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Marking the two-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, international oceans conservation group Oceana held a public demonstration in Monument Square Friday to highlight what the group called the risk of expanded offshore oil drilling to the East Coast and to urge a “clean energy future.” Here, Sean McDonough represents a “clean energy worker” behind a windmill display as part of the demonstration. Ben Hayman, senior organizer for the group’s Climate Clean Energy Campaign, acknowledged that the BP oil spill is receding in people’s memories. “Images that were so strong are starting to fade,” he said. Wind power, meanwhile, has seized headlines recently. Hayman promoted offshore wind power, which he said could create 164,000 jobs. “It’s a tremendous oppor-tunity,” he said. The Oceana display was a lead-in to a busy weekend of Earth Day events in Portland. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

Four ways to oblivion?

See Telly Halkias, page 4

Beyond windmills and oil spills, Earth Day events abound — Page 3

‘Charlotte’s Web’ by

A Company of Girls

See page 18

Earth Day memorial: Late educator, trail activist to be honored Sunday in PortlandBench, kiosk on Riverton Rail Trail — Page 3

A Maine fl ea market brought to you by L.A. transplants

See page 10

Finding that indy groove on

Record Store Day

See Curtis Robinson,

page 5

Record Store Day is an event embraced by true music fans like Mark Curdo. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Kearns)

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SANFORD, Fla. (NY Times) — Speaking publicly for the fi rst time, George Zimmerman, the man accused of second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, briefl y took the witness stand at his bail hearing on Friday and apologized to Martin’s parents.

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Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Syb-rina Fulton, sitting in the second row of the

small courtroom here, showed little emotion during Zimmerman’s remarks. They did not comment after the hearing ended, hurrying to a waiting car. Their lawyer, Benjamin Crump, said Martin’s family was “completely devas-tated” by the judge’s decision to allow Zim-merman to be released from jail on $150,000 bail, which was considerably lower than the $1 million requested by prosecutors. Martin was unarmed when he was shot and killed while walking home on Feb. 26 through the gated community where Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Crump also described Zimmerman’s apol-ogy as “self-serving” and said he considered it a ploy to help win his release from jail, where he has remained since his arrest last week.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (NY Times) — Demonstrations erupted across Syria on Friday, with some of the protesters’ anger focused on the United Nations observers, who have decided that they will not circulate on Fridays, the normal day for mass rallies that are suppressed by the government.

Despite an ostensible cease-fi re, violence fl ared across the country, with a roadside bomb killing 10 soldiers in the south, according to the state-run news, while YouTube videos posted from the devastated city of Homs showed fl ames and intense black smoke after govern-ment shelling of a downtown resi-dential neighborhood.

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can offi cer heading the advance team of United Nations observ-ers in Syria, was quoted as telling reporters in Damascus that they would avoid Friday patrols, a state-ment that undermined the group’s already threadbare credibility with many who have experienced the brunt of government oppression. “We don’t want to be used as a tool for escalating the situation,” he said.

Those remarks were met with some disbelief, particularly in Damascus, where anti-government protesters said they faced arrest, bullets, tear gas and a wide deployment of gov-ernment security forces to suppress their demonstrations — all violations of the supposed cease-fi re plan.

Syrian protesters mock cease-fi re, U.N. observers

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (NY Times) — Concluding that racial bias played a signifi cant factor in the sentencing of a man to death here 18 years ago, a judge on Friday ordered that the man’s sentence be changed to life in prison without parole, the fi rst such decision under North Carolina’s con-troversial Racial Justice Act.

The landmark ruling could be the fi rst of many under the law, which allows defendants and death row inmates to present evidence, including statistical patterns, that race played a major role in their being sentenced to death.

It is also likely to infl uence the nation’s enduring discus-sion over capital punishment, particularly with an increasing number of states deciding to repeal the death penalty outright.

“This opinion will profoundly shape any ongoing debate about this,” said Douglas A. Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University who runs the blog Sentencing and Law Policy. “In a weird way, this ruling vindicates critics of racial justice acts, because they tend to say when we start opening up old cases it will be too easy for the defense bar to prove some kind of racial injustice and therefore stop the death penalty altogether.”

Judge blocks death sentence under law on race disparity

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Late educator, trail activist to be honored SundayKiosk, bench part of dedication to St. Joseph’s College professor

The name of a beloved St. Joseph's College profes-sor and trail enthusiast will now be forever associ-ated with the trail he worked so hard to establish.

Portland Trails announced that on Sunday, Earth Day, the group will dedicate a kiosk and bench in memory of Stephen Aylward, who died in a car acci-dent last October, according to a press release. The bench and kiosk are along Portland's Riverton Rail Trail — which was established, in part, due to Ayl-ward's efforts.

"He had a really strong passion for his neighbor-hood," said Jaime Parker, the trails manager for Portland Trails.

The ceremony is set for Sunday at 9 a.m. at the end of Harris Street, according to a press release, and Portland Trails will install the kiosk that explains the history of the trail and the railroad that previ-ously traversed the area.

"He was a great guy," Parker said.Parker said Aylward was the person who got the

ball rolling on the rail trail project because Portland Trails had thought about it but the trail wasn't high on the list of priorities.

Once the go-ahead was given to start on the proj-ect, Parker said, Aylward tapped whatever resources he could fi nd to move the project forward.

Before the initiative to start the rail trail was under way, Parker said, it was nothing more than an ATV trail. He said the path was rutted up and in disrepair from the ATV traffi c and wasn't used that much.

Through Aylward's efforts, Parker said, thw trail

has become something that many people use and it's a nice addition to the neighborhood. He said Ayl-ward even worked to get the rail trail connected to the rest of the system at Morrill's Corner.

The Riverton Rail Trail follows the former Port-land-Lewiston Interurban Rail line that ran through Aylward's neighborhood. Developing that trail was a pet project for Aylward, according to a press release, because it combined his love of history, his devotion to Riverton and his belief in Portland Trails' mis-sion.

Parker said Aylward was retired from the military and always worked with a great deal of determina-tion.

"He carried things out with military precision," he said.

Aylward was a member of the trails committee and focused on development and stewardship, according to a press release, and even pushed his students to work on projects to understand trail usage.

Aylward was also involved in his church, the Riverton Neighborhood Association, the Land-mark Commission and Portland Trails, according to a press release. He was recognized with Portland Trails' Kay Wagenknecht-Harte Trailblazer Award for Volunteer Service in 2010.

Parker said Aylward really loved history and had worked on researching the Cumberland and Oxford Canal for Portland Trails.

Portland Trails (http://trails.org) has developed and maintained nearly 50 miles of trails that run through the city.

Stephen Aylward, who died in a car accident last October, was recognized with Portland Trails’ Kay Wagenknecht-Harte Trail-blazer Award for Volunteer Service in 2010. (COURTESY PHOTO)

BY CRAIG LYONSTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Saturday, April 21

WENA Spring Clean-upFrom 8 a.m. to noon, the West End Neighborhood Association will hold a clean-up focusing on Harbor View Park, Clark Street Park and MacIntyre Park. People are asked to meet at the Reiche Community Center in the morn-ing to sign in.Discover Acadia National Park8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Discover Acadia National Park during the U.S. National Park Week on April 22-29. Every year, America designates a week to cele-brate its National Parks and renews its commitment to conserve these natural and historic treasures. To see a sched-ule of National Park Week events visit http://www.nps.gov/npweek/sched.htm. To reach the Acadia website directly, please visit http://www.nps.gov/acad.April Stools Day and Litter PickupFrom 9 a.m. to noon, get out the bags and join the 20th annual April Stools Day & LItter Pickup on the Eastern Promenade and at Fort Sumner Park, Reiche Park and Baxter Woods (rain or shine). “Come out this Saturday to help pick up a winter’s worth of litter and/or unscooped poop (you pick)," reads the announcement. The event is sponsored by Friends of the East-

ern Promenade and Portland’s locally owned Fetch pet supply store. "The lucky fi nder of the Golden Turd will win a gift certifi cate to Fetch.”Green Neighbor Family FestivalCelebrate Earth Day and support clean water education at the City of Port-land’s Green Neighbor Family Fest from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Deering High School. The festival is free and will include a kids’ obstacle course, live entertainment, face painting, kids’ environmental activities, and more.USM Spring Craft ShowFrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., artisans from around Maine and New England will be at University of Southern Maine’s Costello Sports Complex Field House, Gorham Campus. League of Conservation VotersAt 3 p.m. at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, will speak at the national convention of the League of Conservation Voters. Con-gresswoman Pingree is a vice-chair of the Sustainable Energy and Environ-mental Coalition in Congress.

Sunday, April 22

Wake Up the Farm At 9 a.m., Cultivating Community's Boyd Street Farm is inviting people to come and help get the property ready

for the 2012 farming season.Urban Earth Day CelebrationThe city of Portland and MENSK are sponsoring the annual Urban Earth Day celebration at 11 a.m. in Monu-ment Square. Mayor Michael Bren-nan will start the event and a variety of environmental and non-profi t groups, artists and sustainable businesses will be set up throughout the day. People can learn more about sustainable prac-tices and how to maintain Portland's

environment at the event, according to a press release, but also take part in demonstrations on green technol-ogy, local agriculture, urban gardening, recycling and bike decorating. There will also be a parade and live music.WENA Butt BrigadeStarting at 3 p.m., the West End Neigh-borhood Association will hold an Earth Day clean-up in Longfellow Square to pick up cigarette bucks in the square and along Congress, State and Pine streets.

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Even though my son Jason has turned getting his driver’s license into an odyssey, the one thing he excels at is knowledge of traffi c rules. So I always smile when we reach a four-way stop and he asks me: “Dad, why do so many people go at the wrong time?”

That’s an astute observation for someone who has perfected the art of the stall before taking his road

Four ways to oblivion?

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test. Still, Jason is onto some-thing. Sitting at a four-way stop is a laboratory of the human condition and makes for grand opera. Anyone driving through my neighborhood and stopping at the intersection of Brackett and Pine can get a front row seat to this daily show.

The problem is the rule itself, which is perceived as many ways as there are states in the Union. But whether in Georgia, New Mexico, or here in Dirigo-land, there is one common thread to the logic behind a four-way stop: The fi rst car there goes fi rst. Period.

