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. The office will be closed Friday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. For more information, call 353-2561.

Meetings

The Board of Selectmen will meet Tuesday, Nov. 1, 15 and 29, at 6:30 p.m., at the town office.

The Planning Board will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., at the town office.

Snowmobilers start

monthly meetings

The Tri-Town Penguins Snowmobile Club meets on the last Tuesday of each month from September to April. Meetings are held at the Durham Fire Station, 615 Hallowell Road in Durham, beginning at 7 p.m. The next meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 25. New members are always welcome. For more information, contact Duncan Daly at 865-6188 or Mike Yates at 865-3555.

Bettie Kettell run/

walk Oct. 30

The Bettie Kettell 5K Memorial Walk, Run or Bike will be held Sunday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m., rain or shine, starting and ending at the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, at 773 Royalsborough Road,, Route 136. Half of the race proceeds will go to the town of Durham Fuel Fund and half to the church Building Fund. Pledge sheets are available at the church or through Jill Litchfield, 650-0063.

Bettie Kettel, a beloved member of the church, died unexpectedly at the age of 68. The church’s annual fall walk was renamed last year in her honor. Kettell organized a series of environmental films at the church to raise awareness of environmental issues. She organized a church craft fair in the spring, served as a church deacon and sang in the choir.

“Bettie was the kind of person you wanted on any committee. She was always doing and she had the best hugs. That’s what I miss most about Bettie,” Litchfield told the Tri-Town Weekly last year.

Fire & Rescue hosts

Recruitment Night

Durham Fire & Rescue is hosting a Recruitment Night at the station, 615 Hallowell Road, on Monday, Oct. 24, starting at 7 p.m. The department membership is down, though requests for services are on the increase. The situation is similar to other fire and rescue services across the country. For more information, call 353-2473 or see www.Durhamfire-rescue.com.

Gun raffle tickets on sale

Durham Fire & Rescue is launching its annual “30 Days – 30 Guns in November” gun raffle. The organization is again working with Johnson’s Sporting Goods. Tickets are $20 each and can be purchased from any member of the Durham Fire & Rescue Department. Those interested can stop by the station at 615 Hallowell Road or call 353-2473. Tickets can also be purchased at the Durham Get & Go at 697 Royalsborough Road. Sales are limited to 3,000 tickets, so the odds of winning are 1 in 100.

For more information, contact department members Ken Scribner, 353-4030, or Keith Russell, 837-8748.

Town GOP group

gathering Oct. 24

The Durham Republican Committee will meet on Monday, Oct., 24, at 7 p.m., in the meeting room directly behind the Shiloh Chapel. All registered Republicans are welcome to attend.

Town Office notes

Absentee voting is happening now at the Durham Town Office, during regular business hours. Polls will be open on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m.-8 p.m., at the Durham Community School. Other options for obtaining an absentee ballot is to phone the office at 353-2561 and one will be mailed. For online request, see www.maine.gov.

The 2017 dog registration time runs now through Jan. 31. Come prepared with current rabies papers unless it is recorded already. Vaccines are now good for three years after the first year. The cost is $6 for altered dogs and $11 for unaltered dogs. A late fee of $25 per dog will go into effect Feb. 1, 2017.

Community Lunch

Tuesday, Nov. 1

The next Community Lunch schedule is Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the First Congregational Church of Durham, 773 Royalsborough Road. 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. 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.

AMVETS dance,

fair planned

Durham AMVETS Post 13, 1049 Royalsborough Road, is holding a dance on Saturday, Oct. 29. The band Backlash will be playing from 8 p.m.-midnight. The cost is $10 per person.

The AMVETS Ladies Auxiliary is looking for crafters to participate in the annual craft fair on Nov. 19. Contact Erica Burke for registration at 841-4017.

Veterans who want to belong to an organization that supports other veterans, families and the community are welcome to join the Durham AMVETS Post 13. The group meets the first and third Monday of the month, unless it’s a holiday, at 7 p.m. For more 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. The group meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m., at the hall. For more information, call Melinda Doughty, 841-4095.

The hall is also available for rental at $350. Contact Burke, 798-0956.

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, 8:30 a.m.-noon. 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. For more information, contact Pearl Scribner at 754-5912, [email protected].

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, holds Sunday 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.

Sculptures made by seventh- and eighth-graders in art teacher Ashley Shoukimas’s class hang on objects at Durham Community School. Principal Wil Pidden said that the sculptures are a component of work on risk-taking. Student teams make the sculptures out of bubblewrap and tape and use their own torsos and limbs as the “molds” by which the sculptures are created. They identify where they want the art displayed and plan their sculpture’s pose accordingly. Their public art creations are then shown in a way that challenges the perception of where art would be displayed. Courtesy photo