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Memorial events scheduled

Augusta – Declaration of interreligious peace and cooperation, Gov. Angus King and others, 8:30 a.m., followed by bell ringings at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:43 a.m., 10:10 a.m. Sept. 11, Blaine House front lawn.

Augusta – Evening of remembrance, church open for quiet prayers, 6:30 p.m. and candlelight service 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Northern Lights Metropolitan Community Church, 456 Riverside Drive. 622-9356.

Baileyville – Tolling of the bells, church bells and Founders Bell on grounds of Woodland mill, starting at 8:47 a.m. and continuing at specific moments until 1 p.m. Sept. 11.

Bangor – Sanctuary open 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; memorial bell ringing in morning; memorial vespers service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park St. 947-7009.

Bangor – Community rally, featuring speaker Linda Austin, noon Sept. 11, Bass Park. 941-2800.

Bangor – Requiem Eucharist service, 10 a.m. Sept. 11, “Life After Loss” program with Roberta Macko, Eastern Agency on Aging, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 11, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St. 947-0156.

Bangor – Remembrance ceremony, 12:15-12:45 p.m., Eastern Maine Technical College, Maine Hall courtyard, public welcome, 941-4604.

Bangor – Service of remembrance, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, First Baptist Church, 56 Center St. 945-9694.

Bangor – Ceremony of remembrance, including reading of the Gettysburg Address, 8:40 a.m., Penobscot Job Corps Center, 1375 Union St.

Bangor – Peace & Justice Center presents video “Steps to Peace: The Journey of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows,” 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Unitarian Universalist Church, 120 Park St. 942-9343.

Bangor – Prayer and remembrance service, 9 a.m. Sept. 11, All Souls Congregational Church, 10 Broadway. 942-7354.

Bangor – Presentation of the colors, 10 a.m. Sept. 11, Maine Air National Guard fire station, Bangor International Airport.

Bangor – Flag raising, with Anah Highlanders bagpipes, Bangor High School Junior ROTC color guard, Brewer High School band, 11:25 a.m., with pledge of allegiance, 11:45 a.m., followed by moment of silence, Sept. 11, triangle on Bangor Mall Boulevard. 947-7333.

Bangor – Remembrance service, 9:55 a.m. Sept. 11, Central Fire Station, Main Street. 942-6335.

Bangor – Remembrance service and blood drive, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Husson Campus Center, Peabody Hall.

Bangor – Dedication of plaque honoring heroes and victims of Sept. 11 attacks, noon, flagpole, University College, near intersection of Maine and Texas avenues and Vermont Street. 973-3240.

Bangor – Candlelight service, with music and presentation, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, outside (weather permitting) Apostolic Lighthouse Church, 517 Hammond St. 990-1670.

Bangor – Sing Out for Peace, with Heart of Maine Chorus-Sweet Adelines and Mainely Music Chorus, 5 p.m. City Hall and 6 p.m. Brewer Auditorium, Sept. 11. Contact Trudy Morine. 941-4000.

Bangor – Sanctuary open 8:30-10:30 a.m., service of prayer and promise, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Columbia Street Baptist Church. 941-6393.

Bangor – Solemn evening prayer, remembering Sept. 11, Rev. Richard C. McLaughlin, presider, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St. 942-6941.

Bangor – “Fallen But Not Forgotten,” community remembrance service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Peakes Auditorium, Bangor High School. Part of Central Maine Area Wide Lost Lamb Crusade.

Bar Harbor – Flutist Hawk Henries at Abbe Museum’s Circle of the Four Directions, 26 Mount Desert St., 3 p.m. Sept. 11. Fee. 288-3519.

Belfast – Eucharist, 9 a.m., church open for prayer until 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 95 Court St. 338-2412.

Bingham – Community commemoration, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Old Free Meeting House, Route 201. 672-3380.

Blue Hill – Interfaith community service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, First Congregational Church, Main Street. 374-2891.

Blue Hill – Church open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; remembrance service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, First Baptist Church, 53 Pleasant St. 667-3024.

Brewer – Day of remembrance and healing, Brewer Ministerial Association; churches, synagogues and mosques invited to have worship places open 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; three-minute ringing of bells, 9 a.m.; ecumenical service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 531 Upper Main St. 989-7350.

Brownville – Ecumenical service for Milo and Brownville Junction, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Park Street United Methodist Church, Milo. 564-7075.

Calais – Display of 3,000 flags and service of hope and reflection, Washington County Technical College gym, St. Croix Hall, noon Sept. 11. 853-2518.

