Gossip
Written and compiled by Chris Busby, except as noted
July 16, 2008
Donoghue engaged to be married
An East End guy and a West End girl have fallen in love. Portland City
Councilor Kevin Donoghue, 29, who represents the eastern half of the peninsula
and lives on Munjoy Hill, is engaged to marry Krista Mitschele, 35, a
social worker who lives in the West End. The couple plan to tie the knot
next summer, perhaps on the Fourth of July, the day he popped the question
this year.
The couple declined to provide a photo of themselves for publication.
June 21, 2008
Pizzaria/lounge to open in old Granny’s space, Enterprise
moves, and more
A pizzaria with booze and live music is expected to open soon in the Fore
Street space long occupied by Granny’s Burritos. Joe’s New
York Pizza is not, as you might expect, associated with Joe Soley, who
owns the building. It’s a small, but rapidly growing chain with
locations in New Hampshire and (of all places) Las Vegas.
Owner and founder Joe Kelly said the Portland location will offer beer,
wine and liquor, and will serve slices until late at night every night
of the week. There’ll be DJs and acoustic and electric music, but
no dancing (Kelly got an entertainment-without-dance license at the City
Council’s June 16 meeting.)
Granny’s, now on Congress Street, has a new neighbor. Enterprise
Records has relocated across the street, next to Blue, after 16 years
at a similarly sized space by the State Theatre. That space will be an
art gallery showcasing the work of painter Jim Williams and photographer
Jeff Swanson. Both have studios in the State Theatre building –
Williams’ is called Mainely Labs, in reference to his primary subject
matter, Labrador Retrievers. Williams said the as-yet-unnamed gallery
will likely open in September.
A couple doors down, another gallery has joined Aucocisco and 9 Hands
Gallery on the block. Holly Ready Gallery features the work of land- and
seascape painter Holly Ready. The space her new gallery occupies was long
home to Columbia Barber Shop, which closed this spring.
June 16, 2008
Government for hire: Portland City Councilor Kevin Donoghue. (file photo)
Councilor becomes cabbie
The next time you hail a cab after a night of revelry in the Old Port,
don't be surprised if Portland City Councilor Kevin Donoghue is at the
wheel. Donoghue, 29, recently got a taxi license, and plans to begin working
as a cabbie driving for ASAP this week.
"I'm looking for some extra money, and I'd like to work at night,"
said Donoghue, who also has a part-time job with Mitchell Geographics,
a mapping company in Portland. "It looks like interesting work that's
compatible with my schedule."
Donoghue is chairman of the City Council's Transportation Committee. Given
his new job, he said he'll be recusing himself from votes on taxi-related
matters, like tonight's Council vote on an ordinance that would increase
fares from 25 cents to 30 cents for each tenth of a mile traveled, and
bump up the waiting charge from 30 cents to 40 cents per minute.
The increases are being sought due to rising gas prices. According to
city documents, fares were last increased in September of 2004.
June 6, 2008
Toddler shots: Jones Landing customers during Reggae Sunday last summer.
(photo/The Fuge)
Jones Landing owner rips Council
Jones Landing owner Robin Clark ripped the Portland City Council a new
collective anus Monday night over its handling of a licensing issue related
to her Peaks Island business.
Clark faced city scrutiny over concerns raised by the Portland Harbor
Commission about boaters docked just beyond Jones Landing's boat landing
during its Reggae Sunday events. The boaters have apparently been drinking
heavily while listening to the music, and maritime authorities are worried
about intoxicated people operating vessels after the event ends.
During a meeting prior to Monday's Council meeting, Clark, Portland police
officials and the Harbor Commission reached an agreement by which Clark
will take steps to dissuade boaters from floating and boozing at her landing.
The police and commission members said they were satisfied with the arrangement,
but Clark was decidedly unsatisfied with the city's handling of the issue.
"You tagged my license and you strong-armed me," Clark told
councilors from the podium. She said city officials had been "very
unfriendly and very uncooperative," and complained that she was first
made aware of the issue when a reporter called her about it this spring.
Councilors did not offer any apologies, but thanked Clark several times
for her cooperation and unanimously granted her license renewal request
with no further comment.
Portland police spokesman Vern Malloch said the department recommended
Clark's liquor license be renewed. He said there had been only one fight
call at the business during the most recent review period.