It sounds simple, right? But there are many things that can happen at such an intersection, and just as many personalities behind the wheels of the cars coming to a halt.

see HALKIAS page 5

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It’s good to know that if there is one thing I can expect from the “Baboon In The Blaine House,” it’s consistency.

I can count on him to be consis-tently wrong.

Last Sunday, in a speech before the party faithful at a “tax day” rally, the Governor decided to answer a question about wind power directed from the crowd. He used the opportunity for a little heavy elbow work, trying to soften up former Governor Angus King for one of the triumvirate of minions that is running against him for the open U.S. Senate seat.

Here was the thrown elbow. “A certain person that is running for the U.S. Senate said last week that the Republican Party had gone too far to the right. Let me tell you what’s happened here. This same person has made a fortune off the backs of Maine people.”

Though that is right, depend-ing on your point of view, where he really went wrong is the whole approach to wind power. in an April 15 “Capital For A Day,” LePage went after the wind energy ideas yet again by claim-ing the cost to the ratepayer per kilowatt hour is too high, rang-ing from 18 cents to 23 cents per kw/h.

Those numbers have been sprinkled with magic pixie dust.

Wind and power

The method of obtaining such magic pixie dust is simple. Pull some numbers out of an unname-able orifi ce, let them dry in the sun for a while, grind them to powder, and pixie away.

Then, hand them to a lobbyist for Hydro-Quebec.

Those numbers must come as a shock to Texas wind farms, who seem to be producing energy at prices as low as 9 cents kw/h, with federal subsidies bringing the cost projections over the life of a project as low as 3.

Here is the question you have to ask yourself. If wind power is SO bad, why is the Governor’s offi ce currently in negotiations with Statoil, a Norwegian fi rm who sent the state an “unsolic-ited” proposal for three offshore fl oating wind turbines?

Hey, using the conventional logic, if it’s a burden to the tax-payer onshore, wouldn’t it be one offshore as well?

But we forget, these are “magic pixie dollars,” those long term contracts that are heavily reim-

bursed by the feds. The three leases in question have been nar-rowed to one “test area” shared with another offshore tidal energy project by the University of Maine (also heavily grant-funded ... poor Baboon.)

And who is going to get the money for this offshore lease? You might think it would be the State of Maine, but you would be wrong. Since the project is 12 miles off-shore, it falls under the Federal “Bureau of Energy Management” (BOEM) auspice for cutting a long term contract.

Toss in locals who seem to believe that wind turbine syn-drome will cause their hair to fall out from increased stress, folks who believe the low “infrasound” is causing health problems (not that paraquat-soaked joint they smoked at a Nugent show back in

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Worried that your life has become a cultural desert, where the soul-sucking monotone of cookie cutter commerce drapes a shroud of misery over your very existence? Does the commercial landscape strike you as something out of a drunken James Howard Kunstler nightmare, beyond redemption on its path to justifi ed oblivion?

Okay, fi rst, get back on your meds.Secondly, you gotta get out more —

so, consider this your offi cial “quit your (and my colleague Mr. Higgins would use another term because he doesn’t have a 7-year-old in advanced reading mode) complainin’” weekend.

Saturday, April 21, is the fi fth annual Record Store Day.

In some circles, RSD creates the anticipation usually reserved for Christmas morning or the arrival of overdue government assistance checks. It famously started here, the brainchild of Chris Brown of Bull Moose who more or less tossed a fl am-ing torch into some sort of social fuel.

Okay, it likely helped that Metallica kicked off the fi rst California Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco.

Here’s the website description of what’s up: “Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appear-ances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on.”

And of course, in this age of huge

Record Store Day, love it or increase your meds

companies marketing local-local, the stores are defi ned: “... a stand alone brick and mortar retailer whose main primary business focuses on a physi-cal store location, whose product line consists of at least 50% music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state of operation. (In other words, we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores — not online retailers or corporate behe-moths).”

One problem: RSD is so huge and cool that some folks associate it with TLP (That Larger Portland), just assuming that our overgrown name-sake city must have spawned some-thing this successful — although it is fun to gently correct them in same tone you usually reserve for fi rst grad-ers when you take away the grown-up knife.

From the beginning, this has been a sort of on-the-charts, with-a-bullet sort of movement, with hundreds of bookstores signing up right away as the event both identifi ed and orga-nized a certain sort of aesthetic com-munity.

Maybe the most interesting thing is the number of specifi c releases geared to Record Store Day. This year there are more than 300 RS releases

planned by an honor roll of the music industry, and the buzz has been around a Flaming Lips release that’s been on YouTube and such.

Or, maybe the most interesting thing is the in-store performances being planned (at the Old Port Bull Moose they are at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.)

Or maybe the most interesting thing is that, at 5 years old and an international event, RSD is still casual and non-corporate in a way refl ected exactly in this note on the Bull Moose website concerning some list: “This list contains misleading, incorrect, and completely fi ctitious information. Someone at another store volunteered to compile it from 35 different e-mails. Titles will be added, dropped, revised, rumored, lost, found, mis-printed, and resched-uled 14,001 times between now and Record Store Day.”

No, wait, I’ve got it: the most inter-esting thing about RSD is what it means to people who really love music, like WCYY local music icon Mark Curdo, who loves music the way a PETA member loves Planet Dog dis-counts.

“Mark With A K,” as he’s known, once wrote (in this paper, actually) that the stores are “... now a church in a world less excited about practicing group religion. Music has always been

a religion so to speak. To see it contin-ually bringing people away from the stores to the mouse makes me wonder, what kind of music fans are we breed-ing these days?”

Curdo also noted that “... although I might be making this sound purely nostalgic, my support for record stores is actually for opposite reasons. I’m thinking of the future. I’m focused on a world of music fans coming together on-line only and it scares me. I’m thinking about an album by some band years down the line who can’t give you an amazing album cover and package to stare at while you listen to the music. When you have a day that drags and you hear a song on the radio you want to have right then and there, [online] clicking just doesn’t give you that sense of freedom and content that buying music should.”

So ... well ... if you don’t consider that a vacation from the cultural wasteland, maybe you should actu-ally increase the meds, with a doctor’s advice of course.

Find our more, about the music and participationg stores near you, not aobut the meds, at www.recordstore-day.com or at the Bull Moose website, www.bullmoose.com.

(Curtis Robinson is the founding editor of The Portland Daily Sun.)

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For example, let’s start with the polite wavers. These drivers are either very skilled or very shy. Either way, their disposition is one of manners, and certainty. They want to get across the intersection alive, so letting everyone else go fi rst makes perfect sense to them.

The problem with that reckoning is if they stop fi rst, the rest of us are supposed to wait for them to go. What follows is endless series of waves, sign language, and indecisiveness from all cars involved, each trying to get the other to cross, and none of them sure if they will broadside someone, or be broadsided.

Then there are the big-truck-big-men. Such drivers give new meaning to the term “size does matter” when they come upon a four-way stop. The bottom line here is the overall spatial displacement of their vehicles.

Basically, to these guys, what is going on at the intersection is of no consequence. When they feel

they have the girth and length advantage and have come to enough of a California roll to consider a stop, they lift their feet off the brakes and barrel on through. This maneuver is often accompanied with virile glances in all directions as if to say: “No blue pill needed here, Hoss.”

Let’s not forget the opportunists. These might be the worst of the crowd because their actions are variable; they depend on taking advantage of what-ever is happening at the moment.

Drivers of this ilk typically get to the intersec-tion last, but somehow fi nd a way to weasel through while the rest of us wait our turn. This happens in several ways. One is when any car at a four-way stop makes a left hand turn in front of the next car due to go. That maneuver usually blocks out two waiting cars, but the third, if occupied by an opportunist, will seize the day and closely tail the turning car while other drivers throw their hands up, exasperated.

Another wild card is pedestrians. They have the added effect of turning normal, rules-abiding motor-

ists into opportunists. If a pedestrian starts to cross in any direction, drivers who see they can go often will, even if they were the last ones coming to a halt. And yes, there are those pedestrians who decide to walk out a few yards, and then turn into polite wavers themselves, their smiles and good will on parade in the middle of the intersection.

The list of usual suspects who steer clear of sim-plicity at a four-way stop is endless. Several columns can’t hold the vignettes to be told about this traffi c anomaly. Maybe you can all drop me a line with your best stories, and if I get enough good ones, I’ll com-pile them into another column.

Meanwhile, if you have any advice on how best to persuade Jason to take that road test, scribble those down for me, too. We already know one maneuver he won’t fail.

(Telly Halkias is an award-winning freelance jour-nalist from Portland’s West End. You may contact him at: tchalkias@aol.com.)

For big-truck-big-men, what is going on at the intersection is of no consequenceHALKIAS from page 4

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the 1980s) or that somehow local fi sh will become confused, leap into the air, and suddenly fi nd them-selves swimming in the fan-blades, or lobster that will just stop climbing into the traps.

Add these all together, toss in a few lawyers, or an odd dozen of them. Then chuck in federal oversight, state oversight, state and federal dithering, service charges, convenience fees, inconvenience fees, sub-

surface surcharges, more lawyers, a year or two in court, regulatory fi lings with mandatory 90 day review processes, fees paid up front for “decommis-sioning” of a project that hasn’t even started yet.

Add those all together, and you STILL haven’t come close to the “LePage magic mystery number.” Toss in migratory patterns of seabirds, NOAA over-sight, Marine Fisheries service hearings, Maine Legislature oversight and review, DEP/EPA, and LAWSUITS! LAWSUITS! LAWSUITS! and you

begin to creep close to that number.Of course, we could just keep digging stuff up,

burning and boiling it to make better stuff, then transporting it using the better stuff to make energy, then sending that energy down the long line.

Next time, let’s just plan to put a wind turbine at the Blaine House.

(Bob Higgins is a regular contributor to The Port-land Daily Sun.)

Question: If it’s a burden to the taxpayer onshore, wouldn’t it be one offshore as well?HIGGINS from page 4

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State: Closures planned as a part of Veterans Bridge replacement project

As a part of the replacement of the Veterans Memorial Bridge, the Exit 4 off-ramp from Interstate 295 will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Maine Department of Transportation reported. Aside from the closure off I-295, the Route 1 ramp in South Portland that goes onto the bridge will be completely closed until May 4. The closures are planned to keep the work crews safe during the project, according to a press release.

