Shopping
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Animal Shelter merchandise is available to purchase. Great gifts for animal lovers can be found at https://fc-animal-shelter-maine.printify.me/products. The shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington, and you can visit the lobby and kitten room and available adult cat is open to the public during our normal business hours of noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Chewonki
NEW VINEYARD — On Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the New Vineyard Public Library, located at 20 Lake St, New Vineyard invites you to join them for an interactive program introducing participants to the program Chewonki – Mammals of Maine, a presentation about native warm-blooded vertebrates: Maine mammals. Each participant will study a mounted animal and observe its characteristics, such as teeth, feet, and fur. We use these observations as clues to understand each mammal’s adaptations, niche, and habitat. A collection of skulls, study skins, and other specimens complements a discussion of adaptations and the role each animal plays in the food web. This program also provides a living example of a non-releasable wild mammal.
Dinner/dance
JAY — VFW Post 3335 Auxiliary in Jay will hold a Valentine’s Day dinner and dance on February 15. Doors will open at 5 p.m., meal will be served at 6 p.m. and dancing from 7 to 11. Music will be provided by DJ Jason Lee of Rustic Beats. Menu for the evening is prime rib au jus, potatoes, squash, and salad. Dessert will be double chocolate brownies with strawberries and cream. This will be a benefit dance with all proceeds going to the Beal’s House at Togus. Beal ‘s house is a hospitality house for veterans and their families. Price of the tickets are $40 each. You must purchase your tickets ahead please call 897-2122. Come and join us for a night of dinner and dancing with great music for this great cause. As always thank you all for your continuing support
Suppers
JAY — The menu for Frank L. Mitchell VFW Post 3335, located at 64 Jewell St, Jay for February 14 will feature pork roast, apple sauce, potatoes green beans and for dessert, apple spice cake. Please call by Thursday each week to reserve your meals. 897-2122. All meals are served at 5 p.m. Eat in optional. $12. Please call ahead to reserve your meals 897-2122.
February 21 is Dine and Dance night with Country Fusion from 6 to 9, Doors open at 4. Featuring ham steak, roasted garlic rosemary potato wedges, peas and dessert will be peach cobbler. Dinner and dance $20, dance only $10. You must call by Thursday Feb. 20, to reserve your meal.
February 28 Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole, and banana pudding.
Concert
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington is pleased to present a flute and piano concert featuring Marvento on Sunday afternoon, March 9, at 2 p.m. The concert will be in Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF, and doors will open at 1:30 pm. Some refreshments will be served after the concert.
The Boston-based musicians are flutist Weronika Balewski and pianist Elizabeth Basconi. Weronika and Elizabeth are performers and teachers who are active as chamber musicians and instrumental teachers. They founded Marvento Duo in 2013 to collaborate as both performers and teaching artists.
Admission $20, more if you can, less if you can’t. All welcome, no one turned away. Free for UMF students. Youth 18 & under free through our Arts Inspire Youth program. Purchase tickets on our website, artsfarmington.org, or at the door. The auditorium is handicapped accessible. The entrance door to Nordica Auditorium is located on Academy Street at the back side of Merrill Hall. For questions email president@artsfarmington.
Potluck
RANGELEY —On Feb. 20, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Guides’ Clubhouse, 41 Old Skiway Rd, Oquossoc, join the Rangeley Region Guides’ and Sportsmen’s Association’s monthly potluck dinner to share their latest conservation efforts at the Guides’ Clubhouse, 41 Old Skiway Rd, Oquossoc. Come connect with Brent, Amanda, and Matt and learn about our recent successes and upcoming projects. Open to All! Whether you’re a local hunter, hiker, birder, logger, fisherman, or simply someone who loves Maine’s incredible wilderness, we welcome you to join us for a delicious potluck meal, dessert, and an informative presentation by the High Peaks Alliance. Come to learn how we’re working together to preserve public access and protect the High Peaks Region for current and future generations.
Crosswalk Project
FARMINGTON — Farmington Rotary is celebrating 100 years and are making a call for submissions of their annual Crosswalk Art Project. Please join us in our centennial crosswalk project to celebrate and build visibility. We invite community members, businesses, organizations and youth groups to submit one or more designs to be painted on one of the many crosswalks being painted in downtown Farmington this April by volunteers – maybe even you.
Criteria: Use your imagination. There is no limit to the design if it fits into a crosswalk which measures six feet in width, and 40 feet in length. Crosswalk designs should represent Farmington Rotary’s ideals such as community, dedication, service above self, leadership, unity, and fairness.
Designs should be submitted via email by February 28 to Lisa Laflin at [email protected] or dropped off at Wears & Wares, 413 Wilton Road, Farmington. All designs will be judged by Farmington Rotary’s Centennial Committee. All applicants are encouraged to participate in the painting of the crosswalks. Paint will be provided.