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Bangor

New numbers for City Hall

City Hall has new direct numbers to its offices. They are:

. Switchboard, 992-4200.

. Assessing, 992-4210.

. Central Services, 992-4216.

. City Clerk, 992-4220.

. City Manager’s Office, 942-4205.

. City Manager fax, 945-4445.

. Code Enforcement, 992-4230.

. Community and Economic Development, 992-4240.

. Community and Economic Development fax, 945-4447.

. Engineering, 992-4250.

. Finance and Risk Management, 992-4260.

. Fire Prevention, 992-4263.

. Human Resources, 992-4266.

. Information Services, 992-4270.

. Legal, 992-4273.

. Maintenance, 992-4262.

. Planning, 992-4280.

. Purchasing, 992-4282.

. Treasury, 992-4290.

. Voter Registration, 992-4296.

. School superintendent, 992-4150.

. School assistant superintendent, 992-4165.

. School business office, 992-4160.

. Gifted and Talented Program, 992-4170.

. Pupil services, 992-4175.

The new Web site for the city is www.bangormaine.gov.

Pathfinders for children

Hospice of Eastern Maine’s program, Pathfinders: Support for Grieving Children, announced its spring 2005 session, which is set for 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 7, through Monday, May 23, at Bangor Christian Schools.

The 10-week program provides grief support for children and their families or caregivers who are experiencing the death of a loved one. Adults who attend with children meet in their own groups. Teens may attend on their own as long as they have the consent of a caregiver.

Founded by Maria Brountas and the late Barbara Eames, Pathfinders: Support for Grieving Children, provides special bereavement support geared specifically for children and teens, ages 3-18. Facilitators are volunteers trained by Hospice of Eastern Maine.

To help defray costs, there is a $50 fee per family. If this is a hardship, a limited number of scholarships are available. Call Alicia Guite at 973-8269 for more information.

New families are asked to attend an interview with the program coordinator before entering the program. For more information and-or an interview, call Linda Boyle at 973-8269.

Award for MOMS Club

The International Moms Offering Moms Support Club presented an award to MOMS Club of Bangor-Brewer on Oct. 3 at the annual luncheon at the Olive Garden.

Representatives from all over the state were present. The award was given in recognition of the group’s Outstanding Service Project. Last year MOMS Club of Bangor-Brewer sponsored a local child with school supplies and new clothing for the year. The club raised the money with its first annual yard sale last May.

In September, the organization of mostly stay-at-home moms sponsored two children from one family with school clothing, jackets, snow pants and boots.

The group was able to donate books it had earned from Scholastic book orders to Hammond Street Congregational Church, where they hold monthly meetings and weekly play groups.

The members individually donated canned goods on a regular basis throughout the year at the church. MOMS Club was able to provide enough money for the church to give $35 dinner baskets to two families for Thanksgiving.

This month the organization continued with its first big service project by purchasing more clothes and some toys for the two children sponsored since the beginning of the school year.

MOMS Club also was able to give 30 cans of ham, 30 cans of soup and many boxes of bread mixes to Hammond Street Congregational Church for dinner baskets for holiday meals. Vine Street School helped donate additional items for the baskets.

For more information on how to join MOMS Club of Bangor-Brewer, or to share an idea for another local service project, call Kristin at 942-3063.

Business meetings are held at 10 a.m. on third Fridays, Hammond Street Congregational Church. Kids are welcome. Play groups are held at 10 a.m. Fridays at the church, Mondays at a local park.

Holiday spirit

Participants of the Bangor Region Leadership Institute collected food, gifts and necessities for the Shaw House, a shelter for homeless children and teens, and delivered the items Dec. 22.

Institute classmates initiated the effort to aid the shelter after a recent visit to Shaw House as part of the program curriculum. Shelter Director Doug Bouchard’s presentation shared stories and dispelled misperceptions, and inspired participants to respond to the shelter’s need for community support during the holiday season and throughout the year.

The group matched its purchases to the Shaw House Wish List, providing toothbrushes, sweat shirts and gifts. They also planned a Christmas dinner menu.

The Bangor Region Leadership Institute is a program of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce.

Arts ‘n’ Kids: Take Two

The Maine Discovery Museum invites children in grades four and five to act up, sing and dance up a storm beginning Wednesday Jan. 12 at the museum. Arts ‘n’ Kids is a series of free workshop classes in the performing arts. The classes give youngsters the chance to have fun while gaining performing experience and enhancing their natural artistic skills.

