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Sports: Winter coaches of the year5

Homeless man dies in Portland campsite firePage 2

IndexObituaries ................... 13Opinion ........................ 8People & Business ..... 20Police Beat ................. 12

Real Estate ................. 39School Notebook ....... 14Sports ........................ 15

Arts Calendar ............. 22Classifieds .................. 33Community Calendar . 24Meetings .................... 24 Pages 26-30

Aquaponics startup outgrows Portland, heads to N. YarmouthBy Alex Lear

NORTH YARMOUTH — Fish waste is used by plants, which is converted by bacteria into nutrients for plants, which in turn filter clean and oxygen-ated water to be recirculated back to the fish.

It’s the circle of life.That’s the gist of aquaponics,

a symbiotic merging of aquacul-ture – through which fish and other aquatic animals are raised

in tanks – and hydroponics, the growing of plants in water.

And aquaponics is what Fluid Farms, a Portland-grown busi-ness that’s moving to North Yarmouth to grow produce and freshwater fish, is all about. Founders Jackson McLeod and Tyler Gaudet are building what they believe is Maine’s first commercial-scale aquaponic greenhouse on leased land at 1445 North Road.

The endeavor started in 2010 with the breeding of tilapia in the spare bedroom of Gaudet’s apartment.

“(We) obviously quickly out-grew that,” he said.

The longtime friends then operated Fluid Farms for two summer seasons in a small Bayside greenhouse in Portland. From there they sold herbs and

Jackson McLeod, left, and Tyler Gaudet, founders of Fluid Farms, are building what they believe is Maine’s first commercial-scale aquaponic greenhouse in North Yarmouth.

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Baxter Academy reaches accord with ousted director

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John Jaques, founder of the Baxter Academy for Technology and Science charter school in Portland.

By Christopher CousinsBangor Daily News

AUGUSTA — A controversy-plagued Portland charter school that received pre-liminary approval Monday to open in the fall has reached an accord with its former executive director following his conten-tious ouster.

The board of directors of Baxter Acade-my for Technology and Science and John Jaques, its primary founder and former executive director, announced Tuesday that they have resolved all disputes be-tween them and have agreed to dismiss their respective legal claims, according to a statement from the academy.

“We have reached a settlement covering the outstanding issues,” Jaques said in the statement. “While the specific terms of the agreement are confidential, it settles all disputes between us, including the claim that I had mismanaged Baxter.”

Kelli Pryor, chairwoman of the Baxter board, wished Jaques well and com-mended him for his contributions to the formation of the school.

“It’s beneficial to have the issues settled in a way that we can all agree to,” Pryor said. “Now, we look forward to working with the Maine Charter School Commis-sion, our students and their families and local partners as we plan for the opening of Baxter Academy this fall.”

According to the press release, details of the settlement have been sealed and

Student-led campaign helps solidify support for charter school

By Amber CroninPORTLAND — After the Maine

Charter Schools Commission asked Baxter Academy for Technology and Science supporters to demonstrate support for the school, one enterprising student rose to the challenge.

Chris McCammon, now a freshman at Scarborough High School, brain-

stormed the idea for a fundraising cam-paign for the school. The project, called the 10 Day Campaign, sought to show the commission that there was support for the school by asking students and families make donations.

McCammon’s first step was to donate

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Revised school budget cuts more jobsBy Amber Cronin

PORTLAND — The School Board Finance Committee last week cut another $1.5 million from the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget.

The reduction would elimi-nate more positions, add staff furlough days, hike employee health-insurance costs and fur-ther reduce spending for equip-ment and supplies.

Even with the new reductions, the district’s proposed budget is just over $98 million and will result in a more than 3.5 percent increase in the school portion of the property tax rate.

According to the district’s budget website, the budget will use $1.3 million from the district’s undesignated fund balance to cover $155,000 in capital costs, $500,000 for charter school expenditures and a portion of the unexpected shift in teacher retirement costs from the state to the district.

“This is a one-time use of the fund balance that we feel is ap-propriate and reasonable under the circumstances,” Superin-tendent of Schools Emmanuel Caulk said in a press release. “Looking ahead to next year,

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Howard Bliss, hunger prevention superstarBy David Treadwell

BRUNSWICK — Claudia Adams, vice president of the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, thinks Howard Bliss is “awesome.”

“This guy does everything,” Adams said.

Bliss began helping out at what was then called the Food Bank in 1997, when he hauled boxes of food from the Han-naford Bros. supermarket to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Today, at age 82, he’s still going strong.

And when Adams says he “does every-thing,” she’s not exaggerating.

Here’s just a partial list of Bliss’ nu-merous volunteer activities on behalf of an organization dedicated to providing food to citizens in need: Doing intake,

organizing food boxes for elders, keeping track of delivery records, making signs for upcoming events, picking up govern-ment food in Wiscasset, serving food to guests, establishing recycling guidelines and taking recycled items to a recycling center, making notices for upcoming Food Mobiles, and on and on.

Bliss also is a member of the board of directors of MHPP, and serves on the Volunteer Relations Committee and the Education Committee.

“Oh, golly. There are no words,” An-nette Muttell, the soup kitchen coordina-tor for MHPP, said of Bliss. “Howard is engaged in everything we do. He is unbelievable, just priceless.”

Bliss is also on the board at the Bath Area Food Banks, as a representative from his church. His duties there include organizing volunteers to staff the Food Pantry; doing intake; keeping records of client visits, and more.

He has not always been a superstar hunger prevention volunteer.

Bliss spent two years in the Army during the Korean War, graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology, and then spent the bulk of his career at Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut, where he taught letterpress printing to students and oversaw most of the school’s printing requirements.

When you talk with Bliss about his im-mense contributions on behalf of hungry citizens in the Mid-Coast area, you learn that he gets as much as he gives.

“Every day is different,” he said, “and there’s no opportunity that I don’t look forward to. I really like getting to know the clients as human beings. They’re just

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Howard Bliss, right, greets clients in Brunswick last week at the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, where he is also on the board. “I love it,” Bliss said. “There’s something different each day and I’m always on the go.”

Unsung HeroesOne in a series of profiles by Brunswick

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Despite objections, council OKs social service grantsBy William Hall

PORTLAND — The City Council Monday approved allocating nearly $4 million in anticipated federal funds to more than a dozen community develop-ment, job creation and social services programs – but not before councilors expressed concerns about the allocation process.

In a 6-1 vote, the council adopted the recommendations of City Manager Mark Rees for distributing funds from the Department of Housing and Urban De-velopment, which are being requested for the 2014 fiscal year. Most of the money would come from HUD’s Community Development Block Grant program.

The meeting included a second public hearing on the plan, part of an annual process for distributing the HUD funds. The first hearing was held March 27.

The lone dissenting vote in Monday’s meeting was by Councilor Ed Suslovic, who said he was concerned about Rees’ “abandonment” of goals set by the the city’s CDBG Annual Allocation Com-mittee.

“I am troubled by the departure from the allocation committee’s recommenda-tions,” Suslovic said. “... This council has set priorities, which (the committee) upheld.”

The city manager is required to pro-pose a plan for distributing the HUD funds, based on – but not bound by – the committee’s evaluation of funding ap-plications. Rees previously explained his rationale for deviating from the commit-

tee recommendations.“I made some very difficult decisions

regarding social services,” he wrote in a memo. “With the growing needs of our homeless population, I feel it is impera-tive that we continue to fund our safety net programs, specifically food.”

Rees shaved 15.8 percent off other CDBG-funded applications to partially fund two food assistance programs that otherwise would not have qualified.

Councilor Kevin Donoghue asked for “insight” into the impact of Rees’ changes. One result is that an outreach program for homeless individuals will receive $11,200 less than it requested.

The city’s Homeless Outreach and Mobile Engagement Team had requested $75,000 in CDBG funds, but was given only $63,800 under Rees’ plan. The pro-gram, which is managed by the nonprofit Milestone Foundation, provides daily, on-the-street help for people needing shelter or struggling with substance abuse.

The funding reduction will “cripple” the the program, according to a letter from the foundation, which was read by a city staffer.

Donoghue called that “a difficult price to pay for reallocation.”

The impact of such cuts prompted Suslovic to introduce a motion to amend Rees’ proposal, restoring the allocation of HUD funds to the amounts recom-mended by the committee. The motion died when it did not receive a second.William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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Homeless man dies in Portland campsite fireBy William Hall

PORTLAND — A homeless man died in an accidental outdoor fire Saturday night – one of three major emergencies to which the Fire Department responded that day, City Hall spokeswoman Nicole Clegg said Sunday.

Investigators on Monday said Brian Barbour, 53, whose last known residence was on India Street, died after a candle ignited his tent near a stretch of Pan Am Railways tracks running along West Commercial Street.

The Office of the State Medical Ex-aminer determined Barbour died from smoke inhalation, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Clegg said firefighters responded to a report of the fire just before midnight Sat-urday. As the blaze was being doused, the badly burned body of a man, eventually identified as Barbour, was discovered, along with the tent and personal belong-ings that had been destroyed. A small wooded area was also scorched.

Earlier on Saturday, at about 2:30 p.m., nearly half the Fire Department’s on-duty force was called to a fire in a remote area of Evergreen Cemetery, according to

Clegg. Twenty firefighters were needed to extinguish the blaze, which consumed several acres of woodland.

Shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, seven fire companies and a Medcu unit re-sponded to an emergency call about smoke coming from the roof of a three-story apartment building at 29 Grant St., Clegg said.

Residents of the building were tem-porarily evacuated while firefighters ventilated the structure and secured a malfunctioning furnace, which was releasing dangerous levels of carbon monoxide gas.

Clegg did not report any injuries from either the Evergreen Cemetery or Grant Street episodes.William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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PORTLAND — As state lawmakers in Augusta debate whether Maine should broaden eligibility for MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program, health-care policy experts came to Portland Monday to debate the same question.

About 50 people turned out at the Uni-versity of Southern Maine’s Wishcamper Center to hear a forum on the expansion of MaineCare. The panel of speakers as-sembled by the Muskie School of Public Service included Mary Mayhew, com-missioner of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, and David Howes, president of Martins Point Health Care.

Medicaid, the joint federal-state pro-gram that funds health care for the poor and disabled, was expanded under the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.” After a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer, states were given the option of broadening eligibility standards for their Medicaid services – with the federal government picking up 100 percent of the cost for three years.

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bivalent about the offer.As he tries deal with a projected $120

million revenue shortfall in MaineCare and another $484 million in payments owed to the state’s hospitals, LePage at first resisted any expansion of the pro-gram. The administration also claimed that most of the people who would become eligible for Medicaid under Obamacare were already covered by benefits MaineCare has added over the past decade.

Nevertheless, Mayhew opened the door last month to possible expansion of the program under Obamacare. Mayhew and the governor proposed a deal: Maine will participate in Medicaid expansion, if the federal government extends the length of its funding and gives the state greater flexibility in running MaineCare.

“We believe that if the federal govern-ment funds 100 percent of our Medicaid costs for expansion populations for 10 years, we can put our Medicaid program on a track to succeed in the long term,” Mayhew wrote in a March 18 letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius.

“Maine’s last decade was marked by unsustainable growth in our Medicaid program,” she said, “and our taxpayers have shouldered the burden of early expansion.”

On Monday, Mayhew repeated the quid-pro-quo offer.

“Without a significant commitment from the federal government to support this expansion, I am concerned about the inability to support people with dis-abilities today with services they need and should be getting from the state,” Mayhew said. “We need a much greater level of support from the federal govern-ment, both to support ongoing costs to the program and to lead the transforma-tional efforts we know are necessary to improve the way the health care delivery system functions.”

Joseph Antos, a scholar at the Ameri-can Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., backed Mayhew’s offer, but urged caution.

“What Maine should do is not rush into anything. The governor’s letter is right on in wanting greater flexibility in managing a program that it has the legal responsi-bility to manage,” he said. “If the federal government is unwilling to release you from unnecessary oversight, there will be massive failure.”

Still, other panelists looked at the federally funded expansion as an oppor-tunity Maine cannot afford to miss.

“We need to do this,” said Sara Gagne-Holmes, executive director of Maine Equal Justice Partners, an advocacy group for low-income people. “There is no reason that childless adults (the primary population covered under the ex-pansion) have not been covered. They’re

some of the poorest people in the state, but we continue to say they don’t need coverage because should be able to afford health care themselves.

“Accepting these federal funds is an opportunity for Maine to provide some fairness.”

Howes, a physician, said the expansion will allow MaineCare to better manage health care for an uninsured population that otherwise seeks more expensive, less-efficient care in hospital emergency rooms.

“These people are out there being cared for in an uncoordinated, unman-aged system,” he said. “We obviously have to go for the best deal we can get, and as much autonomy as we can get in managing the program. ... But the care today is uncompensated, and we’re not managing it in a go-to way.”

Sara Rosenbaum, a professor at George Washington University School of Public Health, called the question of MaineCare expansion a “no-brainer.”

“Do we keep our residents covered?” she said. “Given the fact that this is a chance to create a continueous coverage system for almost everyone in Maine, the answer is of course we want the coverage.”

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PORTLAND — Travel agencies may seem like an endan-gered species, but don’t tell that to Pa-mela Hurley Moser.

Twenty years ago, there were more than 100 full-service, local agencies in Maine, said Hurley Moser, founder of Hurley Travel Experts. Records show most were in the Portland area.

Today, the Portland telephone directory lists fewer than a dozen. Only three are in the city.

With websites such as Expedia, Traveloc-ity, Hotwire, Priceline and Kayak offering travelers countless low-cost ways to book their own trips, the travel agency may seem destined to go the way of the dodo bird.

