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January 21, 2011 News of Brunswick, Topsham, Bath and Harpswell Vol. 7, No. 3

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IndexMeetings ........................15Obituaries ........................7Opinion ............................4Out & About ...................14

People & Business ..........8Police Beat ......................6Real Estate ....................22Sports ............................ 11

Arts Calendar ................13Classifieds .....................18Community Calendar .....15Great Outdoors ..............12

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Carrying Place Assembly: ‘We want our town back’By Emily Guerin

HARPSWELL — Their an-cestors walked across the fro-zen mudflats to build ships at the Pennell shipyard. They constructed the old town hall in West Harpswell, and cleared fields that that have long since reverted back into forests.

Between them, the members of the Carrying Place Assembly have nearly 1,000 years of resi-dency in Harpswell.

But they feel the town’s his-tory, and their own, has been disgraced by a 1998 decision to alter what they believe is the historical boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick.

Now, they would like to see that boundary restored.

The official town line runs along a low marsh through a field just north of Skolfield Drive on Route 123. A slim, De-partment of Transportation sign marks the spot. Seven hundred and fifty feet up the road, the

In Brunswick, clams are the price of historical accuracy

BRUNSWICK — Residents and town officials are bracing themselves for another effort by the Carrying Place Assembly to change the boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick.

If the Carrying Place As-

RAChEl GOldMAn / FOR ThE FORECASTERAmy Haible, Sam Alexander and Malcolm Whitman of The Carrying Place

Assembly stand in front of the sign they erected to mark the historical border between Harpswell and Brunswick. They show on a map where they believe the

town line should be placed.

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PAul CunninGhAM / FOR ThE FORECASTERTuesday’s snowstorm left the wooden-decked “Black Bridge” between Mill Street in Brunswick and Twin Pines in Topsham quite slippery, as the driver of this car found out when he spun out and ended up blocking the one-lane span. Eventually a friend of the driver arrived and helped free the car. The

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SAD 75 rejects request for equal timeBy Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — The School Administrative District 75 board voted 12-1 to not include an al-ternative perspective in literature explaining the proposed closure of West Harpswell School.

The Harpswell Board of Se-lectmen had asked the School Board to include other view-points. But SAD 75 Superinten-dent Mike Wilhelm maintained last week that the district was not required to publicize any views but its own, and the district’s attorney, Peter Lowe, supported that opinion at the

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Board backs firing of Topsham assistant managerBy Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — After a public meeting that lasted 3 1/2 hours, the Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Wednesday night to uphold the dismissal of for-mer Assistant Town Manager Paul Caruso.

An executive session had been scheduled to hear Caruso’s ap-peal, but he exercised his right to discuss the matter in public.

After the decision, Caruso’s attorney, Graydon Stevens, said he was not sure if Caruso will appeal to Superior Court. He said he and Caruso would have to discuss the matter.

Caruso, 51, whose duties in-cluded tax collector and human resources director, was hired in April 2001 and served his last day Dec. 8, 2010. He was fired by former Town Manager James Ashe a few weeks before Ashe resigned from his job.Carrying Place Assembly has

erected its own sign, where it believes the line should be.

It may not seem like much of a difference, but to the mem-bers of the group, the loss is profound.

“It’s your history, it’s part of who you are,” said Amy Haible. “If you don’t have your history, you don’t have anything.”

During Harpswell’s 250th anniversary in 2008, the people who would become the Car-rying Place Assembly started talking about trying to resurrect the old town line. The boundary had been established in 1998 after a series of disputes among shellfishermen who worked the mudflats between the two towns. Both sides claimed the other was digging illegally.

Some Carrying Place As-sembly members had voted in support of the decision that set

sembly succeeds in lobbying the Maine Legislature’s State and Local Government Com-mittee to alter the town line, Brunswick will lose 40 acres of

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SAD 75 school chief to retire in June: ‘Education gave my life purpose’By Alex Lear

TOPSHAM — When Mt. Ararat High School’s Class of 2011 turns its tassels this June and moves on to other endeavors, the superintendent of schools will also be turn-ing a new page.

Michael Wilhelm, superintendent of School Administrative District 75 for two decades, announced his retirement Jan. 13. The Casco resident told the SAD 75 Board of Directors that he plans to retire June 30, at the end of his current contract year.

Alex leAr / The ForecAsTerMichael Wilhelm will retire in June after

nearly 20 years as superintendent of School Administrative District 75.

“The decision has been a difficult one,” Wilhelm said in a letter to the board. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in SAD 75 over the last 22 years. I have continually felt supported by this 14-member board that has always been able to cut through the ‘sound and fury’ to find that rational place where its true responsibility lies.”

Wilhelm said “it’s been quite a ride” the past 22 years. He was hired as assistant superintendent in 1989 and became super-intendent two years later, replacing Robert

Cartmill.His longevity “could only have been be-

cause I was having such a good time, and I was,” Wilhelm said. “... I really do believe that you can’t stay in this position unless that’s the case.”

Prior to his time with SAD 75, Wilhelm was principal of Freeport High School from 1984-1989. Before that he was a high school principal from 1980-1984 in Buck-field, where he had begun teaching in 1969.

Although he took a year off to attend law school, Wilhelm soon went back to educa-tion, a career that has spanned much of his 65 years.

“I firmly believe that the future of all of us is rooted in our education,” he said. “Education gave my life purpose, every angle that you can speak of.”

