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LePage budget plan spurs response from Brennan

Social-service cuts debated today. See page 3

War policy

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Afghanistan plan would reduce NATO combat roleKABUL, Afghanistan (NY

TIMES) — The senior Ameri-can commander in Afghanistan said Tuesday that his plans for next year would empha-size deploying American and allied military trainers directly within Afghan security units, which could lessen the direct combat role of NATO and accelerate local forces’ taking the lead in a growing number of missions.

The commander, Gen. John R. Allen of the Marine Corps, said he also was striving to consolidate security gains against Taliban forces in their traditional strongholds in the south and to counter insur-gents crossing from Pakistan into volatile eastern Afghani-stan.

The death of two dozen Paki-stani border troops in a NATO attack last month — which the United States said was an

accident but which outraged offi cials in Islamabad and the public at large — has compli-cated coordinating security missions along the porous eastern border of Afghanistan.

General Allen said he spoke by telephone on Monday with Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani Army chief, as part of a continuing American effort to cool tensions. Declin-ing to characterize the private comments of his Pakistani counterpart, General Allen did express a cautious optimism that Pakistan would order the return of its personnel to border security coordination centers.

“I do have a sense of prog-ress,” General Allen said, noting that he ended his dis-cussions confi dent that Paki-stan wants “to restore as much normalcy as we can to the border coordination as early as

we can.”General Allen spoke during a

visit to Afghanistan by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.

In retaliation for the deaths of its frontier troops, Pakistan withdrew its personnel from border security coordination centers and shut down routes used to move supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan from its territory. General Allen said that land routes from the north, and air routes into Afghanistan, were costlier but ensured that his forces had ample supplies.

The broad challenge facing the American-led mission is how to protect gains in security, and press ahead against a tena-cious insurgency, even as the number of allied troops drops.

Of the 33,000 additional troops ordered to Afghanistan by President Obama at the end of 2009, 10,000 are scheduled to return home by the end of

this year and the rest by next September. That will leave the American troop presence at 68,000, with 38,000 more troops from NATO and other part-ner nations. Afghan security personnel total 305,000 today, and are scheduled to expand to 352,000 by the end of next year.

An accelerated program to install small numbers of allied military trainers within larger numbers of Afghan security units, as described by General Allen, certainly could help ful-fi ll the American and NATO campaign plan — but with far fewer American troops.

These plans for what Gen-eral Allen called an “increased advisory role” for American and allied troops within the Afghan national security forces will accelerate next year and be fully in place by 2014, when the current NATO man-date expires.

U.S. safety board urges cellphone ban for drivers

(NY TIMES) — A federal traffi c safety agency is recom-mending that states prohibit all drivers from using cell-phones, for talking or texting.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that it had voted to recommend the ban on the use of mobile devices by drivers, citing what it said were the risks of dis-tracted driving.

The recommended ban applies to hands-free devices, a recommendation that goes further than any state law to date. The agency said it is recommending that drivers be allowed to use their phones for emergency purposes.

“No call, no text, no update is worth a human life,” said Deb-orah A. P. Hersman, chairman of the N.T.S.B., an independent federal agency that is responsi-ble for promoting traffi c safety and investigating accidents and their causes. It will be up to the states to decide whether they want to follow the agen-cy’s recommendation.

Email alerted James Murdoch to hackingLONDON (NY TIMES)

— An e-mail chain released Tuesday by a parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal shows that Rupert Murdoch’s son James received and responded to messages in 2008 that referred to widespread phone hacking at The News of the World tabloid, the fi rst docu-mentation that he may have been notifi ed of the wider problem long before he has admitted.

James Murdoch responded to the panel in a letter, saying that he had opened the e-mails on his BlackBerry and had not read their full contents at the time or since.

The e-mail chain was sent to the panel as part of an internal investigation by News International, the tab-loid’s parent company.

The e-mails contain warn-ings from lawyers that the phone hacking was more widespread than previously thought. The messages were passed on to the editor of The News of the World at the time, Colin Myler, who for-warded them to Mr. Murdoch, who replied within minutes, saying he would be available to discuss the matter.

The Parliamentary commit-tee is investigating allega-tions that the tabloid illegally intercepted the voicemail messages of hundreds, per-haps even thousands, of people in the news between 2001 and 2009.

Earlier this year, News International admitted that employees routinely hacked the cell phones of celebrities, royals and other people in the news after a cascade of rev-elations followed by dozens of lawsuits.

At least 18 former News of the World employees have been arrested, and the 168-year-old newspaper itself was shuttered this summer.

In several intense and dra-matic sessions of the Parlia-mentary committee this year, Mr. Murdoch, the head of his father’s European and Asian businesses, and his former executives have engaged in a war of words over the crucial question of what he knew, and when.

The executives have said he was informed in 2008 that the company line — that phone hacking was the work of one “rogue reporter” — was not true.

They say Mr. Murdoch

approved an unprecedentedly large settlement of £725,000 in a phone hacking lawsuit that year with full knowledge that others were involved. Mr. Murdoch has consistently countered that he knew noth-ing and that the settlement, which included a confi dential-ity clause, just made fi nancial sense.

The e-mail chain, from Sat-urday, Jun. 7, 2008, discusses that lawsuit, brought by a British soccer union boss, Gordon Taylor. One lawyer says the case is a “nightmare scenario,” because it might uncover other voicemail inter-ceptions and names other journalists implicated, the other notes that Mr. Taylor wants to demonstrate that hacking was “rife throughout the organization.”

James Murdoch in east London in July. (NY TIMES PHOTO)

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SAYWHAT......people are spreading Face-

book around the world...”—Mark Zuckerberg

(NY Times) — Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook after a chance encounter on an elevator. He found himself standing next to a woman he had never met — yet through Facebook he knew what her older brother looked like, that she was from a tiny island off the coast of Washington and that she had recently visited the Space Needle in Seattle.

“I knew all these things about her, but I’d never even talked to her,” said Balcomb, who had some real-life friends in common with the woman. “At that point I thought, maybe this is a little unhealthy.”

As Facebook prepares for a much-anticipated public offering, the com-pany is eager to show off its momentum by build-ing on its huge member-ship: more than 800 million active users around the world, but the company is running into a roadblock in this country. Some people, even on the younger end of the age spectrum, just refuse to participate, includ-ing people who have given it a try. One of Facebook’s main selling points is that it builds closer ties among friends and colleagues. But some who steer clear of the site say it can have the opposite effect of making them feel more, not less, alienated.

“I wasn’t calling my friends anymore,” said Ash-leigh Elser, 24, a graduate student in Charlottesville, Va. “I was just seeing their pictures and updates and felt like that was really con-necting to them.”

To be sure, the Face-book-free life has its dis-advantages in an era when people announce all kinds of major life milestones on the Web. Ms. Elser has missed engagements and pictures of new-born babies. But none of that hurt as much as the gap she said her Facebook account had created between her and her closest friends. So she shut it down.

Many of the holdouts mention concerns about privacy. Those who study social networking say this issue boils down to trust. Amanda Lenhart, who directs research on teenag-ers, children and families at the Pew Internet and Ameri-can Life Project, said that people who use Facebook tend to have “a general sense of trust in others and trust in institutions.” She added: “Some people make the decision not to use it because they are afraid of what might happen.”