But Hurley, which specializes in group travel and meetings, corporate travel and luxury vacations, seems to be defying the odds.

The agency, headquartered at 415 Cum-berland Ave., has seen its sales grow from $24 million in 2011 to $40 million last year. This year, Hurley Moser is projecting sales

of $50 million.And after launching her one-person busi-

ness in 1993 at the age of 25, the Harpswell resident now employs a staff of 48, includ-ing a six-employee branch in Naples, Fla.

Instead of being threatened by the travel websites, Hurley Moser said her business welcomes them. Online travel booking frees agencies from being “order takers,” she said, and helps educate people about their travel choices and costs.

“Clients are coming to us now with more information,” she said Sunday. “They’re further along in the process.”

But there’s still a need for the inside knowledge and perspective that a travel agent brings, according to Hurley Moser. Her “experts” help by getting clients to focus on the overall goals of a trip.

“We ask them to paint a picture, we ask them what they really want,” she said. “Our job is then sometimes to introduce them to something they didn’t know existed.”

Travel agencies such as Hurley also help their clients by using experience and resources to get better travel deals, she said. For example, Hurley leverages the bargain-ing power of its membership in Virtuoso, an invitation-only association of 330 luxury travel agencies around the world.

Hurley can also arrange a luxury vacation

that will take you out of this world.The agency is one of only 120 inter-

nationally that can book passengers for commercial space flights through Virgin Galactic, the airline offshoot owned by mogul Richard Branson. Ticket prices for a suborbital spaceship trip start at $200,000.

Hurley Moser hasn’t sold any trips since becoming an “accredited space agent,” but said she’s more focused on serving her earthbound clients, some of whom have

been with her since the agency’s founding two decades ago.

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Hurley is launching an online auction to benefit community nonprofit groups. The auction, called “20 for 20,” will put 20 trips and travel-related products up for bid, most with values of around $3,000. The auction starts May 1 and runs through the next year.William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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Man charged with murder to be returned to PortlandBy William Hall

PORTLAND — A New York man arrested there last week for the alleged murder of a woman in Portland has waived extradition and will make a court appearance Friday to arrange transport to Maine, according to a City Hall press release.

Anthony Pratt, 19, of the New York City borough of Queens, was taken into custody April 2. He allegedly killed 29-year-old Margarita Fisenko Scott, of Westbrook, with a single shot from a handgun, Police Chief Michael Sau-schuck said at a press conference April 3.

Pratt is being held in New York and is expected to be transported to Portland to face the murder charge after April 19.

Police believe Pratt killed Scott in the

first-floor apartment of a building at 266 West Concord St., where she occasionally stayed. Her body was found Jan. 17 in a 2002 Chevrolet SUV parked two miles away at Motel 6, 1 Riverside St.

The killing occurred sometime in No-vember 2012, according to police. Scott’s body was dumped in the SUV, which was then abandoned at the motel, although

Sauschuck would not say how long the SUV had been there. It is registered in the name of Scott’s husband, Cary Scott.

Scott, who was estranged from her husband, was dating Pratt at the time of her death. Saushchuck declined to speculate on a motive for the murder, but said “there’s the potential for domestic violence overtones as well as drug-related activity.”

The handgun used in the killing was stolen in a burglary in central Maine, and then sold in Portland, according to Sauschuck. He would not explain how Pratt allegedly came to have the weapon.

Sauschuck said Pratt was a subject of the homicide investigation from its begin-ning. He has a police record, although it is “nothing of significance,” the chief

said.Cary Scott was never a suspect and was

“incredibly cooperative” in the investiga-tion, Sauschuck added.

Portland police detectives worked closely with the New York Police Depart-ment in apprehending Pratt, and ques-tioned him in New York, the chief said.William Hall can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 106 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @

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Fire Department adds new ambulanceBy William Hall

PORTLAND — The Fire Department started up a new ambulance last week, a planned replacement for a vehicle that made nearly 13,000 emergency runs over the past four years as Medcu 6.

The new Medcu unit, a 2013 Braun Chief XL ambulance, is housed at Cen-tral Fire Station near City Hall. The unit provides emergency medical and transport services for the West End and downtown, and supplements emergency services off the peninsula.

The retired vehicle will be used as a reserve ambulance, filling in for Medcu units that are under repair or supplement-ing them during major emergencies.

The PFD currently has four Medcu units in active service, and replaces one each year.

“As the vehicle gets older, it becomes more expensive to maintain,” Fire Chief Jerome LaMoria said in a press release. “We use this replacement strategy as an efficient way to decrease maintenance

New options for drivers, new website for Casco Bay Lines

PORTLAND — Casco Bay Lines is preparing to give passengers with cars and light trucks some new ticketing op-tions this summer.

The ferry service has also launched a what is billed as a “new and improved” website that will eventually offer online ticketing for customers.

Starting June 15, CBL will offer reser-vations for transporting non-commercial cars and light trucks on three round trips to Peaks Island each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. Reservation fees will be $25 each way, in addition to the ticket cost for the vehicle.

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PORTLAND — Services for military veterans and others are expanding under the Easter Seals Maine umbrella this spring.

A subsidiary of Easter Seals New Hampshire, the Maine organization, based at 125 Presumpscot St., is in the process of expanding its preschool program and developing a veterans as-sistance program.

Easter Seals Maine serves children and adults with aquatic and social therapies, speech and occupational therapy, a pre-school and soon the veterans program.

Gail Wilkerson, a Falmouth resident and executive director of Easter Seals Maine, said the organization is excited about the expansion of one of their larg-est programs, All Aboard Preschool.

“Our preschool program serves about 50 to 75 kids each year, and for the most part it is children with autism,” she said. “I am really passionate about that because my own son has autism. He is 17 now and really could have benefited from taking advantage of some of the same services offered here today. When I look at the kids who come through, I look back and see my own son in the faces of these kids.”

The preschool expansion includes 2,000 square feet of new space at the existing location. It will allow additions to the program, such as before- and

after-care and expanded early interven-tion, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy services.

The expansion will also allow for typically developing children to come into the program, which will help model

behavior patterns for children who don’t always pick up on social queues.

“The idea is to help maximize learning and play,” Wilkerson said. “The expan-sion is very exciting because the rate of autism has increased to a rate of 1 in 50

kids and in Maine we have the second highest prevalence of autism in the na-tion. We believe our services are going to be needed more than ever and our expan-sion is happening just at the right time.”

Mallory Emmertz, whose 3-year-old son, Laneon Brainerd, has attended the school since he was 2, said that the All Aboard Preschool program has helped her son in ways that a traditional pre-school wouldn’t have.

Early in his life Brainerd was non-verbal and would not eat solid food, she said. But working with a speech and oc-cupational therapist for two hours a week has helped him tremendously.

“His communication is the biggest thing they have helped with,” Emmertz said. “(Before) he had not much com-munication whatsoever and now he com-municates in his own ways and with us and with other people.”

Emmertz said her son’s day-to-day routine at the preschool is spent in a classroom with three to five students who all have one-to-one teachers working with them. She said it is a very structured program, but the support they have had from the teachers has allowed her son to make great strides.

“Easter Seals is a very supportive and devoted program,” she said. “Overall, they have made a big difference in his life and I don’t know what we would do

AMBER CRONIN / THE FORECASTER

#{newline}Chairman Dennis Brown and Executive Director Gail Wilkerson are both fairly new to Easter Seals Maine, where there are big plans for expansion of the agency’s preschool and

veterans programs.#{newline}

News briefsStoreowner injured in robbery attempt

PORTLAND — A Rosemont neigh-borhood store owner was injured in an attempted robbery Monday morning, police said.

The owner of Don’s Baseball Card Center, 578 Brighton Ave., told police a man entered his store about 10:45 a.m. and threatened him. Believing he was being robbed, the store owner struggled with the man, who struck him on the head several times before fleeing. The suspect did not take any merchandise.

The storeowner received several lacera-tions, but they were not life-threatening, according to police.

The suspect is described as white, with brown hair, and in his 30s. He is approxi-mately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs between 150 and 180 pounds, according to police. He was wearing a light-colored shirt and jeans.

The suspect was seen fleeing inbound on Brighton Avenue in a gray, older-model Subaru Legacy station wagon that carried a roof rack and a Maine license plate with a partial registration number of 774 Y. The Subaru was driven by a white woman with dirty blond hair, tied in a ponytail.

Anyone with information regarding the incident was asked to contact police at 874-8533.

Registration open for Earth Day race

PORTLAND — The second Urban Runoff 5k will take place Saturday, April 20. The race celebrates Earth Day, which is April 22.

The race begins at 9 a.m. at Deering High School and winds through the sur-rounding neighborhoods and pieces of the Portland Trails system behind Ever-green Cemetery before popping back out

onto Stevens Avenue and ending back at the high school.

At the end of the race, runners and walkers will be greeted by The Green Neighbor Family Fest, which will pro-vide education about storm water pol-lution.

Online registration is available at www.urbanrunoff5k.com, but there will also be race-day registration from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at Deering High School.

Portland teacher a semifinalist for award

PORTLAND — A King Middle School teacher is one of the six semifinalists for Maine’s 2014 Teacher of the Year award.

Language arts teacher Karen MacDon-ald and the other semifinalists were hon-ored April 4 in a Statehouse event with Gov. Paul LePage and Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen.

They will undergo a selection process consisting of school visits by a review panel, portfolio reviews and interviews. The winner will be announced at a surprise all-school assembly in early September.

MacDonald began working for Port-land Public Schools in 1978 and has held several positions within the district. She has been at King Middle School since 1989 and has helped the school change its focus to expeditionary learning.

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Trust is the fuel of family travelTraveling with young children is like living in a sus-

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Are we having fun right now, or are we being played for fools?

Last weekend, my hus-band and I took our almost-5-year-old daughter and our 18-month old son to the Camden-Rockport region for one night. My husband found a great rate at the Sa-moset Resort, and I jumped at the idea he nervously presented. He made the reservation. I packed cloth-ing, gear, and toiletries that would ensure my children’s comfort in the event of bliz-zard, heat wave, locusts, a measles outbreak, and/or famine.

My husband forgot his swimsuit, prescription medica-tion, and a change of socks.

We timed our departure so that it would coincide with our son’s nap time. We over-stimulated our daughter with promises that she could watch, for the very first time, a DVD on the car’s built-in screen. Our son fell asleep within 15 minutes, right around the time my husband realized that the DVD we brought suffered from a large, incapacitating

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by agreeing to remain functioning after we typed in our destination. The trip is essentially: take Interstate 295 north to Route 1. Then take Route 1 north. Congratulations, you will arrive at your destination.

The scenery along those two thoroughfares is reason enough to take the trip. You will never see a more confident and persistent concentration of (a) car dealerships; (b) gas stations; or (c) chiropractor offices. It appears everyone north of Brunswick has terrible posture from all the gas they manually deliver to their 13 automobiles.

Bird watchers might particularly enjoy the drive. Not be-cause I saw a lot of birds to recommend, but because I saw some of the largest American flags I have ever encountered. I can only imagine how impressive they’d be when viewed through binoculars.

If none of that sounds tempting, allow me to inform you that somewhere near the McDonald’s without the golden arches, you can visit an establishment that allows you to rent puzzles. Is this a monthly-membership enterprise, or are walk-ins welcome? What is the penalty for the inevi-table lost corner piece? These discoveries and more are all yours for the undertaking.

Upon arriving at the Samoset, my road warriors and I enjoyed not twisting our ankles on the resort’s rocky beach. We ventured into Camden, which is best described as a European village nestled into a seaside bay. We ate dinner at Cappy’s Chowder House, where my son confirmed to us that a decision to bring him into public spaces is a decision

taken at our own risk.By the time we left, my husband could only repeat “I

need to lie down.”As a family, we enjoy extreme sporting. For example,

we often test who can be quiet for the longest. True to this form, the kids and I spent the next morning in the hotel pool while my husband hid behind the Sunday paper. We then proceeded to the Camden Hills State Park. My hus-band had heard rave reviews about a gentle hike we could enjoy with our dead-weight offspring.

Twenty minutes later, I was bent over at a 90-degree angle, pushing my daughter up the face of a cliff in a Graco stroller as my husband gave himself early-onset herniated disk thanks to the son he had dangling in a backpack. With sweat streaming down our faces and swears forming at our lips, we both agreed we were having a wonderful time and that the hike was exactly as advertised.

At the summit, we debated which chiropractor to stop at during the return trip.

Our return home left us nostalgic for the 24 hours just survived. True, it was a vacation without any relaxation or selfish decision-making. Somehow, though, it still felt special, like the beginning of a tradition we would all look back on fondly.

But maybe that was just the PTSD talking. I don’t know. I still haven’t learned what parts of the family travel experi-ence I should trust.

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LePage budget fails communities, studentsBy Sen. Anne Haskell and Rep. Matthew Moonen

It is time to stand up for our values. As Mainers, we highly value education, responsibility and fairness. Along with many others, we believe that our state budget needs to reflect these shared values. Our budget should support working families and create pathways to success for future generations.

The greatest investment we can make for our future is to provide the best learning expe-rience for students. We need to make sure that Maine’s schools and classrooms provide the best learning environment for our young people to reach their full potential. The way to do this is to support our teachers and provide our schools with the tools neces-sary for a first class education – and the money needed to acquire these tools.

This is why supporting public school systems is a priority for the Democrats in the Maine Legislature. We understand that putting students first means strength-ening classrooms, not underfunding and undermining them. We know that we should be looking at what we can improve and what we can do to encourage student achievement. We also recognize that investing in educa-tion not only is important in preparing young people for the real world, but it is the best economic stimulator and

job creation program that we have.

