Bangor

To welcome the University of Maine’s new Center on Aging to the community, the Bangor City Council recently approved a resolution proclaiming May 1-4 as May Festival: A Celebration of Generations.

Pupils from several schools will read essays about special senior citizens on May 4 at Bangor Public Library. Fifth-graders from Fairmount School and Veazie Community School will read 10-11 a.m.; sixth-graders from Veazie and Glenburn 11 a.m.-noon; Islesboro pupils noon-1 p.m.; and seventh- and eighth-graders from Isle au Haut and Veazie 1-2 p.m.

At the same council meeting, members passed a resolution thanking the city Treasurer’s Office employees for their service to taxpayers.

The council will hold budget sessions at 5 p.m. May 2 in council chambers at City Hall. Budgets to be reviewed are: Bangor Public Library, Fire Department, city clerk, assessing and legal department. The meeting will be televised on cable Channel 7, Adelphia.

Pax Christi members of St. Gabriel’s Parish, Winterport, will sponsor a celebration of peace and justice 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 4 at St. Mary’s Church, 768 Ohio St., Bangor.

The Rev. James Gower and the Rev. Jean-Paul Labrie will lead a peace liturgy at 9 a.m.

Other activities will include a presentation by Bill Slavick; the St. Gabriel Players performing “The Council of Creatures”; a talk by Lucy Poulin, founder of H.O.M.E. in Orland; group discussions; and at 2:30 p.m., the annual meeting, closing song and prayer. For information, call Patrick Quinn at 223-4992, or e-mail 7Murphy@mint.net.

Judy A. Groth, a personal finance adviser with Groth & Associates, a Bangor area office of American Express Financial Advisors Inc., has been appointed a member of the company’s Advanced Advisor Group. She is also the recipient of the president’s award for quality advice.

Photographer Terrell Lester of Deer Isle will speak at the Eastern Maine Camera Club at 7 p.m. May 2, at Bangor Parks and Recreation, 647 Main St.

Lester’s book, “Maine Seasons,” was published last year.

Born in Lincoln, Neb., Lester began a landscape architecture career in Rochester, N.Y., in 1985. A few years later he moved to Deer Isle and established a gallery in the old post office building. His prints are shown in 20 galleries throughout the United States. Texaco Oil Co. and singer Dan Fogelberg have purchased his work.

Corinth

To earn money for matching funds, the Corinth Historical Society is collecting goods for yard sales.

Items do not necessarily have to be cleaned by donor, but should be serviceable and in reasonably good condition. Furniture should be free of holes in the upholstery, and with unbroken legs.

To make arrangements for pickup, leave a message at 942-8396 or e-mail pghildreth@gwi.net. There is no deadline for donations, because two or three sales are anticipated.

Dixmont

Elton “Dick” Erskine of Dixmont Gold Crest Riders Snowmobile Club was named Groomer of the Year by the Maine Snowmobile Association. Erskine has operated a variety of grooming machines to maintain the trails.

An open house will be held noon-2 p.m. May 5 at BrightBerry Farm, 4262 Kennebec Road.

The special guest will be state Sen. John Nutting of Leeds, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 2nd District. Issues to be discussed include health care, environment, education and farm policy. Tours of the farm grounds will be given, and refreshments served. For information, call 234-4225.

Hampden

The Hampden-Newburgh Little League will join thousands of Little Leagues worldwide in honoring hometown heroes at noon May 4. The local event will be held at the VFW Little League Field on Canoe Club Road in Hampden.

The public is welcome to attend the event honoring firefighters, police officers, emergency personnel, and retired and active members of the military, including the Air National Guard and Army National Guard. For information, call Dewey Martin at 862-4598.

Former Girl Scouts are invited to join Girl Scout troops from Hampden, Winterport and Newburgh in celebrating the Girl Scouts’ 90th anniversary 3-6 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the baseball field on Ball Park Field Road.

P.D.Q. Door has been ranked among the nation’s top 100 door dealers, according to the International Door Association. The association released its Top 100 Door Dealers 2000 survey in the January-February 2002 issue of International Door & Operator Industry magazine. P.D.Q. Door placed 63rd in the ranking, the only Maine door company qualifying for Top 100 status.

