Farm hires organic dairy director

Rebecca Brown has been hired as director for Wolfe’s Neck Farm’s new organic dairy farmer training program.

According to Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Brown, 36, will bring her reputation and expertise as one of the country’s most respected forage-based dairy experts to help to launch and oversee the program. Announced last year, the program is designed to reverse the shrinking population of dairy farmers by infusing the industry with qualified and experienced farmers who will help meet the growing demand for organic dairy products. In addition to training, the program will partner with other organizations to help young farmers gain access to capital and land.

“In Becky, the Hiring Committee is thrilled to have found a very well-respected, leading innovator, farmer and educator to help launch such an important program,” said Wolfe’s Neck Farm Executive Director Dave Herring in a press release. “As one of her impressive references put it, no one in her generation knows more about grass-based dairy than her. She is one of the leading thinkers in the world on this topic.”

In 2006, while serving as the grass and livestock manager and marketer at Mount Vernon Farm in Rappahannock County, Va., Brown won the Outstanding Forage Producer of the Year Award from the Virginia Forage and Grasslands Council.

She grew up on a diversified farm on Martha’s Vineyard, and has been involved in farming her entire life, including farms in New Zealand, Virginia, Wisconsin and Hawaii. Most recently, back on Martha’s Vineyard, she managed a 35-cow dairy and was the sole proprietor of Island Grazing, a land management company utilizing goats and sheep in land restoration through grazing.

Brown attended Union College in New York, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in environmental studies and natural resource management.

Wolfe’s Neck Farm is now accepting applications from candidates interested in being one of the first four trainees in this new program, beginning late summer 2015. Full scholarships are available for the first class of four trainees selected to take part in the 18-month residential training program.

Community solar farm meeting

The Freeport Climate Action Team (Freeport CAT) will hold a meeting at the Freeport Community Library on Monday, May 11, at 7 p.m., to announce the beginning of a Community Solar Farm for Freeport and Pownal residents. There are two community solar farms now in Maine and Freeport CAT hopes Freeport will build the third.

A community solar farm is a way for people to “go solar” for their electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and lessening the climate change damage done by those fuels. A solar farm is an ideal option for someone who can’t have solar panels on their own roof due to shade, poor orientation, their roof strength or their living situation.

A solar farm produces electricity that goes into the electrical grid via Central Maine Power’s lines and then credits the bills for the people who own shares in the farm. A solar farm has 200 ground-mounted panels that are owned by nine families in a manner much like a condominium. Each family has its own share equal to the number of panels they purchase, but there is a cooperative aspect of it in the maintenance and insurance like a condominium association.

For further information, write [email protected] or call Sukie Rice, 865-3768).

Biberstein is Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

Josef Biberstein, a senior at Freeport High School, has been selected as a semi-finalist for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.

Semifinalists were selected from more than 4,300 candidates on the basis of superior achievements, leadership qualities, persona character and involvement in community and school activities. Final selection will be made by the Commission on Presidential Scholars and will be announced in May.

Not Too Shaap performs for First Friday event

Freeport’s First Friday Just Desserts, on May 1 at the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., will feature the popular acoustic group, Not Too Shaap. The group will present a repertoire of “some things old, some things new, some things borrowed and a little blues,” plus classic and contemporary covers and original songs.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 6:45 pm. Entrance fee is $5 at the door. No reservations are required, but seating is limited. Donations will be accepted for the band during the program.

Freeport First Fridays are a joint project of MASISTA (Maryellen and Sam In Support of the Arts) and the Freeport Community Services. For more information, contact Kim Hudak, 865-3985, ext. 202, or email [email protected].

Youth chorale spring concert on Sunday

Wescustago Youth Chorale will hold its 17th annual “Celebration of Spring” concert on Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m., at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Pieces include “Banjo Sam,” “House Blessing,” “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” “Teach your Children,” “High Barbary” (a pirate song), “My Girl” and “I’m Going up a Yonder” by the full chorale.

