Upcoming events

Art exhibit by Freeport High School students, on display through April, Freeport Community Library main reading room. Mixed-media exhibit showcases works by more than 70 area young people. Sponsored and juried by the Freeport Woman’s Club.

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.

Couponing for the Community, Wednesdays, April 22, May 13, May 27, 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.

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.

Regional School Unit 5 budget review with public comment, Wednesday, April 29, 6:30 p.m., Durham Community School. Final opportunity for the public to comment.

Helping seniors to keep drugs safe and properly disposed of, program presented Wednesday, April 29, 10-10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Center. Those who attend can bring any expired or unwanted drugs for disposal. Free coffee and snacks. Program is sponsored in collaboration with Casco Bay CAN. For more information, call 865-3985, ext. 208.

“Grow Your Own Organic Garden” workshop, sponsored by Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Wednesday, April 29, 6-9 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Instructor Sarah Bostick has been farming and gardening in southern Maine for 13 years. Workshop designed to provide the essential skills and knowledge needed to make the transition from conventional to organic gardening. $5 materials fee. Pre-registration necessary. Call 865-3307. For more information, see www.mofga.org.

Active Living Public Forum, Wednesday, April 29, 6-7:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Two leading traffic engineers speak about national and regional trends in the design and implementation of improvements to roadways for all modes of transportation. For more information and a link to the Freeport Active Living Plan, see www.freeportmaine.com.

Complete your own advanced health directive workshop, Thursday, April 30, 10 a.m.-noon, Community Room at Pejepscot Terrace, Brunswick. Sponsored by CHANS Home Health Care. RSVP by calling Grace at 729-8006.

Freeport Appointments Committee, Thursday, April 30, 7:30 a.m., Town Hall.

Tribute to Bowdoin College President Barry Mills and the Honorable Karen Mills, Thursday, April 30, 7:30-9 a.m., The Brunswick Hotel & Tavern, 4 Noble St., Brunswick. Hosted by the Brunswick Downtown Association. For more information or to register, see www.brunswickdowntown.org/events/tribute-to-mills/.

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.

First Friday Just Desserts, May 1, 6:45 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Music by Not Too Shaap. $5 at the door. No reservations required, but seating is limited. Donations accepted for the band during the program. For more information, contact Kim Hudak, 865-3985, ext. 202, or email khudak@fcsmaine.org.

Cooperative Extension Master Food Preserver course, applications due Friday, May 1. The 10-session course starts in mid-June at the UMaine Extension office, Falmouth. $220; partial scholarships available. Application packets available at umaine.edu/food-health/food-preservation/master-food-preservers. For more information, call 781.6099.

Miss Lisa’s Songs and Stories, Saturday, May 2, 10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Library.

“Simply Sondheim,” Greater Freeport Community Chorus spring concert, Saturday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport, and Sunday, May 3, 2:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. Program to feature works by American lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim, including medleys from “Into the Woods” and “West Side Story.” $10 for adults, 18 or younger free, per-family maximum of $25. For more information, see www.gfccsings.org.

Open-call audition, for Maine State Music Theatre’s fundraiser, Footlight Follies. Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m., Maine State Music Theatre Administrative Offices and Studio, 22 Elm St., Brunswick. Seeking those who juggle, sing, walk on stilts, do gymnastics, tell jokes, dance, etc. For more information, see www.msmt.org.

Freeport Woman’s Club Spring Bazaar, Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Jude Church, 134 Main St., Freeport. Plants and baked goods will be on sale.

Spring Carnival, Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., L’Ecole Francaise du Maine, 99 South Freeport Road. Food, professional face painting, crazy hair salon, carnival games, pie-eating contest, rummage sale from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and an open house for prospective students. For more information, see www.efdm.org.

Guided walking meetings on Hedgehog Mountain trails, Saturday, May 2, 9 and 10 a.m. Those interested should meet at the Hunter Road Field House, 96 Hunter Road. Event will introduce the Hedgehog Mountain area trails to people who are unfamiliar with them and will seek feedback from everyone, including experienced trail visitors.

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

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.

Annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, Sunday, May 3, 3-4:30 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. Featuring noted poet Jeffrey Harrison and 20 student poet finalists from 10 area high schools. Free admission. For more information, see www.merriconeag.org.

Wescustago Youth Chorale “Celebration of Spring” concert, Sunday, May 3, 4 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Conducted by Amanda Mahaffey, Jennifer Hand Runge and Renovia Day. Reception to follow the concert. Tickets at the door $10 adult/ $5 for students and seniors. Proceeds to benefit WYC’s scholarship fund. For more information, contact Leigh, 846-0705, or see www.wescustago.wordpress.com.

Freeport Board of Appeals, Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Pownal Board of Selectmen, Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Freeport Town Council, Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

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.

Pownal Planning Board ordinance review workshop, Tuesday, May 5, 8 a.m., Mallett Hall.

“How Colleges Choose Students,” presentation by Wendy Thompson, Westport Educational Consulting, Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

Wind Over Wings, featuring Hope Douglas and four of her birds, Wednesday, May 6, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Wind Over Wings is a nonprofit educational service caring for birds unable to survive in their natural environment.

