The Forecaster, Mid-Coast edition, May 18, 2012

May 18, 2012 News of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Harpswell Vol. 8, No. 20

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Fund balance could ease Brunswick tax biteBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

BRUNSWICK — A $54.8 million town budget that would result in a 6.2 percent increase in property taxes was discussed by the Town Council during a budget workshop Monday.

Councilors reviewed plans to dip into the town’s $8.5 million undesignated fund balance for $1 million to mitigate the impact on taxpayers.

Town Manager Gary Brown said that decision would set back efforts to get the fund bal-ance to its target of nearly 17 percent of the total municipal budget, or about $9 million.

“We were very close to achieving the target at the end

RSU 1 approves budget; Bath council urges new cost-sharing formulaBy Alex Lear

BATH — The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Direc-tors unanimously approved a $26 million budget Tuesday for fiscal 2013.

The spending plan will go to two district-wide votes next

By Matt Hongoltz-HetlingBRUNSWICK — The

tracks are laid. The plans are complete. And, as of Mon-day, the train platforms at Brunswick and Freeport are officially ready for Amtrak’s Downeaster, which will be-gin making regularly sched-uled trips in November.

Hundreds of people gathered in both towns to welcome the arrival of an Amtrak train, see a ribbon-

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Brunswick, Freeport train platforms debut for Amtrak Downeaster

PAul CuNNiNghAM / FOR ThE FORECASTERFederal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo addresses the crowd at

Freeport’s new passenger rail platform on Monday.

MATT hONgOlTz-hETliNg / ThE FORECASTERThe Amtrak Downeaster pulls into the newly opened Brunswick train platform on Monday. Regular service will

begin in November.

month.The board postponed a vote

a week ago to allow adminis-trators to find reductions that would mitigate impacts on RSU 1’s five communities. Nearly $109,000 in potential savings, including $78,000 from not re-

placing a retired social studies teacher at Morse High School, was presented Tuesday to the board.

The board agreed with all the cuts.

The district, which funds tuition for pre-kindergarten

students, had proposed reduc-ing the number of slots it offers from 71 to 53. But after hearing strong community support for that program and concern over the cuts, the board decided to use about $58,000 from the sav-ings to reinstate the slots in next

year’s spending plan.The board also used $5,000 of

the savings to reinstate a popular soccer program at Woolwich Central School.

The more than $45,000 sav-

of last year’s fiscal year,” Brown said. “With the utilization of some fund balance in the pro-posed budget, we will probably slip a little bit below where we expected to have been.”

Some councilors questioned the target, which was adopted by the council in October 2010.

“That’s like ‘super-best prac-tice,’ what we’re doing,” Chair-woman Joanne King said. “I’m thinking ... what’s the accepted practice? People do say that’s their tax money and they want it used. They don’t want it sitting around.”

Brown said that, while there

Town Meetingapproves $8.1MTopsham budgetBy Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — Voters ap-proved next year's $8.1 million municipal budget at Town Meet-ing Wednesday evening.

The 50-minute meeting, held at Mt. Ararat High School, drew 251 registered voters and ended with a round of applause.

The fiscal 2013 spending plan is up slightly more than 1.8 percent from the current year. Town Manager Cornell Knight attributed the increase to the town funding new debt for a Fire Department ladder truck and a Public Works Department

plow truck, and to its funding of nighttime rescue coverage.

With potential school and county assessments included, Topsham's tax rate is due to in-crease from the current $16.15 per $1,000 of property valuation to $16.22. This increase would add $21 to the yearly tax bill of a home worth $300,000.

Overall expenses will fall from $18.6 million to $18.5 mil-lion, but a drop in revenues from $3.6 million to $3.46 million has

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Early arrival of soft-shell lobsters perplexes industryBy Mario Moretto

SCARBOROUGH — The early arrival of soft-shell lobsters along the southern Maine coast has industry insiders scratch-ing their heads about what the unusual spring landings mean for the rest of the season.

At Pine Point, third-generation Scarborough lobsterman Dennis Violette pulled two big crates full of lobster from his early season catch and picked one out; its shell folded like paper under his hand.

“Today we got probably 60, 65 percent soft-shells,” Violette said. “That’s not the norm.”

Soft-shells, or “shedders,” have been landing on southern Maine docks for about a month. They don’t normally show up in force until sometime in mid-June or early July, said Tim Staples, manager of the Pine Point Fisherman’s Co-Op. He said some harvesters are bringing in nothing but soft-shells.

Part of the fleet of fishing boats moored at Pine Point in Scarborough, top. Lobstermen there and across southern Maine report an earlier shed in the lobster population than they’ve

ever seen, but are unsure what that means for the rest of the season. Soft-shelled lobster, in the back of Scarborough lobsterman Dennis Violette’s truck, above, are showing up in

harvesters’ traps earlier this year than ever, according to many industry insiders.

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Lobsters grow by casting off their exo-skeletons and replacing them with newer, bigger ones. After shedding, the lobster doesn’t quite fill out its new body, like a child wearing hand-me-downs that are a little too big. It takes time for the lobster to fill out and for its shell to harden.

Soft-shell lobsters have less meat per pound and don’t ship well because of their delicate exteriors. Lobstermen get a lower price from wholesalers, who in turn charge consumers less for soft- or new-shelled lobsters than for ones with sturdy hard shells.

Violette and other lobster industry in-siders – wholesalers, retailers, researchers and policy experts – say they’ve never seen such an early shed, and are unsure what it could mean for the rest of the season.

“We’re dealing with something that’s never happened in the historical memory of the lobster industry, with the soft-shells coming this early,” said Matt McAleney, general manager of New Meadows Lobster, a Portland wholesaler.

McAleney said it’s not as simple an equation as “more shedders caught now means fewer hard-shells caught later.” There are a lot of variables, he said, and

no one can predict what such an early shed means because it’s unprecedented.

“There’s so many different factors,” he said. “Have there been more soft-shells than we’ve seen in recent memory? Ab-solutely. Do we know what that means in

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Lawmakers resolve personal dispute out of courtBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

BRUNSWICK — Two state lawmak-ers-turned-lovers, Reps. Alex Cornell du Houx and Erin Herbig, have reached a private agreement to settle their legal differences.

Both legislators declined to discuss the details of the pact, which was reached late on May 11.

On Monday, May 14, Herbig, a Belfast Democrat, withdrew a request in Belfast District Court for an order of protection from abuse against Cornell du Houx,

After budget increase, Bath taxes could rise 5%By Alex Lear

BATH — The proposed fiscal 2013 municipal budget could increase about $633,000 to nearly $14.1 million, Fi-nance Director Juli Millett said Tuesday.

A public hearing on the budget will be held at the City Hall auditorium at 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 23. The City Council is expected to vote on the budget June 6.

Taxes on the municipal side could increase nearly 2 percent, or about $323,000, to reach $7.1 million. The increase would add about 34 cents to the tax rate, raising it to $17.54 per $1,000 of property tax valuation.

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who announced he had requested a leave of absence for the last few days of the legislative session.

“Last week, before we came to an agreement, I informed leadership that I will be taking an excused absence for the next few days,” the Brunswick Democrat said.

Herbig and Cornell du Houx were involved in a romantic relationship, but when the relationship went sour, Herbig claimed Cornell du Houx stalked her and invaded her privacy in various ways, de-

spite repeated warnings from legislative leadership and Herbig’s attorney, Chris MacLean.

Maine State Police opened an inves-tigation into her allegations, but they closed the case on May 11.

“It’s over,” spokesman Stephen Mc-Causland of the Maine Bureau of Public Safety said. “There will be no enforce-ment action.”

Herbig and Cornell du Houx have each said they intend to seek re-election this year.

“I’ve dedicated myself to the people of Brunswick as a lawmaker and to my country as an officer in the Navy,” Cor-nell du Houx said. “I am looking forward to continuing to serve in the Legislature and running for office.”

Cornell du Houx recently ended a three-year stint at the Truman National Security Project in Washington, D.C., where he said he traveled the country to recruit and train future leaders, elected officials, their staff, nonprofits, and oth-ers involved in national security issues and climate change.

Cornell du Houx said he voluntarily left the Truman project.

“I left the Truman National Security Project to focus on my re-election ef-forts,” he said.

Cornell du Houx made his first pub-lic appearance in Brunswick after the controversy, when he attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the town’s

rate from school and county costs – 2.67 percent and 0.52 percent, respectively – Bath could see a total tax hike of 5.16 percent.

Millett attributed Bath’s municipal tax increase to rising costs of health insur-ance and fuel, a $45,000 state decrease in municipal revenue sharing, and a 3.4 percent increase in salaries for union and non-union municipal employees that had been deferred last year.

The proposed budget does not include any major cuts in services or programs, Millett said.

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

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Action on Mitchell Field, closed school among goals in HarpswellBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

HARPSWELL — Decisions involving Mitchell Field and the West Harpswell School top a list of goals the Board of Selectmen set for itself for the upcom-ing year.

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Harpswell board approves 2% pay hike, to consider merit payBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

HARPSWELL — Town employees will receive a 2 percent wage increase after a unanimous vote of the Board of Selectmen on May 10.

The board will also consider giving merit-based increases in future years.

