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YARMOUTH’S “HOMETOWN HERO,� TRAVIS ROY DIES AT 45

Travis Roy, the Maine native who inspired millions after being paralyzed in his first college hockey game, died Thursday, his brother-in-law, Keith VanOrden confirmed. He was 45. Roy was rushed to the University of Vermont Medical Center for surgery on Tuesday after complications from a previous surgery. Travis was born in Augusta, and grew up in Yarmouth, attending North Yarmouth Academy. He first put on ice skates at 20 months old and was a lifelong fan of the game. His dream was realized as a freshman joining the Boston University hockey team. Eleven seconds into his first shift as a BU

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FALMOUTH LIBRARY REOPENS, AT LEAST A LITTLE

After nearly 18 months of extensive renovations, Falmouth Memorial Library has reopened its doors to the public. Curbside services, referred to as “library take-out� by Director Jenna Mayotte, began September 21, and as of two weeks ago, members of the community were given the opportunity to browse for 30 minutes, enjoy the new space, and select books from the shelves. Following guidelines drafted by the Maine State Library, the building’s maximum occupancy is fifteen people to allow for appropriate distancing between staff and patrons. Visitors are also asked to wear masks and use hand sanitizer on the way in if they plan to handle books. There is a self-check system, allowing a low-contact experience. Running both the service desk and the curbside pickup requires additional staff. Of the library’s eleven staff members, a minimum of two typically work each shift. Beginning in May 2019 and ending in August 2020, the project, budgeted at $6.6 million, expanded the building from 10,750 square feet to 18,750 square feet. The renovation provides a separate youth services wing, a separate teen room, an adult services wing, and a quiet reading room, as well as a community gathering space.

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After the town’s email service was hacked, Durham officials have warned the community to watch for suspicious emails appearing to be sent by town staff. The town first became aware of the situation October 16, according to Town Administrator Ruth Glaeser, when she and others began receiving email replies to messages sent in 2019. Appearing to be from staff, especially the codes enforcement officer and fire and rescue chief, the emails included unfamiliar and unrelated addresses and may include zip attachments, or links. Many have received multiple emails - Glaeser has received as many as sixty in one day. Durham is investigating the issue and will be using a different email system, which they hope will resolve the issue. Town officials are cautioning residents not to open the emails and to delete them immediately, as they may be seeking financial information or contain a virus. T.H. Creations in Lisbon, which Durham uses for web services, contracts email services through Rackspace. Because it was a third-party server that was hacked, there is no impact beyond the town’s email system. Voting will not be affected.

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COMMENT Bill Green

Bill Green’s Maine WWJD? I just want to beat all the real reporters with a speculation story about what will happen when the election is over. Let’s say Joe Biden wins. We’re saying that because it sets up my whole story! Joe is going to need a cabinet. What if he put Angus King in it? Whoa! We’d need another Senator! That Senator would be selected by Governor Janet. What would Janet do? We last had a Senator leave their elected position to be appointed to a cabinet position in 1980. Because I’m old, I remember May 8, 1980, when President Jimmy Carter introduced the man from Maine, Ed Muskie, to be Secretary of State. He had two years left in his Senate term and we needed a replacement. Cabinet choices like this are usually made when the governor of the state is of the same party as the appointee. This was the case in 1980, when the Democrats controlled the Senate 58-41. Still, Muskie and Governor Joe Brennan were Democrats. So, Ed could move up without Democrats losing a seat. The story of who Joe chose is a great moment in Maine history. There were speculative stories

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that Joe would pick himself. It was wrong. Harold Pachios was around as was Attorney General Jim Tierney who is now married to famous author Elizabeth Strout. However, Joe said he really only seriously considered one person: George Mitchell. George was a U.S. Attorney who had lost a gubernatorial election to Independent Jim Longley. Once George was selected, he went to work. Mainers liked him more and more. It was simply a great choice. What did Joe Brennan want in return? Nothing. At least that’s what he asked for. George has told that story many times. Joe never asked for a thing. How wonderful. How great. How unlike Illinois Governor Rob Blagojevich who is now out of prison after trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. So, this time, it would be Governor Janet’s turn. Who would she pick? How’s this for irony? If Sarah Gideon loses, she could be picked to replace Angus. Wouldn’t that be a hoot? Imagine spending a hundred million dollars running for Senate and getting there by being selected by the Governor. However, the word is they are not that close. Some speculate that the choice would be Chellie Pingree. Four years (and maybe more) in the Senate would be a great way to finish up a very nice political career. Chellie is very strong in her district. In fact, she doesn’t even have to campaign. Someone said there are some political signs down in Portland with her name on them, but I have not seen them. I occasionally do trivia nights. A good question always is, “Who is running against Chellie Pingree?” An interesting pick might be Jared Golden. Jared is doing things his own way. He has a thoughtful, easy-going, man-of-the-people style. He seems to be a Mainer you can relate to. Some say (which is a way of saying others don’t) that Jared and Janet relate to each other better. He is only 38. He would have four years of seniority at age 42. He could rack up enormous seniority and power at a relatively young age. Angus is 76. If he runs again in four years, he will be 80. I think he would still win. However, if he steps away. Jared would be a likely candidate for that seat since it’s easier to run from the 2nd Dis-

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Fresh Takes November fourth is the 100th anniversary of my mother’s birth. Georgiana Helen Mello was born at home in Tiverton, R.I. She was the seventh child born to her parents, immigrants from the Azores islands, an autonomous region of Portugal. One of her older sisters had also been named Georgiana; she had died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Three more children followed, all boys. The family lived in an old, two-story house with a good-sized yard and a narrow view of Mount Hope Bay, which was down the street. My grandparents worked in the local cotton mill, but my grandfather also tended a large vegetable garden. During the Depression, Mom and several of her siblings moved to Connecticut with her parents. The owner of the Tiverton mill also owned one across the border, and had asked my grandfather to work there. The family lived in what my mother called a “guest house” on the owner’s property. She loved to reminisce about that period in her life. Mom was tall and pretty, with lovely blue eyes. She liked school and had a large group of friends. She and her sister, Bessie, played in a drum and bugle corps and participated in events and competitions around New England. But she felt pressured by her parents to drop out of high school, to work. She later got her high school equivalency and attended a business school. She hated her work as a seamstress in a garment bag factory and yearned for something more. Mom was one of the first women she knew to get a driver’s license. Mom traveled with her friends, going to the Ted Hilton Resort in Connecticut and driving down to Florida. Her trips south opened her eyes to Jim Crow. During World War II she rolled bandages, volunteered in a hospital and on weekends headed to nearby Newport, which was packed with sailors. Though she had fun in that raucous environment, she worried about her four brothers. Alfred was in Europe, Frank in Burma and John and Manny in the South Pacific. Thankfully, they all came home.

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She met Raymond Faria Soares at the Lincoln Park Ballroom in North Dartmouth, Mass., in the early 1950s. She was impressed when he told her he was just back from California, where he’d had a civil service job. That was a bit of an exaggeration, but I was always amused at my mother’s lifelong conviction that a person couldn’t do better than to get a civil service job. Then again, when you grow up in the Depression, job security is no small thing. One time, Mom and her friends came up to Old Orchard Beach for a weekend. Dad secretly followed with a couple of his own pals. Then he surprised Mom and took her out on a date. He secretly set back the clock in his car, because there was a curfew at the guest house where Mom was staying. My mother was so embarrassed when she missed the curfew and had to knock on the locked door to wake the landlady. Mom always put a lot of stock in appearances. But this little adventure secretly delighted her. She and Dad were married on April 23, 1955, at my mother’s parish church, Holy Ghost, with a reception following at the American Legion Hall. Their wedding photos were taken in the yard of my grandparents’ house. I was born 14 months later. On my birth certificate, Dad’s occupation was listed as “wood cutter.” He was working in the woods, cutting down trees to make way for housing developments. It took Dad a while to find a career path, but in 1962 he purchased an Arnold Bread franchise. His first route was a modest moneymaker, but he eventually got the city of Fall River, Mass., which was a significant improvement. Sometimes the whole family

(my sister had arrived by then) would go with him to deliver bread. About 10 years later, my parents also ran a day-old bread store. They made a success of that as well. Mom was sociable and likable and enjoyed being behind the counter. Later she would work at the renowed McWhirr’s Department store in downtown Fall River. She and I had often shopped there when I was a little girl, traveling from our suburban home on the bus. Dad died in 1980. He had a massive heart attack while heading off to work in the early morning. Mom, by then was working part-time in another department store, this one in a mall. She sold the bread route and tried to move on with her life. I was proud of her when she took a series of trips to Europe in the ‘80s. She got to see Ireland, England, Austria and Portugal, and made new friends along the way. She was able to cross off a bucket list item by becoming a poll worker. Mom died in 2009, proud to have voted for Barack Obama the previous fall and to have seen him inaugurated. The end came after she had a back operation and developed septicemia. My sister and I had to wear protective equipment to be in the room with her. It was extremely hard to see her go this way, but she did go peacefully. My mother was not a great cook, but she was a wonderful seamstress. She loved the book “The Shell Seekers” by Rosamunde Pilcher, the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” and coffee. I would tease her that she couldn’t drink anything without eating something with it, and she couldn’t eat anything without also having something to drink. And whatever she was eating usually included bread. But the most important thing I could say about Mom is that when my sister and I were growing up, our friends wanted a mother like her. I completely understood why. Liz Soares welcomes email at lizzie621@icloud. com.