Lenhart noted that about 16 percent of Americans don’t have cellphones. “There will always be hold-outs,” she said.

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Brennan to testify against planned DHHS cuts

When Portland Mayor Michael Brennan was fi rst elected to the Maine House in 1992, he served on a committee that found nearly $100 million in cuts needed to close a budget shortfall in the state Department of Health and Human Services.

A few years later, when the same department faced a $1 bil-lion shortfall, Brennan sat on a committee in the Maine Senate that found $350 million in cuts. Both times, he said, the savings were found without large-scale cuts in services or programs.

“This is not a unique circum-stance,” Brennan said yesterday, referring to the LePage admin-istration’s recent discovery of a $220 million shortfall in the Maine DHHS over the next two years.

“And for the governor to be claiming that this is a fi nancial crisis, and calling for the wholesale elimi-nation of programs that would cause tens of thou-sands of people to lose health coverage really ignores the history of what has happened in this state” and how previous budget gaps have been closed, Bren-nan continued.

Today, Brennan will make the case before a panel in Augusta that Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal will shift costs to large cities like Portland, Lewiston and Bangor and deny services to thousand of city resi-dents.

He is expected to be joined by hundreds of local offi cials, health workers and social service providers who will speak against the proposal.

“It’s a massive transfer of cost to the local level, and in particular to service center communities” like Portland that draw a larger percentage of Mainers in need of social services, the mayor said yesterday.

Although it’s not clear how the fi nal plan will look, LePage’s current proposal would change Medicaid (MaineCare) eligibility rules in a way that ends cov-erage for up to 65,000 low-income adults.

According to the city, the plan would also:• Threaten the city’s two federally-qualifi ed health

centers, which subsidizes care for people who can’t pay with extra reimbursements for serving people

on MaineCare. With fewer people on MaineCare rolls, those health centers may no longer be viable.

• Scale back or eliminate fund-ing for targeted case manage-ment services conducted by the city’s Social Services Division, including services provided at the city’s Family Emergency Shel-ter, Oxford Street Shelter and Refugee Services division. These agencies are dealing with record demand, and case management services are generally used to move homeless into stable hous-

ing and help them fi nd jobs.• Reduce or eliminate many local programs funded

by the Fund for Healthy Maine, which supports public health initiatives statewide. City and school-sponsored fl u clinics, school-sponsored dental seal-ant programs for low-income students, and Healthy Portland, which targets obesity citywide, could all be on the chopping block.

• Result in the complete elimination of funding for Private Non-Medical Institutions, which serve upwards of 6,000 Mainers in residential support programs. Locally, programs run by Serenity House, Milestone, Opportunity Alliance and Shalom House that target critical substance abuse, mental health and support services would be affected. Elderly and people with developmental disabilities could also be forced to move out of residential programs if the funding is cut.

Without these programs, Brennan and other city offi cials worry that Portland’s state-mandated gen-

eral assistance program — which is funded in part from local taxpayers — would be stretched even fur-ther.

LePage’s spokesperson, Adrienne Bennett, says the cuts are necessary to close the budget shortfall, which was discovered earlier this month.

“We’ve got a $220 million shortfall and it needs be addressed,” she said. “If we do not do it, by April 1, HHS will run out of money to pay for the Medic-aid program. ... When the governor says it’s crisis time, it means, literally, that we are running out of money.”

More broadly, she says Maine has some of the most generous Medicaid eligibility guidelines in the coun-try. Bennett also blamed the problem on Democrats, which until last fall held the Blaine House and the Legislature for almost a decade.

“Yes, we’re talking about a signifi cant number of people coming off enrollment of Medicaid ... but for the better part of the last 15 years, (Democrats) have used the program as a mechanism to provide affordable health insurance for everyone, and Med-icaid is not intended to be for that.”

She added that the program was designed “for our most vulnerable, and we need to restructure it and redesign it back to the original intent.”

Amid concerns for those who will lose coverage, Bennett cited a law passed by the Legislature last spring was designed to make it easier for people to buy private health insurance. Supporters say the law will lower health care costs, although its too soon to know whether that’s true or not.

Brennan, who served as Majority Leader of the state Senate and still has colleagues in Augusta, predicted the fi nal plan would look different than what’s currently proposed.

“My guess at this point is that the administration is putting a plan forward which is using a worst-case scenario,” he said. “I can’t imagine they thing they are going to achieve or get everything they are proposing, and are using the public hearing pro-cess to gauge how much opposition there is in the public.”

BY CASEY CONLEYTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Brennan LePage

Mayor at hearing in Augusta today

(The New York Times) Medicaid has steadily eaten up a growing share of state budgets over the past three years, while education has been getting a smaller slice of the pie.

That is one of the changes that the lingering economic downturn and the changing American economy have wrought on state fi nances, according to an analysis of state spending over the last few years released Tuesday by the National Association of State Budget Offi cers.

The increased spending on Medicaid, the state and federal health program for the poor, was driven by steadily rising medical costs, an infusion of money from the federal stimulus bill and a signifi cant rise in the number of people who became poor enough to qualify for the program as the downturn wore on. The Medicaid program accounted for 21.9 percent of all state expenditures in

2009 and 22.3 percent in 2010, and is estimated to account for 23.6 percent in 2011, the report found.

At the same time the share spent on elementary and secondary education has declined, dropping to 20.1 percent in 2011 from 21.5 percent of all state expenditures in 2009.

Education used to make up a bigger share of state spending. When the asso-ciation fi rst began compiling the report in 1987, elementary and secondary education made up the biggest share of state spending, and higher educa-tion the second-biggest share. Medic-aid surpassed higher education as the second-biggest state program in 1990, and in 2003 it became largest state pro-gram for the fi rst time. Since then it has vied with schools for the biggest share of state spending, but for the past three years it has been in the lead, with an increasing margin.

Bigger share of state cash for Medicaid

Page 4 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, December 14, 2011

LONDON — The British, or rather English, mistrust of what lies beyond the Channel has always been fathomless. W.H. Auden, observing a “cult of salads,” jested that “before very long” the south of England would resemble “the Conti-nong.” There across the sea, on a suspect Continent, lay lands of constitutions, Napoleonic legal codes, defeated armies, imper-fect freedom, rabies, wife-swap-ping and garlic.

Auden, of course, was writing before the birth of the Tory Euro-sceptic, the pinstriped effl uence of an ex-imperial nation. This speci-men’s ascendancy was refl ected in Prime Minister David Cam-eron’s veto of a Europe-bolstering treaty change to defend the euro through greater fi scal coopera-tion and tougher sanctions on nations going Greek.

The Euro-sceptic wants less Europe not more. In the place of “ever closer union,” the Euro-sceptic wants ever looser union and, if possible, none whatsoever. In his or her — and it’s over-whelmingly his — heart beats the spirit of Britain’s “fi nest hour” and the United Kingdom (with a little help from the Yanks) hold-ing out against the Luftwaffe. Only now the object of resistance is Germany’s glum Frau Merkel.