However, schools in Maine face a serious threat from the governor’s proposed budget. While Gov. Paul LePage claims that schools would be flat funded over the next biennium, the truth is as a result of proposed changes and budget slight-of-hand gimmicks, his budget

will essentially cut $40 million for funding public schools over the next two years. This is something our future cannot afford.

The biggest problem with the governor’s proposed budget is that he wants to shift new costs from the state to local school districts. These

are costs the state has covered, but the governor’s budget would suddenly thrust them upon local school districts. That would make communities responsible for millions of dollars of additional costs.

Portland will receive more than $1.1 million less in education funding for fiscal year 2013-2014 than it did for the previous fiscal year. Over the next two years, the city will have to make up for more than $2.5 million in funding it won’t receive. This is the governor’s way of pushing off responsibility by shifting the burden on our communities.

Whether the city of Portland chooses to raise prop-

erty tax or cut school programs, public safety or public works, the governor’s proposed budget puts our commu-nity in a very bad situation. By raising property taxes, middle-class families are unfairly burdened. By cutting school programs, our young people are not receiving the best education they can receive. Our future leaders need to be given the best opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

The governor’s approach to budgeting lacks what Maine needs to improve our economy. His one-size-fits-all method undermines communities and shortchanges our students. We need to look forward by supporting our students and teachers. By underfunding our classrooms, we are doing a disservice to the future.

What Maine needs is a responsible budget that en-sures we spend our limited resources in the best way possible and that all Mainers pay their fair share. The wealthiest should be doing their part to give others the chance to succeed and lawmakers should stand up for smart solutions that are right for Maine people and are fair for all.

Democratic state Sen. Anne Haskell is serving her first term in the Maine Senate and represents District 9 in Portland and part of Westbrook. Rep. Matthew Moonen, also a Democrat, is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives and represents District 118 in Portland.


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Contrary to right-wing opinion, the world is not flatThe refusal to accept hard facts, truths that stare us in

the face, has become the hallmark of the political right in the nation, and in Maine.

The insistence by right-of-center political leaders (Gov. Paul LePage is one among many) on policies that ignore facts and truth is stifling the U.S. and Maine economies.

Which policies? What untruths have we suc-cumbed to? Here are some examples:

• “Cutting taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations will stimulate the economy and create jobs.”

Not true. The federal tax rate on individuals making more than $400,000 was recently increased, but fed-eral income tax burdens re-main at a 60-year low. The massive (2001-2003) Bush tax cuts did not ward off the 2007-2009 recession; they did not bring us out of the recession. These cuts simply increased the nation’s debt.

Although the U.S. corporate tax rate (35 percent) seems high, the effective rate (by virtue of exemptions, loopholes, and tax credits) is less than half that. We rank 21st out of 25 industrial nations in corporate tax burden. This low effective rate did not prevent the recession – it has not facilitated a rapid recovery from recession. This low rate also raised the national debt.

In Maine, the LePage tax cuts – roughly $150 million dollars annually, largely benefiting the wealthy – have not turned the economy around. Maine’s job growth is non-existent; unemployment has not gone down; the quality of life is declining. The only effect these

cuts have had is to produce revenue gaps that make it increasingly difficult to adequately fund schools, road maintenance, other infrastructure needs, and the needs of the poor, the elderly, and the handicapped.

These are the facts. They speak loudly. At national and state levels of government, tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations do not create jobs; they do not turn an economy around.

• “Austerity budgets and debt reduction will stimulate the economy and create jobs.”

Not true. The lessons of Europe – England, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy – shout out to us. For years, all of these nations have been drinking the Kool-Aid of austerity budgeting. All of them are mired in recession or double-dip recession. Unemployment in these countries has been prolonged, and higher than in the U.S. (in many cases much higher).

In the U.S., austerity budgeting in the form of the “sequester” will reduce the nation’s debt slightly. But all economists agree it will slow down the rate of economic recovery. People will remain unemployed, and for lon-ger periods. We failed to distinguish between long-term debt reduction that must eventually be fashioned, and short-term debt that must grow to provide the needed stimulus to get out of recession.

In Maine, LePage’s austerity budgeting began by sharply reducing state employee and teacher retirement benefits; it moved to tightening eligibility for a wide range of welfare benefits; it is now focused on cutting off municipal revenue sharing, flat funding education, and allowing almost all of the state’s regulatory pro-grams and infrastructure to deteriorate over time. He would allow municipalities to fund (where the state leaves off) what they choose to fund – but he knows that few municipalities have the resources to do so.

Again, these are the facts. Austerity budgets do not re-vive an economy; they do not produce jobs. Indeed, the evidence is to the contrary: in Europe, the U.S. and in

Maine, austerity budgets prolong economic downturns and high unemployment.

• “Avoiding debt (bonding) during recessionary peri-ods is good economic policy.”

Not true. Contrary to the view of most economists, the governor (without any supporting evidence) has taken the position that bonding is inappropriate during tight fiscal times. It makes no sense.

The facts are that interest rates are low; that Maine is not overburdened with debt; that countless projects throughout the state are ready to go; that construction firms hit hard by the housing downturn, need and want the work; that bid prices on the few projects that have moved forward were well under engineering estimates. In spite of these facts, the governor blocked a bond package during his first two years in office and has frozen $100 million in approved bonds.

In sum, bonding to build needed infrastructure over the last several years would have been anti-recessionary: It would have reduced unemployment, and enabled us to acquire this infrastructure at write-down prices. We’ve lost these opportunities because of LePage’s “no-bonding” policy – a policy contrary to common sense and good economics.

The governor and the political right cannot continue to advance policies built on asserted facts that are untrue, essentially asserting the world is flat. In each of the examples I’ve cited, there is overwhelming evidence that the assertions made (and constantly repeated) are incorrect.

Maine is paying a heavy price for this obdurateness. It needs to end.

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

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I often wonder if resident guru, now prophet, Edgar Allen Beem rereads his pieces, wishing he could hit “delete.”

Please read his last, egotistically dubbed “Universal Notebook.” It’s deletion worthy. Beem prophesied the end of our human world this century. Why? Competition. The competition which has reduced prices (when logically adjusted for currency inflation) of everything from Apple computers to those $4 prescriptions.

Or, think Hubble photos and a competitive space race with the (defunct) Socialist USSR. Yes, originally competitive – not cooperative.

He actually said, “If the 21st century is not to be the last century in human history, cooperation must replace

competition as our local, national and global modus operandi.” The title of this anti-capitalism rant: “Cooperate or perish.” How typical of his ilk to be dispiriting and demeaning. How apprecia-tive is his liberal congregation,

however. (Pardon my assumption that defenders of Beem’s “universal” knowledge are usually hand-wringing, appre-

hensive, progressive, well-meaning liberals. They just are, unabashedly.)

Competition, Beem claims, is useful for sporting events, game shows and amusements – fun, but meaningless. He adds, “the entire global economy is far too important to be left to competitive gamesmanship.” He must agonize that socialist economic experiments of “cooperation for the common good” just keep failing. Their misguided leaders ultimately succumb to human nature. Meanwhile, capital-istic competition, Schumpeter’s “creative destruction,” and fearlessly entrepreneurial humans will continue to raise standards of living – universally, including, thanklessly, his.

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Edgar Allen Beem

Be it ever so humble …My grandmother lived in the same house in Portland for 47 years. I have now lived in the same house in Yarmouth for 31, far longer than I have ever lived anywhere in my life. I’ve been thinking about all the houses I’ve lived in – about 20 by my count – as Carolyn and I start thinking about what comes next, now that the girls are grown and out of the house.

Strange to think of all those houses, rooms, yards that were once so familiar, that were once “home,” now dim recollections long since inhabited by others.

The Hollanders have lived in my grand-mother’s old house for decades now, but I still think of it – buttermilk yellow in memory, lilac in fact – as Nana’s house. My friend Tanya tells me the old slate-bed pool table with the leather pockets is still down there in the basement where I played on it the 1950s and 1960s. I forgot to ask whether the antique black slate sink is still in the kitchen. I hope so.

The fact that my family moved a great deal when I was growing up is probably the reason I haven’t moved much since. I lived in more than a dozen homes before I graduated from college. My daughters lived in one, two in the case of our oldest. Because my father was in the Navy and then got transferred a lot by Met Life, I lived in Brunswick, Waterville, Fal-mouth, San Diego, Mechanic Falls, Lewiston, Auburn, Groton, Mass., and Pawtucket, R.I., before we more or less settled down in Westbrook in 1960.

In 1966, unhappy as a salesman, my father went back to sea in the merchant marine and my mother took up real estate to pass the time. She quickly became one of her own best customers, such that my father used to joke that he was never sure where “home” was when he came home. My parents owned five different homes in Westbrook at one time or another with a few rentals interspersed.

My father, having graduated from Maine Maritime Academy and served aboard liberty ships in World War II, was in his final year at Bowdoin College when

I was born in 1949, so my first home was an apart-ment in the building that is now the Elks Lodge on the Brunswick town green. Daughter Tess will be graduat-ing from Bowdoin herself next month. It is the fact that the last of our three girls will be out of college (so we theoretically may have a little more money) that has us thinking about whether to move somewhere, and if so where.

When I suggest winterizing the camp up on Thomp-son Lake in Otisfield, Carolyn just rolls her eyes. Not only would she have to commute more than an hour each way to work in Freeport, but she probably can’t imagine living up at the lake with me. Then again, maybe she can.

So how about trading our little cape in Yarmouth for a big old Georgian townhouse in Richmond? You can get a lot more bang for your housing buck if you move out of the preferred suburbs. Or maybe we should move back into Portland. We lived in the Park Street row-houses when we first got married and loved it. We were both born in Portland and Carolyn grew up there. She’s the only Portland High graduate I’ve ever met. So moving back into Portland (Buy? Rent? Single-family? Apartment building? Condo?) would be like going home again.

But of course, you can’t go home again. And, anyway, I’m not sure we can afford Portland. The row house we lived in sold for $100,000 in the 1980s. I’m sure it would fetch more than a million today.

We have three little grandchildren now and another on the way, so maybe we should move out into the country, buy a big old farm with room for the little ones to run around in the fields and play in the barn. Plant a big garden. Maybe raise a few chickens and ducks. Get a goat.

On second thought, probably not.Carolyn, who is fun-loving, adventurous and gener-

ally up for anything, would move in a heartbeat, but I’m afraid I’m kind of an old stick in the mud. So chances are we’ll just stick it out here in the mud, maybe make a few long-overdue improvements to the old place.

With 31 years’ worth of cultch and accumulation, this little house somehow seems smaller now than it did when there were five of us living here. Yes, that’s it – we’ll just stay right here where we belong.

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

Tax increases stifle U.S. energy companies

The president is talking about reducing the federal deficit without crippling the budget – great promises on an extremely important issue.

However, instead of talking about spending cuts, he’s attacking the oil and gas industry and planning to raise taxes on energy companies.

The so called “stimulus” bill that is being circulated by President Obama includes provisions that would skew the global playing field against U.S.-based oil and natu-ral gas companies. He wants to do this by changing exist-

ing “dual capacity” r u l e s , the t ax laws that grant tax credits to

American companies generating income in foreign countries that enables them to use taxes they’ve already paid abroad to offset additional domestic taxation on that same foreign income.

By eliminating dual capacity, Obama’s measure would double-tax our domestic oil and natural gas producers, putting them at a competitive disadvantage with foreign operators. This is unacceptable to me. As a Mainer, I firmly believe that President Obama and Congress should work to maintain our domestic industries’ com-petitive edge.

The federal deficit should be tackled with reduced spending and an increase in job production, not punitive tax increases on proven job creators.

Jon StinsonPortland

Beem trips over the competitive edge

I was flabbergasted by Edgar Allan Beem’s latest fan-tasy regarding the ineffectiveness of competition (“Co-operate or perish,” April 1, 2013). Since he’s probably still using a rotary dial phone, perhaps he missed the fact that thanks to intense competition most of us now carry telephones in our pockets that have more computing power than desktops did a few years ago. Or perhaps the fact that in response to rising gasoline prices, car makers are falling all over themselves selling more ef-ficient cars that customers demand. Southwest Airlines didn’t achieve success because it got its employees to cooperate – it created an entirely new flying experience that lured customers from competing airlines. I could go on, but why bother? Beem has become so detached from reality I suggest it’s time The Forecaster beam him to a more suitable planet.

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ObituariesWilma Bozak Baldwin, 86: An artistic soul who loved life

PORTLAND — Wilma Bozak Bald-win, 86, of Portland, died March 29.

She was born Sept. 19, 1926, in Ra-ven Run, Pa., the daughter of Michael and Anna Bozak. She grew up in Shenando-ah, Pa. and graduated from the Philadelphia School of Art. She worked in and loved fashion and design. Her journey led her to marry John Baldwin in 1952 and they began life together in the Washington, D.C., area, where they raised their family.

In 1994, they moved to Portland. Embracing the beauty of New England, Baldwin spent her time painting water-colors, cooking, sewing, reading, and en-joying her beloved husband, the beauty of her children, grandchildren, and friends. Her house never was less than a home.

Baldwin loved life. Her life’s canvas showed how she made life worth living. Her artful manner touched more than imagined. She will be missed.

Baldwin was predeceased by her hus-band, John; her brother, Michael Bozak, and a sister, Louise Bozak Shaw.

