied for a stirring semifinal round overtime vic-tory over Cape Elizabeth, then held off Gorham in the regional final to make it to the state game for the first time since 1994 and just the second time ever. Unfortunately, Portland’s dream of a first-ever championship wasn’t to be. The Bulldogs did grab a 2-1 lead, but Bangor rallied and went ahead on a controversial goal. Despite ample chances, Portland couldn’t get the equalizer and had to settle for runner-up. With a strong core of returning players, the Bulldogs will be hungry to take that final step in 2011.

1) 35-34. Say no moreIt was the football game of this and

perhaps any other season. The top-ranked Cheverus Stags, the preseason favorite, hosted No. 3 Deering, a major surprise in the eyes of many, in the regional final,

Nov. 13. The Stags had pummeled the Rams by 30 points three weeks prior and appeared primed to do it again when they raced to a 29-6 lead, but Deering improbably rallied and took a 34-29 fourth quarter lead. Cheverus, which had been tested on several previous oc-casions and responded each time, did so once again, getting a short TD run from senior Evan Jendrasko with 30 seconds to go. Of course, that left plenty of time for Rams’ standout senior quarterback Ja-mie Ross to answer. Ross drove his team into field goal range, then tried to win it with his foot, but his 36-yard attempt barely missed and Cheverus advanced to play in the Class A Final (where it beat Bangor, 46-8). On this day, however, everyone, most of all the legion of fans who swarmed the hill at Boulos Stadium, was a winner.

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McCullum nurtured a young team into a contender a year ago and DiBiase feels this year’s squad is ready to take the next step.

“It’s a strong young group coming in with great potential of doing very well,” DiBiase said. “Mike did a great job set-ting the foundation. He got the young kids ready.”

McCullum said that he had several promising candidates, but that DiBiase’s pedigree was the difference.

“Tony’s experience is second-to-none,” McCullum said. “That won us over. He’s a Maine Baseball Hall of Famer. He hits the ground running.”

DiBiase, who also coached baseball at Machias and Gorham, said his experi-ence will enhance the Portland program.

“I’ve had some success in the SMAA,” he said. “I have the ability to build a pro-gram to compete with Deering, the top team in the league. We’ll build a strong program all the way through. I think I accomplished that at South Portland. We always had a lot of kids out. I’m very proud of that.”

DiBiase, thinks the Bulldogs are on the brink of something special.

“We’ll compete to not just make the playoffs, but to contend for a champion-ship,” DiBiase said. “That’s what the history of Portland High is. Great play-ers are produced every year. Portland’s a very attractive place to play. I hope to put together a quality staff like we had at South Portland.”

“That sophomore class knows how to win,” McCullum added. “They’ve been winning since Little League. It was im-portant to me in looking for my replace-ment to find someone who had the same goal as the kids. I think the kids can really shine the next few years.”

DiBiase teaches health and physical education at South Portland High School. He lives in South Portland and has four children.

Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]

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over Portland. In that one, the Stags were down 19-7 in the fourth period, but in what would become a theme, found a way to steal victory from the jaws of defeat.

After a pair of easy road wins, 40-0 at Kennebunk and 35-0 at Westbrook, Cheverus hosted perennial Bonny Eagle in a highly-anticipated showdown of unbeat-ens Oct. 16. The Stags again rallied from a second half deficit and eked out a 23-20 tri-umph. Cheverus finished the regular season 8-0 after beating Deering in surprisingly easy fashion, 44-14.

The scares returned in the Western A playoffs, but the top-ranked Stags rose to the occasion every time. First, against No. 8 Windham, they were down 27-14 in the third period, but scored the game’s final 20 points to advance, 34-27. The next week, hosting upstart No. 5 Scarbrough, the game was on the line throughout the second half, but Cheverus’ offense and defense produced when they needed to, resulting in a 21-14 victory.

Nothing compared to the regional final,

which will go down in history as one of the most exciting high school football games in Maine history. The Stags ap-peared primed to blow out No. 3 Deering again, but the Rams erased a 23-point deficit and took a fourth quarter lead be-fore Cheverus scored with 30 seconds to go and survived a last-second field goal attempt that went just wide to win, 35-34.

Bangor, meanwhile, has been a state final regular. Way back in 1967, in the first Class A Final, the Rams lost, 20-0, to Biddeford. Overall, they’ve appeared 11 times, winning the title in 1973, 1975, 1979, 1981 and 2001. Last year, Ban-gor made it to Fitzpatrick Stadium, but couldn’t hold an early lead en route to a 35-21 loss to Windham.

The teams had no playoff history.Saturday, on a pleasant, but windy

afternoon, a game evolved that proved to be a tale of two halves, as defense dominated in the first 24 minutes before the Stags ran wild in the second.

Both teams went three-and-out on their initial offensive series.

The second time the Rams had the ball, Cheverus senior Evan Jendrasko and junior Michael Dedian combined to sack Bangor senior quarterback Joey Seccareccia, forcing another punt.

With 6:59 to go in the opening period, the Stags began at their 42. They would march 48 yards in 5 minutes, 35 seconds to get on the board first.

After a facemask penalty on the Rams put the ball in Bangor territory, Gwilym found junior Louie DiStasio on a 10-yard pass play. Facing fourth-and-inches from

the 27, Jendrasko bulled ahead for a yard to move the chains. After picking up two more first downs, Cheverus stalled after Gwilym was sacked by Bangor sophomore Cody Chapman at the 10. DiStasio came on and drilled a 27-yard field goal through the uprights for a 3-0 lead with 1:24 to play in the first quarter.

At the end of the first, the Stags had 55 yards of offense (interestingly, Cooke had three carries for negative-2 yards) to just 3 for the Rams, but Bangor would drive for

its lone score early in the second stanza.Facing second-and-19 from the 30 to

start the new quarter, Seccareccia found senior Josiah Hartley for a 33-yard pass to the Cheverus 37. Three plays later, facing third-and-9 from the 36, Seccareccia eluded a rusher, threw up a prayer toward the end zone and watched as junior Nick Sherwood got behind the secondary, caught the ball, then broke a tackle before breaking the

JaSon VEillEux / For THE ForEcaSTErCheverus senior quarterback Peter Gwilym turns the corner on Bangor senior Dylan Morris.

Gwilym capped what could be a Fitzpatrick Trophy-winning campaign by joining Sean Ashley as the only quarterback to ever lead the Stags to a championship.


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Deering/PortlandTurkey Day food drive

The Deering/Portland athletic offices will be helping the Salvation Army with the Food for the Holidays Drive. Non-perishable food items will be collected at the gates at Fitzpatrick Stadium at Thursday’s annual Deering-Portland Thanksgiving Day showdown.

McAuley basketballclinic upcoming

The McAuley girls’ basketball pro-gram, under the direction of new coach Amy Vachon, will host a three-week clinic in December. On Dec. 4, 11 and 18 there will be 45 minutes of drills and fundamentals followed by 45 minutes of games. Girls in grades 3 to 5 go from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Girls in grades 6 to 8 go from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The cost is $15 per week or $40 for three weeks. That includes a T-shirt and free admission to the Lions’ Jan. 15 home game versus Sanford. FMI, [email protected].

McAuley hosting Thanksgivingbasketball tournament

McAuley is hosting a Thanksgiving girls’ basketball tournament Friday and Saturday. The Friday schedule is as follows: Greely vs. Mt. Ararat at 8:30 a.m., Portland-Bishop Guertin (N.H.) at

contributed photoThe Portland youth football Raiders won the Southern Division Maine Youth Football

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City Cup hockey fundrais-er upcoming

The Deering and Portland High boys’ ice hockey teams will meet in the sec-ond annual “City Cup” regular season opener, Saturday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m., at Portland Ice Arena, in what will serve as a fundraiser for the city’s middle school hockey program. FMI, 415-5916, [email protected] or [email protected].

Furbush holding pitching class at Frozen Ropes

Former South Portland High School standout and current professional base-ball player Charlie Furbush will conduct a pitching class for ages 8 to 12 at Frozen Ropes Saturday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $30 for members, $40

for non-members. Frozen Ropes expects to hold a session for ages 13 to 18 as well. FMI, frozenropes.com.

Casco Bay Sports offering December leagues

Casco Bay Sports is offering several December sports leagues. Wednesday night indoor softball begins Dec. 1 at YourSpace in Gorham. Sunday co-ed

floor hockey at Riverton Community Center in Portland starts Dec. 5. Sunday women’s basketball starts Dec. 12 at Portland’s East End Community Center. Tuesday co-ed basketball starts Dec. 7. Thursday co-ed basketball begins Dec. 23. Wednesday co-ed bowling starts Dec. 22. There will also be co-ed dodgeball leagues Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. FMI, cascobaysports.com.

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plane for the touchdown. The Rams lined up to kick the extra point, but the snap went directly to sophomore kicker Carl Farnham (who also plays quarterback), who threw to junior Wyatt Frost for the two-point conver-sion and an 8-3 lead with 10;31 to play in the first half.