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Presenting Kanopy and Flipster at the Merrill Memorial Library We at the Merrill Memorial Library are pleased to bring you two new digital services, available right away to anyone with an MML library card. Kanopy is a video streaming service, similar to commercial streaming services that you pay for, like Netflix or Hulu, but Kanopy is brought to you by the library for free. (Free, of course, minus the cost of the playing device and the internet service.) The second service is called Flipster, and it makes reading magazines online easy, enjoyable, and again, “free”. Both are fun and pretty self-explanatory, and you can get started using them from our website under the menu item Online Services. Kanopy was originally intended for colleges and universities, but in the past few years they have pushed their way into public libraries as well. Maybe because of its academic origins, the content they have available skews toward what might be taught in a classroom: lots of foreign films, documentaries, and indie flicks. Not that there aren’t purely entertaining films to watch, but you will find less Hollywood there than you would find in, say, the Redbox outside the supermarket. The educational content includes videos of children’s books, Sesame Street, and the Great Courses, but most of the 30,000 titles come from suppliers that have made movies you

have seen before: Criterion, Kino Lorber, Magnolia Pictures, Oscilloscope Laboratories, A24, Music Box Films, Film Movement, PBS, and many others. There is also some exciting content that has been relatively difficult to acquire for home viewing, such as the films of Frederick Wiseman. It takes no more knowledge or ability to stream from Kanopy than it does to stream from Netflix or Amazon, and you can stream to the same devices you already use: your computer, your phone or tablet, or a device that allows you to stream to your television, like a Roku, AppleTV, Chromecast, or Amazon Firestick. Instructions for how to stream to your specific device are on Kanopy’s website, and there is a link to it on our website, www.yarmouthlibrary.org/online-services/ In order to control costs, we have set a cap at the number of films you can stream to five per month per card. Kanopy for Kids and Great Courses material does not count toward those five. Streaming of Kanopy for Kids and Great Courses is unlimited. When you are ready to start using Kanopy, go to www.kanopy.com, click on Get Started, and have your library card ready. Flipster was designed for people to read magazines like they read e-books. Although it is possible to use Flipster on your computer or smartphone, I find it best to use a tablet like an Amazon Fire, an

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Rep. Amy Arata (District 65: New Gloucester and Poland (part). )

Legislative Notes As parents and students all over Maine try to make sense of the new restrictions on education and sports and provide input to their school boards, they may be surprised and frustrated to find a lack of responsiveness from some boards. As a board member for 6 years, I was shocked to be told during training that school boards don’t have constituents! Obviously, boards can’t violate state and federal laws, but in every other aspect elected officials should be accountable to those who voted for them. All board members’ email addresses were removed from my district’s website and we were told not to communicate with anybody other than the Chairwoman or Superintendent. In 1924, the Maine Supreme Court ruled in Shaw v. Small that the Yarmouth school board could not expel a student simply for being in foster care. This was an excellent ruling because the board had violated state law and harmed a child. However, the court wrote, “It (the board) in no sense represents the town”.

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iPad, or an Android tablet. Step one is to download the app, and again, have your library card ready. MML will subscribe to sixteen titles for you to access through Flipster. Some of them are titles that we already subscribe to in print: The New Yorker , Real Simple , and Sports Illustrated , to name a few. Most of the titles are new to our patrons but cover the same broad range of subject matter we carry in print: Newsweek , Ranger Rick , Prevention , and Food Network Magazine , for example. When you open a magazine in Flipster, it downloads the issue to your device, which means you can read it later offline. This is helpful if you know you are going somewhere without wi-fi, like a cabin in the woods or on an airplane. If you have used cloudLibrary, the digital service we have for audiobooks and e-books, then you already know to download what you want to read while you’re still at home, before you get up in the air. Unlike cloudLibrary and its limited number of si-

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That sentence has been taken out of context and used in training materials for school boards all over Maine. It instills a sense of arrogance in certain board members, although the majority are eager to humbly serve their communities. As a State Representative, I submitted LD63, which simply states the following: “A school board is accountable to the residents who live within the boundaries of the school board’s district, who are the school board’s constituents.” This should not have been controversial, and the bill would have improved communication, collaboration and relationships between the community and their school boards. When I presented the bill, the Education Committee seemed supportive. However, the bill failed along party lines with all Democrats voting against it. Maine sure could use that bill now! I will always support education by focusing on students, parents and the hard working teachers and support staff in that order. Together, we can all make a difference.

multaneous copies that we are licensed to lend, you will not have to place an issue of a magazine on hold with Flipster. I had read that borrowing periods on the digital magazines is a week for the monthlies and two days for the weeklies, but I have not experienced it -- I was able to download a magazine and keep it on my device for more than a week. I find Flipster’s interface clear and sensible, whether I am on a tablet or seated at my computer. Navigating from the table of contents to an article takes a single click. Finding back issues is uncomplicated. You can even perform full-text searches within an issue or through back issues. Printing is easy. We can thank the Trustees of the Merrill Memorial Library for helping to make these services available in Yarmouth. MML is the latest library in Maine to subscribe to them. Although some libraries have had them for a few years and some of our patrons have asked about them in the past, we had reasons for holding off, including the belief that patrons would be slow to put them to use. But this past spring, we all adopted new ways of doing things, especially online. When libraries closed their doors and suspended services, more and more libraries embraced services like these as a way to offer residents something that did not require physical contact in order to circulate. All things considered, we are glad to be able to bring more services to those of you who have devices and the internet at home, and we hope you enjoy them too. Jeff Eastman Media and Technology Librarian

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TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP AGENDA

The next Yarmouth Town Council Agenda is on November 5, 7 pm. Access Code: 406-247-941. Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/406247941. You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (408) 650-3123 Access Code: 406247-941. Preliminary: Swearing-in of newly elected Town Councilor by Town Clerk. Item No.1: To hear the reports of the Council Chair, committees, delegates, liaisons and the Town Manager. Item No. 2: To consider issuance of a full-time malt, spirituous and vinous liquor license to More and Co. Item No. 3: To consider a resolution regarding an Honorary Designation at the Public Safety Building. Item No. 4: To consider the recommendations of the Economic Development Advisory Board on formation of an LDC and to schedule action thereon. Item No. 5: To consider acceptance of Lone Pine Road (extension) off Pleasant St. Item No. 6: To schedule a public hearing on options for the Transfer Station improvements and PAYT system and amendments to Chapters 306 and 401 of the Yarmouth Town Code. Item No. 7: To discuss possible amendments to Chapter 401 (Fees and Permits) regarding sewer user fees. Item No. 8: To consider authorizations Youth Student Representation on Town Advisory Committees. Item No. 9: To consider an amendment to Chapter 311 of the Yarmouth Town Code (Electrical Ordinance). Item No. 10: To consider an amendment to Chapter 301 of the Yarmouth Town Code (Building Code). Item No. 11: To consider amendments to Chapter

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YARMOUTH FOOD PANTRY

If you need to be in touch with the food pantry staff, please call YCAN at 838-2261. Please do not call the church office. The Yarmouth Food Pantry thanks all the members of our community who generously donate throughout the Year! These contributions made this time a little brighter for many people. The latest Yarmouth Food Pantry needs are: Dry cereal, Jelly, Chowders and hearty soups, Canned pasta, Ramen noodles, Baked beans, Cannellini beans, Kidney beans, Mayonnaise, Shampoo, Laundry detergent pods, Dish detergent. IMPORTANT NOTE: DUE TO COVID 19, FOOD DONATIONS FOR THE PANTRY CAN NOT BE ACCEPTED AT THE POLLS THIS YEAR. Instead, donations should be dropped off at the back door of First Parish Church. The YCFP is located in back of the First Parish Church. Entry is on Storer Street. If you would like to donate items, they can be left at The Food Pantry. The pantry is open to residents of Yarmouth, North Yarmouth, Freeport, Cumberland and Pownal on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10-noon. If you have any questions, please email Sue at susanrgranai@gmail.com.

