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September 30, 2015 News of The City of Portland Vol. 13, No. 39

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Film about veterans’ trauma to make Maine debutBy Colin Ellis

PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine will host the state pre-miere of a documentary detailing sol-diers’ wartime trauma and their struggles to transition home.

The documentary, titled “Searching for Home: Coming Back from War,” will premiere Oct. 3 at the university’s

Hannaford Hall, located in the Abrom-son Community Education Center on 88 Bedford St. An invitation-only reception will be held at 6:30 p.m.; the film will be screened at 7:30 p.m. and a question and answer session with the filmmakers will follow.

Eric Christensen, the director of the 106-minute documentary, said he has

made documentaries about individual trauma in the past, which eventually led him to the topic of wartime trauma. The documentary, portions of which were filmed in Maine, features veterans who survived injuries in war and their at-tempts to transition to life back home, as

Movie poster for the documentary “Searching for Home: Coming Back from War,” which will premeire at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Community Education Center in Portland on Oct. 3.

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Couple conserves Portland’s portraitsBy David Harry

PORTLAND — Once the paintings languished in the City Hall attic.

Now two city-owned portraits are returning to life, conserved by a nonprofit with studio space above the State Theater at 142 High St.

“We are trying to be a resource for the state and

beyond and have people be aware of the conservation process,” Bonnie Mattozzi of the Maine Project for Fine Art Conservation Project said Monday.

The portraits of U.S. Sen. William Pitt Fessenden and Gov. Percival P. Baxter are the first of 18 Mattozzi and her husband, Domenico Mat-

tozzi, would like to conserve for the city.

To help fund the work, MEAC has organized an appraisal day at the Univer-sity of New England Gallery from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Satur-day, Oct. 3. Four appraisers will be on hand to evaluate

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Bonnie and Domenico Mattozzi show conservation work on a city-owned portrait of William Pitt Fessenden at their High Street studios. The couple would like to conserve as many as 18 paintings for the city.

Living wage campaign kicks off in PortlandBy David Harry

PORTLAND — Mako Bates believes it is time to boost the wages of workers throughout the city, especially because the cost of living has soared.

George Lydick worries those increased wages, as much as $5 or $6 per hour more than he pays now, will come at a cost to his customers or his staff.

The sides were contrast-ed Monday morning outside Lydick’s McDonald’s restaurant at 332 St. John St., as Portland-ers for a Living Wage launched its drive to pass Question 1, which would create a citywide minimum wage of $15 per hour by July 1, 2019.

Bates helped write the ordi-nance, which will be decided Election Day, Nov. 3. If passed, the ordinance will affect all city businesses, but not municipal employees, by boosting wages from the current state minimum of $7.50 per hour. Companies with at least 500 employees will meet the mandated minimum by July 1, 2017. Smaller companies will pay the minimum wage by July 1, 2019.

If passed, the living wage ordinance would also increase the wages for workers making at least $30 per month in tips to $11.25 per hour from the cur-rent $3.75 per hour. Employers would be allowed to deduct the current state tipped wage credit of 50 percent of the state min-imum wage from the new city city living wage.

Lydick, and his wife, Edie, own two McDonald’s franchis-es; the other is on Route 1 in Falmouth. As franchise owners, they are part of the larger cor-poration, meaning the St. John Street restaurant would be con-sidered part of a company with 500 employees.

“One thing we will have to change is the pricing structure,” Lydick said.

Bates was joined by three other speakers, including may-oral candidate Tom MacMillan, Harlan Baker of the University of Southern Maine and the Southern Maine Labor Council, and Cokie Giles, president of the Maine State Nurses Association.

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Portland adds, loses City Hall staffBy David Harry

PORTLAND — The city has named a replacement to lead its Planning Division, but will be searching for a new public services director.

Current Planning Board Chairman Stuart “Tuck” O’Brien will begin his new job leading the Planning Division the middle of next month, city spokeswoman Jessica Grondin said in a Sept. 24 press release.

The same day Grondin also announced Public Services Director Mike Bobinsky will not return at the end of the two-month leave of absence he began Sept. 17.

“He has been exploring other employ-ment opportunities, and will be resigning at the end of his leave period,” she said.

O’Brien said he is looking forward to the shift.

“I am really looking forward to work-ing with the excellent staff in the Plan-ning Department and all of the passionate folks who participate in the City’s plan-ning process from this different capacity,” O’Brien said Sept. 25.

The Planning Division post is an ap-pointed position. O’Brien is also a staff attorney for the Maine Public Utilities Commission, and once directed trans-portation and long-range planning in Somerville, Massachusetts.

A Deering-area resident who is married with two sons, O’Brien was educated at Bates, Tufts and Boston College.

Grondin said O’Brien, who has been on the Planning Board for the last five years, the last two as chairman, will lead a department of 11 “that manages and reviews comprehensive current and long-range planning processes as well as the development regulatory programs for the city.”

O’Brien will work directly for Plan-ning & Urban Development Director

Jeff Levine, who said he was pleased with the hire.

“He understands planning and the role it can play in shaping Portland’s future, and has a deep respect for the public process, “ Levine said. “We

were particularly impressed with his experience in large-scale urban redevel-opment projects.”

O’Brien will take over the position once held by Alex Jaegerman, who left at the end of June to become town planner in Yarmouth.

Bobinsky said Sept. 25 he is pleased with the work he has done in 12 1/2 years, but ready for new ventures.

“It is time for me professionally and personally to seek other opportunities. I had expressed this to (City Manager Jon Jennings) and I am glad we came to an amicable decision,” Bobinsky said.

Bobinsky said he was most pleased he and his staff addressed “a wide range of projects and direct services,” including improvements to the city’s stormwater system by separating storm and sewer water pipes, increasing the recycling rate in the city, and improvements that ac-commodate all modes of transportation, including by pedestrians and bicyclists.

During his leave of absence, Bobinsky said he will “be available to help fill gaps on various projects to ensure a seamless transition.”

Jennings said Bob Leeman, the city’s former facilities director and current Cruise Portland Maine executive, will be interim director of public services, while Steve Earley will head operations.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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Merideth McNeil, right, is one of more than 40 volunteers who came to Riverton Community School.

This is the fifth year Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has come into a Portland school for service work.

David Grondin, left, is a parent of a Riverton student. Joel Richard, right, is a volunteer with the Portland-based organization Let’s Go!, which aims to prevent childhood obesity. The two, along with other volunteers, helped build a soda bottle greenhouse.

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GMRI gets $500,000 federal grant

PORTLAND — The Gulf of Maine Research Institute will be creating new digital learning opportunities about sea level rise after receiving a $500,000 grant.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Literacy Grant was announced Sept. 22 by U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine.

The Institute, at 350 Commercial St., will use the grant over the next three years to develop interactive learning platforms using NOAA data and tools to

teach “scientific concepts and principles behind predicted changes in sea level and storm frequency,” according to a press release.

The data and weather forecasts will be accessible to Maine communities and students.

“This investment will support innova-tive educational opportunities for Maine’s students and community engagement efforts by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute,” Collins and King said in a joint statement.

The grant was one of six awarded by the NOAA as part of a competitive process, during which $2.75 million was awarded.

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Police make arrest in credit union robbery, investigate other incidentsBy David Harry

PORTLAND — The man charged with the Sept. 25 robbery of a Forest Avenue credit union remained in jail Tuesday, while police continued to investigate a string of other city robberies.

Assistant Police Chief Vern Malloch said Sept. 26 that 42-year-old Thomas Monat had been charged with bank robbery after allegedly holding up the University Credit Union at 391 Forest Ave. around 3:40 p.m.

Staff at the Cumberland County Jail said Monat is being held on $100,000 bail.

Malloch said Monat was arrested on Forest Avenue several blocks from the credit union after he was identified by several people who had seen bank sur-veillance photos circulated by police.

The credit union has been robbed several times this year, most recently on Sept. 4, Malloch said.

Malloch also said police have not made any connections between the credit union robbery and the Sept. 23 robbery of the Domino’s Pizza at 788 Forest Ave. at around 1:55 a.m.

In that robbery, the suspect was alleged to have ordered a pizza before jumping over a counter and stealing cash from an employee. No one was reported injured in either robbery, according to police.

The credit union and pizza shop rob-beries came several days after police said they were seeking a suspect in a string of robberies on the West End, where women

were attacked by someone trying to take their purses or cell phones.

The first report was made Sept. 16 by a 24-year-old city resident who said she was knocked down and dragged on Neal Street near Congress as the suspect attempted to take her purse. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m., Malloch said.

Two robberies were reported Sept. 20. The first, at around 8:30 p.m., happened on Congress Street near Weymouth as a 21-year-old city resident resisted an attempted theft of her cell phone. She had just placed the phone in her pocket.

The second robbery was reported at 10:45 p.m. by a 24-year-old woman who said she resisted an attempted theft of her purse while she walked on Vaughan Street near Brackett Street.

Although in both incidents the suspect fled empty-handed, Malloch said police

categorize all the crimes as robberies.Anyone with information about the

robberies is asked to contact police at 874-8539. Anonymous tips can also be made at www.portland-police.com or by

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PPL hosts mayoral candidates Oct. 6

PORTLAND — The city’s mayoral candidates will gather at the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 to meet with voters.

Incumbent Mayor Michael Brennan and challengers Ethan Strimling and Tom

MacMillan will speak briefly, and then meet with groups of voters, according to a library press release.

Voters will also learn more about the “ranked choice” voting process that ensures a mayoral candidate wins by a majority vote in case he does not capture 50 percent of the vote initially.

A presentation on the system will be

made by Fair Vote Maine, and City Clerk Katherine Jones will explain updates to the city’s voting software.

