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INSIDE Spring sports season off to a promising start Page 21 Clinic closure draws criticism at Council hearing Page 3 May 4, 2016 News of The City of Portland Vol. 14, No. 18 www.theforecaster.net Index Meetings 25 Opinion 9 Out and About 27 People Business 17 Police Beat 12 Real Estate 38 School Notebook 19 Sports 21 Arts Calendar 28 Classifieds 34 Community Calendar 25 That 20 Pages 13-15 Long-sought Peaks Island library expansion coming to fruition The current entrance to the Peaks Island Library, seen April 30, will become a new reading area as part of expansion and renovation plans. DAN FOR THE FORECASTER By David Harry PORTLAND It is an enduring piece of an island community, the people who value it, and the city that found a way to support it. is the living Portland Public Library Executive Director Sarah Campbell said April 29 about the Peaks Island branch and its adjacent recreation center.

The is going to get spiffed up and enlarged in a $650,000 renovation and expansion funded with $400,000 raised privately and $250,000 from the fiscal year 2017 capital improvements plan. Of the privately raised money, half is the result of the island-based New Vision Campaign and comes from island households. The remaining $200,000 comes from Kevin Carter, in honor of his parents, Raymond and Cynthia Carter. The private donations were ap- proved by city councilors April 25, minutes after they passed the CIP budget that contains the city financial commitment to the project. Once completed, the building will be renamed the The Kennedy Carter Family Community Center.

Cynthia brew Maine native brings Hollywood home to Portland, Bath, Brunswick By Colin Ellis PORTLAND It was a dark and stormy night Monday at the Miss Portland Diner. Rain pounded the windows and people huddled inside the Marginal Way restaurant. The perfect setup for a scary movie. Which was fine with those huddled in the diner, since they were all there to film a scary movie. Maine native and Los Angeles-based writer-director Kyle Rankin was at the diner with his production team shooting Witch Production began April 30, and is taking place in Port- land, Brunswick and Bath.

the story of five young women who form a witches coven and get in over their Rankin said while sitting in one of the booths. He said Witch is a kind of movie, meaning set up as if the film is actually discovered videotape footage. Actress Holly Taylor, known for her work as Paige Jen- nings in the FX drama plays the lead character, who videotapes the experiences. During a break in filming, Taylor, who lives in New Jersey and works in New York, and the rest of the cast all spoke enthusiastically of their time in Maine. has been really Taylor said, adding she had particularly enjoyed all the open space.

a perfect place for All five of the young said found Mainers friendly, and have been impressed by the history. They noted the architecture they had seen, particularly Morse High School in Bath, where they filmed Sunday. Britt Flatmo, who appeared in the Steven Abrams film and the comedy As We Know said playing a teenage witch, and acting in general, is a fun career. have to be the same person every single she said. The film also stars Paget Brewster, of and formerly of the CBS drama as well as Los Ange- les actresses Alice Ziolkoski, Tara Robinson and Adrienne Rose White.

The film all scare tac- The Miss Portland Diner on Marginal Way is lit for filming of Witch Monday, May 2. DAN FOR THE FORECASTER Witch actresses Tara Robinson, left, Britt Flatmo, Adrienne Rose White, Alice Ziolkoski and Holly Taylor on location at the Miss Portland Diner in Portland on Monday, May 2. See page 37 See page 31.