SENIOR CONNECTIONS WITH ZANY

Zyanya Holman (Zany) is a Resource Specialist with the Southern Maine Agency on Aging and Town of Yarmouth. SMAA is working remotely due to COVID-19 currently but she is available over the phone. If you have a question about housing, Medicare, meals and nutrition, medical and dental resources, legal resources or just want to say hi, Zany can be reached by e-mail at smaaresource@yarmouth.me.us or at (207) 835-9866. You can find out more about what she does at: https:// ycan.info/need-senior-support. Zany is also offering to Yarmouth residents through her work with the town classes. You may RSVP by email at agewell@smaa.org or call 396-6578.

UPCOMING AGEWELL PROGRAM

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YARMOUTH FARMERS MARKET

Great news for fresh food fans! The Yarmouth Farmers Market will stay open an extra month in 2020 at the Bickford Pavilion in Railroad Square, just off Main Street. The market will remain open Thursdays 3-6 pm on 11/5, and 11/12. The decision to extend the season was driven both by vendors and shoppers. Because of the ongoing pandemic, vendors said they were looking for additional outlets for their products, and many market regulars said they felt safer shopping outdoors. Shoppers must continue to adhere to the pandemic guidelines as before. Customers can park in the field directly behind the pavilion.

AGING IN PLACE

Do you need senior services? Yarmouth Cares About Neighbors is supporting an Aging In Place (AIP) initiative in Yarmouth, led by Leigh Kirchner with support from a large group of volunteers. If you have questions about, or suggestions for needed services, or would like to participate, please call Leigh at 207-712-7244 or e-mail her at: leighmk2050@ gmail.com. Some services offered are: Transportation, Health Services and Support, Economic Security, Food Support, Fuel Assistance and so much more!

COVID TASK FORCE

The Yarmouth Task Force is still ready with information and resources. If you need groceries, information, resources, or a person to talk to, please call 8464763. All calls will be returned within 24 hours.

DO I REALLY NEED A FLU SHOT?

Yes – Vaccines are a safe and effective way to help people stay healthy, prevent illness and even save lives. As people age, they may be at higher risk of complications from the flu. Seniors are advised to get an updated flu shot each season. This is free under Medicare. Check with your medical provider if you have any questions.

MERRILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPENS ITS DOORS!

The library has opened their doors! 10 people will be allowed in the building at one time, please limit your stay to 30 minutes, a mask is required, no food or drink is allowed. Please go to the libraries website to learn more, www.yarmouthlibrary.org.

NEW PROGRAMS AT THE HISTORY CENTER

Even with some distance between us, we can still connect! Join The History Center for online programs this fall!

They hope you’ll log on to take part in a program with us this fall. Please emailinfo@yarmouthmehistory. org to be added to the Zoom invite list for any of the programs listed below: Tuesday, November 17, 7pm ONLINE - Lecture: Winners of the Wellcome Prize: Please join them as we celebrate the winners of this year’s Wellcome Prize for Student Historians. Awardees will share their prizewinning papers and films and speak about their discoveries via Zoom. Read more about the annual Wellcome Prize on their website. Please email info@yarmouthmehistory.org to be added to the Zoom invite list for any of the programs listed above.

MAINE CDC HOTLINE

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and 211 Maine announced today a new option for Mainers to get answers to questions about the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at any time. This service is available by dialing 211 (or 1-866811-5695), texting your ZIP code to 898-211, or emailing info@211maine.org.

VIRITUAL STORY TIME IN THE LIBRARY

Miss Mary is holding story time every Friday at 10:15 am on Facebook Live. She will also read a picture book every Monday and Wednesday at 12:30 pm. Also, Miss Mary will be hosting Zoom book club where you will discuss Percy Jackson series, starting with THE LIGHTENING THEIF. For kids grades 2-5. Every other Monday starting at 3 pm. The library will supply the books! 6 spots open, first come first served. http://forms.gle/LjUETzfx5fqs2mQ48. Ms. O’Connor is currently doing a virtual read aloud on Facebook. Listen daily at 3 pm on FBLive. FMI, please call the library at 846-4763.

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St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, Offering two services: 8 am with Holy Eucharist, 10 am with Holy Eucharist, music, Sunday School and childcare. Visit www.stbartsyarmouth.org or call 8469244 for more information. The First Parish Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, at 116 Main Street Worships online, Sundays, at 9 am. FMI, 846-3773 or www.firstparishyarmouth.org. The Royal River Baptist Church, Yarmouth Marketplace, 438 US Route One. Sunday Morning Worship: 10am, Sunday Evening Worship, 5pm; Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Discipleship, 6:30 pm. FMI, call 899-7949 or www.RoyalRiverBaptist.com.

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LIBRARY CLOSINGS

Gray Public Library will be closed or have reduced hours at the following times in the month of November: Wednesday, November 11—Closed, Wednesday, November 25--Close at 4:00 pm, Thursday, November 26—Closed, Friday, November 27—Closed, Saturday, November 28--OPEN!

your brochure map, follow the green Village History Walk signs for a fun and educational stroll through our Village. Following the entire route, or any part of it as a great way to get your daily exercise while learning more about Gray history. Get out, walk, and learn! GHS may be reached at 657-4476 or info@grayhistorical.org.

AUTUMN YARD CLEAN-UP FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

Gray Lifelong Living Committee Survey results show that some of their elder citizens may need a little help with home maintenance chores – especially AUTUMN YARD CLEAN-UP. They are coordinating with the GNG HS Community Service Club volunteers to provide these elders some well-deserved assistance. If you, or someone you know, is 65 or older and needs assistance with fall yard clean-up, you can sign up by going to www.graymaine.org/home/home/news/ autumn-yard-clean-up-for-senior-citizens and a committee member will get in touch with you to schedule. Their intent is to accommodate as many people as they can but will fulfill first come first serve with priority given to the eldest and disabled.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The beloved Gingerbread House Day is coming – in a very unique 2020 fashion!!! This year, Gray Public Library is supplying the normal joy and fun of Ginger-bread House Day – only now you get to have the fun AT HOME! They are creating take-and-make gingerbread house kits so you can safely enjoy the fun of their annual event. Kits will include all of the materials necessary for creating one gingerbread house. Kits will be pre-prepared and will be available for pickup on the following dates: Thursday, December 3rd to Saturday, December 5th and again on Thursday, December 10th to Saturday, December 12th during normal business hours. To know how many kits to prepare, they are requesting that families let GPL know how many kits they want, and what day they wish to pick them up. You can reserve you kit(s) by emailing gingerbread@gray.lib. me.us and telling them the number of kits and date, or you can call the library at 207-657-4110. They will start taking requests for kits on Tuesday,

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The Cumberland Fire/EMS Department will be holding another Flu Shot clinic for Cumberland and North Yarmouth residents of all ages on Tues., Nov. 10 from 3-6 pm in the Cumberland Fire Station Community Room. Face masks are required! Bring your insurance card if you have one. Flu shot is free of charge if you do not have health insurance. Please park in the lower lot off the Community Room. Questions? Please call 829-5421.

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The town administers a General Assistance program for the support of its citizens. Pursuant to Title 22 MRSA §4305, the municipal officers have adopted an ordinance establishing that program. A copy of this ordinance is available for public inspection at the Town Office and/or General Assistance Office. The Administrator must issue a written decision within 24 hours of receiving an application. Have Questions? Call the Department of Health & Human Services 1-800-442-6003. Persons who wish to apply for General Assistance may do so by calling the Opportunity Alliance at 1-800698-4959. In EMERGENCY please call 207-807-2055.