The event is co-sponsored by The League of Voters and the Portland Public Library Choose Civility Initiative.

LearningWorks garners grant

PORTLAND — The United States De-partment of Labor announced a two-year, $1.1 million grant has been awarded to a local alternative education program.

The grant was given to LearningWorks,

an organization which serves at-risk youth, to continue administering its Youth Building Alternatives program. YBA is an educational program for young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who have dropped out of high school. Learning-Works is one of only 72 YouthBuild sites funded across the country, and the only site in Maine funded during this round.

For more than 20 years, YBA has served high school students who have dropped out of high school. The program projects enrollment of 65 participants in each of the three yearly training cycles.

Forget me not: Local family fights Alzheimers through marathonBy Colin Ellis

PORTLAND — For members of the Marr family, this year’s Maine Marathon is more than just an annual road race. It’s a day to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease.

On Sunday, Oct. 4, more than 70 mem-bers of the Marr family will participate in either the half marathon or marathon relay in support of the Josephine and John Marr Alzheimer’s Research Fund at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The goal is to raise $75,000 for future re-

search and, as of Sept. 23, the Marrs are more than halfway there.

Falmouth resident John Marr, 83, said his family is so deeply involved because his wife Josephine has Alzheimer’s. John and his family gave $2 million to BWH in September to establish the fund and to encourage earlier detection and further research aimed at preventing the disease. Most research on individuals with symp-toms of the disease begins at age 65 and older, while Marr said research should start at age 50.

“Now my family and grandchildren got quite aggressive on fundraising on an annual basis,” Marr said, which led to fundraising at the Maine Marathon. Marr said while the $2 million to Brigham and Women’s came from the family, the $75,000 donation is coming through on-line fundraising.

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Preserving the Portland you don’t seeLast Tuesday, I spent the morning walking and driving around

Portland looking for hitching posts and carriage mounts.I thought I spotted a carriage mount, a block of granite used

to step on to get into a horse drawn carriage, on the Eastern Prom, but it turned out upon closer inspection to be the cover for an underground electrical conduit. I had better luck up on the Western Prom.

Across from the end of Pine Street I found a granite block sticking about 2 feet out of the grass. Eureka! Then I thought I spotted another one down at the far end of the promenade across from Bowdoin Street, but it turned out to be a true meridian marker, marking longitude 70 degrees, 16 minutes. Not sure why, but I bet folks who rode in horse-drawn carriages knew.

The best carriage mount I found after two hours of looking was in front of the Zebulon Babson House on Danforth Street. Fig-ures it would be well preserved, because the 1830 Babson House is one of the hundreds of Greater Portland Landmarks’ marker properties in the city. And it turns out GPL actually has a map of hitching posts and carriage mounts. Could have saved myself a lot of time.

The reason I went looking for hitching posts (didn’t find any, though I am told there are two on Spring Street) and carriage mounts is that GPL lists Equestrian Street Artifacts, c. 1840-1910, first on its list of five Places in Peril for 2015.

The others are the self-nominated Sacred Heart Church on Mellen Street, the Hub Furniture building on Fore Street, a pre-Revolutionary War private residence in rough shape on Congress Street in Libbytown, and an abandoned schoolhouse on Winn Road in Cumberland. It seems the Hub Furniture building was originally the home of the Curtis & Son Chewing Gum Factory that produced spruce gum for the masses. The Cumberland school is one of only two known one-room brick Greek Revival schoolhouses in Maine.

Greater Portland Landmarks was founded in 1964 in response to the demolition of Union Station on St. John Street in Au-gust 1961. Since that time, GPL has researched and published

the architectural history of Portland, helped write the city’s historic preservation ordinances, had 72 properties designated as historic landmarks, placed historic place markers on close to 300 other buildings, worked to have eight historic districts designated, and generally advocated for historic preservation as a tool to balance growth and development.

In my book, GPL has been hugely successful. Portland is a pretty well-preserved little city.

In 2012, GPL started its Places in Peril program “to draw at-tention to threatened and vulnerable sites.” The program has had some major victories, such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation adding the Abyssinian Meeting House, the nation’s third oldest African-American meeting house, on Newbury Street to its list of the most imperiled properties in the country.

Other key Portland Places in Peril include the Eastern and Western cemeteries, the Portland Co. locomotive complex on Fore Street, and the 1903 Grand Trunk office building standing all by its lonesome at the foot of India Street (huge Grand Trunk grain elevators were torn down in 1943 and 1974). GPL is also busy advocating for an appropriate relocation of the 1888 Union Station clock, which currently resides in Congress Square Pla-za, site of a recent development battle royal. May I suggest the Portland Transportation Center on Thompson’s Point, which is both where trains arrive and depart the city today, and closer to the former site of Union Station than Congress Square?

As soon as the GPL equestrian street artifacts map arrives, I plan to take to the streets again. Searching for iron hitching posts and granite carriage mounts while cruising the 19th cen-tury streets of 21st century Portland without a map is kind of like trying to read the punctuation in a sentence rather than the words: You’re ignoring the obvious while trying to see things you usually don’t see.

And that’s the beauty of the Places in Peril program, calling attention to the overlooked.

I’m not sure a handful of hitching posts and carriage mounts left over from the horse culture of the 19th century are all the important architecturally, but they do give you a new apprecia-tion for things like phone booths and parking meters, artifacts of the pre-digital age that are fast disappearing and will one day no doubt make a GPL Places in Peril list of the future.

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

Stevoe is officially a hug-free zoneI’m not quite sure when it happened,

but the human hug has evolved into a virtual landmine of social greetings that threatens global com-merce and world peace.

OK, maybe that last part is a bit of a mas-sive exaggeration (mea culpa: I’ve been watch-ing too much GOP-TV lately, starring The Don-ald Clown). But buried within even the broadest hyperbole is a kernel of truth and here is mine: I have no idea who to hug or when to hug and that simple paradigm of confusion gives birth to a host of awkward situ-ations that now tips this particular risk/reward element into the red zone for me.

What was once a ritual of physical intimacy reserved for family members

and close personal friends has seeped into day-to-day human interactions at work and life. And when you add other

human dimensions that in-volve gender sensitivities, age relativity, relationship boundaries, disparate lev-els of power in business (supervisor/subordinate) height variations (I’m 6 feet 4 inches and hugging any-one shorter than 5 feet tall requires a delicate balance of contortion and precision), etc. – many “hug” situations are like a television game show where you never know when a buzzer will go off and you’ll fall through a trap door into a dark pit of awkwardness.

I know. It happened to me.A short while ago I was part of a large

agency/client meeting and after a gru-eling, but successful, three-hour period,

the senior client executive was so elated with the outcome that she walked around the table hugging everyone in the room. When she got to me, she took an extra moment to further express her appreci-ation for our work, followed by an en-thusiastic hug, along with the whispered comment from her mouth to my left ear across a distance of approximately two, less-than-comfortable inches, “You guys are great. Thank you.”

While there was no inappropriate intent on the part of my client, it felt awkward. Maybe we are all too desensitized about hugging to even register the correct response to events like this? By what mechanism could I have said, “No hug, please” without causing embarrassment for her, me and everyone in the room, along with the possibility of harming an important business relationship?

A week later I was at another business event in Chicago with the same executive

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and as she approached me with her arms extended, I roboticly extended my arms in preparation for the awkward business

hug – but at the last second, her right arm stiffened (think Heisman football trophy pose), and she went for the handshake instead, causing me to perform a ‘60s dance move as I transitioned from hug to handshake mode in one painful second.

While it was certainly her prerogative as the hugger to hug or not hug (during both exchanges), how can the hug-ee re-fuse a hug without causing even greater discomfort than from the hug itself?

Another challenge occurs when you happen to be married to a serial hugger, as I am. We can’t go to a sports event or restaurant without a dozen hugs taking place. Friends, parents of our kid’s class-mates, neighbors, colleagues of mine at work, waitresses, airline pilots – every-one gets a big hug from Katie, often as a greeting, followed by another round during goodbyes.

Which is wonderful for my wife, be-cause hugging is a natural extension of her warmth and humanity. But I’m usu-ally left standing there, staring off into another galaxy during the inevitable and embarrassing moment when the person hugging my wife suddenly realizes that I’m in close proximity and then they’re forced to decide in mere nanoseconds:

• Should I throw Steve a charity hug?• Should I ignore Steve since he seems

currently focused on the Milky Way?• Should I shake Steve’s hand and es-

tablish a marital hug disparity?Here in Maine the issue of reckless

hugging goes well beyond social awk-wardness, into the realm of being a health

hazard, especially during flu season. How many of the 1,000-2,000 estimated cases of the flu each year could be prevented with a November-April hug moratorium?

There are dozens of books and stories on the subject of hugging and a bus full of etiquette experts, each with their own brand of advice. The general consensus involves a few core tips: always respect the other person’s space, when in doubt ask the other person for permission, and limit each hug to just a second or two.

Interpreting the subjective dimensions of space? Navigating permission-based hugging with legal counsel standing-by on speed-dial? Carrying around a stop-watch for duration compliance?

It’s all too confusing.So going forward, I’m asking every-

one to please recognize and respect my request that unless you are one of my immediate family members, a direct blood relative (subcategory: the ones I still speak with) or a close personal friend with 10-plus years of history between us, please stop hugging me.

We can shake hands. We can fist-bump. I’ll even accept bro hugs, which are modified handshakes with a slight forward tilt.

But that’s it for me. I’m hug-free.

Steve Woods is from away, but fully here now, living in Yarmouth, working in Falmouth, traveling the world, and trying his best. His column appears every other week. He can also be heard each Saturday at 11 a.m. on WLOB-AM 1310.

