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Bangor

Parents’ Night Out

Maine Discovery Museum is offering Parents’ Night Out 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Thursday, Dec. 13, 14 and 19, to give parents a chance to shop without the kids, wrap gifts or just have a relaxing dinner together. The museum staff will look after the children, serve a pizza dinner, supervise free time in the exhibit areas, and lead educational and science activities. For children who need quiet time, an appropriate movie will be shown. The cost for the service is $17.50, $8.75 for siblings. For information, call 262-7200.

YMCA preschool program

The Bangor YMCA preschool program has openings for children ages 3 and 4. The program offers swim lessons; a USDA food program providing breakfast, lunch and snacks; fenced outside play area; learning activities; art, science, reading and math learning centers; and CPR and first aid certified teachers. For information, call Lisa Wicks at 941-2815.

Art show

“Kaleidoscopes” will be the featured exhibit in the Art Now Co-op Gallery at Bangor Public Library beginning Dec. 3. The opening reception is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the lecture hall.

Featured artists are Lisa Raven, Emma Gray, Patricia Hurd, Sam Minot, Jay Hanes, Lea Olsen, Aviva Weichman, Leslie White, Karola Bryant, Maizy Myers, Mary Anne Perkins, Kelly Leeman and Brenda Ferguson.

Nutcracker Neighborhood

A special holiday exhibit at the Maine Discovery Museum allows visitors to step inside the pages of the classic holiday story. Children may plant lollipops and gumdrops in the candy garden, ride a boat to the Kingdom of Sweets, perform a puppet show with Clara and the Nutcracker and listen to Tchaikovsky’s music. The exhibit is a collaboration of the museum, Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Robinson Ballet Company, with support from the Rotary Club. The exhibit is on display until Jan. 5. For information, call 272-7200.

Master class

Laura Smuckler will conduct a Kneisel Hall master class for violin and viola players at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bangor Public Library in the lecture hall. The public is welcome to attend. For information, call 947-8336, Ext. 139.

Book signing

Author Nichols Fox will sign copies of her book “Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art and Individual Lives,” noon-2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at Lippincott Books, 36 Central St. To reserve signed copies, call, 942-4398.

Centerpiece workshop

Susan Poole of the Bangor Garden Club will demonstrate how to arrange a simple but lovely holiday flower centerpiece at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bangor Public Library in the lecture hall. Supplies will be provided courtesy of the library and the garden club. Participants should bring their own clippers for greens. Registration at the circulation desk is requested. Space is limited. For information, call 947-8336, Ext. 139.

Christmas assistance

Applications are available for The Salvation Army’s Christmas assistance program.

Salvation Army program director Mary McKay said applications would be taken from 9 a.m. to noon daily at The Salvation Army’s 65 South Park St. location in Bangor.

“Because the new building is in transition, and it’s so crazy, we’re taking the applications here,” she said.

The Salvation Army is in the process of moving all of its services to a new site on Broadway in Bangor, but McKay wants people to know that much of the work is still being done at the old location.

The Salvation Army’s Christmas assistance program offers qualifying individuals and families help with food and holiday gifts for their children, McKay said.

Those filling out applications need to provide income and expense information, she said.

The program assists qualifying people living in Bangor, Brewer, Dedham, Exeter, Glenburn, Hermon, Holden, Levant, Kenduskeag, Newburgh, Newburgh Center, North Orrington, Orrington, South Levant, Veazie and West Levant, McKay said.

People residing in one of these communities may call The Salvation Army’s Bangor office at 941-2990 for more information.

McKay said those seeking information about the Christmas assistance program who do not live in one of the towns listed that is served by The Salvation Army in Bangor may call the Bangor office and its staff will provide you with the telephone number of a contact person in your area.

Brewer

Reunion

The Brewer High School Class of 1979 will hold an informal gathering 8-10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, at the Muddy Rudder Restaurant in Brewer.

Glenburn

Looking for games

The Glenburn Recreation Department’s basketball team for seventh- and eighth-grade boys would like to schedule weekend games with other teams in Greater Bangor. For information, call Carey Besse at 945-3119.

Hermon

School committee election

A special municipal election to fill a vacant seat on the Hermon School Committee will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at the town office.

The time of the election is a change from the previously announced time of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The election is being held to fill the seat vacated by Vice Chairman Tony Reynolds who resigned in October for personal reasons.

Karen Economy and Adam Leach are on the ballot for the one open seat on the five-member school committee. The position’s term will run through June 30, 2004.

Absentee ballots will be accepted up until the polls close at 7 p.m. For further information, contact the town office at 848-3386 or 848-3485.

Old Town

Comedy night

The Old Town Elks Club is sponsoring a comedy night with comedians Pat Napoli and Rob Steen at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at the club’s North Fourth Street location. After the show, there will be a dance with music provided by a DJ. The cost is $10 per person. Proceeds benefit Elks Club charities. For information, call 827-8498.

Orrington

Preschool screening

A free developmental screening for all area 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as 5-year-olds not yet eligible for kindergarten, will be held for Union 91 at 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Center Drive Elementary School. To make an appointment, call 947-8493, Ext. 10 or 17.

Veazie

Firefighters awarded grant

The Veazie Fire Department has been awarded a $24,071 grant from the U.S. Fire Administration, a subdivision of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The award will be used for fire operations and firefighter safety.

Compiled by Ardeana Hamlin