Wilhelm, who is married and has four children and three grandchildren, said he looks forward to the extra free time retire-ment will bring, when he can dabble in oth-er interests, like guitar playing and fishing.

Looking back on his tenure at the helm of SAD 75, Wilhelm recalled occasional chal-lenges that were ultimately successful. For instance, implementation of the district’s all-day kindergarten program in the mid-1990s, which met with some resistance at first. Still, he said, “we were able to prove its value over time.”

Another major endeavor was moving the middle school students out of Mt. Ararat High School, which had housed grades

seven through 12 at the start of Wilhelm’s time with the district. More than 1,300 stu-dents were attending classes in a building meant for 900, he said.

When Brunswick built a new high school and moved its students out of the old one, SAD 75 was able to lease the structure to house its seventh- and eighth-grade students. The students remained there for about six years until 2001, when Mt. Ararat Middle School opened, Wilhelm said.

That school was built on part of 42 acres that the district acquired at no charge from the federal government, which was looking to get rid of that portion of the Topsham Navy Annex property. Several buildings on the property, which now also include space

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Bath museum takes filmgoers ‘down to the sea’By Alex Lear

BATH — The Maine Maritime Mu-seum is entering the world of film during the next few months, and adding its usual touch of salt.

The 243 Washington St. museum will offer its first-ever movie festival, called Down to the Sea in Film, starting this month.

On Jan. 28 it will screen “Captain Blood,” a 1935 swashbuckler based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini and directed by Michael Curtiz, who later directed “Casablanca.” The movie features the first starring role of Errol Flynn, who acts along with Olivia de Havilland and Basil Rathbone.

The museum will show “The Crimson Pirate” on Feb. 19. Burt Lancaster plays

a buccaneer who becomes involved in a revolution in the Caribbean.

Two of the museum’s offerings are home grown. “Life by Lobster,” which will be shown Feb. 10, is an award-winning documentary by Iain McCray Martin, a filmmaker from Stonington. The film chronicles the aspirations of five young lobstermen who endeavor to forge a career in the lobster fishery, despite the growing obstacles that can stymie those dreams. “Life by Lobster” is among the Maine International Film Festival’s “Best of 2009” collection.

“Gone: The Mystery of the Don Di-saster,” is an hour-long docudrama to be shown March 5. The piece focuses on the loss in 1941 of the pleasure boat Don, which the museum noted was one

of the worst maritime disasters in Maine history. The tragedy, in which 34 people died, remains unexplained. Only 14 bod-ies were found, and no wreckage was ever found.

A Harpswell production company has used the original Maine locations, as well as local actors and re-enactors, to reopen the mystery, and offers new insights into what could have happened on that trip. The film also includes interviews with

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Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [emailprotected].

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Editor’sNotebook

Mo Mehlsak

Welcome to ConflagrationlandUnless you live in a bomb shelter, you

know about the fire storm that erupted last week after Gov. Paul LePage told the NAACP to “kiss my butt.”

It was a new low for the new gover-nor, whose promise last year to tell the president of the United States “to go to hell” was largely written off as a stream-of-consciousness campaign-trail rant in keeping with the then-Waterville mayor’s working-class personality.

His staff’s explanation for the most recent insult – that the governor was speaking “in the direct manner people have come to expect” – leaves much to be desired. It’s hard to believe that many of the 38 percent of Maine voters who put LePage in office last November, let

alone the majority who voted for other candidates, are proud of their governor.

On the contrary, most Mainers are probably deeply disturbed and embar-rassed by LePage, who three days after the fact had not even acknowledged the damage and impropriety of his words, let alone apologized for speaking them.

LePage’s remarks – the type usually heard in bar-room or playground argu-ments – were even more inflammatory and disappointing because they came on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and because he derisively described the NAACP as a “special-interest group.” Whether or not you agree with that characterization, one has to wonder if the governor uses the term when he de-

scribes, for example, the National Rifle Association, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, Maine Right to Life Com-mittee or Maine Heritage Policy Center.

The governor also ac-cused the NAACP of play-ing “the race card” when its leaders said they were concerned that LePage is demonstrating a pattern of behavior by snubbing an-nual MLK Jr. Day events. But it was LePage who brought race into the dis-cussion, suggesting his “black son” – a question-able way to describe some-one who is neither adopted nor a LePage offspring – could set the critics straight.

On Monday, when the governor made a surprise appearance at an MLK Jr. Day breakfast in Waterville, his attendance seemed all too calculated; a too-little, too-late attempt to patronize those who criticized him for the lack of thought involved when LePage spoke the previ-ous Friday.

Unfortunately, the pattern of speech that LePage is displaying gives little

Advice for Harpswell critics of SAD 75

As a resident of Harpswell I have seen a lot of bickering going on between one person or another for a multitude of reasons. The residents of this seaside town seem to have an inability to get together to reach any kind of a consensus on many issues. This time, Mr. McIntyre and his posse have decided that the closure of the West Harpswell School is yet another issue to

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his politics and policies, Maine needs a governor who can present and de-fend those policies with rational, respectful, and well-defined arguments, not stream-of-conscious-ness, knee-jerk rants.

LePage’s language and behavior must reflect that he now works at the Blaine House, not the Marden’s warehouse. Mainers de-serve better from their governor, and we and the NAACP deserve an apol-ogy for the embarrassment

he has caused, as well as a pledge to refrain from future scorched-earth politi-cal rhetoric.

