WESTBROOK

Life coach, author at library

Life coach Deb Bergeron will give the talk “Put the Stress on Wellness: Techniques to Stay Cool, Calm and Collected!” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St.

Maine author Monica Wood will read excerpts from her new memoir, “When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir of Mexico, Maine,” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St.

The reading will be followed by a question and answer period with the author, a book signing and refreshments.

BRUNSWICK

PSAT preparation offered

Maine Prep is offering high school juniors a chance to prepare for the upcoming required PSAT at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Maine Prep offices at 22 Parkers Way.

The free service offers a proctored PSAT followed by a discussion as students correct their tests together.

To reserve a space, call Maine Prep at 798-5690, go to www.maineprep.com or email maineprep@gmail.com. 

Civil War songs topic of talk

Stephen Sanfilippo will head the talk “Nailed to the Mast: Historic Songs of the Union and Confederate Navies” at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of the Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture at Curtis Memorial Library’s Morrell Room, at 23 Pleasant St.

GORHAM

Display, raffles at quilt show

The Nimble Thimbles chapter of the Pine Tree Quilt is sponsoring “A Medley of Color” quilt show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Parish Congregational Church, 1 Church St. 

There will be a large display of quilts, as well as vendors, quilter’s walk raffles, a craft table and light refreshments.

Admission is $5; children under age 12 get in free. For more details or raffle tickets, call Linda 688-2262.

SEBAGO LAKE VILLAGE

Rabies clinic at church

A rabies clinic will be offered from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Sebago Lake Congregational Church, 410 Northeast Road., Sebago Lake Village.

Cost is $10 per pet, cash only.

Previous rabies certificate is requested. Dogs should be brought on leashes and cats must be in cages.

Vaccines will be administered by the Standish Veterinary Hospital staff.

For more details, call Jack Freitas at 642-4343.

KENNEBUNK

Mushroom workshop

“Foraging for Maine’s Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms,” a workshop by mushroom expert Greg Marley, will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kennebunk Free Library, 112 Main St.

Marley has been collecting, studying, eating, growing and teaching about mushrooms for more than 35 years. He is the founder of Mushrooms for Health, a small company providing medicinal mushroom education and products made with Maine medicinal mushrooms, and the author of two books on the subject.

For more details, call Janet at 985-2173, ext. 102.

SPRINGVALE

Learn beekeeping essentials

The Maine State Beekeepers Association and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will partner to offer a five-week introductory beekeeping course, to run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays from Oct. 16 through Nov. 13 at the Anderson Learning Center, 21 Bradeen St.

The course will cover topics such as the honey bee colony, constructing hives, pests and diseases and honey production. Master beekeepers Larry Pfeiffer and Richard McLaughlin will instruct.

The course fee is $90 per person or $140 for a pair of students sharing the text and materials, and includes a one-year membership in the York County Beekeepers Association.

To reserve a space, call (800) 287-1535, 324-2814 or email rebecca.gowdy@maine.edu.

WINDHAM

Recycle electronic waste

An electronic waste recycling event, open to all area communities, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Windham Mall at Veterans Memorial Drive, next to Friendly’s.

Sponsored by Windham Hill United Church of Christ, the event will receive items including televisions, computers, printers, telephones, VCRs, DVDs, audio equipment, stereo systems and the like. No household appliances please.

For more details, call Judy at 653-5989.

HOLLIS

Clothes for 25 cents

A 25-cent fall clothing sale, set for 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hollis Elementary School, at 554 River Road, Route 35, will benefit the Bonny Eagle High School Scholarship fund and the Limington Toy Box.

For more details, call 692-2989.

SOUTH PORTLAND

Dog adoption event

Join the Animal Welfare Society Mobile Adoption Team from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for an adoptable dogs event at the Pet Life at Mill Creek, 50 Market St.

For more details, call the Animal Welfare Society at 985-3244, go to www.animalwelfaresociety.org or call Pet Life at 799-7282.

WEST KENNEBUNK

Haunted walk for charity

The Animal Welfare Society and Behind the Scenes Charity are teaming up to offer a haunted walk through the woods at the Animal Welfare Society property on Holland Road.

Guided tours, live entertainment and candy will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost is $4 for adults and $3 for children.

Attendees should dress warmly, as this is an outdoor event. Please leave your pets at home.

Rain date is Sunday.

For more details, call 985-3244.

FALMOUTH

EMS reunion, open house

A Falmouth EMS reunion and open house will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 21 at Falmouth American Legion Hall on Depot Road.

Those wishing to attend are asked to email falmouthems@gmail.com by Oct. 15.

Please bring a snack or dessert to share. 

Author Schultz to speak

Maine author Harriet Schultz will be a guest speaker at the Falmouth Memorial Library at noon Tuesday as part of the Lunch Box Friends series.

This event is free and open to the public.

The library is located at 5 Lunt Road.

For more details, call 781-2351.

NEW GLOUCESTER

USO-style show planned

A G.I. Dames Encore Performance and Sixth Annual USO-Style Show, benefiting the new Veterans Memorial Park, is planned for 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Amvets Post 6 at Route 100. Admission is by suggested donation of $5 per person.