PET PLACE PANTRY

During the Covid-19 Crises the Pet Place Pantry in the North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road remains open for curbside delivery only on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9-10 am. 207-829-6599 www.maineapple.com info@maineapple.com Would you like to donate to the Pet Pantry? You Join us on Facebook may drop food off during church office hours, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:00 am. – 8:30 am and Thursday, 7:00 – 3:00 pm. If those times are not convenient, please call us at 829-3644 to arrange another drop-off time. A couple of reminders: please only take what you need only for the pets you have listed and only until the pantry is next open; RT 100, GRAY PLAZA GRAY plus tax the pantry can only help 657-6263 with your pets, not farm Hours: Tues.-Sat. 11:30-8 View our Menu at JessNics.com • Visit us on Facebook animals; they only have Closed Sun./Mon. • Oven’s off 15 min. before close

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EVENING BOOK GROUP VIA ZOOM

The GPL Evening Book Group is currently meeting via Zoom on the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm. If you are interested in joining, please email us at graylib@gray.lib.me.us for more information. November 18th book club selection is: FOUNDATION by Isaac Asimov. About the book: For 12,000 years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future, to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last 30,000 years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire, both scientists and scholars, and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the Galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for a future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation. But soon the fledgling Foundation finds itself at the mercy of corrupt warlords rising in the wake of the receding Empire. Mankind’s last best hope is faced with an agonizing choice: submit to the barbarians and be overrun or fight them and be destroyed.

PARENTS NIGHT OUT!

Gray New Gloucester Parks and Recreation and Gray Parks and Recreation are partnering to expand youth programming across the community. Parents Night Out – Save the date! Ages 4-12, $18, Nov. 6, 5:30-8 pm. For more information please visit

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TOWN FOREST WALK

The Town Forest Walk is located in the heart of Cumberland Center. The trail is comprised of 2 loops: the original loop which now has an entrance by the Village Green, and the Bailey Ballfields off of Drowne Road; the newer loop that branches off from the original trail and cuts through the center of the forest. The trails are easily accessible to young and old alike! The trails also is home to the Town Forest Story Walk; a ¾ mile loop that provides a new outdoor adventure for residents to read a story as they walk the path and take in the scenery. The storybook pages are posted at several stations that are staggered along the trail. The story will be changed the 1st Saturday of every month so visitors are invited to return each month for a different story. (Located behind the Town Hall at 290 Tuttle Road).

STORY TIME

Tune in live on Facebook for Story Time with Ms. Kelly on Tuesdays, 10:30 am for ages 0 -5. www.facebook.com/Prince -Memorial-Library.

PRINCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

All public events and group meetings at the library have been suspended in response to the COVID-19. The Prince Memorial Library is open Tues. – Thurs., 9 am – 8 pm.; Fri. – Sat., 9 am – 5 pm. The library is offering limited services. The first hour of the day 9 am – 10 am is reserved for seniors and those with compromised immune systems. All visitors over the age of 2 must wear face coverings and practice social distancing. Curbside pick up continues during regular business hours. The number of visitors allowed at one time is 35. The library asks that patrons please limit the amount

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Cumberland NEWS FLU SHOT CLINIC

The Cumberland Fire/EMS Department will be holding another Flu Shot clinic for Cumberland and North Yarmouth residents of all ages on Tues., Nov. 10 from 3-6 pm in the Cumberland Fire Station Community Room. Face masks are required! Bring your insurance card if you have one. Flu shot is free of charge if you do not have health insurance. Please park in the lower lot off the Community Room. Questions? Please call 829-5421.

TIME TO REGISTER DOGS

It’s time to register your dog for 2021. All dogs 6 months and older must have a license. In order to obtain a license for your dog, the owner must present a current State of Maine Rabies Certificate obtained from a veterinarian. All current licenses expire December 31st. Cost is $6/year for spayed/neutered dogs; $11/year for dogs not spayed/neutered. You may register online: Visit the State of Maine’s Dog Licensing Online Service; you may mail an application with payment, and a copy of your dog’s rabies certificate to Cumberland Town Hall – visit www.cumberlandmaine.com; or stop in the Town Hall in person with a copy of your dog’s rabies certificate.

PEACE POSTER CONTEST

Calling all Greely Middle School Creative Artists (age 11-13)! The Cumberland/North Yarmouth Lions Club is sponsoring Greely Middle School’s participation in the Lions International Peace Poster contest. Lions Clubs International Peace Poster Contest is an international contest that encourages children ages 11-13 to creatively express that peace means to them. The 2020-2021 contest theme is “Peace Through Service”. The contest allows students to share their unique image of peace with others, so that we may all have greater tolerance and international understanding. Entries are due by Monday, November 9th. Please contact GMS teachers Mr. Treadwell or Ms. Wood for more details. More info is on the Lion’s website:http://www. cnylions.org/peace-poster-art-contest

FALL SEMINAR AT PRINCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

PML invites you to participate in a fall seminar facilitated by Dustin Ward, Racial Equity and Reconciliation Advocate. You will engage with three insightful texts in order to better understand our role, both communally and individually, regarding racism. You will Learn, Think, and Act, with the goal of helping people feel empowered to speak up and speak out against racism. Required texts: The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Born a Crime, Trevor Noah.

Cumberland News items should be submitted to news@thenotes.org. Please use “Cumberland News” in the Subject line of your message, and include a contact person with phone number. Photos may be submitted and will be used as space permits. Session meet by Zoom: Every other Tuesday at 6:30 pm – Nov. 10, Nov. 24, Dec. 8. To pre-registration is required. To register, email Elizabeth Manning at emanning@ cumberlandmaine.com. PML is located at 266 Main Street, 207-829-2215. www.princememorial.org.

AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP IS BACK

The Prince Memorial Library has a new Fall lineup for their Afternoon Book Group! They meet one Thursday a month at 3 pm by Zoom. Email emanning@ cumberlandmaine.com for the invitation. All readers are welcome! The November 19th book choice is: AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins. Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy―two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same…… Stay tuned for more dates…..

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TOWN FOREST WALK

The Town Forest Walk is located in the heart of Cumberland Center. The trail is comprised of 2 loops: the original loop which now has an entrance by the Village Green, and the Bailey Ballfields off of Drowne Road; the newer loop that branches off from the original trail and cuts through the center of the forest. The trails are easily accessible to young and old alike! The trails also is home to the Town Forest Story Walk; a ¾ mile loop that provides a new outdoor adventure for residents to read a story as they walk the path and take in the scenery. The sto-rybook pages are posted at several stations that are staggered along the trail. The story will be changed the 1st Saturday of every month so visitors are invited to return each month for a different story. (Located behind the Town Hall at 290 Tuttle Road).

NEED HELP? ADVICE?

Do you have a question or need advice? The Tuttle Road United Methodist Church is here to help! We serve as a community resource to help folks obtain access to services, or guide them in their quest for information. Topics initially will include: Pharmacy issues, Food needs, Unemployment, Income taxes, Housing, Job search-es, Medical/Dental. We plan to expand the list based upon identified needs. So, if you have a question or need some guidance, please contact Brian Wolcott of Tuttle Road United Methodist Church. Brian will begin the process of putting you in touch with the appropriate party. Please E-mail: bwolcott001@gmail.com or call 207-838-5345; also via Facebook.

PRINCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Prince Memorial Library is open with limited services. The library will continue to offer curbside pickup, which is the safest way to access library materials. The library will resume its regular hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 9 to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday, 9 to 5 pm, and the first hour of the day 9:00 am - 10:00 am is reserved

The Town of Cumberland is looking for more photos to feature in our upcoming Annual Report! Do you have a picture that you’ve snapped around town in the past year? A nice landscape, sunrise/sunset, kids playing, walks on town properties, nature, wildlife, etc.? If you do, share it with them! These photos are a Cumberland News continued on page 15 wonderful way to capture Cumberland through the eyes of those who live here. Please consider sending CUMBERLAND/NORTH YARMOUTH LIONS CLUB your submissions to us at HERE ARE TWO TASTY WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY!

