KENNEBUNK

Intelligence Offiers meeting

“The Role of Intelligence in the 21st Century” is the subject of the next meeting of Association for Intelligence Officers at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Brick Store Museum Program Center, on 2 Dane St. Retired CIA senior intelligence officer Mary Margaret will speak. For more details, call 967-4298.

CAMDEN

Permaculture design program

Jesse Watson, of Midcoast Permaculture Design, will give a talk and slideshow introducing the concept of permaculture design at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St. Permaculture is a landscape design system and set of techniques for creating resilient human habitats and healthy ecosystems. For more details, call Ken Gross at 236-3440.

CASTINE

Ocean Studies series

Maine Maritime Academy’s Corning School of Ocean Studies free Spring 2012 Seminar Series continues at 3 p.m. on March 19 in the Alumni Lecture Room at Leavitt Hall on Pleasant St. The lecture “Science Under Sail; Sea Education Association’s Semester with Stanford University,” will be given by Maine Maritime Academy Capt. Rick Miller. For more details, call Janice Zenter at 326-2256.

SPRINGVALE

Beekeeping history class

Maine State Beekeepers Association Vice President and Teacher Larry Peiffer will detail the history of beekeeping at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum, at 505 Main St. For more details, call the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society at 324-2797.

RAYMOND

Preparing seedlings workshop

The Raymond Casco Historical Society will host a talk on preparing seedlings for spring gardening at 6:30 p.m. today  at the Raymond Public Safety building at 791 Roosevelt Trail, on Route 302. Watkins Flowers and Greenhouse Owner Carol Drew will speak. For more details, go to  www.raymondcascohistory.org.

PORTLAND

Women’s clinic today

The Birthwise Community Clinic, of Bridgton, will sponsor a free Well Woman Clinic for women of all ages from 9 a.m. to noon today at Birth Roots in Portland. Student midwives from the clinic will offer free exams on an appointment and walk-in basis under the supervision of a certified professional midwife. Services will include breast exams, pap smears, nutritional and family planning counseling and fertility awareness education. Routine screening for STIs and GYN infections also will be offered. For an appointment, call 647-5968.

BRUNSWICK

Managing finances workshop

Curtis Memorial Library, at 23 Pleasant St., will host the talk “Managing Credit and Debt,” by Leslie Linfield, Esp., at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Morrell Meeting Room. For more details, call 725-5242, ext. 216 or email ehawkins@curtislibrary.com.

YORK

Library program happenings

York Public Library, at 15 Long Sands Road, will offer the following programs this week: “Stories, Stones and Superstitions,” a talk on New England graveyards with Author Roxie Zwicker at noon on Tuesday; a Family film night viewing of “Sword in the Stone” at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday; and a concert by the Short Brothers with Curt Bessette and Jenn Kurtz at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more details, call 363-2818 or go to www.york.lib.me.us.

BRUNSWICK

Civil War lecture

A Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Curtis Memorial Library’s Morrell Room, 23 Pleasant St. Kerck Kelsey will present a the talk entitled “Abel Streight and Benjamin Grierson, a Tale of Two Calvalry Raids.”

FREEPORT

Women’s Club meeting

The Freeport Woman’s Club will meet at 1 p.m. Friday at the Freeport Community Library.

Their keynote speaker is Bill Nemitz, a columnist for The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram.

Refreshments will be served following the meeting. The meeting is open to the public.

For more information, call 865-1017.

PORTLAND

Summer camp fair

A fair for people interested in learning more about summer camps for kids will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at East End School, 195 North St.

Representatives from more than 70 camps will be on hand to answer questions.
Admission is free.

For more information, call 518-9557 or go to www.mainecamps.org.

GRAY

Dance benefit

The first annual Dancing with the Staff event will be held at 6 p.m. March 24 at Gray/New Gloucester High School.

Participants from every school in the district have been practicing their dance moves for the benefit.
The event also features a silent auction, which includes park hopper passes for Disney World,

Downeaster train tickets, a Keurig coffee maker and overnight packages.

The doors will open at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and can be purchased on a first come, first served basis at the parks and recreation office at the Henry Pennell Municipal Building. Proceeds from the event will benefit Patriot Parents PTO.

WESTBROOK

Book sale

The Friends of Walker Memorial Library are holding a book sale Tuesday through Saturday at the library, 800 Main St.

On Friday, all materials will be half price. On Saturday, books will go for $3 a bag.

All proceeds will go towards the purchase of new materials for the library.

The collection of used books is mostly adult fiction and a few other items.

For more information, call 854-0630 or go to www.walker.lib.me.us.

NEW GLOUCESTER

Historical society program

The New Gloucester Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Dwelling House, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Road.

The featured speaker will be Sister Frances Carr, head of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community and kitchen deaconess.

She will give a presentation on the traditions of Shaker cooking. For more information, call  926-3188

SOUTH PORTLAND

Photography seminar

Tony Sweet, a nationally recognized nature and landscape photographer, will give a seminar on Sunday about “Digital Imagery in the 21st Century.”

The seminar will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at South Portland High School, 637 Highland Ave.,
The cost is $125.

For more information, go to www.portlandcameraclub.org.

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