Dixmont Historical Society member Judy Patterson wrote that the Dixmont Historical Society’s Town House Project is conducting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, at Dysart’s Restaurant in Hermon.

The event’s host and sponsor is Dysart’s Restaurant, Patterson wrote, adding that all proceeds from the dinner will go to fund future renovations at the 1836 Dixmont Town House.

The menu features spaghetti with meat sauce, roll, beverage, and chocolate mocha pudding for dessert.

Admission is $10 per person, and for reservations you may call Judy Cook at 234-4035, or contact any member of DHS.

Dysart’s is located off Interstate 95 Exit 180 on Coldbrook Road in Hermon.

For directions to the restaurant, visit www.dysarts.com.

For DHS information, visit www.townofdixmont.org.

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Julie Clement and John Long of Long Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Camden e-mailed to inform readers about a PBS presentation premiering Monday, Jan. 4, that Clement and Long learned about from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

AFSP is participating with many other organizations in presenting “This Emotional Life,” which an AFSP release describes as “a two-year outreach campaign anchored by a three-part, nationally broadcast series airing Jan. 4-6, that examines the science behind our emotions, the challenges to our well-being and the keys to hap-pier lives.”

“For the past two years, the Long Funeral Home and Communities that Care have sponsored the Coastal Maine Out of the Darkness Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention,” and has been working with families to raise “community awareness about preventing suicide,” Clement and Long wrote, adding they believe “this program may be very helpful to those in need.”

For information, visit www.pgs.org/thisemotionallife.

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Barbara McDade, director of Bangor Public Library, has announced that “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations … One School at a Time” is the 2010 Penobscot Reads choice for library patrons to read together and enjoy “related events and discussions.”

University of Maine professor Margery Irvine will lead a discussion of the book at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the library, 145 Harlow St.

MacKenzie Rawcliffe, of Hampden, who recently spent six weeks training teachers in Pakistan, will discuss “her experiences and issues of education” in middle Asia at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the library, and the Bangor School System superintendent, Dr. Betsy Webb, will present “The Importance of Education” at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, at the library.

For information, call the library at 947-8336.

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Theresa Tracy called to report that the first meeting of the new year for members of the Penobscot Chapter of AARP will begin at noon Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the Elks Club on Odlin Road in Bangor.

The guest speaker will be Eric Cioppa of the state Bureau of Insurance in Augusta, Tracy said.

The meeting is open to everyone over 50, and information is available by calling her at 947-8701.

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Reservations are requested for people who want to attend a senior tea, 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Hudson Town Hall.

Sponsored by the Women’s Activities Committee of Hudson Grange No. 457, reservations can be made by calling Gerri Randall at 327-1303.

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The Eastern Maine Orchid Society recently donated proceeds from a benefit auction to the Maine Troop Greeters, according to an EMOS release.

“Each year, the Orchid Society holds a holiday luncheon and auction to raise funds for a local charitable organization,” the release states, and this year members chose to support “the volunteer efforts of the Greeters.”

EMOS treasurer Suzanne Wells made the presentation to the greeters, and it was the largest donation ever offered by EMOS.

For information about the Maine Troop Greeters, visit www.themainetroopgreeters.com.

For information about EMOS, visit www.easternmaineorchidsociety.com.

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It was back in 1998 that Laura Anderson Harvey, of Glenburn, called to say that “for the previous 10 years,” female members of Bangor High School Class of 1956 had been gathering during the summer at the home of one of the classmates “just to talk over old times.”

Sharing a sandwich and a beverage, they would catch up on each other’s news and recall the “happy days” of growing up, during the ’50s, in Bangor.

This year, Harvey wrote to extend her thanks to “all the girls” from that class who have continued attending those gatherings, and asks them to “please keep in touch.”