Signs for the detours will be posted for travelers.For more information on MaineDOT projects, visit

http://www.maine.gov/mdot.

ATF not pursuing charges in Scarborough bomb-making case

A Scarborough man accused of criminal use of explosives will not face federal charges, offi cials said.

Philip Lekousi was issued a summons on a charge of criminal use of explosives by the Offi ce of The Maine Fire Marshal on April 13, Scarborough Police Sgt. Rick Rouse told the Maine Sun Journal. "Offi -cers from Scarborough, the fi re marshal's offi ce and the U.S. Bureau of Alchohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives searched Lekousi's apartment and found galvanized steel pipes with threaded end caps, a mix of nails, screws, nuts and bolts suspected to be used for shrapnel, and other materials, Rouse said," according to the Sun Journal.

ATF Agent Dale Armstrong said Friday that the federal government will not bring charges.

"We were called to assist, ATF usually goes out on any explosives incident or discovery of suspect explosives," he said. "There was nothing there that we decided to pursue federally."

Fire at Gorham business deemed accidental, not arson-related

After a fi re that burned grass and brush around a house at 363 Sebago Lake Road in Gorham was deemed a case of arson, another fi re that damaged a downtown Gorham building Thursday night was called accidental.

The State Fire Marshal's Offi ce said the overnight fi re at the Gorham House of Pizza was not related to a string of arson fi res that have struck the town in the past three weeks. Investigators said Thursday night's fi re started in the ceiling of a second fl oor apartment, according to Steve McCausland, spokes-man for the Maine Department of Public Safety.

A Wednesday morning fi re that was reported about 1:20 a.m. on April 18 was the sixth suspicious fi re in Gorham in the past three weeks, fi ve of them being declared arson, McCausland said. Fire investi-gators said the target of the Wednesday morning fi re was an unoccupied house on the property, but the wind blew the fi re away from the building.

The Nature Conservancy unveils $100 million campaign in Maine

On Sunday, The Nature Conservancy in Maine will launch its Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet campaign, an effort to raise $100 million to fund the widest-reaching effort to protect Maine’s lands and waters that has been mounted in the state’s history, the group reported.

“It’s a big goal, but we have a very big challenge facing all of us,” said Mike Tetreault, executive direc-tor of The Nature Conservancy in Maine.

The Sustainable Maine, Sustainable Planet cam-paign’s major initiatives stretch from Moosehead Lake to Washington County; from the Gulf of Maine to Mount Agamenticus and beyond, including:

• Helping the Gulf of Maine regain its status as

one of Earth’s most abundant and economically pro-ductive marine ecosystems.

• Restoring a river system via the Penobscot River Restoration Project, a partnership with other conservation groups, business, government and the Penobscot Indian Nation to open up 1,000 miles of the Penobscot River system for migratory fi sh for the fi rst time in more than a century, while maintaining hydropower generation in the water-shed. After a decade of preparation, the project will begin with the removal of Great Works Dam this summer.

• Finalizing the Moosehead Forest Project, an effort to protect more than 400,000 acres of forest-land in the Western Maine.

• Protecting nature near Maine’s most densely developed communities to provide habitat and a buffer against unplanned development. This includes protec-tion of habitat in the Saco River Valley and the Ken-nebec Estuary, as well as preservation of half of the 41,000-acre Mount Agamenticus region.

• Providing opportunities for urban youth to expe-rience conservation work here in Maine, through college internships and the Leaders in Environmen-tal Action for the Future program that brings urban high school students to rural Maine each summer.

Over the past fi ve years, The Nature Conservancy has raised 97 percent of its $100 million goal.

For more information, visit http://nature.org/sus-tainablemaine.

Crack sealing work to cause delaysContinuing through this month, crews will be

tackling day and nighttime crack sealing along major arterials and residential streets throughout Portland, the city warned.

Work on residential streets will be done during the day, and major arterials work will take place overnight, city staff said. While the work is under-way, commuters can expect delays, the city said.

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City council to take up housing, comprehensive signs Student and elderly housing and

comprehensive signs for the city are among the issues coming before the Portland City Council Monday.

A 55 and older eldery housing complex, Danforth on High, will be reviewed by the council at its 7 p.m. meeting.

Danforth on High, LP is request-ing an amended conditional zone agreement for the property at 81-85 Danforth Street (corner of Danforth and High streets). This item must be read on two separate days, the coun-cil agenda explains. This is its fi rst reading.

The $5.4 million Community Hous-ing of Maine project aims to build 30 rental units for the elderly. Previously, Peter Bass of Random Orbit received approval in 2008 to build a four-story, 26-unit condo complex on the site. "Given a subsequent downturn in the real estate market, the project was never commenced," states a letter to the Historic Preservation Board by Historic Preservation Program Man-ager Deb Andrews, who has been involved with the project.

Community Housing of Maine, a nonprofi t organization that serves homeless and special needs popula-tions and provides workforce housing, appeared before the city's planning

board prior to approaching the city council.

Other items include:• Blue Atlantic Portland LLC, new

owner of the Bayside Village Student Housing Project, is requesting that the city consent to the assignment of a Credit Enhancement Agreement — an allowance for "captured" property tax dollars to be channeled directly to a developer or business.

In February, Blue Atlantic Portland LLC acquired Bayside Village. The company indicated it plans to con-tinue operating the complex as a stu-dent housing facility, the city agenda reports. Federated Companies sold the three-year-old complex on Mar-ginal Way to the Chicago-based real estate investment fi rm at a listed sales price of $18.2 million. According to city records, Federated paid $9.2 million for the 100-unit apartment building, parking garage in late 2010. Five votes are required for passage of the agreement following public com-ment.

• The council will review a project to install "wayfi nding" signs as part of a comprehensive redesign of signs in Portland.

The Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System, source of a $50,000 grant to the city, wrote that the new study would "build on" a 2008 PACTS-funded study "to establish

policies and graphic conventions for a comprehensive wayfi nding for the city." A $10,000 local match in fund-ing is required.

A June 23, 2008 report by the city

identifi ed "wayfi nding" or coordinated installation of signs and kiosks as a priority.

The Monday meeting is at Portland City Hall.

BY DAVID CARKHUFFTHE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

The Natural Resources Council of Maine has begun powering its Augusta headquarters with solar energy, the group noted. NRCM partnered with ReVi-sion Energy, a leader in solar design, installation and service in Northern New England, to install solar panels on the roof of NRCM’s headquarters in Augusta as part of an innovative agreement, NRCM reported in a press release. The agree-ment called for ReVision Energy to install the panels, while NRCM will pay the company for the power generated from the system at a rate per kilowatt-hour that is two cents less than a normal electric bill.

“NRCM always tries to fi nd new and excit-ing ways to celebrate Earth Day, but I think this year’s celebration takes the cake,” said Lisa Pohlmann, execu-tive director for NRCM. “The solar panels on our roof are making an immediate difference in our environment, as well as our electricity bills at NRCM. The innovative power purchase agree-ment with ReVision Energy has made this project a reality for us. It

is enabling us to take sig-nifi cant steps forward in terms of clean energy, in a building where protect-ing Maine’s environment is a top priority.”

The Solar Power Pur-chase Agreement has been developed by ReVi-sion Energy to allow nonprofi t organizations to invest in solar energy. While federal tax incen-tives have made solar energy projects more affordable for homes and businesses, nonprofi ts are ineligible for those benefi ts, as are munici-palities and schools, NRCM noted. In this case, ReVision Energy arranged the fi nancing, installation and man-agement of the power output through the life of the agreement. The nonprofi t pays its energy bills to the solar com-pany. At the end of the agreement, the nonprofi t has the option to renew the agreement, purchase the system outright, or return the equipment with no added expense.

“To most people, the most amazing fact about solar energy in Maine is its abundance in a state known for cold weather,” said ReVision Energy partner Phil Coupe. “In reality, Maine sees about

30 percent more sunshine per year than Germany, one of the world leaders in solar energy installa-tions. Our solar resource is plentiful in Maine, and it is both environmen-tally friendly and cost effective for homes, busi-nesses and nonprofi ts.”

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On Saturday, May 12, local communities across America will be asked to join the U.S. Postal Service and its letter carriers to combat one of this nation’s growing problems — hunger.

About 50 million Americans — including 17 mil-lion children — now live in families that lack suf-fi cient food.

The Postal Service, the National Association of Letter Carriers, Campbell Soup Company, Feed-ing America and other part-ner organizations are working together to collect food donations on May 12. It is the nation’s larg-est single-day food drive in local communities across America — including Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Now in its 20th year, the Stamp Out Hunger food drive benefi ts Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

“The Postal Service is pleased to continue supporting the National Association of Letter Carriers as we enter our 20th year together to help Stamp Out Hunger in Amer-ica,” said Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe. “I am confi dent the 2012 campaign will be our best ever because the need continues to grow.”

In 2011, letter carriers collected 70.2 million pounds of food donated by customers on their deliv-ery routes, which marked the eighth consecutive year the total food collection was at least 70 million pounds.

This year, Nick Cannon, multi-talented enter-

tainer and member of the Feeding America Enter-tainment Council, is the national spokesperson for the Stamp Out Hunger food drive for the second consecutive year. The drive particularly hits home for Cannon, who experienced hunger and visited food pantries as a child. Cannon will promote the drive on television and radio, as well as in print and social media to encourage even greater participation

and donations.To participate in the 20th

Stamp Out Hunger food drive, residents are encouraged to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal next to their mailbox prior to the time of reg-ular mail delivery on Saturday, May 12. Letter carriers will collect these food donations as they deliver the mail and take them to their local food bank or pantry.

Post cards and shopping bags promoting the food drive will be delivered by letter carriers to more than 90 million homes across the country as a reminder to participate in the drive.

Other partner organizations supporting the Stamp Out Hunger food drive are the National Rural Letter Carriers’ Association, Valpak, United Way, AFL-CIO, Uncle Bob’s Self-Storage and AARP.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive began at the local level in the late 1980s and went nationwide in 1992.