Undaunted, the Stags got their ball con-trol offense in motion and answered.

They would chew up 3:39 and march 71 yards in nine plays to take the lead.

The drive actually started with a 13-yard pass play to Jendrasko. Cooke ran three times on the march for 23 yards, while Jendrasko carried three times for eight and Gwilym hooked up with DiStasio once for five. On second-and-7 from the 22 with 6:46 to play before halftime, Gwilym dropped back, rolled to his right, then float-ed a pass to senior Jack Bushey breaking free behind the secondary. Bushey hauled it in and scored. Gwilym looked for Bushey again on a two-point conversion pass, but it fell incomplete and Cheverus had to settle for a 9-8 lead.

Bangor drove again the next time it had the ball and threatened to go back on top before the Stags’ defense came up huge.

After Hartley returned the ensuing kick-off 62 yards to the Cheverus 25, Hartley ran on seven consecutive plays, moving the ball to the 1. On third-and-goal, however, the Rams went to the well once too often and Hartley was nailed for a three-yard loss by Gwilym and senior defensive standout Zach Dulac.

“That was huge,” Gwilym said. “(Me and Zach) shot the gap and took him down.”

“Me and Peter got in there, picked him up and dropped him,” said Dulac. “That was a turning point in the game, I believe.”

On fourth down, Cooke broke up a pass intended for Sherwood and the Stags had held.

“That changed the rhythm of the game,” Wolfgram said. “The kids rose up. That’s the spirit they have. We have playmakers. We made plays all year long, especially with the money on the line.”

With 3:19 left before halftime, Cheverus could have been forced to give the ball right back to Bangor, which would have had time to score, but an 11-yard scamper from Gwilym gave the Stags some breathing room. They’d pick up two more first downs to move the ball into Bangor territory, but Gwilym was intercepted by Hartley with 23.4 seconds to go. Hartley returned the ball 45 yards, but any momentum the Rams might have had disappeared when the return (but not possession) was overturned by a personal foul call.

Bangor, now starting at its 8, moved to the 26 before time expired in the half.

Cheverus, thanks in part to a 173-82 edge in offense, clung to a one-point advantage.

The start of the second half would see the

just 11.7 seconds to go in quarter number three, Cheverus was up, 32-8.

In the third period, the Stags gained 244 yards (Cooke had 172 by himself), while Bangor managed just 57.

The fourth quarter was a mere formality, but Cheverus would score twice more.

The offense drove 61 yards on 14 plays in 6:10 for its final points of the season. Again, Jendrasko (four carries, 14 yards),

Jason Veilleux / For The ForecasTerCheverus senior Evan Jendrasko bounces off a hit from Bangor senior John Kelley

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Stags give their followers reason to go from nervous and hopeful to absolutely exuber-ant, in a matter of less than 12 minutes.

Starting at its 31 to begin the third quar-ter, Cheverus moved 69 yards on 12 plays, eating up almost five minutes, to gain some breathing room.

The three-headed rushing attack of Cooke, Gwilym and Jendrasko did the job as the Stags ran on every play. Jendrasko carried twice for five yards, Gwilym had four rushes for 24 yards and Cooke did the rest, gaining 35 yards on six attempts, with a facemask penalty thrown in for five more yards. Cooke’s 2-yard TD run with 7:08 to play in the quarter capped the impressive march. Eschewing the two-point conver-sion, Wolfgram had Gwilym keep the ball and score for a 17-8 lead.

Bangor looked to answer and drove into Cheverus territory, but as was the case late in the first half, the Rams couldn’t complete the drive.

Passes of 11-yards to junior Nicholas Cota, 23-yards to Hartley and eight-yards to Sherwood got Bangor close, but the Stags stiffened when they had to and facing a fourth-and-3 from the 15, Rams coach Mark Hackett chose to have Farnham try a 32-yard field goal. It never had a chance, barely getting over the line before falling way short.

The Stags then put Bangor away.Starting at its 20, Cheverus moved 80

yards in five plays.A 12-yard pass from Gwilym to unher-

alded senior Liam Hobbins picked up a first down. After Jendrasko rushed for 20 to the Rams’ 42, Cooke took a handoff, broke a tackle, stumbled, but stayed on his feet, then raced down the left sideline to paydirt. Cooke rushed home the two-point conver-sion and with 1:59 to play in the third, the Stags had extended their lead to 25-8.

“They’re a big team, but they got tired easily,” Gwilym said, of the Rams. “We wore them down at the end of the first half and came out with some momentum and took it to them. That enabled us to keep the momentum.”

“We just executed better,” Wolfgram added. “Spencer had a huge second half. That was huge. We made some big plays.”

After Bangor went three-and-out, Cooke delivered the coup-de-grace.

With time winding down in a third period Cheverus will long remember and the ball at the Stags’ 13, Cooke went left again, bounced off a tackler and was gone. The Rams chased him 87 yards to no avail and the ballgame was essentially over.

“We just started playing our game,” said Cooke. “The first half was a feeling out process. Bangor’s a great team, but we went into a second gear and just drove it down the field. My line blocked unbeliev-ably today. They opened up holes for me. I followed the blockers through the hole and broke free a couple times.”

DiStasio added the point-after and with

Gwilym (one carry, six yards) and Cooke (nine rushes, 41 yards) did it all. The junior scored his fourth TD of the game with 5:35 remaining, a 6-yard scamper and DiStasio’s extra point made it 39-8.

After Hobbins intercepted Seccareccia on the next Rams’ possession and returned the ball to the Bangor 6, the Stags eased up and didn’t score, giving the ball back at the


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4 with just over two minutes to play.Then, the defense, fittingly, got one final

moment in the spotlight as with 20 sec-onds to go, junior Cam Olsen, who missed almost the whole season with injury, inter-cepted Seccareccia and returned it 36 yards for a touchdown. DiStasio’s extra point made it official and at 4:45 p.m., Cheverus was the state of Maine Class A champion of football for the first time since 1985 by virtue of its emphatic 46-8 triumph.

“This is the best feeling in the world,” said Jendrasko. “I won’t forget this as long as I live. Coach Wolfgram’s leadership, a great core of seniors and determination got us here. The key was maturity. That’s been our theme all year and we showed it.”

“I thought we could do it,” said Dulac. “We knew we were going to be good. We wouldn’t give up. We wanted it so bad. We came in in August knowing we were fight-ing for a Gold Ball. We did it.”

“It’s a perfect ending,” added Gwilym. “To go out like this as a senior, can you ask for anything more? I don’t think so. The seniors play with a tough, 48-minute, next play mentality. The close games made us better. We got pushed and it gave us stamina. It wasn’t hard to bounce back for the state finals. We just wanted it so bad.”

The championship was the ninth for Wolfgram and his first since 1999. He won four at South Portland, three at Gardiner and one at Madison and paid tribute to his players after the win.

“(State championships are) all spectacu-lar,” Wolfgram said. “It’s a great moment for Cheverus football. It’s exciting with

this group of kids. We set a goal and did it. It takes time to build a program. It doesn’t happen overnight. There’s a lot of good coaches and good programs. It takes a lot of hard work in the offseason. A lot of preparation and commitment. These kids are very, very competitive. You could set up a Parcheesi board out here, the kids would compete.”

“We wanted to win this as a team,” Gw-ilym said. “I’m sure (coach) wanted it bad, but we wanted to get one for all of us.”

The final stats reflected Cheverus’ domi-nance. The Stags mustered 479 yards.

Cooke led the way with his game-for-the ages, which led to plenty of praise from his teammates.

“The kid loves to get outside and he was finally able to do it,” Dulac said. “It was absolutely terrific. He was phenomenal today, an animal.”

“Spencer is a great, young player,” said Jendrasko. “He doesn’t get tired and runs hard. He’s matured as a player. I’m proud of him.”

“We weren’t planning on (running Spen-cer so much), but we ran a ‘rip’ to him on the left side and it worked, so we kept go-ing back to him and he broke a couple for long runs,” Gwilym said. “He’s got a lot of speed. When he gets into the secondary, it’s hard to catch the kid. You have to pick your poison with us.”

In addition to Cooke’s epic performance, Jendrasko gained 83 yards on 20 carries. Gwilym completed 7-of-9 passes for 80 yards and a score and rushed for 62 yards on 11 carries. DiStasio caught three passes for 20 yards, Bushey had one reception for a 22-yard score and Cooke and Jendrasko each caught a ball for 13 yards. Hobbins had one catch for 12 yards.

Cheverus had just one turnover and in perhaps the most amazing stat of the day, was only penalized once for five yards.

For Bangor, which had 218 yards of offense, Seccareccia completed 11-of-22 passes for 185 yards and a TD and two interceptions. Hartley gained 68 yards on 20 carries and had three receptions for 64 yards. Sherwood caught six passes for 98 yards and a TD. Cota had two catches for 23 yards.