While that's probably true, the weekly Reggae Sunday events are not as
problem-free as the cops and councilors would have you believe.
Casco Bay Lines now pays for two police officers to ride the ferries to
and from Peaks on Sunday afternoons – a show of force necessary
to help quell fights and other misbehavior by drunken reggae fans attending
Reggae Sunday. (The quasi-public ferry service – which employs this
reporter's wife and Councilor Nick Mavodones – previously paid for
one officer.) Jones Landing's customers do cause problems that require
police calls, but those calls are attributed to Casco Bay Lines or the
Maine State Pier, where passengers disembark after the weekly bacchanal.
It's unclear exactly why city officials were mum about the actual impact
Reggae Sunday has, but after the tongue-lashing they got on Monday, we
can only guess they were loathe to get another.
April 29, 2008
Another chance to revive The Tree; new deal for Keystone space
Brothers Jimmy and Billy O'Brien, former proprietors of The Big Easy,
got city approval for liquor and entertainment licenses last night to
open O'Brien's Bar and Grill in the Danforth Street building formerly
occupied by Sisters. The spot was made famous many years ago as home of
The Treehouse Café (The Tree), a live music venue where a host
of notable musicians once performed.
The O'Brien twins are taking over from Joe and Jill Cooper, a couple from
Cumberland who had previously tried to open the space as a private function
room with music shows open to the public a couple times a month. Those
plans stalled as other priorities took precedence, Joe Cooper told The
Bollard in late 2006. [See "The
Tree's stunted growth," Dec. 15, 2006, in Gossip.]
The O'Briens plan to operate the establishment seven days a week, with
live music two night a week. The food will be pub fare.
Billy O'Brien said the bar and grill may open as soon as this summer or
as late as next spring, depending on the amount of work necessary to get
the long-vacant building back in shape.
Several neighbors had raised concerns about noise, parking and other issues
associated with bars when the Coopers got their license. A couple neighbors
echoed those concerns last night, but Billy O'Brien pledged to take steps
to mitigate any potential problems and maintain a constructive dialogue
with neighbors. The council approved the license requests unanimously.
City councilors were also unanimous in support of granting liquor and
entertainment licenses for Port City Music Hall/The Front Lounge, a new
live music venue, bar and eatery slated to occupy the portion of the former
Keystone Theater that fronts Congress Street. The Stadium, a sports bar,
occupies the back half of the same building.
On March 4, The Bollard reported that Space Gallery co-founder
Todd Bernard was leading efforts to realize this project. [See "Space
co-founder to start big music venue," in Gossip, below.] However,
the proprietor has now been identified as Rob Evon, of Portland. Bernard
said there had been discussion between his group and Evon of operating
the venue together, but the two parties' visions for the space could not
be reconciled. Bernard and his partners are still looking for a suitable
space to launch a music venue.
Evon plans to bring local and regional and national touring acts to Port
City Music Hall. The Front Lounge will occupy a smaller part of the same
space and operate like a pub, but the barrier between the lounge and the
approximately 600-person capacity concert hall can be removed during big
shows.
In documents submitted to the city, Evon described the mix of music as
"rock, roots, reggae, jazz and hip-hop," and said the target
demographic will be people ages 21 to 35.
Evon has operated Champion Sound Works, a live concert audio and video
recording company, for the past seven years. He said equipment set up
on the floor above the venue will allow for live audio recording of shows
there.
April 18, 2008
The Scotia Prince awaiting her fate in Toulon, France. (photo/Matteo
Fasce; used by permission)
The Scotia Prince: Where is she now?
For 24 years, the Scotia Prince was part of Portland's fabric,
her transits of the harbor to and from Nova Scotia serving as a giant
clock: if you saw the Scotia Prince pulling out of the International
Marine Terminal, lights ablaze, you knew it was about eight o'clock. For
passengers, the 14-hour trip across the Gulf of Maine was like a transatlantic
passage in miniature, a taste of bygone days when cruise liners were about
transportation, rather than the all-you-can-eat waffle station.
The Prince left Portland in 2005, following a dispute with the
city over mold contamination and other maintenance issues at the city-owned
International Marine Terminal. Last fall, an arbitrator ordered the city
to pay Scotia Prince Cruises $1.2 million to settle the dispute –
a financial hit that has worsened Portland's already stressed budget situation
this year. (Granted, it could have been much, much worse: the ferry company
initially sought nearly $165 million in damages.)
