Office hours

The Durham Town Office hours are Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 8: 30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed Wednesday; and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 353-2561.

Meetings

The Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, April 26, at 6:3-0 p.m., at the town office.

Town committee

members sought

The Comprehensive Plan Committee is seeking new members. Those interested should fill out application or contact Administrative Assistant/Administrator Ruth Glaeser, [email protected], or Code Enforecement Officer Paul Baines, [email protected].

Area GOP plan barbecue

The Durham GOP Committee is joining six other towns to sponsor a pig roast on Sunday, May 1, from 3-6 p.m., at the Yarmouth AmVets Hall, 148 North Road. Guest speaker will be Matt Gagnon, CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center. Attendees can meet local legislators Sue Austin, Paul

Chace and Ellie Espling, as well as other candidates. There will be prizes, a raffle and and silent auction. Tickets are $25, or two for $45. Contact Charlotte Wink at 266-2188 or by email at [email protected] for tickets.

Financial adviser

Emery honored

Ray Emery of Durham, an independent financial adviser affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network and financial consultant of Norton Financial Services in Cumberland, has achieved Commonwealth President’s Club status for 2016. This distinction recognizes successful financial advisers based on a ranking of annual production among Commonwealth’s network of more than 1,650 financial advisers. Commonwealth is the nation’s largest privately held independent broker/dealer.

Wayne Bloom, CEO of Commonwealth, said, “We are pleased to recognize Ray Emery with this exclusive distinction. Achieving President’s Club status speaks to Ray’s track record of success and commitment to his practice and the clients he serves.” In honor of this distinction, Emery joined his peers at the Commonwealth President’s Club conference, March 8–13, 2016, in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Quilt raffle tickets

on sale now

Raffle tickets are now on sale for the Denise LaFlamme Scholarship Fund Quilt. Tickets are $1 each. Five dollars will give you six chances to win. Tickets are available from any of the Durham Moms, a group of Denise’s friends who are dedicated to honoring her memory through the scholarship fund. Pictures of the quilt as it has evolved can bee seen online at www.facebook.com/Durhammoms. The following members of the scholarship fund team have raffle tickets available for sale: Wendy Marstaller, Tracey Jordan, Jean Lane, Janice Brissette, Louann McCarthy, Julie Wagoner and Leigh Fisher. Tickets also can be purchased at www.durhammoms.com. The deadline is May 31.

Last year’s scholarship totaled $1,200, and the goal is to beat that number in 2016. One high school senior from Durham, Pownal or Freeport, who demonstrates LaFlamme’s hard work and perseverance qualities, will earn the Denise LaFlamme Scholarship. For more information, contact Leigh Fisher, 713-1179.

May 3 date for next

Community Lunch

Community Lunch at the First Congregational Church of Durham, 773 Royalsborough Road, will be served on Tuesdays, May 3 and 17. Doors open at 11:30 and the meal is served at noon. The suggested donation for lunch is $2-$4, and all proceeds fund future lunches. The general schedule is the first and third Tuesday of the month. For those interested, the book club meet will meet on May 3 over dessert. The current and highly recommended book selection is “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown.

The church, located at the intersection of routes 9 and 136, is handicapped accessible. Those interested in helping or who have questions can call Julie Wagoner at 353-9715.

Burn permits

available online

Diana Dimock of Durham Fire and Rescue has reminded residents that free online burn permits are available at www.wardensreport.com.

Written burn permits can be obtained based on staffing and fire class day. As of May 1, staffing will not be present on weekends from 9-11 a.m. to issue written permits.

Pre-K, kindergarten

sign-up under way

Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten pre-registration has begun for the 2016-2017 school year. See www.dcs.rsu5.org for the registration forms and more information.

Raffle to aid effort

to fix church roof

Tickets for a quilt and pillow sham raffle are being sold to benefit the Shingle Fund of the Durham Congregational Church, to re-shingle the church roof.

Tickets are $5 each. The drawing is on May 14 at the church fair. For tickets contact Linda Bowie, 330-0793; Jill Litchfield, 650-0063; or Tina Snow, 319-9472. Tickets are also available at the Durham Get & Go.

AMVETS, auxiliary membership

Veterans who want to belong to an organization that supports other veterans, families and the local are welcome to join the Durham AMVETS Post 13. For membership information, call Chad Burke, 798-0956.

Women who are the wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister or granddaughter (18 or older) of a veteran are invited to join the Durham AMVET Post 13 Ladies Auxiliary. Give Melinda a call or email her at [email protected].

The group meets every third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

CEO hours

Hours for Paul Baines, Durham’s codes enforcement officer, are Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday, 1-4 p.m. He can be reached at 376-6558 or codes@ durhamme.com. For more information, call the Town Office, 353-2561, ext. 13.

Weekly cribbage

The Durham Eureka Community Center, corner of Route 9 and Route 136, hosts cribbage every Tuesday from 9 a.m.-noon.

Rent Eureka Center

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

Food pantry

The Lisbon Area Christian Outreach (LACO) food pantry, which serves the towns of Durham, Bowdoin, and Lisbon Falls, is open Wednesday from 6-8 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m.-noon and Saturday from 8-10 a.m. The LACO Food Pantry is located at the Marion T. Morse School on School Street, Lisbon Falls. The parking lot is behind the Lisbon United Methodist Church, off Berry Avenue. There is also a free clothing bank. For more information, see www.lacopantry.org.

Church services

The First Congregational Church of Durham UCC, 773 Royalsborough Road, holdsSunday worship at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Peter Mercer.

Shiloh Chapel, Beulah lane off Shiloh Road, holds services Sundays at 10 a.m. Ron Parker is pastor.

Durham Monthly meeting of Friends, 532 Quakermeeting House Road, at the corner of Route 125, every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The pastor is Douglas Gwyn.