Tri-Town Weekly Community Calendar

Upcoming events

Durham Code Enforcement Officer, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

“A Christmas Carol,” one-man show featuring Will Rhys, Dec. 6 -7 at 7:30 p.m., Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. and Dec. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m., Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St., Freeport. For more information, go to www.freeportfactory.com. For tickets, go to www.brownpapertickets.com.

Freeport Sparkle Weekend, Dec. 7-9, downtown Freeport. Events include: Sparkle Parade of Lights, Friday, Dec. 7, 6 p.m., Main Street Freeport; Book signings at L.L. Bean, Saturday, Dec. 8, featuring Dahlov Ipcar from 10 a.m.-noon, John Ford from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and Lynn Plourde from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Saturday Dec. 8, free movie marathon at Freeport Factory Stage, 5 Depot St. featuring: “The Polar Express” at noon, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” at 1:55 p.m., “The Muppet Christmas Carol” at 2:30 p.m., “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at 4:05 p.m., “Elf” at 4:45 p.m. and “Bad Santa” (18 and over) at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 8, Free reading of “The Polar Express” aboard the Amtrak Downeaster, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, the Worldwide Tuba Christmas concert, 2 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, Holbrook Street. Sunday, Dec. 9, “A Christmas Carol” presented by the Odd Company, 1 p.m., L.L. Bean campus and visit with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 9 from 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. at Wilbur’s of Maine, 174 Lower Main St.

Freeport Players’ “WFCP Home Time Radio Hour,” Dec. 7-8, 7:30 p.m., and Dec. 9 at 2 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Features music from the 1940s-early ’60s, comedy sketches and special guest appearances by local bands Crabapple Jam, Not Too Shaap and NE Town. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, available at www.fcponline.org , the Freeport Community Thrift Shop, at the door, and by mail at Freeport Community Players, P.O. Box 483, Freeport, Maine, 04032.

“Kneading Passion: Cultivating a Life with Bread,” talk by Ciril Hitz, master bread baker, Friday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School 57 Desert Road, Freeport. Suggested donation, $10. Learn more about Ciril Hitz at www.breadhitz.com. For more information about the talk, visit www.merriconeag.org or call 865-3900, ext. 105.

Fuego Diablo Studios holiday open house, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2-7 p.m., 52 Loring Lane, Pownal. “Ruby & Wren: Faces, Places and Spaces,” paintings by Ruby Wilde and Wren Pearson, plus holiday wares by several local artists, live techno and acoustic music by Jamie Pearson of Mr. Bear from North Yorkshire, England, and Ed Davis of the local blues band Slygo Road. For more information visit www.facebook.com/fuegodiablopownal or email fuegodiablo@bigphilrecords.com.

Durham Eureka Christmas Tree sale, Sunday, Dec. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Durham Eureka Community Center, located at the junction of routes 9 and 136 in Durham. Locally grown and cut Christmas trees, prices range from $15 to $25. Proceeds to benefit the Durham Eureka Community Center

Winslow Park Commission, Monday, Dec. 10, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Downeasters chorus and quartets holiday concert, Monday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. $5 and kids 11 and under are free. For more information, call 829-3766.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

“Christmas Winds,” holiday music by the Pine Tree Coastal Winds, Freeport’s community concert band, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m., Harraseeket Inn Casco Bay Room, 162 Main St. Freeport.; and Also Sunday, Dec.16, 5 p.m., Life Source Ministry Church, 34 Grover Lane, Brunswick. Suggested admission to each concert is a non-perishable food item for community food pantries. For more information, call 865-4747.

Durham Code Enforcement Officer, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Freeport Coastal Waters Commission, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

A night of Christmas music, featuring?the Brunswick-Bath Nor’Easters?Barbershop chorus, Friday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., Durham Congregational Church, 73 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Also featured are the church choir and a carol sing-a-long, as well as seasonal readings and stories for children, with refreshments to follow. Admission is by a free-will donation that will benefit the church’s general fund and its missions.