Bermuda-based Scotia Prince Cruises sold the ship to a holding company
in April 2007, and now the 12,000-ton vessel is for sale again. She's
been tied up in the French port of Toulon since last October, after a
season ferrying passengers between Almeria, Spain and Nador, Morocco.
Niels-Erik Lund, president of International Shipping Partners, the Miami-based
management company that is brokering the sale, would not disclose the
asking price, but said, "we have had a number of serious negotiations."
Since leaving Portland, the 36-year-old ship has been taking odd jobs
– the marine equivalent of temping. From September 2005 to March
2006, she was chartered to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in
New Orleans, where she served as a floating apartment block for hundreds
of relief workers and residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She then
crossed the Atlantic and spent a month on the Genoa-to-Tangier run before
being detained by Italian authorities for numerous safety violations.
After undergoing the required repairs in Genoa, the Prince spent
the summer and fall of 2006 under charter to Algerie Ferries, ferrying
passengers and vehicles between the Algerian port city of Oran and ports
in Spain and France. In April of last year, Scotia Prince Cruises sold
her to the Clipper Group, a Bahamian holding company, which contracted
ISP to manage the vessel.
Interested buyers can visit the following Web page for details: www.isp-usa.com/fleet/scotiaprince/scotiaprince.html
– Colin Woodard
April 9, 2008
Strimling: No thanks, Selwyn
State Senator Ethan Strimling's Congressional campaign said it has returned
a $250 online contribution from S. Donald Sussman, the hedge fund honcho
whose company has given rival Chellie Pingree nearly $60,000. [See "Following
the money in the 1st District Congressional race," March
20, 2008, in News.]
After The Bollard broke news of Pingree's windfall from Sussman's
Paloma Partners fund, the Strimling camp said it sent out an e-mail to
supporters criticizing Pingree for accepting that block of cash. "Just
hours" later, the Strimling camp said in a press release, a $250
contribution arrived via the Internet from Selwyn Sussman. A campaign
worker flagged the contribution as suspicious, and after a Google search
revealed that Selwyn Sussman is S. Donald Sussman, the money was returned.
"This is nothing more than attempted dirty politics by the Pingree
camp," the Strimling camp said in its press release. It added that
a search of Federal Election Commission records turned up no other instances
of Sussman contributing under his little-used first name.
Had the Strimling team unwittingly accepted Sussman's contribution, the
theory goes, his criticism of Pingree's take from Paloma would be deflated.
In a statement released by Pingree communications director Willy Ritch,
the campaign said, "neither she nor anyone in her campaign has any
knowledge of or has been involved with directing contributions to any
of her opponents."
Sussman did not return a call seeking comment.
April 4, 2008
Resurgam: Granny's Burritos' old Old Port home — now available
for $1,500/week. (photo/Mich Ouellette)
Granny's meets Billy's
Granny's Burritos is coming back.
Chris Godin, proprietor of the popular Old Port eatery that closed its
doors on Fore Street last December, is partnering with Uncle Billy's Resto-Bar
chef and owner Jonathan St. Laurent to reopen in Uncle Billy's Congress
Street location later this month.
St. Laurent said he will continue the catering side of his business (see
unclebillysbbqmaine.com)
and may offer some Uncle Billy's dishes at the new Granny's, but burritos
will be the focus.
Uncle Billy's relocated to Portland over a year ago after several years
in Yarmouth. St. Laurent said family medical bills, coupled with the sluggish
economy, made it tough to keep the Resto-Bar going. After this weekend,
Uncle Billy's will close for a week or more of renovation work, then reopen
as Granny's.
Godin said he's excited to back in the burrito biz. Granny's fans will
undoubtedly rejoice (though barbeque aficionados are bound to be a bit
bummed). Godin quoted a comment written on a sign outside the old Granny's:
"Your creations are genius, your traditions are clear, your reemergence
is IMPERATIVE."
One more time for the world
This just in: Portland indie-rock kings Cult Maze will be playing one
last show in addition to tonight's gig at Geno's, previously believed
to be their last (see item below). The free, 18-plus show will take place
this Sunday night, at Space Gallery, at 7 p.m. The band will be recording
a live album that evening (including several new songs) and also capturing
the show on video.
