Wednesday & Thursday Oct. 13 & 14
Book sale, South Portland Public Library, 1-8 p.m., Main Library Meeting Room. Over 20,000 books in all categories. Tapes, CDs, videos.
Friday, Oct. 15
Book sale, South Portland Public Library, 1-5 p.m., Main Library Meeting Room. Over 20,000 books in all categories. Tapes, CDs, videos.
Lobster roll lunch, pick up 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Second Congregational Church, 19 Crescent St., Biddeford. Lobster-filled roll with potato chips and homemade dessert square. $8. Free delivery for orders of 10 or more rolls. To place order, call 284-7898 mornings or 205-0995 anytime. Reservations only.
Saturday, Oct. 16
Annual Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off, Water Resource Protection, Wastewater Treatment Facility, 111 Waterman Drive, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. South Portland residents only. Accepted materials include oil-based paints, solvents, chemicals, pesticides, cleaners, polishes, waste oils, batteries. FMI, call Public Works, 767-7635, or Water Resource Protection, 767-7675, or e-mail publicworks@southportland.org.
Medication disposal event, Cape Elizabeth Town Center Fire Station and South Portland recreation center, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Medications should be kept in their original bottles and labels for the collection. For more information please contact Cape Elizabeth police Officer Mark Dorval, 767-3323.
Book sale, South Portland Public Library, 9 a.m.-noon, Main Library Meeting Room. Over 20,000 books in all categories. Tapes, CDs, videos. Buck-a-bag day.
Bean supper, 4:30-6 p.m., West Scarborough United Methodist Church, 2 Church St. and U.S. Route 1, Scarborough. Baked pea, kidney and vegetarian beans, red and brown hot dogs, American chop suey, cole slaw, gelatin salads, rolls, brown bread and homemade pies. $7, $3.
Monday, Oct. 18
Scarborough Garden Club meeting, 1 p.m., St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 350 Route 1, Scarborough. Program: “Teas from our gardens.” All meetings are free unless otherwise noted. New members and guests are welcome. FMI, call 510-1514 or go to http://home.roadrunner.com/~garden/.
Wednesday, Oct. 20
Information session on South Portland High School renovation, 6:30 p.m., Redbank Community Center, MacArthur Circle West. Sponsored by Renew SPHS. Presentation followed by Q&A session. FMI, call Julie Selser at 450-4845 or e-mail jselser@earthlink.net.
Thursday, Oct. 21
Maine Gubernatorial Candidate Forum on Energy, the Environment and a Sustainable Maine Economy, at USM’s Hannaford Hall at 88 Bedford St., begins with coffee and dessert, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and the candidate forum runs 7:30 to 9 p.m. Susan Sharon of Maine Public Broadcasting Network will moderate the event. The forum is hosted by Conservation Law Foundation, Environment Northeast, Maine Audubon, Maine Center for Economic Policy, and Natural Resources Council of Maine and co-sponsored by more than 20 additional organizations. FMI, visit www.nrcm.org/2010_candidate_forum.asp or contact 430-0103, judy@nrcm.org
To be included in the calendar, send event information 10 days in advance to cumberlandcounty@keepmecurrent.com.
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