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create tension and division.I agree with Mr. Wilhelm that SAD

75 has no obligation in any way, shape or form to feel it necessary to include the opposing group’s viewpoints in their

publication. I might sug-gest that Mr. McIntyre help pay for signs similar to the ones that currently litter the Route 123 side of Harpswell, and post

ones on the Route 24 side stating that Harpswell needs one school.

Jill RoseHarpswell

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Time to stop the crazy talkIn the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson, Ariz.,

there has been a lot of finger-pointing but not a lot of soul-searching when it comes to why a deranged young man attempted to assassinate U.S. Rep. Ga-brielle Giffords, in the process killing and wounding bystanders.

From the outset, the sheriff of Pima County has pointed a finger at conservative talk radio.

“When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government,” Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said. “The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outra-geous and unfortunately Arizona has become sort of the capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry.”

Though he did not name names, Dupnik reportedly had radio and TV rabble-rouser Glenn Beck in mind when he made those comments.

So is Glenn Beck personally to blame for the mas-sacre in Tucson? The easy answer is that nothing and no one is to blame when a crazy person commits an horrendous act of violence. But it’s too easy to just blame an irrational mind and leave it at that.

Why would a crazy man plan to shoot up a con-gresswoman’s public gathering instead of, say, the local community college that had expelled him? Did it have anything to do with the fact that the crazy man was a Hitler lover with suspected ties to white su-premacist groups and the congresswoman is a Jewish woman who opposed Arizona’s draconian immigra-tion laws? Maybe, maybe not.

Did it have anything to do with the fact that Sarah Palin posted a map with telescopic-sight crosshairs on it “targeting” Rep. Giffords for defeat? Maybe, maybe not. Did it have anything to do with the fact that Giffords’ opponent held a rally at which he invited supporters to shoot an M16 with him for $50 to “Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office?” Maybe, maybe not.

Did it have anything to do with failed Nevada senatorial candidate Sharron Angle’s warning about

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“Second Amendment remedies?” Not in and of itself. Though you do have to wonder about the mental state of a woman who would follow a comment about “Second Amendment remedies” by saying, “I’ll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.”

And it’s too easy to blame Arizona’s extremely lenient gun laws, which allow just about anyone to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. But the cumulative effect of all the militant right-wing rheto-ric about taking back America and all the open-carry advocates showing up armed at tea party gatherings surely had an impact on an unstable mind.

The direct cause of the shootings in Tucson was one crazy young man. But Dupnik is right. One of the indirect causes surely was the climate of anger and hatred inflamed by all the crazy talk in America these days.

Reasonable people should be able to express legiti-mate concerns and air their differences without mak-ing it sound as though they were in a battle between good and evil. I suppose I’m guilty of this demoniza-tion myself. All this crazy talk from the right makes me angry. Still, I don’t use gun metaphors to express that anger.

President Obama is a Muslim, a socialist, a Black Panther, a foreigner. Crazy talk. Obama is “either stupid or evil,” as someone now in the Maine Legisla-ture once wrote. Crazy talk. The government is going to take away our guns. Crazy talk. Health-care reform is government tyranny. Crazy talk. Taxation is theft. Crazy talk. The Constitution is under attack. Crazy talk. It’s time for another American Revolution. Crazy talk.

The conventional wisdom is that the shootings in Tucson should not be seen as politically motivated because the shooter’s political ramblings were inco-herent. But the crazy talk coming from right-wing extremists is every bit as irrational as that of the disturbed young man who committed this heinous crime. To suggest that it did not contribute to pushing a deranged man over the edge is itself crazy talk.

There is nothing wrong in this country that justifies talk of overthrowing the government. Any assertion to the contrary is (fill in the blank).

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

LePage’s explanation falls short

I come from simple people, many with high school educations, some with less. I’m sure some of my Ca-nadian great aunts and uncles would not have known English words like “civility.” But they came to the United States to assimilate, to work hard, to be good citizens. My father’s folks grew up on the streets of Lewiston, you might say. My grandparents still often spoke the Que-

becois they learned first in the provinces as children in huge Catholic families. My grandfather, Lu-cien, was the city

clerk of Lewiston for years and I, too, walked the streets with him. He seemed to know everyone. He spoke French and English to them, but never trash.

I have heard the “reasons” that Paul LePage and his as-sistants give for his speech: wanting to tell Obama to “go to hell,” telling the NAACP to kiss his butt. As much as Paul Lepage says he will not be hostage to special-interest groups, the reason given for his gaffes is basically that he comes from one. I was told, by my people from the streets of Lewiston, that we might be able to understand our current behavior by looking at our up-bringing. Yet, they added, once we become adults, we can no longer use our past as an excuse for our present actions. My hope is that in the future, Paul LePage will take a lesson from the many French Canadian-Americans who are also appalled by his talk. Never were we Francos allowed to speak with such disrespect.

Susan Lebel YoungFalmouth

Dodge doesn’t speak for tea party

Andrew Ian Dodge is a very interesting individual. However, he is not the leader of the tea party in Maine. There are many factions within the tea party movement. I believe Mr. Dodge is involved with Tea Party Patriots, a national organization. The major tea party movement in Maine was started by two individuals who created Maine Patriots and Maine Refounders. Many groups have started as local chapters of these two groups, and some have chosen to be sovereign. Although the basis of the tea party movement is similar, some groups, like Cumberland County Tea Party of Maine (CCTP), do not endorse specific candidates or parties and therefore do not claim affiliation with any group or leader. CCTP did not endorse the GOProud letter.

