CAPE ELIZABETH

Land trust announces annual artist event, auction

The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust is accepting artist submissions for “Paint for Preservation 2017,” the organization’s 10th annual juried Wet Paint Auction.

The auction will be held July 9. Selected artists will paint at designated public and private locations chosen to highlight Cape Elizabeth’s natural beauty. On Sunday, the newly painted artwork will be auctioned live at a tented cocktail reception at the home of Tilly Hagen on Breakwater Farm Road in Cape Elizabeth.

Proceeds from the auction are shared with participating artists and support the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s conservation of the shorelands and marshes, farmlands and woodlands.

Artist entries will be juried by Kelley Lehr and John Danos, new owners of Greenhut Galleries, and gallery founder Peggy Greenhut Golden.

Artists are invited to submit two images of original plein-air paintings in any medium for juried consideration.

For more details, call 767-6054 or go to www.capelandtrust.org under Paint for Preservation 2017.

SANFORD

Sanford Transit program adds several new stops

Sanford Transit, a program of York County Community Action Corporation that provides in-town service, has added new stops to its regular route at the Sanford-Springvale YMCA, the Trafton Center and York County Community Action Corporation.

Funding for the new stops has been provided in part by Nasson Health Care and Maine Behavioral Health, both located in Springvale and regular stops along the Sanford Transit route.

For any riders requiring route deviation, they should call the transportation office at 459-2932 with 24-hour notice to make arrangements. Riders can obtain a new schedule from their driver or view the schedule on the www.yccac.org website.

For more details, call Brad Bohon, community relations director, at 408-5625.

SACO

Bank, charitable fund give $1,000 to school for iPads

Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution in partnership with the Eleanor Clare Paye Charitable Fund has donated $1,000 in support of the Title 1 literacy program at the Governor John Fairfield School in Saco.

With SBSI’s donation, the school will be able to provide iPads for their Title 1 literacy teachers.

“This donation helps to build a critical component of Fairfield’s continual goal to increase communication with parents, in helping them support their child’s progress in reading,” said Maureen Talbot McMullin, principal of Governor John Fairfield School.

BRUNSWICK

Environmental group announces award winners

The Maine Environmental Education Association has announced winners of its annual awards recognizing 2016’s most outstanding environmental educator, school, business, student and  program in Maine.

Winners are:

• ReVision Energy, business of the year.

• Bath Middle School, school of the year.

• “Youth Programs” Cultivating Community program award.

• Amanda Ripa and Michelle Broyer, Eberhard Thiele environmental educators of the year.

• Alexandra Beatrice Trumann, student of the year.

• Peter Zack, Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

• Cicy Po, science teacher at Cheverus High School, regional award winner the 2016 Outstanding Educator of the Year.

For more details, go to www.meeassociation.org.

ROCKPORT

Youth music camp begins accepting applications

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the Envision Chamber Music Workshop, a weeklong intensive music camp in August for youths ages 12 to 18.

Participants will receive coaching from a team of professional musicians.

The program will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily Aug. 7-11, ending with a free public performance for family and friends.

This five-day program is open to individual applicants playing strings, piano, flute and clarinet. Preformed ensembles are encouraged to apply.

Tuition is $400 and limited scholarship assistance is available. Applications are due April 15. Applicants who submit materials by March 15 will be eligible for a $50 tuition reduction.

For more details, go to www.baychamberconcerts.org or call 236-2823.