The Rams had two turnovers and were penalized seven times for 87 yards.

“(Bangor) came to play, but we swarm tackled and started pounding them,” said Dulac. “I give them credit for getting here, but we did a great job today. We came off the line of scrimmage as hard as we could. It was great. They have some big boys who pack a punch. We held a great offense to eight points.”

While the core of this championship team will be lost to graduation and school lore, don’t write off the chances of the 2011 Stags. If Wolfgram returns as coach (and he gave no indication that he wouldn’t), he’ll be able to ride Cooke a long way. Players such as juniors Dedian, Christian Deschenes, DiStasio and Olsen and sopho-mores Ryan Casale, Liam Fitzpatrick and Mike Flaherty will look to play bigger roles.

“It would be awesome if we could do it again,” Cooke said. “That would be great. We’ll play a tremendous season next year.”

Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]

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Christmas at Victoria Mansion: ”The Twelve Days of Christmas,” self-guided tours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, Nov. 26-Jan. 8, $15 adults/ $13.50 AAA, senior/ $7 mansion members/ $5 ages 6-17/ $35 family, no reservation necessary, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., victo-riamansion.org, 772-4841.

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“Music in the House:” Holiday Tours of Longfellow House with sea-sonal music on chickering piano, 1-3 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 27; Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18, Wadsworth-Longfellow House, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or maine-history.org.

Sunday 11/28“Tiny Timber” Tree Lighting, 4:30 p.m., with musical program, New Gloucester Public Library and His-tory Barn Open Houses, Town Hall, U.S. Route 231, New Gloucester, Leonard L. Brooks, 926-3188.

Thursday 12/2Victoria Mansion Holiday Gala, with mansion tour, festive food and drink, 6-8 p.m., $50, must register, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth St., victoriamansion.org, 772-4841.

Friday 12/3Exhibit Opening: ”The Art of De-cember: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Mildred Bur-rage Collection” 5-8 p.m. reception, Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or mainehistory.org.

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North Yarmouth Holiday Events: No. Yarmouth Historical Society An-nual Holiday Party, 1-3 p.m., NYHS’s Old Town House, U.S. Route 9, North Yarmouth; North Yarmouth Com-munity Potluck, 5 p.m., bring dish to share; Christmas Tree Lighting 6:15 p.m., Wescustogo Hall, U.S. Route 115, North Yarmouth, 846-4379, [email protected].

Holiday Art Sale, Society for East End Arts, 80+ artists, 6-9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Sunday, East End Community School Center, 195 North St., Port-land, SEAportland.org, Solange Kellermann, 577-0648.

Monday 12/6Christmas Tree Lighting, Cumberland/North Yarmouth Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., with carols, Santa, refreshments, Main St. and Tuttle Road, Cumberland Center, Mike Towle, 650-4307.

Good DeedsL.L. Bean Coat Drive for Seniors, drop off gently used coats during regular business hours at Beach Glass Transitions, 277 Congress St., Portland until Nov.19, Janet Wyper, 552-2000.

Maine Toys for Tots, drop off new, unwrapped toys during regular business hours at Edward Jones For-est Ave., Portland branch office until Dec. 16, Dan Dougherty, 772-9576.

Holiday Tree Sale, South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club, to benefit local charities, Friday, Nov. 26- Sunday, Dec. 19, Mill Creek Park, 50 Market St., South Portland.

Christmas Tree Sale, Yarmouth Lions Club, to benefit Lions Club annual scholarships, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, Dec. 4-5, Dec. 11-12, Yarmouth Town Hall, Main St., Yarmouth, Patti Bicknell, 712-9911.

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Freeport Community Services, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport, please reserve seat, call Sue Mack 869-1005.

15th Annual Free Thanksgiv-ing Day Dinner, 12-3 p.m., V.F.W. Hall Post 832, Peary Terrace, South Portland, for reservations or trans-portation, call 767-2525.

Thursday 12/2Holiday Wreath Display and Silent Auction, 40+ wreaths on display/ for sale, to benefit Alzheim-er’s Association, Maine Chapter, 5-7 p.m., Bay Square at Yarmouth, 27 Forest Falls Dr., Yarmouth, 846-0044.

Friday 12/3Holiday Home Tour, to benefit The Magical Moon Foundation, children with cancer, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, $25 ad-vance/ $30 door, free for children 12 and under, tickets at finelivin-gevents.com or during Tour hours at Sparkles Fair, St. Mary’s Epis-copal Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, Marjorie Ferris, 617-620-8980.

EntertainmentWednesday 11/24Have your Hamm & Turkey Too Show, 10th annual comedy show hosted by George Hamm, to ben-efit the Preble Street Resource Center, 8 p.m., $10 or $5 with 2 non-perishable food items, The Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf, Portland, 774-5554, mainecomedy.com.

Saturday 11/27“The Nutcracker,” presented by Maine State Ballet and Orchestra, with Musica de Filia Girlchoir and the Wescustago Youth Chorale, 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28; 7 p.m. Friday Dec. 3; 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5; $45-$15; Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets via PortTix, 842-0800, portix.com, 781-7672.

“L.L.Bean’s Thanksgiving Week-end Holiday Celebration,” 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. concerts, with Cana-dian Brass, free and open to public, horse and carriage rides, holiday decorations and more, L.L.Bean’s Discovery Park, next to Flagship Store, Main St., Freeport, llbean.com/events.

Sunday 11/28”The Nutcracker,” presented by Maine State Ballet and Orchestra, with Musica de Filia Girlchoir and the Wescustago Youth Chorale, 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28; 7 p.m. Friday Dec. 3; 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5; $45-$15; Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets via PortTix, 842-0800, portix.com, 781-7672.

Tuesday 11/30“Joyous Sounds for a Festive Sea-son” presented by USM Chamber Singers, 7:30 p.m., $9 suggested do-nation, Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St., Portland, usm.maine.edu/music.

Thursday 12/2“It’s A Wonderful Life,” presented by Old Port Playhouse, 7 p.m. Thurs-days; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; Dec. 2-19, $15-$22,

Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, 773-0333, oldportplay-house.com.

Friday 12/3”A Christmas Carol,” presented by Portland Stage, Dec.3-24, $12-$39, 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, Dec. 3, Dec. 9-10; Dec. 16-17, Dec. 23; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 4, Dec. 11, Dec. 18; 12 p.m. Sundays, Dec. 5, Dec. 12, Dec. 19; extra showtimes, 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19; and 12 p.m. Friday, Dec. 24, Portland Stage, 25A Forest Ave., Portland, tickets at 774-0465, portlandstage.org.

”Holidays from Heaven and Hell,” improv performance by Portland Playback Theater, 7:30 p.m., $5-$10 donation, First Parish Church, Con-gress and Temple Streets, Portland, portlandplayback.com.

”The Nutcracker,” presented by Maine State Ballet and Orchestra, with Musica de Filia Girlchoir and the Wescustago Youth Chorale, 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27; 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28; 7 p.m. Friday Dec. 3; 2 p.m., 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4; 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5; $45-$15; Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, tickets via PortTix, 842-0800, portix.com, 781-7672.

Yuletide Celebration Concert, Portland Community Chorus, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday, $12 advance/$15 door, Scarborough High School auditorium, 11 Mu-nicipal Dr., Scarborough, tickets at Starbird Music in Portland or from chorus members, portlandcom-munitychorus.org, Jay Nettesheim, 839-7070.

”Santa’s Reindeer Revue,” pre-sented by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, tickets, $7-$8; 4 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, Dec. 3-5; Dec.

10-12; Dec. 17-19; 2:30-3:30 p.m. pictures with Santa before each show for $7-$8, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.org.

Saturday 12/4The Choral Art Society’s Christ-mas at the Cathedral, preview, 12 p.m.; 8 p.m. concert; and 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Sunday; $5-$30, Ca-thedral of Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress St., Portland, tickets, 828-0043, choralart.org, Starbird Music or Longfellow Books in Port-land, the Book Review in Falmouth, Nonesuch Books in South Port-land, and Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick.

Yuletide Celebration Concert, Portland Community Chorus, 7:30 p.m. Friday; 2 p.m. Saturday, $12

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“Santa’s Reindeer Revue,” pre-sented by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, tickets, $7-$8, 4 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, Dec. 3-5; Dec. 10-12; Dec. 17-19; 2:30-3:30 p.m. pictures with Santa before each show for $7-$8, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.org.

Sunday 12/5Christmas at the Cathedral, The Choral Art Society, 2:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Sunday; $5-$30, Cathedral

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PORTLAND — Portland’s Public Schools are holding a high school infor-mation night for middle school families on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Lyman Moore Middle School at 171 Auburn St.

Current middle school students and parents are invited to attend the infor-mation night to learn about the four

high school program choices available to Portland students, which are Casco Bay High School, Deering High School, Portland High School, and Portland Arts and Technology High School or PATHS.

