Casco Bay Weekly : 3 August 1989
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Portland Public Library Portland Public Library Digital Commons Casco Bay Weekly (1989) Casco Bay Weekly 8-3-1989 Casco Bay Weekly : 3 August 1989 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989 Recommended Citation "Casco Bay Weekly : 3 August 1989" (1989). Casco Bay Weekly (1989). 31. http://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_1989/31 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Casco Bay Weekly at Portland Public Library Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Casco Bay Weekly (1989) by an authorized administrator of Portland Public Library Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Greater Portland's news and arts weekly AUGUST 3, 1989 FREE Two women on the c:orner of Mellen Street and Cumberland Avenue, Portland's prostitution c:rossroads. COYEI STORY /Jy Hannah Holmes Street corner she bends at the waist, But for all of them, what separates PHOTOS /Jy Tonee Harbert peering at the driver. their sex-for-money transactions from On a hot August afternoon, a Women selling sex on the streets of the sex-for-dinner-and-drinks woman in a short, stretchy dress Portland are easy to spot if you take a transactions that take place every balances on high heels, clutching a few minutes to sit and watch. Many of night is the difference between little black pocketbook. Her pink and the people selling sex in Greater recreation and survival. gold eye make-up glitters in the sun. Portland aren't on the streets. A lot of For each car that passes her Mellen them aren't even women. CONTINUED on page 8 + INSIDE: UPDATES page 2 LISTINGS page 14 WEIRD NEWS page 3 ART SEEN page 18 TALK page 4 SPORTS page 20 VIEWS page 6 l CLASSIFIEDS page 21 COVER page 8 PUZZLE page 23 CALENDAR page 12 POOK page 23 Cleaning up the streets. Walt Kuhn's portraits. Taking the dive. See page 4. See page 18. See page 20. 2 Ozsco Bay Wakly August 3,1989 3 YARMOUTH PAINT & DECORATING and BRUNSWICK PAINT & DECORATING'S ~ Q jl ~;:~~~SaOings:S~k!Sf T "Refreshing" savings on decorating materials: (3 • PAINT· WALLPAPER· CARPET & VINYL FLOORING • WINDOW TREATMENTS and PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES! ~- HURRY!--- SALE ENDS -SAT. AUG 5TH! 200/0 OFF* EXTERIOR PAINTS & STAINS!* Portland West debate escalates Every quality exterior Benjamin Moore Portland West Neighborhood Planning Coun The reason the projects are off track in the first THE WEEK IN BRIEF: product is on sale! Choose from Latex cil Director Jim Oliver is offering the Maine State place is that the MSHA isn't following through on or Flat, Eggshell, Soft-gloss, Housing Authority (MSHA) two properties in a promise of long-term funding, Oliver said the PWD in court again Gloss, more! Gallons Only hope that Portland West will be allowed to con day of Mitchell's oonference. "Naturally we're in The Portland Water District, a jOint effort by nine towns, will August 11, 12, 13, 1989 Deering Oaks Park, Portland Noon to 10:30 p.m. tinue developing two others. default if she (Mitchell) is reneging on her prom find itself in court yet again when the Maine Attorney General's OFF WALLPAPER!* Refusing a call by Jim Oliver for mediation of ise," he said. office files suit, seeking $200,000 in fines for violations at the Over 1 in-stock patterns by top makers to an ongoing financial dispute, the MSHA an Portland West's overdue loans are one-year district's Portland sewage treatment plant. Early in July three Maine's Grand Celebration of the arts, Advance Tickets on sale at Shop 'n Save choose from. Price starts as low as $4.50 s.r. nounced July 28 that it will repossess three build "bridge" loans, meant to help developers buy environmental groups filed suit against the district. The plant ings for which it lent the neighborhood group half property - not to be long-term financing. The sometimes dumps sewage that is too high in fecal colifonn bacte Over 700 performers and exhibitors. and Record Exchange. For more • CARPETiNG - 25% OFF!* a million dollars. Oting "apparent financial mis MSHA expects groups to find permanent financ ria into Casco Bay, but to kill the bacteria requires more chlorine Music, dance, crafts, demonstrations, by A wide selection by Mohawk Carpeting management," MSHA Director Libby Mitchell ing during the year, then repay the bridge loan. information, and to order phone call than the plant is licensed to use. The district may also face charges market place and gourmet fast food. • VINYL FLOORING - 20% OFF!* said the three separate projects have been empty Oliver said he expected MSHA to provide that relating to Portland's combined sewage overflow system, which (207) 772-9012. Ar."..