Town Administrator Kristi Eiane recom-mended the 2 percent hike after a series of meetings with department heads.

“In all cases, the performance was deemed satisfactory,” Eiane said.

The increase is in line with recent years; Eiane said that employees received 2 per-cent raises in 2010 and 2011.

In all, the increases will add $18,000 to the town’s gross payroll, which is approxi-mately $800,000.

One exception to the across-the-board increase was made to the per diem rate for the animal control officer, a position currently held by George Lee Johnson. The ACO pay will increase from $35.87 to $40.80 a day, a 13.7 percent increase.

Eiane said the increase was justified based on the position’s lack of benefits.

“This person is basically available around the clock, 24/7,” she said. “We felt that there are no benefits to this; there’s no accrued vacation or sick time, and we felt that this seemed to be reasonable compensation.”

An alternate ACO, who fills in when the ACO is unavailable, will see a similar percentage increase, from $26.01 to $29.65 per day. Eiane said that the disparity in pay between the two positions was due to the length of time served in the office.

The video filming position for the town also received a disproportionate bump of 12 percent. Board members pointed out that, while that sounds high, the actual increase is from $10.71 per hour to $12 per hour.

“Percentage-wise, it’s enormous,” Chair-woman Elinor Multer said. “Dollars and cents, not so great.”

Multer floated the idea of creating a fund to pay for merit increases next year. She suggested that it could be used to reward

four or five exceptional employees.“I would like us to think about the pos-

sibility of setting aside a relatively small sum of additional money that could be distributed as merit pay, but it would have to have criterion and so on,” she said.

Multer said that the town would have to explore the idea carefully in order to prevent a culture of expectation to emerge.

“I am only interested in this if there is an understanding that it’s for really exceptional performance, that it is the exception and not the rule,” she said. “When it becomes the routine, and everybody expects to get merit pay, then it becomes a raise and a raise is something different to me. ... It’s something that interests me if we can keep a lid on it.”

Selectman Jim Henderson said the idea is worthy of consideration. “I think the tricky part would be making the criteria very clear,” he said.

Multer said that reallocating existing pay increases to fund a pay increase would be undesirable.

“I don’t want to be in the position of giv-ing to one that you’re therefore taking away from another,” she said.

Eiane noted that, for the first time, Dep-uty Town Administrator Terri-Lynn Sawyer had participated in meetings with Eiane and department heads to review performance evaluations.

In each case, said Eiane, she asked for feedback from department heads on how the administrative staff could help to im-prove performance within the departments.

“One of the things that we really wanted to accomplish this year,” she said, “was to ask the department heads, what were the things that the administrative staff could do to help them achieve success?”

Eiane’s own performance has not yet been reviewed by the board, and so was not affected by the board’s vote. She said that she has gathered sample evaluation forms from other towns so that the board can bet-ter determine what criteria it would like to use for that purpose.

to know that these are things you want to accomplish in the coming year, so we find it helpful,” Town Administrator Kristi Eiane said.

The board unanimously approved the goals and objectives on May 10. It was the first time in several years members have set formal goals, according to Eiane.

At Mitchell Field, the board hopes to reach a firm agreement on a lease for the Marine Business District by the year’s end.

It will also decide how to proceed with various infrastructure issues, including the disposition of a crumbling pier, the potential construction of a boat launch, and dealing with utility services.

The board indicated an interest in tak-

Bath to plant ‘Witness Tree’ saplings

BATH — The city will celebrate Arbor Week by planting two Lincoln honey locust trees that are direct descendants of the “Witness Tree” under which President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863.

One sapling will be planted on the lawn of the historic Customs House on Front Street during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 21. The tree will be dedicated to Edward D. True II, chairman of the board of the Customs House from 1978 until his 2007 death.

The second tree will be planted at City Park on Washington Street following the Customs House ceremony.

Both 15-foot saplings were cloned from root cuttings of the original Gettys-

burg tree, which fell in 2008. They will be placed on the same sites as two earlier trees planted in memory of Lincoln after his 1865 assassination.

Brunswick-Topsham bridge detour planned

TOPSHAM — A routine safety inspec-tion on a bridge connecting Brunswick and Topsham is expected to detour traffic next week.

The Frank J. Wood Bridge inspection is scheduled 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Mon-day, May 21, to Wednesday, May 23, the Maine Department of Transportation announced.

Northbound vehicles on Routes 201 and 24 will be detoured to Route 1, east to Route 196. Southbound motorists will be permitted on the bridge, and both lanes will be reopened after 8 p.m.

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Maine rural post offices face dramatic service reductionBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

PORTLAND — Instead of closing 34 rural post offices in Maine, the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to re-duce the hours of 244 rural post offices across the state.

Post offices now open for retail busi-ness eight hours per day will see their hours reduced to four or six per day. Some will be open for just two hours a day.

USPS officials said the trade-off rep-resents the will of rural Americans, who indicated in a nationwide survey that they preferred the reduced-service op-tion over closing 3,700 rural post offices across the country.

“We believe this will be a win-win for communities coast to coast,” Sue Bren-nan, a USPS spokeswoman, said.

In Maine, the potential closings included Portland’s Station A at 622 Congress St., and the Cliff Island and Bowdoin post offices. Now, those loca-tions will stay open, but seven area post offices will see their hours reduced.

These include Cliff Island, South Freeport, Chebeague Island, Orr’s Is-land, Bailey Island, Long Island, and Bowdoin.

Brennan said that the impact on postal employees would be minimal.

“Most of these offices employ just one person,” she said. “There is an (incentive) retirement option for the postmasters and there will be a lot of op-portunity, since we will be filling nearly

Local post office hoursHere is how the plan proposed by

the U.S. Postal Service will affect local post offices:• Bailey Island hours will be reduced

from eight to four each day.• Bowdoin hours will be reduced

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4,500 vacant postmaster positions first.”The announcement came just days

before the May 15 expiration of a self-imposed USPS moratorium on closing post offices.

The Postal Service has been strug-gling to make ends meet for years, for reasons that include the explosion of digital communication, like email. It recently projected a $13 billion deficit for the year.

The notion of closing certain unde-rused post offices was announced last year; many communities rallied to keep their post offices open, and last week, USPS acknowledged that public opposi-tion to closures had played a role in the strategic shift away from closures.

“Although retail sales and foot traf-fic for most post offices has declined significantly in recent years, the Postal Service has received considerable feedback from communities around the country, requesting their post office re-

main open for business,” according to an overview of the new plan disseminated by the USPS.

The hours will not be cut immedi-ately; rather, they will be phased in over a two-year period beginning on Labor

Day and ending in September of 2014. The hours of each individual post office will be subject to further review before a final determination is made.

Communities will be given advance notice of public meetings to discuss the reduced hours.

Brennan said the move is not just a stop-gap measure.

“Right now, there is no plan to revisit closings,” she said.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, expressed support for the idea, although she said the USPS must work to ensure that the reduced hours are those that are most convenient for their customers.

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Justices grill attorneys over PUC decision on ‘smart’ metersBy David Harry

PORTLAND — Justices responded skep-tically last week to oral arguments on behalf of the Maine Public Utilities Commission as the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard an appeal of a commission decision that allowed installation of wireless “smart” electric meters.

In a 40-minute hearing May 10 on an appeal brought by Bowdoinham resident Ed Friedman and 18 other plaintiffs, jus-tices were asked to overturn the PUC’s rejection of a complaint filed last summer about health, safety and constitutional is-sues raised by the Central Maine Power Co. program.

The so-called “smart” meters transmit usage and other data via radio frequency waves sent through a grid of receivers and transmitters. CMP, using money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, began installing them in its coverage area in late summer 2010.

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Friedman was more direct. “We would like to overturn the whole program,” he said.

At the outset of the hearing, McGlauflin was grilled by justices on why they, instead of a Superior Court judge, were hearing the appeal of the PUC decision. Chief Justice Leigh Sauffley also asked McGlauflin if the complaint rejected by the PUC last summer, after an earlier PUC decision requiring an opt-out program, presented new evidence.

McGlauflin conceded there was no new information in the complaint, but asserted the right of citizens to file an additional complaint while saying it was not a specific appeal of the earlier PUC decision.

The complaint rejected by the PUC last summer also argued that the opt-out plan, which charges customers extra fees for keeping conventional meters or having the wireless capability of new ones disabled, violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution because customers are paying fees to avoid the potential dangers and inva-sion of privacy the meters represent.

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about constitutional issues, but McGlauflin said the overall line of questioning was fine with him.

“They are very fair beating up on every-body,” he said.

PUC attorney Catherine Connors and CMP attorney Jordan McColman declined comment after the hearing. They faced even sharper questions from the justices on whether the PUC needed to be on the record regarding the safety of smart meters in order to fully protect consumers.

The attorneys argued the PUC relied on information from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Federal Communica-tions Commission to establish there were no health concerns caused by smart meters.

But the lack of a specific declaration especially troubled Sauffley and Justice Jon D. Levy.

“What they could have added was their judgment,” Sauffley told Connors in regard to the PUC decision requiring the opt-out program for CMP customers.