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Voters in Portland City Council District 2 have a chance to choose this year. The three candidates are all young, and have yet to establish a record in municipal politics. However, Wells Lyons stands out as a doer and a listener, not just a talker.

Through his work in a local small business, his volunteer experiences with Maine Clean Elections, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, and his involvement in the West End neighborhood where he lives, Wells has had the opportunity to talk with, listen to and work alongside Portlanders from all walks of life. He grasps the complexity and inter-related-ness of the issues facing us: homeless-ness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness, safe housing that’s within reach of the average household, transportation, jobs and the environment. He doesn’t

claim to have any easy answers or quick fixes, but he’s got ideas that will help make Portland a fairer, safer and more livable city.

Rosanne GraefPortland

Attacks on Planned Parenthood make no sense

A year ago, I needed information about my reproductive health and didn’t

know where to turn. I wasn’t comfortable talking to my parents and my friends weren’t

the most reliable source of information. Luckily, I found Planned Parenthood.

As a patient, I receive high-quality, affordable and compassionate care. I am listened to, have my questions answered and leave my appointment knowing I have a health care provider I can count on, no matter what.

Thanks to Planned Parenthood I am

able to take the steps I need to protect my health. I can focus on completing my education and my career goals without the worry of getting pregnant when I am not ready to start a family.

Given the important role Planned Parenthood has played in my life, the political attacks just don’t make sense to me. Why should politicians tell me where I can and cannot go for care? Or think it’s OK to insert themselves in my health-care decisions?

Planned Parenthood was there for me when I needed affordable, quality health care. I don’t know what I would do with-out their services. I am lucky to have a provider I know and trust. It’s time for the politicians behind these attacks to step into 2015 and understand the critical role Planned Parenthood plays in meeting the health care needs of millions of peo-ple just like me.

Rebecca SouleSouth Portland

Strimling has what Portland needs in a mayor

I don’t know a lot about politics, but I do know things in Portland need to change. City Hall seems to be falling apart, the School Department can’t keep any administrators, drug activity and crime are on the rise, panhandlers on every corner, there is a house for sale on almost every street. People are migrating out of Portland. I’m fortunate to live in the house I grew up in and raise my fami-ly, but with the constant tax increases and fees I’m afraid one day I won’t be able to afford to live here.

For all these reasons, I’m voting for a new mayor in November: Ethan Strim-ling. I believe he has what it takes to bring people together and make signifi-cant changes. Please join me, so we can make Portland a great place to live, work and raise a family.

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Panhandling is not the way Portland life should beI use the Franklin Street exit off of In-

terstate 295 to get to and from work. As a result, I pass several of the busier spots for panhandling in Portland.

There is usually some-one at the base of the northbound ramp, some-one on the median of Marginal Way, south of the ramp, someone on the median of Franklin, on the east side of the inter-section, and someone on the median of Somerset, east of Franklin near Whole Foods.

Most of them appear to be able-bodied, although I do recall one guy on crutches and a lady in a wheelchair. There’s a lot of turnover and few reg-ulars. Sometimes the changing happens as I am passing by. Someone walks over and takes another’s place. Usually, they exchange some words. It does not appear to be uncivil. There’s also a pile of trash accumulating at the base of the exit ramp.

All of these people have signs. Most are a variation on a common plea for money. One said “this is embarrassing for me too.” I was struck by the juxtapo-sition of the woman whose sign said she had just arrived in Portland and needed help and, within a week, the man whose sign said he needed help to get out of Portland.

My recollection is that panhandlers ap-peared on Portland intersections and me-dian strips about three or four years ago. It seemed to be fallout from the 2008 financial crisis and the Occupy Maine encampment in Lincoln Park. There seem to be more now than ever – notwithstand-ing the fact that Maine’s unemployment rate, and Portland’s in particular, are the lowest in eight years.

In 2012, the chief of police addressed the City Council’s public safety commit-tee about the issue. That July, the council

voted 6-3 to reject an amendment to the city code that would have banned, in the interest of safety, standing, sitting or staying on a median strip.

People complained and the committee revisited the matter. Twenty-one people addressed the committee at its June 2013 meeting. Of those, one opposed the amendment, two were am-bivalent, and the rest favored it. None identified them-selves as a panhandler. The council voted 6-0 to pass the amendment in July.

One panhandler and two political protesters sued. In February 2014, a federal judge expressed skepticism about the city’s public safe-ty rationale. He ruled that

the amendment was an unconstitutional, over-broad, content-based limitation on speech in a traditional public forum.

The city appealed, arguing there was no other way to address its concern about safety.

The U.S. Court of Appeals didn’t be-lieve the city, either. Last month, it held that the amendment prohibited virtually all activity and speech on all median

strips, yet the city only demonstrated that a few were dangerous, and didn’t seriously try to find a better-tailored solu-tion to the problem. It suggested several ways that Portland could have written a constitutional ordinance.

Everything about the panhandling situation in Portland is unfortunate, be-ginning with people begging for money. It gives the misleading impression that Portland is stingy. It’s lamentable that no one dares to seriously investigate the sit-uation. Everyone just projects their biases and prejudices on it. It’s an absurd way to try to solve a problem.

Theoretically, a legislative body like our City Council investigates a prob-lem before it enacts a solution. It holds hearings to take evidence and hear from witnesses about the problem, its causes and possible solutions. In this case, that would include taking testimony from some of the panhandlers about who they are, where they come from, and why they are begging for money. That didn’t happen.

It’s embarrassing.Halsey Frank is a Portland resident,

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Officer Terrance Fitzgerald on charges of criminal trespass and violating conditions of release.9/20 at 4:44 p.m. Corey W. Stallings, 23, of Portland, was arrested on High Street by Officer Brian Truax on charges of operating without a license, operating under the influ-ence, unauthorized use of property and leaving the scene of an accident.9/20 at 10:29 p.m. Scott Hurd, 36, of Port-land, was arrested on Boynton Street by Officer Matthew Pavlis on charges of theft by unauthorized taking, burglary of a motor

vehicle and criminal mischief.9/20 at 11:36 p.m. Cameron C. Cartier, 19, of Portland, was arrested on Commercial Street by Officer Benjamin Noyes on charges of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs and violating conditions of release, and an outstanding warrant from another agency.9/20 at 11:36 p.m. Arthur W. Kalesnick, 64, of Harpswell, was arrested on Commercial Street by Officer Benjamin Noyes on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.9/20 at 11:36 p.m. William Kalesnick, 49, of Harpswell, was arrested on Commercial Street by Officer Benjamin Noyes on a charge of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs.9/21 at 2:43 p.m. Cheryl A. Dion, 54, of Portland, was arrested on St. John Street by Officer Christopher Gervais on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking.9/21 at 5:56 p.m. Bessie L. Tucker-Hope, 52, of Portland, was arrested on Westbrook Street by Officer Jonathan Lackee on a charge of operating with a suspended or revoked license.9/21 at 6:42 p.m. William S. Conley, 55, of Portland, was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Brian Truax on a charge of public drinking.9/21 at 9:59 p.m. Angelique M. Labonte, 29, of Auburn, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Brian Truax on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and operating under the influence.9/21 at 10:57 p.m. Darrell S. Nelson, 27, of Biddeford, was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Kyle Brake on a charge of operating without a license and an outstanding warrant from another agency.9/22 at 12:17 a.m. Ricardo Bennett, 57, of Portland, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Joseph Jaynes on a charge of criminal trespass.9/22 at 12:19 a.m. Jared M. Austin, 24, of Sanford, was arrested on Park Avenue by Officer Kyle Brake on an outstanding warrant from another agency.9/22 at 12:19 a.m. Kyle E. Hays, 41, of South Portland, was arrested on Woodford Street by Officer Christopher Kelley on charges of operating under the influence and unlawful

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Robichaud was born in Lynn, Massa-chusetts July 17, 1937, the daughter of Lester and Helen (Hayford) Hill.

She grew up in Portland and attended local schools, graduating from Old Cathe-dral High School with the class of 1955. Robichaud married the love of her life, Joseph Robichaud, in 1963.

Robichaud was an avid New England sports fan, and a season ticket holder to the original Maine Mariners and Portland Pirates hockey teams. She also loved dancing, working in her garden and trav-eling with her husband to her grandchil-dren’s sporting events.

Robichaud is survived by her husband, Joseph, of Portland; two sons, Paul Jacob-sen and his wife, Xianmin, of Gray and Donald Robichaud and his wife, Mary, of Stephens City, Virginia; a daughter, Shelley Simpson, and her husband, Kerry, of Falmouth; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her first hus-band, Paul Jacobsen Sr., and two sons, Michael Jacobsen and Kevin Robichaud.

Graveside services were held Sept. 24, at Pinegrove Cemetery in Falmouth.

Norma Gribbin, 86PORTLAND — Norma Marie (Pettis)

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(Pedersen) Pettis.Gribbin graduated from Portland High

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Gribbin loved reading and music – Ste-phen King and Frank Sinatra were among her favorites - and she was proud of her Danish and Irish heritage. Her children and grandchildren gave her joy beyond words.

She was loved and will be missed by all who knew her; her birthday was celebrated each year with fireworks and storytelling.

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wrapping up a nine hour shift that start-ed at 6:30 in the morning. Ready to put on my battered Chuck Taylors, I wanted nothing more than to plop down on the light side of the bar and watch the end of the Pats game. Brady was on point, Beli-chick was showing no mercy and a sec-ond beer was in my near future. It would

have been the perfect relaxing after-work scenario had my last customer respected the fact that I was no longer on duty.

Not exactly a frequent flyer, the guy comes in just often enough to presume an intimacy that doesn’t exist. He’s a pleasant sort, but over the years boundaries have evolved that are changing the way I embrace (or not) my customers. Call it learn-ing from my mistakes, or reaching an inevitable level of maturity, but I no longer want to make close personal friends out of my customers.