Calais – Candlelight memorial service, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Main Street Park. 454-3030.

Camden – Ecumenical service of remembrance, Camden Clergy Association, 12:05 p.m. Sept. 11, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 33 Chestnut St. 236-3680.

Caribou – Remembrance service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, United Baptist Church, 74 High St. 496-7881.

Charleston – Memorial service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Charleston Pentecostal Church, Route 11A. 285-3504.

Dexter – Remembrance service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, United Methodist Church, 252 Main St. 924-5669.

Dover-Foxcroft – Eucharist and healing service, noon Sept. 11, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Route 7. 564-7075.

Dover-Foxcroft – Community service, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church, 10 W. Main St. 564-2872.

Dover-Foxcroft – Moment of silence and prayer by chaplain at flagpole, 10:30 a.m.; slide presentation, Borestone Conference Room, all day, Mayo Regional Hospital, 75 W. Main St. 564-8401.

Ellsworth – Reflection and remembrance discussion, 7 p.m. Sept. 12, Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State St. 667-6363.

Fort Kent – Brown-bag luncheon and discussion, “September 11: Before and After,” noon, Grindle Conference Room, Cyr Hall; community commemoration, 4 p.m., Alumni Memorial Field, University of Maine at Fort Kent. 834-7513.

Guilford – American Legion Post 119, remembrance ceremony, noon Sept. 11, King Cummings Park, Water Street.

Houlton – Candlelight memorial service, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Church of the Good Shepherd, 116 Main St. 532-2927.

Indian Township – Motahkomiqewi Skulhawossol, memorial service, 9-9:30 a.m. Sept. 11, Indian Township school gymnasium.

Lincolnville – Kelmscott Farm, open free to public in commemoration, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 11, Route 52. 763-4088.

Lubec – Memorial garden and church open, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 11, Lubec Congregational Christian Church, Church Street.

Machias – Commemorative event, including music and memorial tree dedication, 11 a.m. Sept. 11, lawn in front of Powers Hall, University of Maine at Machias. 255-1284.

Machias – Ecumenical service, with children’s choir, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Centre Street Congregational Church, 7 Centre St. 255-6665.

Milo – Ecumenical service for Brownville Junction and Milo, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Park Street United Methodist Church, Milo. 564-7075.

Newport – Memorial event, noon Sept. 11, by the waterfront at the American Legion home, North Street. 368-5245.

Old Town – Memorial event, 10 a.m., followed by an open house, Old Town Fire Department, 827-3400.

Orono – Ringing of carillon bells at the times when planes crashed; President Peter S. Hoff presentation titled “We Will Remember” followed by a moment of silence, on the mall, noon; multimedia program of images and music, planetarium in Wingate Hall, 6 a.m.-midnight; “Public Conversation on Healing and Peace,” 4:30-6 p.m.; and a reading of Mozart’s “Requiem,” Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall, 7 p.m., all Sept. 11, University of Maine campus.

Orono – Blood drive, 2 -7 p.m. Sept. 11, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Main Street, 866-4648.

Pittsfield – Memorial event, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, Hathorn Park, Park Street. 368-5245.

Portland – Memorial service, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Every half-hour, a different community leader will speak, including Roman Catholic Bishop Joseph Gerry, Sept. 11, Meeting House, 425 Congress St. 773-5747.

Presque Isle – Service of peace and remembrance, Aroostook Episcopal Cluster, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 52 Second St. 492-4211.

Rockland – Sanctuary open, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Sept. 11, Rockland Congregational Church, 180 Limerock St. 594-8656.

St. Agatha – Nondenominational candlelight vigil, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Centennial Park, behind town office, 419 Main St. 543-7305.

Searsport – American liberty elm tree planting, corner of Elm and Main streets, 9 a.m. Sept. 11. 548-1073.

Solon – Memorial parade, dedication of memorial stone, 9 a.m. Sept. 11, starting at Solon Elementary School, then to fire station for dedication.

Southwest Harbor – American Legion Post 69, commemoration ceremony, noon Sept. 11, Village Green.

Waterville – Eucharist and healing, with silence and prayers of remembrance, followed by viewing and discussion of “Witness at Ground Zero: The Episcopal Church Responds, September 11, 2001,” 10 a.m. Sept. 11, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 60 Eustis Parkway. 872-7869.

Waterville – Commemorative memorial program for students, faculty and staff, 8:35-9:20 a.m. Sept. 11, Laurette Ayotte Auditorium, Thomas College.


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