Suggesting Mr. Dodge is the leader of Maine’s tea party movement is like saying Pat Buchanen is the leader of all Maine political groups. The tea party is a group of individuals dedicated to defending the Constitution. Our mission at CCTP is to defend the original interpretation and application of the Constitution and to inform the public when laws and actions trample on the rights of citizens.

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Summonses1/11 Daniel Sproul, 33, of Bluff Road, was issued a summons by Officer Richard Ross on a charge of violation of bail.1/13 Matthew Griffeth, 21, of Pike Street, Lisbon Falls, was issued a summons by Of-ficer Keith Jensen on a charge of criminal mischief.1/14 A 17-year-old boy was issued a sum-mons by Officer Keith Jensen on a charge of possession of tobacco by a juvenile.1/15 A 16-year-old girl was issued a sum-mons by Officer Jason Aucoin on charges of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.1/17 Zachary Patterson, 22, of Lark Street, was issued a summons by Officer Richard Ross on a charge of assault.

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Fire calls1/1 at 3:23 p.m. Motor vehicle accident at Richardson Street and Route 1.1/1 at 5:01 p.m. Motor vehicle accident at Centre and High streets.1/12 at 8:31 a.m. Motor vehicle accident on Route 1.1/12 at 2:43 p.m. Snowmobile fire on Butler Cove Road.1/13 at 11:43 a.m. Motor vehicle accident at Leeman Highway and Richardson Street.1/13 at 2:30 p.m. Carbon monoxide check on Somerset Place.1/13 at 3:59 p.m. Carbon monoxide check on High Street.1/13 at 6:30 p.m. Carbon monoxide problem on Washington Street.1/14 at 4:38 p.m. False alarm on Front Street.1/15 at 1:29 a.m. False alarm on Pine Hill Drive.1/15 at 10:30 a.m. False alarm at Washington House.1/16 at 1:28 p.m. False alarm on Washington Street.1/16 at 7:29 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Wesley Street.1/16 at 8:42 p.m. False alarm at Hyde School.

EMSBath emergency medical services responded to 40 calls from Jan. 10-16.

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Summonses1/10 at 9:08 a.m. Shawna D. Peterson, 26, of Back River Road, Boothbay, was issued a summons on a charge of attaching false plates.1/13 at 5:46 p.m. Norma J. Greenleaf, 42, of

Barrows Drive, Topsham, was issued a sum-mons on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.1/13 at 9:45 p.m. Nicholas A. Small, 19, of High Street, Bath, was issued a summons on a charge of motor vehicle speeding more than 30 mph over the speed limit.

idling children1/10 at 5:59 p.m. Someone in the Han-naford parking lot called to complain about a vehicle that was left running with two children inside. The caller thought it was inappropriate for the children to be left there unattended. When the police showed up, the vehicle was gone.

Oh deer1/16 at 1:12 p.m. A Sandy Ridge Road resident called to report that there was an injured deer in his or her yard. By the time the animal control officer arrived, the deer had disappeared.

can conflict1/17 at 11:47 a.m. An employee of the Beverage Rack on Cushing Street called to complain about an angry customer who left the store yelling and swearing. The customer was apparently unhappy with the can count. The customer returned five minutes later and was issued a trespassing notice.

Fire calls1/10 at 10:37 a.m. Fire truck responds to animal control call.

EMSBrunswick emergency medical services re-sponded to 27 calls from Jan. 10-17.

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1/11 at 6:03 p.m. Justin Reed, 26, of Front Street, was arrested by Officer Robert Ram-say on a charge of obstructing the report of a crime.1/14 at 7:57 p.m. Justin Goranson, 25, of River Road, was arrested by Officer Robert Ramsay on a charge of operating a snowmo-bile under the influence of alcohol.1/16 at 12:45 a.m. Susan Chandel, 55, was arrested by Sgt. Fred Dunn on a charge of operating under the influence.

Summonses1/11 at 4 p.m. Mark McDaniel, 53, of Gilm-ore Drive, was issued a summons by Officer Robert Ramsay on a charge of operating after license suspension.

Fire calls1/10 at 10:11 a.m. Mutual aid to West Bath.1/10 at 6:56 p.m. Fire alarm on Partridge Drive.1/11 at 9:56 a.m. Fire alarm on Elm Street.1/12 at 2:02 a.m. Fire alarm at Mt. Ararat Middle School.1/12 at 1:49 p.m. Motor vehicle fire on Hunter Lane.1/12 at 2:20 p.m. and 4:07 p.m. Fire alarms on Topsham Fair Mall Road.1/14 at 7:57 p.m. Motor vehicle accident on Cedar Lane.1/15 at 11:14 a.m. Motor vehicle accident on Middlesex Road.1/15 at 11:43 a.m. Utility problem on Jones Avenue.1/15 at 7:13 p.m. Fire alarm on Flycatcher Drive.1/16 at 12:03 p.m. Fire alarm at Mt. Ararat Middle School.1/16 at 4:29 p.m. Utility problem on Munroe Lane.1/17 at 12:02 p.m. Fire alarm on Main Street.1/17 at 5:23 p.m. Fire alarm on Fairfield Lane.1/17 at 6 p.m. Fire alarm at Mt. Ararat Middle School.

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George Pilgrim, 84: Enjoyed woodworking, time with familyBATH — George “Bud” Pilgrim, 84,

died peacefully Jan. 17 at MidCoast Hos-pital with his family by his side.