Granted, some of the best people I know used to sit at my bar 20 years ago. Still believing it to be a simpler time, I didn’t understand the profes-sional and self-protective necessity of not having after-work shift drinks with customers. I laughed at the unenforceable “policy” of no fraternization between guests and staff, thinking the same policy between staff and staff was (and still is) even funnier.

Those days were indeed less com-plicated. I met my BFF’s husband at Bintliff’s American Cafe months before I met her. Also a Bintliff’s alum, my hair is still being coifed (and now colored) by a woman whose wedding I attended. This same friend is responsible for Number One’s never-ending purple hair phase and encourages all of us to embrace our inner curly girl.

I met doctors to hit up for free medical advice. A happy hour regular from that era still acts as a career consultant for my column expansion pipe dreams. One

former customer and I are forever bonded, as I was the first person he met upon moving to Portland. I love and respect him dearly, and he has followed me around from place to place, chastis-ing me for not tending bar at the upscale, polished restau-rants he prefers to haunt.

“So. What are your sons’ names again?” this present day customer asked, try-ing to make conversation beyond the day’s weather report. Intentionally side-stepping the question, I told him I have two daughters

and a dog, all of whom are living away from home. Turning the tables, I in-quired about his family and his recent foot surgery. The later was not because I remembered he was undergoing such an operation, but because he had a bright orange, velcro-strapped boot on his left foot. For me, it was safe ground to tread, if not difficult for him to hobble.

“Yeah, it still really hurts,” he replied, slurping his double Dewer’s neat. “The sissy pain pills don’t do a thing. In fact, I have an appointment tomorrow and may ask the doc for a different kind.” Think-ing he shouldn’t be taking sissy pain pills while drinking scotch, and then driving (especially from where I work), I nodded politely and turned away.

Talking with a young server friend, I discovered I’m not becoming unchar-acteristically standoffish without good reason. According to her, making friends with customers isn’t something she, or her cohorts would ever consider.

“Sure, cute guys come in, and I have a lot of regulars who I’m on first name

basis with,” she said. “I’d never hang out with them after work because the world is kind of crazy these days. You know, it isn’t that much different from meeting people online. You just don’t know if they’re creepers, stalkers or who they really are.”

Our conversation brought me back to that “simpler time” and to a chitchat I once had with a co-worker about her plans to hitchhike across the country. ”It just isn’t done anymore,” I said way back when. “You never know who’s driving. It could be dangerous.”

While caution is key, that doesn’t mean genuine, professional politeness will ever go out of vogue in hospitality. What it does mean is thinking hard about trust. That, and learning to sit at least one bar stool apart from the boundary breakers.

Peas & Q’sA while ago, you wrote that Portland

was imploding from too many new plac-es, saying there were too many pieces of the restaurant pie. You’re probably right, but I think we are missing a nice, but affordable, Chinese place. What do you think? Hank. T., Portland

Yes, I’d like a new, fresh and inspired “One-from-column-A, One-from-B” Chi-nese restaurant. More pressing however, is the need for a Jewish-style deli with decadently overstuffed sandwiches. It was exciting when we all thought Full Belly Deli was coming back to town, instead of landing in Westbrook. While we do have some good sandwich oppor-tunities on the peninsula, none quite fill that yummy, schmaltz-laden order.

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

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Another perfect weekend for city football teamsBy Michael Hoffer

(Ed. Note: For the complete Deering-South Portland game story, with a box score and additional photos, see thefore-caster.net)

City football teams are a combined 10-2 on the year and all three appear playoff-bound as the second half of the regular season looms.

Saturday afternoon, Deering improved to 3-1 with an im-pressive 27-14 victory at South Portland.

Portland had to travel to Ox-ford and didn’t suffer a letdown after its big win over Windham by blanking Oxford Hills, 41-0, to improve to 4-0.

Cheverus is also 3-1 and has won two straight after Satur-day’s emphatic 44-7 home vic-tory over Edward Little.

Ram tougherDeering, under first-year coach

Jason Jackson, opened with wins at Massabesic and Sanford, then last week, played seeming-ly invincible Thornton Academy tough before losing, 42-20.

In week four, the Rams went to South Portland for the schools’ first meeting since 2012. The game was supposed to be held Friday night, but South Portland was contending with power outages and the contest was moved to Saturday afternoon, where Deering went out and earned another victory.

The Rams went up-tempo in the first half and produced four scoring drives.

Just 3 minutes, 30 seconds in, quarterback Max Chabot ran for a 7-yard touchdown to get the party started. The Red Riots drew even, but Chabot struck again late in the first quarter, on another 7-yard scamper, to put Deering on top to stay. Second quarter scoring runs from Rob Dacey (6-yards) and Scott Bre-sette (7-yards) pushed the lead to 27-7 at halftime.

In the first 24 minutes, Deer-ing gained 208 yards to South Portland’s 93. Mixing up the tempo proved to be just the tick-et for the Rams in the first half.

“I wanted to come at South Portland that way and see how they could handle it,” Jackson said. “We know we can run it.”

In the second half, the Rams focused on running down the clock and playing defense and while they did surrender one score, they made the plays they had to on both sides of the ball to run out the clock on a 27-14 victory.

“We’ve worked hard all week and I think we made a statement in the first half,” said Dacey, who ran for 89 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries. “We came out in the second half and worked hard and did the ground-and-pound and came out with the ‘W.’”

“They were 2-1 and so were we, so obviously we weren’t going to overlook them,” said Chabot, who completed 10 of 15 passes for 123 yards with an interception and ran for 38 yards and two scores on nine attempts. “Luck-ily, the scoreboard favored us.

“We’ll take it,” added Jackson. “We’re just trying to stay under the radar as long as we can. It’s getting harder and harder. We had a lot of doubters at the be-ginning, but I’m not surprised at all. They’re great kids.”

The Rams return home Friday to welcome 2-2 Bonny Eagle. The teams didn’t meet in 2014.

“We’re feeling good,” said Dacey. “We’re getting into the thick of our schedule. We’ll keep working in practice and giving it everything we’ve got.”

“We have four more tough games,” said Chabot. “Bonny Eagle’s a good team. That’s at home too, so we don’t want to disappoint the fans.”

“I think we can play with any-body, but we have some things we need to shore up,” added Jackson. “Bonny Eagle is rolling now. It’s going to be tough. That should be a good game. I’m ex-cited. We hope to keep it going.”

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and at home over Edward Little to start the year, then produced

one of the finest defensive efforts in program history in a 10-3 home win over Wind-ham. Saturday at Oxford Hills, the Bulldogs looked to avoid a letdown and had no trouble doing so.

Portland had the first posses-sion of the game and marched down field for a score with 9 minutes left in the first quarter as quarterback Issiah Bachelder connected with Joe Esposito on a 36-yard pass for a 7-0 lead. After Oxford Hills punted, the Bulldogs scored again. This time, it was George Chai-son-Lapine with a 42-yard run for the 14-0 lead with 6:41 left in the first quarter.

“It gets in their heads,” Es-posito said. “I know if I started a game down 14-0 or anything like that, it gets in your head and

you start thinking differently. If you can get in their heads like that, it really helps a lot.”

Portland made it 21-0 on a 7-yard Esposito scoring run with 8:13 left in the half.

“We’ve come up here the last two years and they played us tough on the run,” Bulldogs coach Jim Hartman said. “So I was really pleased that we could run the ball. We game-planned hard for them. We knew the holes that would be open and they were open.”

Portland finished the half with a 4-yard Chaison-Lapine TD for a 28-0 lead.

The Bulldogs finished the first half outgaining the Vikings, 221-40.

Portland added to the lead quickly in the third. Oxford

Deering quarterback Max Chabot breaks a tackle en route to a touchdown during the Rams’ 27-14 victory at South Portland Saturday.

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Deering’s Rob Dacey finds some running room during the Rams’ 27-14 win at South Portland Saturday.Super Six Polls

By Michael HofferOur latest Super-Six polls for football, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, field hockey and volleyball. These polls consider games played through Saturday, Sept. 26, and were first released on Twitter at Twitter.com/foresports Sunday. The poll includes our core coverage area (coastal Cumberland County from Cape Elizabeth to Freeport) and is based solely on my opinion.

Football1) Portland 2) Falmouth 3) Deering 4) Yarmouth 5) Cape Elizabeth 6) Scarborough

Boys’ soccer1) Scarborough 2) Yarmouth 3) Portland 4) Falmouth 5) Cheverus 6) Waynflete

Girls’ soccer1) Greely 2) Scarborough 3) Cape Elizabeth 4) Falmouth 5) Waynflete 6) Deering

Field hockey1) Yarmouth 2) Cheverus 3) Scarborough 4) Falmouth 5) NYA 6) Portland

Volleyball1) Greely 2) Yarmouth 3) Scarborough 4) Cape Elizabeth 5) Falmouth 6) S. Portland

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(Ed. Note: For the complete Wayn-flete-NYA and Waynflete-Yarmouth boys’ soccer and Cheverus-Marshwood field hockey game stories, with photos, see theforecaster.net)

Autumn is definitely upon us and the games are taking on greater importance.

Local squads remain very competitive in all sports and look to keep winning as the stretch runs nears.

Here’s a glimpse:Boys’ soccer

Waynflete’s boys soccer had a very eventful week last week, losing at rival North Yarmouth Academy, 2-0, then shocking visiting, undefeated, defending Class B champion Yarmouth, 2-1.