She is survived by her sister, Sister Bernadette Ann, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; her six children, Anne Ruth Baldwin, and her husband, Mike Bremer, of Spanola, N.M., Karen “Kee” Baldwin-Payne, and her husband, David Payne, of Portland, Mary Louise Baldwin, of Portland, Harry Baldwin, and his wife, Nancy Lucas, of Mooresville, N.C., John Baldwin, and his wife, Pilar Lorenzo, of Miami Shores, Fla, Robert Baldwin, of Portland; and her grandchildren Wesley Lucas, Jessica Lynn, and her husband, Taylor Schoppee, Emily Jane, Zachary David, Allyson Ma-rie, and Grace Anne.

Funeral services will be private.

Deborah Golden Bargad, 52PORTLAND – Deborah Golden

Bargad, 52, of Portland, died April 1 at Mercy Hospital.

She was born Feb 10, 1961, in Brook-line, Mass., the daughter of Martin and Martha Bargad. She grew up in Peabody, Mass., and lived for the last 10 years in Portland.

Bargad enjoyed many hobbies, includ-ing going to the movies, going out to eat and shopping. She loved to knit, and was a member of various knitting clubs. She was an avid reader of a wide range of books and had an extensive book col-lection. She especially enjoyed spending time at holidays and gatherings with her companion Ken Reynolds’ family.

Bargad was predeceased by her par-

ents.She is survived by her brother, Sam

Bargad, of Los Angeles; her aunt, Sandra Gould, her cousin, Noah Weinstein, her longtime companion, Ken Reynolds, of Portland; and her close friends, Donna Dusseault, and her husband, Art, of South Portland.

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Cheverus students chosen for Seeds of Peace camp

Six Cheverus High School students have been selected to join others from across the world to attend the Seeds of Peace International Camp, located on Pleasant Lake, in Otisfield. The camp provides a three-week conflict resolution program where the students will address the issues that fuel hatred, violence and oppression.

Students live together in bunks, share meals, play sports, and engage in group sessions about their political conflict facilitated by adult counselors.

The Cheverus students are Caroline George, sophomore, of Limington, Anna Niedermeyer, sophomore, of Buxton, Eva Niedermeyer, sophomore, of Buxton, Nicholas Jensen, junior, of Kennebunk, Lisette Labbe, junior, of Limerick, and Katherine Randall, junior, of South

Portland.The Seeds of Peace program was

founded in 1993 by journalist John Wal-lach. The mission of the organization is to inspire and equip new generations of leaders from regions of conflict with the relationships, understanding, and skills needed to advance lasting peace.

Cheverus jazz choirs bring home awards from state jazz competition

Two jazz vocal groups from Cheverus High School won awards last weekend at the Maine High School State Vocal Jazz Festival in Ellsworth. Under the direction of Music Director Christopher Humphrey, the Cheverus Jazz Singers brought home a third place trophy in their division. The a capella jazz group, Soulstice, won second place as well as a Gold Award for excellence in their sepa-rate division.

South Portland junior Hannah John-ston, Yarmouth senior Erin Fitzpatrick, Gorham senior Ian Lawson, and Portland junior Christian Cilley were also recog-nized as outstanding soloists, selected by festival judges. Cheverus singers earned half the awards given to individual sing-ers.

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over the next two weeks. Lacrosse and tennis will be previewed in next week’s edition. Baseball, softball and track the following week. Our traditional detailed capsule previews of every sport at each school in our coverage area will be available at theforecaster.net beginning next week.

Winter Coaches of the YearBy Michael Hoffer

Coach of the YearBoys’ Team

RICH HENRY, Waynflete Bas-ketball

For lead-ing the Fly-ers to their best season e v e r a n d completing a marvelous program res-toration pro-cess, Henry gets out nod as Port-land edition Coach of the Year, of a boys’ team.

Henry grew up in Milwaukee and was good enough to play at the college level, first at North Dakota State and later at the Uni-versity of Maine, playing for some very talented Black Bears teams that could never get past Reggie Lewis-led Northeastern University come tournament time.

Henry didn’t seek out a coach-ing career, but he wound up on the sidelines. He learned of an opening at Waynflete and took over the eighth grade program before inheriting the boys’ varsity in 2004-05 with the Flyers coming off successive 0-16 seasons.

Henry got Waynflete into the win column not just once, but five times his first season and after they moved up to Class C, he led the Flyers to 14 wins and the quarterfinals in his third year. By 2011, Henry had Waynflete in the semifinals and they returned last winter.

That all paled in comparison to this season.

The Flyers opened with a play-off loss-avenging victory over Old Orchard Beach and never looked back, winning 15 of 16 regular

season games to post the best record in program annals.

Henry, whose coaching style emphasizes calm and poise, uti-lized his whole roster and Wayn-flete was solid on both ends of the floor.

The Flyers kept the good times rolling in the playoffs, handling Monmouth in the quarterfinals before really turning heads with a thrilling, come-from-behind win over defending champion Dirigo in the semifinals. Key contribu-tions from bench players were critical in both wins, emphasizing the job Henry did building depth during the regular season. The fun and the run finally ended with a loss to perennial power Booth-bay in the regional final, but it’s impossible to look at Waynflete’s season as anything but an unquali-fied success.

“I had a good feeling coming in, but the question marks were lead-ership and ability to play defense,” said Henry. “The captains did a great job. We had great seniors.”

Henry, who works in finance at Unum and lives in Cape Eliza-beth, plans to coach for awhile, which is good news for Waynflete, which should be very strong again next season.

Rich Henry, our Portland edi-tion Coach of the Year of a boys’ team, has taken the Flyers pro-gram from the depths of not win-ning a single game to establishing them as a regular contender for a championship. That’s worthy of high praise indeed.

2011-12 winner: Dan LeGage (Deering Basketball)

2010-11 winner: Joe Russo (Portland Basketball)

2009-10 winner: Bob Brown (Cheverus Basketball)

2008-09 winner: Kevin Haley (Cheverus Swimming)



2005-06 winner: Dan LeGage (Deering Basketball)

2004-05 winner: Jack Lowry (Cheverus Hockey)

2003-04 winner: Joe Russo (Portland Basketball)

Coach of the YearGirls’ team

BRANDON SALWAY, Wayn-flete Basketball

Salway gets this honor for the second year in a row after lead-ing Waynflete to its first Class C state cham-pionship and helping his s u p e r s t a r player, senior Martha Ve-roneau, earn the most cov-eted honor in the state.

Salway grew up in Bethel and attended Telstar High School, where he played soccer, basketball and baseball. He played a year of basketball at Dean College, then two years of soccer at the University of Southern Maine. Salway got involved with coach-ing his final year at USM. He had a previous stint coaching the girls’ basketball team at Waynflete, spent some time with the boys’ program, then returned to the girls’ for the 2007-08 season.

The Flyers had knocked on the door several times, reaching the regional final three times in four seasons, but that’s as far as they were able to advance. With a special senior core back for

one final run, Waynflete liked its chances coming into the season, but with that came pressure and expectations.

The Flyers rose to the occa-sion, winning 15 of 18 regular season games, losing only to Western B champion Lake Region and Western B contenders Cape Elizabeth and Wells. Waynflete earned the fourth seed in Western C, but made the regional field its personal playground, dominating Carrabec, Dirigo, Boothbay and Madison to finally punch its ticket to the state game.

By halftime of the final at the Bangor Auditorium, however, it didn’t look like the Flyers were going to have a very pleasant ex-perience as a slow start and foul trouble spelled a daunting deficit to a Calais squad playing in a familiar setting.

Like Salway, Waynflete never panicked, stayed poised and con-fident and slowly chipped away. A Veroneau 3 gave the Flyers the lead for good and she clinched the crown with two late free throws as Waynflete finished it off, 59-55.

Six days later, Veroneau was named Miss Maine Basketball as the finest senior player in the state.

“Brandon is the best coach I’ve ever played for,” said Veroneau, Waynflete’s Winter Female Ath-lete of the Year. “He brings out the best in all of his players on and off the court. He gets people to play

the right way. He stresses sports-manship. He’s a great role model.”

As he has in basketball, Salway has also coached the Waynflete boys’ soccer program to over 200 wins. He lives in Old Orchard Beach, is also a physical educa-tion teacher and the school’s as-sistant athletic director.

Brandon Salway, our Portland edition Coach of the Year of a girls’ team, has shown he can win games regardless of the talent. He has the respect and admiration of his players. This winter, he got to bask in the limelight of being a state champion coach at last, but in truth, he’s been a champion for a long, long time.

2011-12 winner: Brandon Sal-way (Waynflete Basketball)

2010-11 winner: Amy Vachon (McAuley Basketball)

2009-10 winner: J.P. Lavoie (Cheverus Hockey)

2008-09 winner: Mike Murphy (Deering Basketball)

2007-08 winner: John Smith (McAuley Swimming)

2006-07 winner: Jan Veinot (Waynflete Basketball)

2005-2006 winner: Kevin Campbell (Deering Indoor track)

2004-2005 winner: Lindsay Reagan (Waynflete Nordic skiing)

2003-2004 winner: Mike D’Andrea (Deering Basketball)Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on

Twitter: @foresports.

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Wing replaces LeGage as Deering boys’ hoops coachBy Michael Hoffer

PORTLAND—Not just anybody could fill the big and successful coaching shoes of Dan LeGage, but luckily for the Deer-ing boys’ basketball program, Todd Wing was ready and waiting.

Wing, 36, who spent the past five seasons as LeGage’s assistant, as well as the Rams’ junior varsity coach, was named the program’s new head coach Wednesday by Deering athletic director Mel Craig.

“I’m ecstatic,” Wing said. “I’ve waited my turn and it’s worked out. I know the kids. Dan allowed me to do a lot of hands-on stuff. It’s going to be a seamless transition.”

LeGage stepped down last month after an 11-year run which resulted in 143 victories and the school’s only two state championships.

“I’m happy for Todd, for the program and I’m happy for the kids,” LeGage said. “They’re comfortable with him. He’s getting rewarded for the five years he worked with me. He did the work. He’s been like a sponge. Anytime an organization can show they have the capacity to build great leadership from within, it’s a great thing.”

Craig echoed that theme.“(Todd’s) was the application I hoped

to see,” Craig said. “He’s been with Dan and is familiar with the program. There was a lot of interest, but anytime you have a quality guy in-house, it makes my job easier. I’m confident he’ll pick up and continue the winning tradition while making the program his own and taking it to the next level. Following on the heels of the best is tough, but we’re very pleased.”

Wing played basketball (as well as soccer and track) at Telstar High School and played one year of basketball at St. Joseph’s College. He spent five years as an assistant to Rob Sanicola at St. Joe’s before joining LeGage at Deering. Wing played an integral role in the Rams’ run to the 2011-12 Class A title.

He’s committed to keeping Deering one of the state’s premier programs.

“Dan has built a tradition that reloads,” Wing said. “He left it in a position where the next coach can be successful. We have motivated kids. It’s a program of integrity.”

LeGage thinks Wing is ready.“I knew when I approached (Todd) five

years ago to coach with me that some-day he would be a head coach,” LeGage said. “He’s a student of the game. He had great Xs and Os knowledge. Having

gone through a championship season and coaching in Portland with dynamics that are different than anywhere else, prepared him for the job. A lot of what we do know already has his thumbprint.”

Wing lives in Portland with his wife, six-year-old son and four-year-old daugh-ter and teaches in Windham. A first head coaching job in the toughest league in the state could be a daunting challenge, but he embraces the opportunity.

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Sun shines cordially on the brim of your cap, a welcome respite from the biting cold in the nearby shade. Meticu-lously manicured grass sparkles proudly, unaware that the last patch of snow is clinging for its life in your yard back home. Familiar songs blare from the loudspeaker as grown men stretch and toss on the field below. April has come to rescue us from another dismal winter and baseball makes spring’s arrival official. There’s no better time to be alive than the beginning of baseball season.

Unless, of course, you’re a Red Sox fan.

It’s been an ugly couple of years in New England. In 2011, winter came early, as the Red Sox lost 20 of their last 27 games after starting 83-52 and look-ing like a solid bet to win another World Series. In 2012, summer never came, as Boston started 1-5, sputtered to a .500 record at the All-Star break, then fell apart and shipped off two of their prize acquisitions from the 2011 offseason.

Rather than retooling with another cadre of elite free agents or rebuilding with low-cost talent, the Red Sox took a rather unsettling middle road in the offseason. They brought in Mike Napoli despite a harrowing medical report that completely reshaped his contract. They signed Shane Victorino, perhaps hoping he can duplicate Cody Ross’s 2011 per-formance for the next three years despite signs that he’s slowing down. They added veteran starter Ryan Dempster, who’s had a handful of great years in the National League, but struggled in a brief stint with the Rangers last summer. They added relievers Joel Hanrahan and Koji Uehara, who should be upgrades, but neither will pitch more than 75 innings in 2013. And Johnny Gomes is on the team for some reason.

Throw in a David Ross here and a Stephen Drew there and this is not a bad team, but it’s not the Manny-Ortiz-Pedro juggernaut we’ve become accustomed to in Boston. The pitching is still thin, with Jon Lester regressing at an alarming rate, Clay Buchholz never having pitched 200 innings or struck out 130 batters in a season and the mere thought of John Lackey on the mound more terrifying in Massachusetts than the prospect of a Sarah Palin presidency.

Furthermore, the American League East has been a gauntlet for a decade and with the Orioles winning 93 games last year and the Blue Jays claiming available talent over the winter like Bobby Jenks claiming hors d’ouvres at the postgame buffet, the Red Sox seem far more likely to finish last than first in 2013.

But are the chances of a division title really that bleak?