For more information about the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, visit www.helpstampouthunger.

com or www.facebook.com/StampOutHunger, and follow the drive at www.twitter.com/StampOutHun-ger.

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New fl ea market caters to Maine vendorsA visceral vintage vibe drifts

through the rustic beams inside Port-land’s new Flea-for-All.

The market opened its doors April 14 with an 18-month lease at 125 Kennebec St., nearly 55 vendors and a fi erce vision to stay local. Its found-ers, entrepreneurial couple Erin Kiley and Nathaniel Baldwin, relocated from Los Angeles to become business owners in a cozy community they believe is unique to Portland.

“We knew we wanted to start a busi-ness and that’s really what drew us here. The local support has helped us tremendously,” Baldwin says, noting he will only rent booth space to Maine vendors. He admits he’s had to turn down certain vendor applications who “tried putting a craft bend on mass production.”

Upon walking into the Flea-for-All, one of the fi rst items to see is Ziggy the Clown, a talking, multi-colored collectible that appears to be a rein-carnation from a 1960s carnival. A fringe lace wedding dress hangs on a nearby mannequin; a hipster-looking bike rests in front. Baldwin says most vendors price their items under $50, which doesn’t take into account any bartering that happens at their dis-cretion. He also notes he’s had some

vendors move their booth space from nearby markets, including Bruns-wick’s Waterfront Flea Market, to the Flea-for-All. He says one such vendor, a vintage clothing seller, believed it would attract a stronger customer base by having a Portland venue.

According to the National Flea Market Association’s newest statis-tics, the U.S. has over 1,100 fl ea mar-kets, over $30 billion in sales and $150 million visitors annually. Flea Market Source New England estimates Maine has about 20.

Pride’s Corner Flea Market, out of Westbrook, is a veteran market that has been selling to the community for the past decade. It specializes in older items including turn of the century paintings and real Buddha artifacts. Mike Breton, director of marketing, says it attracts up to 75 vendors and hundreds of bargain hunting enthusi-asts each weekend. He mentions it’s the only market in town that offers indoor and outdoor space for vendors. At $10 per weekend for an outdoor booth space and $30 for an indoor spot, he says Portland-Flea-for-All is twice as expensive.

Even so, he’s pleased with the latest addition to the industry.

“It’s a really good thing for Southern Maine to see all fl ea markets succeed and theirs is in a great area.”

The Portland Flea-for-All is open at 125 Kennebec St., at the end of the Bayside Trail. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday For more information, visit portlandfl eaforall.com.(JOANNA SMILEY PHOTO)

BY JOANNA SMILEYSPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN

Historic Victoria Mansion to open for summer season on May 1

Victoria Mansion will open for the summer season on Tuesday, May 1, when tours of the mansion, known for its Italianate architecture and well-pre-served original interiors, will be offered daily and will take visitors around two fl oors of the 150-year-old house.

Victoria Mansion is located at 109 Danforth St. in Portland, and is open May through October, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit www.victoriamansion.org or call 772-4841.

Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad plans National Train Day events

The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad announces that Saturday and Sunday, May 12 and 13, the musuem will host “A Day in the Life” National Train Day Celebration.

The public can come to the museum, located on Fore Street at the Portland Company complex, for train rides and fun to celebrate National Train Day. There will be hands-on activities for children. Visit-www.mainenarrowgauge.org/specialevents.

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WENA Spring Clean-up8 a.m. to noon. The West End Neighborhood Association’s Spring Clean-up. “Meet at Reiche Community Center to sign in. Rakes, bags, gloves and shovels provided or bring your own. We’ll be concentrating on Harbor View Park, Clark Street Park and McIntyre Park on Taylor Street. We’ll also be participating in April Stools Day at the same time, so come help us make the West End clean for spring and try your luck at fi nding the ‘Golden Turd’ and winning a gift card from Fetch.” www.wenamaine.org

Maine’s gunpowder mills9 a.m. “During the Civil War, at least one fourth of the gunpowder used by the Union soldiers was manufactured at the gunpowder mill located on the Presumpscot River in Gorham-Windham, mllls being located on both sides of the river. On Saturday, April 21, Windham His-torical Society will present a program about these mills and the part they played in the Civil War and other wars as well as for expansion of the nation. The program begins at 9 a.m. at the Society museum, 234 Windham Center Road. The public is invited. There is no fee, but dona-tions are welcome. At 1 p.m., following a lunch break,a tour of the gunpowder mill site and view of the artifacts still in place will be conducted by the Society and Don Wescott, Presump-scot Regional Land Trust. For more information, contact David Tanguay, 892-1306 or email Kay Soldier at kso48@aol.com.”

20th annual April Stools Day and Litter Pickup9 a.m. to noon. 20th Annual April Stools Day & LItter Pickup on the Eastern Promenade and at Fort Sumner Park, Reiche Park and Baxter Woods (rain or shine). “Come out this Saturday to help pick up a winter’s worth of litter and/or unscooped poop (you pick). The 20th annual April Stools Day & Litter Pickup will be held from 9 am to noon rain or shine Saturday, April 21. April Stools Day locations in Portland include the Eastern Promenade, Fort Sumner

Park, Reiche Park and Baxter Woods. Volunteers can report to one of fi ve stations on the Prom: near the top of Cutter Street; the Cleeves Monument at Congress Street; at the playground and ballfi elds; Loring Memorial Circle; and East End Beach. Special guest Scooby-Doo will cheer on vol-unteers at the Eastern Prom and, no doubt, beg for Scooby Snacks (ruh-roh!). Gloves and trash bags will be provided. Volunteers can choose to pick up litter, dog droppings or both. Bring a friend!” The event is sponsored by Friends of

the Eastern Promenade and Portland’s locally owned Fetch pet supply store. The lucky fi nder of the Golden Turd will win a gift certifi cate to Fetch.”

Food+Farm: Grow Fair at SPACE10 a.m. Food+Farm: Grow Fair at SPACE Gal-lery. “As part of Food+Farm, we offer our fi rst Grow Fair. A variety of events, workshops and hands-on learning experience to help you along the way to producing your own food. Maine Master Gardeners will offer free 20-Minute Gardener consultations. Urban Farm Fermen-tory will offer intensive workshops in home scale organic gardening and kombucha-mak-ing. Plus a variety of hands-on food produc-tion learning activities, including a seed-bomb making workshop, a harvest calendar making project for the kids and more.” www.space538.org/events.php

Gem & Mineral Show10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The state’s largest gem and mineral show to be held at Saint Joseph’s Col-lege, April 21 and 22. The Maine Mineralogical & Geological Society presents its 29th annual Gem & Mineral Show at Saint Joseph’s Col-lege on Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22. It is the state’s largest gem and mineral show. “More than 25 vendors, including 12 display-ing jewelry, will show gems, rocks, fl uorescent minerals, crystals, fossils and geodes. The show also features gold panning and gem-cut-ting demonstrations, along with many unusual, one-of-a-kind items for sale. Children will be able to dig for treasures in the mini-mine, win prizes on the spin wheel and handle rocks and gems at the touch table.” The event runs at the Harold Alfond Center gymnasium on Saturday,

April 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show includes a silent auction and hourly door prizes. Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and students 18 and under, and free for children 12 and under. Admission includes entry into our grand prize raffl e drawn at the end of the show. For more information, con-tact mlasalle@sjcme.edu or 893-6627.

Pink tulips shimmer in the rain in Lincoln Park. The plots were planted as part of the Maine Cancer Foundation’s Pink Tulip Project, which supports the Women’s Cancer Fund. Established in 2001, the fund insures that resources would always be available for breast and other cancers that affect women. For information, visit http://pinktulip.kintera.org. On Saturday, April 28, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Pink Tulip Party will take place at the home of Rob and Robin Whitten, 23 St. Lawrence St. in Portland. A minimum donation of $10 is suggested. All proceeds benefi t the Pink Tulip Proj-ect, which raises funds for the Women’s Cancer Fund at the Maine Cancer Foundation. (DAVID CARKHUFF FILE PHOTO)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). The one you didn’t appreciate will now get a little more of your attention. What could have been? That can be a painful question or an inspiring one, depending on your attitude. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be in a position to protect others from the harshness of the world, to shield loved ones from rejection or soften the hard edges of reality. You’ll succeed in this matter. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What happens to you is always far less impor-tant than what you take from the experi-ence. Extrapolating meaning from your life is a highly personal choice. It means what you think it means, so think some-thing good! CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s a lot of good that can be said of being on autopilot. It gets you to the destina-tion with little effort. The problem with it arises when you want to go somewhere other than where you’re programmed to go. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Success won’t happen overnight, but it will happen over night after night after night. A month of nights will bring you to a place you can be proud of. So keep making the effort. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Does it seem that things are getting simultane-ously better and worse? Nothing can stay the same. You’ll be able to turn things in your favor, though. You’re the great improver of the zodiac, after all. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). How-ever you feel, it’s an acceptable feel-ing. Furthermore, you won’t be able to move through the feelings until you fi rst accept them for what they are. Your emotional intelligence will expand. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You

have a process for decision-making. First you feel things through; then you think them through. Take it one step further, and visualize your way through. These three processes will produce magic results. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your method for measuring value differs from that of the others you’ll be deal-ing with today. Try to see things the way they do. It doesn’t mean you have to agree with them, but you’ll deal more effectively if you at least understand them. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Though you’d prefer to be even-tem-pered and experience a stable level of feeling throughout the day, there will be passionate fl uctuations you just can’t avoid. You’ll be cleansed by these emo-tions. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t have to put a positive spin on everything that unfolds. You choose to do so because you know it will allow you to see more options and to be pleasant company, too. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Heated exchanges are on the menu. You don’t want to dish it out, and you don’t want to get served. And yet you may still fi nd yourself in the middle of the argument. Back away slowly. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 21). Your professional and personal lives intersect in interesting ways and will at times merge to increase your luck on both fronts. The next 10 weeks bring intense focus. Set concrete goals. You’ll travel to be with loved ones in June and July and will fi nd adventure in your own town, too. Those you’ve taught will make you proud in August. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 50, 3, 13, 39 and 16.

