Upcoming events

“You Can Get There from Here – How Transportation Defined Freeport,” Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Freeport Historical Society Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport. $3 donation suggested. Exhibit open through Feb.1, 2015. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Northern Lights Celebration, musical holiday light show, 5-9 p.m., every night, plus concerts and crafts through Dec. 31. For full Northern Lights schedule, see www.llbean.com/llb/shop/512152?page=northern-lights.

Roundtable meeting on business, sponsored by Freeport Economic Development Corp. and the Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 5-7 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St., Freeport. Informal meeting organized by Mobilize Maine and Blackstone Accelerates Growth. Open to business people, those interested in starting a business and anyone who has opinions about business, etc. For more information, contact Keith McBride, 865-4743, ext. 117, or [email protected].

Freeport Rotary, meets every Wednesday, 7 a.m., Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main St., Freeport. Feel free to stop by and see what the group is about, or call Matt Morrison, 691-8747, for more information.

Upstairs at Azure Cafe?, monthly meeting of writers and poets, Wednesday, Dec 10, 8 p.m., 123 Main St., Freeport. Selections of writing by local authors will be shared. Space available for two members. Call Gar Roper at 272-3641 to reserve a place.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Wednesdays, noon and 7:30 p.m.; AlAnon, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Business Debtors Anonymous, Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Parkinson’s disease support group, for people just diagnosed, caregivers and people who have been living with the diagnosis, every Wednesday, 10 a.m., YMCA of Southern Maine, Casco Bay Branch, Freeport. For more information, call 865-9600.

Couponing for the Community, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Eureka Community Center, Durham. Group meets two Wednesdays each month. January’s meetings are on the 14th and 28th. Learn couponing basics including where/how to find and collect coupons; how to organize them; and how to begin using them. For more information, call Pat Provost, 212-5156.

PeaceWorks Annual Winter Gathering, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., St. Charles Church, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Celebrate Human Rights Day with some words by Mary Beth Sullivan and some songs by Full Circle. Event is a pot luck for favorite dips and desserts. For more information, call 406-2273.

Freeport Project Review Board, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Coastal Waters Commission, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Shellfish Conservation Commission, Thursday, Dec. 11, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Active Living Task Force, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:30 a.m., Town Council Chambers.

“A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” 1987 film, Thursday, Dec. 11, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library Morrell Room, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Speakers Carol and David Manchester talk on “Joseph K. Manchester: Northern Son in the South 1861-1863.” Lectures are free and open to the public.

Business to Business Connection, Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce’s business networking group, Thursdays, 7:30-9 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St. For more information, call 847-5240.

Food Addicts Anonymous, Thursdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Farmer for the Morning, Thursdays during the school year, 9-10 a.m., Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnette Road, Freeport, for toddler or pre-school-aged children. Interactive hands-on experience that includes feeding and caring for barnyard animals. For more information, see www.wolfesneckfarm.org.

Auditions for staged play reading, “To Have & To Hold,” by Gar Roper, Thursday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 13, 4:30-6 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Roles for three men and two women in their 50s, and one woman in her late 20s. For more information, email [email protected] or call 272-3641. Part of Freeport’s FebFest of Arts & Culture

Concert of seasonal, sacred choral music, presented by University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers Friday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., Sacred Heart Church, 256 Main St., Yarmouth. Event is sponsored by St. Jude’s Church in Freeport. Free-will offering will be taken at the door.

Christmas concert, Friday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., First Congregational Church, 773 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Featured will be church musician Jeff Chipman, the choir, Freeport Lioness singers, caroling and stories. Refreshments will follow.

Greater Freeport Community Chorus “Gloria!” winter concert, Saturday, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport, and Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m., Congregational Church in Cumberland, 282 Main St. Program to feature Robert Ray’s “Gospel Mass,” with soloist Chas Lester, and Franz Schubert’s “Magnificat,” as well as carols by John Rutter. Tickets $10 for adults, per-family maximum of $25. For more information, visit www.gfccweb.org.

Special holiday storytime and songs, Saturday, Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Library.

Author Elizabeth Bodner, signs her book, “Seven Women in Maine,” Saturday, Dec. 13, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.

Debtors Anonymous, Saturdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.

Christmas concert, featuring music by Grace, Saturday, Dec. 13, 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 14, 2 p.m., St. Matthew’s Church, off Route 196, Lisbon. Those who attend should bring non-perishable food or a donation for Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry

Rabies clinic, for dogs and cats, Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Freeport Town Hall. $15 per animal. For more information, contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 865-4743, ext. 122 or 123.

Hike with the Ranger, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe Neck’s Woods State Park, Freeport. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465.

Author Tom Dowd, signs his book, “Displacement Day When My Job Was Looking,” Sunday, Dec. 14, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.

