Upcoming events

Art Guild of Freeport annual display of fine art, on exhibit throughout February, Freeport Community Library. For more information, see www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307.

Free tax-preparation assistance, for low- to moderate- income households, with special attention to those 60 and older, Wednesday mornings through April 8, Freeport Community Center. Assistance available by appointment only. To schedule, call 865-4743, ext. 120. Offered by AARP.

Freeport Staff Review Board, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m., Town Council Chambers.

Freeport Planning Board, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Couponing for the Community, two Wednesdays a month, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Eureka Community Center, Durham. Learn couponing basics including where/how to find and collect coupons; how to organize them; and how to begin using them. For more information, call Pat Provost, 212-5156.

Freeport Rotary, meets every Wednesday, 7 a.m., Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main St., Freeport. Feel free to stop by and see what the group is about, or call Matt Morrison, 691-8747, for more information.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Wednesdays, noon and 7:30 p.m.; AlAnon, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Business Debtors Anonymous, Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Parkinson’s disease support group, for people just diagnosed, caregivers and people who have been living with the diagnosis, every Wednesday, 10 a.m., YMCA of Southern Maine, Casco Bay Branch, Freeport. For more information, call 865-9600.

“Love Actually,” Thursday, Feb. 5, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

Business to Business Connection, Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce’s business networking group, Thursdays, 7:30-9 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St. For more information, call 847-5240.

Food Addicts Anonymous, Thursdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Farmer for the Morning, Thursdays during the school year, 9-10 a.m., Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnette Road, Freeport, for toddler or pre-school-aged children. Interactive hands-on experience that includes feeding and caring for barnyard animals. For more information, see www.wolfesneckfarm.org.

Freeport First Fridays Just Desserts, featuring Tom Acousti, Friday, Feb. 6, 6:45 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Presented by MASISTA and Freeport Community Services.

Open Stage Coffee House, Saturday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

Skyline Farm Sleigh Day, Saturday, Feb. 7 (storm date Feb 8), noon-3 p.m., 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, in conjunction with Skyline Farm Carriage Museum’s new exhibit, “Maine Street,” showcasing vintage sleighs from its collection. Hot refreshments sold in the heated Visitor Center. From noon-1 p.m., meet gentle horses. At 1 p.m. horses and drivers demonstrate skills in the outdoor arena. Bring snowshoes or cross-country skis for a 2 p.m. guided tour of Skyline’s trails. Admission $9 per person or $25 per family, and includes a sleigh ride from J. L. Gray Draft Horses of Monmouth. Free for Skyline Farm members, sleigh drivers, and children younger than 6. Museum exhibit open Sundays, Feb. 8-March 29,1-4 p.m. or by appointment. For more information, call Pam at 829-5708, email info@skylinefarm.org or see www.skylinefarm.org.

Debtors Anonymous, Saturdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Plants Alive in a Cold World, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport. Learn the strategies of the park’s plants for surviving winter. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465 or see www.maine.gov/wolfesneckwoods.

South Freeport Congregational Church, UCC, worship each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Sunday school for kids pre-K through eighth grade provided during the service as is nursery care. Coffee and refreshments after the service.

First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport, worship service, Sunday, 10 a.m., followed by coffee hour. 40 Main St., Freeport. Choir practice precedes service at 9:15. New choir members welcome.

“Medications as We Age,” part of the ongoing Ounce of Prevention series, Monday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-noon, Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. Presentation will assist older adults with talking to their health-care provider about medications, help participants learn when to use over-the-counter medicines, and to understand the importance of following doctors’ orders with prescribed medications. For more information, see www.midcoastseniorhealthcenter.com.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Pownal Solid Waste Committee, Monday, Feb. 9, 6 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Winslow Park Commission, Monday, Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Town Hall.

Freeport Town Council Workshop with committees, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

“Fast-Tracking Global Warming, How Free Trade Deals Undermine Effective Strategies to Address Climate Change,” talk by Sharon Anglin Treat, lawyer and former Maine legislator, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m., Bowdoin College, Brunswick. Co-sponsored by Bowdoin Climate Action and the Maine Fair Trade Campaign.

Story times, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Tuesdays, Babies & Toddlers, 10-10:30 a.m.; Pre-schoolers, 10:30-11 a.m. For more information, call 865-3307 or see www.freeportlibrary.com.

Tashi Gatsel Ling, Tibetan Buddhist center, 20 Independence Drive in Freeport, offers regular programming and teachings by recognized Tibetan Buddhist teachers. Visit http://tashigatselling.org/ for information about teachers, study group meetings, meditation classes, dharma teachings, and “sacred cinema” movie nights.

Cribbage, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Eureka Community Center, corner of Route 9 and Route 136, Durham. For more information call the Town Office, 353-2561.

Meeting for current and interested elderberry growers, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1-3 p.m., University of Maine Cooperative Extension office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls. Tori Lee Jackson, UMaine Extension educator and associate professor of agriculture and natural resources, and David Handley, UMaine Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist, will facilitate. For more information, to make a reservation, or to request a disability accommodation, contact KymNoelle Sposato, 353-5550, kymnoelle.sposato@maine.edu.

Durham selectmen, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Durham Historical Society, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., Durham Eureka Community Center.

Five River Arts Alliance member meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7-8:30p.m., Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. Non-members also welcome with applications available at the door. For more information, call 798-6964.

Freeport Coastal Waters Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, Feb. 11, 1-2:30 p.m., Bay Square at Yarmouth, 27 Forest Falls Drive (opposite the post office). Ongoing monthly support group meeting for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Walk-ins welcome.

We love to eat

Friday Lunch, Friday, Feb. 6, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Homemade fish chowder and desserts, specials and grilled sandwiches. Takeout available. Proceeds benefit the church and its work in the community. Held first Friday of every month except April.

Bean supper, hosted by the Triangle Club of Casco Lodge No. 36 A.F. & A. M. Yarmouth, Saturday, Feb. 7, 5-6:30 p.m., in the dining hall, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth. Three kinds of beans, hot dogs, cole slaw, hot biscuits, macaroni and cheese and homemade pie. $8 adults, $5 children 5-12, free for kids 5 and younger. Held first Saturday of every month.

Ongoing Events

Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-9 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, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Wednesdays closed; and Thursday, 10:30-6:30. 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. Closed Fridays. For more information, call 688-4611.

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

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.

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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.