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Levy asked Connors and McColman how the PUC could reject the complaint from Friedman and others based on the idea it felt health questions were adequately resolved.

“I can’t find that in any of the orders,” he said.

Justice Ellen Gorman asked McColman directly if the PUC considered meters safe, and Sauffley remained unsatisfied with his answer that the commission relied on other information without making a specific de-termination.

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TOPSHAM — The School Adminis-trative District 75 budget for fiscal 2013 goes to the first of two district-wide votes on Thursday, May 24.

The $33.4 million spending plan, ap-proved by the School Board April 26, is down $817,000, or 2.4 percent, from this year. It eliminates almost 25 jobs.

The amount to be assessed through taxes would be $18.8 million, a hike of about $98,000, or 0.5 percent. Business Manager Steve Dyer has said it is SAD 75’s first tax increase in four years.

Topsham’s assessment would decrease 3.6 percent to $7.5 million, due to a drop in its state valuation. SAD 75’s other three towns would see increased assess-ments: Harpswell, 2.31 percent to $6.6 million; Bowdoin, nearly 6 percent to $2.2 million, and Bowdoinham, 4.45 percent to $2.4 million.

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Falmouth, Yarmouth, Topsham receive coastal planning grantsBy Alex Lear

AUGUSTA — Projects in Falmouth, Yarmouth and Topsham are among eight along the coast that will receive part of $170,000 in state grants.

The land use team and Maine Coastal Program at the State Planning Office an-nounced the grants, which are meant to enhance coastal habitat restoration and public access to the shore, as well as im-

prove water quality and reduce clam flat closures.

Maine’s federal coastal management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration made the grants possible. Each project includes col-laboration among partnerships, and each grantee will provide at least 25 percent in matching services or funds.

Falmouth is receiving $50,000 for a

Route 1 Commercial District Stormwater Management Plan. The town, in part-nership with the Maine Department of Transportation and the Casco Bay Estu-ary Partnership, will study the linkage of public and private storm-water runoff in the commercial Route 1 area.

They will also come up with an inte-grated plan to address that runoff, and start the process of addressing discharges to Mussel Cove, where pollution has pre-vented shell fishing.

Yarmouth is receiving $29,000 for a fea-sibility study on reconnection of Yarmouth Village to the working waterfront. Inter-state 295 was constructed through the town several decades ago, cutting off the Main Street and village neighborhoods from Yarmouth’s harbor.

The town will use the funds to conduct a feasibility study of pedestrian connectivity from Main Street to the town landing, and Main Street to the marinas.

Topsham is getting more than $5,100 for a barrier survey on the Little River watershed. The town is partnering in the endeavor with the Brunswick-Topsham and Kennebec Estuary land trusts, the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District, the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The project was preceded by the re-moval of a Little River dam, the first stage in opening more than 50 square miles of upstream habitat for native fish species.

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or alear @theforecaster.net. Follow him on Twitter: @learics.

News briefswill be held at the Orion Performing Arts Center on Republic Avenue at 6:30 p.m. The budget validation referendum will follow a week later on May 31.

Armed robber hits Days Inn in Brunswick

BRUNSWICK — An armed robber held up the Days Inn at 224 Bath Road in Brunswick early Tuesday morning.

Police reported that a man brandishing a handgun entered the Cooks Corner hotel at about 12:15 a.m. and demanded money from a front-desk employee. The suspect was approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and was wearing a sweatshirt with jeans.

A K-9 unit from the Maine State Police was called to the scene, but the dog was unable to track the suspect for very far, leading police to believe that he left the inn on foot and then got into a vehicle.

Anyone with information related to the incident is asked to contact the Bruns-wick Police Department.


Prep-school bully or not, Romney’s memory is what mattersI was a few years behind Mitt Romney at Cranbrook.

I even lived in the same dorm, although he was gone be-fore I arrived. I’ve been bemused by all the references to Cranbrook as “prestigious” and “elite.” My experience is better described as hyper-competitive, Dickensian, unforgiving – a gulag.

OK, maybe not “gulag,” although I’m pretty sure the kid across the hall from me my first year was named Ivan Denisovitch.

These bullying stories are attempts at manufac-tured controversy, an ele-ment of the current politics as blood sport mentality. I am not a Mitt Romney apologist or even support-er, necessarily. I can think of a lot of reasons he may not be presidential timbre, but this incident isn’t one of them. It was bullying, pure and simple, an in-excusable, mean-spirited, insensitive act.

I would hate to have the 18-year-old Mitt Romney as depicted in these stories for my president, but that’s kind of the point. He was an adolescent. His testosterone level was probably higher than his blood count. He was living in an all-male boarding school, given too much power and too little supervision by a system designed to desensitize its participants. But people grow, for God’s sake. If you don’t like how Mitt Romney grew, don’t vote for him, but consider him as he is now.

Also, don’t evaluate these stories by today’s stan-dards. Learn something about the context first. George Orwell’s brilliant essay, “Such, Such Were The Joys,”

describes the English prep school system on which places like Cranbrook were loosely modeled. He out-lines in sometimes horrific detail the severity built into the system. In England, the severity helped the schools train men who would rule an empire’s possessions in England’s – not the inhabitants’ – best interests.

American prep schools used a less onerous, but still strict system to train captains of industry, people who wouldn’t be paralyzed by fear when they risked a fortune on an untried concept, or by guilt when they wreaked havoc on thousands of people by shipping their jobs overseas. One step was to put constant pressure on the students to compete and excel because that’s what leaders do. Another was to give older students practice at exercising power by giving them a measure of author-ity over younger students.

On balance, Cranbrook was probably the most valu-able experience of my life. It instilled drive and ambi-tion, taught decision-making and helped develop judg-ment. It was not, however, uniformly enjoyable.

When I arrived, there was a self-perpetuating pattern of bullying fueled by seniors who every year would pay backwards the abuse they received as underclassmen. Some of my closest Cranbrook friends believe this was intentional, unwritten school policy. Perhaps it’s split-ting hairs, but it has always seemed more that the school viewed it as an unfortunate, but unavoidable, side effect of its brief of preparing students for a harsh and unfor-giving world. They didn’t support bullying, but placing a priority on protecting students against it was contrary to the mission.

I fared better than most. Never got a “chunky swirly,” for instance, which involves your head, a flushing toilet, and significant exposure to e. coli. Even so, to me, who actually lived in that world, the Romney incident seems almost laughably tame. One senior had it in for me. He pounded me repeatedly, because he could. Just once, I

wish I had had the presence of mind to say, “Hey, Dave, how about you don’t slam my head into that sharp cor-ner today and just chop off my hair instead?”

Ditto when one of the super elite – a senior prefect, football player, and simian pituitary case – came up behind me in the Quad with some his friends, dumped my books and bloodied my nose by slamming it in the snow. When I looked upset, he sneered, “Whatsamatter, ‘Lang-whirrrr-thee?’ You gonna cry about it?” Then he headed off with the rest of his troop of silverbacks in search of bamboo shoots and photo opportunities with Jane Goodall. Good times, good times.

My point is not to justify Romney’s behavior. What he did is no better because other people did worse. However, let’s not pretend that the politically correct, superficially inclusive, everybody-gets-a-trophy world we live in today has always existed and that Mitt Rom-ney has always been out on the fringe of it. He may not have been the conscience of his class, but in that place, in that time, he wasn’t the monster the people behind this story would like us to believe.

If you’re determined to worry about something, worry about the fact that he doesn’t remember the incident. I still wake up in a cold sweat about the fat kid I hit in camp when I was 10. I remember every time I bullied another kid, including a couple at Cranbrook, and they still make me ashamed of myself. I don’t expect a presi-dent never to have done anything wrong, but I’d like him to care enough to lose a little sleep over his mistakes.

Or at least know they happened.Portland-area resident Mike Langworthy, an attorney,

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

Amorello column barksup the wrong tree

Sandi Amorello begins a recent col-umn with the unconvincing assertion: “I do not hate dogs,” then proceeds with what I found a very hateful article. She is certainly entitled to her opinion that dogs be deeply segregated from public life and whatever sacred ground (beach, restaurant) she happens to occupy, but she needs to realize the rights of those who love dogs, enjoy their company, and yes, actually consider them family members, are equal to hers and we are as entitled to enjoy dogs in public venues as she is to disdain them.

As to her mocking comments about men who love their dogs, I wonder if she would express these sentiments to the rescue workers of 9/11 who took their dogs into the bowels of Ground Zero or those in the military entering combat with dogs at their side? Dogs daily risk their lives, comfort the dying in hospitals, love the forgotten in nursing homes, and assist the handicapped – but they cannot walk along a public beach or enter some restaurant?

Dogs are selfless and compassionate creatures, put here by God to share the Earth and to have significant bonds with human beings. Yes, scores of us do have “relationships” with dogs and have respect, love, and appreciation for them.

Ms. Amorello is entitled to her sterile aspirations of a dog-free environment, but

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she should realize she is fighting a losing battle if she expects the many dog lovers in this state to hold dogs in the level of contempt she does.