Wescustago Youth Chorale presents “A Wescustago Winter,” Sunday, Dec. 14, 3 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 50 Holbrook St. Concert by 80-voice auditioned youth chorus of third- to 12th-graders from 12 area towns. Tickets at the door $10, $5 for students and seniors 65 and over. Reception to follow the concert. Conducted by Amanda Mahaffey, Renovia Day, and Jennifer Hand Runge. For more information, see www.wescustago.wordpress.com.

South Freeport Congregational Church, UCC, worship each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Sunday school for kids pre-K through eighth grade provided during the service as is nursery care. Coffee and refreshments after the service.

First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport, worship service, Sunday, 10 a.m., followed by coffee hour. 40 Main St., Freeport. Choir practice precedes service at 9:15. New choir members welcome.

Pownal Board of Selectmen, Monday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Downeasters Barbershop Quartet concert, Monday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Holy Trinity Church, 67 Frost Hill Ave., Lisbon Falls. Benefit for Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry.

Friends of the Freeport Community Library annual meeting, Monday, Dec. 15, 6:30 p.m., at the library. All welcome to attend, light refreshments will be served. The meeting will feature an administrative agenda that includes the election of new board officers as well as discussion of ongoing projects and plans for the coming year. For more information, email [email protected].

“Blue Christmas,” Monday, Dec. 15, 6:30-7:30 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport. Service of reflection, worship, sharing and music, open to people of all faiths or persuasions.

Durham Board of Selectmen, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m., Town Office.

“Sounds of Christmas Joy,” holiday music by the Coastal Winds, Freeport’s community concert band, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6 p.m., Harraseeket Inn Casco Bay Room, 162 Main St., Freeport. Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. Suggested admission is a non-perishable food item for the Freeport Community Services Food Pantry. For more information, call 865-4747. New members always welcome.

Story times, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Tuesdays, Babies & Toddlers, 10-10:30 a.m.; Pre-schoolers, 10:30-11 a.m. For more information, call 865-3307 or see www.freeportlibrary.com.

Tashi Gatsel Ling, Tibetan Buddhist center, 20 Independence Drive in Freeport, offers regular programming and teachings by recognized Tibetan Buddhist teachers. Visit http://tashigatselling.org/ for information about teachers, study group meetings, meditation classes, dharma teachings, and “sacred cinema” movie nights.

Cribbage, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Eureka Community Center, corner of Route 9 and Route 136, Durham. For more information call the Town Office, 353-2561.

Freeport Traffic & Parking Committee, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7:30 a.m., Town Council Chambers.

Freeport Town Council, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Freeport Recycling/Solid Waste Committee, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 5:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Pownal Planning Board, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

“The Mousehole Cat,” preschool movie, Thursday, Dec. 18, 10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Library.

“Guardians of the Galaxy,” teen movie, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2:20 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

“Memory and Alzheimer’s, a Specific Kind of Caregiver Stress,” with social worker Betsy Elder, Thursday, Dec. 18, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. Part of support group for caregivers that the third Thursday of every month. For more information, call 373-4656.

Grief support group, for those grieving the death of a loved due to overdose or substance abuse, meets the first and third Thursdays of the month, 3:30-5 p.m., CHANS Hospice, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. For more information, cntact Andy Sokoloff, CHANS grief and bereavement support coordinator, 721-1357.

Author Miriam Nesset, signs her book, “Sea Smoke,” Saturday, Dec. 20, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.

Author and humorist Tim Sample, signs his book, “Answers to Questions,” Sunday, Dec 21, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.

Casco Bay Walk, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe Neck’s Woods State Park, Freeport. Enjoy views of islands and rocky shores on this one-mile walk along the Casco Bay trail. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465.

Grief support group, hosted by Life Choice Hospice, third Sunday of every month, Dec. 21, noon-1 p.m., Sedgewood Commons, 22 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth. No registration required and drop-ins welcome. For more information, call 761-6967.

Winter in the Woods, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe Neck’s Woods State Park, Freeport. Discover the ways both plants and animals survive the winter in Maine. For both children and adults. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465.

Pownal Board of Selectmen, Monday, Dec. 29, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall

Durham Board of Selectmen, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 6:30 p.m., Town Office.

Tri-Town Penguins Snowmobile Club, meets last Tuesday of each month, Dec. 30, from September to April, 7 p.m., Durham Fire Station, 615 Hallowell Road, Durham. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Duncan Daly, 865-6188, or Mike Yates, 865-3555.

Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, Jan. 14, 1-2:30 p.m., Bay Square at Yarmouth, 27 Forest Falls Drive (opposite the post office). Ongoing monthly support group meeting for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Walk-ins welcome.

Wescustago Youth Chorale will present “A Wescustago Winter,” Sunday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m., at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 50 Holbrook St.