The British Euro farce

Or so the Tories see it. Since Cameron’s “No,” there’s been much chatter about the return of Britain’s “bulldog spirit.” Self-delusion is a lingering attri-bute of former imperial nations adjusting to a lesser reality. In fact Cameron, playing the wrong chips without partners or prepa-ration, was not so much opposed on grand principle as eyeing an opportunity to extract conces-sions for the very City of London fi nancial institutions seen as the villains of the 2008 meltdown and its dire aftermath.

That was politically inept — less the fi ghting spirit of the Normandy hedgerows than the self-regarding hypocrisy of the giant offshore hedge fund that Britain often resembles these days.

Even without an election fi ve months away, Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, would have been tempted to avoid shaking Cameron’s hand. With an election the snub for perfi dious Albion was

too good to pass up. Of course The Sun, the British tabloid whose dislike of Gauls is exceeded only by its disdain for Germans, shot back at Sarko: “Who do you think E.U. are?”

After uncertain mumblings, the deputy prime minister, Nick (“don’t call me a doormat”) Clegg, managed to reach beyond this theater to something approach-ing strategic refl ection. Declaring himself “bitterly disappointed” at Cameron’s decision, he said: “There’s nothing bulldog about Britain hovering somewhere in the mid-Atlantic, not standing tall in Europe, not being taken seri-ously in Washington.”

There is no Euro-sceptic strat-egy; at most there’s a tactic for short-term political gain. For a long time the post-Cold-War wid-ening of Europe to 27 members put off the need for deepening. This suited Britain, which was never interested in political union but saw advantage in a borderless European market. Now the euro crisis has exposed the need for a federative push to give the shared currency political backbone. In so doing, it has also exposed the basic British ambivalence that twice caused De Gaulle to say “Non” to U.K. membership.

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Above Rome’s pale yellow and dusky orange build-ings, the sky somehow looks bluer than it does almost anywhere else. Did I take proper note of that when I saw it all the time? When it was the canopy over my waking, my working and the all-consuming, all-distracting tedium of daily life?

Time, distance and clarity

I worry I didn’t. And I wonder how, during the two years when I called Rome home and wan-dered frequently through the Villa Borghese park, I never noticed an especially lush, shady patch near the Galle-ria Borghese that I stumbled across recently, on a return trip. Like the sky’s vividness, the dis-covery unsettled me. So did the regular peal of church bells, a music that must have been the soundtrack of my past but that I remembered only vaguely. It seems I failed to hear it — to listen — back then.

This is the stretch of the calendar, from Thanksgiv-ing through New Year’s, when many of us revisit the places we’ve left behind. These journeys can be diffi -cult, and I don’t mean the brawls over the overhead

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Hi, everyone. This is Baby Boy. My mom is exhausted so I am letting her sleep while I hack into her computer. Your password is my birthday? Great security measure, Mom. I updated it to the geographical coordinates of Moscow, just because I can.

I didn’t fi nd any big secrets worth sharing with you, dear reader. I did fi nd her Christmas list, however. I think the Not Yet Invented division of Santa’s workshop closed because of union disputes but here is her sad wish list should any of you feel simul-taneously creative and giving.

Maggie’s Wish List 2011.1) Scented Markers. Baby Boy keeps

asking for art supplies, which reminds me of when scented markers were all the rage in 1983. When else would art time turn into fi ght club? We had gang wars over the red one. Whoever got it would lock themselves in the bathroom inhaling cherry fumes like an addict. Beware if you crossed me! I would hold you down and make you smell the black licorice one until you cried.

I promise the art suppliers that if you make fantasy-friendly scents geared toward Mom, your profi ts, as

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well as quality crafting time with the fam, would skyrocket. Potential fl avors: Orange/Mimosa. Black/New Mercedes Leather. Green/Angelina Jolie’s Emerald. Pink/St. Barth’s Sand. Yellow/George Clooney.

2) Vitamin Nail Polish. Moms chase their kids to force vitamins down their throats, but how often do we remem-ber to take ours? But we always remember to do our nails! Vitamin fortifi ed polish promises a gorgeous chip-free fi nish all while time-releas-ing calcium, B-12, biotin and vitamin D into the bloodstream. Oooh, maybe they can do a special one with time-released caffeine!

3) Mommy Seeking Missile. At some point these wars will be over and all those defense technicians will need projects. Start developing a small mis-sile that attaches to the backs of kids.

Anytime the wee one has wandered off at the park or is hiding under the clothing rack at the mall, the Mommy Seeking Missile activates zooming them safely back to their parent.

4) Designer Doggie Bags. Carrying around telltale plastic bags of dog poo is one of my least favorite activi-ties. Right down there with hop scotch (see below). What if there were biode-gradable poo bags that looked like the most fabulous designer purses? What better reward than fashion for scoop-ing up steamy droppings? Sparkly Coach wristlets for toy poodles and Chihuahuas. Chanel leather shoulder bags for terriers and boxers. Hermes Birkin for St. Bernards and Sheep-dogs. Walking the dog at 5 a.m. in the rain is your new runway!

5) Whine Activated Mouthpieces. a la the Grinch. “That’s the one thing he hated. The noise, noise, noise, noise, noise!” By noise I am sure he meant whining. Are you with me that something has to be done about whining? What about a device that detects whining and plays your favorite song instead? It regulates tempo to the rhythm of the foot stomping and arm waving. Now

your little whiner becomes an end-less, entertaining source of Madonna, Radiohead and Bob Dylan. (This also works for complaining spouses. “What’s that? I didn’t do the dishes? Well, let’s just talk about that while you perform California Gurls again, Miss Perry!”)

6) Depends Leg Warmers. Once you have kids, sneezing, coughing and jumping jacks are dreaded occur-rences. God forbid all three happen at once. Since leg warmers are a big trend right now, designers should line them with extra-absorbent materials that discreetly wick away loose drips and drops. Jumping rope? Sounds super! Let me just grab my leg warm-ers, wink!

Here is my dad’s wish list:1) Find way to get Maggie to stop

eating granola in my car. (Doesn’t she know 50% of it falls between the seats???)

2) Find a way to get Maggie to make me more steak.

(Maggie Knowles is a columnist for The Portland Daily Sun. Her column appears Wednesdays. Email her at maggie@portlanddailysun.me.)

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‘It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked’COHEN from page 4

As Warren Buffett has observed, “It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swim-ming naked.” The mid-Atlantic, as America pivots to Asia, could prove a lonely place for Britain, whose economy is heavily dependent on the euro zone.

Of course, the fi scal pact Britain rejected still has to be turned from words into reality — and if Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, declines to provide the liquidity to keep Euro-pean bond and money markets working time could still run out on the euro before reform is enacted.

Still, a watershed has been reached. The air has been cleared. The proposed pact represents a nec-essary if tardy admission: that the euro was an

irrevocable step toward the political and particu-larly fi scal integration that alone can sustain the currency. Ever closer union means just that. With a touch more fi nesse and a lot less bombast Britain could have accompanied this process without adopt-ing the euro. Instead, it’s isolated.

Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that Cameron’s veto coincided with a young Euro-sceptic Tory member of Parliament, Aidan Burley, fi nding himself at a stag party in Val Thorens — a French ski resort with a German-sounding name — along with a bunch of mates dressed up in Nazi SS uniforms and perform-ing Nazi salutes in an atmosphere of great jollity. Burley, who’s had to apologize, footed the bill for the festivities.