The Yankees listen to Lawrence Welk in the clubhouse before games. Most Yankees spent this offseason wagging fingers and yelling at kids to stay off their lawns. Some Yankees even remember when Clint Eastwood’s diaper wasn’t visible through his pants. Even with C.C. Sabathia and Robinson Cano, can they hold up for 162 games?

The Orioles won a lot of games last year, but they only had two players worth as many as three Wins Above Replace-

ment (per fangraphs). For reference, the Rangers, who won the same number of games, had six. No pitcher on the 2012 Orioles has a track record of Major League success, yet they made no moves to strengthen the staff, or for that matter, the lineup, which batted just .247 last season and was below average by just about any metric.

The Rays have one of the game’s best rotations, but their starting first baseman and designated hitter early this season are James Loney and Shelley Duncan, who might have been the neighbors on “All in the Family.” If Evan Longoria struggles to stay on the field, as he has

in recent years, this could be a truly im-potent lineup.

The Blue Jays are the favorites to win the division. With Jose Reyes and Melky Cabrera setting the table, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion providing clout

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Morrow are more familiar with the trainer’s room than the pitcher’s mound and Mark Buehrle gave up 26 homers in the National League East last year. Fur-thermore, the bottom of the lineup isn’t as strong as Boston’s, at least as long as Adam Lind is wasting at-bats like reality shows taking primetime TV spots.

Boston’s lineup might not be the best in the division this year, but as long as all the Yankees you’ve heard of are on the disabled list, it’s not far behind Toronto for second. The bullpen doesn’t have a Mariano Rivera, but it should be the best in Boston in years. And the rota-tion- well, it could be bad, but who’s to say it can’t be good? Lester is still just 29, looked solid this spring, and was a legitimate number one starter as recently as 2010. Buchholz pitched well down the stretch last year and has a career ERA under four. Dempster has over 550 strike-outs over the last three seasons, and Felix Doubront struck out 167 in 161 innings as a rookie last year. It’s even possible that Lackey is healthy for the first time in a Red Sox uniform and could pitch more like the ace he was from 2005 to 2007 than the joker he’s been since 2010.

And perhaps best of all, the bumbling reign of Bobby Valentine is over. Former Sox pitching coach John Farrell has the same luxury FDR had in succeeding Hoover: things can only go up from here.

On paper, this Red Sox team has something like 85-win talent. It’s easy to see the pitching falling apart, Lester and Jacoby Ellsbury getting traded mid-season and another sub-70-win finish. But it’s also possible that Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia are two of the best play-ers in baseball again, as they were in 2011, that a stacked bullpen holds leads turned over by an adequate rotation, that Jackie Bradley, Jr. continues to electrify fans throughout his rookie season and that no other team in the AL East has a great year.

Red Sox fans who came of age in the current millennium are accustomed to expecting more than a sliver of a chance at the division if everything breaks right. But maybe this is the way baseball is supposed to be. A team with a few stars and a lot of decent role players faces an uphill battle. This is what baseball is like most years in Chicago and Cleveland and Milwaukee and Seattle. Fans start with hope, catch a few breaks and hit a few snags along the way, and more often than not, start dreaming of next year by midsummer.

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Bryan O’Connor lives in South Port-land, where he obsesses about saber-metrics and the Hall of Fame in the offseason. Read more of his work at Replacement Level Baseball Blog (http://replacementlevel.wordpress.com) and High Heat Stats (http://highheatstats.com).

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Greater PortlandBooks & AuthorsSaturday 4/20Record Store Day, book signing with John Densmore of The Doors, 2 p.m., Bull Moose, 456 Payne Road, Scarborough, 775-2126.

FilmWednesday 4/10“Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,” part of the Maine Deaf Film Festival, 7:30 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600.

Tuesday 4/16“Wreck It Ralph!” 1 p.m., Free-port Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307.

Saturday 4/20“It’s a Disaster,” 7:30 p.m., SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600.

Friday 4/12“Lake Windfall, US,” part of the Maine Deaf Film Festival, 7 p.m., Luther Bonney Hall, 92 Bedford St., Portland.

“Lore,” 6:30 p.m., Portland Muse-um of Art, 7 Congress St., Portland, 775-6148 ext. 3223.

Saturday 4/13Maine Deaf Film Festival, 1-10:30 p.m., Luther Bonney Hall, 92 Bedford St., Portland, mainedeaf-filmfest.com.

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Sunday 4/14“Lore,” 2 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress St., Portland, 775-6148 ext. 3223.

GalleriesFriday 4/12Compositions in Wood by Carol Kainlor, 5:50 p.m., Thomas Memo-rial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 741-5166.

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The Maine Narrow Gauge Rail-road Company and Museum, daily trains from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., on the hour, from the museum, 58 Fore St., Portland, 828-0814, tickets, $10 adult, $9 senior, $6 child ages 3-12, price includes admission to museum.

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

Neal Dow Memorial, 714 Con-gress St., Portland, tours 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 773-7773, mewctu.org.

Portland Fire Museum, open first Fridays 6-9 p.m., $5 adults, $2 children age 7-plus, 157 Spring St., Portland, portlandfiremuseum.com.

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

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

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Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, SMCC campus, off Fort Road, South Portland, springpointlight.org, 799-6337.

Victoria Mansion, self-guided tours, 109 Danforth St., Portland, 772-4841, victoriamansion.org.

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Thursday 4/11Jonathan Biss with the Elias String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Hannaford Lec-ture Hall 88 Bedford St., Portland, 842-0800.

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Daisy Castro’s Gypsy Moth Quintet, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square,181 State St., Portland, 761-1757.

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Michael Vermette’s watercolor, “Reid State Park,”is among the works he will discuss at an April 20-21 workshop on plein aire painting at Centre Street Arts Gallery. The workshop

opens with a reception, April 19, at the gallery at 10 Centre St., in Bath.

Local painter leads workshop in Bathto register for the weekend go to maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/camps, or call 899-3433.

Matt Costa, 12:30 p.m., Bull Moose, 456 Payne Road, Scarborough, 775-2126.

Willy Porter, 8 p.m., One Longfel-low Square, 181 State St., Portland, 761-1757.

Tommy O’Connell & The Juke Joint Devils, Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

Sunday 4/14MAMM Adult Rock and Roll Camp, 12:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Break-water School, 856 Brighton Ave., Portland, $200, to register for the weekend go to maineacademyof-modernmusic.org/camps or call 899-3433.

Wednesday 4/17Lorraine Bohland with Terry Foster, Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

Thursday 4/18Mike James’ Blue Lions, Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

Friday 4/19Travis James Humphrey and the Retro Rockets, 9 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

Saturday 4/20Poor Howard & Bullfrog, 5 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

Record Store Day, with perfor-mance by Phantom Buffalo, 6 p.m., Bull Moose, 151 Middle St., Port-land, 775-2126.

Sunday 4/21Portland String Quartet, 2 p.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodfords St., Port-land, 415-0880.

Poke Chop & The Other White Meats, 9 p.m., Gingko Blue, 455 Fore St., Portland, 541-9190.

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

David Bullard Songwriter Night, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Andy’s Pub,

Commercial St.; Solo Night 6 p.m. Thursdays, Slainte Wine Bar, 24 Preble St., Portland.

House Bluegrass, 9 p.m. Mondays, no cover, Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland.

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

Lazy Lightning, Grateful Dead covers and original music, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, The Big Easy, 55 Mar-ket St., bigeasyportland.com or 776-2822.

Theater & Dance“The Drowsy Chaperone,” April 12-27, Fridays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., Lyric Music Theater, 176 Sawyer St., South Portland, 799-1421.

Friday 4/19“HAIR,” 8 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, 824-0800.

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

Club 188, line dancing instruction, Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. beginners; 8-9 p.m. intermediate; 9-9:30 p.m. advanced; 188 Warren Ave., Port-land.

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

Maplewood Dance Center, night classes followed by dance socials on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sat-urdays, 383 Warren Ave., Portland, 878-0584, maplewooddancecen-ter.com.

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

Second Saturday Contradance, 6 p.m. family dance; 7:30 p.m. potluck; 8 p.m. beginner lesson; 8:30-12 p.m. dance, $10 adult/ $7 student or senior, bring clean

shoes, Wescustogo Hall, Route 115, North Yarmouth, 233-4325, [email protected] or 318-8746, [email protected].

Square Dancing Classes, by Mix ‘n Mingle Square Dancing Club, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays through April, ages 9 and up, $3, no experience necessary, Eight Corners School, 22 Mussey Road, Scarborough, [email protected].

Mid CoastAuditions/Calls for ArtBrunswick 2013 Hometown Idol is seeking participants for this year’s contest, held April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. Applications are available in Brunswick, Top-sham and Harpswell schools and at Shaw’s at Cook’s Coner and Riley Insurance. For more information visit brunswickmainerotary.org or e-mail rotaryhometownidol@

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Tuesday 4/23Nor’Easters Chorus open House, 7 p.m., Bath United Methodist Church, 340 Oak Grove, Bath, 729-4062, open to all men.

FilmTuesday 4/23“Switch: Discover the Future of En-ergy,” 7 p.m., Searles Hall, Bowdoin College, 5000 South St., Brunswick, 512-861-6268 ext. 500.

GalleriesSaturday 4/13The Joy of the Lens, 1 p.m., Crook-er Gallery at the Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Top-sham, 725-1727.

Friday 4/19Michael Vermette, artist recep-tion, 5 p.m., Centre St. Arts Gallery, 11 Centre St., Bath, 442-0300.

MuseumsThursday 4/11Caribou Antler Carvings, Tues-day-Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 2-5 p.m., Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, 9500 College St., Brunswick, 725-3416.

OngoingBowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick, 725-3275.

Maine Maritime Museum, open daily 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., 243 Wash-ington St., Bath, 443-1316 or mainemaritimemuseum.org.

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Sundays; closed Mon-days, 725-3416, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum.

Pejepscot Historical Society Mu-seum, CSI Brunswick: The Forensic Work of Dr. Frank Whittier, and Pejepscot”s Early Scots-Irish His-tory, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., free, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, 729-6606.

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Greater PortlandBenefitsWednesday 4/10Book sale, 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307.

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Bulletin BoardThursday 4/11Careers in Aging, information-al session, 5-6 p.m., Abromson Center, 96 Falmouth St., Portland, 780-4200.

Saturday 4/13Electronics Recycling, free, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Woodbury Campus Center, USM, 45 Bedford St., Port-land, 780-4658.

Saturday 4/20South Portland Earth Day Clean-up, 8:30 a.m., Mill Creek Park, Northeast Corner, South Portland, [email protected].

Call for VolunteersSaturday 4/13Water Quality Monitors, train-ing, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Southern Maine Community College, 2 Fort Road,

South Portland, 799-8574.

Opportunity Alliance is looking for foster grandparent and senior companion volunteers, 15 hours a week, 55 or older, for more infor-mation call 773-0202.

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

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

Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Chapter, has ongoing volunteer opportunities for caring people who can offer 3-4 hours per week, 383 U.S. Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarbor-ough, 772-0115.

American Red Cross needs vol-unteers in the disaster services, health and safety and administra-tion departments, 874-1192 ext. 105.

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

Compass Project needs volun-teers with tools, carpentry or boat skills for the boat building festival and youth boat building classes,

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Cumberland County Extension Association seeks people to serve on its executive committee, meets third Wednesday every month from 7-9 p.m. at Barron Center, Portland, 800-287-1471 or [email protected].

Deliver Meals on Wheels, mileage reimbursement, flexible days and weeks, one to two hours a day, FMI 800-400-6325.

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

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

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

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

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

Guiding Eyes for the Blind needs volunteer puppy raisers in the Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Yarmouth, Freeport, and Bath/Brunswick areas, keep puppy from age 8 weeks-16 months, free training, support. FMI, Kathleen Hayward, [email protected], 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, 3-4 hours in the morning, one or two days a week, call 829-4116 or 846-3038.

Hearts and Horses Therapeutic Riding Center volunteers needed to help people with disabilities experience riding, call Vickie 929-4700, or 807-7757.

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

Hospice Volunteers needed for Allegiance Hospice, to visit pa-tients in nursing homes in York and Cumberland counties, Nicole Garrity, 877-255-4623 or [email protected].

ITNPortland needs volunteer drivers, 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 for training information.

Meals on Wheels, Portland/Westbrook, 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.–12:30 p.m., mileage reimbursement offered, call Alice or Laurie at 878-3285.

Melanoma Education Founda-tion seeking used car donations,

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

Recovery International, self-help group for nervous people, 10 a.m. Saturdays, Maine Medical Center Conference Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, free, all welcome, Diane, 892-9529.

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

TogetherGreen Volunteers need-ed for conservation projects at Scarborough Marsh, call Audubon Center at 883-5100, or [email protected].

The University of Maine Coopera-tive Extension seeks volunteers to serve on its executive committee; [email protected], 780-4205 or 800-287-1471 to request information packet.

VolunteerMaine AmeriCorps VIS-TA Projects seeks members; living allowance, health care, education award; apply online AmeriCorps.gov; Meredith Eaton 941-2800, ext. 207, [email protected].

Gardens & OutdoorsThursday 4/18Backyard chickens seminar, 6:30 p.m., Betsy Ross Community Room, 99 Preble St., South Port-land, 767-2374.

Friday 4/19Freeport Woman’s Club: “Plant Explorations in India and South Ko-rea,” 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307.

Scarborough Garden Club: “What’s New in the Garden for 2013,” 12:30 p.m., Hillcrest Com-munity Recreation Center, 108 Hillcrest Ave., Scarborough, 510-1514.

Getting Smarter Thursday 4/11Basic Computer Training I, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 708, reg-istration required.