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Falmouth NEWS FALMOUTH MEMORIAL LIBRARY OPEN

Falmouth Memorial Library will be open Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., from 9:30 am – 5:00 pm, and Wednesdays 9:30 am – 7:00 pm. They will add Saturdays back as soon as they can ensure appropriate staffing with our new procedures and services. They will welcome 15 patrons at a time in the building, for a 30-minute limit. A staff member will greet you at the door with a sign-in/out and entry pass. In addition to this occupancy limit, we will have three public computers set up for use by appointment, dropin when possible. The Children’s room will be available for appointments one household at a time, and for drop-in open browsing when there are no appointments scheduled. Speaking of masks – it’s what all the fashionable people are wearing these days, and we will require them inside the building, as well as enforce social distancing for everyone’s safety. Library Takeout continues for those of you still hesitant to come indoors. You can pick up your holds just like normal without an appointment during open hours, just park in the designated spot and call them when you arrive. We expect fewer people outside once we open, so will wait to check out your items to you when you arrive (we’ve been checking them out ahead of time so we can keep up with demand). So it might take a few more seconds while we process and pack up your holds, but the upside is NO MORE APPOINTMENTS. We set up a Quick Print station just inside the en-

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trance. Use our laptop or your wireless device to print from the cloud, your email, or a thumb drive – still $.15/page. This is a separate service from the public computers, no appointment needed, and not included in the occupancy limit. Sorry – still no meeting spaces yet for reservation or in-person programs until further notice. All libraries are quarantining incoming books for at least 3-4 days, and we will back-date check-in for that timeframe. So you won’t notice any immediate checkin on your account, and you may still get a courtesy email saying it’s coming due, but when we do process materials after quarantine, we will check-in for the date you actually returned it. We resumed assessing fines in October, but you will not be fined for the time books are quarantined.

The No Boundaries Book Discussion is a weekly program in which folks can chat about what they’re reading. There is no assigned book, we just ask that you come ready to chat with your friends and neighbors about what everyone is currently reading. It’s an opportunity to share ideas, recommendations, and connect with others. To join, email reference@falmouthmemoriallibrary.org or message us on Facebook! The discussion takes place Fridays at 3 pm.

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The Town of Falmouth is offering its Senior Property Tax Assistance program for Falmouth residents who are age 62 or older and have a household income below $40,000 per year. Refunds will be determined based on the number of valid applications received. For more information, go to: www.falmouthme.org/finance/pages/senior-property-tax-assistance. To see if you qualify, go to: www.falmouthme.org/ home/pages/senior-tax-relief-program-0And to make an appointment or ask a question, please contact Pete McHugh, Finance Director, at pmchugh@falmouthme. org or 699-5311.

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Donations may be dropped off at many locations: the Falmouth Food Pantry when open for clients, the Falmouth Town Hall during regular business hours, the Falmouth Memorial Library and Falmouth churches. Their present food needs are: adult depends, canned pineapple, canned tuna, sugar, toothpaste, rice, shampoo and conditioner. The Pantry is located at 271 Falmouth Road, adjacent to the Falmouth Town Hall. Thank you to all who volunteer and support the Falmouth Food Pantry.

FALMOUTH CHURCH SERVICES

*Please contact your place of worship before attending to insure they are open for worship and what the requirements are before you attend…….* FALMOUTH MEMORIAL LIBRARY Many churches offer Zoom Worship and Facebook. STORYTIMES West Falmouth Baptist Church, located at 18 Virtual Storytimes are weekly for children of all Mountain Road, welcomes all, to their Sunday worship ages. service at 10 am. A children’s program, and nursery are Mondays: Toddler Storytime Video with Ms. Larisa – provided during the service. FMI, call 797-4066, or visit posted 10 am. http://@abcfalmouth.org. Tuesdays: Storytime Short Video with Mr. Will – The Parish of the Holy Eucharist, Holy Martyrs posted 10 am; You choose Storytime – posted 2 pm. Church, 266 Foreside Road. Mass schedule: WeekJoin Mr. Will as he reads ends: Saturday afternoon 4 pm; Sunday morning 8:30 am, 10:30 am & 5:30 pm; Weekdays: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 7:30 am. For more information please call 847Carpentry • Remodeling • Home Improvements 6890 or visit www.pothe. Renovations • Restoration • Repairs org. Emmaus Lutheran • Rough through Finish •

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Freeport Community Services’ Race for Your Neighbors Virtual 5K takes place on November 7 & 8. Lace up your sneakers and show your neighbors how much you care. It’s FCS’ Race For Your Neighbors Virtual 5K. Not a runner? Not to worry! This isn’t your typical 5K. Race your way! Go for your PR. Go for a hike or bike ride with your best friend. Or, go for a nice walk with your dog. Whatever way you choose to race, you will be supporting FCS in their mis-sion of neighbor helping neighbor. And, if you post your race pictures on Facebook or Instagram and TAG FCS, you’ll have the chance to win great prizes. Visit //fcsmaine.org/5K to register!

WHAT TO DO BEFORE THE EMT ARRIVES

When 911 is called, what does one do before help arrives? Paul Conley, Freeport’s Deputy Fire Chief will speak on this topic, via Zoom on Friday, Nov. 20 at 1:30 pm. He will also give useful advice about how to prepare your home for emergency situations. He will address precautions and recommendations about getting through the winter with the pandemic happening. Non-members who wish to join the Zoom presentation may contact the club via e-mail: freeportmainewomansclub@gmail.com.

CHURCH FUNDRAISER

The South Freeport Church will hold an online sale on November 13 to 16th. A variety of items and services for sale online at southfreeportchurch.org. Easy Holiday shopping! Preview: Nov 9-13. Sale starts 3 pm, Nov 13. All sales help support South Freeport Church and its missions.

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Aren’t all wines the same? Taste your way through New Zealand and experience the finest flavors! See what has made this grape the hot white wine pick for this year. Refreshments included. For questions on the night class, please call Paula at 207-831-1922. Class is Wednesday, November 18, 6-7:30 pm in the Freeport Community Center Kitchen, cost is $29.

FREEPORT WOMAN’S CLUB PIE SALE!

Last Call for Freeport Woman’s Club Pie Sale! Since the FWC cannot sell their delicious home-made holiday pies at the polls on Election Day, they will be selling them virtually. For more in-formation, send an e-mail to freeportmainewomansclub@gmail.com to request your pie selec-tion, apple, berry or pumpkin. Donation: $25.00 Deadline for ordering - Nov. 7. Delivery - Nov. 14. Order today!

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Freeport News items should be submitted to news@thenotes.org. Please use “Freeport News� in the Subject line of your message, and include a contact person with phone number. Photos may be submitted and will be used as space permits. though it’s fall, it’s always the right time for indoor plants! Pick up a bag from the library with a plant, a care guide, soil, and a pot to put together at home. This grab-and-go craft is for kids ages six and up and adults, too. Bags are available at the Youth Services desk, while supplies last, through the week of October 26-30 during regular library hours: Monday 12-5, Tuesday 12-7, Wednesday 12-7, Thursday 12-5, and curbside pickup only Friday 12-4. This event is free and open to the public. For questions or directions to the Library, visit www.freeportlibrary.com, call 865-3307, or stop by the library at 10 Library Drive, Freeport.

FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF ALCOHOLICS

The Freeport Al-Anon Family Group meets every Wednesday at 7:30-8:30 pm in the lower level of the First Parish Congregational Church, 40 Main Street. They are practicing all CDC guide-lines. Contact Carol at 207-776-2167 FMI.

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Sandrine Moser began building doll furniture for her daughter in 2012 and continued with big-ger pieces. She realized that building is not that hard if you are confident with power tools. She went on to build all the furniture in her house, like bookshelves, tables, beds. Her idea behind this class is to empower people that they can do the job themselves. Upcoming class: Deco Box & Giant Wood Tab – Get ready for the holidays and build some unique decorations for your home with these Giant Wood Tabs that say “Give Thanks�, Thurs-day, November 5, 4-7 pm at Studio Artisane, Falmouth. Fee $60 + $20 materials fee. To learn more about these classes and to sign up please go to www.rsu5cp.myrec.com.

The Food Pantry at Freeport Community Services is located at 53 Depot Street and is open Monday through Thursday, 10-4 pm. Their current food needs are white rice, canned meat (like tuna or chicken), canned fruit, hearty soup, creamed and regular corn, peanut butter, jam/jelly, and pasta sauce. The holidays are fast approaching and everyone wants to know how they can help! How about doing a food drive with your friends, family, neighbors or coworkers!? Please contact Sarah Lundin if you have any questions at 865-3985 ext. 205 or to receive a copy of their holiday specific food wish list.