Britain’s defi ant freedom and independence are

real virtues proven over time. The thing about the Euro-sceptics behind Cameron’s Brussels bungling is they turn past glory into posturing theater. Their nostalgia for British greatness is often no more than the trumpeting of a bunch of insular snobs who seem to have a hard time restraining their inner-fascist.

Marx observed that history repeats itself, fi rst as tragedy, then as farce. Having a British prime minis-ter say he’ll only go along with Germany saving the euro if City of London banks get an exemption from a fi nancial transactions tax, while a Tory M.P. par-ties with Nazi lookalikes, and another Tory boasts of Cameron having “played a blinder,” is about as farci-cal as it gets.

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Those church bells must have been the soundtrack of my pastBRUNI from page 4

bin. Nor do I mean what Thomas Wolfe did when he contemplated the messiness of going home again, stirring up resentments and confronting how much we — and it — have changed.

What weighs on me is the opposite: how much everything has no doubt stayed the same, coupled with the recognition that I didn’t appreciate or really even examine it before. The sorrow lies there.

About a year ago I visited Chapel Hill, N.C., where I went to college, for the fi rst time since I graduated in 1986. I ran an old running route, just to see if it conformed to my memories.

It did, in that I knew exactly where to turn and how soon the next juncture would come along. Then again it didn’t, because what I encountered along the way — the columned rotunda to my left, the sto-rybook quadrangle to my right — had a grace and even a majesty I’d never registered before. I felt loca-tion envy, about a location I’d inhabited for no fewer than four years.

And with each stride I grew more disappointed in myself, and angrier, for having missed or at least ignored so much of this when it more or less belonged to me and was there for the taking. Col-

lege was when I fi rst, and last, had Joni Mitchell in my head, so I was well acquainted with the refrain of “Big Yellow Taxi” and its deceptively chirpy insis-tence that “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” But I turned a deaf ear to the song’s message as surely as I turned a blind eye to the arboretum beside the campus planetarium, though it, too, skirted the route of my runs.

My friend J. says that I shouldn’t beat up on myself, and makes the excellent point that we’re not only older and wiser when we circle back to our former homes but we’re also, even more crucially, unencum-bered guests able to take their measure and siphon off their pleasures in a way we couldn’t before.

But it’s also true that we’re often just plain oblivi-ous to the scenery right in front of us. By being clos-est, it’s farthest away.

I’m not talking about obvious, monumental stuff. More than half of my New York friends haven’t been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in fi ve years or bothered with the Empire State Building in 20. But they know full well that they’re denying themselves glorious art and a God’s-eye view; it’s a conscious decision, made with the belief that they can always treat themselves later. That’s a foolishness all its own.

I’m talking about subtle, incidental blessings that are strangely invisible to us. My friend N. realized that there was a towering, fl owering Scheffl era plant in front of her childhood home in California only after she’d moved to New York and begun cov-eting one in a Manhattan store, which wanted $500 for it.

I’ve met a half dozen people on my Manhattan block who have never set foot inside the corner bakery, Levain, which makes what might be the best chocolate chip cookies in the city. And it’s not because these neighbors of mine are dieting. A few of them don’t even know the bakery’s there, though there are lines out the door some weekends.

I doubt any of the food got by me when I lived in Rome. Food seldom does. But too much else did. On my recent stay my companion halted in his tracks one afternoon to point out the heart-tugging per-fection of the square we were in. It was the Piazza di Sant’Ignazio, one long side of which is traced by elaborately curved 18th-century buildings that evoke a rococo chest of drawers. I’d zoomed through it repeatedly years ago. And never once lingered.

On this occasion I did. And then, my lesson learned, I stopped by again the next morning, before I headed to the airport and lost the precious chance.

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worker at their Bayside apartment building were depicted by friends as good Samaritans who wel-comed homeless into their Oxford Street and who had hoped to regain custody of their infant child and move to Puerto Rico.

At about 12:19 p.m. Tuesday, Portland police responded to a basement apartment at 257/259 Oxford St. for a report of an unattended death. Offi -cers arrived and found the bodies of two victims in the apartment, an adult female and an adult male, police said.

Authorities were notifi ed of the bodies by a main-tenance worker at the apartment building, accord-ing to Lt. Gary Rogers, a spokesman for the Portland Police Department.

"He made the discovery and then notifi ed police," Rogers said.

The Offi ce of the Chief Medical Examiner has

responded to the scene and has begun investigating the manner and cause of death, Rogers reported. An autopsy is scheduled for today, he said. No names have been released.

"We really can't make a determination (as to what precipitated their deaths), and it will be something that the medical examiner's offi ce will have to do," Rogers said.

"It's just tragic," said Michael Bisson, who knew the man, identifi ed as "Miguel."

"He was my best friend. They were really good people. They had hearts of gold, they took me in when I didn't have a place to go," Bisson said.

Bisson said he and his girlfriend lived with the couple until recently.

"I met him when I was at the shelter, and I didn't have a place to go, so they'd let me come over and stay with them anytime, they opened the door, fed me," he recalled.

Bisson said he had no sense that anything was wrong.

Melissa Cortes said the couple were recent trans-plants to Portland.

"His name's Miguel, but everyone calls him 'Angel.' He was an awesome dude. He'd help anybody in the world. You could be depressed and he'd make you laugh, you'd forget about being depressed," Cortes said. "He had a lot of motivation, his baby is in DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services) custody, and he was very motivated to get her back."

Other friends agreed that Miguel had lost custody of a child, described as an 8-month-old baby.

"He was only in Portland about six months," Cortes said. "They came up here because Maine is the only place right now that has a family shelter. He and his wife came up here to get stable. Some other things happened, and they were working on getting their kid back, and Angel was doing really good. I'm shocked."

Cortes was one of several friends gathered outside the apartment Tuesday, talking and comforting each other. Many people drifted down the street, which diverges from Portland Street in the Bayside neigh-borhood.

Jerry Huff said he has lived in the apartment com-plex for two years and also knew the couple, particu-larly Miguel.

"He was living there, he and his old lady were trying to work together to get their daughter back. He was a good guy, he was working. He was a good guy," Huff said.

"He was good friends with everybody, real good friends with everybody," Huff said.

Nicole Hampton, who described herself as a close friend, agreed that the couple were well liked.

"They were really good people, they didn't do drugs, they weren't junkies," she said.

"Miguel had been working for a few weeks at Wendy's. He and his wife were getting back together, they have a daughter they (DHHS) were going to

“He was my best friend. They were really good people. They had hearts of gold, they took me

in when I didn’t have a place to go.” — Michael Bisson

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

see DEATHS page 7

ABOVE: Portland Police Offi cer Dan Rose patrols behind the police tape Tuesday. The Offi ce of the Chief Medical Examiner has responded to the scene of two unattended deaths in a basement apartment, police reported. RIGHT: A police vehicle at the scene. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTOS)

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give custody to; Miguel's mother's in Puerto Rico, they were sup-posed to move there shortly and raise their daughter down there. This is all basically quite a shock," Hampton said.