Wescustago Youth Chorale is an auditioned, 85-voice children’s choir made up of singers in grades 3-12 from 12 area towns. It is conducted by Amanda Mahaffey, Jennifer Hand Runge and Renovia Day. A reception will follow the concert.

Tickets at the door are $10 adults and $5 for students and seniors. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s scholarship fund. For more information, call Leigh 846-0705 or see www.wescustago.wordpress.com.

Solar social hour at Maine Craft Distilling

ReVision Energy is hosting a Solar Social Hour on Thursday, May 7, from 6-8 p.m., at Maine Craft Distilling’s Freeport location, 7 Mill St., to give the local community a chance to meet with other people interested and involved in solar energy. Current solar panel owners are invited to the event.

Maine Craft Distilling is providing a free tasting of the wide range of beverages that they produce and light refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Jennifer Hatch at 221-6342 or [email protected].

Maine poet talks on PTSD

The Freeport Community Library will host a mid-day book talk with Maine author and teacher Jennifer Lamson-LaPlume, Wednesday, May 13, at 3 p.m. She will read from her new poetry collection, “Anything But Empty: One Person’s Continuing Journey with PTSD.”

When learning to live with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Lamson-LaPlume wrote poems. The outcome is her first published collection of poetry. She said she hopes “Anything But Empty” will encourage others struggling with PTSD, or help a relative or friend of someone with PTSD, better understand what living with this condition might be like.

Copies of the book will be available.

High school poets to be honored

For the past eight years, Merriconeag Waldorf High School in New Gloucester has been encouraging young people to express themselves through poetry. Each year, the school has asked acclaimed, Maine-connected judges to select 20 student-poets from regional high schools as finalists for their Merriconeag Poetry Festival, held the first Sunday in May. This year, Jeffrey Harrison, winner of Tupelo’s Dorset Prize for his collection “Into Daylight,” has chosen the latest finalists for the Eighth Annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, which will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m. in the Community Hall of the school’s Desert Road campus in Freeport.

Finalists from the area include, from Merriconeag Waldorf High School: 10th-grader Sabrina Small; and from Yarmouth High School, junior Amanda Dettmann and 10th-grader Ava Seid.

Tea tasting

Jacqueline’s Tea Room, 201 Main St., will offer a tea tasting Friday, May 1, from 6-7 p.m., where customers can sample five varieties of tea, while browsing the gift shop, For more information, see www.Jacquelinestearoom.com or call 865-2123.

Climber to talk on Everest expedition

“Everest The Hard Way,” a lecture by Ed Webster, is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 7 p.m., at L.L. Bean in Freeport. In 1988,

Webster and three companions attempted the impossible: to scale a new route up the east or Kangshung Face of Mount Everest in Tibet with only four climbers, no Sherpa support, no bottled oxygen and no radios. Webster and his companions succeeded in completing this climb. Webster will recount the legendary expedition with photographs and stories. The talk is free.

Chorus to sing Sondheim

The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will perform works by American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for its spring concerts. The first concert is set for Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. The second concert is set for 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 3, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. Director Virgil Bozeman leads the chorus of nearly 70 singers from 18 area towns. Pianist Kellie Moody is the accompanist.

Sondheim, part of American musical theater since the 1950s, has won numerous Tony and Grammy awards, an Academy Award and a Pulitzer.

A concert highlight will be a medley from the Broadway show, “Into the Woods,” for which Sondheim wrote both the lyrics and music. A mash-up of several fairy tales and recently adapted to the screen by Disney, the story deals with such themes as wish fulfillment and the relationship between parents and children. Another medley is from “West Side Story,” with songs including “Tonight,” “Maria” and “Somewhere.”

In addition to the full chorus, the audience will enjoy several solos and duets by chorus members, including songs from “Sweeney Todd,” “Company” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

Admission is $10 for adults, under 18 free, with a per-family maximum of $25. Visit the chorus on Facebook or at www.gfccsings.org.

