Musician Jennifer Armstrong will share her Scottish border clan heritage in a program of mouth music, ballads, bagpipes, fiddle and Celtic tales at 6:30 p.m. March 17 via Zoom. Contributed / William Burlingham
St. Patrick’s Day delight
Jennifer Armstrong will give a St. Patrick’s Day performance at 6:30 p.m. March 17 via Zoom. Armstrong has spent her life writing, singing and making music with fiddle, bagpipe, banjo and words. She is a storyteller, singer, instrumentalist, poet and published author. A featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival in 1998 and 2010, Armstrong will share her Scottish border clan heritage in a program of mouth music, ballads, bagpipes, fiddle and Celtic tales. For more information or to register for the free program, contact the Raymond Village library at 655-4283.
Virtual book club
Join a virtual literary discussion of “Britt-Marie was Here” by Fredrik Backman at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, via Zoom, hosted by Raymond Village Library. For the Zoom link and password, contact the library or Melanie, the book club facilitator, at mechampn@outlook.com.
Free fishing week
Free Fishing License Week is taking place now through Feb. 21. The special free week was created to give everyone a chance to enjoy ice fishing. On these days, any person (except those whose license has been suspended or revoked) who registers with the department may fish without a license. All other laws and regulations apply on these days. Nonresidents and residents may participate. Registration is required online at surveymonkey.com/r/freefishinglicenseweek. Ages 15 and younger do not need to register.
Town nominations opened
Nomination papers will be available beginning 8:30 a.m. March 1 for the positions of selectman, Budget/Finance Committee and RSU 14 Board of Directors. Nomination papers are available at the Raymond Town Office at 401 Webbs Mills Road during regular office hours. A candidate must collect 25, but not over 100, registered Raymond voter signatures to be added to the ballot. The deadline to submit nomination papers to the town clerk is 4 p.m. April 9. The election will be held June 8.
Alissa Messer can be contacted at alissamesser@gmail.com.
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