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SATURDAY PRIME TIME APRIL 21, 2012 Dial 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 5 CTN 5 Expedition 30 Odd Alternate Alternate Just Just Tour Stop Style City

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Cold Case “Blackout” Å

9 TWC TV Paid Program Maine Auto King Classic Arts Showcase

10 MPBNAs Time Goes By Å

Good Neighbors

Doc Martin Martin finds out Louisa is pregnant. (In Stereo) Å

William and Mary Kate interviews at Oxford. (In Stereo) Å

Front Row Center Sing-er Phil Collins performs. (In Stereo) Å

11 WENHPoirot “The Underdog” A businessman is mur-dered. (In Stereo) Å

Masterpiece Classic “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” Choirmaster’s obsession. (N) (In Stereo) Å (DVS)

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12 WPXTFamily Guy Å

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Private Stage

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Futurama “Crimes of the Hot”

13 WGMECSI: Crime Scene In-vestigation “Crime After Crime” (In Stereo)

Hawaii Five-0 “Ko’olauloa” The CEO of a surf com-pany is murdered.

48 Hours Mystery (In Stereo) Å

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17 WPME Criminal Minds Å The Unit Å Law & Order Å Sports McCarver

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27 NESN Wm. Lacrosse Heartland Poker Tour Daily Daily Daily Dirty

28 CSNE Rugby Sevens: California vs. Penn State. Slants SportsNet SportsNet SportsNet

30 ESPN NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Chicago Bulls. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball: Magic at Jazz

31 ESPN2 Sport Sci. First Take QB Camp Baseball Tonight (N) (Live) Å SportsCenter (N) Å

33 ION Psych (In Stereo) Å Psych (In Stereo) Å Psych (In Stereo) Å Psych (In Stereo) Å

34 DISN Jessie ANT Farm Austin Shake It Jessie Jessie Jessie ANT Farm

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40 CNBC NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues. (N) (Live) The Suze Orman Show Princess

41 FNC Huckabee (N) Justice With Jeanine The Five Jour. FOX News

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44 LIFE Movie: “The Wife He Met Online” (2012) Å Movie: “A Trusted Man” (2011, Suspense) Å

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48 HGTV Candice Genevieve Color Spl. Interiors Hunters Hunt Intl Hunters Hunt Intl

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55 HALL Movie: “Undercover Bridesmaid” (2012) Å Movie: “The Wish List” (2010, Romance) Å

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DAILY CROSSWORDBY WAYNE ROBERT WILLIAMS

Today is Saturday, April 21, the 112th day of 2012. There are 254 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On April 21, 1962, the Century 21 Exposition,

also known as the Seattle World’s Fair, opened. President John F. Kennedy spoke briefl y to the event by telephone from Palm Springs, Fla., where he tapped a gold telegraph key to signal the offi cial start of the six-month fair.

On this date:In 1509, England’s King Henry VII died; he was

succeeded by his 17-year-old son, Henry VIII.In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which

provided for freedom of worship for all Christians, was passed by the Maryland assembly.

In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the fi rst vice president of the United States.

In 1836, an army of Texans led by Sam Hous-ton defeated the Mexicans at San Jacinto, assur-ing Texas independence.

In 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn., at age 74.

In 1918, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German ace known as the “Red Baron,” was killed in action during World War I.

In 1930, a fi re broke out inside the over-crowded Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, killing 332 inmates.

In 1955, the Jerome Lawrence-Robert Lee play “Inherit the Wind,” inspired by the Scopes trial of 1925, opened at the National Theatre in New York.

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. explored the surface of the moon.

In 1986, a rediscovered vault in Chicago’s Lexington Hotel that was linked to Al Capone was opened during a live TV special hosted by Ger-aldo Rivera; aside from a few bottles and a sign, the vault turned out to be empty.

In 1992, Robert Alton Harris became the fi rst person executed by the state of California in 25 years as he was put to death in the gas chamber for the 1978 murder of two teen-age boys, John Mayeski and Michael Baker.

One year ago: President Barack Obama announced the Justice Department was assem-bling a team to “root out any cases of fraud or manipulation” in oil markets that might be con-tributing to $4 a gallon-plus gasoline prices. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., announced he would step down amid a developing ethics probe while insist-ing he’d done nothing wrong. Japan sealed off a wide area around the radiation-spewing Fuku-shima power plant to prevent residents from sneaking back to homes they’d quickly evacu-ated. Jess Jackson, 81, founder of the Kendall-Jackson winery, died in Geyerville, Calif.

Today’s Birthdays: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 86. Actress-comedian-writer Elaine May is 80. Actor Charles Grodin is 77. Singer-musician Iggy Pop is 65. Actress Patti LuPone is 63. Actor Tony Danza is 61. Actress Andie MacDowell is 54. Rock singer Robert Smith is 53. Rock musi-cian Michael Timmins is 53. Actor John Cameron Mitchell is 49. Rapper Michael Franti is 46. Rock singer-musician Glen Hansard is 42. Comedian Nicole Sullivan is 42. Football player-turned-actor Brian White is 39. Rock musician David Brenner is 34. Actor James McAvoy is 33.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX Dear Annie: My husband’s parents live on the farm where he grew up, which is about an hour away from my folks’ house. When we go home to visit, I prefer to stay with my parents. I have no problem visiting the farm and spending time with my husband’s family, but the accommodations at my parents’ house are more comfortable. We have an entire sec-tion of the house to ourselves, including a private bathroom. At my in-laws’, the entire family shares a bathroom. Also, my mother-in-law has OCD and insists we shower every time we enter the house, and anything in our possession (phone, watch, wallet) must be wiped off. The last time we visited, my husband had to tell his mother three times not to wipe off my dry-clean-only outfi t with her wet dishrag. In addition, all of our belongings end up smelling like manure. I think the family is only enabling my mother-in-law’s issues by accom-modating all of her odd requests. I’ve tried to tell my husband how uncomfortable this makes me, and that I’d rather spend the night at my parents’ home and split the daylight hours between the two houses. But he says it’s not fair, it hurts his feelings and we should spend nights at the farm, too. What is your take on the situation? -- Sick of the Farm Dear Sick: We can certainly understand your discomfort, but you also must consider your husband’s preferences. If you visit only once or twice a year, we say suck it up and stay there half the time and wear clothes you don’t mind wiping with a wet dishrag. His mother’s issues are not really your business unless you live with her. But also discuss this calmly with your husband and ask if you can spend more daylight hours at the farm to make up for fewer sleepovers. Find other things to like and admire about his family so this doesn’t turn into a power play. He needs to know that you don’t consider his folks inferior to yours.

Dear Annie: I love my wife, but fi nd us drifting apart. She must control every aspect of our day-to-day lives. She has a fuse that is extremely short and spends a lot of time being an-gry. Why would anyone want to share time or romance with a person who is always mad? Then, when I don’t want to be with her, she gets angry that we don’t spend quality time to-gether. Also, I don’t want to make love much anymore. We have seen counselors, but they have not been helpful. How do we end this death spiral that will surely end in di-vorce? -- Sad in Buffalo Dear Sad: Ask your wife to see her doctor and be checked for any type of hormonal or endocrine imbalance. She also should be evaluated for depression. Sometimes, underlying medical conditions can create or exacerbate personality is-sues. Please check it out before giving up. Dear Annie: This is for “Hanging Loose in Calif.,” who worried about where he and his wife would be buried. There are more than 100 national cemeteries across the country. As long as the couple is still married at the time of death, and pending the veteran’s eligibility, his spouse is en-titled to be buried at a national cemetery at no cost. The Vet-erans Administration provides the following burial benefi ts: opening and closing of the gravesite; a grave liner for casket burials; a headstone or niche cover for cremated remains to be interred above ground; perpetual care. The process of determining a veteran’s eligibility is occa-sionally complicated. Those interested can contact their local national cemetery or Veterans Affairs offi ce. The National Cemetery Administration also has an informative website at www.cem.va.gov. -- NCA Customer Service Rep Dear Rep: Thank you for your excellent information. Many readers let us know that veterans’ spouses can be buried at national cemeteries. We thank all who wrote.

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Daylily and Hosta Society11 a.m. (Saturday contin-ued) The Southern Maine Daylily and Hosta Society will have as guest speaker Lori Jones. Jones, from Knoll Cot-tage Daylilies in Southamp-ton, Mass., hybridizes large unusual form daylilies that are Zone 5 Hardy. Southern Maine Daylily and Hosta Soci-ety meets at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland in the Horticulture Building on Slocum Drive. The public is invited to attend. For more events and information go to www.smdhs.info.

Race Judicata1:30 p.m. The sneakers will hit the pavement for a good cause as the Maine Law Stu-dent Bar Association hosts the annual Race Judicata, a 5K race/walk along Portland’s scenic Back Cove. Race Judi-cata is a fundraiser for Maine Law’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic. At the clinic, third-year law students provide legal ser-vices to low-income clients. The “student attorneys” are specially licensed by the state and federal courts, and they work under the close supervi-sion of Maine Law professors. The race starts at 1:30 p.m. Awards will be given to the top three males and females overall, and top two in the following age groups: 14 and under; 15-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; 60-69; 70-79; 80 and over. Registration is $15, visit www.active.com/run-ning/portland-me/race-judicata-5k-race-and-walk-2012, or $20 on the day of the race. For more information, contact Maine Law student and race organizer Chris Harmon at charmon126@gmail.com.

Maine Roller Derby6 p.m. Maine Roller Derby’s Calamity Janes vs Pair O’Dice (Massachusetts), Portland Expo, tickets $10 adv, $13 doors; kids aged 5-12 $5, kids under 5 free. Afterparty at Flask Lounge. www.mainerollerderby.com/events

Figure drawing with a live model7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Join Constellation Gallery for this open, drop in studio session of fi gure drawing with a live model. $10 fee. “This session provides the opportunity to work in a studio environment and interact with other artists as you draw from a live model in your preferred medium. The workshop is open to adults of all skill levels from complete beginners to experienced artists. Bring your own supplies. Light refreshments served.” Constellation Gallery, 511 Con-gress St. www.constellationart.com

Old Fashioned Hymn Sing7 p.m. Cape Elizabeth Church of the Nazarene, Route 77, will host an old-fashioned hymn sing. Refreshments follow-ing. FMI call Pastor Jon, 318-3515.