Friday 4/12The Way of the Dream, 1 p.m., Wishcamper Center, 34 Bedford St., Portland, 780-5079.

Sunday 4/14The Squalus Disaster, 6:30 p.m., Wescustogo Hall, 475 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth, 846-4379.

Health and SupportMonday 4/22Caring for the Invisible Patient: How providers can advance LGBTQ Health Justice, 6 p.m., 113 Master-ton Hall, 71 Bedford St., Portland.

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Library, 10 a.m., Freeport Com-munity Library, 10 Library Drive, Freeport, 865-3307.

Kids & FamilyThursday 4/18Tony Sohns & His Travelling Bug Zoo, 1 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700 ext. 707.

OngoingFAFSA assistance available through May at the Portland Pub-lic Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, one week’s notice and appointment required, 871-1700 ext. 772.

Resume building assistance available through May at the Port-land Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, one week’s no-tice and appointment required, 871-1700 ext. 772.

Mid CoastBulletin BoardSunday 4/14Bath Antiques Show & Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Road, Bath, 582-5908.

Saturday 4/20Spring Flea Market & Yard Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Bath Area Senior Cen-ter, 45 Floral St., Bath, 443-4937.

Call for VolunteersSunday 4/21Keep Bath Beautiful Clean Up Day, 1 p.m., Bath City Hall, Bath, 807-1610.

OngoingAndroscoggin Home Care & Hospice has a growing need for hospice volunteers in the Bruns-wick area, training, call 777-7740, AHCH.org.

ArtVan Program seeks volunteers to help with art therapy program-ming with children and teens, promotional support and fund-

raising efforts, contact 371-4125 or visit artvanprogram.org.

Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteer mentors (must be 18+) willing to commit one year and spend eight hours a month with a child 6-14 who lives in a single parent home, contact Brunswick office at 729-7736 or [email protected].

Chocolate Church Arts Center seeks volunteers for the art gal-lery and more, 798 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455.

The Greater Bath Elder Outreach Network, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, is looking for volunteers a few hours a week to assist seniors by providing companionship, transportation, assistance with errands and tele-phone reassurance for elderly and disabled people who live in Saga-dahoc County and the Brunswick area, Martha Cushing, 837-8810; meetings 6-7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month, Patten Free Library, Bath, 837-8810.

Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine needs volunteers at ReStore in Bath, minimum four-hour shift commitment, 386-5081 or [email protected].

Home to Home, an organiza-tion providing a safe place for parents to exchange children for visitations, needs volunteers, com-mitment of 1-2 hours per exchange period, police check and train-ing required, Mid-Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Rich Siegel, 837-4894, mainehometohome.org.

Meals on Wheels drivers urgently needed, Wednesdays and Fridays, information, 729-0475, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham.

Mid Coast Hospital, dozens of positions at the café, gift shop, or greeting patients, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, 373-6015.

Mid Coast Senior Health Cen-ter needs volunteers for various activities with seniors Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, welcome desk openings, 373-3646.

Parkview Adventist Medical Cen-ter, gift shop needs volunteers, four-hour shifts mornings, after-noons and early evenings Monday through Friday, every other Sun-

day 1-4 p.m., will train, 373-4518 or visit the gift shop at 329 Maine St., Brunswick.

Pejepscot Historical Society needs volunteer tour guides for Skolfield-Whittier House and Josh-ua L. Chamberlain Museum and volunteer staff for Chamberlain Museum gift shop, 729-6606.

People Plus Center, ongoing op-portunities, 6 Noble St., Brunswick, 729-0757.

Red Cross training, Disaster Action Team, free, basic classes provide foundation for delivering assistance in emergency situa-tions, weekday evenings, course schedules at midcoast.redcross.org, register on line or call 729-6779, 563-3299, MidCoast-RedCross.net, 16 Community Way, Topsham.

Road to Recovery, American Cancer Society’s transportation program seeks volunteers to help cancer patients get to their treat-ment appointments, call Janice Staples, 373-3715, [email protected], American Cancer So-ciety, One Bowdoin Mill Island, Topsham.

Spectrum Generations has vol-unteer opportunities in program development, outreach, and re-ception at its new Community Center at 12 Main St., Topsham, Dave, 729-0475.

Sexual Assault Support Services of Mid Coast Maine needs vol-unteers to provide support and information to callers on 24-hour hotline, 725-2181.

Getting SmarterWednesday 4/10Resume and Cover Letter Work-shop, 9:30 a.m., Southern Midcoast

CareerCenter, 255 Bath Road, Brunswick, 373-4000.

Beauty and Tradition of the Birchbark Canoe, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 666-3372.

Thursday 4/11Mathematics and the Melting Polar Ice Caps, 6 p.m., Kresge Au-ditorium, Bowdoin College, 5000 South St., Brunswick, 725-3567.

Tuesday 4/16Unveil the Mysterious Tibet Through a Candid Lens, 4 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin Col-lege, 5000 South St., Brunswick, 725-3046.

Wednesday 4/17Effective Job Interviewing Work-shop, 9:30 a.m., Southern Midcoast

CareerCenter, 255 Bath Road, Brunswick, 373-4000.

Farming for Clean Water, 6 p.m., Bath City Hall Auditorium, 55 Front St., Bath, 753-9400 ext. 400.

“History Through the Keyhole,“ 7:30 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, 5000 South St., Brunswick, 725-3291.

Thursday 4/18GATEways to Employment, 9 a.m., Southern Midcoast CareerCenter, 255 Bath Road, Brunswick, 373-4000.

Health & SupportTuesday 4/16Advance healthcare decision-making, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau

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Kids & FamilyFriday 4/19Children’s Activity: Music of the Civil War, 2 p.m., Pejebscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, 729-6606.

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without them to be honest.”Wilkerson said she hopes to have the

preschool up and running by December 2014, although the move into the new space will begin in May.

In addition to the preschool expansion, Dennis Brown, chairman of the Easter Seals Maine board, said he hopes to create a veterans assistance program that will rival the one at the organization’s parent site in New Hampshire.

“Our program will mirror the one in New Hampshire and deal with everything from pre-deployment, while soldiers are de-ployed, and when they come back,” he said.

While the program is not yet in place, the organization has already been able to help one Maine veteran.

According to Brown, the U.S. Marine was deployed to Afghanistan and injured his knee during a training operation. Dis-abled because of the injury, the Marine

came back to the country and was receiv-ing assistance at Fort Drum and through the Wounded Warrior Foundation.

After a series of occurrences lead to his benefits being shut off, he turned to Easter Seals for help.

The Marine was referred to the parent organization in New Hampshire, where he received three months of rent and Wal-Mart gift certificates so that he could get the essentials for his family.

Brown said that with guidance, the Marine was able to go through the correct channels to have his benefits reinstated.

“That is what we can do,” Brown said. “I don’t expect that Easter Seals is going to provide (veteran) services, but I am hoping we can be a conduit to provid-ing counseling and guidance on how to navigate the (Veterans Affairs) system.”

He said that funding is the major is-sue behind getting this program up and running.

The organization has a $25,000 grant for job placement services for veterans,

but Brown said that if the only service they have in place by the end of the year is job placement, he will consider that a failure.

“The big part (that needs funding) is helping people who come back pay their rent for a few months, if their roof collapses being able to help with that,” he said. “The free services are where we are going to need to get funding to help us out.”

He said a development committee is already working through how to get the funding and planning fundraisers.

A portion of Easter Seal’s Toast on the Coast wine tasting and silent auction held April 11 from 6-9 p.m. at the Ocean Gateway Terminal in Portland will go to benefit the veteran’s program. Tickets for the event are $50 for the grand tasting and $75 for a private tasting, and are available at the Easter Seals Maine website, www.eastersealsme.org.

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Jaques was ousted from his position in a surprise move in early March which officials at the school said was due to “a pattern of mismanagement.” Jaques then sued the academy over ownership of the school’s web-site and other intellectual property.

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$100 of his own money, payable when the charter agreement is signed for the school’s fall opening. He challenged others to join him and, by the end of the campaign on April 4, the project received 344 pledges totaling more than $8,000.

As a way to get his message out to other would-be Baxter students, McCammon turned to his skill with technology and created a YouTube video that was posted on the school website.

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His mother, Laurie, agreed and said that while Mc-Cammon is getting a good education at Scarborough, the school is not keeping up with the kids in terms of technology education.

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Allison Crean Davis, vice chairwoman of the Baxter board, said the money raised by the campaign has not been earmarked for anything specific. But she said the show of support was critical in getting commission’s unanimous decision to grant the school’s charter.

“The fact that this was student-conceived, student-run and student-realized is very exciting,” Crean Davis said. “It is important for (the commission) to know the human side of it as well. I think the support is really important, to know that these students are so motivated to go to this school that they would actually do this on their own is pretty remarkable and compelling.”Amber Cronin can be reached at [email protected] or 781-3661

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we will incorporate these new financial constraints into our multi-year budget planning so that the use of fund balance for these purposes will not be required going forward.”

The district has already absorbed a cut of nearly $1 million in its state subsidy this year because of Gov. Paul LePage’s curtailment order and will see a shift of $1.4 million in employer contributions to the teacher retirement plan, in addition to the new expenditure for charter school tuitions.

Caulk previously presented a budget to the School Board in March. The initial budget called for reduc-tions on spending for supplies, postponing some “non-essential” repairs and reducing the workforce by 41.2 full-time jobs.

The additional cut of $1.5 million would eliminate nine more staff positions; add five furlough days for non-union administrators and support staff; cut spending for athletic supplies, contracted services, food service equipment and the board contingency fund, and increase employee-paid health insurance premiums.

Budget documents show the largest portion of the School Department’s budget is labor costs, representing 69 percent of the increased costs in the proposed budget. Under the current labor agreement the average pay in-crease for fiscal 2014 is just over 5 percent for teachers, just over 4 percent for principals and nearly 5 percent for custodians, secretaries and bus drivers.

A press release from the district said Caulk originally hoped unions would help mitigate budget cuts, but the teacher’s bargaining unit, the largest of the three unions, declined to offer or negotiate any alternatives to the cur-rent contract. Unions representing principals, custodians,

secretaries and bus drivers have discussed some ideas, but agreements have not been reached.

“We remain hopeful that the unions will offer conces-sions to minimize the staff cuts and lessen the impact on our students,” Caulk said.

The full School Board was scheduled to discuss the budget at its business meeting Tuesday night. A public hearing on the municipal budget and school budget will be held April 29 at 5:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers at City Hall.Amber Cronin can be reached at [email protected] or 781-3661

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ANTIQUES

I BUY ANYTHING OLD!Books, records, furniture, jewelry,coins, hunting, fishing, military,

art work, dishes, toys, tools.I will come to you with cash.

Call John 450-2339AUTOS

PONTE’STRUCK/AUTO SERVICE

725-5997

We offer all types of service• Oil Changes • Brakes • Tires• State Inspection Commercial

• Emissions Shock • Struts • Plow Service• RV Service & Marine Work

Low Rates Come Get a 10% cardfor a whole year

FORD TAURUSFOR SALE

Sticker * 110 KGood Condition * Excellent Tires

All Service Papers

Royal Blue $1500.00Call 883-1087

Body Man on Wheels, autobody repairs. Rust work forinspections. Custom paintingand collision work. 38 yearsexperience. Damaged vehicleswanted. JUNK CAR removal,Towing. 240-2564.

2010 TOYOTA Prius HybridPrice $7200 Get in touch withme at: [email protected]

AWNINGS

Maine Bay CanvasAwnings

[email protected]

53 Industrial Way Portland

• Commercial• Residential• Deck Treatments• Retractable Awnings• NEW Roller Shades

Great rates - Great resultsAdvertise in

The Forecaster

BOATS

Selling your boat? Buying?Brewer Yacht Sales- Prof.YachtBrokers in South Freeport.Email: [email protected]

Tel 207-415-1004Breweryacht.com

BUSINESS SERVICES

Administrative Assistance -Bookkeeping (QuickBooks),Consulting, Desktop Publishing(Flyers, Invitations, Newslet-ters), Filing (archiving, organi-zation), Mailings, Typing, Com-puter Assistance. Call Sal-U-tions at (207)797-2617.

CARPENTRY

DRYWALL FRAMERS,HANGERS and Tapers

needed for projects in the Portland area.Experience required.

Please call Porter Drywall at 518-6515.

CHILD CARE

DONNA’S DAYCARE

FMI 415-4314

Full & Part timeSummer Care openingsw/ trips to the lakesbeaches & state parks

School Age before & afterLicensed Daycare on Cumberland/

No.Yarmouth bus route

Plenty of fun outdoor playw/snacks provided

CLEANING

Customized cleaning • LaundrySuperior serviceAffordable Prices

Eco-Friendly Products

[email protected]

“The Way Home Should Be”

Call 233-4829 for free estimatewww.mrsmcguires.com

Window CleaningPower Washing

Gutters CleanedCommercial and Residential

Professional, AffordableInsured

John 353-6815 or 592-6815 [email protected]

“Like” us on FacebookWeDoWindowsMaine

You’ll Clearly See, YourSatisfaction is Our Business!

LOPEZ Cleaning ServiceWe offer many differentkinds of Cleaning Services:House Cleaning, Office &Apt. & Condo, Banks &Store Cleaning. Free Esti-mates, Fully Insured, Low-est Rates.

Abel & TinaCell: 207-712-1678

CLEANING

FOR HOME/OFFICE, NEWConstruction, Real EstateClosings etc. the clean youneed is “Dream Clean” theclean you`ve always dreamedof with 15 years of expert serv-ice. Fully Insured. For rates &references call Leslie 807-2331.

