Bangor

Free summer concerts

The Bangor Public Library will sponsor a series of summer concerts. The concerts are free. The schedule is:

. The Bangor Band, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, Peirce Park, next door to the library.

. Kneisel Hall musicians, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, Lecture Hall. Concert for children, 4 p.m. in the Story Room.

. Sebasticook Valley Community Band, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, Lecture Hall.

. Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Hancock County, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 5.

. Folk guitarist and vocalist Ron Kathan of Bangor, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 12.

. InkasWasi, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, Peirce Park transformed into a Peruvian paradise.

. Prevailing Winds saxophone quartet, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 26.

Call 947-8336 for more information.

Meet the artist

The third in the Bangor Public Library’s Meet the Artist lecture series will feature Bangor artist Adam Williams at noon Wednesday, June 21.

A recent exhibition at the library of Williams’ photographs intrigued and challenged area residents. His nighttime photographs and the manipulation of well-known Bangor landmarks transformed the mundane into the mysterious.

Williams demonstrates his mastery of low-light photography and pushes the envelope of presentation by offering his images in nontraditional and imaginative ways, often combining other arts forms with his photographs. Viewers of his work may never look at photography quite the same way again.

Bring a brown bag lunch and enjoy the lecture while you eat.

Benefit for New Orleans

The Bangor Public Library’s Summer Reading Program for those in grades six-12 will focus on raising funds to assist the New Orleans Public Library. The move was prompted as library officials noted that the library has provided free services to Greater Bangor for 100 years. When Bangor Public Library burned in 1911, many libraries and contributors came forward to help rebuild the library.

While teens will take pledges for books read, starting in June, three fundraising programs with “The Big Easy” theme are planned:

. A children’s Mardi Gras, 10 a.m. Friday, July 14.

. A Cajun cooking class, 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 18.

. Readers Theater and Jazz Night, 6 p.m. Thursday, July 27.

Registration forms and additional information are available at the library.

City forester

Rolland F. Perry retired as city forester and arborist of more than 41 years on April 29.

Perry’s accomplishments include helping to implement and maintain the trail systems in Bangor, redeveloping and maintaining many city parks and removing more than 10,000 diseased trees.

He also was responsible for planting a total of 812,809 trees and seedlings.

New city employees are Tristan McClain, police dispatcher; and Peggy Sheriff, purchasing agent.

Tamara Mello, coordinator of the STD Program at Health and Welfare, has changed from temporary to permanent status.

Buying a home basics

MaineStream Finance will offer a free 12-hour course in buying a home 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 17-20, at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow St.

A qualified trainer will discuss the roles of various professionals involved in home buying, such as attorneys, realtors, lenders, insurance agents and home inspectors. Budget and debt management counseling and credit counseling are also part of the course.

Registration for the course is required by calling 973-3557, or (800) 215-4942.

Katahdin book talk

John Neff’s new book, “Katahdin: An Historic Journey – Legends, Exploration and Preservation of Maine’s Highest Peak,” takes readers on a journey through the mountain’s history, legends and legacy. Included in the work are Native American legends, the first colonial surveys, Thoreau’s journeys to the mountain and logging development. The book was published by the Appalachian Trail Club.

Neff’s narrative bridges the mountain’s past and today’s continuing opportunities for conservation and recreation in Maine’s North Woods. He will speak at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at Bangor Public Library.

Staff from BookMarc’s Bookstore will be on hand to sell copies of Neff’s book.

Call the library at 947-8336 for more information.

Bangor Band concert

The Bangor Public Library is celebrating 101 years of free services to the community with a Bangor Band concert 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, at Peirce Park, adjacent to the library. If the weather is inclement, the concert will be held in the library’s Lecture Hall.

The Bangor Band is the oldest town band in the United States and it’s become something of a tradition for the band to kick-off the library’s summer concert series.

All other concerts in the summer series will at 7 p.m. Wednesdays and include appearances by Kneisel Hall musicians, Sebasticook Valley Community Band, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Hancock County, Ron Kathan folk music, InkasWasi Peruvian music and Prevailing Winds saxophone quintet.

Audubon, land trust project

Maine Audubon and Bangor Land Trust have launched a project to create a forest management plan that protects local wildlife while providing timber, recreation, clean water or other benefits.

Bangor Land Trust is one of a dozen towns, land trusts or other community groups across the state that will develop model forest plans with the help of Maine Audubon, Maine’s largest wildlife conservation organization.