Born in Berlin, N.H., on Jan. 24, 1926, he was the son of Fredrick and Hilda (Beckwith) Pilgrim, and attended local schools.

After he graduated from Berlin High School in 1944, he was drafted into the U.S. Army, and was stationed in Belgium and Germany.

Upon being discharged from the U.S. Army in 1946, he joined the U.S. Navy. After he retired from the U.S. Navy in 1965, he moved to Bath, where he be-gan working at Bath Iron Works until he retired in 1989.

On Feb. 10, 1951, he married Joan Reynolds in Berlin, N.H.

He loved spending time with his fam-ily, especially his grandchildren, and enjoyed his springer spaniels.

His other interests included outdoor sports, and working in his woodwork-ing shop.

Family and friends will miss his smile and sense of humor.

His sister, Elizabeth Marquis, prede-ceased him.

Surviving are his loving wife of 59 years, Joan; a daughter, Joellan Pilgrim of Bath, and three sons, Mark Pilgrim and his wife Karen of Englewood, Colo., Derek Pilgrim and his wife Vic-toria of West Bath, and Drew Pilgrim

and his wife Susanne of Dresden; nine grandchildren, Alyssa Murphy and her husband Michael of Concord, N.C., Cara McKinney of Gardiner, Zachary Pilgrim and his wife Nicole of West Bath, Jesse Pilgrim, and Gia Pilgrim, all of West Bath, David Pilgrim and Emily Pilgrim, both of Colorado, Jacob Pilgrim and Samuel Pilgrim, both of Dresden; four great-grandchildren, Richard, Bre-anna, Shea and Liam; his brother-in-law, James Marquis of Berlin, N.H.; many cousins; nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations can be made to a charity of choice.

Visiting hours were held Thursday, Jan. 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the David E. Desmond & Son Funeral Home, 638 High St., Bath.

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Monday 1/24Marketing Frameworks for Art-ists and Others, Five Rivers Arts Alliance meeting, 6 p.m., members

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Tuesday 1/25”Theater Improv for Everyone,” Merrymeeting Adult Education, 6-week workshop with director/actor Al D’Andrea, for actors and non-actors, 6-8:30 p.m., Brunswick High School, for information or to register, 729-7323, ext. 1, merry-meeting.org.

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Friday 1/28”The Art of Being Human,” free public talk 7:30 p.m., followed by weekend program on meditation, Jan. 29-30, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., preregis-tration for weekend required, $110, register online, shambhalabp.org, FMI, James Prentice, [emailprotected], 837-8431.

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Caruso’s dismissal was the result of an incident that occurred Nov. 4, 2010, when he delivered a memo to Police De-partment receptionist Barbara Hall. She lodged a complaint against him after he allegedly tried to take it from her when she would not give it back.

Caruso’s memo was a response to one co-written by Hall and sent to Emergency Medical Services Director Mike Labbe. They complained that employees work-ing in the police and fire/rescue reception areas were subjected to blasts of cold wind when the doors open during the winter and asked if anything could be done to mitigate the problem.

In Caruso’s response to Hall, which he said he wrote in a spirit of humorous communication he had enjoyed with her, he recommended remedies including “man up,” wear warmer clothing, find employment with an organization with a heated lobby, and finally, “eat (exple-tive)” and bark at the moon.

Young, one of a handful of people who witnessed part of the encounter between Hall and Caruso, said he could hear com-motion from the reception area and found Caruso trying to retrieve the memo. Young said he told Caruso to “knock it off” and that Hall said Caruso was hurt-ing her and grabbing her crotch.

“I saw him trying to get the piece of

paper that she was sitting on,” he said.

Young noted that he thought the two people were just joking around. After a pause, when Caruso tried again to get the memo, Young said he intervened by get-ting between Hall and Caruso, who was forced out into a hallway.

Young said he later told Hall that if he had thought she was actually being hurt, he would have stepped in immediately.

The day after the incident, Young said he went to Ashe’s office to discuss Hall’s complaint. Ashe had left for the weekend and was heading out of state, and Young said he spoke with Caruso and told him he may want to give Ashe a heads up about the situation.

Young said Caruso told him, “’If I’m going down, I’m not going to be the only one.’”

Ashe said that when he met with Caru-so to discuss the incident, Caruso showed “utterly no remorse.” Caruso admitted the memo was a poor decision, but claimed Hall had been insubordinate in not giving it back to him, Ashe said.

“Frankly, I was just a little disturbed that someone who is the assistant man-ager ... the second in command of all of the employees,” and whose responsibili-ties include human resources, Ashe said, “... would even think that it was appropri-ate to write this memo, and then deliver it and then physically try to get it back.”

Caruso told the Board of Selectmen

that he intended the memo as a joke, but now wished he had not written it. He said the memo was only meant for Hall, who he had considered a friend. He said she laughed at the memo, and that he wanted it back so that it would not be circulated.

Caruso did not deny touching her at some point during the confrontation, but he denied that he touched her crotch. He agreed that the memo and his attempt to get it back were inappropriate, but said “I didn’t think it warranted being fired; I just thought, maybe a reprimand.”

The Board of Selectmen did not ques-tion Hall during Wednesday’s meeting.

Ashe said he and Caruso had “a very good relationship,” and that he tried to find an alternative to firing the colleague he had worked with for three years.

“But how are you ever going to have anybody ever go to him for an harass-ment issue?,” Ashe asked, adding later that he himself should have been fired “if I allowed this to go on with just a reprimand.”