DRUG DISPOSAL

People can bring unused prescription drugs to the CVS Pharmacy in Freeport.

FREEPORT CHURCH SERVICES

*Please contact your place of worship before attending to insure they are open for worship and what the requirements are before you attend‌‌.* Many churches offer Zoom Worship or via Facebook. Community of Christ, 49 Park St., Sunday school, 10:30 am; Worship, 11 am. Co pastors are Sheila Blackstone and Charles H. Smith, 449-7502. First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Sunday worship 10:45 am. FMI, 865-4404. St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church, Main St. Mass, Sun., 9:30 am. FMI, 846-5584. Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pownal Rd: Worship Saturday, 11 am. Sabbath School, 9:30 am, 865-3990. South Freeport Church, UCC, South Freeport Village, Online worship video posted to southfreeportchurch.org by 9:30 am. Rev. Sally Norris. First Parish Church Cong., UCC, 40 Main St. Adult study, 9 am; Sunday worship, 10 am with communion, first Sunday of the month. FMI, 865-6022. Rev. Madelyn Hennessey.

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Learn basic ballet, tap and creative movement steps with instructor Kate Andreu. Classes are for grades K-2, Fridays, Nov. 6-Dec. 18, 4:30-5:15 pm at Mast Landing School Cafeteria, $65; for grades K-2, Tuesdays, Nov. 10-Dec. 15, 4:30-5:15 pm at Durham Community School Cafeteria, $65. This dance class teaches self confidence, balance, and coordination and keeps a child’s mind and body working together. Drop-off and pick-up will also be outside the school. Parents will not be allowed to enter the schools. To register or learn more, please go to https:// rsu5cp.myrec.com or phone 865-6171.

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The Freeport Community Library hours are Monday12-5 pm; Tuesday, 12-7 pm; Wednesday 12-7 pm; Thursday, 12-5 pm; Friday closed, open for curbside 12-4 pm. 865-3307.

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Pownal/Durham News items should be submitted to news@thenotes.org. Please use “Pownal/Durham News� in the Subject line of your message, and include a contact person with phone number. Photos may be submitted and will be used as space permits.

DOG REGISTRATIONS

Open enrollment for registering your dogs for 2021 has begun. Please make sure to have an up to date rabies certificate at the time of registration. $6.00 per spayed/neutered dog, $11.00 for dogs not spayed/neutered.

ONLINE SERVICES

Did you know that most anything you come to do at the Town Office you can do Online? This includes: Vehicle Registration, ATV/ Boat/ Snowmobile Registrations, Hunting & Fishing Licens-es, Dog Registrations, Paying your Property Taxes, Burning Permits. Click the Link below and select which service you would like! https://www.pownalmaine.org/index.asp?Type=B_ LIST&SEC={DE5C343A-0282-4CFB-A1F0-A5FAA86D1A74}

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Pownal Town Hall is open for walk-in traffic. Please note a mask is required upon entry. You will be required to sanitize your hands before transactions. Hand sanitizer it provided in the office. Please go to www.PownalMaine.org to be directed to their website for more in-depth information.

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The Food Pantry at the North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road is open on Wednesdays from 9:30-11 am. The pantry doesn’t know what will be in stock from week to week and welcomes donations from farmers and others in the community. If you would like to make a contribution, please call Rev. Ray St. Pierre at 837-0682 or Tom Harlow at 407-3081.

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*Please contact your place of worship before attending to insure they are open for worship and what the requirements are before you attend‌‌.* Many churches offer Zoom Worship or via Facebook. The First Parish Congregational Church, Route 9 is having Worship service on Sunday at 9:30 am. Sunday school at 11 am for ages 4 through adult. FMI on church programs, please call Pas-tor John Wentworth at 688-4846 or 231-2171. North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road is having worship service on Sun-day at 10 am. Nursery care is provided for children 0-3. Children Sunday School is also at 10 am. FMI on church programs, please contact Pastor St. Pierre. Office telephone: 207-688-4938, cell number is: 837-0682 or email: chaplainraymond@gmail.com. Shiloh Chapel, Services for the Shiloh Church are every Sunday at 10 am. The Pastor is Ron Par-ker. Durham monthly Meeting of Friends, Services for Friends Meeting are every Sunday at 10:30 am. Durham Friends Meeting is a semi-programmed meeting for worship. First Congregational Church in Durham, UCC, 773 Royalsborough Road opposite the Gazebo, has worship service on Sunday at 10 am with Rev Peter Mercer, and gather after the service for “neighboringâ€?.

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University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new club for youth ages 5–19 who are new, or interested in becoming, 4-H members. Meetings will be held from 6–7 p.m. starting Nov. 18 and continuing Dec. 16 and Jan. 20. The “4-H for All” club is a way for youth and families to learn about 4-H and connect with others across Maine. Youth will choose a project of their own to complete and discover how to become more involved in Maine 4-H. The club is free to join; registration is required. Register on the 4-H for All webpage to receive the meeting link. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Sara King, 207.743.6329; sara.king@maine.edu.

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4-H VIRTUAL SCIENCE CAFES

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H will offer virtual science cafés for teens in grades 7–12 every Thursday, from 3:30–4:15 p.m. Online sessions will include University of Maine scientists discussing their research, how they became involved in their work and what brought them to Maine. Participants will learn about science in action in an informal discussion format. The series begins with Sonia Naderi, UMaine electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate, whose research focuses on utilizing artificial intelligence in wireless networks to enable widespread environmental monitoring. Registration is required for each session and is available on the event webpage. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Jessy Brainerd, 207.581.3877; jessica.brainerd@maine. edu. More information on additional educational resources is on UMaine Extension 4-H Learn at Home.

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University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County 4-H is offering a new virtual program - Maker Monday Series - Mondays, November 16, December 14th, 4:30 - 5:30 pm via Zoom for ages 5-18. Projects vary by month and include making a yarn pumpkin, Thanksgiving centerpiece, and button snowman on canvas. Youth can join for one project or all. Registration ends one week prior to each class or when full. For more information or to register please visit extension.umaine.edu/cumberland/4h/maker-series/

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The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and 211 Maine announced today a new option for Mainers to get answers to questions about the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) at any time. This service is available by dialing 211 (or 1-866811-5695), texting your ZIP code to 898-211, or emailing info@211maine.org.

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Midcoast Humane Shelter is always in need of items! You can help by donating and you will bring some happiness to an animal sheltered! A few items are: Wet and dry dog and cat foods, (brands preferred at Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Hills and Royal Canin), meat baby food, collars/leashes, unscented cat litter, towels, blankets, canned tuna, prescription flea and tick medicines, peanut butter, chicken and beef stock, animal toys, newspapers, paper bags, empty small boxes (tissue, etc.), paper egg cartons, paper tubes (toilet, paper towel), puzzle feeders, and much more! Call 725-5051 for more ideas. MHS is located on 30 Range Road, Brunswick and their website to see more is midcoasthumane.org.

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welcome. If you have questions, please contact the Sunday School Superintendent at 657-3765. Bible Study via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/360976427), Thursday from 9:45 to 11:15 am. Social time is 9:45 to 10:00 am. Christian Yoga is offered via Zoom (https:// zoom.us/j/986062656) every Friday from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. For more information, please call 657-4279. All are welcome.

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of time they spend in the library. For more information, please contact the library at 829-2215 or their facebook page; email: library@cumberlandmaine.com

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The Prince Memorial Library offers Museum Passes. Call to reserve a pass to any of these Maine Museums – Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine (Portland). These passes offer a 50 percent discount on general admission for up to four people; Maine Maritime Museum (Bath). Admits one family of up to eight people for fee general admission to the museum; Maine Wildlife Park (Gray). This pass provided a $3.50 per person admission fee for up to 7 people (4 years and older); Portland Museum of Art (Portland). This pass provides free entry for up to two adults and six children; Tate House (Portland). A free tour of the museum for up to 4 people and 10% off gift shop items. For more information about these services and exactly what they offer, please contact the library at 207-829-2215.