At NYA, Waynflete gave up a penalty kick goal early and another goal late in the contest. The Flyers had a 20-10 shots advantage and finished with seven corner

kicks to NYA’s four, but couldn’t convert. “At least we played with some intensity

in the second half,” said Waynflete coach Brandon Salway. “The first half, I’m not sure what it was. They took it to us. It was disappointing. We didn’t resemble what we’ve been in the past in the first half. Hopefully it’s lesson learned. We woke up and probably carried the second half, but it was too little, too late.”

Against Yarmouth, the Flyers struck early on a highlight reel goal from Jack Weston, who one-timed a feed from Tom-my Silk over the goalkeeper’s head and into the net for a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute.

“It got played up to Tommy and it was a nice pass from him to me up in space,” Weston said. “I just took a really nice swing at it. I wasn’t really thinking. It was just emotion. I was excited. It’s the biggest goal I’ve scored.”

With 32:59 left in regulation, Ilyas Abdi headed home Ahmed Mohamed’s cross and the lead was 2-0. Yarmouth got a goal back, but the Flyers held on for their first ever victory over the Clip-pers, 2-1.

“It’s a huge rebound for us,” said Waynflete goalkeeper Milo Belleau, who made eight saves. “We know we’re a talented team. We knew we could play with anyone. We knew they were used to playing on turf and we felt like we had a great chance playing at home.”

“For a regular season win, it’s as good as it gets,” said Salway. “It’s a compli-ment to Yarmouth. Who they are always and who they are this year, especially. We measure ourselves against those programs.”

Waynflete (sixth in the Class C South Heal Points standings at press time) was at Poland Tuesday, visits Kennebunk Friday and hosts Sacopee Valley Tuesday of next week.

Defending Class A champion Cheverus Stags settled for ties in their first two out-

ings, then won four straight, capped by a 5-0 win over visiting Windham. Brady Levesque scored twice and Luc Dionne, Mackenzie Hoglund and Andrei Vile had one apiece. The Stags then lost at home to Thornton Academy, 2-1, and downed host Biddeford (5-1) to improve to 5-1-2 and sixth in Class A South. Cheverus was at Scarborough for a regional final rematch Tuesday, hosts Bonny Eagle Thursday and visits Gorham Tuesday of next week.

Portland enjoyed a 4-0 win over vis-iting Massabesic last Monday, as Wade Faria, Diquilutilo Mambo, Erick Moli-na-Garcia and El-Shadai Ngandu had the goals. Thursday, the Bulldogs improved to 5-0-2 after a 1-0 win at Westbrook behind an “own goal” and a seventh suc-cessive shutout from senior goalkeeper Bobby Brittingham. Portland (third in Class A South) was home with South Portland Tuesday, has a showdown at Scarborough Thursday (see theforecaster.net for game story) and goes to Bonny Eagle Tuesday of next week.

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Cheverus’ Colleen Slattery plays the ball between two Marshwood defenders during the Stags’ 2-0 home loss last week.

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Deering has hit its stride after starting 0-2. Last Monday, the Rams downed visiting Bonny Eagle, 5-3, as Matthew Alvarez and Patrick Runezerwa had two goals apiece and Paolo DeMarco had the other. Thursday, the Rams dropped a tough 2-0 decision at Gorham. Saturday, Deering settled for a scoreless time at Westbrook. The Rams (3-3-1 and 11th in Class A South) were home with Wind-ham Tuesday, host Noble Thursday and go to Marshwood Tuesday of next week.

Girls’ soccerOn the girls’ side, Portland snapped its

three-game skid last Wednesday with a 4-2 win at Massabesic behind three goals from Chessa Hoekstra and another from Kate Johnson. The Bulldogs improved to 4-3 and 12th in the Class A South Heal Points standings Friday with a 6-1 home win over Westbrook. Johnson had three goals, Hoekstra added a pair and Morgan Kierstead finished with one. Portland goes to South Portland Wednesday and welcomes Scarborough Friday (see the-forecaster.net for game story).

Deering had its four-game unbeaten streak snapped last Monday with a 3-1 loss at Bonny Eagle. Ewka Varney had the lone goal. The Rams then got a huge 2-1 home win Friday over Gorham to improve to 4-2-1. Varney and Meghana Clere had the goals. Deering (seventh in the Heals) was at Noble Monday and plays at Windham Wednesday.

Cheverus lost at Windham (4-1), then shocked host Thornton Academy (1-0) last week. Emily Turner scored against the defending Class A champion Eagles. Mackenzie Johnston had the goal in the victory. The 3-3-1 Stags (who were eighth in Class A South at press time) welcome Scarborough Wednesday (see theforecaster.net for game story) and go to Bonny Eagle Friday.

McAuley dropped to 0-7 and 17th after a 4-0 home loss to Scarborough and a 5-3 setback at South Portland last week. Maddy Beaulieu scored twice against the Red Riots. The Lions seek their first win Wednesday when Massabesic pays a visit. McAuley hosts Windham Saturday.

In Class C South, Waynflete enjoyed a 7-0 home win over NYA last Tuesday. Ava Farrar scored four goals, while Amelia Bertaska, Arianna Giguere and Elizabeth Lualdi all tickled the twine once. The following day, the Flyers eked out a 2-1 victory at Lake Region, as Farrar scored early and Lydia Giguere delivered the game-winner with just un-der eight minutes to play. Friday, Wayn-flete extended its win streak to three and improved to 5-1 with a 5-0 victory at Old Orchard Beach. Arianna Giguere had three goals, while Lydia Giguere and Isabel Canning had one apiece. The Flyers (sixth in the region) hosted Poland Tuesday, welcome Old Orchard Beach Thursday and Kennebunk Friday and play at defending Class C champion Sacopee Valley in a playoff rematch Tuesday of next week.

Field hockeyCheverus’ field hockey team stayed

undefeated with a 3-0 win at Portland last Tuesday (Becca Archer scored twice and Hannah Abbott had the other goal), then finally met its match Thursday when it lost at home to nemesis Marshwood, 2-0. The Hawks, who eliminated the Stags from each of the past two postseasons,

grabbed a quick 1-0 lead and added a goal in the second half. Cheverus didn’t muster many chances and fell to 8-1.

“I’m disappointed in our effort, but that’s been our effort all week,” said Stags coach Amy Ashley. “I had a feel-ing coming in it wouldn’t be pretty. We came out flat. We were complacent.

They beat us to every ball. Marshwood played great and we couldn’t adjust. It was frustrating.”

The Stags (second to Scarborough in the Class A South Heal Points stand-ings at press time) went to Massabesic Monday, host Deering Wednesday, go to

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Hills fumbled the kickoff. The Bulldogs recovered and turned that into a 34-0 lead with 11:07 left in the third when Bachel-der hit Esposito with a 16-yard pass.

After Oxford Hills failed to move the ball on its next possession, the Bulldogs completed the scoring with 7:26 left in the third when Bachelder hit Nick Archambault on a 12-yard pass. The Vikings had a pair of longer drives in the second half. One ended on an intercep-

tion by Dylan Bolduc.“It’s kind of a trap game because we’re

in between Windham and Cheverus, two archrivals for us and two emotional games,” Hartman said. “Our kids were half in the Cheverus game. No offense to Oxford Hills. That’s just the way it is. And it was a real emotional win last week against Windham. So I was really pleased that we were able to come out and hold serve.”

The Bulldogs totalled 230 yards on the ground while the Vikings managed just 38. Chaison-Lapine rushed for 155 yards

on 15 carries and scored two touchdowns. Esposito scored three TDs and ran for 60 yards on 16 tries.

“That’s our focus,” Esposito said, of the ground game. “We know we can run the ball. We want that to be our strength and the pass can come second. I thought it was a nice balance with what we can do.”

Portland looks to stay undefeated Fri-day when it returns home, but the Bull-dogs will have to solve recent nemesis Cheverus. Last in, the Stags romped at home in the season opener, 41-3.

Back on trackCheverus was pummeled at Thornton

Academy in week two, 57-0, but got back on track with a 68-16 home over Lewiston and Saturday, welcomed Ed-ward Little.

Again, the Stags would have an easy time of it, grabbing a 30-0 lead at half-time en route to a decisive 44-7 win. Freshman Tre Fletcher had a pair of touchdown runs.

Cheverus is at Portland Friday.Sun Journal staff writer Kevin Mills

contributed to this story.Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at

[email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @foresports.

Footballfrom page 11

Gorham Friday, then visit Bonny Eagle Tuesday of next week.

“Massabesic’s good, another scrappy team,” Ashley said. “That’ll be a good test for us. Hopefully we can generate more desire and passion.”

Deering snapped its three-game losing streak last Monday, winning at Noble, 5-0. Thursday, the Rams improved to 4-5 with a 3-0 home victory over Gorham. Kaytlin DiBiase, Mia Thurston and Kerry Wells had the goals. Deering (ninth in the region) was at Marshwood Monday, visits Cheverus Wednesday and hosts Biddeford in a playoff rematch Saturday.

Portland followed up a 3-0 loss at Ch-everus with a 2-1 win at Windham Thurs-day to improve to 4-5. Lauren McIntyre and Taylor Sargent had the goals in the victory. The Bulldogs (10th in the Heals) visit Thornton Academy Wednesday. Af-ter hosting Westbrook Thursday, Portland hosts defending Class A champion Scar-borough Tuesday of next week.

In Class B South, the McAuley/Wayn-flete “CMW Flying Lions” co-op team

fell to 0-8 and 14th in the standings after recent losses to visiting Wells (1-0) and at Sacopee Valley (5-0) and Traip Acad-emy (4-0). CMW was at NYA Monday, hosts Old Orchard Beach Wednesday, goes to Greely Saturday, Wells Monday of next week and Old Orchard Beach the following day.