Hampton agreed that the couple helped those who needed a place to sleep. Near the scene of the police investigation are sev-eral homeless shelters and support services for the homeless, including the nonprofi t Preble Street Resource Center and the city-run Oxford Street Homeless Shelter.

Hampton said, "I stay at the shelter right now, and anytime I didn't feel like staying at the shelter, for a lot of us, if we needed a place to stay or just wanted to get out of the shelter for the night, they would let us crash on the fl oor."

Hampton described a group of acquaintances and friends deal-ing with the stunning news.

"We're all very close, especially all of us homeless people, we have that family thing," she said. "This is a very huge shock."

Bisson wondered why the bodies weren't found sooner. "Nobody had seen them, nobody did nothing," he said.

Hampton said she wondered what had happened to the couple."I myself had a feeling a couple of days ago that something just

wasn't right because they always took the blankets down from the windows in the morning, they always had a routine, we would see them over at the soup kitchen in the morning having coffee," she said.

Cortes fought tears as she watched police enter and exit the apartment, investigating the scene beyond a barrier of police tape.

"I didn't believe it, so I had to come down. He was a really nice

see POLICE page 8

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At least one person at the scene described the area as a place with a troubled history.

Two properties, includ-ing 259 Oxford St., recently were auctioned and were the subject of a legal proceeding that required changes to ten-ancy and management of the rentals, based on a history of unrest there. In July, build-ings at 255/259 Oxford St. were sold at public auction. The 17 units comprising the two buildings brought a price of $375,000, and went to Marc Fishman of Fish-man Realty Group.

The address of 259 Oxford St. also is where a scuffl e with a suspect led to Portland Police Offi cer Dan Knight, the depart-ment’s Senior Lead Offi -cer for Sector 2, suffering serious injury to his leg. Knight went into the unit looking for Mat-thew Tozier, 32, of Port-land, who was wanted by police for several out-standing warrants.

According to police, Knight found him on the second fl oor of the building, but Tozier didn’t want to be taken into custody, and a struggle ensued at the top of a landing, with both men tumbling down the fl ight of stairs together. Then Tozier ran out the front door

with Knight in pursuit. Tozier was captured on Elm Street, arrested and charged with assault on an offi cer and resist-ing arrest.

Tuesday's investigation into the unattended deaths in the basement apartment at 257/259 Oxford St. marks the second

incident of death under suspi-cious circumstances in 16 days in Portland. To date, there have been no arrests in the fatal stab-bing of Carlos Ramos, who died at Maine Medical Center Nov. 28 after he was stabbed inside his Forest Avenue apartment, and investigators won't say if

his death was a homicide, self infl icted or an accident.

Anyone with information regarding the unattended deaths at Oxford Street or con-cerning the fatal stabbing on Forest Avenue is asked to call the Portland Police Depart-ment at 874-8533.

Friends of a couple found dead at 257/259 Oxford St. comfort each other Tuesday. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Much will depend on what kind of friend you are. Try to think ahead about what a friend might need from you. Also con-sider the expectations you’ve already set up and how you’ll deliver on them, or not. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You want to have a good time and be a big contributor to the social swirl, but you have so much on your mind that social goings-on might not seem like a huge priority. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Buried pain has a way of staying buried until someone clever acts as a kind of metal detector to remind you where the heavy elements are hidden. A Scorpio or Cancer person could serve this pur-pose for you. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You accept that you have created your experience, and now you wonder whether it’s quite the way you meant it to be. Something defi nitive will happen to let you know whether it’s working for you or not. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Where you spend your time will be crucial to the way relationships develop or don’t. Go where you’re sure to be in the mix with all the players who are in your game. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your word is good. You’ll knock yourself out to make sure you do what you say you’ll do. It’s part of why you’re confi -dent: You trust yourself to deliver, and others trust you, too. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). So many people don’t think about the details, but you do, and it gives you an advantage. Because you are concerned about the initial impression you make on others, you’ll come across even better than you intended.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Some-times you forget to use your position to share yourself fully with others. Today you’ll take the responsibility to heart. You’ll be warm when others are distant. Instead of breaking the ice, you’ll melt it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Every adventure involves an element of danger. If there is no danger, it might be an exciting experience, but it’s not really an adventure. You’re in the mood to take on risks and adventure. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll be involved in a group effort and will be very aware of the fact that your friends are also your teammates. Try to develop a strategy that will allow every-one to win together. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In order to be a superstar in any area of the world, you have to get involved in every aspect of it. You’ll dive for deeper knowledge and also for adjacent infor-mation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Some of your greatest triumphs will happen because of the particular way you pick yourself up after a fall. Knowing this, you’re not afraid to slip up, and you’ll radiate the kind of confi dence that makes mistakes less frequent. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 14). You’ll build your network of supporters, friends and customers. Your relation-ship with yourself is the most impor-tant one you’ll nurture. You’ll fi nd new reasons and ways to appreciate who you are, grow your talents and care for yourself on every level. January unites lovers. February brings a fi nancial breakthrough. Pisces and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 2, 4 and 25.

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Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2011. There are 17 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer

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On this date:In 1799, the fi rst president of the United

States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.

In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.

In 1861, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died at Windsor Castle at age 42.

In 1936, the comedy “You Can’t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart opened on Broadway.

In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish U.N. headquar-ters in New York.

In 1961, a school bus was hit by a pas-senger train at a crossing near Greeley, Colo., killing 20 students.

In 1975, six South Moluccan extremists surrendered after holding 23 hostages for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen (BY’-luhn).

In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.

In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the fi rst woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took offi ce as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

In 1986, the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the fi rst non-stop, non-refueled fl ight around the world.

One year ago: The White House insisted the implementation of President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law would not be affected by a negative federal court ruling, and the Justice Department said it would appeal.

Today’s Birthdays: Jazz musician Clark Terry is 91. Singer-actress Abbe Lane is 80. Actor Hal Williams is 73. Actress-singer Jane Birkin is 65. Actress Patty Duke is 65. Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 65. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 65. Actress Dee Wallace is 63. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ronnie McNeir (The Four Tops) is 62. Rock musician Cliff Williams (AC/DC) is 62. Actor-comedian T.K. Carter is 55. Rock singer-musician Mike Scott (The Waterboys) is 53. Singer-musician Peter “Spider” Stacy (The Pogues) is 53. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 48. Actress Natascha McElhone is 42. Actress-come-dian Michaela Watkins is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Brian Dalyrimple is 36. Actress KaDee Strickland is 36. Actress Tammy Blanchard is 35. Actress Sophie Monk is 32. Actress Vanessa Hudgens is 23.