Portland Superintendent James C. Morse Sr., will start the night with an overview of the district’s high school program.

The principals of each high school will give presentations on their schools’ aca-demics, extracurriculars, schedules and other unique characteristics, and answer questions from parents and students.

Students in the Portland Public Schools are allowed to choose between Casco Bay, Deering and Portland High, space permitting. All high school students in the district may take courses at PATHS.

Eighth graders may arrange to visit

each of the high schools and to shadow a student.

The deadline for choosing a high school is Jan. 31, 2011.

Deering-Portland benefit dance Nov. 27

PORTLAND — The Alumni & Friends Sports Fundraiser Dance will be held on Saturday, Nov. 27, at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland.

The 21 and older dance is a benefit for Deering High School and Portland High School athletics. Doors open at 8 p.m., with music by Color Blind, raffles and prizes.

Tickets are $15 each and can be pur-chased in advance through Lisa Sprague at 797-6803 or Melissa Green at 797-9530 or [email protected].

DHS 30-year reunion upcoming

PORTLAND — Deering High School’s class of 1980 is holding its 30th class reunion on Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Italian Heritage

Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland. The reunion begins at 6:30 p.m., with

tickets for the night available for $35 through Nate Sprague at 797-6803 or Caroline Dooling at 780-6278.

Levey Day School Hanukkah Party Dec. 5

PORTLAND — Levey Day School is holding a Hanukkah Party Sunday, Dec. 5 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The event is open to the public, and will include food, games, crafts and en-tertainment for a suggested donation of $3 per child older than 2.

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PORTLAND — The Downtown Portland Corporation presented its 15th annual business awards on Thursday, Nov. 18, to three local businesses that have played a major role in developing Portland’s economic vitality.

Maine Red Claws was presented with the 2010 Economic Development Achievement Award in recognition of its successful first season last year. The professional basketball team led the NBA D-League in season ticket sales and over-all revenue.

B&M, a Division of B&G Foods, received the 2010 Business of the Year Award for its more than 140 years of success in the city. The company employs approximately 150 people.

The 2010 Small Business of the Year Award was presented to Allagash Brew-ing. Growing from a one-man brewing company in 1995 to a company that em-ploys 25, Allagash Brewing has received national awards for its premiere beers. Additionally, the company gives back to the community through its Allagash Trib-ute Series. For every bottle sold, a dollar has been donated to local nonprofits, with recent donations of $10,000 given to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, Victoria Mansion and Maine Pediatric Nurses Association.

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Kevin Mackell has recently opened a sports massage therapy center, Athlete’s Touch, at 23 Ocean Ave., Portland. Ath-lete’s Touch specializes in two distinct massage therapy services, PRO Therapy and Relax and Recover Massage. PRO Therapy is a combination of sport-specific massage techniques tailored to the indi-vidual’s needs; its goal is to promote opti-mum performance, injury-free training and to minimize post-event injuries. For more information about Athlete’s Touch, includ-ing self-scheduling of appointments online, please visit athletestouch.org.

The new Marvin Design Gallery by El-dredge has recently opened its showroom at 317 Marginal Way in Portland. The 4,500 square foot window and door showroom will display its products in installed, “home-like” settings. The Design Gallery will present numerous options from Marvin and Integrity Windows and Doors, including custom wood windows, standard or special-sized fiberglass windows in different styles and options, as well as complementary products, such as specialty hardware. Other services include blueprint take-offs, instal-lation services, post-sale services, quota-tions, delivery, and computer-aided custom design capabilities. Owner Scott Eldredge recently held a grand opening celebration to welcome new customers.

Cynthia Talbot of Falmouth has opened CJTalbot Services, providing project sup-port to environmental and energy consulting firms and governmental entities. CJTalbot Services specializes in technical writing and editing, management, data analysis and presentation, and other administrative services. Visit the firm’s website at cjtal-botservices.com.

Independence BioFuel, ReVision En-

ergy and ReVision Heat have recently established a strategic partnership based on the companies’ shared mission to help Maine homes and businesses transition to clean, renewable energy. Independence BioFuel is a southern Maine provider of BioHeat fuel and markets compressed wood bricks and pellet fuel. ReVision Heat, now Independence BioFuel’s recommended service provider, performs heating system maintenance, efficiency upgrades, includ-ing designing and installing biomass-fueled heating equipment. ReVision Energy offers professional design, installation and service of solar energy solutions, including solar photovoltaic electric, and solar-thermal hot water systems. For more information contact: Independence BioFuel at 1-800-228-1883, ReVisionHeat at 989-8500, or ReVisionEnergy at 221-6342.

Hope Hoffman is now offering violin/fiddle lessons at a new studio in Portland, in addition to her Bowdoinham studio. Hoff-man’s Portland studio is part of the new Lucid Stage arts center, located at 29 Baxter Blvd. Students of all abilities and ages are welcome. To register, call 332-3459, or visit hopehoffman.org.

Public-relations company Public Advo-cacy for Maine has recently launched its new program that will offer free or greatly reduced PR services for area businesses demonstrating need. Services available in-clude media relations, political campaigns, special projects, program design, grant-writing, event planning, conflict mediation and employee or investor relations, PAM will offer these contracted services, among others, at reasonable rates to groups that are making a positive community impact and are dedicated to embracing compassion and diversity. Interested organizations can contact Melissa Gates at [email protected]. for more information.

Thrifty Kitty Thrift Store is now open for business at 651 Forest Ave., second floor, in Woodfords Corner, Portland. The store sells books, videos, housewares, glassware, seasonal items and more. All proceeds benefit nonprofit Friends of Feral Felines. For more information, call 797-

Planting seeds of awareness

contributedVolunteers from Town & Country Federal Credit Union, the Maine Cancer Foundation,

Back Cove Neighborhood Association and the Woodford-Oakdale Neighborhood Associations recently planted more than 600 pink tulip bulbs to create a breast cancer awareness garden at the Baxter Sundial Park in Portland’s Back Cove. The Pink Tulip

Project has raised more than $200,000 in support of Maine Cancer Foundation’s Women’s Cancer Fund since it began in 2006. Pictured here, from left, are Bob Leger, Peter King,

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3014 or visit feralfelines.net.Passionflower Farm of West Bath now

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will also sell fresh arrangements, individual stems, gardening supplies, artisan gift cards, vases and pots. Passionflower Farm also offers garden design, seasonal decorations, floral services for area businesses and local delivery. Learn more at passionflower.com.

Happy Teriyaki, at 630 Congress St., Portland, has renovated the exterior facade and has reopened as Korea House, an all-Korean cuisine restaurant. Myung and Kum You, husband and wife owners, have revamped the menu to include a wide range of authentic Korean dishes.

Brenda Bechtel of Cape Elizabeth re-cently published a 120-page cookbook, “Old World Organics: From the old to the new…healthy and sustainable liv-ing through traditional Sicilian cooking.” The cookbook features recipes from her mother’s Sicilian and American heritage based on using simple, pure and organic ingredients.

Summit Adventure Systems of Maine has opened an Extreme Family Entertain-ment Center in the old Linens ‘n Things space at the Maine Mall in South Portland. The center, owned by Jeff Hunnewell, features a rock climbing wall, laser tag, bungee trampolines, human hamster balls and other extreme sports simulators and at-tractions. Summit Adventures is open seven days a week.

Winters Gone Farm & Alpaca Store has expanded its operations with the opening of Winters Gone Alpaca Fashions retail store in Bath’s historic district at 104 Front St. Owners Skip and Judi Taylor established Winters Gone Farm & Alpaca Store eight years ago in Wiscasset and will continue to operate the farm and its store. The new retail location in Bath celebrated its grand opening Monday, Nov. 22.

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“If you eat meat,” Wolff says, “use these dishes as sides.” She eats brown rice and kale nearly every day and loves sea vegetables because they taste like the ocean. (Wolff grew up in Westbrook in the 1960s and ’70s, a member of the DeCoste family there.) Her favorite things to cook are

roasted vegetables and hot and spicy soup.Here are two intriguing and distinctive

dishes from “A Life in Balance”:Hot & Spicy Soup

Wolff serves this soup with a side dish of brown rice and steamed broccoli. Try this soup, she says, if you’re looking for something healthful that both adults and kids will really like.

1 teaspoon hot pepper sesame oil2 teaspoons sesame oil1 large yellow onion, cut in half and thinly sliced into half-moon pieces4 or 5 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked to reconstitute, thinly sliced1 (8-ounce) package button or baby portabella mushrooms, thinly sliced8 ounces seitan (wheat gluten), sliced thinly, then sliced into matchstick pieces6 to 8 cups water2 to 3 broccoli stalks, peeled, sliced into thin coins, then sliced into matchstick pieces8 ounces tofu, cut into small cubes1 teaspoon soy sauce2 tablespoons mirin




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use to describe what cancer patients go through when they are fighting for their lives against this deadly enemy. To an outsider, they are just words. To Meg Wolff, a Cape Elizabeth 52-year-old who has now written three books about cancer and cooking, these words are reality.

