Searsport Historic Preservation Committee chairwoman Marie Underwood will make an official presentation to Searsport Town Manager James Gillway of the 17 panels depicting important events in the history of the town at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 24, in the town hall auditorium.
The panels have been installed at or near sites where the noted event took place, and sponsors of individual panels will make brief presentations “of their particular interest in a given panel,” Dr. Ellen Fuller wrote.
Poster replicas of the panels will be available for viewing at the presentation, and light refreshments will be served.
As an aside, Fuller wrote that “similar panels are mounted around Belfast and, in the summer, you see people stopping to read them as they walk around the town.”
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Lois-Ann Holmes of Orrington reports the JD Foundation, a group founded “to help with suicide prevention, and to help the families affected by suicide to cope,” is hosting a three-day benefit yard sale, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Sunday, May 24, in Abbot.
“Just take the main road to Abbot,” Holmes wrote, and you “won’t miss it.”
Everything from antiques to baby items will be offered, along with a 50-50 raffle, ice cream, coffee and muffins.
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Bill DaButler reports a yard sale to benefit Hancock County’s Faith Community Fellowship, Habitat for Humanity and Relay for Life is 8 a.m. Saturday, May 23, at Faith Community Fellowship on the Bar Harbor Road on the Ellsworth-Trenton line.
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Jacqui Hart e-mailed “the women of St. Vincent de Paul Church” are holding their second annual plant sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 23, on Main Street in Bucksport, “across the street from the Community Pharmacy.”
Annuals, perennials and vegetable plants grown by parish women “are priced to sell, so come early and get the best selection,” Hart added.
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Diana Novella reminds readers that the scenic Mount Desert Island Harbor House Westside Rides feature the 30-mile Pro Ride and the Go-the-Distance Ride beginning with registration at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 24, at Harbor House on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, and the 10-mile Easy Ride at 1:30 p.m. at the same site.
For entry fees, registration and information about the bicycle races, visit www.harborhousemdi.org, call Scott Phelps, 244-3713, ext. 104, or e-mail scott@harborhousemdi.org.
Proceeds benefit Harbor House youth sports programs.
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Roxann Clapper e-mailed the second annual Dance for Dutch is 8 p.m. to midnight Sunday, May 24, at Belfast High School.
The event “is in memory and to celebrate the life of Larry Dutch,” Clapper wrote, “and the proceeds will help support the Waldo County YMCA Day Camp,” which was “important to Larry, as was gymnastics and teaching dance.”
Tickets at the door are $10 and children are admitted free.
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Cherryfield Academy board of trustees member Lori Barbee reports Flash! in the Pans Community Steelband is performing from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 25, at Cherryfield Academy.
Admission is by donation, desserts and beverages will be on sale, and proceeds benefit renovation costs for the building.
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David Haskins and members of the Bangor Art Society invite you to view “the presentations of members’ winter projects” from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 26, in the Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall, 145 Harlow St.
The society meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, September through May, at this location. Information is available by calling Kris Whitney, 942-3868, or visiting www.bangorartsociety.com.
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Make-A-Wish Foundation of Maine, which plans to grant the wishes of more than 70 seriously ill children this year, is hosting its Walk for Wishes fundraiser at nine locations Thursday, May 28, and five of those walks are in our readership area.
Lisa Gleeson of Make-A-Wish in Portland reports “event day registration and check-in begins at 5 p.m. at each location,” and each walk begins at 6 p.m.
Walk sites in our area are Paul Bunyan Park, Bangor; the Congregational Church, Dennysville; John A. Millar Civic Center, Houlton; Sebasticook Valley Hospital, Pittsfield; and the Congregational Church on Limerock Street in Rockland.
The other walk sites are in Lewiston-Auburn, Westbrook, Saco-Biddeford and York.
You can register by calling 800-491-3171 or at www.Mainewish.org.
Prizes will be awarded to individuals and teams collecting more than $200 in pledges.
Adults raising at least $100 and those under 18 raising at least $50 will receive a free Walk for Wishes T-shirt.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.