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PACTS transportation meeting8 a.m. Twenty-six state legislators, town/city councilors and congressional delega-tion staff members will attend a transpor-tation policy briefi ng at the Ocean Gateway Terminal in Portland. Senator Bill Diamond (Windham), Senator Ron Collins (Wells) and Representative Ann Peoples (Westbrook), all members of the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, will lead part of the discussion. The Portland Area Comprehensive Transpor-tation System (PACTS) will host the event. Nathan Poore, Falmouth town manager and current chair of the PACTS Policy Commit-tee, will welcome everyone at 8 a.m. The pur-pose of the briefi ng is to raise the awareness of elected offi cials of certain transportation opportunities and challenges in the Greater Portland region before the beginning of the next session of the Legislature. Maine’s and Greater Portland’s transportation leaders are rising to the challenges and opportunities in this time of continued budget cutting and red tape reduction. Transportation investments are closely linked with our economic pros-perity and with our quality of life. During the coming six months the Legislature and town and city councils of our region will develop budgets that set the short term priorities for this new reality. The 90-minute session will include presentations and discussions of these topics: The nation’s and state’s trans-portation funding situation; highlights from the PACTS 2011 Destination Tomorrow regional transportation plan; the $200 million unmet need for upgrading collector roads in the PACTS region; the PACTS plan to region-alize traffi c signal system management; and recent transportation success stories. For more information, contact John Duncan, PACTS director, at 774-9891.

Civic Center Board of Trustees8 a.m. There will be a special meeting of the Cumberland County Civic Center Board of Trustees. The purpose of the meeting is to interview three architectural/engineering fi rms for the upcoming Civic Center renova-tion. The meeting will be held in the main lobby meeting room. www.theciviccenter.com/events

Walk Or Roll To School8:30 a.m. The Ocean Avenue Elementary School has received a $1,000 grant to begin a walk and bike to school program. To cele-brate the award, Mayor Michael Brennan will be participating in the park and walk event and co-present-ing a check to the school on behalf of the National Center for Safe Routes to School. Oakie, the Oakhurst mascot, will also be walking with the kids to the school. Depart 8:30 a.m. at Heselstine Park (Ocean Avenue and Irving Street after the Rite Aid). If you want to learn more go to www.oapto.org or contact Kristin at 807.4700 or ksk@oapto.org.

Portland SCORE’s Annual Holiday Luncheonnoon. Secretary of State Charlie Summers will be the keynote speaker at Portland SCORE’s Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Woodlands Club in Falmouth. Portland SCORE provides small business services to local entrepre-neurs through face-to-face counseling and a series of busi-ness workshops. Over 40 local volunteer business mentors serve our community through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small business. For more information call Portland SCORE at 772-1147, reach SCORE online at http://portlandme.score.org, or email SCORE at info@scoremaine.com.

Buy Local Member Mixer6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Buy Local Member Mixers are infor-mal networking and social events for members, friends, and anyone who would like to know more about Portland Buy Local. “Come unwind and celebrate with other indie biz enthusiasts, plus get updates on the latest happenings in the Buy Local scene” Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square. “We’ll be raffl ing off this new 42-inch HD LCD Vizio Flatscreen TV, donated by The Marsh Agency Insurance on Wedneday evening. Raffl e tickets are available for $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Purchase your tickets at the follow-ing member businesses: Longfellow Books, Marsh Agency, Planet Dog, University Credit Union, Videoport.”

West End Neighborhood Association meeting6:30 p.m. The next West End Neighborhood Association

meeting is the annual meeting for the election of offi cers and board members. “If you haven’t already done so, please bring $5 to pay your dues and vote. There will also be a presentation about the Medical Marijuana Dispensary. WENA meetings are held in the community space on the upper level of the Reiche Community Center, adjacent to the Reiche Community School at 166 Brackett St. Meetings are at 6:30 p.m., generally on the second Wednesday each month.”

‘Striped Bass Fishing in Maine & Beyond’7:30 p.m. “The State of Striped Bass Fishing in Maine & Beyond,” by Duncan Barnes and Mac McKeever from the Coastal Conservation Association. At the monthly meet-ing of the Saco River Salmon Club, Duncan Barnes and Mac McKeever from the Coastal Conservation Associa-tion will speak on “The State of Striped Bass Fishing in Maine & Beyond.” Prior to the presentation, at 7 p.m., there will be a business meeting for the club. The pre-sentation is free, open to the public and will take place at the conference center inside Cabela’s retail store at the corner of Haigis Parkway and Payne Road in Scarbor-ough. “The Saco River Salmon Club is a nonprofi t orga-nization of fi shermen and conservationists dedicated to restoration of Atlantic Salmon to the Saco River. The club has been raising salmon fry from eggs and stocking the fry in the Saco since 1983. The club currently oper-ates a state-of-the-art hatchery in Biddeford, advocates for salmon restoration and assists with fi sh surveys and habitat improvement. New members are welcome.” For more information visit www.sacosalmon.com.

Thursday, Dec. 15

Energy Effi ciency Improvements talk7:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Environmental & Energy Technol-ogy Council of Maine presents Energy Effi ciency Improve-

ments for Commercial and Residential Properties at the University of South-ern Maine Wishcamper Center. Effi -ciency Maine is working in all sectors of Maine to improve energy effi ciency, reduce costs, and strengthen our economy. This forum will provide an overview of the residential, commer-cial, and industrial projects funded by Effi ciency Maine over the last year and examine the energy saving results. Michael Stoddard, executive director, will present an overview of Effi ciency Maine’s energy effi ciency and renew-able energy goals for 2012. www.e2tech.org

Reading Flash Mob5 p.m. “Maine Humanities Council and LibraryThing are joining forces for a Reading Flash Mob on Thursday December 15, to coincide with Port-land’s annual downtown Merry Mad-ness festival. Bring a book and meet them outside Longfellow Books at 5 p.m. We’ll read in public until around 6:30 p.m. All ages, all books, all book formats welcome!”

Merry Madness5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Merry Madness kicks off at the Portland Regency Hotel, 20 Milk St., and 70 participating stores in downtown Portland stay open until 10 p.m. offering complimentary refresh-ments to holiday shoppers. The kick-off at the Portland Regency Hotel features choral music from Davis Hart-well and Stuart Tisdale, fantastic raffl e prizes from distinct downtown shops and free hors d’oeuvres from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. donated by the Portland Regency Hotel and local businesses including Sebago Brewing Company, Seadog Brewing Company, Rira’s Irish Pub, Leonardo’s Pizza, Buck’s Naked BBQ, and Love Cupcakes. Commemora-tive Merry Madness wine glasses and coffee mugs are for sale at the Portland Regency Hotel for $6 and $5 respec-tively and complimentary maps of open stores are available for shoppers. For more information visit www.portland-maine.com.

Film: ‘Better This World’7 p.m. How did two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas wind up arrested on terrorism charges at the 2008 Repub-lican National Convention? “Better This

World” follows the journey of David McKay and Bradley Crowder from political neophytes to accused domestic terror-ists with a particular focus on the relationship they develop with a radical activist mentor in the six months leading up to their arrests. “A dramatic story of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal, ‘Better This World’ goes to the heart of the War on Terror and its impact on civil liberties and political dissent in post-9/11 America.” $7/$5 for SPACE Gallery members and students with ID.

