Upcoming Events – Durham code enforcement officer, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

“Turtles, Frogs and Newts, Oh My,” Wednesday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. The evening of activities will take a closer look into the world of amphibians and reptiles with hands-on activities and live animals.

Freeport Players all-cast party, and annual meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Open to members of the Freeport Players, audience members, production participants and potential future participants. Bring a dish to share. RSVP at info@fcponline.org.

Tea and Play, Thursday, Jan. 24, 31, 9-10 a.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Early Childhood Center, 60 Desert Road, Freeport. Drop-ins welcome, or call 865-3900, ext. 103 to register.

Coastal Conservation Association of Maine annual meeting, Thursday, Jan. 24, 5:30 p.m., Harraseeket Inn, Freeport. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.cca-maine.org.

Brunswick Downtown Association annual meeting, Thursday, Jan. 24, 7:30 a.m., The Inn at Brunswick Station, 4 Noble St., Brunswick. Featured speaker is Bowdoin College President Dr. Barry Mills. The cost for breakfast is $20 per person, or for groups of four or more, $15 per person. Payments can be processed online at www.brunswickdowntown.org. For more information, visit the website or call 729-4439.

“White Nights – Keep the Light on All Year Long,” Freeport Community Center fundraiser, Saturday, Jan. 26, 5:30-10 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Food, live music and community spirit. Tickets are $50. For tickets or information, call Kim Hudak at 865-3985.

Saturday Craft Morning, Saturday, Jan. 26, 9:30-11 a.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Early Childhood Center, 60 Desert Road, Freeport. For children under 7 and their parents. $5 per child. Drop-ins welcome or call 865-3900, ext. 103 to register.

Family laughter yoga, Saturday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m., Freeport Community Library Children’s Room.

Rabies clinic, Saturday, Jan. 26, 9 a.m.-noon., for dogs and cats. Cost is $15 per vaccine. For more information, call the Freeport Town Clerk’s office at 865-4743, ext. 122.

Pownal Conservation Commission, Monday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, Monday, Jan. 28, 5:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St., Freeport. Guest speaker is Wendy Caisse, who along with her husband, Alex, own three Buck’s Naked BBQ restaurants in Freeport, Windham and Portland Cost is $38 per person. For tickets and more information, call 847-5240.

Durham selectmen, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 6:30 p.m., Durham Town Office.

L’Ecole Francaise du Maine ribbon cutting, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2:30 p.m., 99 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Consul General of France, Fabien Fieschi, will officiate the event. Reception planned by the school’s Parents’ Association will follow. Call 865-3308 to RSVP.

Talk and slide show by Maine mushroom expert Greg Marley, Thursday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport. He will present “Foraging for Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Grand Adventures and Possible Pitfalls” and will be selling and signing his books. The public is invited and contributions are welcome to cover the speaker’s fee and to support protection of mushroom habitat in Freeport.

“The Matchmaker,” by Thornton Wilder, Thursday, Jan. 31 and Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. Admission is by a donation at the door. The play, which became the basis for the musical hit “Hello, Dolly,” will be performed by Merriconeag’s ninth- and tenth-grade students.

Public forum on safety and tolerance in the community, Thursday, Jan. 31, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center. Featuring a conversation with an expert panel, which will discuss what the community can do to prevent violence and foster understanding in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Free child care available. For more information, email Dede Bennell, bennelld@rsu5.org.

Freeport First Friday, Friday, Feb. 1, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center Community Room, 53 Depot St., Freeport. Entertainment is “Baby, It’s Cole Outside,” featuring the songs of Cole Porter sung by Lisa Bossi, Elizabeth Guffey and David Watts. The five-course dinner served in the style of “Downton Abbey” will follow at 7. Cost is $18 and space is limited. Patrons are encouraged to “dress” if they so choose. Call Kim at the FCC at 865-3985 to make reservations.

Dinner and a movie, Saturday, Feb. 2, 5:30 p.m., South Freeport Congregational Church, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Celebrate Groundhog Day with a viewing of the film “Groundhog Day” and a dinner featuring shepherd’s pie, baked macaroni, salad, beverage and dessert. Cost is $10 per person or $25 for a family. For more information or to reserve tickets, call 865-4012.

We love to eat – Haddock chowder lunch, every second and fourth Friday during January, February and March, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., South Freeport Congregational Church Community Hall, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. The lunch is buffet style and includes haddock chowder, coleslaw, corn muffins, cake and a beverage. The cost is $8, which includes seconds. Pints of chowder are also available for take-out for $6. The church is located opposite the Post Office in South Freeport. For more information, call 865-4012.

Freeport Elders pancake breakfast, first and third Saturday of the month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Deluxe: Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits, OJ, tea and coffee, $4.50. Regular: Pancakes, sausages, OJ, tea or coffee, $3.50. Seniors deduct $0.50.

Religion and spirituality – Durham Congregational Church, 73 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Sunday services each week at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Durham Friends Meeting, 532 Quaker Meeting House Road.Worship services every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.

First Parish Church, 422 Hallowell Road, Pownal, Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. All-ages Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. For more information, call 688-4846.

First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Freeport, Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday school from nursery school to adult, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4404.

First Parish Church Congregational, UCC, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sunday services at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-6022.

North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Worship service Sundays at 9 a.m.

St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Freeport. Masses Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 846-5584

Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pownal Road, Freeport. Saturday worship at 11 a.m. Sabbath School, Saturdays at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-3990.

South Freeport Church, UCC, South Freeport Village. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4012.

Shiloh Chapel, Shiloh Road, Durham. Nondenominational services Sundays at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.shilohchapelmaine.org.

Ongoing Events – Androscoggin Beekeepers Club monthly meeting, first Wednesday of the month through May, 6:30 p.m., Auburn City Building, 60 Court St., Room 206. Meetings are open to anyone interested in honeybees. Parking is available in the garage behind the building. For more information, call Blaine Richardson at 576-0571 or

Charles Armstrong at 784-9757, or visit androscogginbeekeepers.org.

“Buttons, Rum & Rakes,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit celebrating Freeport’s mercantile past, runs through March 2, 45 Main St., Freeport, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Weekly story time, for toddlers and pre-schoolers, Tuesdays, Freeport Community Library. Three different sessions. 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., separate 15-minute story times for toddlers. Thirty-minute story time for pre-schoolers at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307.

Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-8 a.m., Broad Arrow Tavern, Harraseeket Inn, Main Street, Freeport. Prospective new members welcome.

North Pownal United Methodist Church food pantry, open every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. All are welcome.

Durham Town Office, open Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-7 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., the office is closed all day on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 353-2561.

Pownal Town Office, open Mondays from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The town office is closed Fridays and weekends. For more information, call 688-4611.

Freeport Town Hall, open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The offices are closed on Fridays. For more information, call 865-4743.

Pownal selectmen, meet every Monday at 7 p.m. in Mallett Hall. Check the community calendar for dates or call the town office at 688-4611.

Open play, Thursdays,10-11 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Open for kids from infants to age 5, for more information, contact the Freeport Families Network at freeportfamiliesnetwork@yahoo.com.

On Friday, Feb. 1, the Freeport First Friday event will feature, from left, Lisa Bossi, David Watts and Elizabeth Guffey performing “Baby, It’s Cole Outside,” highlighting the songs of Cole Porter.