March 17, 2008
Better than The Cult: Cult Maze members (from left) Peet Chamberlain,
Jay Lobley, Andrew Barron and Josh Loring. (photo/courtesy Cult Maze)
CLARIFICATION: The following statement was received on
March 17 from Cult Maze drummer Andrew Barron: "As of April 4th,
Cult Maze will be going on indefinite hiatus. The last few years have
been a lot of fun, but also really exhausting, and we need a break to
evaluate where we stand.While hanging it up is not out of the question,
we're simply not at a point where we can make that public. You'll get
your Pulitzer off us yet."
Cult Maze calls it quits
The local indie-rock band Cult Maze, widely considered one of the finest
practitioners of the form to emerge from Portland, are disbanding, according
to guitarist Josh Loring. The group's last gig will be on April 4, at
Geno's, with fellow local indie-rockers Phantom Buffalo.
Loring said the four bandmates will pursue various side projects in the
wake of Cult Maze's demise, like his own project, Brenda, a drum-and-guitar
duo. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Jay Lobley has been playing in a
new outfit called Metal Feathers with his brother, Derek, Diamond Sharp
frontman Jason Rogers, and drummer Althea Pajak [see The
Online Underground, Feb. 3, 2008, for more on this group].
Cult Maze also includes keyboardist Peet Chamberlain and drummer Andrew
Barron. The group released two highly praised albums, 2006's The Ice
Arena [read
our review here] and last year's 35, 36 [reviewed in
the Fall
2007 print issue of The Bollard].
March 4, 2008
The former Keystone Theater on Congress Street. (photo/City of Portland)
Space co-founder to start big music venue
Space Gallery co-founder Todd Bernard has left the non-profit arts organization
to open a sizeable music venue a couple blocks down Congress Street, in
the front half of the former Keystone Theater. Bernard said he hopes to
begin construction this summer and open the as-yet-unnamed venue in the
fall.
Bernard and buddy Jon Courtney started Space six years ago. Courtney curates
films for Space, and is staying on board. The gallery has hired local
musician and writer Ian Paige (White Light) as its new events programmer.
The spacious former Keystone space has the potential to host shows by
the type of nationally touring rock and roots acts that previously played
the State Theatre. The State has been shuttered for the past two years,
since a nasty legal dispute between owner Stone Coast Properties and tenant/promoter
Chris Morgan. There's been no indication when or whether the historic
theater will reopen.
Bernard's new venue will share the building with The Stadium, which occupies
the half fronting on Free Street. In the summer of 2006, Stadium owner
Mike Harris announced plans to move his sports bar into the Congress Street
half and open a Hooters in his current space. You know what happened to
that…
February 25, 2008
Úna mas, Bleachers goes Italian
Úna, the classy tapas, wine and cocktail lounge on Fore Street,
plans to expand into the space next door formerly occupied by Portland
Pie. In documents submitted to the city, proprietor John Reed said the
expansion will allow the lounge to offer more entertainment. The City
Council is expected to approve the request at its meeting tonight.
Portland Pie vacated the space last year after a dispute with landlord
Kerry Anderson [see "Pie
fight," June 27, 2007]. The pizzeria has since opened a much
larger location nearby on York Street. Anderson had planned to build a
seven-story retail, office and condo building next to the building Úna
occupies, but city officials say there's been no progress on that development
since it was presented to the planning board last summer.
In other nightlife news, the Bayside sports bar Bleachers has a new owner,
Gene DiMillo, son of DiMillo's Floating Restaurant founder Tony DiMillo.
DiMillo is renaming the establishment G&R DiMillo's Bayside, renovating
the building, and adjusting the menu to give it more Italian flavor. He's
also adding entertainment, but only plans to have music about once a month.
The reborn sports bar is expected to open soon. And no, it will not float.
February 6, 2008
A recent "Picture of the Week" on Portland's new sidewalk vigilante
Web site, portlandsidewalks.org.
Online sidewalk vigilante steps in
City officials recently wrestled again with the problem of keeping sidewalks
clear of snow, and decided last Monday to maintain the status quo for
the rest of this winter while a committee studies the costs of various
alternatives.
