ABBOT – Memorial Day parade starts at 10:30 p.m. today at the municipal parking lot and proceeds to the monument for a ceremony.

BANGOR – Memorial Day parade, 10:30 a.m. today, begins on Exchange Street, proceeds up Main Street to Davenport Park at corner of Main and Cedar streets. Parade chairman, Col. Jackson Kurtzman.

BANGOR – Distribution of reflective “One in a Thousand” stickers to those who have WWII, Korean War or Vietnam War walking stick, 9-10:25 a.m. today, TD Banknorth, Exchange Street.

BANGOR – Memorial Day commemoration, today, Cole Land Transportation Museum, 405 Perry Road. Lunch courtesy of Hampden Academy band parents, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. At 1 p.m. there will be wreath-laying at WWII Memorial, Purple Heart Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, and winners of essay contest “What Freedom Means to Me After Interviewing a Veteran” announced. Special guest is Warrant Officer Tom Stryker, Huey helicopter pilot. USO-type show by Hampden Academy jazz band. Walking sticks available after show to Maine veterans who don’t have one. Afterward, free admission to museum for all.

BELFAST – Frank D. Hazeltine American Legion Post and Randall-Collins VFW Post annual Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. today. Post members meet at the Legion hall on Church Street at 8 a.m. for a ceremony honoring fallen members and then gather at the VFW hall on Field Street for a similar ceremony. Marchers gather at Renys parking lot on Belmont Avenue and the parade begins at 10 a.m. The marchers will stop at Grove Cemetery for a ceremony at the Veterans Monument and continue down Main Street to the public landing, where a wreath will be tossed onto the waves in memory of Waldo County veterans.

DEXTER – Memorial Day parade and services, 10 a.m. today; parade begins in the municipal parking lot and proceeds to Lower Main Street, Main Street, Church Street and on to Dam Street, where Veterans Memorial Park is located. The parade will return by the same routes. A lunch will be served after the parade at the VFW home on Cedar Street.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Memorial Day parade and services, 9:15 a.m. today; parade forms at Merrick Square, where a short ceremony will be held. The parade will stop at Main Street Bridge for a ceremony and continue to Monument Square, where there will be a ceremony. Guest speaker will be Sue Mackey-Andrews. A buffet lunch will be served to parade participants at the American Legion Post on Park Street.

GUILFORD – Memorial Day parade, 9:30 a.m. today, begins at Elm Street cemetery and proceeds to the park across from Guilford Memorial Library, where a ceremony will be held.

HAMPDEN – Memorial Day parade, 9 a.m. today. Lineup begins at 8:45 a.m. at town hall on Route 9 and proceeds toward Main Street, ending with a ceremony at Locust Grove Cemetery next to Hampden Academy to honor the memory of those who have given their lives for this country in all wars. For information, call 223-4041.

HOLDEN – Unveiling of Holden Veterans Memorial, project of the Kids of Liberty, 4 p.m. today, near the gazebo by Holden Elementary School. Keynote speaker Lt. Col. Eric Johns. Music by Holden and Eddington elementary choruses, Holbrook Middle School band. Barbecue by Holden Fire Auxiliary.

HOWLAND – Lee Graham Post 97 will conduct services today, with the participation of Leveille-Shorey VFW Post 9429, K of C Council 5524 of Lincoln-Howland, and Company B of the 20th Maine Civil War Re-enactment Group at these cemeteries: Seboeis, 8 a.m.; West Enfield, 8:30 a.m.; Passadumkeag, 8:50 a.m.; Gould’s Ridge, 9:10 a.m.; Lowell, 9:40 a.m.; Enfield, 10:05 a.m.; Dodlin Road, 10:25 a.m.; Edinburg, 10:45 a.m.; Howland, 11 a.m. All units and dignitaries participating in the parade meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Howland Town Park, with parade to start at 11:45 a.m. Post 97 Auxiliary will serve a breakfast 6:30-7:30 a.m. for all participating in the honors to the cemeteries. Post 97 Auxiliary will sell hot dogs and other refreshments at the American Legion Mini Park beginning at 10 a.m.

MILO – Memorial Day parade forms at 10 a.m. at the Legion Home. The parade route will end at Evergreen Cemetery, where a ceremony will be held.

ORONO – Memorial Day parade, 10 a.m. today, forms at 9 a.m. at Orono High School. Route: Westwood Drive, left onto Main Street, wreath ceremony with Legion Post 84 at center of bridge, down Park Street to American Legion Hall. Route 2 blocked off from Westwood Drive to intersection of College Avenue and Park Street to just past Legion Hall. At end of parade, Crossroads Ministries will collect nonperishable food items.

SANGERVILLE – Memorial Day parade, 8:30 a.m. today, assembling at the parking lot off Route 23 in the village. Stops will be made at the bridge, the veterans honor roll and the cemetery.

WINTERPORT – American Legion Argonne Post 138 will hold a Memorial Day parade at 11 a.m. today, beginning at Smith School. The parade will proceed up Main Street, on Lebanon Road and end at Oak Hill Cemetery, where there will be a brief ceremony. All are welcome. For information, contact Bill Smith, 223-9950.