VolleyballDeering’s first-year volleyball team is

in the hunt for a playoff spot. Last week, the Rams lost in three sets (10-25, 10-25, 11-25) to visiting Thornton Academy, then lost, 3-0 (15-25, 23-25, 22-25), to Cheverus to fall to 3-4 and 13th in the Class A Heal Points standings (only 12 teams make the postseason). Deering was at Wells Tuesday, hosts Windham Thurs-day, welcomes Cheverus Saturday and plays at Portland Tuesday of next week.

Cheverus got its first victory of the season last Wednesday, holding on for a grueling five-set (25-20, 25-22, 24-26, 15-25, 15-11) home win over Bonny Eagle. Friday, the Stags improved to 2-6 (and 11th in Class A) after a 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-22) win over visit Deering. Cheverus is at Kennebunk Thursday and goes to Deering Saturday.

Portland lost at home to Wells in five sets (25-21, 21-25, 16-25, 25-22, 11-25) last Monday, then was blanked at South Portland Thursday (22-25, 18-25, 19-25) and fell, 3-0 (20-25, 7-25, 13-25), at Windham Saturday. The Bulldogs (1-6 and 16th in Class A) hosted South Port-land Tuesday, go to Bonny Eagle Thurs-day, welcome Wells Friday and play host to Deering Tuesday of next week.

Cross countryCheverus’ cross country team joined

Bonny Eagle and Biddeford at Noble. The boys came in third, but Josh Vero-neau was the top individual (17 minutes, 32 seconds). The girls didn’t score as a team. Rosie Train was fifth (22:05) and Ashley Turner came in sixth (22:15).

Deering ran with Marshwood and Scar-borough at Thornton Academy. The boys placed third, as Abdi Hassan was fifth as an individual (16:59). The girls were fourth, as Grace Tumavicus came in third individually (20:13).

McAuley was third at a four-team meet at Westbrook. Sonni Hackett finished 13th individually (24:53).

Portland joined Gorham and Sanford at South Portland. The boys were third

as Brad Ravenelle finished sixth in 15:33. The girls came in third. Raven Bradenday was seventh individually in 20:10.

Waynflete, along with Cape Elizabeth, Old Orchard Beach and Sacopee Valley, ran at York. The boys finished third. Wilson Moore was 11th individually in 18:23. The girls placed third behind Abby Pipkin’s ninth-place finish (21:27).

League races take a hiatus this week-end as teams will converge on Belfast for the Festival of Champions.

GolfCheverus’ golf team enjoyed a 9-4

win over defending Class A champion Scarborough last week, then was knocked from the unbeaten ranks by Falmouth, 9-4, falling to 7-1 on the year.

Deering lost to visiting Falmouth, 11-2, and to Portland, 9.5-3.5, to fall to 3-5.

Portland enjoyed an 11-2 home win over South Portland, then defeated Deer-ing, 9.5-3.5, to improve to 5-3.

Waynflete got a win last Tuesday, 4-3, at Freeport, then fell to 2-4-1 after a 6-1 home loss to Yarmouth, a 6-1 loss at York and a 7-0 setback at Cape Elizabeth.Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @foresports.

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as constipation. Constipation can occur when fiber intake is not enough, coupled with a more sedentary lifestyle. The best way to get fiber is through diet. Leave the skins on fruit and vegetables and choose whole fruits over juices. Whole-grain breads and cereals also are good sources of fiber. Dry beans and lentils can add a fiber boost. Always increase fiber slowly to determine your tolerance.

Fewer caloriesThe National Institute on Aging says

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day. With each passing year there is a de-crease in the energy required to maintain body weight, so caloric intake should be adjusted accordingly.

More waterAs a person ages, his or her body may

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The Westin Portland Harborview Hotel, next to Portland’s Congress Square Park, has hired Brian Andersen as executive chef. Most recently, Andersen was ex-ecutive chef at the four-star W Hotel in Boston, and also has served as chef de cuisine at the Westin Boston Waterfront. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s College of Culinary Arts.

The Council on International Edu-cational Exchange, headquartered in Portland, on Sept. 15 named Marithere-sa Frain as executive vice president of study abroad, overseeing CIEE’s global network of study centers and academic programs. She brings more than 20 years of experience in international education to the position, including more than 15 years with CIEE. Previously, she served with the U.S. Department of State and the International Monetary Fund, and was a visiting professor at Georgetown Univer-sity. She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in government and international relations from Georgetown, and a bache-lor’s degree from Penn State University.

Russ Donahue, of Freeport, has been named marketing director and commu-nications officer of Kennebec Savings Bank. Donahue served since since 2001 as marketing director for St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, and previous-ly was senior counsel for HDS Consult-ing, based in Freeport. He holds a bach-elor’s degree in political science from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a master’s degree in health care ad-ministration from New England College.

Elder Planning Advisors of Maine, of South Portland, recently hired Laurene Ryan as operations manager, overseeing the firm’s accounting, information sys-tems and regulatory compliance. Ryan previously served as office manager at Casco Bay Engineering in Portland.

Milestone Foundation, a Portland non-profit agency serving individuals with substance abuse problems, has hired Manuela Arundel as director of devel-opment. She brings to the role over 10

years of experience in social services, most recently at CASPAR, a nonprofit group in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She also served as director of development for the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals. Arundel holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Southern Maine and a master’s degree in creative writing from Louisiana State University.

Gregory M. Leighton, of Cumber-land, was recently elected treasurer of the New England Water Works Asso-ciation, the region’s largest and oldest nonprofit organization of water-works professionals. He previously served as assistant treasurer. Leighton is control-

ler for The Maine Water Co., where he has worked for 20 years. He is also finance manager for several Maine water districts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Southern Maine.

Recognition

Dr. Hector M. Tarraza, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at Maine Medical Center in Portland, was sched-uled to be honored for his work by The March of Dimes Maine Chapter at its Greater Portland Signature Chefs Auc-tion on Thursday, Oct. 1. Tarraza, whose clinical interests include gynecologic oncology and global health, is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He completed his medical train-ing at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The auction and gala were scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at DiMillo’s on the Water, 25 Long Wharf, Portland.

Two Portland companies, Flowfold and MaineWorks, were recently named among only 10 winners of the 2015 SCORE Foundation Awards, which recognize small businesses across the country that have “made the world a bet-ter place,” according to a press release. Flowfold, a manufacturer of innovative wallets, received the Outstanding Ameri-

can Manufacturer Small Business Award. MaineWorks, which provides temporary staffing for the construction industry, won the Outstanding Job-Creator Award. The two were nominated by the Portland chapter of SCORE, a nonprofit, volun-teer-driven group that provides mentoring and other help to aspiring entrepreneurs. The awards were presented during a Sept. 17 gala at the U.S. Chamber of Com-

merce in Washington, D.C.

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Greater PortlandFilm“Two: The Story of Roman and Nyro,” Friday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3-4, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, pmamovies.org.

Thursday 10/1“Casablanca,” 1 p.m., free, Free-port Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307, free-portlibrary.com.

Sunday 10/4“Finders Keepers,” 7:30 p.m., $8, students $6, SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, space538.org.

Monday 10/12“Dakota 38,” 7 p.m., free, Friends School of Portland, 11 U.S. Route 1, Cumberland, friendsschoolof-portland.org.

GalleriesDavid Caras, Kiki Gaffney and D.M. Witman, various works, on view to Oct. 31, Susan Maasch Fine Art, 4 City Center, Portland, susanmaaschfineart.com.

“Limits and Fields,” works by Clint Fulkerson, on view to Oct. 24, Stonewall Gallery, Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, yarmouthmehistory.org.

Maine College of Art Fall Art Sale, Thursday to Saturday, Oct. 8-10, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, 522

Congress St., Portland, meca.edu.

Manasse Shingiro, pastel and pencil portraits, on view Oct. 1-25, Cia Cafe, 72 Ocean St., South Port-land, 747-4414, ciacafe.com.

“The Best of Maine Contemporary Art,” works by local and nationally prominent artists, on view to Oct.

12, Thos. Moser Showroom, 149 Main St., Freeport, 865-4519.

“Things That Can Occur,” paint-ings by Kate Sanders-Fleming, on view to Nov. 4, Daunis Fine Hand-made Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011, daunis.com.

“Welcoming the Stranger,”

community-based, multimedia in-stallation, on view to Oct. 26, Maine Jewish Museum, 267 Congress St., Portland, 773-2339, mainejew-ishmuseum.org.

“Wilder Shores: Untamed Art at Its Best,” “outside” works by mem-bers of YES Art Works, on view to Oct. 31, MaineHealth, 110 Free St., Portland.

Thursday 10/1“Portraits of Portland,” paintings by Thomas Connolly, opening re-ception 5-7 p.m., free, on view to Oct. 31, Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693, greenhutgalleries.com.

Friday 10/2Leah Lopez, paintings, opening reception 5-8 p.m., free, on view to Oct. 31, Roux & Cyr International Fine Art Gallery, 48 Free St., Port-land, 576-7787, rouxandcyrgallery.com.

“Tracks,” paintings by Kelly Mc-Connell, opening reception 5-8 p.m., free, on view to Oct. 30, 3fish Gallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.

Sunday 10/11“Barns and Back Roads,” pho-tographs by Alan Vlach and Al Wachlin Jr., closing talk with art-ists, 3 p.m., free, PhoPa Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, 517-0200.

Museums“Baskets From the Dawnland: Weaving the Past and Future,” to Nov. 28, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822, mainehistory.org.

“Cobblers to Capitalists: Two Cen-turies of Freeport Shoemaking,” to January 2016, Freeport Historical Society, Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport, 865-3170, freeport-historicalsociety.org.

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

“The Way We Wear: Fashion & In-dustry in the 19th Century,” to Oct. 31, Victoria Mansion, 109 Danforth

St., Portland, 772-4841, victoria-mansion.org.