Spring Bazaar Saturday

The Freeport Woman’s Club will hold its Spring Bazaar on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., in front of St. Jude Church, 134 Main St., Freeport. The group will be selling plants, including annuals, perennials and house plants. Baked goods will also be on sale. In the event of rain, the bazaar will be held downstairs in the church hall.

Spring Carnival at L’Ecole Francaise

Spring Carnival kicks off at L’Ecole Francaise du Maine on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., at the school campus, 99 South Freeport Road. There will be food, professional face painting, crazy hair salon, carnival games and a pie-eating contest. A large rummage sale will also take place from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and an open house for prospective students is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

L’Ecole Francaise du Maine is a French Immersion School serving early childhood to Grade 6. For more information, see www.efdm.org.

Cinco de Mayo barbecue

The South Freeport Congregational Church will hold a barbecue on Saturday, May 2, at 5 p.m. at 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. There will be barbecued foods, beverages and bingo. The cost is $25 per person, which includes two beverages. There is a 20 percent discount for tables of 10. Call 865-4012 for reservations. There will be free food and child care for kids under 12.

Family Fun with Sea Dogs

The Freeport Middle School PTC invites all RSU5 families and friends to the Family Fun Night with the Seadogs on Friday, May 8 at 6 p.m.

Sea Dogs are playing the New Britain Rock Cats. General admission Tickets are $6. Discounted tickets can be purchased by using this HTTP address and mailed directly to you for $1 processing fee: https://seadogs.formstack.com/forms/freeport_night (underscore between the words Freeport and night). Forms to purchase tickets directly with check are available in the Freeport Middle School office.

Talk set for college-bound students

Wendy Thompson, of Westport Educational Consulting, will give a presentation, “How Colleges Choose Students,” at the Freeport Community Library on Tuesday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.

The presentation is for high school sophomores and juniors and their families. Thompson presented a similar seminar last fall at the Freeport library, and since such positive feedback was received, a second program was planned. Thompson has several years of experience in college and independent school admissions, including 12 years on the Bowdoin College admissions staff from 2000 to 2012. Also joining her will be Mike Dutton of “The Will to Play.” Dutton helps high school athletes play the sports they love in college.

Host families needed for AFS students

The American Field Service, an intercultural exchange program, is looking for host families in Regional School Unit 5 for the 2015-16 school year. Each year, students come from all over the world with varied interests. The organization strives to find families that are a good match for the incoming students. Those interested can contact Gigi Leonard at [email protected] or at 865-1796.

Rotary scholarship deadline May 1

The Freeport Rotary Club is offering three scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Freeport, Pownal or Durham and plan to go on to an academic college, university program or technical college. There are two academic scholarships for $2,000 each and one technical scholarship for $1,000.

Eligibility guidelines include outstanding community service, scholastic performance and financial need. The application deadline is May 1. A scholarship application can be obtained from the guidance offices at Freeport High School, Pine Tree Academy, North Yarmouth Academy, Vocational Region Ten in Brunswick, Waynflete, Cheverus, McAuley and Baxter Academy in Portland, Merriconeag-Waldolf School and Greely High School, or by accessing www.freeport-rotary.org. Applications are also available by writing to the Freeport Rotary Club, Scholarship Committee, Attn: Ranjit Gill/Karen O’Rourke, P.O. Box 552, Freeport, ME 04032.

Memorial Day Parade

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25, and events begin that day at 9:30 a.m. starting with the parade. Individuals, organizations and civic groups that wish to participate in the parade and events should contact Gloria DeGrandpre at [email protected] or call 232-6648.

Upcoming meetings

Active Living Public Forum, Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center

Appointments Committee, Thursday, April 30, 7:30 a.m., Town Hall.

Board of Appeals, Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Town Council, Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Planning Board, Wednesday, May 6, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

A full listing of upcoming town meetings and agendas is available on www.freeportmaine.com.

Farm hires organic dairy director

Rebecca Brown has been hired as director for Wolfe’s Neck Farm’s new organic dairy farmer training program.

