The public is invited to join in the celebration of the 150th birthday of the Fort Point Lighthouse “when Flash in the Pans steel band performs live in the field overlooking the lighthouse,” reports Jeri Cole.

The party begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 18, at the lighthouse, which is located at the tip of Cape Jellison at Fort Point State Park in Stockton Springs.

“The current lighthouse was rebuilt with brick in 1857 to replace the original deteriorating 1836 granite structure,” Cole explained.

“Also, in 1857, a Fresnel lens of prismatic glass was installed, replacing the less efficient silver reflectors, and remains in use to this day.”

Cole urges you to “bring a picnic, your family and friends, set out chairs or a blanket, and get ready for a unique and enjoyable evening.”

If you don’t want to bring your own food, Cole reports that the “Stockton Springs Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be selling refreshments to raise funds for uniforms and camp.”

Organized and directed by Carl Chase, Flash in the Pans is a community band from Blue Hill that plays “a diverse selection of Caribbean-influenced contemporary music,” Cole wrote.

You can find information about this group by visiting its Web site at www.peninsulapan.org.

“The concert is hosted by the Bureau of Parks and Lands,” Cole wrote.

Kathryn Mekelburg reports Perry Grange is hosting a public turkey supper 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at the Grange Hall on South Meadow Road.

Admission is $7 for adults and $3.50 for children.

The meal includes vegetables, homemade rolls, salads and desserts.

Representatives of Bangor Symphony Orchestra report tickets are available for the fifth annual BSO Kingfield POPS outdoor concert that begins with live music when the gates open at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at Kennedy Farm in Kingfield.

In addition to the orchestra, you will enjoy bluegrass, folk, country, Celtic and steel drum music.

Music director and conductor Xiao-Lu Li offers a program that includes everything from popular to patriotic tunes and light classics.

The program concludes with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture that features the sounds of cannons, followed by fireworks.

Bring lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a picnic, or purchase food from vendors on site.

Advance POPS tickets are $20, or $25 at the gate.

When accompanied by an adult, those 17 and under are free.

You can reserve tickets online at www.bangorsymphony.com or by calling (800) 639-3221 or 942-5555.

The BSO instrument “petting zoo” will be open before the concert and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. that day, you can enjoy the free Festival of the Arts in Kingfield Village.

For information, visit www.kingfieldpops.com.

Shelter manager Lorna Konyak and everyone associated with The Ark, a nonprofit, no-kill animal shelter in Cherryfield, hope you will participate in Raffle to the Rescue.

Raffle to the Rescue tickets are $2 each, six for $10, or a book of 12 for $20.

They are available at The Ark, Maine Coast Veterinary Clinic or Belcher’s Antiques in Blue Hill, or by calling Tom Leigh in Deer Isle, 348-6039.

The raffle offers more than 60 prizes. The winners will be announced Friday, July 6.

Raffle items include cash prizes, an overnight stay for two at a coastal inn, gift certificates for merchandise ranging from clothing to fresh lobsters, and opportunities to dine in Ellsworth, Blue Hill, Deer Isle or Milbridge.

For information, to sell tickets or to buy tickets, call Leigh at the number above or call The Ark at 546-3484.

Those of you who participated in the Hannaford Have a Heart for Hunger campaign will be pleased to know you helped raise more than $13,193 for Good Shepherd Food-Bank, which has facilities in Auburn and Brewer and is Maine’s largest hunger-relief organization.

Through the program conducted in February, Hannaford customers made contributions at the register by selecting a donation coupon in $2, $5 or other denominations.

Good Shepherd, JoAn Chartier explained, helps people in more than 600 Maine communities by distributing food and supplies to soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters and other hunger-relief agencies.

Hannaford, based in Scarborough, operates 159 stores in the northeast. This year’s program raised more that $70,000 in its service area to support hunger-relief agencies, which brings the total amount raised in the four years of the program to more than $325,000.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.