FHS fall fundraisers are under way

Each Freeport High School class is selling a different holiday item to raise funds for annual student activities, including prom and Project Graduation. The freshman class is selling pies, the sophomore class poinsettias, the junior class wreaths and the senior class citrus. Look for sale tables on Election Day, Nov. 5, at the polls. There is information on the FHS website at http://fhs.rsu5.org/ and individual “Class News” at http://fhs.rsu5.org/node/388. Completed order forms must be turned in to the FHS front office by Nov. 7. Citrus sales run until Nov. 22. Pickup days are Monday, Nov. 25 and Monday, Dec. 9. For more information, contact Liz at 865-0931 or jjlsbaker@gmail.com.

Seniors plan silent auction

The Freeport High School senior class is holding an online silent auction Nov. 1-Dec. 6 to raise funds for their Project Graduation in June 2014. Families, local businesses and individual students have contributed items such as a week at a vacation home in Nicaragua, an afternoon of sailing on the Harraseeket River, babysitting around the holidays, and four hours of yard work performed by members of the class.

All of the budget for Project Graduation is earned by senior class members, with assistance from their parents. Project Graduation is designed to help graduating seniors stay off the roads and stay safe after they receive their diplomas. To place bids, go to www.fhsprojectgraduation2014.com. For more information call Leigh Fisher at 207-838-2070.

Halloween fun in Freeport

Trick-or-treaters are invited to visit local merchants in downtown Freeport to collect treats from 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 31. Participants should dress up in Halloween costumes and watch for the pumpkin signs in the windows.

Help needed ASAP

The Freeport Community Services thrift shop and Annex are experiencing fantastic growth, which in turn helps provide a record number of services for the community. The organization needs more help. There are openings for those who could assist by volunteering in either store. For more information, call Debbie at 865-3985, ext. 206, or email ddaggett@fcsmaine.org.

Designing Women schedules Freeport show

Designing Women, a nonprofit volunteer corporation that works directly with organizations that benefit women and girls in local communities, will hold its ninth annual Freeport show at the Merriconeag Waldorf School & Community Center, 57 Desert Road, Saturday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The juried show features several nationally acclaimed artists, as well as budding, local treasures. Original pieces on display will include glass, porcelain, polymer, silver and gold jewelry, hand-woven and stitched apparel, accessories from office wear to kids playclothes, textile and leather handbags, handmade stoneware pottery, pastels, batik paintings and watercolors, hand-loomed rugs, applique quilts and wall pieces, artisanal body care, and more.

All proceeds from the suggested $2 door donation and food sales will be directly donated to Partners for Rural Health in the Dominican Republic’s community-based health-care services.

For more information, call Michelle Henning at 207-833-5556 or see www.designingwomen.org.

Third-graders get dictionaries

On Friday, Oct. 25, the Freeport Rotary Club, represented by David McClelland, distributed 81 dictionaries to the third-graders of Mast Landing School. The dictionary presentations have been part of the Rotary’s “Learn to Read – Read to Read” program. After the dictionary presentations, Rotary members helped children carve pumpkins for the Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival that took place at L.L. Bean on Oct. 26.

Think-Local meetings

The Freeport chapter of Think-Local meets weekly from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on Thursdays at Linda Bean’s Topside Tavern. They are a group of professionals whose goal is to help each other leverage their resources to create business success, to bring resources to improve the local economy and to have fun in the process.

The Oct. 31 meeting falls on Halloween morning. Those attending are invited to come in costume, with the theme being someone you are outside your business life, someone you’d like to be when your business has reached great success, or someone you’d like to be when you grow up. There will be a Halloween-themed menu and donations for a Freeport food bank will be collected.

Think-Local meetings are open to all.

Turkeys and more at Wolfe’s Neck Farm

Wolfe’s Neck Farm, which has increased its food production in raising fresh, healthy and natural foods, has free-range turkeys available to order in time for Thanksgiving. To place an order, go to www.wolfesneckfarm.org. Turkeys were sold out last year. For every 20 turkeys sold, the farm will donate one to the Freeport Community Services-Azure Cafe free Thanksgiving community meal.

If you’ve visited the farm lately, you may have seen the newest residents: nine young American Guinea Hogs that are being raised in partnership with Miyake Restaurant of Portland. In celebration of the budding partnership, the farm hosted a first in a series of Farm to Table dinners on Oct. 20 in the historic Mallet Barn. Chef Masa Miyake prepared a meal crafted from ingredients grown in Freeport. This inaugural dinner sold out in a matter of days.

Phrenology topic of program

The Freeport Historical Society will present “Phrenology: Quackery or Science of the Mind,” the fourth and final program that supports the organization’s exhibit, “To Comfort, Heal, and Cure.” The exhibit continues through Nov. 8 at 45 Main St. in Freeport.

“Phrenology: Quackery or Science of the Mind” will be presented by Tom Kelleher on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 1:30 p.m., at the Freeport Community Library Community Room. Tickets are $5. Light refreshments will be served.

Phrenology is the belief that one’s mental abilities can be discerned by examining the shape of a person’s head. This authentic, historically costumed dramatization includes “reading of cranial bumps” on one or two volunteer heads followed by a discussion of the history and enduring legacy of this once-popular pseudo-science, a parent of modern psychology and neuroscience.

Kelleher, curator of Historic Trades, Mills, and Mechanical Arts at Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, coordinates and supervises the daily operation and demonstration of four historic mills, stagecoach ride, cooper shop and timber frame carpentry programs.

Purchase tickets at: https://phrenologykelleher.eventbrite.com/. For more information call Freeport Historical Society at 865-3170 or visit the website, www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org, or Facebook page.

Maine beer author sets local talk

Freeport Community Library will host Maine author and independent bookseller Josh Christie, Monday, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m. He will share from his book, “Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland.” Maine was once a stronghold for the temperance movement, but has emerged from Prohibition to create a thriving beer culture. Following the presentation and book signing, participates may relocate to Maine Beer Company’s new location on Route 1 for a tour.