Selectmen Ron Riendeau and Jim Tru-siani said the discussion about finding another assistant manager would begin after Cornell Knight begins as manager on Feb. 1.

Town Planner Rich Roedner and other department heads are handling interim management duties.

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [emailprotected].

for the district’s administrative offices, had been vacant for a few years.

“We were able to work with (U.S. Sen.) Olympia Snowe’s office and make that transfer happen,” Wilhelm said.

The new property, which offered playing fields and vacant buildings, conveniently abuts Mt. Ararat High School, and the acquisition nearly doubled the size of the district’s campus.

With completion of the middle school came the opening of the Orion Performing Arts Center, a 900-seat venue.

Wilhelm’s tenure has also seen an addi-

tion built at the Harpswell Islands School, the renovation and connection of the Wil-liams and Cone school buildings into one facility, and construction of a new Bowdoin Central School.

A current challenge the district faces is the proposed closure of West Harpswell School, which the School Board has supported in 2009 and 2010 and which Harpswell voters blocked last year. Harpswell will vote again on the matter on Feb. 1.

Wilhelm has said that moving West Harpswell School students to the larger Harpswell Islands School, as well as other reorganization strategies, would provide all SAD 75 students equal access to educa-tional resources.

Wilhelm, who was named Maine State Superintendent of the Year in 2003 and earned his Doctor of Education degree in 1996, also praised the district’s work in promoting student and staff wellness.

The process to find a new superintendent will likely begin soon, and its start is up to the School Board, Wilhelm said. At last week’s meeting, though, members were thinking more about the superintendent they would be losing than about his replacement.

School Board member Joanne Rogers said Wilhelm has been “one of the most ethical people I have ever worked with, and his responsibility to this district has not ceased in any of the 22 years that he’s been here.”

Board member Dorothy Gardner called

Wilhelm a good leader for the district, adding that “he’s spent many, many long hours guiding and directing us in the right direction, doing what we need to do for the benefit of our students, as well as staff.”

Wilhelm, who received a standing ova-tion, said in his letter that he is convinced that SAD 75’s focus on “literacy, data driven decision-making, professional col-laboration, and student and staff wellness is the path that will lead to greater success for all students. We are already seeing the results.”

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [emailprotected].

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We were surprised at how steep Mile Beach was, and walked along water’s edge for the flattest route down the beach. Three men were working back and forth with metal detectors looking for World War II ordnance and coins. A flock of 30 sand-erlings provided great entertainment, run-ning back and forth with the ebb and flow of waves. It was amazing how fast they moved. It was as if each bird had consumed a six-pack of Red Bull before gathering on the beach for lunch.

Sanderlings breed in the High Arctic during the brief summer season, and winter along the coast from Maine to Florida. We wondered how it came to be that some of these birds would decide to stay in Maine while others would fly much further south to Florida?

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DOG TRAINING for the bestresults in the shortest timehave your dog train one-on-onewith a professional certifieddog trainer. First your dogtrained; then you. Training timeaverages 7-9 days and threeone hour follow up lessons areincluded.Your dog will play andtrain in parks as well as down-town Freeport. Both hand andvoice commands will be taught,find out just how good your dogcan be. Goals and cost will bedetermined after an individual-ized obligation free evaluation.Call Canine Training of South-ern Maine and speak withDavid Manson, certified dogtrainer, for more details. 829-4395.

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Paul CarrollDog Walking/Cat Care, Feeding

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Cell 400-6465 20 plus years experience

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ART/ART GALLERIES

Art by Diana EllisNew Session

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ANTIQUES

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

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

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BOOKS WANTEDFAIR PRICES PAID

Also Buying Antiques, Art OfAll Kinds, and Collectables.G.L.Smith Books - Collectables97 Ocean St., South Portland.799-7060.

AUCTIONS

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AUTOS

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Home CleaningReliable service atreasonable rates.Let me do yourdirty work!Call Kathy at892-2255

HONEST, HARDWORKING and reliableMAINELY CLEANWe’re looking for a fewmore residential accountsto fill our scheduleReasonable rates • References available

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COMPUTERS

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light housekeeping forindependent, elderly woman

Private bedroom/bathroom, sharedkitchen, parking at ocean front

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FARMS

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FIREWOOD

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FURNITURERESTORATION

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FURNITURE

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Everyone Needs SomeoneWe need your help to make a difference in the lives of older adultsin Cumberland County. We are looking for proactive, flexible people,both men and women, who are looking for a challenging and satisfyingpart-time job. If you love the idea of being a “difference maker” calltoday to inquire about joining the greatest team of non-medical in-home CAREGivers anywhere. Part-time day, evening, overnight andweekend hours. We have a need in the Scarborough and Freeportareas, overnight and weekends especially.

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One of Maine’s premier media corporations providing years of reliable newsand information is searching for qualified candidates to fill the position of:

Do you have some sales experience but want to take it to the next level?

The Advertising Department is looking for a professional, highly motivatedindividual with some experience to fill the position of Sales Associate.Sales Associates sell special project advertising over the phone to previousnon-advertisers and existing accounts, maintain an account base and replaceoutside sales executives when on vacation or for extended periods of time.

The ideal candidate must have a dependable vehicle, clean driving record,strong customer relations skills, the ability to meet sales goals andcommunicate effectively. The abilities to motivate people, manage timeeffectively, problem solve and work as part of a team are also necessary. Thisis an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to enhance their sales career.

