Upcoming Events – Beat the Heat, Community Spay-Neuter Clinic’s $20 cat neuters with rabies vaccination included, offered for month of February. Call Freeport office to make an appointment, 865-0772 or for more information, visit www.communityspayneuterclinic.com.

“Strategies to Identify and Eliminate Pollution Sources Impacting Coastal Beach Water Quality,” talk by Keri Kaczor, statewide coordinator of Maine Healthy Beaches program, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 6-7 p.m., Coastal Studies for Girls, 308 Wolfe’s Neck Road, Freeport. For more information, contact Coastal Studies for Girls, [email protected] or call 207-865-9700.

Durham codes enforcement officer, available Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Armchair travel program, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Sail to Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon with Burt Brewer and Chris Hastedt.

Freeport First Friday, with musicians Laura Kargul on piano and Ronald Lantz on violin, Friday, March 1, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center on March 1. Musicians will perform short classical program featuring French works including “Sonata for Violin and Piano” by Jacques de la Presle. Dinner will feature French cuisine with boeuf bourguignon and gateau au fromage (beef stew and cheesecake). Tickets, $18 and seating is limited. Call Kim at 865-3985, ext. 202.

Wescustago Youth Chorale, 15th annual Spaghetti Supper Serenade, Saturday, March 2, seating at 5 and 7 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 10 Depot St. Enjoy homemade spaghetti supper with salad, bread and homemade pies while being serenaded by members of the Wescustago Youth Chorale. $10 adult, $5 for children 8 and under. Proceeds benefit scholarship fund. For more information, call 846-0705.

“Mystery at Our Class Reunion,” interactive dinner-theater presentation, Saturday, March 2, 6 p.m., Royal Oak Room, 1 Bates St., Lewiston. Tickets $75. Proceeds benefit St. Mary’s Health System’s Enhanced Patient Care Area Fund. Register online at www.stmarysmaine.com, call 755-3366 or email [email protected].

Regional School Unit 5 budget presentation, Monday, March 4, 6:30 p.m., Durham Community School. Information to parents, staff and community members about priorities in the budget.

District 2 Town Council candidates reception, sponsored by Freeport Save our Neighborhoods Monday, March 4, 7-9 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Candidates Sarah Tracey and Joyce Clarkson-Veilleux invited to speak briefly about themselves, followed by a question-and-answer period and reception.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, March 4, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

Pownal Planning Board, ongoing review of Zoning Ordinance draft, Tuesday, March 5, 8-9:30 a.m., Mallett Hall.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, March 7, 1 p.m., “To Kill a Mockingbird,” with Gregory Peck. Popcorn will be served.

Irish Fiddling Workshop and mini concert, with Liz Knowles, Friday, March 8, Frost Gully Violins, 457 US Route 1, Freeport. Irish fiddle workshop at 7 p.m., followed by mini concert at 8. Tickets $20 for concert only and $30 for combined workshop and concert. Reservations recommended as seating is limited. Call Frost Gully Violins at 865-9457.

Hand-to-Hand Food Drive, Saturday, March 9,10-11:30 a.m., in front of First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Drop off bags of non-perishable food, personal care items and cleaning supplies. Items will be passed “hand-to-hand” to the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., to help stock the Freeport Community Services food pantry. Goods can also be dropped off in advance at the lobbies of the Morse Street School, Mast Landing School and Durham Community School.? For more information, call 865-6171 or see www.rsu5-rce.org.

Rum tasting and presentation, “Peddling Your Wares: A Look at Itinerant Merchants in Early 19th Century New England,” Sunday, March 10, 1:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Tom Kelleher, curator at Old Sturbridge Village, talks about how goods reached settlements and the importance of the exchange of news. Presentation followed with questions and answers and a tasting of Eight Bells rum from New England Distilleries. Tickets $5 at the door. For more information, call 865-3170, or see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or Facebook.

Durham public information meeting, Monday, March 11, 6:30 p.m., Durham Community School Gym. To be discussed are the Public Work Feasibility Study findings, what residents want from their local cable TV; and ordinance amendments. For more information, call 353-2561.

Northern Stars Planetarium, Wednesday, March 13, at 6 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Take a look at the seasonal night sky as seen with the unaided eye. Talk about stars, constellations, visible planets, meteors, the noon and Northern Lights while inside Northern Star’s inflatable, traveling planetarium.

Children’s yoga, Tuesday, March 14, at 10 a.m., Freeport Community Library. Parents invited to bring toddler and/or preschooler for a morning yoga program by Freeport Yoga Co.

Auction, to benefit Freeport High School Interact Club trip to the Dominican Republic, Friday, March 15, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center. Club will be taking a service trip to the Dominican Republic to install water filters, teach residents how to maintain the filters, donate money to hospitals and bring shoes and clothing to the children of La Romana.

Freeport Lions-Lionesss variety show, Saturday March 16, 7 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center. Adults $10, 12 and under $3. This year’s theme is “Thank you for being a friend.” For tickets or more information, call 865-9523 or email [email protected].

Pownal selectmen, Monday, March 18, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

Pownal Planning Board, ongoing review of Zoning Ordinance draft, Tuesday, March 19, 8-9:30 a.m., at Mallett Hall.

Freeport special council election, to fill District 2 seat, Wednesday, March 20, 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Town Hall Council Chambers, 30 Main St., For more information, contact the Freeport Town Clerk’s office at 865-4743, ext. 123.

Ongoing Events – Androscoggin Beekeepers Club monthly meeting, first Wednesday of the month through May, 6:30 p.m., Auburn City Building, 60 Court St., Room 206. Meetings are open to anyone interested in honeybees. Parking is available in the garage behind the building. For more information, call Blaine Richardson at 576-0571 or Charles Armstrong at 784-9757, or visit androscogginbeekeepers.org.

“Buttons, Rum & Rakes,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit celebrating Freeport’s mercantile past, runs through March 2, 45 Main St., Freeport, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Weekly story time, for toddlers and pre-schoolers, Tuesdays, Freeport Community Library. Three different sessions. 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., separate 15-minute story times for toddlers. Thirty-minute story time for pre-schoolers at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307.

Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-8 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.

12-step meeting, Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., First Parish Congregational Church 422 Hallowell Road, Pownal. For more information call Linda G. at 650-4536.

Durham Town Office, open Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-7 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., the office is closed all day on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. 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. The town office is closed Fridays and weekends. For more information, call 688-4611.

Freeport Town Hall, open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The offices are closed on 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 [email protected].

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.

We Love to Eat – Haddock chowder lunch, every second and fourth Friday during February and March, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., South Freeport Congregational Church Community Hall, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. The lunch is buffet style and includes haddock chowder, coleslaw, corn muffins, cake and a beverage. The cost is $8, which includes seconds. Pints of chowder are also available for take-out for $6. The church is located opposite the Post Office in South Freeport. For more information, call 865-4012.

Public lunch- Friday, March 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Homemade haddock chowder, desserts, monthly specials, and grilled sandwiches. Takeout available

Freeport Elders Pancake Breakfast, first and third Saturday of the month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Deluxe: Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits, OJ, tea and coffee, $4.50. Regular: Pancakes, sausages, OJ, tea or coffee, $3.50. Seniors deduct 50 cents.

Community supper, Saturday, March 10, 5 p.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Donations accepted. Concert by New Wine to follow. Admission is free, free will offering will be taken. For mor e information, contact the Rev. Ray St.Pierre, 837-0682, or Deb Larrabee, 240-1637.

Freeport’s First Friday program March 1 features music by Laura Kargul on piano and Ronald Lantz on violin, and dinner featuring French cuisine.