Keeping Kids Safe charity event7 p.m. Keeping Kids Safe, a Maine charity, is holding its First Charity Event in South Portland. “A great band, food, dancing, silent auction, and cash bar. We are excited to have the band Color Blind! www.colorbband.com All pro-ceeds benefi t Keeping Kids Safe (www.keepingkidssafe.us). Advanced Tickets are $10 a piece (Day of event $15). RSVP by e-mailing Jeff@KeepingKidsSafe.us or calling 450-8270 or 671-0807. RSVP at Event Sponsor: www.MaineSuccessfulThinkers.org. At Events on Broadway, 729 Broadway, South Portland.

‘Hedda Gabler’ at USM7:30 p.m. “Hedda Gabler,” by Henrik Ibsen, directed by William Steele, University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre. April 20-21 and April 26-28 at 7:30 p.m.; April 22 and April 29 at 5 p.m.; special discount show at 5 p.m. on April 25, all seats $5; tickets $15, $8 for students, $11 seniors and USM employees and alumni. www.usm.maine.edu/theatre

‘A Life In The Theater’7:30 p.m. David Mamet’s homage to show business at Freeport Factory Stage: “A Life In The Theater.” “This pro-duction features two of Portland’s most important and tal-ented actors: Will Rhys and Dustin Tucker, and is directed by PSC Affi liate Artist, Sally Wood. Rhys and Tucker play two actors: Rhys, a sage professional with years of shows

under his belt, and Tucker a promising upstart who endures counseling, life lessons and endless opinions from his elder. The relationship between the two men is ultimately transfor-mative, and will leave audiences swept up by their experiences both on and off stage. This play is peppered with plenty of salty language, and is intended for adult audiences.” Perfor-mances are April 19-May 5, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Thursday performances are Pay-What-You-Can. (Pay-what-you-can performances are intended to be a community benefi t for those who really want to see good plays, but simply can’t afford to do so) Ticket prices for all other performances are $19 general admission and $15 students/seniors. Special group pricing is available. Five-Pass Subscriptions can be purchased at $15/pass general and $12/pass student/senior.

‘The Pirates of Penzance’8 p.m. Lyric Music Theater in South Portland presents the comic operetta, the classic: “The Pirates of Penzance.” “Gilbert and Sullivan at their fi nest! Young Frederic joins a

band of tender-hearted pirates, indentured until his 21st birthday. Alas, discovering he is a leap-year baby, this could take longer than expected.” Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 22 at 2:30 p.m.; Through Saturday May 5, at 8 p.m. www.lyricmusictheater.org/portland-theater-shows.aspx#pirates

Sunday, April 22

Wake Up the Farm with Cultivating Community9 a.m. “Celebrate Earth Day by coming out to Cultivating Community’s Boyd St. Urban Farm in downtown Portland and help them get ready for the 2012 growing season. You’ll help CC wake up the farm and you’ll get hands-on experience and an opportunity to ask the CC staff about your farming/gardening questions. Activities for all ages and skill levels. Cultivating Community’s mission is to strengthen communities by growing food, preparing youth leaders and new farmers, and promoting social and envi-ronmental justice. We use our community food work as an engine for high-impact youth and community development programs that reconnect people to the natural and social systems that sustain us all.” www.space538.org/events.php or www.cultivatingcommunity.org

Dedication to Stephen Aylward by Portland Trails9 a.m. “Stephen Aylward, a popular and respected pro-fessor at Saint Joseph’s College who was instrumental in developing Portland’s Riverton Rail Trail will be remem-bered with a kiosk and bench on the neighborhood trail to which he dedicated much of his time, energy and skill. The dedication ceremony will take place Sunday, April 22 at 9 a.m. at the end of Harris Street. Steve Aylward was a shin-ing example of community service at its best. In addition to being an educator who was respected by his colleagues and loved by his students, he also was heavily involved in his church, the Riverton Neighborhood Association, the City’s Landbank Commission and Portland Trails. Shortly after he was recognized with the Kay Wagenknecht-Harte Trailblazer Award for Volunteer Service for his work on the Riverton Rail Trail, and in the midst of a battle with brain cancer, Steve was killed in a car accident last October. Steve was a valuable member of the trails committee, pro-viding creative ideas for trail development and stewardship around the city, as well as enlisting his students at Saint Joseph’s to develop projects to better understand trail usage patterns. But his real legacy with Portland Trails lies with the Riverton Rail Trail, a trail that would not exist but for his efforts. This 1.5-mile trail follows the historic Portland-Lewiston Interurban Rail line and passed by his neighbor-hood. Riverton Rail Trail was the perfect project for Steve, combining his love of history, his belief in the importance of Portland Trails’ mission and his devotion to the Riverton neighborhood. We’ll be placing a memorial kiosk, explain-ing the history of the trail and the railway that preceded it, near the head of the trail on Earth Day.” http://trails.org

“The Pirates of Penzance” was the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its offi cial premiere in the United States. This comic opera in two acts, with its humor and distinctive melo-dies, will be performed in South Portland by Lyric Music The-ater this weekend. (COURTESY IMAGE)

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2012 Urban Earth Day Celebration11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Monument Square, MENSK and the City of Portland will host Portland’s 2012 Urban Earth Day Celebration. Portland Mayor Michael Brennan will kick off the event, which will showcase many of Portland’s envi-ronmental and non-profi t organizations, artists and sustainable businesses. Attendees can learn about local efforts to promote sustainable business practices and improve Portland’s urban environ-ment. “The event offers fun, free activities for all ages including demonstrations on green technology, local agricultural prac-tices, urban gardening, recycling, bike decorating, a parade, and live music!” www.MENSKmaine.org

WENA Butt Bucket Brigade3 p.m. The West End Neighborhood Association’s Butt Bucket Brigade will hold an Earth Day Action at Longfel-low Square. “Come pick up a bucket and gloves and join us in picking up cigarette butts on the Square, Con-gress, State and Pine Streets for one hour. Let’s do something nice for Mother on Earth Day!” www.wenamaine.org

‘Finding a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine’3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Alice Rothchild will speak at University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus, University Events Room, seventh fl oor of the Glickman Library. Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights. www.mvprights.org. “Finding a Just Peace in Israel-Palestine,” free and open to the public; however, dona-tions gratefully accepted. Light refresh-ments will be served. Co-sponsors: Amnesty International, Colby College Student Chapter; Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME); Churches for Middle East Peace, Maine; Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Maine; First Parish Uni-tarian Universalist Church; Greater Brunswick PeaceWorks; Multicultural Students’ Association of USM; Partners for World Health; Pax Christi Maine; Peace Action Maine; Portland Friends Meeting; Social Action Committee of Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church; Social Justice & Peace Com-mission of Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Church. Contact: rmschaible@gmail.com, 239.8060.

Monday, April 23

Earth Walk event at Lincoln Park10 a.m. Earth Walk event at Lincoln Park, sendoff for Earth Walkers on a trek to Augusta, where, on May Day, May 1, they will present a petition for a sustainable way of life in the Hall of Flags. “Everyone is invited to join the walk, whether for just a segment or for the entire journey.” Visit Maine Earth Walk on Facebook, or email maineearthwalk@gmail.com.

Teen library hosts Portland Police Department Youth Services Offi cer Bethany Murphy2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Teens ages 12-19 are invited to the Portland Public Teen Library to meet with Portland Police Department Youth Services Offi cer Bethany Murphy in the Teen Library. “Have any questions about the community and the police department? Offi cer Murphy will be here to hang out with teens to hear from them about what’s going on in their community. For more information about Offi -cer Murphy, please visit: http://police.portlandmaine.gov/bmurphy.asp. Refreshments will be served!” Murphy came to the Portland Police Department in 2008 with an accom-plished background and education in health and human services and a love of sports! Offi cer Murphy attained her Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health and Human Services from the University College of Bangor in 2007.

Family Place Workshop series at PPL4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Portland Public Library to host Family Place Workshop series, Mondays, April 23 through May 21,

registration required. “The Portland Public Library is hosting a Family Place Workshop for children 6 months to 3 years old and their parents/caregivers. Each workshop stresses the importance of play to a child’s development. Play helps stimulate motor skills as well as brain development; there-fore, as parent and child engage in meaningful and fun play with age appropriate toys the benefi ts are enormous. At each workshop parents will be introduced to some of the many local resources available to help them in the reward-ing but challenging task of parenting a toddler. Among the topics covered will be Child Development; Nutrition; Speech/Hearing; Music/Movement; and Literacy.”

Tuesday, April 24

Tips for Keeping Your Money Safenoon to 1 p.m. “Healthy Skepticism: Tips for Keeping Your Money Safe. Part of Money Smart Week, a series of free presentations designed to help people better manage their fi nances. Gorham Savings Bank’s security offi cer, Kate Carney, will outline common fraud schemes. An attorney from Legal Services for the Elderly will share stories of clients who have experienced fi nancial exploitation. This event is free and open to the public. Bring a lunch and the library will supply coffee and dessert.” Falmouth Memorial Library

UMF Career Fair12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Univer-sity of Maine at Farmington is hold-ing its annual spring Career Fair in North Dining Hall in the UMF Olsen Student Center. This event is free and open-to-the-public. Previously focused solely on openings in the fi eld of education, this year’s career fair has been renamed to the UMF Career Fair: Education and Lib-eral Arts and expanded to include career opportunities in education, business and human services.

