Upcoming events
“You Can Get There from Here – How Transportation Defined Freeport,” Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Freeport Historical Society Harrington House, 45 Main St., Freeport. $3 donation suggested. Exhibit open through Feb.1, 2015. For more information, see www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.
Northern Lights Celebration, musical holiday light show, 5-9 p.m., every night, plus concerts and crafts through Dec. 31. For full Northern Lights schedule, see www.llbean.com/llb/shop/512152?page=northern-lights.
Freeport Recycling/Solid Waste Committee, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 5:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.
Pownal Planning Board, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.
Freeport Rotary, meets every Wednesday, 7 a.m., Harraseeket Inn, 162 Main St., Freeport. Feel free to stop by and see what the group is about, or call Matt Morrison, 691-8747, for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Wednesdays, noon and 7:30 p.m.; AlAnon, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Business Debtors Anonymous, Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.
Parkinson’s disease support group, for people just diagnosed, caregivers and people who have been living with the diagnosis, every Wednesday, 10 a.m., YMCA of Southern Maine, Casco Bay Branch, Freeport. For more information, call 865-9600.
“The Mousehole Cat,” preschool movie, Thursday, Dec. 18, 10:30 a.m., Freeport Community Library.
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” teen movie, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2:20 p.m., Freeport Community Library.
“Memory and Alzheimer’s, a Specific Kind of Caregiver Stress,” with social worker Betsy Elder, Thursday, Dec. 18, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. Part of support group for caregivers that the third Thursday of every month. For more information, call 373-4656.
Grief support group, for those grieving the death of a loved due to overdose or substance abuse, meets the first and third Thursdays of the month, 3:30-5 p.m., CHANS Hospice, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick. For more information, cntact Andy Sokoloff, CHANS grief and bereavement support coordinator, 721-1357.
Business to Business Connection, Greater Freeport Chamber of Commerce’s business networking group, Thursdays, 7:30-9 a.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 5 Park St. For more information, call 847-5240.
Food Addicts Anonymous, Thursdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.
Farmer for the Morning, Thursdays during the school year, 9-10 a.m., Wolfe’s Neck Farm, 184 Burnette Road, Freeport, for toddler or pre-school-aged children. Interactive hands-on experience that includes feeding and caring for barnyard animals. For more information, see www.wolfesneckfarm.org.
Shaina’s Strings Studio Winter Solstice Recital, with violinist Shaina Graff and her students, Friday, Dec. 19, 5 p.m., Merriconeag Waldorf School Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. No charge, all welcome.
Debtors Anonymous, Saturdays, 9 a.m., First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport.
Author Miriam Nesset, signs her book, “Sea Smoke,” Saturday, Dec. 20, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.
Author and humorist Tim Sample, signs his book, “Answers to Questions,” Sunday, Dec 21, 1-3 p.m., Sherman’s Books & Stationery Store, 128 Main St., Freeport. For more information, call 869-9000.
Casco Bay Walk, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe Neck’s Woods State Park, Freeport. Enjoy views of islands and rocky shores on this one-mile walk along the Casco Bay trail. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465.
Grief support group, hosted by Life Choice Hospice, third Sunday of every month, Dec. 21, noon-1 p.m., Sedgewood Commons, 22 Northbrook Drive, Falmouth. No registration required and drop-ins welcome. For more information, call 761-6967.
South Freeport Congregational Church, UCC, worship each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. Sunday school for kids pre-K through eighth grade provided during the service as is nursery care. Coffee and refreshments after the service.
First Parish Church Congregational, 40 Main St., Freeport, worship service, Sunday, 10 a.m., followed by coffee hour. 40 Main St., Freeport. Choir practice precedes service at 9:15. New choir members welcome.
Story times, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, Tuesdays, Babies & Toddlers, 10-10:30 a.m.; Pre-schoolers, 10:30-11 a.m. For more information, call 865-3307 or see www.freeportlibrary.com.