Refreshments and raffles will be sold. This is a B.Y.O.B. event.

For tickets, call Pat Kiley at 926-4232 or Joyce Hamilton at 926-4079.

SANFORD

Secrets of bedbugs revealed

“Everything You Wanted to Know About Bedbugs But Were Afraid to Ask” is the topic for the next Sanford-Springvale S.A.L.T. Council meeting, set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Trafton Center, 19 Elm St.

Jeff Haines of Atlantic Pest Controls will be the guest speaker, addressing pest identification and follow-up solutions.

Light refreshments will be served.

Admission is a $2 suggested donation.

To reserve a seat, call Thea Murphy at 457-0800. 

Fall activities for all ages

The Sanford Parks and Recreation Department is offering a number of fall activities for all ages.

Pickleball pickup games for ages 50 and older meet from 10 a.m. to noon Mondays and Fridays and from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays, throughout the winter.

A six-week Archery for Adults and Youth series will meet from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., starting Thursday.

Volleyball for adults and high school students is now meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, through April.

A daylong Boston shopping trip is planned for Nov. 10 for $25 per person.

For a complete list of events, times, dates, fees and locations, go to www.sanfordmaine.org or call 324-9130.

RICHMOND

Celebrating thousands of pounds lost

The Richmond Area Health Center will host a celebration of its second annual community weight loss program at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The more than 450 patients enrolled in the program have lost a combined 3,000 pounds in the past 12 months for a two-year total of 7,500 pounds shed.

Attendees of the celebration will include Dr. Sheila Pinette, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, Rep. Seth Barry and Sen. Seth Goodall. The event is open to the public.

For more details, call Tom Bartol at 737-4359 or email thomas.bartol@healthreach.org.

LYMAN

Equine therapy for veterans

Carlisle Academy Integrative Equine Therapy & Sports will offer therapeutic horsemanship services to post-911 veterans through funding provided by the Wounded Warrior Project, in partnership with its accrediting body, PATH – Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship – International.

As a PATH International Premier Accredited Center, the academy has been selected to receive funding for veterans who have incurred service-connected injuries to body, mind or spirit, on or after Sept. 11, 2001.

Those veterans are eligible for up to 10 free sessions, within a year, in either hippotherapy or adaptive riding and carriage driving.

Carlisle is a comprehensive riding school that offers hippotherapy and adaptive programs, Para-Equestrian sports, and traditional equestrian training opportunities for educators, practitioners and riders. PATH Intl. is a leader in offering Equine Assisted Activities & Therapies to military veterans.

Qualifying veterans, who wish to participate in the program, should call 985-0374 or go to www.carlisleacademymaine.com. 

STANDISH

Diamond to discuss his book

Sen. Bill Diamond will speak about his book, “The Evil and the Innocent,” and his role as a lawmaker at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Viola George Auditorium in Harold Alfond Hall at Saint Joseph’s College, 278 White’s Bridge Road.

Diamond’s book is about child sexual abuse. Diamond has researched, written, co-sponsored and sponsored more than 50 proposed laws and amendments pertaining to sex offenders, many of which are on the books today. He will also discuss the Maine Sex Offender Registry.

The talk is free and open to the public. 

ELLSWORTH

Session to teach diabetes prevention

The Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Diabetes Education Team will be offering a Prediabetes Education session from 10 a.m. to noon in the Medical Office Building Classroom (Door C) at 50 Union St.

This is a program for anyone who has fasting blood sugars between 100 and 125 or who has a family history of diabetes and wants to prevent diabetes from developing. This is a lively, interactive program that will provide simple steps to lower your blood sugars and keep them in non-diabetic ranges.

Cost is $15 and pre-registration is recommended by calling 664-5475. 

CAMDEN

Reading group to meet 

The Camden Philosophical Society Reading Group will discuss “The Word of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin, at 4 p.m. at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St.

All are welcome. 

‘Sudden Fiction’ workshop offered

A free six-week “Sudden Fiction” writing workshop will be offered from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Camden Public Library.

Writing Coach Lee Heffner will head the consecutive sessions.To register, call the library at 236-3440. 

PopTech director to talk about ‘Resilience’

PopTech Executive director Andrew Zolli will discuss his new book “Resilience” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Camden Public Library, as part of the library’s “Red White and Green October” series.

BETHEL

Historical Society launches campaign

Bethel Historical Society has launched its Annual Fund Campaign to raise donations to support its work of collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of western Maine and the White Mountain region.

The annual campaign represents more than 30 percent of the society’s yearly income, allowing the small staff and volunteers to maintain daily operations and to offer programs and exhibits that interpret the Bethel region’s history.

The society’s board of trustees has offered a matching donation challenge of up to $5,000.

Donations, which are tax deductible, may be made payable to the Bethel Historical Society and mailed to P.O. Box 12, Bethel 04217.

For more details, call 824-2908, (800) 824-2910 or email info@bethelhistorical.org.

 

 

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