‘Business After Hours’5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The DownEast Pride Alliance will host a “Business After Hours” Networking Event at District, 45 Danforth St., Portland. “Cash bar, lite appetizers and media table. Bring business cards to share. Free admission. See you there for ‘cocktails and conver-sation!’ Event sponsored by Proac-tive Resources Design, Norman, Hanson & DeTroy and RBC Wealth Management.” Visit www.depa-business.com

Reiche school, center community forum6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Reiche Commu-nity Room, 166 Brackett Street, Portland. “City Councilor David Marshall will host a community forum to discuss efforts under-way to improve Reiche Elementary School and the Reiche Commu-nity Center and get feedback from the public. In collaboration with the Reiche Parent Teacher Orga-nization, West End Neighborhood Association, Councilor Marshall is leading efforts to improve access, enhance safety and utilization of the space. In addition to this discus-sion, attendees will be able to learn about and provide input for the city’s fi ve-year capital improvement plan and proposed improvements for the Reiche School and Com-munity Center including enhanced traffi c management with additional crosswalks, speed limit and traffi c signs as well as seek input for the design process for the building’s renovation.” www.WENAMaine.org

Rebuilding Veterans Memorial, Martin’s Point bridges7 p.m. Gateways to Portland: Rebuilding Veterans Memorial and Martin’s Point Bridges. (Re) Design-ing the Greater Portland Landscape: Issues in Contemporary Design and Development (Program 3 of 4). Maine Historical Society. “The bridges and roadways that connect

Portland to the interstate and surrounding communities play an essential role in the life of the city and are a defi n-ing characteristic of its landscape. They carry thousands of vehicles every day to and from surrounding towns and fur-ther points. They function as both critical thoroughfares and gateways to the city’s downtown. Two of Portland’ most important and heavily traffi ced bridges—Veterans Memorial Bridge which connects the city to I-295 and South Portland, and the Martin’s Point Bridge which provides a commuter link to Falmouth — are currently being rebuilt. Both projects have mobilized diverse stakeholders, and raise practical issues ranging from cost to traffi c effi ciency, social issues like the impact on local neighbors, and conceptual issues such as how the design of a bridge or roadway heralds entry into a city. In Partnership with Greater Portland Landmarks. Open to the public. Suggested donation: $10 ($5 for MHS/GPL members).” Moderator: Sally Oldham Speakers: Joyce Taylor, Director, Project Development, Maine Department of Transportation; Patrick Costin, Martin’s Point Bridge Advi-sory Committee; Theo Holtwijk, director of long range plan-ning, Falmouth. Public programs at MHS are sponsored, in part, by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust. www.mainehistory.org

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The railroad overpass bring on Route 100 in Falmouth has been replaced. Here, crews dismantle remnants of the old bridge. On Tuesday, April 24, Maine Historical Society will help host Gateways to Portland: Rebuilding Veterans Memorial and Martin’s Point Bridges. (Re) Designing the Greater Portland Landscape: Issues in Contemporary Design and Develop-ment. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater7:30 p.m. “Since its fi rst performance in 1958, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has forever changed the perception of American — and modern — dance, becom-ing one of the world’s favorite companies for their brilliant artistry and passionate energy. AAADT’s incomparable and infectious sense of joy, freedom and spirit has been shared with an estimated 23 million people in 71 countries on 6 continents. As part of their Portland program, the company celebrates 50 years of Revelations, an enduring classic that pays tribute to Ailey’s African-American heritage using tra-ditional spirituals to explore the places of deepest grief and holiest joy in the human soul.” Merrill Auditorium. Tickets: $60; $52; $45; students: $20.

Wednesday, April 25

‘Tale of Captain Ephraim Jones’ 1765 voyage’noon. “Tale of Captain Ephraim Jones’ 1765 voyage on the 90-foot Schooner Mary, which left from Falmouth and sailed to Bermuda and the Turks Island and back. He kept a detailed ship’s log upon which Dr. P.M. Outwin’s talk is based. The program will include a slide presentation, and lots of fabulous photos.” The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association has about 300 members. Members have the use of the historic library on Congress Street and may attend events including readings by local and national authors and travel lectures presented by producers of fi lms from around the world. The library welcomes new mem-bers. If interested, contact Pat Larrabee at 773-8396. www.mainecharitablemechanicassociation.com

Schools’ Spring Art Show3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The Portland Public Schools’ Spring Art Show will be held at Portland City Hall from April 26 through May 10. Artwork created by students in kindergar-ten through grade 12 will be displayed during City Hall’s regular hours. An opening reception with cookies and punch will take place on April 26 from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Your Money in the Media6 p.m. to 8 p.m. “Your Money in the Media. Some fun and valuable ways to keep up with the right news at the right time. Come hear Stefan Willimann, founder of Maine News Simply and Gren Blackall, director of marketing at Gorham Savings Bank discuss how to approach staying informed in our cluttered media with the right news at the right time. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.” Falmouth Memorial Library

Fort Allen Park Rehabilitation7 p.m. The Historic Preservation Board has rescheduled the fi nal public hearing on the Fort Allen Park Rehabilita-tion Project in Room 209 at City Hall. “The original meeting, scheduled for April 18, was changed due to a lack of a quorum for this date. A revised concept plan will soon be posted on our website, easternpromenade.org, and presented at the April 25 hearing. The new plan considers comments from the public, community groups, the Historic Preservation Board, City of Portland Planning Department and Friends of the Eastern Promenade’s Board of Directors. Friends of the Eastern Promenade is sponsoring the Fort Allen Park Rehabilitation Project, working with landscape designers Martha Lyon and Regina Leonard, the Historic Preservation Board and staff from the City of Portland. The fi nal hearing is the culmination of design development and public process, providing opportunity for feedback from throughout the community. The Historic Preservation Board has held three public workshops offering preliminary guid-ance on the design of the park and receiving public input. In addition, Friends of the Eastern Promenade sponsored a March 8 public meeting on the project, which was attended by about 75 people. The Parks Commission also reviewed the project at its March meeting.”

Thursday, April 26

Cash Mob at Tommy’s Park in Portland5:30 p.m. Tommy’s Park. Cash Mob in Portland. “Join gr8PortlandME and Cash Mob Portland Maine in our efforts to support our local business community with monthly ‘Cash Mobbing’ events. Everyone is invited to Portland Maine Cash Mobs! Each ‘Mobber’ is asked to bring $20 to spend at the chosen business and also encouraged to join in the ‘after mob’ at a local watering hole. Details of the businesses to be ‘cash mobbed’ and ‘after mobbed’ will be revealed at the meeting time and place, as well as simultaneously on the Cash Mob Portland Maine Facebook page and on Twitter @cmportlandme.” www.facebook.com/CashMobPortlandMaine

Brighton Avenue-Deering Avenue-Falmouth Street study meeting by the city of Portland, PACTS6 p.m. Portland District 2 City Councilor David Marshall and District 3 City Councilor Ed Suslovic, the city of Portland and the Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System will host a second public meeting for the Brighton Avenue-Deering Avenue-Falmouth Street Intersection Study. The study, funded by a PACTS grant and local match, is analyz-ing the complex six-legged intersection near the University

of Southern Maine campus and evaluating different con-fi gurations to better meet traffi c, bicycle, pedestrian, transit access and safety needs. “As part of its recent campus expan-sion, USM contributed $250,000 to make improvements to the intersection for motor vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users as well as to improve the quality of the streetscape. Currently wide expanses of pavement make pedestrian crossings diffi cult and unsafe. Bicycle lanes are discontinuous, and high volumes of traffi c along a principal arterial, Route 25, create signifi cant congestion and long signal delays. The feedback from this meeting will help determine the outcome for the study and what improve-ments to fund.” 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Open House, Light Refreshments; 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Public Meeting, USM Wishcamper Center, Room 102, Bedford Street, Portland.

‘The Problem of Money’ author6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jane Honeck, author of “The Problem of Money” will be a guest speaker at the Falmouth Memorial Library as part of the Falmouth Memorial Library’s Money Smart Week. This event is co-hosted by the Friends of the Falmouth Memorial Library and Gorham Savings Bank. This event is free and open to the public. Snacks and refresh-ments will be served. Pre-registration is suggested. Contact 781-2351.

Little Black Dress Event for Goodwill6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Goodwill Industries of Northern New Eng-land will hold its fi rst Little Black Dress Event — It Works! at the Portland Club (156 State St., Portland). “It is an eve-ning that celebrates everyone’s favorite little black dress, while raising funds to support Goodwill’s Workforce Solu-tions programs that help people in Maine get back to work. The event will feature heavy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, live music from The Wetsuits and exciting live auction items and raffl e prizes throughout the event. Goodwill will also feature a boutique store, where guests will have the opportunity to pick up affordable vintage jewelry, shawls and other acces-sories.” Tickets for the event are $40 each or two for $75 and are available online at www.goodwillnne.org or by call-ing 774-6323.

Gibson Fay-LeBlanc reading, book party7 p.m. Join Portland writer and former Telling Room director Gibson Fay-LeBlanc for a reading and book party at SPACE Gallery. His fi rst book of poems, “Death of a Ventriloquist,” won the Vassar Miller Prize and, in love songs and prayers, short histories and tragic tales, tracks the consequences of speaking in a voice other than one’s own. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls the book “a debut that rings out long after Fay-LeBlanc’s lips stop moving.” Gibson teaches workshops at The Telling Room and throughout Maine. FMI: gibsonfayleblanc.com.

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Saturday, April 21

Joel Carpenter at Local Music Night7 p.m. Reindeer Recording Artist Joel Carpenter, a Port-land-based acoustic singer-songwriter, will be hosting another night of local talent as Coffee House Bookings presents Local Music Night at The Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland. In addition to performing songs from his recent debut CD “Dirty Words” Joel will be turning the stage over to a great line-up of local acts that will include Tom Cook, Louis Grassi and Whit Walker. Doors open at 7 p.m. All ages are welcome. Tickets are $10, avail-able from the artists, at the door, or by visiting facebook.com/joelcarpentermusic.com.

Zemya and Improvox in Brunswick8 pm. A cappella ensembles Zemya and Improvox in concert at the Frontier Cinema Gallery & Cafe, Brunswick. Additional vocal exploration “Vortex” with Improvox from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Jai Yoga Studio. Concert tickets: $12 in advance, $15 at the door; Reserve Tickets at 755-5222; Workshop $10. RSVP to Matt: 891-9593. www.explorefrontier.com

Sunday, April 22

Electronic funk duo, J.WAIL8 p.m. Colorado live electronic funk duo, J.WAIL, has announced a string of dates in the Northeast for their upcoming “Colorphorms Tour,” one of which include a stop in Portland at The New Venue. Just a few short weeks after the release of the new album, “Lazers n’ Flowers,” J.WAIL is ready to hit the road and share their version of world clash-ing modern day womps, wobbles and glitches with wailing guitar riffs and live drums to accompany. http://venuemu-sicbar.com/blog

Spotlight Concert Series: ‘Carmina Burana’3 p.m. University of Southern Maine presents “Carmina Burana.” Proceeds go toward music scholarships.” Mer-rill Auditorium, Portland. “It’s a musical homecoming when

alumni join the USM Concert Band and USM Chorale in this impressive performance, conducted by Peter Martin with preparation by Robert Russell. ‘Carmina,’ made popular through movie and commercial placements, combines the rich, full sound of dissonant chords with driving rhythms that make it an amazing experience to hear – and per-form. All alumni are invited to take part! Come for the con-cert Sunday, or stay the weekend and enjoy masterclass instruction from School of Music graduates, as well as a special Saturday evening reception. Alumni who would like to join in the performance should contact Peter Martin at pmartin@usm.maine.edu for rehearsal and lodging informa-tion. $15 recommended donation at the door.