‘The Christmas Bride’ by Snowlion Rep8 p.m. New England premiere of the Charles Dickens holiday musical, “The Christmas Bride,” based on “The Battle of Life,” a Christmas story by Charles Dickens. Dec. 15-21 at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Boulevard, Portland, by Snowlion Repertory Company, a new theater company in Portland. Book by MK Wolfe, music and lyrics by Noel Katz, musical direction by Jim Colby, directed and choreo-graphed by Al D’Andrea, with John Ambrose, David Arthur Bachrach (appears courtesy of Actors Equity Association), Jaymie Chamberlin, Elizabeth Lardie, Brian McAloon, Wil-liam McCue, Annie O’Brien, Cynthia O’Neil, Fran Page, Marissa Sheltra, Bill Vaughan. Thurs., Dec. 15, Fri., Dec. 16, Sat., Dec. 17 at 8 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 17 at 2 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 18 at 3 p.m.; Tue., Dec. 20, Wed., Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. Tickets: 899-3993 or www.lucidstage.com; $17/$15 stu-dent and senior. “‘The Christmas Bride’ is a joyous holi-day tale of love lost and found, home and family, faith and forgiveness. From the bright English countryside to the dark underbelly of London town, this charming musi-cal follows young Marion Jeddler on her journey of dis-covery through a world fi lled with delightful Dickensian characters and featuring a lively musical theater score. Suitable for all ages!

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Train takes part in “The Polar Express Train” excursion now through Dec. 23. The train ride is 45 minutes and starts at the Narrow Gauge and heads to the “North Pole” where visitors meet Santa Claus. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Friday Local Author Series at PPLnoon. Friday Local Author Series with Kristine Bertini, author of “Strength for the Sandwich Generation: Help to Thrive While Simultaneously Caring for Our Kids and Our Aging Parents,” Meeting Room 5, Portland Public Library.

The Polar Express2:45 p.m. The Polar Express is back, with an early train time of 2:45 p.m. and another First Class car. Fridays, Satur-days and Sundays through Dec. 23. The Polar Express will come to life when the Maine Narrow Gauge train departs its Ocean Gateway depot for a journey to the “North Pole.” Holiday decorations inside the train will add to the festive atmosphere as guests on board meet the conductor, have hot chocolate and a treat, listen to a reading of the enchant-ing story over our sound system, and sing carols. Santa will ride back with everyone to the train station from a special outpost of the North Pole and every child will receive their special bell on board the train. www.mainenarrowgauge.org/polar-express/

Gideon Bok Wall Drawings7 p.m. Covers artist lecture and closing reception at SPACE Gallery. Free, all ages. “Gideon Bok worked in the gallery through November and December on a charcoal wall draw-ing, using SPACE as the subject. Gideon’s interior paintings and drawings highlight the passage of time, usually utilizing the space where the work is made. They feature the chang-ing cast of characters who have stopped by, records strewn about, and other artifacts such as musical instruments, empty bottles, and semi-complete paintings. Gideon will give a slide talk about his work and we’ll celebrate the com-pletion of this project at SPACE.” Presented with support from The Artists Resource Trust and Bangor Savings Bank.

Nutcracker Burlesque7:30 p.m. This December, Vivid Motion’s holiday clas-sic – Nutcracker Burlesque – returns to the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The show opens on Friday, Dec. 16, and runs Dec. 16-18 and Dec. 20-23; all shows with a 7:30 p.m. curtain. All seats are $15; order online at www.vividmotion.org or in person with cash or check at Longfellow Books, One Monument Way, Portland. Nutcracker Burlesque is not appropriate for children.

‘The Christmas Bride’8 p.m. Dec. 15-21, Snowlion Repertory Company pres-ents: “The Christmas Bride,” a joyous holiday tale of love lost and found, home and family, faith and forgiveness. Showtimes are Dec. 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m., Dec. 17 at 2 p.m., and Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. The Dec. 17 matinee is ASL interpreted, and will be followed by a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus! Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland. 899-3993

Saturday, Dec. 17

Port of Portland: A Ship-Shaped History in Bath9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maine Maritime Museum, Bath. Saturday, Dec. 17 through Sunday, May 13, 2012. General admission. “Maine Maritime Museum’s latest exhibit presents a vision of the history of Maine’s Gateway City as portrayed by the ships that have transited Portland Head to clear Spring Point Ledge, a series of vessels as diverse as the different eras they repre-sent; vessels that have brought hope, grief, sustenance, pros-perity, disapp ointment, and a good day’s work to its people.” For more information visit www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call 443-1316 during business hours.

Bethel author Harry Faulkner in Portland11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Bethel author Harry Faulkner will conduct a book signing at Works Bakery Café in Portland. Faulkner will be signing copies of his books “Brothers of Another Realm,” “The Gaslight’s Glow” and “The Quest for the Blue Star: Bloodlines.” “It has been an extreme plea-sure to work with this talented and dedicated author,” said PublishAmerica Public Relations Director Shawn Street. “We look forward to a successful book signing event on the 17th.” Visit www.facebook.com/publishamerica.publisher and www.publishamerica.com

Music in the House1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Music in the Longfellow House with pia-nist David Maxwell. Hear the newly-restored Chickering piano in the Longfellow House. Regular house tours will feature special musical accompaniment. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow purchased the Chickering square grand piano in 1843 when he came to Portland, during his honeymoon with his second wife, Frances Appleton. Holiday house tours will feature special musical accompaniment on the newly-restored Chickering piano. Participation available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis. www.mainehistory.org/

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Photos with Santa at Children’s Museum2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. “Santa’s making some early visits to Portland this year - and his favorite spot is right here at 142 Free Street! He’ll visit to the Museum & Theatre two more times: on Dec. 17 and 23 from 2-4 p.m. Sit on his lap, tell him your wish and don’t forget to say cheese — you can take home a 5”x7” photo from your visit in a festive paper frame for just $7.” www.kitetails.org

Caroling in the park4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friends of the Eastern Promenade invites the public to join in “for a favorite holiday tradition as we go a-caroling on the Prom and around Munjoy Hill. Carolers will meet at the Fort Allen Park bandstand at 4:30 p.m., just in time for the Christmas Boat Parade of Lights. We’ll begin by crooning carols as boats adorned with spar-kling lights cruise the harbor. Sheet music will be provided, so never mind if you can’t remember all the lyrics to ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas.’ Afterwards, we’ll gather to warm up and enjoy refreshments at a private home.” http://easternpromenade.org

Italian Heritage Center Band7 p.m. Holiday Concert: With a Twist, Italian Heritage Center Band at Deering High School; in the Deering High School Auditorium. $10 at the door or call Bob at 781-8284 to get advance tickets for $7 or $6 for seniors. Students are free. Come in for a nice evening concert featuring The Italian Heritage Center Band, a local Portland band with about 50 members through the community. It is a nonprofi t organiza-tion which rehearses at the center but is not affi liated with it. Nina Oatley is the Director. The IHCCB will be collecting non-perishable foods at the concert to support the Stone Soup Kitchen of Biddeford in their effort to fi ght hunger in Maine. For more information visit their website: www.ital-ianheritagecenterband.com

Sunday, Dec. 18

Holiday Christmas Music1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastland Park Hotel Greenhouse Room, Christmas Cantata and individual selections. Free punch and cookies.