Abby L. WilsonScarborough

Democrats should pick Dill

I first met Cynthia Dill when we served together on the Cape Elizabeth Town Council. Cynthia impressed me then with her quick grasp of issues and her ability to skillfully sift and sort facts, debate calmly, and cast her vote based on what she believed was in the best interest of the town. This year, Cynthia will have completed six years of service in Augusta – four as a state rep-resentative and two as a state senator. On several occasions over the last two years I have made presentations to the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, of which Cynthia is a member.

Cynthia has consistently proved herself to be a progressive, non-partisan thinker and is the ideal candidate to succeed Sen. Olympia Snowe in the U.S. Senate. As a matter of historic coincidence, this year Cynthia will be same age that Olympia was when she was first elected to the U.S. Senate.

David BackerCape Elizabeth

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Brunswick budget needs another look

I just finished reading about the Brunswick town manager’s budget, and his reasons for raising our taxes. His reason for doing so is the loss from the downturn in the market.

I believe all of us fall into this same situation. We are also getting noth-ing on our savings and yet we are

expected to dish out more money so they can build new buildings and add turning lanes to accommodate this new building.

I wonder why our Town Council resists the use of the McLellan Building and the existing Federal Street site, where you can place the police and the town offices with a lot less expense for the

taxpayer. I am sure it would not need millions of dollars to do the renova-tions. I am not opposed to our police having new quarters, it is needed, but if we can renovate our homes, why can’t our town officials do the same with the existing buildings? As for raised crosswalks on Maine Street, please leave them alone. We pride ourselves in having the widest main street in Maine. It is bad enough now with the fiasco created around the First Parish Church, which is great for them, but horrible for the traffic . I am wondering how our snow plows will maneuver around that maze.

I urge our elected officials to please reconsider your plans and and think of those who may not be able to afford that hike in their taxes, and end up los-ing their homes.

Julie DionneBrunswick

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Edgar Allen Beem

Peace is more than patrioticSaw a bumper sticker the other day that had a

peace symbol on it and the words “Footprint of the American Chicken.” The message was pretty clear: War is patriotic, peace is cowardice.

Unfortunately, patriotism in this country has be-come misidentified with militarism and nationalism. My country right or wrong. Might makes right.

True patriotism, on the other hand, consists in lov-ing your country enough to insist that it act honorably and nobly even in a dishonest and ignoble world. You want your country to do the right thing and when it doesn’t you are duty bound to say so. That is love of country, not blind allegiance to a flag or following orders unquestioningly.

In an age of endless conflict, when Ameri-can troops are ordered into harm’s way for increasingly vague and suspect reasons, peace is far more patriotic than war.

Most Americans now agree that the best way to “Support Our Troops” is to bring them home. The reason Ron Paul had so much support among the U.S. military is that he was the candidate least likely to lightly commit them to battle. I will likely still vote to re-elect President Obama, but I will do so with far less enthusiasm now that he has committed the U.S. to maintaining a pres-ence in Afghanistan until at least 2024.

(Note to Republicans: Obama is not as liberal as you seem to think he is.)

Our decades-long commitment to Afghanistan is supposedly justified by the fact that the 9/11 terrorists once trained there. Odd, though, that the fact the 9/11 terrorists were all Saudi Arabians never seemed to interest anyone in power.

Yes, killing 3,000 civilians in a sneak attack was certainly a horrible, indefensible thing to do. But if you’re tempted to get holier-than-thou about terrorist attacks, ask yourself about U.S. and British bombers killing 25,000 civilians in the Dresden Firebombing in February 1945. And what about the 166,000 civil-ians in Hiroshima and the 80,000 in Nagasaki who died when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs in August 1945? Those acts of extreme violence were apparent-

ly justified by the fact that Germany and Japan started World War II, but killing civilians is never justified. And, anyway, aren’t we supposed to be the good guys?

Apropos of dropping the atomic bomb, the peace symbol, designed in 1958, is the overlay of the sema-phore signals for N (two arms extended down and out) and D (one arm straight up, one straight down), stand-ing for Nuclear Disarmament. Any child who was ever read Dr. Seuss’s “Butter Battle Book” understands that nuclear war is perfectly absurd, that escalation of hos-tilities leads nowhere but annihilation. Mutual assured destruction.

Dropping bombs is a morally dubious act, even in wartime. When those bombs are dropped on civilians, it is surely immoral. When those bombs are filled with napalm, it is even worse than that.

One of the images of horror that helped to end the Vietnam War was Nick Ut’s 1972 Pulitzer Prize photograph of little Vietnamese children fleeing down a road in pain and terror as South Vietnamese pilots mistakenly dropped American-made napalm on them. Phan Thi Kim Phuc, then the naked 9-year-old little girl at the center of the photograph, is now a Canadian citizen and humanitarian activist. Her message to the world is not one of war and retaliation, but of peace and forgiveness.

“Forgiveness made me free from hatred,” Kim Phuc explained in a 2008 NPR interview. “I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days, but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith, forgiveness, and love are much more powerful. We would not have war at all if everyone could learn how to live with true love, hope, and forgiveness. If that little girl in the picture can do it, ask yourself: Can you?”

In the case of the Vietnam War, peace activists, by helping to cut short an interminable, unwinnable war, clearly saved tens of thousands of American and Viet-namese lives. If we had a more active and committed peace movement today, fewer people would die in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Patriotism is speaking truth to power – not saber-rattling, not flag-waving, not tough talk, and certainly not demeaning people who have the moral courage to work for peace. Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Romney’s wealth shouldn’t be an issue

Edgar Allen Beem may not be aware that he used faulty reasoning founded on irrelevant evidence in his column, “Mitt Romney, President of Corporate America,” so I’ll take this opportunity to educate him.

Mr. Beem stated that Romney “believes he is entitled to be president of the United States simply because he is rich and successful.” Has Mr. Romney ever stated that he is entitled to be president because he is rich? The answer, of course, is no. For Mr. Beem to so clearly demonstrate

his bias against Mr. Romney because he is rich is simply ignorant.

Have there been other in-

stances where wealthy men have served as president? Of course, we all know the answer is a resounding yes. It’s not the presence or absence of personal wealth that makes for a great president. Consider Washington (wealthy), Lincoln (not wealthy), FDR (wealthy), JFK (wealthy), Clinton (not wealthy) as examples that personal wealth, or the absence thereof, did not factor into their job performance. It’s much more important that our presidents surround themselves with excellent advisers who will guide them in making the best decisions. I’m very proud to say that my nephew has been chosen to be a senior adviser to Mr. Romney on one of the most critical policy decisions facing our nation today, health-care reform. And just for the record, Mr. Beem, my nephew is not wealthy, but he’s incredibly smart and has a compassionate heart.

Marcella TierneyYarmouth

Fat cats come in all political stripes

I can’t help but wonder, when Edgar Allen Beem is go-ing on about the country club-rich fat-cat elite like Mitt Romney, if he takes the time to glance at the wealth of others that might share his version of things. Does he draw a distinction between fat-cat multi-millionaire John Kerry and country-clubber Mitt Romney? How about multi-millionairess Nancy Pelosi and rich elite George Bush? My guess is there is a huge difference, say, between a $30,000-a-plate dinner for President Obama and and a $30,000-a-plate dinner for Sarah Palin. I know one is for the little guy the other is for the evil rich elites, I get it. With a little click of a mouse one can find out who are all the millionaires in Congress. Lets see, who and what are they all invested in: big oil, big coal, big tobacco? Its all those companies that have their boots on our necks. If Beem is trying to make a distinction between who is elite and rich, and who is not, he might want to try Google.

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5/7 at 11 a.m. Warner Hinkley, 40, of Cottage Street, was arrested by Det. David Beauregard on Centre Street on charges of aggravated cultivation of marijuana and violation of condition of release.5/8 at 2:15 p.m. David Estrada, 43, of Lark Street, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Richard Ross on Lark Street.5/11 at 10:21 p.m. Marianne Stover, 41, of Western Avenue, Biddeford, was arrested by Officer Ted Raedel on Centre Street on charges of operating under the influence and violation of condition of release.5/12 at 11:23 p.m. Marc Cotnoir, 29, of Ox-ford, was arrested by Officer Ted Raedel on Centre Street on a charge of operating under the influence.5/13 at 2:50 a.m. Nathaniel Reno, 23, of Bluff Road, was arrested by Officer Mike Lever on Windjammer Way on a charge of domestic violence assault.

Summonses5/4 Paul Freeman, 22, of Shaw Street, was issued a summons by Officer Ted Raedel on Shaw Street on two charges of receiving stolen property. 5/9 Craig Wallace, 25, of Bath, was issued a summons by Officer Jason Aucoin on Water Street on charges of forgery and unsworn falsification.

thar she blows5/11 at 8:32 a.m. Officer Andrew Booth responded to the report of a firecracker being set off in a toilet at Bath Middle School, blow-ing a hole in the bottom of the porcelian and causing $250-worth of damage. A 13-year-old boy, from Phippsburg, was issued a summons on a charge of criminal mischief.

Fire calls5/9 at 12:41 p.m. False alarm at Morse High School.5/11 at 1:36 p.m. False alarm at Shaw's supermarket.

EMSBath emergency medical services responded to 34 calls May 7-13.

