Events for March 19, 2015

It comes as no surprise that requests for fuel assistance are up. WAY up! The Washington Hancock Community Agency’s “THAW” program (The Heating and Warmth Fund) was established just FOR fuel assistance. It runs 100 percent on public donations and currently has very little money in reserve to help local needy families. If you’d like […]

Dawn Coffin, Volunteer Coordinator at the Emmaus Shelter in Ellsworth, tells us that if you have gently used clothing that you & your children will no longer be wearing, they’d appreciate a donation to their “Clothing Closet” which is open every Monday and Wednesday from 10 to 2, and beginning on Feb. 7th, the closet […]

The new, much-anticipated Ellsworth Public Library cookbooks have arrived. Buy your copies at the library’s circulation desk.  They’re only $10 each and full of great recipes from our community.  Proceeds from the cookbook help support the library’s renovation and expansion project.  For more info, phone the library at 667-6363.

Everybody Eats free community meal at St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church in Ellsworth has served 28 thousand meals and volunteers have donated more than 11,500 hours over the past 5 years. If you'd like to support their efforts to continue this valuable program, send your tax deductible donation to: Everybody Eats, PO Box 776, Ellsworth, ME […]

Currently the Washington Hancock Community Agency (WHCA) staff is accepting calls to schedule fuel assistance (LIHEAP) appointments for the Ellsworth, Milbridge, Machias and Calais offices. To schedule appointments, call the Ellsworth office at 664-2424 or the Machias office at 546-7544. Phone lines will be open from 7:30 to 4 Monday through Friday, except for holidays […]

Registration: Begins Monday, March 16, for children entering school September 2015. You can pick up registration packets in the Pemetic School Office. Please have packets returned by Friday, March 27. Screening: Wednesday April 1 and Thursday April 2. Appointments for screening will be made once packets are turned in. Call 244-5502. Parents will need to […]

Thanks in part to town funding, The Mount Desert Island YMCA offers free community swim times for all legal residents of Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor open swim times are Thursdays from 9am - 11am, and Sundays from 11:30am - 3pm. Just bring proof of residency, like a utility bill for example. Contact Doreen for more […]

The Visit with Friends Coffee House for seniors is held every Thursday at the Friends in Action Senior located inside the Moore Community Center in Ellsworth. The next one is on Thurs Mar 19th from 9 to 11. This is a social gathering with coffee, refreshments, cribbage & other games and occasional musical entertainment. There […]

March is a great month to dig into some local historical and genealogical research. Inspired by March holidays such as Genealogy Day, Descendants' Day, Celebrate Your Name Week, Irish-American Heritage Month and Women's History Month, Castine's Wilson Museum will open the Hutchins Education Center on Thursdays in March from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for […]

All are invited to tea at the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Thurs Mar 19th from 2 to 3:30. The tea is in honor of Women’s History Month, whose theme this year is “Journeys.” There will be live music by Ruth Grierson and friends. For info call the library at 244-7065.