According to Wolfe’s Neck Farm, Brown, 36, will bring her reputation and expertise as one of the country’s most respected forage-based dairy experts to help to launch and oversee the program. Announced last year, the program is designed to reverse the shrinking population of dairy farmers by infusing the industry with qualified and experienced farmers who will help meet the growing demand for organic dairy products. In addition to training, the program will partner with other organizations to help young farmers gain access to capital and land.

“In Becky, the Hiring Committee is thrilled to have found a very well-respected, leading innovator, farmer and educator to help launch such an important program,” said Wolfe’s Neck Farm Executive Director Dave Herring in a press release. “As one of her impressive references put it, no one in her generation knows more about grass-based dairy than her. She is one of the leading thinkers in the world on this topic.”

In 2006, while serving as the grass and livestock manager and marketer at Mount Vernon Farm in Rappahannock County, Va., Brown won the Outstanding Forage Producer of the Year Award from the Virginia Forage and Grasslands Council.

She grew up on a diversified farm on Martha’s Vineyard, and has been involved in farming her entire life, including farms in New Zealand, Virginia, Wisconsin and Hawaii. Most recently, back on Martha’s Vineyard, she managed a 35-cow dairy and was the sole proprietor of Island Grazing, a land management company utilizing goats and sheep in land restoration through grazing.

Brown attended Union College in New York, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in environmental studies and natural resource management.

Wolfe’s Neck Farm is now accepting applications from candidates interested in being one of the first four trainees in this new program, beginning late summer 2015. Full scholarships are available for the first class of four trainees selected to take part in the 18-month residential training program.

Community solar

farm meeting

The Freeport Climate Action Team (Freeport CAT) will hold a meeting at the Freeport Community Library on Monday, May 11, at 7 p.m., to announce the beginning of a Community Solar Farm for Freeport and Pownal residents. There are two community solar farms now in Maine and Freeport CAT hopes Freeport will build the third.

A community solar farm is a way for people to “go solar” for their electricity, reducing the need for fossil fuels and lessening the climate change damage done by those fuels. A solar farm is an ideal option for someone who can’t have solar panels on their own roof due to shade, poor orientation, their roof strength or their living situation.

A solar farm produces electricity that goes into the electrical grid via Central Maine Power’s lines and then credits the bills for the people who own shares in the farm. A solar farm has 200 ground-mounted panels that are owned by nine families in a manner much like a condominium. Each family has its own share equal to the number of panels they purchase, but there is a cooperative aspect of it in the maintenance and insurance like a condominium association.

For further information, write [email protected] or call Sukie Rice, 865-3768).

Biberstein is Presidential

Scholar Semifinalist

Josef Biberstein, a senior at Freeport High School, has been selected as a semi-finalist for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.

Semifinalists were selected from more than 4,300 candidates on the basis of superior achievements, leadership qualities, persona character and involvement in community and school activities. Final selection will be made by the Commission on Presidential Scholars and will be announced in May.

Not Too Shaap performs for First Friday event

Freeport’s First Friday Just Desserts, on May 1 at the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., will feature the popular acoustic group, Not Too Shaap. The group will present a repertoire of “some things old, some things new, some things borrowed and a little blues,” plus classic and contemporary covers and original songs.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 6:45 pm. Entrance fee is $5 at the door. No reservations are required, but seating is limited. Donations will be accepted for the band during the program.

Freeport First Fridays are a joint project of MASISTA (Maryellen and Sam In Support of the Arts) and the Freeport Community Services. For more information, contact Kim Hudak, 865-3985, ext. 202, or email [email protected].

Youth chorale spring concert on Sunday

Wescustago Youth Chorale will hold its 17th annual “Celebration of Spring” concert on Sunday, May 3, at 4 p.m., at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Pieces include “Banjo Sam,” “House Blessing,” “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” “Teach your Children,” “High Barbary” (a pirate song), “My Girl” and “I’m Going up a Yonder” by the full chorale.

Wescustago Youth Chorale is an auditioned, 85-voice children’s choir made up of singers in grades 3-12 from 12 area towns. It is conducted by Amanda Mahaffey, Jennifer Hand Runge and Renovia Day. A reception will follow the concert.