Tashi Gatsel Ling, Tibetan Buddhist center, 20 Independence Drive in Freeport, offers regular programming and teachings by recognized Tibetan Buddhist teachers. Visit http://tashigatselling.org/ for information about teachers, study group meetings, meditation classes, dharma teachings, and “sacred cinema” movie nights.
Cribbage, Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Eureka Community Center, corner of Route 9 and Route 136, Durham. For more information call the Town Office, 353-2561.
Christmas Eve service, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 6 p.m., First Congregational Church of Durham, 773 Royalsborough Road.
Christmas Eve service, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m., Friends Meeting, 532 Quakermeeting House Road, Durham.
Christmas Eve service, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m., Shiloh Chapel, 39 Beluah Lane, off Shiloh Road, Durham.
Christmas Eve service, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m., First Parish Congregational Church of Pownal, 422 Hallowell Road.
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road.
Winter in the Woods, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2 p.m., weather permitting, Wolfe Neck’s Woods State Park, Freeport. Discover the ways both plants and animals survive the winter in Maine. For both children and adults. Meet at circle of benches by second parking lot. Free with park admission. For more information, call 865-4465.
Pownal Board of Selectmen, Monday, Dec. 29, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.
Durham Board of Selectmen, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 6:30 p.m., Town Office.
Tri-Town Penguins Snowmobile Club, meets last Tuesday of each month, Dec. 30, from September to April, 7 p.m., Durham Fire Station, 615 Hallowell Road, Durham. New members are welcome. For more information, contact Duncan Daly, 865-6188, or Mike Yates, 865-3555.
Celebrate Hope concert with Tedd Fish, Sunday, Jan. 4, 9 a.m., North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road.
Maine author Lea Wait, talks about “Twisted Threads,” the first in her new “Mainely Needlepoint” mystery series, Monday, Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library.
Parkinson’s Support Group, second Wednesday of the month, Jan. 14, 1-2:30 p.m., Bay Square at Yarmouth, 27 Forest Falls Drive (opposite the post office). Ongoing monthly support group meeting for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Walk-ins welcome.
Couponing for the Community, Wednesdays, Jan. 14 and 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Eureka Community Center, Durham. Group meets two Wednesdays each month. Learn couponing basics including where/how to find and collect coupons; how to organize them; and how to begin using them. For more information, call Pat Provost, 212-5156.
Make sourdough onion bread, with artisanal baker Sheri Fistal, Saturday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Michael Scholz, miller at Maine Grains in Skowhegan, will discuss locally grown, stone-milled grains. Workshop participants will make sourdough starter and bread to take home. Cost is $40; register online at umaine.edu/cumberland/programs/from-scratch-your-maine-kitchen. For more information, call 781.6099 or email extension.rlreception@maine.edu. Proceeds benefit the UMaine Extension Cumberland County Nutrition Program.
We love to eat
Public supper, Saturday, Dec. 20, 5-6:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, Mallet Drive, Freeport. Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, vegetables, homemade biscuits, dessert and beverage. $9 adults, half price for children under 12.
Freeport Elders Association Pancake Breakfast, first Saturday of each month except December, January and February, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Breakfast includes pancakes, sausages, coffee or tea, juice, $3.50 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children 12 and under. Deluxe breakfast is scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausages, biscuit, coffee or tea, juice, $4.50, $4 for seniors.
Ongoing Events
Freeport Community Thrift Shop, open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and closed on Sundays, Freeport Community Center.
Freeport Rotary, breakfast meetings every Wednesday from 7-9 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, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Wednesdays closed; and Thursday, 10:30-6:30. 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. Closed Fridays. For more information, call 688-4611.
Freeport Town Hall, open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Fridays. For more information, call 865-4743.
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.
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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.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” ?will be screened Thursday,? Dec. 18, at 2:20 p.m., at the Freeport Community Library.? Send questions/comments to the editors.
