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C"&mmunity IN BRIEF: ~---------~~roQ[~,--------- STATE'S POLLUTION POLICE IN A CLAM JAM Every Friday night at The Oyster Club we're serving our We've. got what's hot! Casco Bay closed for clams, Freeport open Grilled Swordfish Dinner with a free cup Over 100 noncredit courses, workshops, and special Friday the 13th was a bad hire new staff. The DMR could consumption. programs to choose from including: Cruise missile beats have asked for emergency leg­ "Indications are there's ab­ of our Award Winning Clam Chowder! For day for Casco Bay'S clam dig­ petition to Augusta gers. It was the day the Maine islation, and gotten the funds solutely nothing wrong with just $12.95. • The Magic of Maskmaking • From Protest to Power in June. Inexplicably, it did not. the shellfish there, or we • Writing, Illustrating and Publishing Children's Books Flying at SOO miles an hour, Department of Marine Re­ That's regularly a $17.95 value. • Languages (Arabic, Italian, French, German, the Navy's first Cruise missile sources closed much of the bay "Unfortunately, it is a proc­ wouldn't have opened it," said Portuguese) • Weather· Tracking a TV News Story flew over Maine a week ahead to harvesting. ess which does take time to Lewis. "Like anything in life, So when you step • Landlording for the New Investor of a petition intended to stop "We have closed down all of complete," Murphy said. "It is you can't be guaranteed 100 out on a Friday and a whole lot morel its flight. The record-breaking the islands off Portland - es­ complete now, and the testing percent. But if you tested every night step into 70,000 signatures collected by sentially the western half of will go ahead as scheduled." clam, there wouldn't be any For more information or the Maine Freeze Campaign Casco Bay," said DMRresearch That means April, at best. left to eat." The Oyster Club a free spring program guide contact: reached the Secretary ofState's plarmer Robert Lewis. The most productive flats The area is only open condi­ for a Grilled Department of Community Programs office Jan. 18. The petition re­ The closing came because the will be tested first, Murphy tionally in the best of times, University of Southern Maine said, so that the impact on dig· because of its proximity to the Swordfish Dinner 68 High Street, Portland, ME 04101 quests that the governor halt state has failed to meet new RAW BAR & GRILL and Clam 874-6500 , the testing of the nuclear-ca­ pollution monitoring regula­ gerscan be minimized. All test­ sewage treatment plant. VISA and MasterCard accepted pableweapon in Maine. It was tions by the federal Food and ing is expected to be finished The cause of the sewage spill 164 Middle St.. Portland (2071773-3760 Chowder. o l.InM:rsity of Southern Maine delivered to Augusta in a 1987 Drug Administration. The new by October. is a little less that 100 percent \... Subaru with an estimated top guidelines require that all clam Murphy said, "With in­ clear. Freeport Sewer Superin­ speed of 95 miles per hour. flats along Maine's 3,SOO-mile creased concern about pollu­ tendent Wallace Britton said he coastline be tested regularly for tion along the shores of the doesn't know whatcaused both Casco Bay Weekly pollution. The DMR wasn't entire United States and the the main and the back-up pump Thursday ~. ~ The Thomas Inn OPEN TILL Liberty loses lawsuit equipped to handle the new world, more people are focus­ to die simultaneously. .January 19,1989 scale of testing. ing on the public health." ''I'm no electrician," he said. 24 pages & Playhouse 1 AMFRI & SAT Developer Michael Liberty As Casco Bay shut down, the "Both motors just blew." Brit­ i!1'i-~;\l lost his suit against Mark Hil­ Spokesperson Marshall '"' :;. 