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HEALTH

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Yarmouth Yoga Studio374 US ROUTE ONE

YARMOUTH, ME 04096846-0777

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

Swedish Massage TherapyNatural Relief from

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Darby Babson, CMT$40 for 1 hour

office hours by appointmentweekends available

232 Coombs Road, Brunswick, ME 04011725-5987

Counseling & PsychotherapyCompassionate, Effective, AffordableServing Uninsured & Underinsured

Individuals, Couples, FamiliesFlexible Scheduling

207-615-9692

River Payne RN BS MA MRMaster Reflexologist Trigger Point Bodywork

Reduce pain, quiet the mind & have a better life.Sessions in your home throughout Greater Portland,

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We’re looking for someone with two years experience working with:Object-oriented PHP, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, MySQL, Unix command line, version control software(such as SVN/git) and basic photo editing.

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Four Season Services

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NOW SCHEDULING:SNOW PLOWINGROOF SHOVELING

UNDERSTANDING MUSIC

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Finally understand the music you listen to, performor compose. This 6 week course offers the basics ofthe music theory in an easy to understand formatled by an experienced and insightful teacher.

For more information please callCharles Brown Jr. 797-8946

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Are you looking to make adifference in the lifeof someone in need?

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HOME REPAIR

Seth M. RichardsInterior & Exterior Painting & Carpentry• Small Remodeling Projects • SheetrockRepair • Quality Exterior & Interior Painting

Green Products AvailableFULLY INSURED – FREE ESTIMATES

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CARPENTRY

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

Designed to enhance your home & lifestyleInterior & ExteriorRestoration & Remodeling

Custom Stairwork & AlterationsFireplace Mantles & Bookcase Cabinetry

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No Job Too SmallReasonable Rates/Prompt ServiceTOM FLANAGAN

Yarmouth 319-6818

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CONCERNED ABOUT LEAV-ING your home while you’reenjoying warmer weather? Our7 point weekly home inspectionprovides the peace of mind youneed while apart from yourinvestment. Call Andrew at(207) 252-0130 for customiz-able options.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOME-LAND SECURITY FEDERALEMERGENCY MANAGE-MENT AGENCYWithdrawal of Proposed BaseFlood Elevation Determinationfor the City of Portland, City ofSouth Portland, Towns ofBridgton, Cape Elizabeth,Casco, Cumberland, Harp-swell, Scarborough, Standishand Windham, CumberlandCounty, Maine (All Jurisdic-tions). This notice is to informyou that the Department ofHomeland Security’s FederalEmergency ManagementAgency is withdrawing the pro-posed Base (1-percent-annual-chance) Flood Elevations(BFEs) shown in the Prelimi-nary Flood Insurance Study(FIS) and on the PreliminaryFlood Insurance Rate Map(FIRM) and has terminated thecurrent appeal period for yourcommunity. For detailed infor-mation on this withdrawal,please contact your local com-munity officials.

Legal Notice AndroscogginBancorp, MHC Annual Meet-ingThe annual meeting ofAndroscoggin Bancorp, MHC,will be held at the Ramada Inn,490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston,Maine on Tuesday, January 25,2011 from 5:30pm to 7:30pmEST for the transaction of thefollowing business:

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REAL ESTATE

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CumberlandLarge 1830 farmhouse for rent

4 bedrooms, two full baths, Jacuzzi tub,barn with in law apartment

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the boundary where it is now, but others, like Samuel Alexander, always had an uneasy feeling about the way that decision was made.

“There was a vote taken before the townspeople heard any opposition to it,” he said. “My family had always said that the boundary between Harpswell and Bruns-wick was at the head of Middle Bay at the high water mark.”

Alexander said he told this to Harpswell residents at the 1998 Town Meeting, only to have the town’s attorney write it off as “anecdotal.”

But 13 years and several trips to the Mas-sachusetts Archives later, Alexander and the other members of the Carrying Place As-sembly believe they have new, compelling evidence to support their argument.

They provided copies of a 1749 docu-ment that shows how the General Court of Massachusetts deeded a large area of land to Harpswell (then North Yarmouth). But in 1998, that area was given to Brunswick.

“The voters did not know about this,” said Gareth Anderson, referencing the 1749 document. “The map they had was incorrect, so they could not make a proper decision.”

Other than preserving Harpswell’s his-tory, reversing the 1998 decision is what motivates the Carrying Place Assembly.

Member John Loyd called the 1998 deci-sion as “an embarrassment” because it was not based upon thorough research into the town line’s historical location.

“It’s really a matter of historical accu-racy; you don’t want to give away part of your town and you certainly don’t want to give it away mistakenly,” he said.

Loyd said he voted for the 1998 agree-ment out of ignorance. “I know I would have voted against that agreement had the information I had today been available then,” he said.

Like Loyd, Harpswell resident Linda Barton said she regrets the 1998 decision. “It seems like it was a mistake,” she said. “I think there was a lack of due diligence on the part of town officials at the time. They said they didn’t find the boundary, but I think they didn’t do their homework.”

Barton’s family, the Skolfields, has lived in Harpswell since the 1720s and owns property on both sides of the town line.

“My grandfather always said that the Brunswick town line is farther north than it is now,” she said. “I think that the Carrying Place Assembly has its history right, there’s

upland and hundreds of acres of mudflats in Middle Bay.

“I do not think the town line needs to be revisited, I think it’s ridiculous,” said Town Councilor Suzan Wilson, chairwoman of the Marine Resources Committee.