Cancer stole one of Wolff’s legs when she was 33 and took a breast when she was 41. After she went through the mastectomy, che-motherapy and radia-tion to kill the invasive cells, her doctors told her it was not likely that she would live much longer.

But Wolff considered her options: giv-ing up her life or starting a new fight for life. Wolff chose to fight by following a healing macrobiotic diet. She studied with Lisa Silverman of Portland, who often teaches cooking classes in Portland and at the Cancer Community Center in South Portland, and with Aisha Memon at the Kushi Institute in Becket, Mass.

She followed a healing macrobiotic diet (based on grains, beans and vegetables) for nine years, and a macrobiotic-vegan way of eating for the past three years.

Wolff won the fight against cancer and remains in vibrant good health. “What I ate saved my life,” she told me, “and scientific evidence supports that belief.”

In 2009, she was certified by the Cancer Project to teach healthy vegan cooking classes. (The Cancer Project is a branch of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which was started by Dr. Neal Barnard.)

“A Life in Balance: Delicious Plant-

1/8 cup kuzu or arrowroot powder, dissolved in 1 cup cold water1-to-2-inch piece of fresh ginger, finely

grated (make into a ball in your palm, and squeeze a small amount of juice into each bowl of soup, stir, and serve)

2 to 3 scallions, thinly sliced on a diagonal, for garnishOptional: crushed black pepperWarm the sesame and hot sesame oil in

a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in seitan and add wa-ter. Cover, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer. Stir in the broccoli and tofu, then cover and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes.

Season with soy sauce and mirin and simmer for 10 minutes. Add dissolved kuzu or arrowroot and stir until the soup thickens slightly, about 5 more minutes.

Ladle soup into bowls, squeeze ginger juice into each bowl, and stir. Serve piping hot garnished with scallions. Add a sprin-kle of crushed black pepper if desired.

Serves 6 to 8.Arla’s Truffles

Wolff describes these truffles as “an almost-sinfully delicious raw-foods des-sert.” The recipe is from Arla Casselman, a healthy vegan friend of Wolff’s daughter Cammie.

Truffle coating (make first):1/2 cup Brazil nuts1/2 cup shredded coconutChop the Brazil nuts and coconut in a

food processor. Pour in a bowl and set aside for coating.

Then:1 cup Brazil nuts3/4 cup walnuts1/8 cup dates (about 3)1/2 cup dried apricots1 or 2 tablespoons brown rice syrup1/4 teaspoon vanilla1/2 cup shredded coconut2 tablespoons organic raw cocoa powder (omit if you’d prefer plain)Run the Brazil nuts, walnuts, dates, and

apricots through the food processor until evenly chopped. Add remaining ingre-dients and process until combined. Roll

into balls, then roll each ball in the coating mixture to finish. Enjoy!

Serves 12 to 18.Note: These keep best if stored in the

refrigerator.Susan Lovell and her husband John, a

great cook, live near Pat’s Meat Market & Cafe in Portland, with a hungry Maine coon cat and a poodle who eats cat food. An eighth-generation Mainer, she likes shell-fish, steak, baked beans, cole slaw, corn bread, blueberry pie and Moxie. Her great great-grandfather, from Wellfleet, Mass., and his cousin founded Boston’s Union Oyster House and she really likes oysters and Guinness. And Boston cream pie.

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• Saturday, Dec. 4, at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: book signings at Whole Foods Market, 2 Somerset St., Portland.

• Sunday, Dec. 5, at 1–3 p.m.: book signing at Christmas Prelude at Kennebooks, 149 Port Road, Kennebunk (Lower Village).

• Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6:30–9:30 p.m.: Five Seasons Cooking School, 78 St. Lawrence St., Portland, where she and school owner Lisa Silverman will teach a desserts class. A $40 fee includes samples. Call Silverman for infor-mation at 233-6846.

• Saturday, Dec. 11, at 10:30 and 1:30: book signings at Whole Foods Market, 2 Somerset St., Portland.

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Greater PortlandAuditions, Calls for ArtTuesday 11/30 Maine Jewish Film Festival seeks local films about Jewish mothers, 10 minutes max, submissions due by Nov. 30 for juried competition, download entry form, details at mjff.org.

Monday 12/6Audition for “Rent,” the musical, presented by Lyric Music Theater, 6-9:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; callbacks 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, ages 17+, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, 799-1421, 799-6509, lyricmusictheater.org, for audi-tion details, requirements, Kristi McHugh at [email protected].

Books, AuthorsFriday 11/26Holiday Book Sale, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance, with book signings by 19 Maine authors, 12-6 p.m., Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Monument Square, Portland, mainewriters.org, 228-8263.

Portland Public Library Open House, during Portland’s Holiday Tree Lighting event, 3-6 p.m., free programs, music, refreshments, and Montgomery the Moose’s 25th Birthday Celebration, Port-land Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland.

Saturday 11/27Carol Lambert, author of “Sea Glass Hunter’s Handbook,” 2 p.m. Book Signing, Nonesuch Books & Cards, Mill Creek Shopping Center, 50 Market St., South Portland, 799-2659, nonesuchbooks.com.

”From The Land: Maine Farms at Work,” book reception to celebrate publication by Maine Farmland Trust, 3-5 p.m., The Quimby Colony at the Roma, 769 Congress St., Portland, presented by Rabelais, 774-1044, RabelaisBooks.com.

Sandy Seeley Walling, author/illustrator, “Emily Goes To Camp Lobster Claw,” Herman, the Hermit Crab,” and more, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., L.L. Bean’s Flagship Store, Main St., Freeport.

Monday 11/29 Reader’s Circle Book Discus-sion, Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Bean Trees,” 7 p.m., free, open to public, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.

Canadian Brass heralds holiday season

ContributedL.L.Bean’s Thanksgiving Weekend Holiday Celebration will feature three performances by Canadian Brass, a popular brass ensemble. The concerts, which are free and open to the public, will be held at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, at L.L. Bean’s

Discovery Park, next to the flagship store on Main Street in Freeport. Other activities include a performance by the Don Campbell Trio on Friday, Nov. 26, at 5 p.m., as well as old-fashioned horse and carriage rides, light sculptures, holiday decorations and more.

Tuesday 11/30Meg Wolff, author of “A Life in Balance: Delicious, Plant-Based Recipes For Optimal Health,” 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., book signing, Lois’ Natural Marketplace, 152 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough.

Wednesday 12/1“Write? Now.” workshop on new media, blogging with Justin El-lis, 6-9 p.m. Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, $100, proceeds support student programs, The Telling Room, 225 Commercial St., Suite 201, Port-land, register at tellingroom.org, 774-6064.

Comedy Wednesday 11/24 Have your Hamm & Turkey Too Show, 10th annual comedy show hosted by George Hamm, to ben-efit the Preble Street Resource Center, 8 p.m., $10 or $5 with 2 non-perishable food items, The Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf, Portland, 774-5554, mainecomedy.com.

Films Thursday 12/2“Race to Nowhere,” documentary on high pressure school culture, 7 p.m., $10, Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport, tickets at rtnmerriconeag.event-brite.com, 865-3900, ext 105.

Friday 12/3 1930s Night at the State The-atre: vaudeville tunes by Over a Cardboard Sea, 5 p.m., followed by screening of “The Wizard of Oz,” 7 p.m., $5, State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland, statethe-atreportland.com.

Galleries”Homegrown,” benefit sale of fine art and crafts for Skyline Farm, bid-ding on silent auction items now through Dec. 4, Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, Pamela Ames, 829-5708, skylinefarm.org.

Friday 11/264th Annual Creative Economy Studio Show and Sale, 30+ local artists, Nov. 26-Nov. 28, Studio on the Hill, 21 Pleasant Hill Road, Freeport, 865-0605, [email protected].

Friday 12/3 Ember Grove’s 7th Annual Holiday Show, 5-9 p.m. Opening Reception, show runs Nov. 26-Jan. 1, 247 Congress St., Portland, Em-berGrove.com, 761-0408.

”Italy Inside/Out” oil paintings by Brita Holmquist, 5-7 p.m. artist’s

reception, exhibit Nov. 4-Dec. 31, Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011.

”Winter Works: Glorious Winter as interpreted by Tom Curry, Ralf Feyl, Bjorn Runquist, Andrea Peters, Kevin Beers, Mitch Billis, and more,” 5-8 p.m. reception, exhibit Nov. 5-Jan. 29, Gleason Fine Art, 545 Congress St., Portland, 699-5599.

Museums Friday 12/3Exhibit Opening: ”The Art of De-cember: Original Holiday Cards by Maine Artists from the Mildred Bur-rage Collection” 5-8 p.m. reception, Maine Historical Society Museum, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or mainehistory.org.