“The Promise of Light,” Greater Freeport Community Chorus, Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. at the First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2:30 p.m. at the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland. The 70-member chorus is directed by Virgil Bozeman and accompanied by Dorothy Cuprak. Tickets $10 per person or $25 per family and can be purchased from chorus members, Music and Moore located at Cooks Corner in Brunswick, the Freeport Community Center or at the door. For more information, visit www.gfccweb.org.

Durham Planning Board, Monday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Pownal Conservation Committee, Monday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall. Due to the holiday, the committee has changed its December meeting schedule. Starting in January, the committee will go back to the regular schedule, which is the fourth Monday of the month at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Ruth Hannan at 688-4919.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., DeWitt Room, Mallett Hall.

Durham selectmen, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Durham Code Enforcement Officer, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Dec. 20, 1 p.m., “The King’s Speech,” with Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter. Popcorn will be served.

Durham Code Enforcement Officer, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 5-7 p.m., Durham Town Office.

Ongoing Events

“Buttons, Rum & Rakes,” Freeport Historical Society exhibit celebrating Freeport’s mercantile past, runs through March 2, 45 Main St., Freeport, Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays 1-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Weekly story time, for toddlers and pre-schoolers, Tuesdays, Freeport Community Library. Three different sessions. 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., separate 15-minute story times for toddlers. Thirty-minute story time for pre-schoolers at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.freeportlibrary.com or call 865-3307.

Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.

Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-8 a.m., Broad Arrow Tavern, Harraseeket Inn, Main Street, Freeport. Prospective new members welcome.

North Pownal United Methodist Church food pantry, open every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. All are welcome.

Durham Town Office, open Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon and 1-7 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m., the office is closed all day on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call 353-2561.

Pownal Town Office, open Mondays from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Tuesdays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The town office is closed Fridays and weekends. For more information, call 688-4611.

Freeport Town Hall, open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The offices are closed on Fridays. For more information, call 865-4743.

Pownal selectmen, meet every Monday at 7 p.m. in Mallett Hall. Check the community calendar for dates or call the town office at 688-4611.

Freeport Third Friday, through December. Visit local merchants and check out arts and crafts from local artisans. Freeport residents receive 10 percent off purchases at select merchants. For more information, visit Freeportusa.com.

Aikido class, Wednesdays, 4 -6 p.m.- Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St.

Open play, Thursdays,10-11 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Open for kids from infants to age 5, for more information, contact the Freeport Families Network at freeportfamiliesnetwork@yahoo.com.

Religion and spirituality

Durham Congregational Church, 73 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Sunday services each week at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Durham Friends Meeting, 532 Quaker Meeting House Road.Worship services every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.

First Parish Church, 422 Hallowell Road, Pownal, Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. All-ages Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. For more information, call 688-4846.

?First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Freeport, Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday school from nursery school to adult, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4404.? ?First Parish Church Congregational, UCC, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sunday services at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-6022.?

North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Worship service Sundays at 9 a.m.

St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Freeport. Masses Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 846-5584 ??Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pownal Road, Freeport. Saturday worship at 11 a.m. Sabbath School, Saturdays at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-3990.??South Freeport Church, UCC, South Freeport Village. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4012.

Shiloh Chapel, Shiloh Road, Durham. Nondenominational services Sundays at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.shilohchapelmaine.org.

?We love to eat

Public church supper, Saturday, Dec. 8, 5 p.m., First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Menu includes: three kinds of beans, chop suey, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, rolls, hot dogs, desserts and beverages. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children. For more information, call 865-6022.

Freeport Elders Pancake Breakfast, first and third Saturday of the month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Deluxe: Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits, OJ, tea and coffee, $4.50. Regular: Pancakes, sausages, OJ, tea or coffee, $3.50. Seniors deduct $0.50.

Third Friday free lunch, third Friday of every month, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Freeport