'N~'- ,;..... -:AiU on Thomas Pond Murphy said DMR asked for Harraseeket River flats in Free­ ton is looking for a spare pump, Mon-Thur donen, who Liberty said port opened one month after but said, "We haven't found on ~«··.:·tr:~ Old Route 302, So. Casco, Maine 04077 threatened over the phone to more money to fund the test­ UPDATES; 6:30 am-ll:30 pm ing, but state law forced DMR 200,000 gallons of sewage yet. But we're looking around .ii~~:d kill him. On Jan. 11 a Cumber­ DINNER THEATER to wait until last September leaked onto the flats. Tests to find an outfit we can buy the Fri-Sat 6:30 am·l:00 am land County Superior Court DEEDS DUDE DOWN showed the clams were safe for cheapest from." -Barbara Carridi Sun 10:00 am-7:00 pm jury acqUitted Hildonen, a before collecting the money to TALK FOR THE COUNT concert promoter. Hildonen The Pierre behind Pierre's In The Mood started the suing spree with a School of Beauty Culture featuring: The Maine Theater Ensemble Cheapest Walsh sick $10 million breach-of-contract REGULAR, OR ;<5::~:::::j. Take a trip back to the Golden Age Of Radio and Beer & Wine After six solid weeks on the lawsuit over concert promo­ ~;j~~\ job the register of deeds is out tionsat Liberty's Oxford Plains UNREGULATED? enjoy the music and comedy routines of the early 1940s. in the Old Port -'N)\#IEWS January 20, 21, 27, 28; February 3,4,10,11 sick again. James Walsh re­ Speedway. More eats and fewer cars turned to work in December, IDinner at 7:00 PM • Show at 8:30 • $27 per person I IN THE moMAS BLOCK. having taken six weeks off to DEPsues Senior Citizens: Get a group together for lunch CASCO ON THE get over a "bad cold." WATERFRONT Great Diamond C.N. Brown and a show! We'll provide transportation. Walsh was hospitalized Jan. is national treasure Special ski package available VARII(I'Y 14, complaining of swollen eN. Brown Co. is being sued jOints, possibly arthritis. ,- Condo developers at Fort by the Department of Environ­ Call for information and reservations 655-3292 Walsh's attorney, Paul K. Ste- ~ McKinley on Great Diamond mental Protection for failing to wart was hospitalized the ~ Island have a new standard to give the DEP inventories of the COVER STORY ./f meet as they tum the old brick by Hannah Holmes weekend prior, for triple-by- ;- oil in its underground storage Photos by Joe Kievit! pass heart surgery. barracks into expensive hous­ tanks. The DEP also says that Ellen and Robert have had a profound impact on one another. "I'm feeling OK," said a chip- ing. The National Park Serv­ since 1986 the heating oil and ~OUSE FURNITURE per William T. Stewart on ice has nominated the whole gasoline distributor has had Tuesday. William T. is repre- ~~ fort to the National Register of Going on NOW at our five underground spills, one in ~[I ~(t senting Walsh for his father, · 1 Historic Places. This means Portland. Portland Showroom Diamond Cove Associates will N-<'::-;';''''' ....h::::.~NART SEEN who's still out sick. A hearing Shennan Street shakedown The inventory, required by Artists in celebration of on the Attorney General's mis­ have to meet federal and state Dr. Martin Luther King The owners of two troubled claims that the small dumpster law for two years, is supposed • chairs, tables, lounge pieces, conduct charge against Walsh standards, besides Portland's. to make sure that leaking tanks beds, shelving units, bookcases, gets underway Jan. 19. An Alread y the project is mired Shennan Street buildings have for the 25-unit building over­ refused several offers by a flows in a single day. are found quickly. Since, ac­ desks, everything appeal for a salary increase for in state regulations that re­ cording to the DEP, one gallon quire "McKinley Estates" to company seeking to rermovate The Joyces' case hinges Walsh from $100 to $20,000 is "1.OMNh '~'!: CALENDAR the buildings into affordable around violations cited by of gasoline can ruin tens of dk,~", • discontinued items scheduled with the County contribute zero sewage pollu­ American sounds: folk, blues housing. Burton Maclsaac, the city hous­ thousands of gallons of water Commissioners Jan. 23. The tion to Casco Bay. for decades, they like to know and jazz harpsichord • super seconds younger Stewart said Walsh, The buildings, owned by ing inspector who spent much New Sherman Street Associ­ of 1988 attempting to serve when tanks are leaking. If more who is 58, need not be present gas is gone from the tank than • outstanding mistakes on either date. ates, were the subject of a cover summonses to New Shennan westbrook woman story in last week's Casco Bay Street partner Steven Dodd.