MusicFriday 11/26Mike Gordon of Phish, 8 p.m., 21+, $20 advance/ $25 door/ $45 VIP, Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland, 899-4990, tickets at portcitymusichall.com, Bull Moose Records locations.

Rachel Efron and Sarah Blacker, 8 p.m., $12 advance/ $15 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfel-lowsquare.com.

Saturday 11/27 The John Lennon Song Project, tribute concert, 8 p.m., $27 advance/ $30 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfellowsquare.com.

Monday 11/29Nashville Songwriters Associa-

tion International Portland Chapter Meeting, 7-9:30 p.m., free, members and nonmembers welcome, The 317 Main Street Music Center, 317 Main St., Yarmouth, 272-2748.

Tuesday 11/30“Two Old Friends,” Celtic mu-sic concert with Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, 7 p.m., free and

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Thursday 12/2Pete Miller, 8 p.m., with Monique Barrett opening, 8 p.m., $8 ad-vance / $10 door, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland,

761-1757, tickets, Bullmoose Port-land, onelongfellowsquare.com.

Saturday 12/4Childsplay, fiddle masters, 8 p.m., $22 / $17, Portland High School Auditorium, 248 Cumberland Ave.,

Portland, 874-8250.

Lynn Deeves, singer-songwriter, 7:30 p.m., $10 adult / $5 senior or child, Village Coffeehouse, First Con-gregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, village-coffeehouse.org, 926-3161.

Theater & DanceWednesday 11/24 ”Cinderella: A Musical for all ages,” presented by Cape Elizabeth High School Theatre Dept., Nov. 12-24; 7:30 p.m., $9 adult/ $6 student or senior, Cape Elizabeth High School, 345 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-3309.

Thursday 11/25”Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden,” mu-sical comedy, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 11-28, Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, tickets, 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

Friday 11/26”Adam and Eve and What REALLY Happened in the Garden of Eden,” mu-sical comedy, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 11-28, Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, tickets, 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

Saturday 11/27 “Rory Raven: Mentalist and Min-dreader,” 8 p.m., $12, Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993.

Sunday 11/28Contra Dance, with 3 bands, 12-6 p.m., $14 before 1 p.m. / $16 after 1 p.m., Wescustogo Grange, U.S. Route 115, North Yarmouth, 685-8141, deffa.org.

Thursday 12/2 ”Broadway at Good Theater,” an-nual Broadway/holiday concert, with guest Sean Palmer, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; matinees, 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 2-5, $25-$30, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, tickets, 885-5883.

Friday 12/3”Broadway at Good Theater,” an-nual Broadway/holiday concert, with guest Sean Palmer, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; matinees, 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 2-5, $25-$30, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, tickets, 885-5883.

”The WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” presented by the Freeport Players, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 3-5, $10 advance / $15 door, Freeport Performing Arts Cen-ter, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, tickets, fcponline.org, 865-2220.

Saturday 12/4”Broadway at Good Theater,” an-nual Broadway/holiday concert, with guest Sean Palmer, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day-Saturday; matinees, 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 2-5, $25-$30, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, tickets, 885-5883.

”The WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” presented by the Freeport Players, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 3-5, $10 advance / $15 door, Freeport Per-forming Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport, tickets, fcponline.org, 865-2220.

Sunday 12/5”Broadway at Good Theater,” an-nual Broadway/holiday concert, with guest Sean Palmer, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; matinees, 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 2-5, $25-$30, St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, tickets, 885-5883.

”The WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” presented by the Freeport

Players, 2 p.m. Sunday; Dec. 3-5, $10 advance / $15 door, Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Hol-brook St., Freeport, tickets, fcponline.org, 865-2220.

Mid CoastBooks, AuthorsSaturday 11/27Roland Wallace, author of chil-dren’s book “Maney the Sneezing Moose,” Borders Books, 147 Bath Road, Cooks Corner, Brunswick, FMI, jstwrite.com or 729-3600.

Wednesday 12/1“So You Think You Don’t Know One: Addiction and Recovery in Clergy and Congregations,” au-thors Rev. Canon Nancy Platt and Bishop Chilton Knudsen, 6-8 p.m. book signing, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 330 Maine St., Brunswick.

FilmsThursday 11/25”Home for the Holidays,” The Dreamland Theater film series, Winter Street Center, 880 Wash-ington St., Bath, 6 p.m., free/$5 suggested donation, presented by Sagadahoc Preservation Inc., sagadahocpreservation.org.

Music Friday 12/3Vanessa Torres, with Emily Dix Thomas on cello, and Ramblin’ Red, 7 p.m., $10 advance / $12 door, Frontier Cafe and Cinema, Fort Andross Mill 3, Main St., Brunswick 725-5222.

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‘Annie Get Your Gun’ is right on targetBy Scott Andrews

Thanksgiving week marks the cusp between the “regular”-season offerings of southern Maine’s arts and entertainment producers and presenters and the blizzard of Christmas and other “holiday”-season happenings.

On the “regular” side of the ledger, there’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” which opened last weekend in South Portland. It’s the best of Irving Berlin’s many Broadway musicals, and Lyric Music Theater has mounted an extraordinarily fine community production.

On the Christmas side of the ledger, there’s Maine State Ballet’s “The Nut-cracker” in Portland, and the company promises one of its biggest-ever produc-tions.

University of Southern Maine School of Music has another “holiday” offer-ing, titled “Joyous Sounds For A Festive Season,” slated for Nov. 30 in Portland.

‘Annie Get Your Gun’“There’s No Business Like Show Busi-

ness” is the opening number of one of the happiest Broadway musicals ever written, Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun.” It is the masterpiece of the Russian-born composer-lyricist who enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers in Broadway’s long and glorious history.

With book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields and produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, “Annie Get Your Gun” opened in 1946 and ran three years and 1,147 performances, the most of any of Berlin’s creations. (A 1999 revival, with the book revised by Peter Stone, also stayed on the boards for more than 1,000 performances.)

Last weekend, Lyric Music Theater opened an outstanding community pro-duction of the show in South Portland. Over the years I’ve seen quite a few community productions of “Annie Get Your Gun,” and Lyric’s current offering is definitely the best.

It’s a show about show business, spe-cifically Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West, a traveling circus-like spectacle that featured cowboys, Indians and horses that played all over America and Europe

Courtesy Chris ChurChBallerinas twirl and snowflakes swirl in Maine State Ballet’s production of “The

Nutcracker,” which runs through Dec. 5 at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium.

during the late 1800s into the early 20th century. Top draws included Chief Sitting Bull (of Battle of Little Bighorn notori-ety) and two ace sharpshooters, Annie Oakley and Frank Butler.

Oakley and Butler were strong-willed characters who were married for nearly 50 years. How did they hook up? Their monumental battle of the sexes, suitably enhanced for theatrical purposes and lushly scored for the musical stage, is the heart of “Annie Get Your Gun.”

This retrospective framing is one of Stone’s principal revisions to the book; the other is recasting Cody’s troupe of show-biz Indians as real people. In real life, Cody loved the Indians, gave em-ployment to many of them in his Wild West Show and was a champion of their causes.

The score is considered Berlin’s best. The opener is the big ensemble number, “There’s No Business Like Show Busi-ness,” a rousing tune that has become the unofficial anthem of American theater. There are two comic gems. The first is “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” which highlights Annie’s dirt-poor beginnings in rural Ohio. The second is “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun,” Oakley’s droll lament on her failures in the romance department.

“The Girl That I Marry,” Butler’s state-ment of his rather highfalutin expecta-tions of women, and “”They Say It’s Wonderful,” a joyous Oakley-Butler duet, are a pair of lushly romantic tunes.

Lyric has a fine cast of community actors, led by Cory Bucknam in the title role. She’s got a good voice, wonderfully articulate body language and an real em-pathy and enthusiasm for the part. She’s paired with David Allen Van Duyne as her love interest. Van Duyne sports a fine swagger – essential for the role – and the chemistry between him and the leading lady is palpable.

There are several fine supporting roles. One of the best is Janie Downey Maxwell as the deliciously disportive woman who unsuccessfully competes for Frank’s love. I also liked the secondary romantic pair-ing, Rebecca Washko and Brandon Pullen, and the four principal male character roles: Vince Knue as Buffalo Bill, Adam Noor-mand as his general manager, Jeff Newick as arch-rival showman Pawnee Bill and Louis Perrotta as Chief Sitting Bull.

Wil Kilroy, a professor of theater at the University of Southern Maine, di-rects. Rebekkah Willey music directs and Vanessa Beyland choreographs this large cast.

Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St. in South Portland, presents “Annie Get Your Gun” through Dec. 4 with 8 p.m. performances Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Call 799-6509.

‘The Nutcracker’Among ballets, by far the most popular

is “The Nutcracker,” a Christmas spec-tacular told in glorious music and dance. It’s also big, and Maine State Ballet’s annual productions in Merrill Auditorium are the region’s largest. Artistic director/choreographer Linda MacArthur Miele likes to involve the maximum numbers that she possibly can.

