For 33 years, thanks to the efforts of staff and many volunteers, one of the most enjoyable signs of spring in eastern Maine is the Bangor Y Spring Fair.
This year’s fair is 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, March 27; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 28; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Bangor Auditorium.
Admission is $5 for age 13 and older, $3 for children 1-12, free for children under 1.
Presale tickets for all ages are $2 and are available through Thursday, March 26, at both Bangor Y locations, on Hammond Street and Second Street in Bangor.
Ride specials of unlimited rides for $12 are offered 4-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Marie Stewart of the Bangor Y hopes you and your family make plans to attend this delightful event that has always had “something for everyone.”
Stewart wrote that this year’s “exciting carnival rides” include Tubs of Fun, Wacky Shack, Pirate Shop, Moonwalk, Sky Fighter Jets and Kiddie Race Car along with “lots of yummy carnival foods such as hot dogs, cotton candy, lemonade, fried dough and snow cones.”
And Stewart hopes you “don’t forget to stop by the Sweet Tooth Cafe for a cup of gourmet coffee or a delectable dessert!”
For more information, call the Bangor Y at 941-2808 or visit www.bangory.org.
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Anyone seeking information about higher education or job opportunities should definitely take advantage of the SAD 48 Adult Education fourth annual college and job fair.
The college and job fair is 1-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at Nokomis Regional High School, 266 Williams Road, Newport.
Suzanne Rojas and Laurie Giles e-mailed that the event “is open to high school students” enrolled in public or private schools or home-schooled, “and their parents, as well as adults looking to pursue college, community members and the general public.”
Among the exhibitors, they report, will be representatives of Maine colleges, area businesses, postsecondary training institutes, career centers, members of the military and other organizations.
One of the many door prizes awarded throughout the event will be a $500 scholarship from Northeast Technical Institute.
For more information, call 368-3290.
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Sue Kircheis and trustees of the Simpson Memorial Library invite you to a bake sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Ye Olde General Store on Route 2 in Carmel.
The fundraiser will help “support our efforts to raise money to expand the size of, and add restroom facilities to, this local library,” Kircheis wrote.
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Here’s a reminder from Creative Memories independent consultants Nami Cole and Janelle Tinkham that a scrapbooking fundraiser to benefit the Lincoln area KidCare America Mentoring After-School Program is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 28, at Community Evangel Temple, 124 River Road, Lincoln.
Admission is $20 and you can register at http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/namicole, by calling Cole at 794-2164 or 831-4376, or e-mail namike@midmaine.com.
A lunch, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., is available for $5, and there is no admission fee to attend the event’s daylong bake sale.
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President and founder Linda Ouellette reports that, until further notice, Precious Paws Rescue and Adoption of Van Buren is waiving the adoption fee on all cats 6 months and older, and that donations will be accepted in place of the adoption fee.
The organization is making this offer, Ouellette said, so that during these difficult economic times the opportunity to adopt a rescued cat is still an option for those who can give these cats a good home.
If you cannot adopt a cat but would like to make a donation, visit www.mypreciouspaws.org, e-mail linda@mypreciouspaws.org or call her at 868-2828.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.