There's plenty of dissatisfaction with the current system, which relies
on citizens to alert the city of properties where snow and ice has not
been cleared at least a day after a storm. A city inspector is supposed
to issue lax property owners a notice, and if the sidewalk isn't clear
after another 24 hours, public works employees may clear the sidewalk
and charge the property owner for the task.
The current policy simply "isn't working," Councilor Jim Cohen
said during Monday's meeting. Residents complained that sidewalks along
major roadways off the peninsula are not plowed, and even with the threat
of fines, many property owners aren't shoveling. One resident of outer
Congress Street brought in a picture of the sidewalk outside her home,
where she said city plows had left an enormous pile of snow. "You
expect me to shovel this?," the sign read.
There's inadequate enforcement of the city ordinance requiring sidewalk-clearing
"unless someone is ratted out," noted Councilor Jill Duson.
Now, thanks to a local pedestrian activist – who requested anonymity
due to the nature of his rabblerousing– it's gotten easier to rat
out irresponsible property owners this winter.
The Web site this activist maintains, portlandsidewalks.org,
has an explanation of city policy (and a link to research and report violations
online), a blog following the latest political developments, a list of
offending properties, and an "action alert" e-mail bulletin
sent out after major storms to rally fellow vigilantes.
With more snow forecast to fall later this week, you may want to bookmark
that one.
January 27, 2008
Life after Ethan
The buzz has begun over who will represent the peninsula and western mainland
neighborhoods in State Senate District 8, the seat Congressional candidate
Ethan Strimling has held since 2002.
At first, the top dog in this contest was J. Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter
of State Sen. Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell of Vassalboro, the
Democratic majority leader. Elizabeth the Younger, also a Dem, served
two terms in the Maine House in the mid-1990s (she ran unopposed both
times), and was considered the candidate to beat when she formally filed
papers to run earlier this month.
Enter Justin Alfond, director of the Portland chapter of The League (formerly
The League of Pissed Off Voters) and grandson of the late philanthropist
Harold Alfond. Last month, Alfond announced he was leaving his job with
The League after almost five years heading the non-partisan organization
that works to get young people engaged in politics. At the time, he told
The Bollard he wasn't sure what he'd do next, but said he'd stay
on as League director through the election this November, to help his
successor transition into the job.
Now Alfond tells us he's "considering" a run for the Maine Senate.
(Sources say he's been considerably more committal in private conversations,
and plans to step down as League director well before Election Day to
avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.)
A registered Democrat, Alfond could have forced Mitchell to compete in
a party primary this June – if she'd stayed in the race.
According to Sive Neilan, chair of the Portland Democratic City Committee,
Mitchell has dropped her bid for the Senate seat – she recently
had a baby, Neilan noted, so the timing isn't great.
The Green Independents don't have a well-positioned contender for this
seat, and a Republican would have a snowball's chance in hell in this
left-of-center district. But Mitchell's exit doesn't mean Alfond's got
a free ride to Augusta.
Enter Cliff Ginn.
Opportunists: Cliff Ginn, third from left, and Justin Alfond, far right,
with Gov. John Baldacci after the Opportunity Maine bill was signed into
law last year. (photo/Ramona du Houx, The Maine Democrat)
Ginn and Alfond have more than party affiliation in common. They're both
founders and major figures in Opportunity Maine, the organization that
got a law passed last year giving graduates of Maine colleges a tax credit
if they stay and work in the state. Ginn is president of the Opportunity
Maine board; Alfond serves as treasurer of the organization's lobbying
and political action committee arms.
Ginn confirmed that he's running as a Democrat, but said he wasn't sure
whether his Op Maine colleague will do the same. Neilan said she was also
unsure what banner Alfond would run under, then noted that City Councilor
John Anton became a Green shortly before making his recent bid for public
office – a telling remark.
Alfond and The League caught flack from the Democratic establishment last
fall for promoting Anton's candidacy. Some local Dems said they felt The
League didn't work hard enough on behalf of Councilor Jill Duson, a Democrat
whom the group also endorsed in the (officially non-partisan) at-large
council race Anton and Duson won. [See "City
races get nasty in final stretch," Oct. 31, 2007, in News.]
Alfond defended The League's level of support for both candidates, saying
each had gotten the amount of backing they had requested.