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The Prince Memorial Library offers Fairy Tales Unplugged; A virtual (Zoon) Book Group (Grades 4-6), Wed., 4 pm. Book Rant/Rave; A virtual (Zoom) Book Group (Grades 6 and up), Wed., 6:30 pm. For more information on the Zoom link, contact Kelly at kgreelee@cumberlandmaine.com.

NORTH YARMOUTH FIRE COMPANY BOTTLE AND CAN DRIVE TAKING PLACE The North Yarmouth Fire Company is having an ongoing Bottle and Can Drive to support the works of the North Yarmouth Fire Department. They encourage residents to drop off their returnable cans and bottles to the bottle building behind the fire barn. Your support is greatly appreciated.

NORTH YARMOUTH CHURCH SERVICES

*Please contact your place of worship before attending to insure they are open for worship and what the requirements are before you attend…….* Many churches offer Zoom Worship or via Facebook. North Yarmouth Congregational Church Service is Sunday, 9:30 am, morning worship with Rev. Nancy J. White, 3 Gray Road. Church of Jesus Christ LDS holds the sacrament service on Sundays at 9 am at the church, 247 Walnut Hill Road. Sunday school and Child Primary take place at 10:20 am; The Priesthood and Relief Society meet at 11 am.

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for seniors and those with compromised immune systems. All visitors over the age of 2 must wear face coverings and practice social distancing. The number of visitors allowed at one time is 35, so we ask that library visitors limit the amount of time they spend in the library. As always, our primary concern is the safety of library visitors and staff, please help us in this effort! Keep in touch with us on our Facebook page and through email. You can call the library at 829-2215 during the day. Together, we will do our best to meet your library needs.

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Church, 265 Middle Road, holds worship services every Sunday at 9 am, and every Wednesday at 11:30 am. Sunday school is at 9:30 am on Sunday. Emmaus is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For more information, visit www.emmausfalmouth.org or call 781-4820. Foreside Community Church, UCC - ForesideChurch.org Worship available online (link from our webpage) Sundays at 9:30am. All are welcome! Sunday school and Coffee Hour immediately follow service. For more information, please call 781-5880 or visit our website at www.foresidechurch.org. Falmouth Congregational Church, UCC, 267 Falmouth Road, Sunday Worship virtually on Facebook and in-person at 10 am. For more information please visit: www.falmouthcongregationalchurch.org or call 781-3413. The Episcopal Church of Saint Mary, 43 Foreside Road, Sunday hours: Sunday, 8 am Traditional Eucharist, 10 am Contemporary Eucharist with Choir; Monday - Wednesday, Noon Day prayer in the Chapel; Thursday, Noon Day Healing Eucharist. All invited to attend any or all of the services. Handicap accessible. All new and returning parishioners are invited to attend. For more information, visit www.smary.org, or call 781-3366.

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COMMENT John McDonald

Maine Storyteller Can’t get there from here… Experts say that after you die, your hair and nails continue to grow but your phone calls drop off quite a bit. What made me think that careful thought is the fact that lately my emails have dropped off to an almost manageable level. Otherwise, I’m feelin’ fine. Here’s an example of the kind of email I get in the off season. John: My wife and I just bought and read one of your fine books: Down The Road A Piece, A Storytellers guide to Maine. Both of us enjoyed it and plan to read your other titles. We are from Indiana and are R-Ving our way through your Great state in December. Regarding the picture on the cover of you standing in front of the road sign with all the foreign cities and countries, I’d like to know where that sign is so we can drive there and take a picture with our RV and send the picture to our friends so they can see just how lost we are. Thanks for the email, David. The sign is in Al-

bany Township, at the intersection of Routes 5 and 35. To say it is in the middle of nowhere would be very close to the truth. Maybe you could read: Moose Memoirs and Lobster Tales, next, and let me know what you think of that book. While you’re driving around taking pictures, Dave, you might want to head over to Casco Village where they put up a road sign giving distances to Maine towns that that share the names of some – not the best or worst – just some US presidents like – Washington, Jefferson, Van Buren Harrison, Jackson, Lincoln, Clinton. Years ago a selectman in a town up north wanted to do something different, They came up with the idea of making a road sign listing Maine towns named after colors. After a 5 hour brainstorming session they agreed they were wasting time – which, of course, they were, since their sign would only list Auburn, Blue Hill, Greenville and Whitefield. At one point the 3rd selectman said he heard somewhere that Wytipitlock was Native American for

“Magenta.” That’s when the first selectman slammed his gavel on the table, said: “Meeting adjourned.” There was a time – not too long ago – when giving directions was an important activity. Tourists enjoyed being directed by a friendly, experienced native Mainer who could direct just about anyone to anywhere and back again. These days, just about every driver has a GPS computer in his car and even though they sound funny – you could say some GPS directions are funnier than a Down East native like the Mainer who directed a tourist around town in a circle just to see if he could follow directions. Then, they tell the story about the farmer in a field who saw a tourist waving and guessed correctly that he was lost and needed directions. After getting directions the tourist said the farmer looked too old to be working in the hot sun. If you don’t mind my asking - How old are you? Well it’s none of your business, but I’m 80 and my father would be out here helping me, but he couldn’t make it today. Sick is he? No – On his honeymoon. John McDonald is a Maine storyteller who has written five regional bestselling books about Maine including A Moose and a Lobster walk into a Bar and The Maine Dictionary. Contact him at 207. 240. 8324 or maineauthorjohn.mcdonald@yahoo.com for your next banquet, conference or convention.

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Shorelines ~ Real Poems for Virtual Times ~ Our poem for this issue is “The Abandoned Orchards of Maine” by Pam Burr Smith. Often a poem lets us see something in a new way or perhaps hear language differently. It might even let us feel we have tasted or touched something the poet describes. Here Pam Smith wakens our senses with the heady scents of autumn. Of writing the poem, Smith recalls: “On a beautiful October day a few years ago, I was driving the back roads of Knox County. I stopped at times to admire the view, and I kept smelling apples, faintly, but powerfully. I became aware that the land I was loving was still home to apple trees that had survived the loss of so many farms.”

The Abandoned Orchards rd ds of Maine Main ne By Pam Burr Smith All summer far from the roads the abandoned orchards of Mainee have pumped out apples Newt Grindle, Moses Wood, Fletcher Sweet, Hayford, Nutting Bumpus, Sweet Sal. And now their fruits soft on the ground rotting and intoxicating, or still bobbing proud on gnarled bran branches anch hes the fruits will an extension of their rogue lives ir ro ogu g e live es into the final act with smell. An aroma that carries everything fog sunshine rain night. October’s dying apples blend their dizzying fragrant good byes from the vanished farms around us.

Copyright Pam Burr Smith. Reprinted from Near New and m Nea e r Stars, s, N ew wa nd nd Selected Poems by Pam Burr Smith (Blackberry Books, 2019) rry B ooks, 20 2019 1 ) by 19 y permission of the author.

Edited and Introduced by Marcia F. Brown Pam Burr Smith moved to Maine in the early 1970’s as part of the back to the land movement. She has published short stories, essays and poems in many journals and magazines, and has published two books of poetry, Heaven Jumping Woman (Moon Pie Press 2011) and Near Stars (Blackberry Books 2019). Marcia F. Brown is the author of five books of poetry including In the Afternoon (Moon Pie Press 2019) and the essay collection Well Read, Well Fed ~ A Year of Great Reads and Simple Dishes for Book Groups. She served as Poet Laureate for the City of Portland from 2013-2015 and for the past nine years has co-hosted the Local Buzz Reading Series in Cape Elizabeth.

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COMMENT and forever. It’s a life of newness and adventures and endless possibilities. The pathways to the future are infinite, the places to hide and seek limitless. It’s a game destined for glee – and lots and lots of “Peek a boos!” Which are followed closely by “Again, Grammy! Let’s do it again!” To which I answer the obvious, “That would be cool.”

