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AG to review DEP chiefThey question the lack of an inquiry into a
possible business conict that could make Darryl Brown ineligible
for the job.By REBEKAH METZLERMaineToday Media State House
WriterAUGUSTA Some envir onmental lawyer s ar e questioning why the
state Attor ney Gener als Of-ce has not for mally looked into
whetherDar r yl Br own is eligible to be commissionerof Maines
Depar tment of Envir onmental Pr otection.Gov.PaulLePageappointed
Br own,whoownsanengineer-ingandland-useplanningr m
thathelpsdeveloper sgetper-mitsfr omtheDEP.Tocomply
withstateethicslaws,Br own hasr emovedhimselffr omany
ofhiscompanysbusinessbe-for e the depar tment.But Steve Hinchman, a
lawyerforthe Andr oscoggin RiverAlli-ance, led a petition Feb. 7 ve
days afterthe Senate conr med Br ownsnominationaskingtheU.S.Envir
on-mental Pr otection Agency to investigate whetherBr own is
eligible forthe job.Accor ding to the feder al Clean WaterAct,
any-one who in the two year s befor e an appointment ear
nedatleast10per centoftheir incomefr om pr ojectsper mittedunder
theactmaynotlead the depar tment that administer s it.Last week,
the EPA issued a letterto Br own r e-questing that the per tinent
nancial infor mation be submitted in wr iting by Apr il 15.Thesamer
estr ictionexistsinMainelaw,and althoughHinchmanpr
ovidedacopyofhispeti-tiontotheAttor neyGener alsOfce,noaction has
been taken.We went to the EPA because they wer e an in-dependentar
biter andwehadsomecondence Please see BROWN, Page A9Darryl
BrownJohn Ewing/Staff PhotographerScarborough Middle School
students work on a beach-proling project Thursday, taking
measurements from the dunes to the shoreline. Their ndings, to be
reported to the Maine Geological Survey, will help track the slope
and erosion of the beach. Here, Sarah Mulligan calls out
measurements while sighting down her measuring pole. Story, Page
B1THE LONG AND SHORT OF
ITAroostookPiscataquisSomersetFranklinYorkCumberlandAndroscogginKennebecWaldoKnoxLincolnSagadahocHancockPenobscotOxfordWashington+16,062+3,909+79+841+118+300+10,389+3,078+1,301+1,340-2,068+9,004-1,085+2,627+5,037+2,506Maine
total change +53,438Mainepopulationchange2000 to2010MAINE
POPULATION CHANGE 2000 TO 2010State total +53,438By DENNIS
HOEYStaff WriterMaines population gr ew by 53,438 peopleover
thelastdecade,to mor e than 1.3 million, accor ding to gur esr
eleasedThur sdaybythe U.S. Census Bur eau.At 4.2 per cent, the
states gr owth fr om2000to2010wasinlinewith thatofother
statesintheNor th-east,saidThomasMer r ill,an
economistwiththeStatePlanning Ofce.However,Mainetr ailedNew
Hampshir e,whichgainedabout 80,000newr esidentsover thede-cade a gr
owth r ate of 6.5 per cent, Mer r ill said.Acr ossthenation,gr
owthwas much fasterin the South and West than in the Midwest and
Nor theast. Nevadawasthefastest-gr owing state fr om 2000 to 2010,
followed by Ar izona, Utah, Idaho and Texas.IntheNor
theast,RhodeIsland had the slowest population gr owth, gaining just
4,248 r esidents.Mer r illsaidhespentmuchof Thur
sdayanalyzingthecensus data,whichwillbeusedtoadjust feder
alandstatelegislativedis-tr icts in 2013.Hesaidtheinfor
mationalsois used in economic for ecasting, state
policydevelopment,legislation, andcommunities developmentof compr
ehensive plans.Ther e wer e not a lot of sur pr ises Please see
CENSUS, Page A10Census: Maine growth on par with NortheastVolume
149 Number 239Copyright 2011 MaineToday Media,
Inc.INDEXAdviceD7BusinessC8ClassiedD1ComicsD6CommentaryA13DeathsB4-5DispatchesB4EditorialsA12Local
& StateB1LotteryA2PeopleA2Public NoticesD4Real
EstateM1SportsC1TelevisionD7TheatersB3WheelsE1Ringleader faces up
to 5 years forsham weddingsA jury convicts Rashid Kakande of
arranging marriages between Mainers and Africans seeking to stay in
the U.S.By DAVID HENCHStaff WriterPORTLAND A Ugandan man faces as
much asveyear sinpr isonfor ar r angingmar r iages betweenMainer
esidentsandAfr icanswho wanted to r emain in this countr y
aftertheirvisas expir ed.RashidKakande,37,whohasbeenlivingin
Lexington,Mass.,wasconvictedThur sdayof conspir ingtodefr
audtheU.S.gover nment.In addition to the pr ison time, he faces a
maximum ne of $250,000.Testimony dur ing his four-day tr ial in
U.S. Dis-tr ict Cour t showed that Kakande and people who wor ked
with him ar r anged dozens of mar r iages, most of which wer e per
for med in Lewiston.Photoswer etakenateachwedding,showing the
smiling br ide and gr oom, the woman wear ing a white dr ess and
holding ower s.Thephotoswer etakenfor couplestousein
convincingimmigr ationofcialsthateachmar-r