Interestingly, Ginn's own party loyalty is hardly rock-solid. The Harvard
Law grad was a leading Green Party organizer on the Cambridge campus back
in 2000. He told The Bollard today that he was a Democrat before
becoming a Green, and rejoined the Donkey Party in 2003 when he moved
back to Maine.
One of Nader's invaders: Ginn at Harvard eight years ago. (photo/Perspective
magazine)
With Mitchell out of the race, it's quite possible more Dems will join
the fray next month, when the party's caucus provides a good opportunity
to collect signatures to get on the ballot. Stay tuned.
January 19, 2008
Spilled test-tube shots on Oasis' patio in the summer of 2006. (photo/Mich
Ouellette)
Wharf Street shakeup
Threeways out, Cake to walk, Oasis to return
Big changes are afoot in the heart of Portland's Old Port. Five nightclubs
and bars have either closed or will soon close within the block of Fore
and Wharf streets between Union Street and the byway the cops call "piss
alley."
Digger's and Liquid Blue, the adjoining bar and dance club on Fore Street
owned by Tom Manning, closed earlier this month after Manning lost his
appeals to have the establishments' liquor and entertainment licenses
reinstated. Manning is also the proprietor of The Iguana, a bar on Wharf
Street expected to close in a few months, when its lease ends.
Cake, the restaurant and nightclub Manning opened next door to The Iguana
about a year ago, is also on its way out, said Mike Harris, who holds
the lease on a portion of Cake's space. Manning's attorney, Gary Prolman,
has not returned calls seeking comment.
Harris formerly leased the building next door to Cake, when it was the
dance club Oasis. Oasis closed in late 2006 and was replaced by the dance
club Threeways, which recently ran afoul of its neighbors [see "Wharf
Street uprising," Oct. 7, 2007, in News]. The Portland City
Council gave Threeways a probationary period of sorts last month to clean
up its act. Instead, the club's clearing out to make way for: Oasis.
Harris said a new company has bought the lease and Oasis' name from him,
and plans to reopen the club next month. The reborn Oasis will be "the
same thing," Harris said. "Same staff, same music, same fun
stuff" – just a different owner. The new owner's request for
liquor and entertainment licenses is expected to come before the city
council on Feb. 4.
Harris also owns The Stadium, a sports bar on Free Street that made news
last year when he announced plans to make it Maine's first Hooters, inspiring
a brief city ban on chain businesses downtown. Harris said he's helping
a representative of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates (KDA), the New York–based
real estate investment firm that owns several buildings in the area, find
new tenants for the properties.
The owners want "a high-end restaurant" in Cake's space, Harris
said. Other sources have talked more specifically of that being an Italian
restaurant. Representatives of KDA were not immediately available for
comment.
Plans for Liquid Blue "are kind of up in the air [between] nightclub
and retail," said Harris. The adjacent Digger's space is being eyed
for another restaurant, and The Iguana may change ownership but remain
largely the same, he added.
So, for those of you keeping score, that's five bar/nightclubs out, two
new restaurants likely coming in, plus one or two new nightclubs and another
being reborn, with the possibility of one new retail shop instead of a
third club.
Speaking of retail, the hip Bayside t-shirt, clothing and accessory company
Rogues Gallery is opening a store on the same block, at 41 Wharf St.,
on Feb. 1. That space was last occupied by 2 Note, a perfumery that's
since retrenched and moved operations to Brackett Street, in Portland's
West End.
January 17, 2008
From journalism to advocacy: Marian McCue. (photo/courtesy MCLU)
MCLMcCue
Former Forecaster editor Marian McCue has joined the Maine Civil
Liberties Union as its communications specialist, the organization announced
this week. McCue (this reporter's former boss at the Forecaster)
was editor of the community weekly for 16 years and owned it until 2003,
when she sold it to the publishers of the Lewiston Sun Journal.
"I've always really believed in this organization," said McCue.
"To be working on the things we're working on is interesting to me."
January 1, 2008
State Sen. Ethan Strimling at Gooch's Beach in Kennebunk this morning
after taking a dip for charity. (photo/courtesy Strimling)
How to get free press in The Bollard
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2. Announce you are running for Congress in Maine's 1st District.
3. Jump into the ocean off the coast of Maine in January wearing Bollard
t-shirt.
4. Have photo taken of this achievement and sent to editor@thebollard.com.
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