New TV Show

“Bartlett Adams: Stone Cutter” is the name of a New Gloucester TV production, showing at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1, on local access Channel 3. Ron Romano, a Spirits Alive Tour Guide, gives a PowerPoint presentation of gravestone carvings done by Bartlett Adams and his associates in the Greater Portland area during the early 1800s. Adams and his family resided in New Gloucester for 18 months, and some of the town’s cemeteries contain gravestones etched with his carvings. The one-hour program, recorded May 15, was a New Gloucester Historical Society presentation.

‘Rooting for Democracy’ Plant Sale

The 7th annual ‘Rooting for Democracy’ plant sale, hosted by the New Gloucester Democratic Committee, will be held on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Lil’ Mart, Route 100, New Gloucester. Plants of all varieties including perennials, annuals, house plants, vegetables and herbs from committee members’ personal gardens will be offered at bargain prices. Arrive early for the best selection. The rain date is Saturday, June 14.

A raffle to win a $50 Irving card is being held in conjunction with the plant sale. Tickets cost $3 each, or two tickets for $5. The drawing will be held at noon that day; you need not be present to win. For more information, or to donate plants, contact Penny Hilton at 926-4004.

Fill the Horse Trailer

New Gloucester-based Open Gates Equine Rescue will be holding a bake sale on Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at Ames Farm Center, 14 The Lane, North Yarmouth. Choose from an assortment of whole pies, Kahlua cakes, brownies, cookies and other treats.

Concurrently, a bottle drive will be held to enhance the proceeds raised, so bring along your returnable bottles and cans to fill the horse trailer. Your patronage will help support the 12 horses sheltered at Open Gates Equine Rescue. Please contact Deb at 749-9028 to offer your home-baked goods for the sale, or for more information.

Spoonmakers Diamond

Hailing from Gorham, Spoonmakers Diamond, consisting of four artists, features Mideast and Mediterranean music. Joanne Rawling-Sekunda has been singing since she could walk. She’s now singing in Turkish and Arabic, as well as New English. Steve Gruverman, clarinetist, is a career musician and IT professional who also plays jazz, Klezmer and whatever challenge is thrown down. Steve Carpenter has been hand-drumming for about 10 years and studying Middle Eastern music and percussion for about five. Barb Truex is recognized as an innovator for her use of the mountain dulcimer in jazz, pop, free improvisational music and other settings beyond the familiar folk and traditional realms.

Hear the group perform at the Village Coffee House in the Vestry Community Room of the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, on Saturday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 per person. Call 926-3260 or 653-6151, for more information.

Benefit Golf Tourney

An 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Sunday, June 22 at Toddy Brook Golf Course in North Yarmouth, will signal golfers to tee off for a golf tournament to benefit the New Gloucester Veterans Monument. The cost for a foursome is $260, which includes golf, cart, prizes, and meal to follow at the New Gloucester Eagles Club. $100 hole sponsorships are available. For more information, call Dick McCann at 926-4118.

Election Day

Voting will be held at the fire station, 611 Lewiston Road, New Gloucester on Tuesday, June 10, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. for school and town elections, as well as state primaries. See www.newgloucester.com “Elections” sidebar for sample ballots and absentee balloting guidelines.

Ann Patchett in Conversation with Richard Russo

Wayfinder Schools, of New Gloucester and Camden, present “Ann Patchett in Conversation with Richard Russo,” an evening with two award-winning authors on Tuesday, June 10. The two will hold a lively conversation at Hannaford Hall in the Abromson Center of the University of Southern Maine. All proceeds will benefit Wayfinder Schools, which offer at-risk Maine youth a second chance to earn a high school diploma.

The 7 p.m. event is open to the public, with a ticket price of $35; $40 at the door. A $75 ticket includes admission to a private reception with the authors from 5:30-7 p.m. and entrance to the program. Tickets can be purchased through the Wayfinder Schools website, www.wayfinderschools.org.

At the May 22 School Administrative District 15 district budget meeting, New Gloucester resident Sean Chayer makes an amendment to an article reducing the co-curricular portion of the FY 2014-15 budget by $77,000. His amendment failed to pass, and he said that the 10.9 percent overall increase could tax him out of his home. The $1.07 per thousand tax rate increase for a $200,000 property in New Gloucester would amount to an additional $214 on the school portion of the tax bill alone. The proposed school budget passed at the meeting, and it now faces a validation referendum vote at the June 10 election.