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5/7 at 8:39 a.m. Leonard Francis Gilliam, 37, of Wadsworth Road, was arrested on Wadsworth Road by Officer Jason E. Mc-Carthy on a warrant.5/7 at 6:03 p.m. Tod M. Thibeault, 55, of Turner Street, was arrested at the Brunswick Diner on Pleasant Street by Sergeant Paul Hansen on charges of criminal trespass and violating conditions of release.5/8 at 9:20 p.m. Jackie E. Story, 54, of Cumberland Street, was arrested on Pleasant

Street by Officer Patrick R. Scott and charged with operating under the influence.5/11 at 12:51 p.m. David A. Bolduc, 48, of Old Orchard Beach, was arrested on Allen Range Road by Officer Brandon L. Paxton and charged with reckless conduct and obstructing government administration.5/11 at 7:31 p.m. Peter A. Karwowski, 43, of Merepoint Road, was arrested on Gurnet Road by Officer Edward Yurek and charged with operating under the influence.5/11 at 10:50 p.m. Richard B. Moody, 44, of Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, was arrested on Maquoit Road by Officer Matthew W. Swan and charged with possession of marijuana.5/12 at 1:18 a.m. Andrew C. Peters, 22, of Smith Road, Topsham, was arrested on Mason Street by Officer Matthew W. Swan on charges of operating under the influence.5/13 at 1:53 p.m. Alicia L. Lapaz, 28, of Lewiston, was arrested on I-295 North by Offi-cer Brandon Paxton and charged with unlawful possession of a scheduled drug (oxycodone).

Summonses5/7 at 10:15 a.m. Tod M. Thibeault, 55, of Turner Street, was issued a summons on Pleas-ant Street by Officer Jonathan A. O'Connor on charges of possession of marijuana, and sale and use of drug paraphernalia.5/8 at 1:55 p.m. Raymond George Taylor IV, 23, of Long Street, was issued a summons on Long Street by Office Jason E. McCarthy on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and misuse of identification.5/8 at 6:35 p.m. Charles W. Radley Jr., 27, of Lewiston, was issued a summons on Stanwood Street by Officer Patrick R. Scott on charges of operating with suspended registration.5/8 at 10:52 p.m. Jonathan Eric Hummel, 49, transient, was issued a summons on Union Street by Sergeant Joel C. Bruce on charges of violating a condition of release.5/9 at 10:02 a.m. Shawn M. Mills, 27, of MacMillan Drive, was issued a summons on Maine Street by Lieutenant Thomas E. Gar-repy on charges of operating while license is suspended or revoked.5/9 at 1:29 p.m. Justin Roger Dall, 36, of Oak Street, was issued a summons on Union Street by Officer Justin Dolci on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, and forgery.5/9 at 10:48 p.m. Lee M. Weiss, 45, of Woolwich, was issued a summons on Pleasant Street by Officer Daniel M. Herbert on charges of operating a vehicle without a license.5/12 at 1:00 a.m. Jonathan D. Meacham, 25, of Munster, Ind., received a summons on Maine Street from Lieutenant Lynne D. Doucette on charges of operating a vehicle without a license.

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Eat (and hit) and run5/11 at 7:31 p.m. Peter A. Karwowski, 43, of Merepoint Road, was under the influence of alcohol when he tried to back his green 2001 Dodge out of the Applebee's parking lot. Kar-wowski struck a parked car and left the scene, not knowing his license plate had been noticed and recorded. Police caught up with him six minutes later on Bath Road and made the arrest.

Fire Calls5/12 at 11:06 a.m. Vehicle crash involving personal injury on Harpswell Road. Two units responded.5/12 at 3:34 p.m. Vehicle crash involving personal injury on River Road and Wood-land Drive.5/12 at 11:50 p.m. Disabled motor vehicle at Coastal Trading Post on Bath Road.5/13 at 6:05 p.m. Medical emergency on Belmont Street. Two units responded.

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5/8 at 8:53 p.m. Rodney Kenneybrew, 22, of Main Street, was arrested by Officer Robert Ramsay on Lewiston Road on charges of op-erating after license suspension and violation of conditions of release. He was also issued a summons on a charge of possession of a suspended driver's licence.5/8 at 10:50 p.m. Eric Odencrantz, 41, of Lewiston Road, was arrested by Officer Bruce Swanson on Lewiston Road on a charge of domestic violence assault.5/10 at 3:26 a.m. Christopher Hanscom, 37, of Meadow Cross Road, was arrested by Officer William Collins on Middlesex Road

on a charge of operating under the influence.5/11 at 11:18 a.m. Joseph Boyington, 22, of Theodore Drive, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Alfred Giusto on Lewiston Road on charges of operating after suspension and violation of conditions of release.

Summonses5/7 at 11:32 p.m. Bradley Merrill, 25, of Spruce Lane, was issued a summons by Sgt. Fred Dunn on Monument Place on a charge of attaching false plates.5/11 Ryan Elwell, 26, listed as a transient, was issued a summons by Officer Robert Ramsay in Bath on charges of burglary and theft.5/12 Thomas Dunn, 20, of Royal Oak Circle, was issued a summons by Sgt. Mark Gilliam on David Drive on a charge of possession of alcohol by a minor.5/12 Brian Sherwood, 21, of Ivanhoe Drive, was issued a summons by Sgt. Mark Gilliam on David Drive on a charge of furnishing liquor to a minor.5/12 Lindsey Clark, 20, of David Drive, was issued a summons by Sgt. Mark Gilliam on David Drive on a charge of furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol.5/13 at 1:23 a.m. Corydan Hawkes, 36, no town listed, was issued a summons by Officer Robert Ramsay on Main Street on a charge of violation of condition of release.

party foul5/12 at 6:54 p.m. Sgt. Mark Gilliam re-sponded to the report of a party with underage drinking on David Drive. He issued sum-monses to three youths: Thomas Dunn, 20, of Royal Oak Circle, on a charge of possession of alcohol by a minor; Brian Sherwood, 21, of Ivanhoe Drive, on a charge of furnishing liquor to a minor; and to Lindsey Clark, 20, of David Drive, on a charge of furnishing a place for minors to consume alcohol.

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She was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on Oct. 28, 1915, to William and Agnes Howard. She was orphaned at age 10 and adopted by Murdock and Mayme Carmi-chael of Aberdeen, Nova Scotia.

She attended Cape Breton, Nova Scotia schools. She moved to Bath in 1938 and graduated from Bath memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She also graduated from an operating room course in New York and became an operating room su-pervisor for 20 years. She taught nurses aide classes during World War II.

On July 11, 1942, she married Stanley Brawn and was employed as an operating room nurse for several years. She was the Bath school nurse and the public health nurse for Bath.

She was past president of the Bath Nurse’s Alumni, Maine State Nursing Association, Maine Teachers Associa-tion and Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational in Bath. She was also on the Board of Directors for the Coastal Humane Society.

She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley, on Feb. 19, 1986.

Brawn is survived by her son, Bruce S. Brawn; sister, Helen Symonds; and one

niece, Carol Symonds.A graveside service will be held at 10

a.m. June 2 at Riverside Cemetery in Woolwich.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Coastal Humane Society, 3 Range Road, Brunswick, ME 04011 or Camp Sebago, P.O. 3647, Portland, ME 04104.

Gerri Vermette, 73TOPSHAM — Gerri Vermette, 73,

died May 10.She was born in Augusta on Nov. 6,

1938, to of Helen and Lloyd Chapman. She graduated from Gardiner High School, where she excelled in sports.

On Aug. 16, 1958, she married Domi-nic F. Vermette. They settled in Bruns-wick, where they raised their two sons, Steve and Nick. She was an ardent sup-porter of her sons in athletics and was involved with the Brunswick High Sports Boosters for many years.

In 1972, she received her first kidney transplant from her mother and in 2004 she had a second transplant, this time from her son, Steve. She far surpassed her original goal of seeing her sons graduate by attending her grandson’s graduation from college.

Vermette loved being around people and spending time with her husband of 54 years, Dom, traveling with him to

Florida to visit their son, Steve, and his family. She enjoyed attending her grand-children’s athletic events and hosting family get-togethers at their home.

She is survived by her husband, Dom; her sons, Steve and his wife, Kim, of Celebration, Fla., and Nick and his wife, Michele, of Topsham; sister, Jean, and her husband, Norman; brothers Dick and his wife, Cathy, Steve and his wife, Carol, and David and his wife, Jane; grandchildren Ryan and Cam Vermette of Topsham and Courtney, Torin and Liam Vermette of Celebration, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours were held on May 12 at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, followed by a funeral service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Maine, 470 Forest Ave., Suite 302, Portland, ME 04101.

Ellen Tapley Berrie, 82HARPSWELL - Ellen Tapley Berrie,

82, died at home on May 13 with her family by her side.

A longtime resident of Harpswell, she was born in Belfast on June 22, 1929, the only child of Dr. Eugene Tapley and his wife, Alice Collicott. She attended Oak Grove School in Vassalboro and Bates College, graduating in 1951 with a bach-

elor’s degree in geology.Berrie loved literature, art and stamp

collecting. For more than 20 years, she was an elementary school librarian with SAD #75, spending most of her time in the Harpswell schools. Her love of books was her driving passion and in her retire-ment she volunteered as a reading tutor at the West Harpswell School.