“So often in public debate forest management is framed as a choice between preservation and exploitation,” said Robert Bryan, licensed forester, Maine Audubon forest ecologist and project director. “This forestry project will show how communities can conserve wildlife habitat and forest biodiversity while still enjoying economic or other benefits from their forests.”

“Bangor Land Trust has been entrusted with a valuable community resource,” said Lucy Quimby, president of the trust. “Maine Audubon’s scientific and educational support will help us both protect and enjoy these wonderful woods.”

The project will focus on the 410-acre Walden Park Preserve, which features aspen, birch, northern mixed wood, spruce and fir stands along with vernal pools and wetlands, including a portion of the Caribou Bog.

The management plan will incorporate principals of focus species forestry, an innovative approach to sustainable forestry developed by Maine Audubon and partners that has been well-received by industry leaders and public officials around the state. Focus species forestry focuses on a representative group of wildlife found in sensitive habitats to help guide forest management for timber or other resources.

Community forests that integrate focus species forestry principals will serve as models of ecologically responsible forestry for other communities and landowners in Maine who wish to achieve these multiple, compatible goals.

Throughout the project, Maine Audubon and Bangor Land Trust will involve professional foresters, loggers and others so they can share principals of focus species forestry with owners of other private and community forests.

Focus species forestry was developed by Maine Audubon in partnership with the Maine Forest Service, the Maine Natural Areas Program, the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine and the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine.

The project is funded in part by grants from The Home Depot Foundation and the Wendling Foundation.

Bucksport

U.S. Navy ship

The USS DeWert will visit the Fort Knox Bay Festival July 27-31 in Bucksport.

It is one of five visits by U.S. Navy ships to Maine festivals this summer.

The visits were scheduled in response to a formal request made by U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe to the United States Navy.

Riverbend Players

The Riverbend Players are seeking those who possess skills in poetry, singing, playing an instrument, clowning, acrobatics, improv-standup comedy and other areas of talent.

Auditions will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, at the Jewett Community Center, corner of Bridge and Broadway streets. Use the Bridge Street parking area, and enter through the double doors with the two park benches out front. Signs inside the building will direct participants to the audition room.

Participants will be asked to fill out an information sheet, then asked to audition. Those who make the cut will be notified by telephone.

For more information, call Suzi Leeman, president of the Riverbend Players of Bucksport, at 469-5885, or e-mail suzi@riverbendplayers.org.

Corinth

Old Home Days

Corinth Old Home Days will be held Friday and Saturday, June 23-24. Saturday’s parade will honor Madeline Campbell, Corinth’s oldest citizen and holder of the Boston Post Cane. The parade will be held by American Legion Post 115.

Activities begin Friday with an ice cream social 6-8 p.m. at the town recreation field (rain location, Central High School). Elvis Returns in a free show at 8 p.m. with Bruce Nye The Elvis Guy. Bring a lawn chair.

On Saturday, the parade will line up at 9 a.m. in the Central Middle School parking lot and the entrance to the Morison School, rain or shine.

10 a.m. Parade with theme, “Sports Spectacular.” Prizes for business floats, nonprofit floats, school group floats, decorated bikes and miscellaneous kids’ categories, decorated ATVs. Winners announced at noon.

11 a.m. Corinth Historical Society opens.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Activities at rec field, carnival rides, giant slide, baseball throw, sand art, Zack the Clown, balloons, games, concessions, dunk tank, Corinth Health Fair table, fire truck display, bounce house.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Cruize-In antique vehicles across from Legion Hall, Exeter Road. 285-3567.

11-11:45 a.m. John Tercyak, singer, on stage.

11:30 a.m. Children’s pedal tractor pull, rec field.

Noon. Fire department chicken barbecue, rec field.

Noon-12:45 p.m. Step In Time Cloggers, on stage.

1-1:45 p.m. Rusty Coffee, singer, on stage.

1 p.m. Free throw contest on the courts, cash prizes.

2-2:45 p.m. Oyster Band, on stage.

4 p.m. Lawn Garden tractor pull behind Central Middle School. 285-3081.

Old Town

Franco-American soiree

A Good Old Fashioned Franco-American Soiree featuring the Silvertones will liven up the town 5-8 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

The cost of admission is $10, with proceeds to benefit the establishment of scholarships for students of Franco-American descent. Attendees who play a musical instrument at encouraged to bring it. For more information, call 581-3789, 827-4866 or 866-2069.

Orono

Scrapbooking classes

The Orono Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its scrapbooking for beginners classes.

Programs are available for adults, teens and “tweens” – children age 8 to 12 who are accompanied by an adult. The fee is $60 for each five-week class, one day per week. The fee includes start-up materials. For more information, call 866-5065.