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October 2020
SPCA Open House Celebration
The SPCA of Hancock County is holding a free Welcome Back to the Shelter Open House celebration on Saturday, October 10th from 10 to 2 at the shelter on Route 3 in Trenton. The Ellsworth Lioness Club will have free puppet kits for kids. The Bar Harbor/MDI Rotary's serving food. There's be a huge, fundraising Tag Sale. There will be pet nail trimming, reduced price micro-chipping. Plus, limited, socially distanced tours INSIDE the shelter. For more info, to go: spca…
Find out more »First Responders Charity Event in Bucksport
The Second Annual First Responders Charity Event will be held at 471 Millvale Road in Bucksport on Sat Oct 10 from noon to 10 pm. The Dan Morgan Band will be playing at 7 that evening and throughout the day there will be food, a raffle and games. All proceeds will be donated to local first responders.
Find out more »Turkey Dinner To Go in Searsport
The Searsport United Methodist Church is holding its monthly "Turkey Dinner To Go" on Saturday, October 10th from 4 to 6. The meal is ten dollars each, and includes a roast turkey dinner with all the trimmings - which include homemade pie! This dinner is take out only - so plan now! No cooking onSaturday night the 10th!
Find out more »“Wicked Plants” Talk Online
As part of the Ellsworth Public Library schedule of National Endowment for the Arts Big Read events, “The Drunken Botanist” author Amy Stewart will speak about her book “Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, in an online presentation. A vine that strangles, a leaf that triggered a war and glistening red seed that stops the heart are among these menacing botanicals featured in the book. For more…
Find out more »Virtual Marketplace
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Ellsworth is holding its first ever virtual marketplace from Mon Oct 12 through Wed Nov 18. Proceeds will benefit Downeast Community Partners’ THAW program, which helps people with low incomes who are having difficulty paying home energy bills. All orders are processed online. Purchases will be available for pickup at the church on one of three separate days: Nov. 25, Dec. 11 and Dec. 12. Payment is by check only, mailed to St. Dunstan’s; instructions…
Find out more »Photography for Beginners in Prospect Harbor
Schoodic Arts for All is hosting a Photography for Beginners Workshop on Tues Oct 13 from 9 to noon at the Gouldsboro Town Park in Prospect Harbor. Students should bring either a Point’n Shoot or an entry level Digital Camera plus a photograph as an example of previous work. Bring a chair, too. Cost is $42. Rain date is Thurs Oct 15. For more information, visit schoodicartsforall dot org.
Find out more »Book Club in Searsport
The Carver Memorial Library in Searsport is starting a new book club. It will be meeting upstairs in Union Hall the second Tuesday of each month at 1pm beginning October 13th. The upstairs auditorium in Union Hall offers plenty of room for social distancing and face coverings are required. These meetings are free and all are invited. For more information, call Phyllis Gaul at 548-0232.
Find out more »Matt Cost Online Author Talk
Join author Matt Cost as he talks about his historical novel “I am Cuba: Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution” during a Zoom talk for the Southwest Harbor Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 5:30 p.m. To register for this virtual talk and receive a link to the Zoom presentation, email the library at [email protected] or call 244-7065.
Find out more »Takeout Turkey Dinner in Cherryfield
The First Congregational Church of Cherryfield, located at 12 River Road, will hold a take-out turkey dinner on Wednesday, Oct 14. Tickets are $10 each and will go on sale at 4:45 pm at the church. Pick-up will be between 5 and 6 pm. Cars are asked to line up along River Road facing Route 1. There will be 150 meals prepared and they will be sold until they are gone. There are no advance ticket sales; the dinner is…
Find out more »November Election Online Talk
On Wednesday, Oct 14, at 5 pm, Jill Goldthwait will give a virtual Zoom talk sponsored by the Northeast Harbor Library called “The November Election: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” Call 276-3333 or email [email protected] to register for the talk.
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