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Appleton
Music program for children
Midcoast Music Together for newborns through age 5 and their parents or caregivers, with Jess Day, will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Appleton Library, 2916 Sennebec Road. Share songs, instrument play, creative movement and more. Registration is recommended by calling the library at 785-5656. The program is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit future library programming. Children’s Story Time will immediately follow the event.
Belfast
Hospital Aid yard sale
Waldo County General Hospital Aid’s annual yard sale will be held at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 28, rain or shine, at the hospital’s education center, 118 Northport Ave. The sale will feature books, puzzles, jewelry, toys, clothing, craft items, music, furniture, dishes and more. Muffins, coffee and other breakfast items will be available for purchase.
Donations of good quality items will be accepted 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the education center Volunteers will check to see if items are usable for the sale. Computers, televisions or large appliances will not be accepted.
Proceeds from the sale benefit Waldo County General Hospital. Call the hospital’s community relations department at 930-6739 or chairperson Ellen Kenney at 338-4232, for more information.
Train excursion rides
The Brooks Preservation Society will begin excursion train operations Saturday, Sunday and Monday over Memorial Day weekend, May 28-30. The Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad trains will depart from Upper Bridge Station in Belfast at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day, rain or shine.
Camden
Songwriters’ Coffeehouse
The songwriters of the Camden Public Library’s Songwriter Sessions will perform their new works, led by professional singer-songwriter Mehuman Johnson, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Library Coffeehouse at Camden Public Library. The musicians have been gathering once a month throughout the winter to develop music for the Coffeehouse. In the sessions the writers work on lyrics, story line, pacing, chord progressions and final presentation. The musicians feature a number of instruments, primarily six- and 12-string guitars. Admission to the Coffeehouse is free although donations are appreciated.
The group will be joined by other alumni of the Songwriters Sessions and past Library Coffeehouses. Call Ken Gross at 236-3440 for more information.
Lincolnville Center
The United Christian Church invites the community to a special memorial service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29, at the church, 18 Searsmont Road. The service will honor those who gave their lives in service to the country, will commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War and feature music of that era. The Revs. Stephen and Bonnie Hoffman will lead worship. Those of all faiths are invited.
Monroe
Memorial Day Parade, activities
Monroe Lions Club will hold a Memorial Day Parade at 11 a.m. Monday, May 30. The parade route will begin at the Monroe School and end at Gesner Park.
After the parade a chicken barbecue, home made french fries, flowers and home made pies will be available for purchase. Children’s games will be conducted. The event will be held rain or shine. For more information, call Mike at 525-6621 or David at 525-4431.
Waldo County Humane Society free rabies clinic
A free rabies vaccine clinic, sponsored by Waldo County Humane Society, will be held 9-11 a.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Monroe Fire Station, 8 Swanlake Ave. Dr. Sarah Tomalty from Little River Veterinary Hospital will be the attending veterinarian.
The rabies shot is free to animals residing in Waldo County. Pets from other counties are welcome to get shots for a small fee. Donations of any size will accepted.
Bring all animals on leashes or in portable pet carriers, and be responsible for cleaning up after your pet.
Donations of cat or dog food for Miss Millie’s Cupboard, the Frankfort based food pantry for domestic companion animals, as well as any monetary donations will be accepted.
For information about Waldo County Humane Society rabies clinics, call 852-5033 or visit http://www.waldocountyhumanesociety.org/.
Owls Head
Garden club sale
The Owls Head Garden Club will hold its annual Plant and Bake Sale at 9 am. Friday, June 3, at the Owls Head Community Building on Ash Point Drive. The sale will feature 200 named daylilies from The Maine Farm, grown by Bill Warman. Members have been busy potting and gathering annuals and perennials, dividing plants and also getting ready to bake pies, cakes and other items. Greenhouses, nurseries or area gardeners who have extra seedlings or perennials, and food bakers are invited to donate to the sale. Labeled items may be dropped off 3-5 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Community Building. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the club’s annual scholarship fund and community gardens.
The club will have its annual luncheon at noon Wednesday, June 8, at the Craignair Inn in Spruce Head. Members who wish to attend and have not made arrangements should contact Arlene Siletti. For more information on the sale, call Dottie at 596-6032.
Rockport
Success in the garden
Garden columnist Lynette L. Walther will discuss the basics of getting ornamental and
vegetable gardens up and running for a successful summer 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, lower level of the Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St. For more information, call Patti Peace at 594-1919 or Melody Schubert at 236-2162.
Searsport
Pillow project
Members of the North Searsport United Methodist Church invites the community to join them on Memorial Day weekend, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 28, in a mission project to benefit soldiers going overseas. Small pillows will be made for military personnel traveling overseas through Bangor International Airport. The project is in response to recent articles about soldiers having to pay for pillows on their flights.
Bring your sewing machine and dark-colored fabric to make the 11-inch by 14-inch pillows or you help with the assembly. Coffee and muffins will be provided.
Those who prefer to make the pillows at home or to donate dark material or stuffing for the project, may call Barbara Cataldo at 548-6538.