OngoingChildren’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, educational, fun and active workshops for kids and parents, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234, kitetails.com.

Cushing’s Point Museum, local and American history exhibits, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, free/donations accepted, 55 Bug Light Park, South Portland, 767-7299, sphistory.org.

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, by appointment, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island, 766-3330, fifth-mainemuseum.org.

Freeport Historical Society, Har-rington House, Tuesday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 45 Main St., Freeport, 865-3170, freeporthis-toricalsociety.org.

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

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

Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 780-0118, maineirish.com.

Maine Jewish Museum, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Friday, or by appointment, 267 Congress St., Portland, 773-2339, mainejew-ishmuseum.org.

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad and Museum, trains on the hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., 58 Fore St., Portland, 828-0814, adults $10, se-niors $9, children $6, price includes admission to museum.

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

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

Portland Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; free on first Fridays 5-9 p.m., 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org.

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

Skyline Farm Carriage and Sleigh Museum, by appointment, free/donations accepted, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, skylinefarm.org, 829-9203 .

Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, Southern Maine Community Col-lege, Fort Road, South Portland, 799-6337, springpointlight.org.

Victoria Mansion, daily, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mondays, 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., $15, 109 Danforth St., Portland, 772-4841, victoriaman-sion.org.

Yarmouth History Center, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, 846-6259, yarmouth-mehistory.org.

MusicSaturday 10/3Warren Haynes, 7:30 p.m., $35, State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Portland, 956-6000, statethe-atreportland.com.

Monday 10/5Decompression Chamber Mu-

sic, 6 p.m., $15, One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757, onelongfellowsquare.com.

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

Theater/Dance“Fiddler on the Roof,” to Oct. 11, various times, $20, seniors $18, students $15, Portland Players, 420 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-7337, portlandplayers.org.

“Lysistrata,” to Oct. 11, various times, $20, seniors and students $17, Mad Horse Theatre Co., 24 Mosher St., South Portland, 747-4148, madhorse.com.

Mid-CoastBooks/AuthorsTuesday 10/6Clea Simon, author’s discussion, part of Mystery Author Series, 7 p.m., free, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-5242, curtislibrary.com.

Galleries“Artful Wearables,” handwoven and felted works by various artists, on view to Oct. 31, Markings Gal-lery, 50 Front St., Bath, 443-1499.

Group Show, works by nine artists, on view to Oct. 31, Little Pond Gallery, 23 Shoreline Drive, Orr’s Island, 833-3210.

Saturday 10/3Pastel Painters of Maine, annu-al exhibit, opening reception 4-6 p.m., free, on view to Nov. 28, Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455, chocolatechurcharts.org.

Museums“Cold War in a Cold Climate,” ex-hibit in honor of Harold Grundy, on view to January 2016, Peary-Mac-Millan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, 725-3416, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum.

“Making the Best of It,” photo-graphs and other works, on view to Nov. 1, Maine Maritime Mu-seum, 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316, mainemaritimemuse-um.org.

“Night Vision: Nocturnes in Amer-ican Art, 1860-1960,” on view to Oct. 18, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 245 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-3275, bowdoin.edu/art-mu-seum.

Saturday 10/3Vintage Baseball Game, with Dirigo Vintage Base Ball Team, sponsored by Pejepscot Historical Society, 1 p.m., $5/registration re-quired, Bowdoin College, Pickard Field, Brunswick, 729-6606, pejep-scothistorical.org.

Friday 10/2Patty Larkin, 7:30 p.m., $22, Choc-olate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455, chocolatechurcharts.org.

Theater/Dance“Scorched,” presented by The Theater Project, Sept. 25 to Oct. 11, various times, $18, 14 School St., Brunswick, 729-8584, theater-project.com.

PhoPa Gallery wraps up “Barns and Back Roads,” an exhibition of photographs by Alan Vlach and Al Wachlin Jr., with a closing talk by both artists on Sunday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. The show, including Wachlin’s image of “State Road, Castle Hill,” opened Sept. 2. The gallery says the exhibit depicts “physical reminders of fading traditions and changing industries,” ranging from aging potato barns in Aroostook County to dilapidated storefronts in the Deep South. PhoPa is at 132 Washington Ave., Portland.

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Falling for a trio of great musicalsBy Scott Andrews

As the weather cools down, southern Maine’s arts and entertainment schedule is heating up. As of early October, many of the region’s theater companies have started their 2015-2016 seasons, and a trio of great musicals opened this past weekend.

Most intriguing is “No Biz Like Show Biz,” an original musical revue that showcases Broadway’s golden age and the pair of actresses who epitomized that wonderful period: Mary Martin and Ethel Merman. Catch “No Biz” at Portland’s Good Theater.

Portland Players opened a good com-munity production of “Fiddler on the Roof,” one of the classic musicals of Broadway’s golden age. “Fiddler” is happening in South Portland.

Ogunquit Playhouse is wrapping up its 2015 season with “Saturday Night Fever,” a red-hot Broadway adaptation of the 1978 hit film that features disco music by the Bee Gees.

‘No Biz Like Show Biz’What do the following have in com-

mon: Sally Adams, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Ensign Nellie Forbush, Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerry Herman, Tom Jones, Dolly Levi, Frank Loesser, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Ogden Nash, Annie Oakley, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Mama Rose, Harvey Schmidt, Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, Reno Sweeney, Maria von Trapp, Kurt Weill and Dolly Winslow?

The answer is that they’re all present in one form or another in “No Biz Like Show Biz,” a new musical revue that opens the 2015-2016 season at Good Theater. The list above includes characters, actresses, composers and lyricists for some of the most popular Broadway shows in the pe-riod between the 1930s and 1960s.

Created by Good Theater co-founder and artistic director Brian Allen, “No Biz” recalls those golden years of Broad-way through an interesting lens. All songs in “No Biz” were performed by one (occasionally both) of the reigning doyennes of American musical theater: Mary Martin and Ethel Merman.

In effect, it’s an all-star, best-of-the-best format. For example, “My Favorite Things” was sung by the character Maria von Trapp (“The Sound of Music”) with music by Rodgers and lyric by Hammerstein. Or “I Put My Hand in Here” was sung by Dolly Levi (“Hello Dolly!”) by Jerry Herman.

Allen has collected about 40 songs from about 30 different shows. They’re sung by a trio of local professional ac-tresses: Marie Dittmer, Lynne McGhee and Jen Means. Victoria Stubbs, the longtime Good Theater music director, created numerous unique and intriguing musical arrangements, rather than try-ing to recreate specific performances. Perhaps her best effort is the medley of songs of Ensign Nellie Forbush (“South Pacific”) by Rodgers and Hammersein.

Like Allen, I’m a huge fan of classical

Broadway musicals, and I thoroughly en-joyed “No Biz.” The three actresses have fine voices and stage presences, and the songs of course represent the apex of the Broadway canon.

Good Theater presents “No Biz Like Show Biz” at the St. Lawrence Arts Cen-ter, 76 Congress St. (top of Munjoy Hill) in Portland, through Oct. 11 with 7 p.m. performances Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call 885-5883.

‘Fiddler on the Roof’In the best-of-the-best category, “Fid-

dler on the Roof,” the 1964 classic Broadway musical ranks among that elite handful of shows that excel in so many different facets. With book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, “Fiddler on the Roof” has stood the test of time and remains one of the most frequently produced musicals. The original production won 10 Tony Awards and was for years the lon-gest-running show in Broadway history. “Fiddler on the Roof” has been revived four times on Broadway; a fifth revival is

slated for this December.To open its 2015-2016 season, Portland

Players is running a large and generally good community production of this clas-sic, directed by Michael Donovan and Donna Emma.

The plot follows a devout Jewish family in a village in czarist Russia in 1905. As persecution against Jews builds in the years prior to the Russian Revolution, Tevye, a poor dairyman with his wife and five daughters must contend with the changes and challenges that confront his family.

The large cast of 34 is led by Mark Dils, playing the poor dairyman, one of the most celebrated characters ever created for the American stage. Dils is outstanding in this larger-than-life role and he carries the show.

Portland Players, 420 Cottage Rd. in South Portland, presents “Fiddler on the Roof” through Oct. 11 with 7:30 p.m. performances Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Call 799-7337.

‘Saturday Night Fever’Ogunquit Playhouse is wrapping up its

long 2015 season with a recent Broadway musical that exemplifies two trends in contemporary theater. First, most new musicals are stage adaptations of popular films. Second, a high percentage of new shows are jukebox musicals.

“Saturday Night Fever” epitomizes both trends. It is a stage version of the 1978 film of the same name that starred John Travolta. The score is a compilation of songs written and/or performed by the Bee Gees, a British-Australian pop trio comprising brothers Andy, Barry and Robin Gibb. (Bee Gees is shorthand for “Brothers Gibb.”)

The plot concerns Tony Manero, a 19-year-old from Brooklyn, New York, who works in a dead-end job and hangs around with four dead-end pals. But on Saturday nights, Tony’s life totally trans-forms at the local disco, where he is king of the dance floor. Considered a shoo-in for a $500 prize offered in a disco con-test, Tony needs to choose between a pair of possible dance partners, and a classic romantic triangle results.

Luke Hamilton is mesmerizing as Tony, boasting a fine voice and exceptional dance moves. I also liked his two support-ing actresses: Haley Hannah as an aggres-sive wannabe girlfriend and Jenny Flor-kowski as his hard-to-get love interest.

Keith Andrews skilfully manages a very large and outstanding cast of 24 professional actors, who sing and dance through 18 classic Bee Gees songs such as “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “More Than a Woman” and “What Kind of Fool.”