Tickets at the door are $10 adults and $5 for students and seniors. Proceeds will benefit the organization’s scholarship fund. For more information, call Leigh 846-0705 or see www.wescustago.wordpress.com.

Solar social hour

at Maine Craft Distilling

ReVision Energy is hosting a Solar Social Hour on Thursday, May 7, from 6-8 p.m., at Maine Craft Distilling’s Freeport location, 7 Mill St., to give the local community a chance to meet with other people interested and involved in solar energy. Current solar panel owners are invited to the event.

Maine Craft Distilling is providing a free tasting of the wide range of beverages that they produce and light refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Jennifer Hatch at 221-6342 or [email protected].

Maine poet talks

on PTSD

The Freeport Community Library will host a mid-day book talk with Maine author and teacher Jennifer Lamson-LaPlume, Wednesday, May 13, at 3 p.m. She will read from her new poetry collection, “Anything But Empty: One Person’s Continuing Journey with PTSD.”

When learning to live with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Lamson-LaPlume wrote poems. The outcome is her first published collection of poetry. She said she hopes “Anything But Empty” will encourage others struggling with PTSD, or help a relative or friend of someone with PTSD, better understand what living with this condition might be like.

Copies of the book will be available.

High school poets

to be honored

For the past eight years, Merriconeag Waldorf High School in New Gloucester has been encouraging young people to express themselves through poetry. Each year, the school has asked acclaimed, Maine-connected judges to select 20 student-poets from regional high schools as finalists for their Merriconeag Poetry Festival, held the first Sunday in May. This year, Jeffrey Harrison, winner of Tupelo’s Dorset Prize for his collection “Into Daylight,” has chosen the latest finalists for the Eighth Annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, which will be held on Sunday, May 3, at 3 p.m. in the Community Hall of the school’s Desert Road campus in Freeport.

Finalists from the area include, from Merriconeag Waldorf High School: 10th-grader Sabrina Small; and from Yarmouth High School, junior Amanda Dettmann and 10th-grader Ava Seid.

Tea tasting

Jacqueline’s Tea Room, 201 Main St., will offer a tea tasting Friday, May 1, from 6-7 p.m., where customers can sample five varieties of tea, while browsing the gift shop, For more information, see www.Jacquelinestearoom.com or call 865-2123.

Climber to talk on

Everest expedition

“Everest The Hard Way,” a lecture by Ed Webster, is scheduled for Friday, May 15, 7 p.m., at L.L. Bean in Freeport. In 1988,

Webster and three companions attempted the impossible: to scale a new route up the east or Kangshung Face of Mount Everest in Tibet with only four climbers, no Sherpa support, no bottled oxygen and no radios. Webster and his companions succeeded in completing this climb. Webster will recount the legendary expedition with photographs and stories. The talk is free.

Chorus to sing Sondheim

The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will perform works by American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for its spring concerts. The first concert is set for Saturday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m., at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. The second concert is set for 2:30 p.m., Sunday, May 3, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick. Director Virgil Bozeman leads the chorus of nearly 70 singers from 18 area towns. Pianist Kellie Moody is the accompanist.

Sondheim, part of American musical theater since the 1950s, has won numerous Tony and Grammy awards, an Academy Award and a Pulitzer.

A concert highlight will be a medley from the Broadway show, “Into the Woods,” for which Sondheim wrote both the lyrics and music. A mash-up of several fairy tales and recently adapted to the screen by Disney, the story deals with such themes as wish fulfillment and the relationship between parents and children. Another medley is from “West Side Story,” with songs including “Tonight,” “Maria” and “Somewhere.”

In addition to the full chorus, the audience will enjoy several solos and duets by chorus members, including songs from “Sweeney Todd,” “Company” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

Admission is $10 for adults, under 18 free, with a per-family maximum of $25. Visit the chorus on Facebook or at www.gfccsings.org.