Wednesday, April 25

Oratorio Chorale, Orchid Ensemble in Maine7 p.m. On Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29, the Oratorio Chorale brings a new and innovative program to two venues on the coast of Maine, part of a fi ve-day residency with the Vancouver-based Orchid Ensemble. During the week the Orchid Ensemble will provide school presentations of East-West music, and a program of Chinese-Jewish music of the Asian Diaspora. The musi-cal programs are billed as “Cold Fusion,” in which the Oratorio Chorale will perform with the Orchid Ensemble’s Lan Tung, of Taiwan and Canada, on the erhu (Chinese violin), Yu-Chen Wang, of Taiwan and the U.S. on the

zheng (Chinese zither), and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion. This ensemble blends these ancient instru-ments and traditions from China and beyond. The school programs will feature instruments, music and stories from China and around the world. Student participation will be offered at Morse High School, at Bath Middle School, the Merriconeag Waldorf School in Freeport, and for students at Temple Beth-El in Portland. In addition, a free spe-cial program of Jewish/Chinese fusion music will be pre-sented at Temple Beth-El on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. Among other music that evening, the Oratorio Chorale will perform a composition by Moshe Denberg. Based on the Orchid Ensemble’s “Ten Thousand Miles to Kai-Feng,” this program explores the Jewish presence along the Silk Road and in China, from the 7th century and beyond. It features music that combines Jewish and Asian traditions. Orato-rio Chorale and Orchid Ensemble performances take place on Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Montgomery Theater, Morse High School, Bath, and on Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m. at Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland. Tickets to the weekend concerts are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, students half price, children under twelve free. For ticket information, contact 798-7985, or visit www.oratoriochorale.org for ticket venues.

Imogen Cooper on piano 7:30 p.m. Merrill Auditorium, Portland. British pianist Imogen Cooper is lauded for her virtuosity, poetic poise and suave athleticism. With an enormous range within the classical repertoire, she makes beautiful work of challeng-ing music. http://portlandovations.org

O.A.R. at the State Theatre8 p.m. O.A.R. at the State Theatre, 609 Congress St., Port-land. O.A.R.’s latest album, “King,” marks a new beginning for the band, while also paying homage to their past. It is the seventh studio effort in a career that began with their high school recording, The Wanderer. Tickets available in person at the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Offi ce, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at www.statetheatreport-land.com. $30 advance, $35 day of show.

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‘Charlotte’s Web’ gives voice to girls’ troupeSometimes it's that personal connection that

makes a difference. A relative to E.B. White helped fuel the acting inspiration of East End Community School student Sadie Cross.

Cross said she was inspired by E.B. White’s grand-daughter, Martha White, who spoke at the Univer-sity of Southern Maine about her famous relative, his writing and her own.

“She talked about when he started writing the books,” Cross said.

Cross can be seen fi lling dual roles in A Company of Girls' production of “Charlotte’s Web” this week-end.

Cross, who plays Charlotte and Fern, said she does not prefer one role to the other. “It’s sometimes confusing since I’m also in the chorus, which tells the story, but I usually don’t mix up my lines,” the 10-year-old actress said.

In addition to “Charlotte’s Web,” forever a favorite for children of any generation, White also penned “The Trumpet of the Swan,” and “Stuart Little” which, like the spider story, has found fame on the stage and the big screen.

White lived on a salt-water farm in Maine, and was also an accomplished essayist and grammar-ian. His co-authored “Elements of Style” is still the writer’s bible. Children love him for his animal books, though. And the cast of A Company of Girls revelled in dressing as farm animals and carrying on human conversation.

Asked about her favorite part of the acting com-pany, Cross said, “You get to meet and make some great friends. You come here, you can be yourself. Sometimes, at school, kids tease. It’s always safe

here. It’s really fun.”Cross, in her third year with the company, previ-

ously played in their productions “How the Children Stop the War” at the Studio Theater and “Holes” at Portland Stage.

Although the cast is young, by Broadway stan-dards, there is an undeniable enthusiasm among the actresses, the stage crew, and the 50-plus people who turned out this past Thursday afternoon for the opening show of A Company of Girls. Made up of mainly moms and young daughters, the audience also featured a smattering of dads and grandpar-ents. The energy from the performance was equally felt by all.

For children, there is something magic and power-ful about dressing up as an animal, and the kids got right into it, decked out as a goose and a gander that repeats itself, a sheep and a lamb, Templeton the rat, Wilbur the pig, and, of course, Charlotte, the spider who saves Wilbur’s life with the power of words.

A Company of Girls, the after-school theatre and arts-based resiliency program for girls aged 8-18, is composed of different mixed age ensembles and

meets after school throughout the entire school year. Each ensemble produces at least one play a year. Pro-ductions have included “Eloise,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Cynderella Cycle,” “On the Bench and Sticky Like a Frog,” and “A Wrinkle In Time,” according to the website.

Working for the company is not easy, as the young actresses can attest. Most of them play two or more roles, assuming different roles on different days.

Gina Laramore-Jones plays Templeton, Uncle and Fern, and is also in her third year with ACOG. She attends Presumpscot Elementary School. She said her favorite aspect to acting was getting up on stage. “I like having a good time, making people laugh,” she said. Next up for Laramore-Jones is “Seussical, the Musical” put on by Stages. She said she also likes ostriches, wherever she can fi nd them — in books or at the farm.

Cat Bernier and Kaylie LaCour are friends who love spending time together at ACOG. Bernier, who plays Charlotte, the sheep, and the chorus, goes to Hall Elementary School and is in her second year with the company. LaCour plays Edith Zuckerman, goes to Lyman Moore Middle School, and has been acting with ACOG for four years. “Everything is all happy and exciting here,” Bernier said. “We can always do a new project, and all the plays are fun.”

“This is a place where you can be safe, and hang out with your friends,” LaCour added. Both stressed that it wasn’t all fun and games, however. It is a lot of hard work, to memorize lines for several charac-ters, but persistence pays off. “The more rehearsals the better. If you miss any, you don’t know where you are,” LaCour said.

Part of the Ensemble group for middle to high school girls, LaCour is working on “Lord of the Flies” next. She plays Rachel, the female version of Ralph from the William Golding novel. One of the signature styles of the company is the way they interpret and reinvent male-centered works through female per-spectives. For example, they produced “Queen Lear” to offer a female POV on the Shakespeare regicide. The Fledgling group of the company is comprised of beginning actresses, aged 8-11.

Mackenzie and Maiah Marles keep acting all in the family. Mackenzie goes to Portland High School, and was in the company for seven years. Even though she left the company three years ago, she

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A Company of Girls, the local youth acting troupe, is performing “Charlotte’s Web,” adapted from E.B. White’s revered children’s book. The play is at the Studio Theater at Portland Stage on May 4-6. Here, Chloe Doughty, Maiah Marles, Frances McCarthy, Bryanna Alley-Villers and Cat Bernier perform. (JASON BERTHIAUME PHOTO)

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Evoking E.B.White’s classic story, Maiah Marles, Chloe Doughty and Sadie Cross perform in A Company of Girls’ “Charlotte Web” production. Of the area troupe’s atmosphere for learning the theater, Cross said, “You get to meet and make some great friends. You come here, you can be yourself. Sometimes, at school, kids tease. It’s always safe here. It’s really fun.”(JASON BERTHI-AUME PHOTO)

still has volunteered for the last two, and plays Mrs. Arable in the play. She is involved in the musical the-ater class at Portland High, as well as the Drama Club, which produced “The Curious Savage” most recently. Her younger sister, Maiah Marles, has been with the company for three years, since she was six.

“I left Charlotte on stage a little too early today,” Maiah says of her day’s fi rst performance. “She had to improv a little bit.” Not deterred by the slight miscue, Maiah was buoyant about the next show that evening. “I love the plays, when everybody fi nds out their parts. When I heard I was going to play Wilbur, that was exciting!” Mack-enzie said she got into theater because she enjoys pretending to be someone she’s really not. “The memorization is tough, but I’ve gotten used to it. I get really nervous if a line is skipped. I’m not sure if I will be able to pull myself back to where I’m supposed to be. Usually, though, someone is pretty good at saving the scene.” The sisters practice at home as much as possible, and thereby limit the potential mis-

spoken lines.Jen Roe, the executive and artistic

director of ACOG, is excited about the power of this production company that uses the arts to strengthen the minds and spirits of young girls. The company was founded 16 years ago by Odelle Bowman, who stepped down last year. Roe’s fi rst year in this new position has been fi lled with exciting challenges.

“Strengthening and empowering youth benefi ts all of us in the greater Portland area and beyond," states the theater company’s brochure. "Resil-ient girls are better able to withstand the stress to which they are subjected, can adapt to change, and can move through adversity. That means we get safer, healthier, more prosperous communities with lower crime rates, less substance abuse, and fewer girls having babies before they reach their own adulthood."

A Company of Girls is performing “Charlotte’s Web,” adapted by Joseph Robinette from E.B. White’s revered children’s book, at Studio Theater at Portland Stage on May 4-6. Visit http://www.acompanyofgirls.org for details.

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Troupe adapts parts for girls

Fan favorite

Slugger, the Portland Sea Dogs mascot, mingles with fans this week during home games at Hadlock Field. The team is on a seven-game road trip. Portland’s second leg of the trip begins Monday with a three-game set in New Britain, a Twins affi liate. (DAVID CARKHUFF PHOTO)

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