Upcoming events

“Cobblers to Capitalists: Two Centuries of Freeport Shoemaking,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit, runs through Jan. 15, 2016, Harrington House, 45 Main St. $3 admission. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Labor Day to Memorial Day. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or call 865-3170.

“East Meets Weston,” photography exhibit by Bruce Barlow of Westport Island, on display at Freeport Community Library during December.

Freeport Planning Board, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

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.

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.

Lego Club, for ages 5-12, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Freeport Community Library. Club meets first Wednesday of every month through June.

Pownal Planning Board workshop, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 8 a.m., Mallett Hall.

“Miracle on 34th Street,” 1947 holiday classic film, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Tea, coffee and homemade cookies will be served.

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

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

Farmer for the Morning program, Thursdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m., through May 19, Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road, Freeport. For families with toddlers or preschoolers. $5, registration is not necessary. Program will not run on holidays or in inclement weather. For more information, see www.wolfesneckfarm.org.

Winter Outings Skills Workshop, hosted by Maine Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Saturday, Dec. 3, 6 p.m., Maine Audubon, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth. Free. For more information, contact Bill Brooke at [email protected] or 549-5100 or see www.amcmaine.org.

Freeport Sparkle Weekend, Dec. 4-6. Free horse-drawn wagon rides, Parade of Lights, visits with Santa, Talking Christmas Tree, Sparkle Express Train Adventure, Sparkle Express Mini Fest and more. For full schedule, see www.sparklecelebration.com.

Christmas fair, Friday, Dec. 4, 3-8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road. Crafts, handmade items, baked goods, the Candy Cane Cafe? and more. Tables available, $30. For more information, call Fay, 837-4339.

“WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” Freeport Players production of music and radio sketches, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, 2 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Tickets $15 at the door. Also available at Maine Wicked Goods Mercantile, 304 U.S. Route 1, and R&D Automotive, Varney Road; or online at www.fcponline.org/tix.htm.

Holly Jolly Fair, Friday, Dec. 4, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport. Homemade baked goods, crafts items, white elephant, cake party, cookie walk and raffle. Fish chowder/Italian sandwich luncheon plus a special visit from Santa, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Fuego Diablo Holiday Sale, Dec. 4-6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 52 Loring Lane, Pownal.

Blueberry Ridge Farm holiday sale, Dec. 4-6, 167 Loring Lane, Pownal. Nature-inspired handcrafts. For more information, call Kathy, 688-4143

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

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, Sunday schedule: worship at 10 a.m., followed by coffee hour. All welcome.

North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, worship service Sunday, 9 a.m., led by the Rev. Ray St. Pierre. Sunday School for children and adults 10:30 a.m. For more information, see www.northpownalumc.org.

“Introduction to Radio Astronomy,” with scientist Jon Wallace, Monday, Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Snow date Dec. 14.

Freeport Board of Appeals, Monday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Freeport Conservation Commission, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

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.

Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, Dec. 9, 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.

Freeport Coastal Waters Commission, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture, Thursday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library Morrell Room, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Speaker Mike Bell on “Chamberlain’s Shadow: The Life and Times of Adelbert Ames.”

Freeport Woman’s Club, Friday, Dec. 11, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Featured guests Lois Lengyel of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International and Liz Pattison and Kim Dorsky of SimplySized Home talk about de-cluttering, simplifying, packing, moving and staging. New members welcome. Contact Betty Duckworth at 847-0240 or [email protected].

Greater Freeport Community Chorus winter concert, “Visions of Hope,” Saturday, Dec. 12 and Sunday, Dec. 13, 2:30 p.m., Congregational Church in Cumberland United Church of Christ, 282 Main St. Concert will include works by English composers, as well as Jewish choral pieces. The event also will feature Jay Zoller’s accompaniment of the 75-member chorus on pipe organ. Director Virgil Bozeman leads the singers, with piano accompaniment by Kellie Moody. Tickets at the door, $10, per-family maximum $25. For more information, visit the chorus on Facebook or see www.gfccsings.org.

“A Wescustago Winter,” concert by Wescustago Youth Chorale, Sunday, Dec. 13, 3 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center. Chorale is an 80-voice auditioned coed choir from third to12th grades. Singers from Freeport, Durham, Pownal and surrounding towns. $10, $5 students and seniors sold at the door starting at 2 p.m. Reception to follow. For more information, see www.wescustago.wordpress.com or call Leigh 846-0705.

“Your Life, Your Choices,” presentation on advance-care planning by Mid Coast-Parkview Health social worker Amy C. Berube, Monday, Dec. 14, 11 a.m.-noon, Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. Part of the ongoing Ounce of Prevention series. For more information, see www.midcoastseniorhealthcenter.com.

Downeasters Holiday Concert, Monday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. Handicapped accessible. For more information, call 829-3766.

“Coastal Winds Christmas,” by Freeport’s community concert band, featuring holiday classics such as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Sleigh Ride,” Tuesday, Dec. 15, 6:30 p.m., Casco Bay Room of the Harraseeket Inn, 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 or cash donation. For more information, call 865-4747. New members to the band always welcome.

Woodblock print demonstration and readings, by Maine illustrator Blue Butterfield, from new edition of Robert P. T. Coffin’s “Christmas in Maine,” Wednesday, Dec.16, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library.

We love to eat

Friday lunch, Friday, Dec. 4, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth. Homemade fish chowder and desserts, specials, grilled sandwiches. Takeout available.

Freeport Elders Association Pancake Breakfast, first Saturday of each month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Breakfast includes pancakes, sausages, coffee or tea, juice, $3.50 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children 12 and under. Deluxe breakfast is scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausages, biscuit, coffee or tea, juice, $4.50, $4 for seniors.

Bean supper, Saturday, Dec. 5, 5-6:30 p.m., Casco Masonic Lodge, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth. Three kinds of beans, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, cole slaw, homemade pies and biscuits, beverages. $10, $5.

Durham Community Lunch, Tuesday, Dec. 15, noon, First Congregational Church of Durham, of routes 9 and 136. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. All proceeds fund future lunches. General schedule is the first and third Tuesday of the month. Those interested in helping or have questions can call Julie Wagoner, 353-9715.