the bridge closure to that of the shutdown of Pease Air Force base in the early 1990s. That event also send ripples through the regional economy of both states, she recalled. Goodwin said the closure is actually an op- portunity for Maine businesses to take stock of where their potential customers really are. For a long time, the thinking was that most customers would come from New Hamp- shire and the cities of Portsmouth (24,000 people) and Dover (27,000). But Goodwin pointed out that the four towns her office servesYork, Kittery, South Berwick and Eliotnow have a combined population of 38,000 people, not including summertime residents and tourist visitors. If we thought of ourselves as a city, we would be a bigger economic engine than either two of the New Hampshire cities, she said. Recent changes have reinforced this trend, Goodwin said. For many years, we didnt have a super- market on the Maine side, and that was a reason we had to go across the bridgeto get our food. Thats changed. Portsmouth Hos- pital for many years was the lead hospital, but York Hospital is now a huge economic engine for us. Its time to reeducate people. Above all, Goodwin emphasized that the time to get prepared is now, before the bridge closes and the Route 1 traffic stops. Meanwhile, back at the bridge The message seems to be getting through. At the Back Channel Canvas Shop, own- er Jessie Aikman enjoys a picture window view of the aging span. Shes followed the debate over the spans fate; her build- ing still sports a yellow and black SAVE THE BRIDGE banner. As she labors at a workbench on a clients project, she has one word for the potential of a prolonged bridge closure. Itll be devastating, she says, not just for businesses on Badger Island (the point of Maine on which the bridge lands) but also for downtown Portsmouth. Because shes not a retail business, though, shes not too worried for her own operation. Many days are spent on site with clients, and the location of her work- shop isnt the root of her success. It does, however, have that nice view of the bridge. Outside, its a chilly fall afternoon, even with the shining sun, which lights up the western side of the span in a way that brings out what remains of its seagreen paint job. Traffic is light, both on the bridge and in the water. Walking across on the worn wooden planking, Memorial Bridge close-up appears to be an impos- sible tangle of metal beams and support spars and angled lattices. Looked at from some angles, its like someone tried to use an erector set to build a replica of the Eiffel Tower, but then it fell over and lies rusting. The years have adorned the bridge not only with rust, but also improbable structural additions that seem like manmade barnaclesmost nota- bly a green portable toilet to be used by the bridges three-man crew. But then a small white boat appears in the channel, growling slowly upstream, fighting against the current of an outgoing tide. The crafts radio antenna is just tall enough not to fit under the span, and so it sits waiting, like a dog ready to go in a house. Soon the quiet afternoon is broken by the sound a bell clanginga real bell, like one at a quiet rural railroad crossing, and not some digital synthesized replica. Red lights begin flashing at both ends of the span, and crew members emerge from their shelter huts to wave pedestrians off and pull striped gates into place across the roadway. When the lifting span is ready, a siren goes off. Its a wailing, flatulent sound that dies away quickly, something like what a police car would make in a 1940s gangster film. And then, with virtually no noise at all, big counterweights in the tower begin another silent descent, and the lift span to which their attached seems to deft gravity. It rises, portable toilet and all, just enough for the small boat to proceed underneath, which it does with alacrity. The siren sounds again. The weights then slide back up into position, the bridge descends into place, and traffic resumes. That is, until someday soon hence, when the gates will close for good, and the his- toric span will pass into history. Heating Oil Kerosene Diesel Propane Full Service Heating Pre-Buys Budget Plans Sales Repairs Heat Conversions Residential & Commercial Installation of AC, Gas & Oil Heat 207-363-4172 York Hospital Flu Shots Are Available as Follows... In order to maximize our ability to administer the vaccine as effectively and as early as possible, we will offer vaccines as follows... 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12 ART HES ALL FIRED UP ABOUT CLAY Kennebunk artist Al Pelletier enjoys being playful in pottery By SUZIE GOODWIN The York Independent Ellen and Al, Al and EllenIm not sure who came first but there is no doubt in my mind they belong together. They live in Kennebunk in a house they are restoring that
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15 Eat here A weekly column about local food By SARAH GRANT The York Independent Exotic epicurean line at Hannaford: Hannaford has added the adventurous line of DArtagnan meats to their butch- ery. DArtagnan, purveyor of esteemed artisanal products, has been providing ingredients to chefs and gastr
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