-trnlno_ Congoleum & Mannington too long. long-term financing, as it has for numerous other pours raw sewage into the bay when storms flood the system. Entertainers from Maine and around the "J'd like to get the properties into the hands of Portland West developments. "manufacturer's suggested retail price. a non-profit that will develop them before win Loans on three properties are in default. Pay world. Rain or shine. Get your tickets before August 11. SALE ENDS SAT. AUG. 5TH ter," said MitchelL Thercare 15unitsofhousingin ment on the Bell Street house hasn't been made Chief going great guns Save money and be eligible to win 2 the three buildings_ since March 1988. Portland Police Chief Michael Chitwood is pressing the legis Oliver responded July 31 that Portland West Featuring: Bruce Cockburn • free round trip airline tickets to ~--WIN BIG!-- Portland West and MSHA had been negotia" lature for local gun control, undaunted by a landslide legislative will give MSHA a house in Raymond and one on ing the repayment of loans since December, but decision banning local control. Chitwood wants to take both Southside Johnny and the Jukes e Leon anywhere in the continental U.S. Brackett Street in Portland in exchange for expe those discussions failed. Portland West Director concealed weapons permits and the concealed weapons away OVER $3000 IN PRIZES! Redbone e David Bromberg • Katie Register in our Yarmouth store for great prizes! 12 dited help in developing the Rosa True School Jim Oliver called July 27 for mediation by Attor from people who are under the influence of drugs, including served by Continental Airlines.· single rolls of wallpaper (3 prizes), carpeting, vinyl and a Bell Street house. MSHA has lent no money ney General James Tierney, but MSHA director k t f HEWINS TRAVEL alcohol. He supports a waiting period for buying a handgun, and Webster • Country Joe McDonald • rIe· ets cour esy 0 f" \ , , . • T A " 1 S I /II r flooring, and gallons of paint! for Rosa True. He also proposed opening Port Libby Mitchell refused. thinks minors shouldn't buy guns or ammunition. He would Sun Ra • Adalberto Alvarez y Su Son • For more infonnation, stop at any land West's books to give an accounting of all In the past five years Portland West has suc- ... outlaw carrying guns in places like schools and bars would be armou aln MSHAfunds. cessfully developed 64 unitsof low-density hous- ,..... illegal. Linda Abromson, chair of the Portland City Council's Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey. MSHA spokesperson Dan Simpson responded, ing for low-income people. It has never defaulted ... Public Safety committee which endorsed Chitwood's proposal, ecorating CO. "We are willing to negotiate even though foreclo on a loan before. said the city will consider a statewide referendum if legislation sure proceedings have started." fails . ..,;;:p.. & Brunsu>ick'Paint & Decorating Co_ @ yourDecoratingXeeds lInderlJ!!51(oo/! 94 PLEASANT ST.,BRUNSWICK ~,,;;;.c.M. 70 MAIN ST., YARMOUTH Mill's spills subject to public will Canadians hook trawler TEL 729-6600 """,,, TEL 845-3031 Portland fishing boat Fair Try has the dubious distinction of STORE HOURS: MON.-FRI. 7-5, THURS. TIL 8, SAT 8-5 Environmental agencies are seeking the pub accept written comment until August 30. Th being the first Maine boat seized by Canadian wardens for cross lic's two cents' worth as the S.D. Warren paper regional office of the EPA can be reached at 617- ing into Canadian fishing territory in the Grand Banks. The boat mill in Westbrook gets two of its licenses renewed 565-3715, or by writing: J.F. Kennedy Federal and it's skipper were taken into custody July 2, and released after - a hazardous waste license and a waste water Building, Boston, MA 02203. owner Roger Woodman posted $100,000 bond. Thefishinggrounds discharge license. The water license is being re Water were divided in 1984, but United States fishing boats have regu newed by the Maine Department of Environ The mill's wastewater discharge license is also larly strayed across the line. Woodman said Fair Try was fishing mental Protection (DEP) for the third time. The up for renewal, and the company is fighting some off Newfoundland, ncar the eastern "tail" of the bank. Loran hazardous waste permit is being issued by the restrictions the DEP wants to place on it. navigation signals are poor there, he said, but they are the only U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Dioxin is one pollutant the mill doesn't want way to identify the dividing line. "We're talking about an area the first time. regulated. A potent carcinogen produced when between the Fish Pier and the Eastern Prom. We're talking about Hazardous waste wood is bleached, dioxin has gotten a lot of atten a mile," Woodman said.