Try 435. That’s the total number of dancers (270), singers (120) and musi-cians (45) who will take part in seven performances slated for Thanksgiving weekend and the following. (But not all at once; there are some wholesale cast

rotations involved.)Over the course of the two-weekend

run, 270 dancers from Maine State Ballet and other dance schools will perform on-stage. They range in age from preschool to advanced adult and live throughout southern Maine, coming from 36 differ-ent towns from Arundel, north to Norway and west to Lovell.

The singers come from two ensembles, 90 from the Musica de Filia Girlchoir, and 30 from the Westcustago Youth Cho-rale. The 45-member orchestra mostly comprises professional musicians, includ-ing members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra.

Seven performances are scheduled for Merrill Auditorium at Portland City Hall: Nov. 27 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Nov. 28 at 2 p.m.; Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.; Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. Call PortTix at 842-0800.

‘Joyous Soundsfor a Festive Season’

The second big holiday offering is the University of Southern Maine School of Music’s annual “Joyous Sounds for a Festive Season.” It’s put on in Portland by the USM Chamber Singers, representing the school’s top vocal artists. Chosen through a careful audition process and committed to choral excellence, these undergraduates have accepted a respon-sibility for musical distinction.

The ensemble, conducted by prof Robert Russell, will perform a cappella music from Renaissance to modern times. Following intermission the singers will perform a selection of seasonal favorites plus the premiere of Jesse Wakeman’s “O magnum mysterium.” Wakeman, of Belfast, is a junior in the music education curriculum at USM.

One performance is slated: Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St. in Portland. Call the USM music box office at 780-5555.

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23rd Annual Christmas at the CathedralSaturday, December 4, 2010 12 noon preview and 8 pmSunday, December 5, 2010 2:30 and 7 pmCathedral of the Immaculate Conception, PortlandTickets: Premium $30; Regular $20 advance/$25 door; Youth(under 21) limited number $5 (not premium); Preview $10 door only.

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See our Holiday Gift Guide for listings of seasonal activities and fundraisers

Greater PortlandWednesday 11/24Maine Songwriters Association Con-cert Showcase, to benefit St. Lawrence Arts Center, 7 p.m., $5, St. Lawrence Church, 76 Congress St., Portland.

Saturday 11/27 Alumni and Friends Sports Fund-raiser Dance, to benefit DHS, PHS Athletics, 8 p.m., music by Color Blind, $15, Italian Heritage Club, 40 Western Ave., Portland, Lisa Sprague, 797-6803.

Sunday 11/28Lucid Stage Flea Market Fund-raiser, with live music, food, raffles and more, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland, 899-3993.

Monday 11/29“Bowl a Strike for the HOME Team,” fundraiser for the Homeless Outreach and Mo-bile Engagement Team, 4-10 p.m., Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Portland, reservations at bayside-bowl.com or 791-2695.

PortlandWed. 11/24 8 a.m. METRO Board of Directors 114 Valley St.Wed. 11/24 5 p.m. Community Development Committee CHMon. 11/29 5 p.m. Finance Committee CHTue. 11/30 5 p.m. Board of Harbor Commissioners Workshop 2 Portland Fish Pier

Thursday 12/2 “108 Angels,” art installation of 108 angels by artist Eva Goetz, all angels sold will benefit The Center for Grieving Children, 5:30-8 p.m. reception, Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth Shopping Center, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2620.

Friday 12/3 “Goodwill’s Art for Everyone: A Col-lection of Donated Art,” bi-annual art sale to benefit Goodwill, 5-8 p.m., free admission, 353 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 774-6323, goodwillnne.org.

USM School of Music’s Scholar-ship Gala, 5:30-10 p.m., $90 per person, Abromson Center, USM Portland, tickets at 780-5003 or [email protected].

Saturday 12/4”Viva Lebowski,” bowling, movie,

prizes to benefit Nicholas Stevens for Multiple Sclerosis treatment, 9 p.m., $20 advance/ $25 door, Bayside Bowl, 58 Alder St., Port-land, 21+, 523-5148, vivalebowski.com.

Bulletin Board Tuesday 11/30Cumberland and Lincoln County 250th Anniversary Celebration, 12 p.m., with presentations, live mu-sic, lunch and more, free and open to public, Cumberland County Courthouse Rotunda, 142 Federal St., Portland.

Call for VolunteersWednesday 11/24Thanksgiving Blood Drive, 8

a.m.-1 p.m., South Portland Com-munity Center, 21 Nelson Road, South Portland, appointments, call 1-800-RED Cross or redcrossblood.org.

Friday 11/26St. Mary’s Free Community Soup Dinner, 5-7 p.m., Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth, 781-3366.

Saturday 12/4Baked Bean Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., $8 adult / $5 ages 5-12, Triangle Club of Casco Lodge 36 A.F. & A.M., 20 Mill St., Yarmouth, Raymond McLellan, 846-4724, Dale Howe, 846-9506.

Getting SmarterMonday 11/29“Boston and New England: Cul-ture and Economy,” lecture by visiting professor Robert J. Allison, 5 p.m. reception at UNE’s Art Gal-lery; 6 p.m. lecture at WCHP Lecture Hall, UNE Portland Campus, Ste-vens Ave., Portland, une.edu/cgh/lectures.

Thursday 12/2Community Energy Meeting, hosted by Scarborough Energy Committee and Maine Green En-ergy Alliance, free and open to public, 7-8 p.m., Blue Point Pri-mary School, 174 Pine Point Road, Scarborough, Debbie Atwood, 592-6433.

”The Truth and Consequences of Israel’s Attack on the Gaza Free-dom Flotilla” slide show/lecture by Fiachra O Luain, 7 p.m., free and open to public, Maine Irish Heritage Center, corner of Gray and State Streets, Portland, Bob

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Schools seek donors for early childhood centerPORTLAND — The School Depart-

ment is reaching out to local philan-thropists to raise enough money to establish an early childhood develop-ment center.

There is currently only one so-called Educare Center in New Eng-land and eight others nationwide. A nearly 35,500-square-foot Educare Central Maine opened this year in Waterville.

Superintendent of Schools James Morse Sr. said educare centers work with children from low-income and immigrant families from infancy through preschool, offering a range of services, including social work, health care and education.

Centers, which are a private-public partnership, use low staffing ratios and early education so disadvantaged children can begin school on the same level as other students.

“You’re trying to erase that starting deficit,” he said.

Part of the planning process for such a center, Morse said, is to get the financial support of “anchor donors.”

Morse said he visited the nation’s first educare center during a recent trip to Chicago.

He met with school officials who were able to track the performance of students who came from one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

“It actually did erase the deficit of poverty,” he said.

Morse said the Portland center would have to be on the peninsula, where most of the district’s poorest students live.

Unlike other educare centers, which are attached to existing elementary schools, Morse said a Portland center would have to be free-standing, since East End Community School and

Reiche Elementary School don’t have room for additions.

Although the plan is in the “very, very early stages,” Morse said the cen-ter would be instrumental in lowering the district’s high school drop-out rate, as well as meeting the top priority in the district’s visioning process.

“It’s the long-term solution to Port-land’s dropout issues,” he said.

Waterville needed to raise $10 million for its project and Morse said Portland would have to raise at least that much.

He said anyone interested in con-tributing to the center should contact him through the district’s Central Office.

“The key is to see if we can get local donors,” he said. “In a recession, you can’t expect that funding to come from the taxpayers or the state.”

— Randy Billings

“It’s a hot topic nationally,” Casasa said. “Unfortunately, there aren’t a lot of models to look at.”

The Obama administration has been promoting the effort to link student per-formance to teacher evaluations and pay, tying the initiative to federal grants.

This summer, Maine missed out on $75 million in federal Race to the Top fund-ing for education reform, because the state does not allow the necessary type of evaluation procedure.

But the state has established a legisla-tive committee to study the issue.

When the School Department accepted a three-year, $1.3 million School Im-provement Grant to reform the persistent-ly low-achieving Riverton Elementary School, it committed itself to developing a student performance-based evaluation for teachers.

Morse said the schools hope to roll out a pilot program, which would have to be approved by the legislative committee, next year.

“It’s really us stepping out in front of the state,” Morse said.

Casasa noted the difficulty of devising a new system. Areas that need to be ad-dressed are defining evaluation standards, developing a process and figuring out how best to assess student performance.

“You have to find a way to do multiple measures in terms of assessing students,” she said. “One test, one time of year, doesn’t give anybody a good picture of what a student can do.”

Casasa said teachers are interested in having peer- or mentor-based reviews,

rather than administrative reviews, which is the current practice.

Morse said he was honored to have been invited to the conference, which he described as “the inner sanctum” of teacher unions. The trip cost about $600.