She was a member of the Elijah Kel-logg Church in Harpswell where she was active as a Sunday school teacher and congregant.

She is survived by her daughters, Brenda Buggia and Karen Pierce; and grandsons Adam Buggia and Nathan Buggia.

A memorial service was held on May 17 at the Elijah Kellogg Church.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue, P.O. Box 8, Harpswell, ME 04079 or to Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick ME 04011

Sally G. Coffin, 75WEST BATH — Sally G. Coffin, 75,

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On May 15, 1959, she married Carroll Coffin. She helped her husband with the many businesses that they owned and was employed at Bath Iron Works as a clerk for many years.

Coffin enjoyed gardening, reading, sew-ing and spending time with her family and grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Carroll Coffin Sr., on Aug. 4, 2000 and her son, Gene A. Coffin on Nov. 24, 2008.

Coffin is survived by sons Carroll “Wil” Coffin II and Carroll “Billy” Coffin III; daughters Carol Brewer and her husband, Bud, Sarah Easter and her husband, Ted, of Virginia Beach, Va. and Mary Coffin; brothers Harold Goodell, Phillip Goodell, Wayne Goodell and Floyd Goodell; sisters Ruth Presby and Florine Small; daughter-in-law, Nancy Brown Coffin; 14 grand-children Christopher, Shawn, Abbie, Liz, Alex, Samantha, Jared, Jocelyn, Allen, Victoria, Erica, Brianna, Wyatt and Reese; five great-grandchildren Delanie, Libbi, Erin, Nataleigh and Reed; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held on May 15 at Daigle Funeral Home, 819 High St., Bath, followed by a gathering of family and friends at the Phippsburg Sportsman’s Club, 272 Main Road, Phippsburg.

Jack L. Swindler, 84BRUNSWICK — Jack L. Swindler,

84, died May 14 at his home after a long illness.

Swindler was born on Jan. 14, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio to Muriel and Vernon Swindler. He attended schools in Dayton, Ohio and, in his early adult life, played the drums in a band.

He joined the U.S. Navy in July of 1945 and became a master diver and an explo-sives ordinance disposal technician. After serving for 22 years and through three wars, he retired from the U.S. Navy on May 13, 1966.

After retiring from the military he worked in the construction industry and worked his way up from a laborer to a superintendent.

Swindler is survived by his wife of 63 years, Lena; sons Danny and his wife, Vicki, David, Dennis, Dwain and his wife, Wanda, Dean and his wife, Laura, Darrel and his wife, Jackie and Dick and his wife, Sherri; daughter DeAnn and her husband, Bill Riley; 18 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Visiting hours will be held on May 20 from 3-5 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick. Committal Ser-vices with military honors will be held on May 21 at 9 a.m. in the Chapel of Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mount Ver-non Road, Augusta.

Lanee Barnes, 42WISCASSET — Lanee Barnes, 42, died

May 13 at her home.She was born in Portsmouth, Va. on Dec.

6, 1969, to Walter and Larraine Felscher Jr.She graduated from Gardiner High

School in 1988 where she was on the swim team. She also graduated from Pennsylva-nia Flight Attendant School in Pittsburgh, Pa.

On Aug. 7, 1999, she married Shawn Barnes.

She was a swim coach for the Wiscas-set Community Center and helped at the family restaurant. She was employed as a police officer in Hallowell, a crisis manage-ment training coordinator for NAMI and a

lifeguard at Reid State Park. She also spent time working as private security.

Barnes enjoyed shopping, shoes, swim-ming, scuba diving, hunting with her fam-ily, scrap-booking and spending time with family and friends.

She was predeceased by her father, Wal-ter Cheney Felscher Jr., in 1991 and her son Gauge Michael Barnes, on Oct. 29, 2009.

Barnes is survived by her husband, Shawn Barnes; son Ridge Barnes; mother, Larraine Van Veen, and her husband, Francis; sister, Mary Elizabeth Collier and her husband, Linn; stepbrother, Andy Van Veen; half brother, Walter Felscher III; stepsister, Karyn Cox; and father-in-law, William W. Barnes.

A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. on May 19 at the Barnes home on 568 Gardiner Road, Wiscasset.

John H. Grondin, 84BRUNSWICK — John H. Grondin, 84,

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27, 1927, a son of Henry and Katherine Grondin.

He retired from Eastland Shoe in 1993 to care for his wife, Margaret, who died in August of 1998.

Grondin enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, reading, cribbage and playing checkers. He was a member of the Slovak Catholic Association in Lisbon Falls for many years.

Grondin was predeceased by his wife of 30 years, Margaret; Isabelle Whalen, Robert Grondin, Clarence Grondin and Martina Shaw.

He is survived by his son, John H. Grondin Jr.; daughter, Jessica; sisters Mary Paul and Evelyn Hubley; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on June 16 at the Slovak Catholic Associa-tion, Avery St., Lisbon falls.

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BRUNSWICK — Over three dozen students and parents recently constructed raised garden beds at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School.

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Students filled the beds with vegetable seedlings they started in the classrooms, and art students built mosaic bird baths for the gardens. Fall crops will include flint corn, wheat, oats, squash and pumpkins.Brunswick student honored by Maine’s first lady

BRUNSWICK — First Lady Anne LePage recently presided over the 26th annual presentation of the Governor’s Awards for Service and Volunteerism and presented this year’s Youth Volun-teer of the Year award to Julia Brown of Brunswick.

Brown created a pen-pal project for her service-learning course. The project helps alleviate eighth grade students’ concerns about transitioning to high school and used Skype to bring together students from Brunswick and Siberia.

Outside of school, Brown is a member of the Youth Advocacy Program, a Board member of People Plus; a student liaison to the local school board and a volunteer intern at the Mid Coast United Way.

Brunswick High School bands compete in Heritage Music Festival

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick High School’s wind ensemble, the symphonic band and the jazz ensemble recently par-ticipated in the Heritage Music Festival in Williamsburg, Va.

The symphonic band and jazz en-semble each earned a gold rating and the wind ensemble earned a silver rat-ing. Each of the ensembles received a first place award in their category. The symphonic band received an Adjudica-tors Award and have been invited to participate in the Festival of Gold 2013. Senior Sam Rowe was presented with a Musical Merit award for his exceptional performance on the piano.

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been the undisputed champion the past couple of weeks, lo-cal athletes have managed to make the most of their op-portunities.

Baseball, softball, lacrosse, track and tennis are all wind-ing down. Here’s a glimpse at where things stand and what’s to come:

BaseballMorse’s baseball team is

now 7-2 and third behind Falmouth and Greely in the Western Class B Heal Points standings after a 7-2 win at MCI Friday and a 4-2 vic-tory at Mt. View Monday. The Shipbuilders were home with Medomak Wednesday and Oceanside Thursday, go to Winslow Friday and host Camden Hills next Wednesday.

In Eastern A, Mt. Ararat began the week 2-8 and 11th in the standings. The Eagles lost, 6-3, at Brunswick last Tuesday, 11-0 at Hampden Academy Friday and 7-3 to visiting Cony Monday. After going to Lewiston Wednesday, Mt. Ararat is home with Skow-hegan Friday. The Eagles are at Erskine Monday and host Edward Little Wednesday.

Brunswick is 2-9 and 13th in the region after sandwich-ing losses to Lewiston (11-3) and Erskine (7-2) around a win over Messalonskee (6-4). The Dragons were at Edward Little Wednesday, play host to Brewer Saturday, go to Cony Monday and welcome Oxford Hills Wednesday.

SoftballMt. Ararat’s softball team is

still in the playoff hunt with a 3-7 record. The Eagles sat 10th at press time (the top nine teams qualify for the postseason). Mt. Ararat beat Brunswick, 18-4, then lost to Hampden Academy (6-0) and Cony (14-0). After going to Lewiston Wednesday, Mt. Ara-rat is home with Skowhegan Friday. The Eagles are at Ers-kine Monday and host Edward Little Wednesday.

Brunswick’s softball team is 1-10 and 12th after losses to Mt. Ararat (18-4), Lewiston (14-0), Messalonskee (22-2) and Erskine (16-0). The Dragons were at Edward Lit-tle Wednesday, play host to Brewer Saturday, go to Cony Monday and welcome Oxford Hills Wednesday.

In Western B, Morse is 2-7 and 17th after a loss to MCI (10-2) and an 11-8 victory over Mt. View. The Shipbuild-ers were home with Medomak Wednesday and Oceanside Thursday, go to Winslow Fri-day and host Camden Hills next Wednesday.

Boys’ lacrosseBrunswick’s boys’ lacrosse

team continues to lead the Eastern A Heals with an 8-0 record after wins over Mes-salonskee (12-6) and Edward Little (15-0). The Dragons were at Mt. Ararat Wednesday, play at Oxford Hills Monday and Lewiston Wednesday.

Mt. Ararat edged Messalons-kee, 10-9, and downed Oxford Hills, 14-0, to improve to 5-1 (fourth in Eastern A). Against the Vikings, Jonathan Brown had five goals. Jeremy Hart, Will Hirnak and Josh Richards all scored twice. The Eagles hosted Edward Little Tuesday and Brunswick Wednesday, go to Lewiston Saturday and welcome Cony next Tuesday.