I was also impressed by the large, flexible and aesthetically agile set, designed by Adam Koch. It’s an inter-esting amalgam of chain-link fence, corrugated steel and disco mirror balls that undergoes frequent transforma-tions between scenes. Lighting design, by Richard Latta, is another high point in the technical department.

Ogunquit Playhouse, a mile south of the village on Route 1, presents “Satur-day Night Fever” through Oct. 25. Call 646-5511 or visit ogunquitplayhouse.org for the performance schedule.

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From left, Lynne McGhee, Marie Dittmer and Jen Means will perform dozens of classic Broadway songs in “No Biz Like Show Biz,” a new musical revue opening the 2015-2016 season at Good Theater.

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Greater PortlandBenefitsSaturday 10/3Bake/Craft Sale, to support HART Cat Shelter of Cumberland, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Walmart, 500 Gallery Blvd., Scarborough.

Bulletin BoardSaturday 10/3“Holy Yard Sale!” 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-4014.

Tuesday 10/13Casco Bay Newcomers Club, for people new to the area and inter-

ested in knowing others, 5:30 p.m., free, The Muddy Rudder, 1335 U.S. Route 1, Yarmouth, 747-5220.

Call for VolunteersBlood Drives, sponsored by American Red Cross and local civ-ic groups, seeking volunteers to donate blood, Thursday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Southern Maine

Community College, 2 Fort Road, South Portland; Thursday, Oct. 1, 1-6 p.m., First Parish Congre-gational Church, 116 Main St., Yarmouth; Friday, Oct. 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Casco Bay YMCA, 14 Old South Freeport Road, Freeport; Monday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Maine Medical Center, 22 Bram-hall St., Portland; and Wednesday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Verrill Dana, 1 Portland Square, Portland, 800-RED-CROSS, redcrossblood.org.

OngoingActionBasedCare.org needs volunteers to expand the organization. ABC believes in em-powerment through sailing and action-based activities to relieve depression. Check the website or call 831-4151.

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

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

American Red Cross needs volun-teers in the disaster services, health and safety and administration departments. 874-1192 ext. 115.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HART, Homeless Animal Rescue Team, a no-kill cat shelter in Cum-berland, is looking for volunteers who love cats to help in the shelter, three to four hours in the morning, one or two days a week. Also seek-ing cleaning supplies and canned cat food. 302 Range Road, Cumber-land. 829-4116 or 846-3038.

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

Literacy Volunteers of Greater Portland needs volunteers for stu-dent-centered tutoring, education for non-literate adults and English-as-a-second-language instruction. 780-1352.

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

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

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

Refugee and Immigration Services, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for volunteers to assist refugees in transitioning to the U.S., two-20 hours, [email protected].

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

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

University of Maine Coopera-tive Extension seeks volunteers

to serve on executive committee, request information packet at 781-6099, 800-287-1471, [email protected].

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

Dining OutFriday 10/2First Friday Lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., menu prices, North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth, 829-3644.

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

Saturday 10/3Baked Bean Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., adults $10, children $4, Casco Ma-sonic Lodge No. 36, 20 Mill St, Yarmouth.

Heirloom Supper, 4:30-6 p.m., adults $8, children $5, families $20, Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, 883-5344.

Roast Beef Supper, 4:30-6:30 p.m., adults $10, children $5, Scar-borough Lions Club, 273 Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-9309.

Wednesday 10/7Public Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., $7, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 832, 50 Peary Terrace, South Port-land, 767-2575.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Baker said he came to dispel myths about the effects of increased wages on the economy.

“It will not create unemployment, it will stimulate the economy and increase demand,” he said.

Lydick was not convinced, although he said he already pays staff as much as $10 per hour. He estimated about 30 percent of his staff qualifies as full time by the standards of the Affordable Care Act, meaning they work 30 hours per week or more.

“There would have to be decisions on how many employees we can maintain,” he said.

Bates and Baker said it is necessary to include franchise owners with those re-quired to increase wages to $15 per hour first because of the corporate structure of the larger companies.

“The money is there, it is just how it is distributed,” Baker said.

If passed, the city would join Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco in en-acting the $15 wage. The Portland City Council has already approved a minimum wage increase to $10.10 per hour effec-tive Jan. 1, 2016, with the wage increas-ing to $10.68 on Jan. 1, 2017. Increases beyond that will be tied to the Consumer Price Index, and the new minimum wage

will also include municipal workers.As Portlanders for a Living Wage

kicked off its campaign, Too Far, Too Fast, a group opposing the referendum, announced itself Monday as well. Chris Hall, CEO of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce, cited increases to the minimum wage as a reason not to enact the higher wage.

“Pushing the market immediately to $15 minimum wage makes Portland an outlier, and threatens small businesses’ viability to pay their workers and non-profits to fulfill their mission of helping the neediest of Portland,” Hall said.

The groups supporting and opposing the referendum had not filed with the City Clerk’s office to become political

action groups as of Monday.If passed, the living wage ordinance

cannot be amended for five years by terms of the city charter, although Bates said he would like it to include municipal work-ers. The charter also prohibits citizen ini-tiatives from including municipal workers.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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George Lydick, owner of the McDonald’s on St. John Street, said Monday the $15 “living” wage on the Nov. 3 ballot would affect his prices and possibly his staffing levels.Left: Mako Bates, center, kicks off the campaign to pass a $15 per hour “living” wage in Portland on Monday outside the McDonald’s at 332 St. John St. Bates helped write the ordinance on the Nov. 3 ballot.


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The 75 or so members of the Marr fam-ily will join nearly 3,500 other runners

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The 24th annual Maine Marathon begins and ends at Baxter Boulevard, between Forest Avenue and Preble Street. All races start at 7:45 a.m. In addition to the 26.2-mile marathon, there is also a half marathon and marathon relay. An early 6 a.m. start is available for those walking the marathon who expect to

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A number of roads will be closed to traffic during the race. In Portland, Baxter Boulevard between Forest Avenue and Preble Street will be closed from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. In Falmouth, Depot Road from Route 1 to Route 88 will be closed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Route 88 from Depot Road to north of Depot Road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Johnson

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well as their family members.The documentary looks at veterans

suffering grief and trauma and spans multiple decades, from World War II to modern day conflicts.

Christensen, who lives in Burbank, California, said he hopes the message people take from the film is that recover-ing from trauma is a process.

“I want people to take away hope from

the film and relate it their own traumas,” Christensen said.

He said military trauma is an acute ex-ample of trauma, and it is a good analogy that people who are suffering from their own trauma can relate to.

Pam Payeur, founder and executive director of the veteran’s group Wounded Heroes Program of Maine, said she first met Christensen in July 2012, when he came to Maine to announce his film and attend a fundraising event for her pro-gram. Payeur and her son, Michael, an

Iraq War veteran who served two combat tours and survived 11 improvised explo-sive device blasts, are both featured in the documentary.

“It’s such an important film to open the window to a world most people don’t understand or think doesn’t affect them, but most certainly does,” Payeur said.

Payeur said she hopes the documentary helps open the audience’s eyes to what wounded soldiers returning from war face in their transition home. She said it is a choice to serve in the military, and that

those who don’t serve are in a position to make the transition easier.

“People (need to) understand we all have role to play in thanking them for what they’ve done and the sacrifices they have made and their families have made,” she said.

Doors to the free screening will open to the public at 7 p.m.

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The Mattozzis estimate it will cost $20,000 to conserve the 22-inch-by-26-inch painting and frame of Fessenden, who also served in the state Legislature and as secretary of the treasury under Abraham Lincoln.

The estimated cost to conserve the 32-inch-by-40-inch portrait of Baxter is more than $12,000. The Mattozzis intend to conserve the paintings, and others,

without using taxpayer money.“It is not as glamorous as the art you

see in the museums, but if it is gone, it is gone forever,” Domenico said.

The Mattozzis are careful to stress they and their staff of about six people conserve, not preserve, art. This means repairs can be made to the canvas, the accumulations of varnish and dust can be removed, and cracks filled in through painstaking processes.

“You basically try to stop the decay the best you can,” Domenico said. “Ev-

erything that is done has to be reversible. In restoration, you can do more damage because you apply things that are not supposed to.”

The couple also work with private collectors and contemporary artists to conserve and suggest ways to ensure paintings will remain in good condition, following guidelines set down by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

The first step is an assessment of the painting and damage done to it, followed by a treatment proposal and then the esti-mate to do the work.

Fessenden and Baxter had seen bet-ter days on canvas when the Mattozzis brought them to the studio two years ago. Most of Fessenden’s face had faded and the Baxter canvas was in shreds.

Conservation work can entail covering a painting with thin layers of Japanese paper while the backing is placed on Belgian linen. Varnish and dust removal is done in small brushstrokes, and paint is used only to fill in cracks and other dam-age, not to enhance the painting overall. The painting may also be stretched again.

“We use colors that can be removed,” Bonnie said.

The Mattozzis draw from colleges and art schools both near and far for staff and interns, including University of Southern Maine student and Scarborough High School graduate Aileen Andrews, Maine College of Art graduate Melisande Lo-pez, and Latvian native Katrina Jacques.

Andrews was dabbing lightly at a landscape Monday, adding color with a fine brush.

“It is slow work, but it is extremely rewarding,” she said.

Baxter and Fessenden are now more vibrant, with mostly fill-in painting left in the process, but not quite ready for public display. The progress and process has pleased the Mattozzis.

“These are people who made Portland, Maine, and the country what it is today,” Bonnie said.David Harry can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 110 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

DavidHarry8.

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Right: A section of the city-owned portrait of Sen. William Pitt Fessenden before

conservation work began at MEAC.

The conserved portrait of Gov. Percival Baxter seen Monday at MEAC. The cracks will be filled by small brush strokes of paint.


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