“Putting Together a Season,” first of Maine State Music Theatre’s “Peek Behind the Curtain” series, Wednesday, May 6, noon-1 p.m., Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick. The rest of the summer panel discussion series includes “The Full Monty,” Wednesday, June 10; “Sister Act,” Wednesday, July 1; “The Music Man,” Wednesday, July 22; “Young Frankenstein,” Wednesday, Aug.12. For more information, see www.msmt.org or call 725-8769.

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

“The Hundred Foot Journey,” screens Thursday, May 7, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library Community Meeting Room.

Solar Social Hour, Thursday, May 7, 6-8 p.m., Maine Craft Distilling, 7 Milll St., Freeport, hosted by ReVision Energy. Opportunity for anyone interested in solar energy to gain more information in an informal setting.

Grief support group, for those grieving the death of a loved due to overdose or substance abuse, meets the first and third Thursday of the month, 3:30-5 p.m., CHANS Hospice, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. For more information, cntact Andy Sokoloff, CHANS grief and bereavement support coordinator, 721-1357.

Victorian Mother’s Day Tea, Sunday, May 10, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Cabot Mill Antiques, 14 Maine St., Brunswick Cabot Mill Antiques. Free. Dealers offering 20 percent discount. For more information, contact Deborah Stufflebeam, 725-2855, or email cabot@waterfrontme.com.

Pownal Planning Board ordinance review workshop, Tuesday, May 12, 8 a.m., Mallett Hall.

Regional School Unit 5 budget adoption, Wednesday, May l3, 6:30 p.m., Freeport High School.

Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, May 13, 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.

Maine author and teacher Jennifer Lamson-LaPlume, reads from her new poetry collection, “Anything But Empty: One Person’s Continuing Journey with PTSD,” Wednesday, May 13, 3 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

Grief support group, hosted by Life Choice Hospice, third Sunday of every month, May 17, noon-1 p.m., Sedgewood Commons, 22 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth. No registration required and drop-ins welcome. For more information, call 761-6967.

Community solar farm effort launches, Monday, May 11, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library, sponsored by Freeport Climate Action Team for residents of Freeport and Pownal. For further information, write info@FreeportCAT.org or call Sukie Rice, 865-3768.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture, Thursday, May 14, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library Morrell Room, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Speaker Frank O’Reilly, “The Battle of Cedar Creed: Sunset of the Confederacy.” Lectures free and open to the public.

“Everest The Hard Way,” lecture by Ed Webster, Friday, May 15, 7 p.m., L.L. Bean, Freeport.

Durham spring bulky waste collection day, Saturday, May 16, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 1099 Royalsborough Road (the former Copp Excavation site).

Pownal Board of Selectmen, Monday, May 18, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Pownal Planning Board ordinance review workshop, Tuesday, May 19, 8 a.m., Mallett Hall.

Pownal Planning Board ordinance review public hearing, Wednesday, May 20, 6 p.m., Mallett Hall. Draft copies available at the Town Office.

DaPonte String Quartet concert, Sunday, May 24, 3 p.m., Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St., Topsham. Tickets $20, available at www.DaPonte.org, Maine Coast Books in Damariscotta, Longfellow Books in Portland and Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick. For more information, call 529-4555.

Pownal Planning Board ordinance review workshop, Tuesday, May 26, 8 a.m., Mallett Hall.

Regional School Unit 5 annual budget meeting, Wednesday, May 27, 6:30 p.m., Freeport High School. Durham, Freeport and Pownal residents will vote on the budget article-by-article in town meeting-style gathering.

Regional School Unit 5 budget validation referendum, Tuesday, June 9, Durham, Freeport and Pownal.

We love to eat

Freeport Elders Association Pancake Breakfast, first Saturday of each month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Breakfast includes pancakes, sausages, coffee or tea, juice, $3.50 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children 12 and under. Deluxe breakfast is scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausages, biscuit, coffee or tea, juice, $4.50, $4 for seniors.

Baked bean and spaghetti supper, Saturday, May 2, 4:30-6 p.m. North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Three kinds of beans, spaghetti with meat sauce, potato salad, cole slaw, biscuits and brown bread, pickled beets, assorted homemade pies. $8 adults, $3 children 4-12, free for those under 3.

Barbecue, Saturday, May 2, 5 p.m., South Freeport Congregational Church, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Barbecued foods, beverages and bingo. $25 per person, which includes two beverages; 20 percent discount for tables of 10. Call 865-4012 for reservations. Free food and child care for kids under 12.

Bean supper, Saturday, May 2, 5-6:30 p.m., Casco Masonic Lodge, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth. Three kinds of beans, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, cole slaw, homemade pies and biscuits, and beverages. $8, $4.

Bean supper, Saturday, May 9, 4:30-6 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 663 Royalsborough Road, across from the River Park, Durham. Baked beans, chop suey, hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw, bread, pickles and homemade pies. $7.50 for adults, $3 for children 5-12 and free for children under 5.

Bean supper, Saturday, May 23, 5-6 p.m., Harraseeket Grange Hall, 13 Elm St., Freeport. Three kinds of home-baked beans, hot dogs, biscuits, brown bread, potato salad, pasta salad, cole slaw, pies and beverages. $8 for adults, $4 for children under 10 and free for children 3 and under. Suppers are scheduled for the fourth Saturday of every month through October.

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.

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.

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