In Eastern B, Morse was 3-4 and clung to the eighth and final playoff spot at press time. The Shipbuilders beat Lincoln (15-4) and Mountain Valley (19-2) in recent action. Morse was home with Mt. Blue Wednesday and hosts St. Dom’s Monday.

Girls’ lacrosseOn the girls’ side, Bruns-

wick remains in the top spot of the Eastern A Heals with a 6-0 mark following an 11-10 win at Cony last week. The Dragons hosted Morse Tues-day and went to Camden Hills Wednesday and Messalonskee Thursday. They return home Tuesday versus Gardiner.

Mt. Ararat was 5-2 and fourth after recent wins over Messalonskee (9-6) and Morse (16-13). The Eagles were at Cony Tuesday and home ver-sus Gardiner Thursday. They play at Morse Tuesday of next week.

The Shipbuilders fell to 2-5 and third in Eastern B after the loss to Mt. Ararat, which followed an 18-9 win over Edward Little and an 11-10 loss to Gardiner. Morse was at Brunswick Tuesday and hosted Cony Thursday. The Ship-builders welcome Mt. Ararat next Tuesday.

TrackBrunswick took part in a

six-team meet at Waterville Monday. Both Dragons teams were second to the hosts.

Brunswick, Morse and Me-domak Valley are at Mt. Ararat Friday.

The KVAC championship meet looms May 26. The state championship meets are June 2.

TennisThe Region 3 singles tennis

tournament qualifier was held over the weekend and several locals advanced.

Top seed Maisie Silverman and Ali Stankiewicz of Bruns-wick and Anna Rohman of Mt. Ararat advanced on the girls’ side. Brunswick’s Jon Gross and Morse’s Sam Leeman moved on in the boys’ compe-tition. The tournament resumes May 25 and concludes May 28.

Teams are finishing up the regular season.

Brunswick’s girls continue to lead the way in Eastern with an 8-0 mark. Mt. Ararat (5-3 and fourth) is also playoff-bound. In Western B, Morse began the week 1-5 and 13th (the top 10 make the postsea-son).

On the boys’ side, Bruns-wick was 5-3 and fifth at press time. Mt. Ararat sat in the eighth and final playoff spot with a 2-6 mark. Morse was 1-5 and 11th at the start of the week.

Bowdoin men’s lacrosse tournament run ends

BrIan Beard / For The ForecasTerBowdon’s Tyler Williams goes airborne to fire a shot during the Polar

Bears’ 16-5 win over Mt. Ida in a NCAA Division III first round playoff game last week. Williams scored twice in the victory.

BrIan Beard / For The ForecasTerBowdoin’s David Nemoriv makes a move around a Mt. Ida defender in the first round. The Polar Bears went on to lose, 10-4, to Union in the

second round Saturday as their season finished at 14-6. Longtime coach Tom McCabe retired after the game and leaves with 229 career victories.

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FilmsWednesday 5/23“Every Little Step,” 7 p.m., Fron-tier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, $7.50, explorefrontier.com or 725-5222.

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“Return to Sender,” April 20-May 31, Whatnot Gallery, Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St., Brunswick, 725-8820.

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Sunday 5/20DaPonte String Quartet, 3 p.m, Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St., Topsham, daponte.org.

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Monday 5/21The Good Theater is auditioning for its summer season. Auditions will be held from 3-8 p.m. at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland. To secure an audition slot, call 885-5883.

Tuesday 5/22The Good Theater is auditioning for its summer season. Auditions will be held from 3-8 p.m. at St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland. To secure an audition slot, call 885-5883.

Books & AuthorsFriday 5/18Local Author Series presents Kev-in C. Mills discussing “Breakwater,” 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.

Saturday 5/19Mothering the Word Poetry Work-shop, 4 p.m., Glickman Library, USM, Portland, registration required, 228-8263 or mainewriters.org.

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Tuesday 5/22“1812: The Navy’s War,” book dis-cussion, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-6259.

Thursday 5/24Debra Sparks Book Discussion, 7 p.m., Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.

“Made for You and Me:” Going West, Going Broke and Finding Home, author talk and book discussion, 6:30 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.

Saturday 5/26Eva Murray Book Signing, 2-5 p.m., Books-A-Million, 430 Gorham Road, South Portland, 253-5587.

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Sunday 5/20Bluestocking Film Series: 16 short films by women directors, 4 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St.,

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“The Great Story:” The Life and Work of Thomas Berry, 1-3 p.m., Allen Avenue Unitarian Universal-ist Church, 524 Allen Ave., Portland, registration required, 773-7738.

“Low and Clear,” 7 p.m., SPACE, 538 Congress St., Portland, $7, 828-5600.

GalleriesCheverus Student Art Show runs through May 18, daily 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Loyola Hall, 271 Ocean Ave., Portland, 774-6238.

Frank Poole’s Holga Photography, runs through the end of May, Port-land Photo Works, 2nd Floor, 142 High St., Portland.

Portraits: An Exhibit of Photo-graphs by Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest and Sean Alonzo Harris, runs through May 31, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Port-land, 871-1700.

“Smokin’ Hot,” through June 1, Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-1336.

MuseumsSkyline Farm Carriage Museum will open its summer exhibit, “Sum-mer Transportation: From Horse to Horseless,” on May 20. The ex-hibit will be open Sundays from 1-4 p.m. or by appointment at Skyline Farms, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, cumberlandmotorclub.com.

Victoria Mansion open for tours starting May 1, 109 Danforth St., Portland, for more information on tours visit victoriamansion.org.

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Saturday 5/19Alhan Middle Eastern Ensemble, 9 p.m, Mayo St. Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $10, 615-3609 or mayo-starts.org.

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Plant Sale, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Bruns-wick United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, Brunswick, 725-5227.

Weekend Plant Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m, Coastal Humane Society, 30 Range Road, Brunswick, 725-5057.

“Grand and Glorious” Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., old Bookland, Cooks Corner Mall, Brunswick, 373-6015.

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“Grand and Glorious” Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., old Bookland, Cooks Corner Mall, Brunswick, 373-6015.

Wednesday 5/23Riverview Cemetery Assoc., an-nual meeting, 11 a.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 721-0606.

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Though homeowners might find exotic plants help their home stand out from their neighbors', it's important that homeowners recognize the environmental benefits of choosing local plants before making any decisions.

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utility spokesman John Carroll said about 610,000 smart meters had been installed.

Shortly after the company began re-moving older meters in favor of wireless ones in the Portland area, town councils in Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth passed moratoriums on the installations.

At that time, Scarborough resident Elisa Boxer-Cook and others filed complaints with the PUC about the meters and manda-tory installations, which eventually led to creation of the opt-out program.

In Bath, councilors extended a morato-rium on mass installations last December, requiring customer approval for any conver-sion to the smart meters.

When asked by Justice Andrew M. Mead if an opt-out program with no fees would satisfy Fourth Amendment violations, McGlauflin said it would to a degree, but argued the meters themselves are a form of trespassing by a monopoly.

Friedman and McGlauflin also said the opt-out program will not help residents of multi-unit buildings, because adjacent me-ters will still present health hazards.

The case, docket No. PUC-11-532, is Ed Friedman, et al. v. Maine Public Utilities Commission and Central Maine Power Co.

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ing the next step with the West Harpswell School: a medium-term plan for use will be crafted, and preparations will be made for a binding vote in March 2013. Long-term options will also be reviewed.

This year, the board also hopes to craft the town’s first economic develop-ment plan, which selectmen said should support the local business community and define “an appropriate role for lo-cal government in fostering economic development.”

The board will also tackle the issue of outdoor wood burning boilers. Town leaders have been trying to decide wheth-er to move forward with a local ordinance to regulate the boilers, but Chairwoman Elinor Multer said state laws should first be assessed.

Selectman Jim Henderson said he believes the town should address a mas-ter plan for the town office area sooner rather than later.

“The recent assessment of buildable places is a good area to begin, because they have plans already laid out,” Hen-derson said. “Maybe that’s something that we could entertain relatively soon. Because this is related to this garage building business, that’s why I would like to have us think about this.”

The town recently hired Mid Coast Hospital to provide paramedic services. The emergency vehicle currently parks outside the municipal center, but town leaders have said that a garage needs to be built before winter comes.

The list of goals approved by the board

specifies that a “small-scale” garage should be built, but that its design and lo-cation should allow for future expansion.

Henderson suggested that the issue be addressed at the board’s next meeting.

The board also resolved to develop more efficient management plans for Harpswell’s 18 committees.

Other items that made the list include the disposition of a tax-acquired property on Hildreth Road and shifting from an elected to an appointed treasurer.

The vote, Multer said, is the first step in what promises to be a substantial amount of work.

“Well, we’ve had the easy ‘said’ part,” she said. “Now it’s the follow through, isn’t it?”



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new train station.“I went to the Amtrak opening and it

was very heartening when members of the community came to to voice their support,” he said. “I am extremely grate-ful for all the community support I have received.”

Herbig said that she, too, has been buoyed by public reaction.

