Community service

projects taken on

Freeport High School students have been participating in a variety of public service activities. On Saturday, Oct. 15, a group worked on a build for Habitat for Humanity in Scarborough.

Freeport High School students are also partnering with local farmers, community members and Freeport Community Services in a program called Food for Change. The goal is to use leftover produce to create soups and stews for the food pantry.

The Food for Change project began on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Students will be cooking on Tuesday evenings at FCS. Planning produce production isn’t a proven science and consequently, unwanted produce is a by-product of a productive farm. Food for Change’s focus is to turn unwanted, end-of-season, local farm produce into food such as nutritious soups and stews that can be stored for the winter season and be available to food pantry clientele. Food for Change educates youth on where and how food is grown, how to cook and community needs, by bringing together local youth, farms and their town community center.

Ghosts Of Freeport’s

Past await visitors

“Ghosts Of Freeport’s Past,” a collaboration between the Freeport Historical Society and Freeport Players, will offer visitors a “first-person” glimpse into Freeport’s history from the people who lived it. The event is Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 27-29, at the Old Parish Burying Ground, which served the original First Parish Church and contains some of the oldest gravestones in Freeport. Tours leave the gate at 6:30 and 7:15 p.m., with an additional 8 p.m. tour on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29.

Sea captains, veterans of the French and Indian War, and several prominent citizens from Freeport’s early years are among those buried at the cemetery.

Old Parish Burying Ground is located on Meetinghouse Road, across from Wilbur’s Chocolate Factory.

Tours will be limited to about a dozen participants each, so reservations are recommended.

For more information and to make reservations, visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org or call 865-3170.

Tess Gerritsen

will talk Nov. 4

Author Tess Gerritsen will speak at the next South Freeport Congregational Church Authors Luncheon, Friday, Nov. 4, starting at 11:30 a.m. The church is located at 98 South Freeport Road. Each luncheon features a short talk by the author, a sit-down catered lunch with dessert, books for sale, and a book signing by the author.

Gerritsen, who lives in Camden, is a medical suspense novelist and screenwriter. Her first medical thriller was written in 1996 and her first crime thriller in 2001. Her

series of novels inspired the TNT television series, “Rizzoli & Isles,” and

her books have been on top bestseller lists in the U.S. and abroad.

A $15 reservation is needed by 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1. Call 865-4012.

Ocean expert

speaks on new book

Peter Neill, director of the World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, will speak on his new book, “The Once and Future Ocean: Notes Toward a New Hydraulic Society,” Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m., at Freeport Community Library.

World Ocean Radio provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. A project of the World Ocean Observatory, it is a weekly series of 5-minute audio essays available for syndicated use community radio stations worldwide.

Neill has said his book “aspires to do nothing less than transform our relationship with the world’s most promising and imperiled natural element: the ocean and the inter-connected cycles of water, essential for all aspects of human survival in the 21st century. It explores the ocean’s impact on climate, fresh water, food, energy, health, security, sustainable development, community living, and cultural traditions. ‘The Once and Future Ocean’ argues for invention and new solutions, for new answers to fundamental questions, and for a new relationship built around the ocean as a source for new modes of living that are within our grasp if only we have the courage to take hold.”

Tea tasting

Customers can sample five varieties of tea while browsing the gift shop at Jacqueline’s Tea Room, 201 Main St., on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 6-7 p.m. For more information, see Jacquelinestearoom.com or call 865-2123.

Aldona Shumway

photos on exhibit

During November the Freeport Community Library will exhibit the photography of local resident Aldona Shumway in its main reading room. The photos were taken over the course of about 18 months, through all kinds of weather. She had been walking one particular road for years, but didn’t really start looking at it until she began carrying her camera along. The photos capture the beauty of familiar, local landscapes.

“It’s hard to believe that this world exists just three miles from the hustle and bustle of downtown Freeport,” she said.

Lioness-Lions prep

for annual fair, lunch

The Freeport Lioness-Lions 19th annual Holiday Craft Fair and Fish “Chowdah” and Chili Luncheon will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., with lunch from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Harraseeket Grange, Elm Street in Freeport.

The fair will feature homemade knit items, stained glass, canned goods, jewelry, crafts and more. There will be hourly drawings and free coffee available. On the lunch menu are chowdah, chili, hot dogs, corn bread and homemade pies.

For more information, call Cindi at 798-0047 or Martha at 865-6188.

Annual ski swap

on Saturday

The Freeport Ski Boosters has scheduled its annual ski swap for Saturday,

Oct. 29, from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Freeport High School cafeteria, 30 Holbrook St.

The swap offers a chance to buy and sell Alpine and Nordic ski equipment. There also will be vendors on site. Donations and consignment drop-off is Friday, Oct. 28, from 4-7 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 29, from 7:30-9 a.m. at the high school.

Last weekend for

Pumpkin Hayrides

Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Road in Freeport, is hosting Pumpkin Hayrides Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., during October. Take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch to choose a favorite pumpkin, then visit the animals in the barnyard, rent a bicycle or go for a walk through the woods. The cost is $5, free for those 3 and under free. Small pumpkins cost additional $3.

Proceeds benefit the Wolfe’s Neck Farm Education Programs. For more information see www.wolfesneckfarm.org.

Flu shot

clinic Nov. 3

A flu vaccination clinic provided by CHANS Home Health Care will be held Thursday, Nov. 3, from 1-3 p.m., at the Town Council Chambers in the Town Hall. All are welcome. For a schedule of additional seasonal flu vaccination clinics in the area, see

www.midcoasthealth.com/wellness/flu/schedule/.

Local novelist

talks on new book

Author Debra Spark, who lives in North Yarmouth, will give a book talk on her latest novel, “Unknown Caller,” Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the Freeport Community Library.

Spark is the author of five books of fiction, including “The Pretty Girl,” “Good for the Jews” and “Coconuts for the Saint.” Other books include “Curious Attractions: Essays on Fiction Writing” and the anthology, “Twenty Under Thirty.”

Beginning with an aggravating phone call, a strange request, and the sudden disappearance of a mother and her daughter, “Unknown Caller” moves backward in time and across several continents to tell a funny, moving, and surprising story about families, misunderstandings, secrets and chances for redemption.

Election information

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. The polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. in the gymnasium at the Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St. Anyone wishing to receive an absentee ballot can visit this link to apply online: www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl.

Voters can also request an absentee ballot by calling or stopping by the Town Clerk’s Office, 865-4743, ext.123. Ballots are now available. Sample ballots also are available for viewing at www.freeportmaine.com, the Town Clerk’s Office and the Freeport Community Library.

For more information, contact Town Clerk Christine Wolfe, 865-4743, ext. 123.

Upcoming meetings

Hunter Road Fields Advisory Committee, Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:30 a.m., Town Council Chambers.

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

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

Project Review Board, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m., Town Council Chambers.

Coastal Waters Committee, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Shellfish Conservation Commission, Thursday, Nov. 10, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

A full schedule of meetings and agendas is available at www.Freeportmaine.com.

Helping at a Habitat for Humanity project in Scarborough are, from left, Andy (with Habitat), Dede Bennell, Elida Kydyrova, Hannah Skorapa, Back Row: Ryan Rosado, Chad Mullin and Yacob Olins.