One of the big takeaways from the con-ference, he said, was to develop an evalu-ation system that accounts for student progress within school buildings as a whole, rather than individual classrooms.

A building-based assessment of student learning will allow teachers to learn from one another, rather competing with one another, he said.

“It’s a different philosophy in that ev-

eryone is in on it, so when improvement occurs, everyone benefits,” he said. “A rising tide raises all boats.”

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Drug abusefrom page 4

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Katz said, in most cases, teenagers are getting the drugs from their parents’ and friends’ medicine cabinets.

City officials said in a press release that prescription drug abuse among children 12 or older has increased by 20 percent since 2002.

Katz said that, while the city has been able to keep that rate low in Portland since the overdose prevention effort was started eight years ago, drug abuse within the city is beginning to rise again.

“It’s getting worse,” Katz said. “We’re trying to give people tools that will allow them to really create a preven-tion effort in their own home.”

Katz said last year there were 179 fatal drug overdoses – the most in Maine’s history, exceeding traffic deaths.

“It’s an equal opportunity destroyer,” she said. “Addic-tion is a family disease, so we take the family approach.”

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DECORATING

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232 Coombs Road, Brunswick, ME 04011725-5987

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

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CARPENTER/HANDYMAN.All aspects of home workings,including INSULATION, ROT,GUTTERS CLEANED. No Jobtoo small! SENIOR DIS-COUNTS. Serving 10 milesfrom Falmouth. 949-0963.

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LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

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Stephen Goodwin, Owner(207) 415-8791

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LEGAL

State of Maine Governor’sBoard on Executive Clemency101 State House StationAugusta, ME 04333 LEGALNOTICE PETITION FOREXECUTIVE CLEMENCYSTATE OF MAINE Augusta,OCTOBER 29, 2010. Notice ishereby given that a Petition forthe Pardon of SUEANN J.(BLAIS) ROBINSON who wasconvicted of the crime ofTHEFT is now pending beforethe Governor and a hearing willbe conducted in the GOVER-NOR’S CABINET ROOM,SECOND FLOOR, ROOM 245at the STATE HOUSE inAugusta, on THURSDAY the27th day of JANUARY, 2011, at9:00 o’clock A.M.

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PAINTING

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REAL ESTATE

FALMOUTH- MOVE IN ready,4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath homewith new roof and freshlypainted interior and exterior.Just minutes to Town Land-ing! Great value at $250,000!Marie Flaherty, PrudentialNortheast Properties. 207-400-3115. www.TFRE.com<http://www.TFRE.com>

LAND WANTED:Buildable house lot in

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Sought byconservative retired teacher207-523-0495

WEST END NEAR arts district,updated 2-story condo w/ 2BRs, LR, eat-in kitchen, cherryhw flrs, 1 bath + vanity sinks,deck, parking, laundry, storage& more! $197,900. LisaWentzell, Powers Real Estate,650-5272.

SUGARLOAF CONDO. SKI in,ski out. 1 bd 1 bath sleeps 6.Furnished. Ski locker and com-mon use hot tub.$129,900. Call Janet at CSMREAL ESTATE 207-265-4000www.csmrealestate.com

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RENTALS

COLONIAL VILLAGEFALMOUTH

PRIVATE end unit, ranch stylecondominium. 2 bedroom,garage, washer/dryer, deck.

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Security deposit.$1195/month plus utilities.

No dogs.

Available now.

Call 207-625-8410

FA L M O U T H - F O R E S I D EHOUSE WITH OCEANVIEWS. 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATHFULLY FURNISHED HOUSEIN THE CHARMING ANDSAFE TOWN LANDINGNEIGHBORHOOD. SUPERBRIGHT AND SUNNY ANDVERY CHEERFUL WITHOPEN FLOOR PLAN. BEAU-TIFUL OCEAN VIEWS! GOR-GEOUS FURNISHINGS(MANY PIECES FROM“MAINE COTTAGE”). FULLYFURNISHED AND GENER-OUSLY APPOINTED WITHALL THE SUPPLIES YOUNEED—JUST BRING YOURCLOTHES! BRAND NEWHIGH-EFFICIENCY BOILER,PLUS WOOD-STOVE FIRE-PLACE INSERT IN OPEN LIV-ING AREA. BRAND NEWANDERSON WINDOWS, NEWROOF, AND COMPLETEEXTERIOR RENOVATIONS,ALL COMPLETED IN 2010.PETS ALLOWED.$2175/MO. PLUS UTILITIES.CALL FOR PHOTOS OR ASHOWING AT 899-3931 OR615-9505.

(207) 450-8015

Winter rental available beginningNovember 1st. Enjoy the beautiful fall and

winter sunsets in front of your fireplace in theliving room of this three bedroom Maine cottagelocated on Thomas Pond. This fully equippedyear around home has many amenities: granitecounter tops and tiled floors in the kitchen anddining area. Completely equipped and ready foryou to move in. Appliances include dishwasher,

washer and dryer. Enjoy cross country skiing andskating right out the back door.

Monthly rental for $1,150 includes heat, waterelectricity and lots of wood provided for the

fireplace and wood stove located in the familyroom to supplement the forced

hot water central heating system.

Thomas Pond Rental

MINOT- 3 bedroom, 2 bath,1600 sq ft, 9 total rooms, 2 cargarage and overhead storage,pool, pond, brook, 3 acres, allappliances except washer/dryer. No smokers/pets (whilerenting). $900/mo, deposit,plus utilities. Rent/option. Sellprice $130,000. 966-2291

YARMOUTH VILLAGE: Nice 1BR. Great location in nicebuilding. $795/mo INCLUDESHEAT. 756-3273

Olde EnglishVillage

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Bath- LedgeviewAPARTMENTSNEWMOVE-IN SPECIALS1 bedroom apartments for rent

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Call Carole 321-8836

YA R M O U T H / C O U S I N SHouse. Spotless Furnishedtwo bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths,new furnace and easy to heat.No pets/no smoking. Oceanviews and rights. Through May$900+ utilities & heat. Call 838-0345 or 939-8821.

YARMOUTH VILLAGESMALL, sunny 1 bedroom effi-ciency, 1st floor. Off streetparking, heat/water included.Walk to Main St/Royal Park.$650.00 /month .PETS/NOSMOKING. References/Securi-ty Deposit required. Availableimmediately. Call 846-6240 or233-8964.

BUXTON 19 Depot St. 15 min-utes from South Portland, Port-land, Gorham, Saco, and West-brook. 850/mo plus security of500.00 and references. 2 BR,heated, second floor, fireplace,kitchen/living room combina-tion n.View of Saco river falls. 2parking spaces. 207-775-2549or [email protected].

ROOM FOR RENT in luxurycondo, Scarborough. Nearbeaches, mall. Private room,bath. Furnished. Internet/cableready. Shared space, kitchen,parking. $500. 1/2 utilities. 883-1087.

PORTLAND- NORTH DEER-ING- 3rd floor, Studio apart-ment. Gas heat, W/D hookup,Off street parking. N/P-N/S.$450 plus security. Call 749-2096.

YARMOUTH VILLAGE: Nicelarge 1 or 2 BR. Great locationin nice building near RoyalRiver Park. $875/mo plus utils.756-3273

GRAY- CABIN FOR rent. Nodeposit. Furnished. No pets. Allutilities, cable, wireless inter-net. 657-4844.

HOUSEMATES IN SABAT-TUS, kitchen garden, 2-roomswith bath, $400/month. 522-2606

RENTALS WANTED

HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, Co-op Unit (Similar to a condomini-um), Sunny 800+/- SF, 3Rooms, 1 BR, courtyard, laun-dry & storage on site,$129,000, 318-9984.

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Skateparkfrom page 1

Fund of the Maine Community Foun-dation, Mensk Foundation and several community and school fundraisers. A buy-a-brick program also supported the project.

The park will be maintained by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and is open during daylight hours. While the city will not clear snow from the

Dougherty Field was the best option,” Marshall said.

Construction on the park began in September.

Features of the new park include a skateable bench, rails, quarter pipe, steps, rollers and other devices.

A skate park on Marginal Way was torn down more than four years ago to make way for commercial development of the area. Since then, skateboarders have taken to the streets, an issue that spurred the city to install cobblestone strips on

Exchange Street in an attempt to discour-age the practice.

“This will take pressure off the down-town area,” Marshall said. “There will still be some (skateboarding) activity downtown, but the park is really attrac-tive to skaters.”Emily Parkhurst can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 125 or

[email protected]

park during the winter, Marshall said he expects the skateboarders and bikers will likely clear snow just like users of the basketball courts do now.

When the initial decision was made to install the park at Dougherty Field, some neighborhood residents protested the selection. The project was also held up in the council’s Health and Recre-ation Committee for more than a year by councilors trying to stall the project because they objected to the location.

“There was plenty of room there.



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The Forecaster, Portland edition, November 24 2010