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.
Durham Budget Committee, meets Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 20-21, 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.
Full-moon snowshoe trek, Thursday, Feb. 21, 6-7 p.m., Fels-Groves Farm Preserve, Yarmouth. Meet at Fels-Groves Farm Preserve parking lot on Gilman Road in Yarmouth. Bring snowshoes or boots with traction, depending on conditions. Join Yarmouth volunteers Ed Ashley and Josh Royte for a one-hour outing exploring the Oak Wood loop just days before the full moon. Sponsored by Royal River Conservation Trust. For more information, see www.rrct.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.
Durham codes enforcement officer, available Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.
Armchair travel program, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Sail to Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon with Burt Brewer and Chris Hastedt.
Wescustago Youth Chorale, 15th annual Spaghetti Supper Serenade, Saturday, March 2, seating and 5 and 7 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 10 Depot St. Enjoy homemade spaghetti supper with salad, bread and homemade pies while being serenaded by members of the 90-voice Wescustago Youth Chorale. $10 adult, $5 for children 8 and under. Proceeds benefit scholarship fund. For more information, call 846-0705.
“Mystery at Our Class Reunion,” interactive dinner-theater presentation, Saturday, March 2, 6 p.m., Royal Oak Room, 1 Bates St., Lewiston. Tickets $75. Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Health System’s Enhanced Patient Care Area Fund. Register online at www.stmarysmaine.com, call 755-3366 or email mellingwood@stmarysmaine.com.
Regional School Unit 5 budget presentation, Monday, March 4, 6:30 p.m., DURHAM ////. Information to parents, staff and community members about priorities in the budget.
Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, March 7, 1 p.m., “To Kill a Mockingbird,” with Gregory Peck. Popcorn will be served.
Irish Fiddling Workshop and mini concert, with Liz Knowles, Friday, March 8, Frost Gully Violins, 457 US Route 1, Freepor. Irish fiddle workshop at 7 p.m., followed by mini concert at 8. Tickets $20 for concert only and $30 for combined workshop and concert. Reservations recommended as seating is limited. Call Frost Gully Violins at 865-9457.
Hand-to-Hand Food Drive, Saturday, March 9,10-11:30 a.m., in front of First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Drop off bags of non-perishable food, personal care items and cleaning supplies. Items will be passed “hand-to-hand” to the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., to help stock the Freeport Community Services food pantry. Goods can also be dropped off in advance at the lobbies of the Morse Street School, Mast Landing School and Durham Community School. For more information, call 865-6171 or see www.rsu5-rce.org.
Durham public information meeting, Monday, March 11, 6:30 p.m., Durham Community School Gym. To be discussed are the Public Work Feasibility Study findings, what residents want from their local cable TV; and ordinance amendments. For more information, call 353-2561.
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.
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.
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.
The Wescustago Youth Chorale performs its 15th annual Spaghetti Supper Serenade on Saturday, March 2, at the Freeport Community Center.
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