Jill Pertler

Slices of Life Hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek has changed at our house, as many things change when you progress from being nearly 2 to nearly 2-and-a-half. That is the case of our granddaughter. My how time flies. According to Wiki (the world’s first and foremost resource for fact-checking fact-checkers) hide-andseek can be played with two or more players and is appropriate for children 3-years and older. (Or in the case of gifted granddaughters, 2-and-a-half, but you didn’t hear that from me.) Hide-and-seek is played throughout the world and has different names, depending on which country you are in. It’s been around forever and was first described in 2nd century Greece. I played it as a kid, my kids played it as kids and now we are indoctrinating a new generation. With our granddaughter, it started with simple sessions of peek-a-boo when she was just an itty bit. When she got mobile, peek-a-boo evolved into the two-legged version of hide-and-seek, and she’s been hiding and seeking (and giggling) ever since. When you are nearly 2, you love playing “Hi-insee.” When Grammy asks if you want to play, you answer enthusiastically, “Yeah, yeah, yeah!” Hiding and hunting are deliciously random. In fact, if you find yourself a good hiding place, you are likely to use it over, and over and over again. How could Grammy possibly remember that you

hid behind the couch last time? It’s difficult for you to wait to be found. When your seeker enters the room where you are hiding, you jump out and yell, “Boo!” This of course, is wonderfully amusing. When you are 2.5 years old (or nearly so) hideand-seek remains an animated jump-worthy event. When Grammy asks if you want to play this wellloved game, you answer enthusiastically, “That would be cool!” At this juncture, the game becomes more organized. In part because you can count – sort of. When it is Grammy’s turn to hide, you cover your eyes with spread fingers (all the better to peek with) and begin your cadence, “One… two… free… 10! Here I come” Hiding places change from game to game, because your 2.5-year-old brain recognizes that picking the same spot each time is so six months ago. Grammy hasn’t learned this lesson and when you find her behind the curtains for the third time in one day you find it exceedingly hilarious and laugh loudly and unabashedly, like only a toddler can do. You can now climb and descend steps with careful precision, so your hunting and hiding grounds have grown considerably. Upstairs is no longer off limits. Now there are closets and beds to duck in and under. More places to seek mean more fun. Still you find it hard to stay hidden. I guess it’s just too much fun to be found. Plus it puts you in control of who finds you and when. I long to live in the head of a 2.5 year-old, now

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COMMENT Andy Young

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Who is the world’s kindest? For years I’ve struggled with finding an answer to one of humanity’s longest-standing conundrums. But it’s not the “Which came first, the chicken-orthe-egg?” riddle, nor the “Does-a-tree-falling-in-theforest-make-a-sound-if-there’s-no-one-there-to-hearit?” enigma. I’ve been trying to deduce the identity of the world’s most selfless person. Doing a Google search for “world’s most evil person” gets 681,000,000 results. But combing the Internet for “world’s kindest person” yields a comparatively paltry 12,500,000 hits. Are we to infer from this that humanity contains 54.48 times as much depravity as it does compassion? Like wealth, rainfall, and career home runs, malevolence is easily documented. The best-known contestants for the title of “Most Evil” (Hitler, Stalin, bin Laden, Manson, Caligula, Vlad the Impaler, etc.) are a literal and figurative Murderer’s Row. Each comes equipped with an impressive set of statistics (in the form of documented heinousness) confirming his hateful qualities. Benevolence, on the other hand, isn’t as conveniently quantified. Jesus, Buddha, and the prophet Muhammad were too busy serving humankind to have had time to keep score. Unlike history’s evildoers, altruistic folks generally aren’t famous. Seeking notoriety doesn’t occur to those who are too busy being genuinely helpful, giving, and selfless. Sure, maybe at one point the world’s kindest person was well-known, someone

like Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, or Mr. Rogers. But they are, in the memorable words of noted philosopher Charles Dillon Stengel, all dead at the present time. The identity of the world’s kindest person very likely changes from moment to moment. Yesterday it could have been an EMT who calmly attended to a panicked accident victim. A minute ago it was the person who helped their child to successfully ride a two-wheeler. Right now it could be someone who’s feeding some starving people on another continent. A minute from now? Who knows? But if there were a committee somewhere that actually did designate a particular person as “kindest Earthling,” it would have nominated someone like Irene Danowski. Not familiar with Irene? You’re probably not alone. That’s because she lived virtually all of her nine-plus decades outside of the limelight. Widespread fame and recognition don’t come to those who spend every waking hour ceaselessly serving others. The ninth of ten children born to Polish immigrants who never learned to speak English, Irene grew up in and around Detroit during the height of the depression. After graduating from high school in 1946 she worked in retail, did some teaching, and toiled for a time at a local mall, taking pride in the spotless glass elevators she cleaned. Later she helped raise five children, including two on her own after being widowed at age 52. At 55 she left Michigan, where she had lived her

entire life, and moved to southern Maine. Once here she quickly became involved with her local church, and in short order established herself as one of the parish’s “go-to” volunteers. And where family was concerned, she never slowed down. Once her own children ventured out on their own she became a live-in encourager, housekeeper, chef, confidant, role model and life coach for three of her six grandchildren. Irene could have been disappointed a quarter of a century ago when she learned her youngest daughter’s prospective husband wasn’t a practitioner of her religion, to which she was passionately devoted. But typically she welcomed him unconditionally to her family, and characteristically regarded him the same way she looked upon everyone else: with perpetual thoughtfulness, kindness and respect. Nearly two decades later that marriage ended, but for Irene nothing changed; she continued to treat her ex-son-in-law like, well, a son. But even contenders for the title of world’s kindest person don’t live forever. Virtue, it seems, truly is its own reward, because when it comes to mortality there are no extended warranties, not even for society’s most generous and loving. Irene’s 92-yearold heart and kidneys began to fail some months ago, and after a period of discomfort (about which she unsurprisingly rarely complained), Irene passed away on October 26th. She will be missed by all those who had the good fortune of knowing her, but her spirit of pure selflessness, unshakeable faith, gentle benevolence, and understated altruism will undoubtedly live on indefinitely through the distribution of passed-on kindnesses from all those she impacted (and ultimately from their descendants as well), both directly and by extension. Today I’m no closer to discovering the identity of the world’s kindest person than I was when I launched my search decades ago. But I am certain of one thing: right now it’s somebody different than it was last week.

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your children or spouse just as you would for a business meeting or doctor’s appointment. Plan activities that bring everyone together such as a family breakfast or board game night.

Do you frequently feel torn between your family and career? Balancing your personal and professional life is undoubtedly a challenge, especially if you have kids. If you find yourself wishing there were more hours in the day, here are three tips to help you make the most of the time you have.

3. AVOID MULTITASKING This applies both at home and at work. If you only have half an hour to spend with your kids in the evening, make sure they have your undivided attention during that time. And when you’re at the office, avoid distractions like social media and chatty co-workers that make you less productive and force you to play catch-up on the weekend.

1. CREATE A FAMILY CALENDAR A visual representation of the week ahead can help you stay organized and establish priorities. Be sure to include each family member’s chores, appointments, extracurricular activities and work deadlines. Hang a copy in the kitchen for everyone to see, and use a calendar application on your smartphone so you can access it on the go.

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more significance. Additionally, if you already have a few options in mind, it’s a good idea to find out whether any of them reference something unappealing.

AVOID TRENDS Pop culture references likely won’t stand the test of time, and wildly misspelled names can lead to bullying and embarrassment for your child. Additionally, find out what names are popular right now so your child won’t be one of the six kids in their class with the same name.

BRAINSTORM NICKNAMES A cute possible nickname might help sway your choice, but you should also think about whether a name can be shortened to a nickname you dislike or that might be used by tormenters on the playground.

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SAY IT OUT LOUD A name might look good on paper, but can you imagine using it to address a toddler, teenager or adult? You should also consider how it pairs with your child’s last name. Ask a few friends or relatives to say it out loud so you can hear how others might pronounce it. If you’re torn between two options, consider waiting to meet your baby before you make a decision. This way you’ll be able to choose the name that suits them best.

Do your kids get too much screen time? Did you know that the average family in North America has seven digital screens at home including TVs, computers, smartphones and handheld game consoles? This means most children have frequent and easy access to these devices starting at a young age. Here’s a look at why this might be a problem and what parents can do about it. HARMFUL EFFECTS Studies indicate that there’s a link between long periods of time spent in front of a screen and considerable impacts on childhood development. While more research is needed, excessive screen time can affect a child’s language skills, cognitive functioning, sleep quality, temperament and weight. EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES If you’re concerned that your child spends too much time in front of a screen, there

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SCREEN TIME FOR PRESCHOOLERS The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children between the ages of two and five spend no more than an hour per day in front of a screen. For those under the age of two, screen time should be avoided altogether, with the exception of video chatting.

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