Company owner David Plowman credits P.D.Q.’s success to a first-class staff, superior products and hard work.

“My wife, Debbie, and I started P.D.Q. Door in 1994 with the help of our partners Kerry Fifer and Dean Smith,” he said. “Today we have 28 employees, offices in Hampden and Rockport, and customers all over Maine.” The International Door Association is the industry network for professional door dealers, installers, and their suppliers.

P.D.Q. Door, a member of the International Door Association, is also a member of the Better Business Bureau; National Fire Protection Association, and the Maine Motor Transport Association.

Holden

In celebration of the town of Holden’s 150th anniversary, a free presentation will be held at 7 p.m. May 8, at Holden School. Refreshments will be served.

Portrayed by historical re-enactor Brian Higgins, Michael Curran will give a program, “A Step Back in Time to 1890: The Curran Family in Holden.”

Curran, an Irish immigrant dairy farmer living in 1890, will speak of his family and his life and times on his farm in Holden. He also will speak about the modern inventions of his day. The program is courtesy of the Curran Homestead Inc., a nonprofit living history farm and museum in Holden and Orrington.

Former Girl Scouts are invited to join Girl Scout troops from Brewer, Orrington, Dedham, Eddington, Clifton and Holden in celebration of the Girl Scouts’ 90th anniversary. The event is 2-6 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Holden Elementary School.

Old Town

Old Town Al-Anon has a new time and location. The group will meet at 7 p.m. Saturdays at the United Baptist Church. The parking lot and entrance are on Fourth Street.

Orono

The Robinson Ballet Company and The GEMS have pooled their creative energies to present the Spring Dance Performance at 7:30 p.m. May 10-11, at UMaine’s Hauck Auditorium.

The GEMS are a quartet from Orono High School. They will provide music for a dance piece called “Orono Suites,” written by Afton Cyrus, 19, of Orono.

For ticket information, call 942-1990.

The work of Horace Givens was selected as the only fiction to appear in the current edition of Echoes magazine, a quarterly publication based in Caribou.

With its origins in fact, the story embellishes events that followed Givens’ trip to South Carolina a few years ago with his wife, Janet, to close up her aunt’s house. They returned with a few mustache cups, but apparently not the ashes of Uncle Charlie, around which the story revolves.

Givens explained that one of the cups did, in fact, persist in “moving forward toward the edge of the shelf” on a hutch in their dining room in Orono. And there was the recurring stain on the carpet of their condo in Mesa, Ariz.

But trips to Schoodic Point to honor Uncle Charlie’s memory and to resolve problems created by his favorite mustache cup are pure fiction.

“I find most of my writing is the same,” Givens said. “The germ of fact is expanded into fiction. Probably true of most writers.”

Orrington

Nomination petitions are available at the town office for the five positions to be filled during local elections in June.

Up for grabs this year are three of the five seats on the Board of Selectmen and two school committee positions. Interested residents should submit their completed nomination papers by the end of the business day May 10.

Expiring this year are the selectman positions held by Chairman Melvin Coombs and Joseph Coffin. Also to be filled is the remaining year of Douglas Fogg’s term. According to Town Manager Dexter Johnson, Fogg is moving to North Carolina, rendering him ineligible for the Orrington post.

On the education side of the ballot, voters will fill the expiring school committee seats now held by Jack Patrick, who chairs the committee, and member Nancy Snyder. Both openings are for three years.

Winterport

Winterport Baptist Church will hold a missions conference, “A Needy World – A Needed Church,” May 2-5 at the church on Coles Corner Road:

. May 2, 10 a.m., women meet with Renae Muscatell, director of First Step Resource Center.

. May 3, 7 p.m., general session with the Rev. John Harder, recently returned from Cuba and Argentina.

. May 4, 7:30 a.m., men’s breakfast; 6 p.m., international dinner; 7 p.m. general session with Harder.

. May 5, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school; 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., general sessions with Harder.

During general sessions, children’s activities will include “traveling” to various countries.

For information, call 223-4889.