Office hours

Regular Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Wednesday closed and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Meetings

The Durham Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m., at the Durham Town Office

CEO available

The Durham codes enforcement officer will be at the town office on Wednesdays, Feb. 12, 19 and 26, from 5-7 p.m.

Scouts offer babysitting for Valentine’s Day

Junior Girl Scout Troop 72 will host a “Drop & Dine With Your Valentine” on Friday, Feb. 14, from 6-9 p.m., at the Eureka Center.

The girls recently received their babysitting certificates and will be putting their skills to work watching kids ages pre-K through third grade while their parents enjoy a night out. Crafts, games, snack and a movie will be some of the festivities. The cost is $15 per child and $25 for two children.

For more information and to RSVP for this troop fundraising event, contact Nancy Decker, 751-1323, or [email protected].

Dinner soiree to benefit food pantry

A Valentine Soiree, with dinner and entertainment, will be held Friday, Feb. 14, at 6 p.m., at the Holy Trinity Church, 67 Frost Hill Ave., Lisbon Falls. Proceeds will benefit LACO Food Pantry. The dinner menu includes sparkling cider, tomato soup with crackers, tossed salad with Italian dressing, choice of baked ham with pineapple or roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, homemade dinner rolls, cake, coffee, tea, lunch, or milk. There will also be door prize drawings, snacks and entertainment.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door (limited seating). For more information or for tickets, call Bert Levesque, 216-3460; Arlene Couture, 666-5918; or Gail White, 353-9442.

Historical society meets next month

The Durham Historical Society is not meeting in February. Members will meet on the second Tuesday in March, March 11, at the Eureka Community Center at 6:30 p.m., when they will start planning a spring fundraiser. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.

Kindergarten registration under way

Durham Community School 2014-2015 kindergarten registration is under way. Children

must be 5 years of age on or before Oct. 15, 2014, and be a resident of Durham. To pre-register, see www.dcs.rsu5.org and fill out the form. Later in the spring, parents will receive complete information about screening. For more information, call 353-9333.

Dog licenses overdue

A $25 late fee per dog will now also be charged to register dogs. The regular fees are $6 for altered dogs and $11 for unaltered dogs. Proof of rabies and first time for neutered or spaying will need to be seen by the registering clerk. This is once-a-year registration. For more information, contact Town Clerk Shannon Plourde at 353-2561, ext.11.

Nomination deadline nears

Nomination papers for elected office are available at the Town Clerk’s Office during business hours. Candidates must get 25 but not more than 100 signatures of registered voters of Durham.

Nomination papers must be returned to the town clerk on Monday, Feb. 24, no later than 4:30 p.m., to have their name appear on the municipal ballot for election on April 4. Town meeting is April 5 at 9 a.m. Durham Community School. Positions for elected office are:

Selectmen/assessor: two, three-year terms and one, two-year term.

Budget Committee: Three, three-year terms

RSU 5 Board of Directors: One, three-year term.

For more information call Town Clerk Shannon Plourde at 353-2561, ext. 11.

Spaghetti supper to benefit Interact Club effort

The Interact Club of Freeport High School will host a spaghetti supper at the Durham Masonic Lodge on Saturday, Feb. 15, starting at 4:30 p.m. The cost is $7.50 for adults and $5 for those 12 and under.

Club members are raising money to go to the Dominican Republic to install water filters in poor communities. The trip will take place in June, and roughly $40,000 needs to be raised. There are 12 students and five chaperones going on the trip.

Eureka Center for rent

The Durham Eureka Community Center is available for rent. The maximum amount of people the hall holds for an event is 50. For rentals, contact Nancy Decker at 751-1323 or the Town Office at 353-2561.

At the community center

The Durham Eureka Community Center, corner of Route 9 and Route 136, hosts cribbage every Tuesday from 9 a.m.-noon at the Eureka Center. For more information call the Town Office at 353-2561.

Couponing for the Community meets every other Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. There is no cost. Learn the basics including where/how to find and collect coupons; how to organize them in a way that works best for you; and how to begin using them. Pat Provost heads this community project with the hopes that some of the skills acquired will be used to give back to the community by helping families in need.

Registration forms are available at the Durham Town Office or on www.durhammaine.com, which also lists new events and classes.

While there are no ceremonies planned, the town of Durham will be 225 years old on Feb. 17. The Union Church-Old Durham Town Hall on Route 136, built in 1835 by local Baptists, Methodists and Congregationalists, is now used during warm-weather months by the Durham Historical Society. Margaret Wentworth, a member of the historical society, said that the town used the building as its town office until 1986, when the new facility was built. It was last used as a Congregational Church in the mid-1900s, she said. The historical society will hold its first meeting of the year there on March 11, and there will be an art show sometime in May, Wentworth said. Open houses will take place on the third Saturdays in June, July and August.