“I want to thank my family, colleagues, constituents and people from all across the state for their support and encourage-ment in this very difficult process,” she said in a prepared statement following the agreement.

Cornell du Houx said he will be leav-ing on a trip to Australia to lead a delega-

tion of veterans to foster international relations later this month, but that it is not a result of the agreement.

“That’s been in the works for about nine months,” he said. “I’ve done previ-ous trips to Malaysia and Indonesia in a similar manner.”




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“That provides us with sufficient funds for cash flow purposes; it also demonstrates to bond entities that we are responsible with our financial man-agement,” he said.

Brown said that interest rates could be affected if the fund balance drops too low.

He said the issue would be revisited next year before determining whether to recommend using fund balance rev-enues again.

Councilor Suzan Wilson said that she would like to see more public educa-tion on the nature of the fund balance.

“There’s some sweet spot between hoarding and using,” Wilson said. “It’s meant to be used, not to be hoarded, but on the other hand, you do need savings.”

Councilors quizzed department heads about various expenditures, but no obvious way to shrink the budget presented itself.

The increase is largely driven by a $2.4 million budget shortfall at the Brunswick School Department; many councilors have said they have wit-nessed significant public support for education spending.

Elisabeth Doucette, director of Curtis

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“A couple of years ago, when our budget was cut, we had decided to try to put two custodians on our staff to clean the building and eliminate the custodial firm we had up until that time. ... That didn’t work out for a myriad of reasons,” Doucette said. “I think we were optimistic thinking that we could clean the building with two part-time people.”

Doucette said that the library had realized several thousand dollars worth of energy savings from a more efficient heating system, but that the difference was more than made up for by increases in health-insurance costs, and the death of 13-year-old computer

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The library’s total budget would increase from about $1.28 million to about $1.37 million.

Some department heads who were scheduled to make presentations were asked to return for the next budget workshop, because the presentations took longer than had been anticipated.

A public hearing on the municipal budget was scheduled for May 17.

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Residents voted on elements of next year’s spending plan individually. They ap-proved $1.5 million for debt service; $2.6 million for general government; nearly $424,000 for the capital projects fund; $2 million for public safety, and $1.4 million for public works, solid waste and recycling.

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But both the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee voted last month to raise the allocation to nearly $728,000, which allows nighttime per diem coverage to instead begin July 1, the start of the next fiscal year.

The board approved the increase 3-2, with Selectmen David Douglass and Ron-ald Riendeau opposed.

Voters approved the public safety line Wednesday with the additional funds in-

cluded. No one spoke in opposition to the added money.

“It’s an article that I wish and hope passes, because it’s very much needed,” said Donald Russell, chairman of the Board of Selectmen. He noted that some people have thought that if they call for an ambulance in the middle of the night, they will receive just as quick a response as during the day.

“That is not the case in the last couple of years, because the on-call people have to

report to the station before they leave (for the caller’s home),” which about doubles their response time, Russell said.

A group from the Highland Green retire-ment community had asked the town to fund the overnight rescue coverage. There has been staff on call during the night, but the group asked for two people to be at the Fire-Rescue station during that time, to improve response times.

Voters also approved several proposed ordinance changes governing dog control, signs, and the historic overlay district.

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The moment was a long time coming.“In 1998, the town purchased this land,

which was contaminated with coal ash and had lain fallow for several years,” Brunswick Town Councilor Margo Knight said. “Look around you and you can see the results of many years of plan-ning, focused on the goal to be ready for Amtrak service.”

Once the rail service is expanded in the fall, the Downeaster will make three round trips every day from Brunswick. Two will terminate in Boston; one will go as far as Portland.

Approximately $32 million has been spent to upgrade 28 miles of tracks north of Portland over the past 21 months; work not yet completed includes the replacement of ties and turnouts, and the rehabilitation of grade crossings.

Speakers on Monday expressed en-thusiasm for the impact of the expan-

ings that remained were applied to reducing tax impacts to the RSU 1 communities. The total amount to be assessed through taxes dropped slightly, from $17.4 million to $17.3 million.

A proposed 5.66 percent tax increase in Bath would drop to 5.38 percent, resulting in an approximately $438,000 hike, to $8.6 million. Following the change, Arrowsic’s assessment would rise nearly 16 percent to $494,000. Phippsburg would increase 9.54 percent to nearly $3 million, and Woolwich’s would grow 1.77 percent to $3.1 mil-

sion, which was funded by a $38.3 million federal grant for the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority.

“Railways have been an important part of Maine’s history since the 1830s,” said Carolann Oullette, director of the Maine Office of Tourism. “They’re going to con-tinue to be an important part of its future, as you can see here today.”

Trains will help to keep Maine’s high-ways clear of excessive traffic, said David Bernhardt, commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation.

“The railway system has and will con-tinue to play a role in easing congestion on (Interstates) 95 and 295,” he said. “It takes half a million people off of our highways.”

Joseph Szabo, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, said that the expansion is one of 150 rail proj-ects in 32 states that are helping to fuel the national economy, and a new age of increased rail use.

Area residents were allowed to cir-

culate throughout the train, where they had the opportunity to ask questions of the Downeaster crew, test the comfort of the leather seats, and sample dessert and beverage items offered in the train’s cafe.

Judy Normand, a Brunswick resident, took her 3-year-old grandson, Marquise, to test the new train out. Despite his youth, she said that he has had lots of experience riding the rails to Boston and beyond.

“He’s a little bit of a train fanatic,” she said.

During her remarks, Oullette said that there’s a romantic appeal to trains that helps to maintain their popularity.

“Trains have an emotional connection for many people,” she said, “and they evoke a lot of excitement.”



lion.West Bath’s assessment would de-

crease nearly 17 percent, to $2.2 million.The RSU 1 board voted unanimously

April 23 to change its cost-sharing formula, so that a law that created the school district would apply to its entire local tax calculation. The board had heard arguments from community mem-bers in support of that change, but not everybody is pleased with that course of action.

In a May 9 letter to RSU 1 board Chairman Timothy Harkins, the Bath City Council requested that the board “immediately begin the process of adopting a new cost sharing method that

is fair and equitable to the taxpayers of all member communities.”

The council suggested the board form a committee to propose a new allocation method no later than June 30.

The council noted the “extraordinary additional financial burden” the change would place on Bath residents, “who al-ready pay the highest education-related property taxes” in the district.

The letter also said the School Board’s decision “has generated a great deal of concern among Bath citizens,” and sug-gested there may be an effort to leave

the RSU.Harkins said last week that RSU 1 is

working to form a committee to examine the cost-sharing method for future years.

“The city of Bath wants the funding formula revisited and changed as soon as possible,” City Manager Bill Giroux said Wednesday. “... I see no need for us to wait a whole year.”

Voters will decide next year’s spend-ing plan at a district budget meeting Tuesday, June 5, and at a budget vali-dation referendum one week later. The budget would take effect July 1.

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Lobstersfrom page 2

the future? We have no idea. ... I have one lobsterman who is 90 years old, and he’s never seen this. You just don’t know.”

McAleney speculated the mild winter caused the early shed. Many factors de-termine when a lobster will shed, includ-ing food supply, availability of shelter and salinity, but temperature is by far the most important. Warmer water means its time to molt.

“The lobsters in their little caves don’t have calendars,” McAleney said. “They go by the temperature and how it feels.”

early start to the season, he said, noting that Downeast Maine isn’t reporting the same early shed as the southern coast and Casco Bay. Or, he said, it could might mean a trickled molt, with the shed hap-pening slowly, but steadily throughout the summer season.

“I wonder if we’re going to see that very distinct, marked timing of the shed,” he said. “Will it be this rolling, continu-ous, slow-molting process, or will it be – whamo – right into soft-shelled lobsters coast wide?”

Wilson said that if the season comes without a big shedding boom, it could mean confusion and volatility in the in-dustry, even if the total volume caught is about average.

“For the harvesters, it’ll be harder for them to gauge where their traps should be and timing of those traps. A trickled molt could alter an individual fisherman’s per-spective, but that would alter the dealers’

Carl Wilson, a marine research scientist and lead lobster biologist with the state Department of Marine Resources, said the early arrival of shedders could just be an early kick-off to the season. But, it could also signify a change in the normal lobstering schedule.

Maine’s lobster catch is about 80-85 percent soft-shell, he said. In a normal year, there’s a kind of shedding curve: The shed starts in shallow depths and kicks off with a boom before spreading into deeper water. Lobstermen follow the molt as it moves through deeper water because new-shell lobster are ravenous, and therefore easier to bait and catch.

The early shed could just mean an

and the processors’ perspective as well.”

Wilson and the others said it’s hard to predict the season this early because April and May are two of the weakest months in Maine’s lobster industry. There aren’t many fishermen on the water yet, and the landings are nothing compared to the big-catch months of August and Sep-tember. (For example, in May 2010, 2.5 million pounds of lobster were caught; in August 2010, it was 20.3 million.)

McAleney, the manager at New Mead-ows Lobster, said that until there’s reason to do otherwise, he’ll happily take the early shed.

“For the fishermen who are fishing right now, this is a bonus,” he said. “They don’t usually catch that many lobster this time of year. Now they’re catching them.”

Mario Moretto can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him

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