iagewasgenuine,saidAssistantU.S.Attor ney GailFiskMalone,thepr
osecutor,inconcluding hercase Thur sday mor ning.TheU.S.citizenswer
epaid$1,500eachtoget mar r ied.Theystoodtocollectatotalof$5,000
Please see SCHEME, Page A10NATO beginning to take chargeBy GREG J
AFFEand MARY BETH SHERIDANThe Washington PostWASHINGTONTheinter
na-tionalcoalitionconfr ontingLibyan leader Moammar Gadhaagr eed
Thur sday to put NATO in char ge of enfor cing a no-y zone but was
still wor kingonadealtor elieveU.S. for cesofcommandofallmilitar y
oper ations in the countr y.U.S.ofcialssaidSecr etar yof
StateHillar yRodhamClintonhad r eachedpr eliminar yagr eement onabr
oader accor dinaphone callear lier Thur sdaywithhercounter par tsfr
omTur key,Fr ance andBr itain.ButTur keyr aised
last-minuteobjectionsThur sday evening, a diplomat said.Fr
enchghter jetshitair cr aft andacr ossr oadsmilitar ybase
deepinsideLibyaonThur sdayas the U.S. r educed its combat r
ole.Explosionscouldbehear din Tr ipoli,theLibyancapital,befor e
daybr eak this mor ning, appar ently fr om air str ikes.Libyasair
for cehasbeenef-fectivelyneutr alized,andthe gover nmenthastakenpar
tofits ghttotheair waves.Statetelevi-sion air ed pictur es of
bodies it said wer evictimsofair str ikes,buta U.S.intelligencer
epor tbolster ed r ebelclaimsthatGadhasfor ces
hadsimplytakenbodiesfr oma mor gue.TheObamaadministr ationisea-ger
totr ansfer militar ycommand to NATO to por tr ay the six-day-old
oper ationasaninter nationalhu-manitar ianmission,r ather thana
U.S.-ledoffensiveinanother Mus-lim countr
y.Obamaisalsofacingmounting pr essur efr omCongr essaboutthe oper
ations goals and the extent of U.S.involvement.Thepr esident The
move is meant to portraythe military operation as an international,
not U.S., effort.Please see LIBYA, Page A8CONFRONTING
GADHAFICONFLICT AND CONFUSIONUncertainty surrounding U.S.
objectives puts pressure on President Obama. Page A8 A2Th Portlano
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have paid extra for a conservation plate for my car be-cause I want
to support those special causes that the revenue from the plates
provides to our state.Imagine my surprise two weeks ago when I went
to register a new-to-me used car and transfer my old conser-vation
plate to it. The state insisted that I pay not the usual $15 for
myold plate but $20 because "this is a new transaction.I say shame
on the state! That a person is willing to pay extra to sup-port the
conservation effort is a bo-nus to Maine. Let`s not be so greedy
that you twist the words around in order to label the simple
transfer of a plate in such a way that you |ustify charging a
higher amount from the unsuspecting client. I might point out that
my choice to reuse an existing plate saves the state money. To add
insult to in|ury, I still had three months left on my old
registra-tion, so I didn`t even get a full year`s use of the fee
paid last May.I think the state needs to take a good look at this
un|ust practice. It is not right, and I learned that the peo-ple at
the Bureau of Motor Vehicles are embarrassed having to enforce the
extra charge. This is looking a gift horse in the mouth in the
worst way.I would hope if there are others in my situation that you
all complain. Ierhaps together we can get an un-fair charge
removed.7aOPSZZSA/^^ZSb]\KFFLII=@B@3B/7:3@3;0@/13A4@33A67>>7/@97V]b]U`O^VS`>O`YW\U]\bVSS\b`O\QS
roao to Evrorn Cmtry is now limito to two hours, ano will b norco,
atr complaints that UNE stuonts ano aculty wr usino th ara.Parkino
can b tioht in th niohborhooo.`Saa
7gj^chWjhi8VcVY^Zch!,"%5IF"TTPDJBUFE1SFTTBOBTONZdenoChara
turnedagrudgematch againsttherivalCanadiens intoablowout,andhedidit
withhisstickworkinsteadof his brawn.AbetenoireinMontreal
andthesub|ectofapolice investigationsincethehit
thatsentMaxIaciorettyto thehospital,Charahadthree
assiststoleadBostontoa7-0 victoryovertheCanadienson
Thursdaynight.Thewinleft the Bruins hve points ahead of
second-placeMontrealinthe NortheastDivision;Boston
hasninegamesleft,andthe Canadiens seven."Idon`tknowiftherewere any
scores to be settled, Bru-insforwardBhawnThornton said. "We came to
play. All the otherstuffdidn`tmatter.We did a good |ob all week
staying away from all the bull.Thehighlyanticipatedgame
betweentheOriginalBixri-vals came 1 days after Chara
bangedIaciorettyintoapad-dedstanchion,leavinghimon
theicewithabrokenverte-brae and a concussion. The hit prompted
Montreal fans to call policeanddemandcriminal
charges;authoritiessaythey have opened an
investigation.TheNHLchosenottosus-pendtheBruins`captain. ln th
tams' nrst oam sinc Zono Chara's ovastatino hit, Poston ovrruns
Montral.Gc\Xj\j\\0@C7@7