TABATHA’S SPARKLINGHOMEORGANIZING

Call Rebecca 838-3049

Wedo homecleaning andorganizing

We Have OpeningsFREE ESTIMATES • Shirley Smith

Call 233-4191Weekly- Bi-Weekly

WINDOWCLEANINGby Master’s Touch

846-5315Serving over 25 years

CLEANING

HOME CLEANINGReliable, quality work, reason-able rates. Excellent refer-ences. Contact Marina at 773-8648 for a free estimate.

MAGGIE’S Cleaning & HomeCare covering all areas. Rea-sonable Rates, Great Refer-ences. Mature, experiencedwoman. 522-4701.

COMPUTERS

Certified in PC Board Repair / Inspection / ReworkAll Levels of Hardware Repair Can Be Performed

Disaster Recovery • Spyware – VirusWiFi Networks • Data Recovery

30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

A+ Network+ CertifiedComputer Repair

PC – Mac – TabletsMember of Sebago Lake Chamber of Commerce and BBB since 2003

SENIORS AREESPECIALLY WELCOME

Dave: 892-2382

All Major Credit Cards Accepted

PC LIGHTHOUSE




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We invite you to experiencethe Inn by the Sea,

where luxury comes naturally.

INN BY THE SEA ANNUAL JOB FAIR

Please join us at the Inn by the Sea40 Bowery Beach Road,

Cape Elizabeth, ME 04107

Wednesday April 10th • 6pm to 8pmSaturday April 20th • 10am to 2pm

THE INN IS LOOKING FOR QUALIFIEDEMPLOYEES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

• Reservations• Valet• Guest Services• Bellmen• Restaurant• Lounge

• Banquets• Kitchen• Housekeeping• Spa• MaintenanceGrounds

WE INVITEYOU TO BE APART OF OUR

TEAM!

Contact: Inn by the SeaTel: (207) 799-3134Fax: (207) 799-4779

Email:[email protected]

w w w . i n n b y t h e s e a . c o m

HHoommee II nnssppeecc tt ii oonnCCoouurrsseeThe Home Inspection Service is one of the fastestgrowing aspects of the real estate business. Prepare toprovide home inspection services as a “RegisteredHome Inspector” by completing this 40-hour coursedesigned to put you into the home inspection businesswithin days of graduation.

Perfect home-based business for anyone with knowledge of residential construction

Classes Start November 9, 2012 in WestbrookThe Arthur Gary School of Real Estate has successfully offered

Home Inspection courses for over 15 years.

Please call 207-856-1712 or visit our website.

www.ArthurGar y.com

Classes Start May 10, 2013 inWestbrook

Appraisal LicenseCoursesDon’t wait!

Approved!for Maine

and NewHampshir

e

Start a new career inReal Estate Appraising.Classes starting April 25th inWestbrook, ME

For more information call the Arthur Gary School of Real Estate at 207-856-1712or check out our website www.ArthurGary.com

Harry C. Crooker & Sons Inc. of Topsham,Maine has an immediate openings for:

Experienced GraderOperatorApplicants proficient in the use of GPS andgrade / slope automation preferred. Salarynegotiable, dependent upon experience.

Experienced PavingEstimator / Project Manager

Paving PersonnelAll positions.

Apply by e-mail to [email protected] or inperson Monday–Friday at 103 Lewiston Rd.,Topsham, Maine. We are located on Rt. 196,across from the Topsham Fair Mall.

Harry C. Crooker & Sons is an Affirmative Action / Equal opportunityEmployer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

We Offer:

• Competitivewages

• Paidholidays& vacation

• Grouphealth, lifeanddisabilityinsurance

• Profitsharing

• 401(k)savingsplan

At Harry C. Crooker & Sons, Inc., we believe that ouremployees are our greatest asset. That is why we arealways looking for motivated and reliable people. Ifyou are responsible, enjoy working with others, andpossess good work habits, then we are looking for you.

Asphalt PlantOperator

HighwayConstruction/SiteWork PersonnelAll Positions

Paving PersonnelAll Positions

Apply by e-mail to [email protected] or in

COMPUTERS

NEED COMPUTER HELP?• We Come To You• Problems Fixed/Repaired• “How To” Tutorial Lessons

• SENIORS Our Specialty• Reasonable Rates• References Available• Facebook Help

Friendly Tech Services207-749-4930

ELDER CARE

Are you interested inmaking a difference in an

older person’s life?Opportunities available for

individuals interested in rewardingwork providing one on one care

for elders in our community.Responsibilities include non-

medical and light personal care.For more info and an application,

please go to our website atwww.homepartnersllc.com

HomePartners883-0095

Opportunities available forindividuals interested in

rewarding work providing oneon one care for elders in ourcommunity. Responsibilities

include non-medical andlight personal care. Weekendavailability a plus. For more

info and an application,please go to our website atwww.homepartnersllc.com

CNA LOOKING for privateduty home care. Honest,reli-able and compassionate. I canhelp with errands, personalca re ,housekeep ing ,mea lprep.Call Tracy@595-8039

FIREWOOD

$220

Kiln-dried Firewood$340

Green Firewood

$220(mixed hardwood)

*Celebrating 27 years in business*

Cut/Split/DeliveredQuality Hardwood

State Certified Trucks for Guaranteed MeasureA+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau$220 Green $275 Seasoned

$330 Kiln DriedAdditional fees may apply

Visa/MC accepted • Wood stacking available353-4043

www.reedsfirewood.com

Cut • Split • Delivered$215.00/CORD GREENGUARANTEED MEASURE

CALL US FOR TREE REMOVEL/PRUNING

FIREW D

891-8249 Accepting

YANKEE YARDWORKS

FOR SALE

XBOX-Refurbished Original-ly paid $119 for just the XBOX,and have added 6 DVD’s, TigerWoods PGA Tour 2003 & 2006,Madden 2004, Real WorldGolf, Call of Duty, NascarThunder 2002. A bargain price.Great condition. $100. Pleasecall 653-5149.

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The Forecaste r

BOWFLEX MOTIVATORWorkout Machine. Great con-dition. Can see pictures onCraigslist under SportingGoods by owner. NEWPRICE $250. Freeport. Get fitfor the new year! Need theroom. Call Cathy 653-5149,leave message.

Books For Sale, 1,100 paper-back and hard cover books.Stephen King/Danielle SteeleJames Patterson/Nora RobertsJohn Grisham, and muchmore. Call Bert 216-3460.

FUELS

OIL FURNACE CLEANING24 HOUR SERVICE207-632-6320

Please take a moment to say: “I saw your ad in The Forecaster”




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Auburn • Westbrook • Bangor

Classes StartingMay in

Westbrook

KIND-HEARTEDBegin a rewarding career as a Comfort Keeper. Responsibilitiesinclude personal care, meal preparation, companionship, andlight housekeeping. Flexible full-time or part-time hours areavailable.

Earned benefits include:

• Dental and Vision Plan • AAAMembership

• Paid Sick Leave • Year-End Bonus

Experience is always helpful, but not necessary. Our excellenttraining program helps all our caregivers become skilledprofessionals.

Please call to find out more!

152 US Route 1, Scarborough www.comfortkeepers.com

885 – 9600

is hiring for a:Career Counselor/Employment Specialist

P1313This is a full-time, 12 month position.

For specific information and application procedures go to:http://hr.umf.maine.edu/employment-opportunities/professional

AAO/EEO employer

ARCA

DIAHO

MECA

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NOW HIRING!

RN & PSS

Portland 207.883.6010

HOME CARE NEEDED!]

EOE

COME JOIN OUR COMMUNITY CARE TEAM (CCT) in the Waterville/Fairfield/Pittsfield areas!

Apply online atwww.easternmainehomecare.org

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter and provide a relevantresume with three references with names and addresses.

Bonnie Turck, HR, Director, Eastern Maine HomeCare,14 Access Highway, Caribou, ME 04736Tel (207) 498-2578 * Fax (207) 498-4129

E-mail: [email protected]

Licensed Clinical SocialWorkerFull-Time

LMSW-CC or LCSWTeam LeaderThis employee must have both administrative and direct client serviceduties in the expanding CCT program. Administrative duties will compriseapproximately 30-40% of effort and includes working with the CCTCoordinator to supervise the CCT expansion and operation. Direct serviceprovision includes mental health treatment as part of an integrated,multidisciplinary team to help people make necessary changes to improvetheir health and access available health/social resources. Work requiressome travel, home visits, and direct contact with patients, their medicalproviders, families, and community supports, data collection/analysis, andsupervision of assigned staff. Supervisory experience in a medical settingis preferred.The LMSW-CC/LCSW must have Master’s Degree in Social Work and a minimumof 3 year’s of experience in the area of social work, counseling and rehab,supervisory experience and must also have a current Maine LCSW license.

Registered NursePart-Time

This employee will provide in home health assessments and healtheducation as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team to help peoplemake necessary changes to improve their health and access availablehealth/social resources. Work requires some travel, home visits, and directcontact with patients, their medical providers, families, and communitysupports. One year of experience in a home health setting is preferredand a current Maine RN license. Must have the ability to observe,assess, plan, implement and evaluate individuals and families strengthsand needs as they relate to impaired health and their medical conditions;must also possess the ability to work independently and maintain strictconfidentiality.

FURNITURERESTORATION

DON’T BUY NEW, RENEW!REPAIR & REFINISHINGStripping w/no dipping. Myshop or on site. PICKUP &DELIVERY PROVIDED by For-mer high school shop teacherwith references. 32 yearsexperience.

QUICK TURN AROUND! 371-2449

FURNITURE

Cost $6500. Sell for $1595.

207-878-0999

Maple Gla

ze

KITCHEN

CABINETSNever

Installed

BEDROOM SET, needle-point side chair, colonial“secretary” desk and more.Prices negotiable. Must see.798-4074

HEALTH

Alcoholics Anonymous Fal-mouth Group Meeting TuesdayNight, St. Mary`s EpiscopalChurch, Route 88, Falmouth,Maine. 7:00-8:00 PM.

HELP WANTED

Apply online athttp://www.mercyhospitalstories.org/

cms/careers/or call 400-8763

We are a thriving programproviding in-home supportto older adults. Our per diem

Companions offer socialization,light personal care and end of lifecare. We see skills and experiencebut are willing to train. If you arecompassionate, mature and a

helper by nature call LifeStages.All shifts available, particular need

for evenings and week-ends.Competitive wages.

Buck’s Naked BBQ- Freeportseeking qualified, experiencedline cooks. Responsible, hard-working team players. Positivework environment with greatpotential for growth. Pay isdetermined on experience.Benefits are available. Drop offresume- apply in person. 568US Route One.

HELP WANTED

WORK WITH HORSES: Cen-tral Maine private stable seeksgroom as well as generalduties on small acreage. Reli-able, responsible, cheerful,mature, horse experience.team player. Benefits, work-man’s comp, competitivewages. Full or part time option,will include weekends. Mailresume with references to10835 Oak Bend Way, Welling-ton, FL 33414.

HELP WANTED

COUNTRY PRIDECLEANING SERVICE, INC.

Cleaning Help NeededPart time evenings, weekends

in New GloucesterCall 1-800-974-7019

HELP WANTED

EXPERIENCED CERTIFIEDCRMA to join our team at our7-bed Assisted Living Facili-ty located on ChebeagueIsland ME. Competitive payand benefits. Call Amy Rich846-5610 or visit our websitewww. is landcommonsre-soucecenter.org.

HELP WANTED

Coastal Manor in Yarmouth, a39 bed longterm care facilityhas positions available. RNpart-time position 3-11 withoccasional 11-7 shifts. CNA fulltime 11p-7a position and perdiem hours on weekends allshifts. 846-2250 for more info.

CASTING CALL for Docu-mentary Film in Portland, ME.To Apply:orchardrevolution.com

HELP WANTED

Seeking part time caregiverfor elderly woman

Experience and certificationpreferred, references required

Call Monday-Fridaybetween 2-5pm

781-9074

ELDER CARE




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Caring and Experienced♦

Call Laura today at699-2570 to learn about arewarding position with our company.

550 Forest Avenue, Suite 206, Portland, ME 04101www.advantagehomecaremaine.com

Advantage Home Care is looking for caring and experiencedcaregivers to provide in-home non-medical care for

seniors in the greater Portland, Maine. If you possess aPSS or CNAcertificate, have worked with clients with dementiaor have provided care for a loved one in the past, we wouldlike to talk with you about joining our team. We have part-timeand full-time shifts available weekdays, nights and weekends.

We offer competitive wages; ongoing training and support;dental insurance; supplemental medical benefits and a

401k plan with employer match.

BEST OF THE BEST

Do you want to leave work knowing you’ve made a real difference insomeone’s life? Are you the kind of dependable person who won’t let a perfectsummer day (or a winter blizzard) keep you from work? Are you trustworthyenough to become part of someone’s family? We’re looking for natural bornCAREGivers: women and men with the heart and mind to change an elder’slife. Call us today to inquire about joining the greatest team of non-medicalin-home CAREGivers anywhere! Flexible part-time day, evening, overnight,weekday and weekend hours.

Call Home Instead Senior Careat 839-0441 or visit

www.homeinstead.com

HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE IS LOOKINGFOR THE BEST OF THE BEST.

EDITORAward winning weekly in western Maine seeksexperienced, tenacious editor willing to bring thepaper even further. The newspaper has won state,regional and national awards for its communityand investigative journalism. The candidate mustbe willing to be active in the community as wellas help staff grow into their potential. Should beexperienced in small town journalism and be ahands-on leader who understands the importanceof community journalism. Candidates for thiseditor’s position must possess strong writing,editing, photography and social media skills.