Three four-week Arts ‘n’ Kids sessions will be conducted: Dance, Jan. 14-Feb. 4; Voice, Feb. 9-March 11; and Theater, March 23-April 13. Classes meet 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at the museum, with a break for February vacation. A snack will be provided.

This year’s Arts ‘n’ Kids will have a common focus, drawing on material from the Broadway musical, “A Chorus Line,” adapted for young performers.

Each four-week session is complete in itself. Children may sign up for one, two or all three sessions. Each group is limited to 15 and regular attendance is required.

Faculty for Arts ‘n’ Kids is museum Executive Director Andrea Stark in dance and actor A.J. Mooney, voice and theater.

Stark holds a master of fine arts degree from the NYU School of the Arts and is a former artistic director of the Ram Island Dance Company in Portland.

Mooney received a master of fine arts degree in acting from the Actors Studio in New York. Her experience with young actors ranges from the Shakespeare in Schools program for the Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor to Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax,” which she wrote and directed with children at the Eddington school.

Arts ‘n’ Kids is co-sponsored by Community Health and Counseling and the Maine Discovery Museum. To learn more about Arts ‘n’ Kids, or to register, call the museum at 262-7200.

Brewer

Zoot Suit Revue

The Brewer Middle School seventh grade and Back Door Dance Studio of Eddington will present The Zoot Suit Revue, a dance extravaganza performed to jazz, swing and 1950s music, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, in the Brewer Middle School auditorium.

Come enjoy dances and costumes from the 1920s through the 1950s from the revue’s Adult Dance Team. Donations will be accepted at the door to benefit seventh-grade merit activities.

For information, contact the Back Door Dance Studio at 843-5638, e-mail swingtime@aol.com, or visit www.backdoordance.com.

Eddington

Developmental screening

A free developmental screening by Child Development Services-Penobscot County will be held in cooperation with the SAD 63 School Department – Eddington, Holden and Clifton – 9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 10, at Eddington Elementary School on Main Road.

The screening is for 3- and 4-year-old children, as well as 5-year-olds not yet eligible for kindergarten.

To schedule an appointment, call 947-8493, Ext. 17 or 14.

Glenburn

Town Council

The Glenburn Town Council on Dec. 16 welcomed a new member, Blake Fryer. Fryer replaces Bob Campbell, who resigned in November because he is moving out of state. Fryer’s term will expire in June 2005.

Councilors unanimously approved the final $1,300 needed for a project to install flashing school-zone speed-limit signs near Glenburn School.

A special town meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 20 for voters to consider accepting a section of a Riverbend subdivision road for town maintenance. The road is a section of Libbey Lane from Elliott Circle to where it ends in a cul-de-sac.

Hampden

Paper piecing class

The Bangor area chapter of the American Sewing Guild will sponsor a Better than Paper Piecing quilting class at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Hampden Municipal Center.

The technique the participants in the class will learn has the accuracy of paper piecing, but without the tedious job of removing the paper when the work is finished. Participants will make a lighthouse wallhanging.

The cost of the class is $10 for guild members and $15 for others. A kit will be available for $5. To learn more about the class or to register, call 941-8815.

Orono

New Year’s Eve contradance

A New Year’s Eve contradance will be held 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Dec. 31, at the Keith Anderson Community Center on Bennoch Road.

Music will be provided by fiddler Jaige Trudel and guitarist Adam Broome, with John McIntire and friends calling. Optional beginners’ session is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10. For information, call Joe or Kyle Dupere, 866-3126; or John McIntire, 568-7597.

Stetson

Library news

The indoor book sale netted the Stetson Library $88.75. Leftover paperbacks were given to Penobscot County Jail, and remaining books went to the new Levant Library.

Kyle and Dylan Ham gave a donation of children’s books and videos to the library.

Halloween party

More than 100 Stetson youngsters took a bus driven by Duane Leighton to the Halloween party sponsored by Bangor Parks and Recreation.

In the costume contest, Ada Hepler, who was dressed as a ladybug, won a prize for the Cutest Costume in the preschooler category.

Dressed as the ogre Shrek, Phill Buchstaber won a prize for Funniest Costume in the fourth- and fifth-grade category.

In addition, those attending the Kenduskeag Haunted House were reimbursed for the price of admission.

Those who have ideas for future holiday parties may call Kirsten at 296-3559.