Auction items needed
The Searsport-North Searsport United Methodist Churches are seeking donations for its Annual Auction to be held at 9 a.m. Monday, July 4, with auctioneer Linda Sullivan. Mattresses, electronics, large appliances or yard sale items will not be acceptes. Call Hollis Bagley at 567-3835 or Clarence Littlefield at 548-2993 to arrange for pick up of items.
Memorial Tribute
Searsport Full Gospel Church will host a Special Memorial Tribute program that will honor the fallen heroes, veterans and today’s military men and woman at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 29. The patriotic community event will begin with the local VFW Honor Guard presenting the colors. There will be songs, local senators and representatives speaking, a baton exhibition, some of the Troop Greeters from Bangor International Airport. Guest speaker will be Lt. Col. Hamilton Richards of the Augusta Army National Guard. The event is open to all.
Memorial Day Parade
The Memorial Day Parade will leave the Dan Rich Public Safety Building at 9 a.m. Monday, May 30, and proceed to the Civil War Monument across from the Penobscot Marine Museum. After a brief ceremony, the parade will proceed to Mosman Park for a memorial ceremony.
Stockton Springs
Memorial Day Parade and ceremonies
The Stockton Springs Memorial Day parade will assemble at 10:15 a.m. Monday, May 30, on Main Street between Just Barb’s and Harris Road. Members from the Stockton Springs American Legion Jerry W. Dobbins Post 157 will lead the parade. All veterans are welcome to march with the Legionnaires and be recognized for their service to their country and for their enduring patriotic spirit. A Memorial Day program will follow in the town’s Veterans Park. A brief ceremony on Cape Jellison will be conducted in memory of those lost at sea.
There is a nationwide effort to resurrect the Blue Star Banner program originated during World War I and continued in World War II. Blue Star Banners were presented to families with a son, daughter or spouse serving in the military. The Banners were displayed in the front windows of the family homes. If you have a family member serving in the military, contact Legion member Lee Snyder at 567-3137 or palsnyder@aol.com so your family may be included in the Memorial Day program.
Learn more about your local American Legion Post 157 at http://mainepost157.org/.
Thomaston
Historical society meeting
Thomaston Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at the Knox Farmhouse and Museum, 80 Knox St. The program will feature a presentation and appraisal session. beginning at 7:40 p.m., by antiques expert John D. Bottero, vice president of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries and owner of the Nobleboro Antique Exchange. He will discuss preservation tips and techniques for antiques and fine art, followed by a brief appraisal session. The meeting is free and open to the public. Attendees are invited to bring one item for appraisal.
Museum opens
The General Henry Knox Museum will open Montpelier, the big white mansion at the turn to Saint George in Thomaston, for guided tours beginning Saturday, May 28, and continuing through Columbus Day weekend. Tours are available 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and also on Sunday and Monday of holiday weekends, except for Labor Day. Admission is $7, $6 seniors, $4 children, free to children under 5.
Montpelier is a 19-room Federal period mansion originally built by Boston bookseller turned patriot and Revolutionary War hero General Henry Knox for his society wife, Lucy, on her family’s substantial landholdings in Maine, and recreated nearly 100 years ago in its present location.
Administrative offices, located at Cole House, are open year-round. For more information call 354-8062 or email info@knoxmuseum.org.
Union
Underground Railroad topic of meeting
Maine’s connection to the Underground Railroad that helped free runaway slaves in the mid-1800s does not begin and end with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Indeed, from Kittery to Fort Fairfield, Mainers conspired together to break the law, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, forming a network of “safe houses,” hiding slaves from slave hunters and scurrying them to Canada.
At the Union Historical Society meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the Old Town House on Town House Road, author Mark Alan Leslie will weave the tale of the brave families, including those from Augusta eastward, who housed and fed slaves in hidden rooms, attics and elsewhere en route to the next secret “way station” in the “railroad.”
Leslie, a longtime journalist, is the author of the novel “Midnight Rider for the Morning Star,” based on the life of Francis Asbury, America’s first circuit-riding preacher. His presentation on the Underground Railroad comes from research for an unpublished book he has written.
After the meeting refreshments will be served by hostesses Elaine Tracy and Nancy Watson. All meetings of Union Historical Society are free and open to the public. For more information, call 785-5444 and leave a message, or visit http://www.midcoast.com/comespring.
Waldoboro
Pet oxygen mask
Loyal Biscuit Co. of Rockland recently donated to the Waldoboro EMS a pet oxygen mask, or POM, for its ambulance through The Maine POM Project. This is the fifth POM donated to local fire departments and ambulance services by Loyal Biscuit Co. If you know of a fire department or ambulance service in need of a POM, contact Heidi Vanorse at 594-5269 or heidi@loyalbiscuit.com.
Financial literacy certification
Students at Medomak Valley High School will receive financial literacy certification after completing the Camden National Bank Financial Scholars Program made possible with the financial support of Camden National Bank. The event honoring the students’ achievements, will be held at 8 a.m. Friday, May 27, at Medomak Valley High School, at 320 Manktown Road.