Cover letter and resume to:[email protected]

Sun Journal is a division of the Sun Media Group

Do you have administrative experience with an interest in sales?Do you enjoy the freedom of creating your own ideas, while also

maintaining existing special projects and supporting a dynamic team?The Sun Journal in Lewiston might be just what you are looking for!

Candidate must have administrative experience, aninterest in sales, a dependable vehicle, a clean drivingrecord, strong customer service, communication, timemanagement & problem solving skills. Must be anindependent thinker, a self starter and possess the skillsto work functionally within a team environment.

Principal responsibilities include:• Maintain and grow existing advertising revenue in Printand On-line

• Sell Special Project advertising• Provide coverage and support for Account Executives• Sales development & new ideas• Reporting, billing, collections & record keeping• Coordinate Ad creation & Ad proofing• Organize Media Packages

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced salesperson to work for a dynamic team with an excellentbenefits package and compensation. Please forward acover letter and resume to the address listed below.

Sun JournalAttn: Human ResourcesPO Box 4400Lewiston, Me 04243-4400

[email protected]

Advertising SalesAssociateWaterfront Manager

Sebasco Harbor Resort is looking for anexperienced Captain to operate our tour boat RUTHand to manage our busy waterfront. Must havehave a valid USCG Masters License, extensiveexperience with both sail and powered vessels,prior supervisory experience and be available fromMay 1st – mid-October. Resume and applicationrequired.

Obtain an application or apply online at:www.sebasco.com

Sebasco Harbor Resort29 Kenyon Road, PO Box 75Sebasco Estates, ME 04565

Fax 389-2316Email: [email protected]

Where is the BEST local advertising deal, dollar for dollar?The Forecaster!

Bowdoin College’s Children’s Center, a NAEYC-accredited center providing care to children

infant – preschool, has the followingpositions available:

Co-Lead Infant Caregiver & Co-Lead Preschool Caregiver:Planning and implementing curriculum and activities, maintaining

daily schedules, and supervising Caregivers and subs.

Infant Caregiver &Younger Toddler Caregiver: Assisting withprogram operations and curriculum management, and a safe, healthy,

caring, and enriched environment.

Substitute Caregivers: Assisting in the day-to-day functions of theChildren’s Center on an on-call, as-needed basis.

For further details, job requirements, and to apply, please visithttps://careers.bowdoin.edu and complete an online application forthe position. Paper or emailed applications will not be accepted.

Bowdoin College is committed to equality and is an equal opportunity employer.

Bowdoin College

HELP WANTED

Stump and Grind StumpChipping Service in NorthYarmouth(www.stumpand-grind.net ) is looking for a reli-able, self-motivated equipmentoperator with a clean drivingrecord, who enjoys outdoor,physical work. Basic electron-ic, hydraulic, and mechanicalskills and history of workingindependently a plus. Part-timefrom now until November.Send resume [email protected]

Restaurant workers wantedBonos Pizzeria and Grille,opening soon is looking forservers, hosts, bussers anddishwashers at our store @ 29Western Ave, South Portland(Formerly Ricetta’s.) Pleasecome by and apply if you arepersonable, friendly, and com-mitted to excellence. We are anequal opportunity employer. Ifyou won’t pass a backgroundor drug test, do not apply.

RECEPTIONIST NEEDED fora busy dental practice. A “cando” attitude, excellent commu-nication skills, and dental expe-rience are desired. Exception-al customer service skills, abili-ty to maintain multiple sched-ules, multi-task and prioritizingare essential. FAX207.798.6701 or [email protected]

HOME REPAIR

Designed to enhance your home & lifestyleInterior & ExteriorRestoration & Remodeling

Custom Stairwork & AlterationsFireplace Mantles & Bookcase Cabinetry

Kitchens & Bathrooms

All manner of exterior repairs & alterations

207-797-3322

Brian L. PrattCarpentry

HOME REPAIR

Seth M. RichardsInterior & Exterior Painting & Carpentry• Small Remodeling Projects • Sheetrock

Repair • Quality Exterior & Interior PaintingGreen Products Available

FULLY INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES

Call SETH • 207-491-1517

Dr.DrywallQuality workmanshipat Affordable Prices

207-219-2480

846-5802PaulVKeating.com

• Painting• Weatherization• Cabinets

CARPENTRY

799-5828

Residential & CommercialGenerators-Kohler • Honda

All calls returned!

BOWDLER ELECTRIC INC.

Chimney Lining & MasonryBuilding – Repointing – Repairs

Asphalt & Metal RoofingFoundation Repair & Waterproofing

Painting & Gutters20 yrs. experience – local references

(207) 608-1511www.mainechimneyrepair.com

PROFESSIONALFLOORING INSTALLER

All major brands,Hardwood, Laminate,Ceramic Tile, Linoleum,Carpet etc.

Hardwood Refinishing Labor on your material available also25 years + experience • Free Estimates

Call Chris 831-0228

Sales & ServiceAll major brands,

Hardwood, Laminate,Ceramic Tile, Linoleum, Carpet etc.

JOHNSON’STILING

Custom Tile design available

Floors • ShowersBacksplashes • Mosaics

829-9959ReferencesInsured

FreeEstimates

FLOORINGINSTALLER

Call Bill 831-2325

30+ yearsNo Job to Big or Small

Carpet, Ceramic, Hardwood,Laminate, VCT no problem

EXPERT DRYWALL SER-VICE- Hanging, Taping, Plaster& Repairs. Archways, Cathe-drals, Textured Ceilings, Paint.Fully Insured. ReasonableRates. Marc. 590-7303.

GENERATORINSTALLATIONS

LAMP REPAIRS

since 1986773 - 3400

theforecaster.net

Waterfront ManagerSebasco Harbor Resort is looking for an experienced Captain to operate our tour boat RUTH and to manage our busy waterfront. Must have have a valid USCG Masters License, extensive experience with both sail and powered vessels, prior supervisory experience and be available from May 1st – mid-October. Resume and application required.

Obtain an application or apply online at: www.sebasco.com

Sebasco Harbor Resort29 Kenyon Road, PO Box 75 Sebasco Estates, ME 04565Email: [email protected]




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SUCCESS STARTS HERE

For more information about graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the program and other important information visitwww.intercoast.edu. Not all programs are available at all locations. Please call for more information. Financial aid is available to those who qualify.

Call your nearest location to schedule a career planning session:InterCoast, Kittery275 US Route 1,

Kittery, ME 03904

InterCoast Portland Maine Campus207 Gannett Drive S.

Portland, Maine 04106

InterCoast Salem, New Hampshire19 Keewaydin DriveSalem, NH 03079

√ FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE(to those who qualify)

√ Job Placement Assistance

ALCOHOL & DRUG COUNSELING STUDIES

ASSOCIATES IN APPLIED SCIENCESSUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELINGGIVE OTHERS HOPE. BECOME A SUBSTANCEABUSE COUNSELOR!

PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM *LOCATED IN MAINE

PHARMACY TECHNICIANMEDICAL ASSISTANT

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY & ADMINISTRATION(ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SECRETARY, HR)

COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING (BOOKKEEPING)

ELECTRICAL TRAINING PROGRAMHVAC TECHNICIAN

CAREER TRAINING AT INTERCOAST

ClassesFormingNow

OnlineProgramsAvailable (888) 341-1616(888) 449-8383

INTERCOAST.EDUvisit:

Four Season Services

CertifiedWall andPaver InstallersCALLFOR ACONSULTATION

829.4335www.evergreencomaine.com

NOWSCHEDULING:•Mulching

• Lawn Mowing

• Spring Cleanups

•Mulch Delivery

• Landscape Renovations

• Paver Walkways, Steps,Patios, Driveways

•RetainingWalls

•Drainage Solutions

•Granite Steps & Posts

• Lawn Care/Installation • Fencing • Rototilling• Mulch/Loam/Gravel Deliveries • Tractor Work

• Landscape Design/Installation • Tree Removals/Pruning• Driveway Sealing/Sweeping • Spring/Fall Clean-ups

• Reasonable Prices• Free Estimates • Insured

Dan Bowie Cell:207-891-8249

207-353-8818 [email protected]

Yankee Yardworks

Durham

You name it, we’ll do it!Residential / Commercial

• Storm Cleanups • Lawn Care/Installation • Fencing• Rototilling • Mulch/Loam/Gravel Deliveries • Tractor Work• Landscape Design/Installation • Tree Removals/Pruning

• Driveway Sealing/Sweeping • Spring/Fall Clean-ups

HOME REPAIR

CARPENTER/BUILDER

Roofing Vinyl / Siding / Drywall / PaintingHome Repairs / Historical Restoration

25years

experienceFullyInsured

ContraCting, sub-ContraCting,all phases of ConstruCtion

Call 329-7620 for FREE estimates

GET IT DONE!Maintenance, Yard Work &Plowing. Portland & Westbrook

References, Insured.Call James 207-420-6027.

LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

SERVICES• Leaf and Brush Removal• Bed Edging and Weeding• Tree Pruning/Hedge Clipping• Mulching• Lawn Mowing• Powersweeping

Call or E-mail forFree Estimate(207) 926-5296

[email protected]

We specialize in residential andcommercial property maintenanceand pride ourselves on our customerservice and 1-on-1 interaction.

D. P. GAGNONLAWN CARE & LANDSCAPING

LANDSCAPINGCONTRACTORS

Residential & CommercialPROPERTY MANAGEMENT• Mowing• Walkways & Patios• Retaining Walls• Shrub Planting & Pruning• Maintenance Contracts• Loam/Mulch Deliveries

email: [email protected]

Stephen Goodwin, Owner(207) 415-8791

LAWN AND GARDEN

Peter Niklaus: 207-781-5516 [email protected]

A Falmouth-based, experienced, student enterprise.

• Spring Clean Up• Odd Jobs

Call today for a free Quote!

Pete’s Yard Care▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲▲

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ReferencesAvailable

4 Years ofExperience

LAWN AND GARDEN

Lawn Care: Mowing • AeratingDethatching • Renovations

Landscape: Maintenance,Loam/Mulch •Year Round Clean-ups

Planting • Snow Removal

Quality always comes first

Aaron Amirault, Owner(207) 318-1076

[email protected]

ALL SEASONSYard Care

1/2 off Spring clean ups withsummer mowing service.M o w i n g , m u l c h i n g ,g a r d e n / b e dmaintaining,hedge/ tree ,pruning, general yard care.329-2575 free estimatesallseasonsyardcareme.com

LAWN CARE & LANDSCAPE SERVICES

207-712-1678

Looking To ServeMore Customers This Season.Free Estimates • Lower Rates

LOPEZ

Serving Cape Elizabeth, South Portland,Portland, Westbrook, Scarborough,Falmouth, Cumberland & Yarmouth.

WANT YOUR LAWN to lookprofessionally managed?Call a professional!Free spring clean-Up withlawn contract.Call 332-4370Insured and particular.

LAWN AND GARDEN

Contact Sam at

Mayhew Miscellaneousfor all of your spring andsummer cleanup needs

(landscape, mowing, tree-workand debris removal)

804-994-3212 (Freeport)

Summer is right around the corner!

NUTRA-MULCH YOUR gar-dens! Enhance your gardenswith compost and mulch inone. Residential delivery at$45 per yard plus deliverycost. Call for delivery 252-9525

A BETTER GARDEN!ROTOT I L L I N G - G a r d e n s ,lawns. Reasonable rates. Largeor small gardens. Experienced.Prompt service. Call 829-6189or 749-1378.

MASONRY

MARK ABOURJAILY’SStone Construction andMasonry. Build, Maintain,Restore Stone Walls, Patios,Walkways and Masonry.FREE Estimates and FullyInsured.I am involved in every projectfrom start to finish am com-mitted to giving my best andalways bring a passion forbuilding with stone. Call oremail me for a free quote:[email protected] out my website at:mainestonemasonry.com




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We haul anything to the dump.Basements and Attic Clean-Outs

Guaranteed best price and service.

INSURED

DUMP GUY

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CONTRIBUTED

Fluid Farms previously operated in a small greenhouse in Portland’s Bayside area.

greens to area restaurants and markets on a shoestring budget, Gaudet said.

McLeod said he had initially seen the operation as strictly about growing food. “I really didn’t think it about as a business until like the second year,” he said. “As soon as we got some produce to some markets, and saw other people’s excitement, I think that’s when it clicked for me. I (thought), ‘we could go some-where with this.’”

Their success pushed them to ex-pand, and to buy a production-scale 2,600-square-foot greenhouse, which they will build and move into this spring on the North Yarmouth farmland prop-erty. They hope to be operating by mid- to late May.

Gaudet and McLeod have benefited from generous support along the way. They launched an online fundraising

campaign March 11 to raise $5,000; it will cover additional expenses neces-sary for completion and operation of the greenhouse. Their Kickstarter campaign

reached its goal in just six days.That campaign’s success prompted

the men to set a new goal of $15,000, which will allow them to buy a heat-

ing system so they can produce fish and vegetables throughout the winter. Kickstarter backers are offered awards like Community Supported Agriculture food baskets, which people can enjoy or donate to the Preble Street Resource Center in Portland.

The extended campaign had raised nearly $8,200 by Tuesday morning.

Gaudet, a fisheries biologist for a Portland environmental consultant, has conducted fish studies throughout the U.S. in recent years. McLeod, who has spent his life cultivating backyard and kitchen gardens, has pursued a career in industrial manufacturing automation. He experimented with hydroponic food production and grew a passion for sus-tainable food models in college.

Log onto fluidfarms.com for more information.

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

learics.

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