Carols in the Library2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Carols in the Library with the Choral Art Society. At the Longfellow House, Christmas carols in the Brown Library performed by the Choral Art Society, one of Maine’s premier choral groups. Seating is limited and reg-istration is required. Please call 774-1822 to register. www.mainehistory.org/house_overview.shtml

Vesper Service and Pageant of the Nativity4:45 p.m. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church will present its 85th annual Vesper Service and Pageant of the Nativity in the historic Meeting House at 425 Congress St., just off Monument Square in downtown Portland. The public is most cordially invited to attend. First performed in 1926, First Parish Church’s Pageant of the Nativity con-tinues its holiday tradition 85 years later. “Non-denomina-tional in nature, this event makes no political or religious statement. Rather it uses a combination of music, historic text, and tradition to honor the birth of one of history’s great prophets. ‘The Pageant is an opportunity to stop and take an hour to quiet our hearts and refl ect on the season,’ says First Parish minister, the Rev. Christina Sillari.” FMI: 773-5747.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Gingerbread Dream House.2 p.m. Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine. “Create Your Gingerbread Dream House. One of our favorite holiday tra-ditions: the Annual Gingerbread House Workshops! We’ll supply a sturdy house kit and all the candy and icing you need to create a beautiful house to take home. The houses are pre-assembled, making them perfect for little hands — and leaving you time to focus on fancy fl ourishes!” www.kitetails.org

DEPA Business After Hours5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The DownEast Pride Alliance hosts its “Business After Hours” Networking Event at the Cum-berland Club, 116 High St., Portland. “Cash bar, lite food & media table. Bring business cards to share. See you there for ‘cocktails & conversation!’ Sponsored by Norman Hanson & Detroy, RBC Wealth Management & Sunday River. Find DEPA on Facebook and www.depabusiness.com

Christmas with Cornils7:30 p.m. Christmas with Cornils, A Kotzschmar Christ-mas features Municipal Organist, Ray Cornils along with a variety of guests such as The Kotzschmar Festival Brass, The Parish Ringers, the Choral Art Society Camerata and

the Oratorio Chorale. Tickest on sale through PortTix. 270.842.0800.

Wednesday, Dec. 21

St. Augustine of Canterbury healing service7 p.m. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church will hold a heal-ing service in accordance with the Rites of the Church. The service will be followed by the Mass which includes the Holy Eucharist. The healing service includes anoint-ing with oil and the laying on of hands as contained in Holy Scripture and according to the rites of the Church. Persons are welcome to attending both the healing ser-vice and the Mass that follows. St. Augustine’s is a Tradi-tional and Orthodox Anglican Catholic Community, part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries. St. Augustine of Canterbury Church worships at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, and Wednes-day at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral Pines Chapel at 156 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Father Jeffrey W. Monroe is Vicar and Fr. Joseph Bizimana is Asst. Vicar. For addi-tional information, contact 799-5141.

Thursday, Dec. 22

Trinity Episcopal labyrinth 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal at 580 Forest Ave. (entrance in rear) is offering its indoor Chartre-style laby-rinth for meditative walks. Allow about 30 minutes. FMI 772-7421.

Friday, Dec. 23

‘The Victorian Nutcracker’2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. “Portland Ballet Company brings its own unique New England version of the Nutcracker to Mer-rill Auditorium with its beloved ‘The Victorian Nutcracker.’ The show, which takes the classic Nutcracker story and sets it in historical Portland, Maine with sets, costumes, and characters inspired by historical fi gures, will be performed twice at Merrill Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 23 at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The cast of professional dancers from the Port-land Ballet Company, accompanied by the Portland Ballet Orchestra, is known for its lively, entertaining and beauti-ful Nutcracker. The Victorian Nutcracker features Portland Ballet Company’s professional dancers as well as Port-land School of Ballet students selected by audition. This year’s conductor is Sean Newhouse, assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Newhouse made an acclaimed last-minute debut with the Boston Symphony in February 2011, conducting Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on two hours’ notice in place of James Levine.” Tickets are available through PortTix at www.porttix.com. For details, visit www.portlandballet.org.

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Page 16 — THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN, Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Former school board member tapped to take top admin job

A former chairman of the Portland School Board has been tapped to take the reins of one of the district's top administrative positions.

The school board approved Superintendent James Morse's recommendation to hire former board member Peter Eglinton as a top school administrator. The vote took place Tues-day during the school board's regular monthly meeting.

Morse's nomination of Eglin-ton passed unanimously.

"It's clear to me that he has steadfast dedication," said Kate Snyder, chairwoman of the board, adding she was extremely pleased to be able to accept the superintendent's nomination.

Eglinton said, quipping, "It is great to be here, I can't get away."

He told the school board, "I look forward to working with all of you."

Eglinton served as chairman of the school board when mem-bers approved hiring Morse as school superintendent. He is a Portland resident with a long list of public and private sector work that Morse says makes him the best candidate for the job as chief operations offi cer.

"Peter was by far the most out-standing candidate, and we're thrilled to be able to nominate him," Morse said in an interview prior to last night's meeting, explaining that about a dozen applicants applied for the posi-tion.

Morse said he interviewed three fi nalists for the position and couldn't pass on Eglinton's professional experience, which includes serving as a policy ana-lyst in the White House under two former presidents.

"The other two applicants were very credible, but Peter really stood out among the three," Morse said.

Eglinton will supervise the district's daily operations rang-ing from maintenance, food ser-vices to transportation, Morse said. His annual salary will be $115,000.

The superintendent said Eglinton left the school board about 13 months ago. State law prohibits former board mem-bers from being appointed to an administrative position within 12 months of stepping down from the board, Morse said.

BY MATTHEW ARCOTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Eglinton

“Peter was by far the most out-standing candidate, and we’re thrilled to be able to nominate him.” — Schools Superinten-

dent James Morse

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree both applauded the U.S. Postal Service’s announcement Tuesday that it has agreed to delay the closing or consolidation of any post offi ce or mail processing facility until May 15, 2012. According to the Postal Service, it will continue all necessary steps required for the review of these facilities during the interim period, including public input meetings.

“This is good news, but it isn’t the end of the road,” said Michaud. “I am com-mitted to making sure Mainers continue to have access to the vital services that our post offi ces and their employees pro-vide. I’m hopeful that Congress can work with the Postal Service to come up with a plan moving forward that results in as few post offi ce closings as possible.” a U.S. Postal Service today decision to delay closing post offi ces until May of 2012. Currently, 30 Maine post offi ces are on the list for closure.

“This is welcome news for all the small Maine towns that depend on the local post offi ce,” said Pingree. “This will give us more time to explain to the Postal Ser-vice how critical these offi ces are for our communities and to come up with a better solution for the service’s fi scal problems. There are several things we should be pursuing before closing the door on these Main Street staples. It should also give a little relief to the many people who have contacted me about the issue. I appre-ciate that the Postal Service is respond-ing to the incredible amount of concern people have voiced.”

There are eight offi ces in Pingree’s district currently on the list for closure: Chamberlain in Bristol, Bowdoin, Cliff Island and Station A in Portland, East Parsonsfi eld, East Vassalboro, Sebasco Estates in Phippsburg, and Trevett in Boothbay Harbor. Matinicus Island was on the list but was recently removed.

— Staff Report

Mail is delivered near Cumberland Avenue in Portland Tuesday. A consolidation effort, aimed at reversing a loss of $3.8 billion by the Postal Service at the end of the 2009 fi scal year in October, started with about 3,300 stations and branches. Now, a decision has been delayed to next spring. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Post offi ce closure reprieve praised