“It’s good to give encouragement and praise to amateur historians to inform us,” she said about Carrying Place Assembly members, “but how far down the pipe-line do you want to go to correct historic wrongs?”

Wilson said she thought the Carrying

no question about it.”In May 2009, the issue was taken up by

the Legislature’s State and Local Govern-ment Committee, where lawmakers voted against moving the boundary. The chair-woman of the committee, Sen. Debbie Simpson, D-Auburn, argued that supporters of the cause should have discovered the evidence in 1998. In a May 2009 interview, she said the committee could become mired in the dispute each time new evidence is uncovered.

But the members of the committee have changed, and this time around the Carrying Place Assembly is more confident, thanks to the new evidence. Members have already succeeded in getting Harpswell Board of Selectmen Chairman Jim Henderson to pro-pose a question on the 2011 Town Meeting warrant that would allocate $10,000 toward their cause.

“I think the town has a deep interest in its history and sense of community,” Hen-derson said. “It doesn’t see itself as a place where arbitrary lines are drawn.”

Henderson said he considers the effort to restore the town line as “not disconnected from the West Harpswell School closure issue.”

He believes both issues are ultimately about “retaining the sense of community in Harpswell and its historic appearance. ... The landscape, the nature of the communi-ties, and by extension the original boundar-ies of the town.”

For Carrying Place Assembly members, the argument for changing the town line is even simpler.

“It’s your history,” Haible said. “It’s part of who you are.”

Emily Guerin can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 123 or [emailprotected]

Place Assembly should have been satisfied with the sign they placed on the historic boundary between the towns, and that a campaign to change the town line is inap-propriate.

“It should have been one of those ‘educate us all, get a historical marker’ programs,” she said. “There’s a lot more ap-propriate ways to recognize one’s history.”

Marine Resource Officer Dan Deveraux said he worries that raising the town line issue would again create conflict between the shellfishermen of Harpswell and Bruns-wick, who harvest clams in the mudflats on both sides of the border. In the late 1990s, many clammers were issued citations for harvesting shellfish without permits, only to have a court throw out the charges due to the unclear boundary between the towns.

Devereaux said that since the 1998 deci-sion about the town line, animosity between shellfishermen in the two towns has died down.

“Everyone seemed to be happy when it came to fishing rights,” he said of the agreement.

But Devereaux said tempers flared again in 2008 when the Carrying Place Assembly began its campaign to change the boundary.

“It’s kind of like picking a scab off an old wound and it’s bleeding again when it was just starting to heal,” he said.

Although members of the Carrying Place Assembly are not shellfishermen and maintain that they have no interest in the potential economic value of the mudflats, Wilson is skeptical.

“To me it’s a little disingenuous to come out publicly and say it’s not about material things,” she said.

Devereaux said that the contested mud-flats in upper Middle Bay are “very pro-ductive” and yield 2,600 to 5,500 bushels of soft-shell clams per year. He added that if the mud flats become part of Harpswell, eight to 10 Brunswick shellfish harvesting licenses would be lost.

Devereaux added that Brunwick shell-fishermen have worked hard to increase the productivity of the clam flats.

“If they replaced the line,” he said, “... all that work Brunswick harvesters did in there wouldn’t benefit them.”

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board’s Jan. 13 meeting.Lowe said there is no question that the

district has the right to express its views and advocate for them. He also noted that the district has no legal obligation to pro-vide space for opposing views.

“If you open the door and allow equal time or space in your publications ... you can’t do that selectively,” Lowe said.

“You’re creating what’s called a public forum. And when you create a public fo-rum, you as a district don’t then have the authority ... (to) decide what is a viewpoint that is acceptable in your communications, or what’s unacceptable.”

He added that “the type of request that says, ‘let one very legitimate, appropriate, passionate group have their voice at the same time as the district is expressing its voice’ sounds, frankly, deceptively simple; who could argue against such a notion? But this legal issue of opening up your forum has many, many unintended consequences.”

Joanne Rogers, a Harpswell representa-tive on the board, made the motion deny-ing the selectmen’s request. Linda Hall, also from Harpswell, cast the only vote in opposition.

Hall said it was appropriate for the School Board to explain its decision to close West Harpswell School, but said that decision was made in June, and that it would have been appropriate at that time for the district to give any information it wished to Harpswell residents.

She added that the decision is now in the hands of Harpswell voters, and that sending a flier at this point “feels, or has the sense of a feeling, of trying to influence a vote.”

Kim Totten, who represents Bowdoin on the School Board, noted that “it’s our obligation to advocate for what we believe in. ... I feel that the board made the decision for the kids, and we’re trying to educate and inform the people of Harpswell why we came to that decision.”

Jane Scease, a Topsham representative on the School Board, said “it seems to me just very inconsistent for us to use the resources of the district to put out information ... that we don’t agree with, as far as making a determination about whether to consolidate the schools.”

The School Board voted last June, for the second year in a row, to close West Harpswell School. Declining enrollments and the ability to serve a greater number of students in one building are reasons cited by supporters of the closure for moving the West Harpswell School students to the larger Harpswell Islands School.

Harpswell residents voted 906-827 last March not to close the school and con-sequently had to pay the school district $219,000 – the cost to keep the school open another year. Because of the School Board’s second vote to close the school, a referen-dum will be held on Feb. 1 for Harpswell residents to again decide the school’s fate.

Fliers explaining the School Board’s decision to close the school are expected to be distributed before the referendum vote.

Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [emailprotected].

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