Upcoming Events – Beat the Heat, Community Spay-Neuter Clinic’s $20 cat neuters with rabies vaccination included, offered for month of February. Call Freeport office to make an appointment, 865-0772 or for more information, visit www.communityspayneuterclinic.com.

Chocolate Bash, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Raffle tickets will be sold for a basket of chocolate goodies, take-home chocolate desserts and a basket of art donated by the Art Guild of Freeport. Chocolate treats to sample, $2 a person.

Music by Cul de Sax. For more information, call 865-3307, or visit www.freeportlibrary.com.

Durham codes enforcement officer, available Wednesday, Feb. 13 and Feb. 27, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

“Frankenweenie,” rated PG, free after-school movie for grades 6-8, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Free popcorn and special Valentine’s Day treat.

Flavors of Freeport celebration, Chef’s Signature Series and Ice Bar, Friday, Feb. 15, 5:30-8 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn; free guided snowshoe tour and sunset bonfire party, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2-5 p.m., Best Western Freeport Inn & Cafe?; Winter Hill Farm creamery tour, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2-4 p.m., 35 Hill Farm Road, Freeport. Sponsored by FreeportUSA. For tickets and more information, see www.freeportusa.com/flavorsoffreeport/.

Powell Point trek, in South Freeport on the Cousins River, Friday, Feb.15, noon-2 p.m. Meet at Powell Point trailhead, at end of the pavement on Lambert Road, one mile off South Freeport Road near Freeport YMCA. Bring snowshoes or boots with traction depending on conditions, and plan for a 1.5-mile round trip trek to a dramatic bluff over the lower Cousins River. Trek leaders are David Steckler, chairman of the land acquisition committee of the Royal River Conservation Trust, and Katrina Van Dusen, executive coordinator of the Freeport Conservation Trust. Free. For more information, call 865-3985, ext. 212.

Learn more about new trails connecting Gray and North Yarmouth to Pownal, during a trek Friday, Feb. 15, 2-4 p.m., as part of the Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. Meet at Pineland Public Reserve Lands trailhead parking lot on Depot Road in Gray, just west of the intersection of 231 and Depot (North Yarmouth/New Gloucester) Road. Bring snowshoes or skis or boots with traction, depending on conditions, and plan for a 2-mile, two-hour trek. Fre. For more information, call 632-6112.

Tom Wilbur, of Wilbur’s of Maine, speaks at Freeport Women’s Club, Friday, Feb. 15, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library. He will discuss the growth of his business. Visitors welcome.

Comedian George Hamm, benefit show Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Tickets are $10. To purchase, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/312291. Proceeds benefit Freeport Middle School Space Camp Team’s trip to Huntsville, Ala.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Durham Budget Committee, meets Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 19-21, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Pownal Planning Board, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Armchair travel program, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Barge through France with Ethel and John Wilkerson.

Freeport Historical Society “Lunch With Locals” series, Thursday, Feb. 21, noon-1:30 p.m., Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport. The public is invited to bring a brown bag lunch for informal discussions about particular aspects of the collection as well as a rare close-up view of the society’s collections. The project is funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. For more information or to RSVP, contact the historical society at 865-3170 or info@freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1 p.m., “Undertaking Betty,” with Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Naomi Watts and Christopher Walken. Popcorn will be served.

Pownal Conservation Committee, Monday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Durham selectmen, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 6: 30 p.m., Durham Town Office.

We Love to Eat – Haddock chowder lunch, every second and fourth Friday during 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 50 cents.

Community supper, Saturday, March 10, 5 p.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Donations accepted. Concert by New Wine to follow. Admission is free, free will offering will be taken. For mor e information, contact the Rev. Ray St.Pierre, 837-0682, or Deb Larrabee, 240-1637.

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.

Dr. Elizabeth Stone is among veterinarians at the Freeport-based Community Spay-Neuter Clinic, where $20 cat neutering is being offered during February.