Spring Bazaar Saturday

The Freeport Woman’s Club will hold its Spring Bazaar on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., in front of St. Jude Church, 134 Main St., Freeport. The group will be selling plants, including annuals, perennials and house plants. Baked goods will also be on sale. In the event of rain, the bazaar will be held downstairs in the church hall.

Spring Carnival at L’Ecole Francaise

Spring Carnival kicks off at L’Ecole Francaise du Maine on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., at the school campus, 99 South Freeport Road. There will be food, professional face painting, crazy hair salon, carnival games and a pie-eating contest. A large rummage sale will also take place from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., and an open house for prospective students is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

L’Ecole Francaise du Maine is a French Immersion School serving early childhood to Grade 6. For more information, see www.efdm.org.

Cinco de Mayo barbecue

The South Freeport Congregational Church will hold a barbecue on Saturday, May 2, at 5 p.m. at 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. There will be barbecued foods, beverages and bingo. The cost is $25 per person, which includes two beverages. There is a 20 percent discount for tables of 10. Call 865-4012 for reservations. There will be free food and child care for kids under 12.

Family Fun

with Sea Dogs

The Freeport Middle School PTC invites all RSU5 families and friends to the Family Fun Night with the Seadogs on Friday, May 8 at 6 p.m.

Sea Dogs are playing the New Britain Rock Cats. General admission Tickets are $6. Discounted tickets can be purchased by using this HTTP address and mailed directly to you for $1 processing fee: https://seadogs.formstack.com/forms/freeport_night (underscore between the words Freeport and night). Forms to purchase tickets directly with check are available in the Freeport Middle School office.

Talk set for college-bound students

Wendy Thompson, of Westport Educational Consulting, will give a presentation, “How Colleges Choose Students,” at the Freeport Community Library on Tuesday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.

The presentation is for high school sophomores and juniors and their families. Thompson presented a similar seminar last fall at the Freeport library, and since such positive feedback was received, a second program was planned. Thompson has several years of experience in college and independent school admissions, including 12 years on the Bowdoin College admissions staff from 2000 to 2012. Also joining her will be Mike Dutton of “The Will to Play.” Dutton helps high school athletes play the sports they love in college.

Host families needed

for AFS students

The American Field Service, an intercultural exchange program, is looking for host families in Regional School Unit 5 for the 2015-16 school year. Each year, students come from all over the world with varied interests. The organization strives to find families that are a good match for the incoming students. Those interested can contact Gigi Leonard at [email protected] or at 865-1796.

Rotary scholarship deadline May 1

The Freeport Rotary Club is offering three scholarships to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Freeport, Pownal or Durham and plan to go on to an academic college, university program or technical college. There are two academic scholarships for $2,000 each and one technical scholarship for $1,000.

Eligibility guidelines include outstanding community service, scholastic performance and financial need. The application deadline is May 1. A scholarship application can be obtained from the guidance offices at Freeport High School, Pine Tree Academy, North Yarmouth Academy, Vocational Region Ten in Brunswick, Waynflete, Cheverus, McAuley and Baxter Academy in Portland, Merriconeag-Waldolf School and Greely High School, or by accessing www.freeport-rotary.org. Applications are also available by writing to the Freeport Rotary Club, Scholarship Committee, Attn: Ranjit Gill/Karen O’Rourke, P.O. Box 552, Freeport, ME 04032.

Memorial Day Parade

Memorial Day is Monday, May 25, and events begin that day at 9:30 a.m. starting with the parade. Individuals, organizations and civic groups that wish to participate in the parade and events should contact Gloria DeGrandpre at [email protected] or call 232-6648.

Upcoming meetings

Active Living Public Forum, Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center

Appointments Committee, Thursday, April 30, 7:30 a.m., Town Hall.

Board of Appeals, Monday, May 4, 7 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Town Council, Tuesday, May 5, 6:30 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Planning Board, Wednesday, May 6, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

A full listing of upcoming town meetings and agendas is available on www.freeportmaine.com.

Rebecca Brown, hired by Wolfe’s Neck Farm, grew up on a diversified farm on Martha’s Vineyard, and has been involved in farming her entire life. Courtesy photo