Falmouth Elementary School Contents Sale

Elementary School Contents Sale – Falmouth, ME - Sunday, June 3 - 8am-2pm


The Town of Falmouth, Maine is in the process of selling the contents of two former Grade K-4 schools (Plummer-Motz and Lunt) located at the corner of Middle and Lunt Road. The contents will be sold as is, where is, “garage/yard sale” style. Any items purchased will need to be paid for and removed during the hours of the sale (cash and carry). There are many interesting items that could be used in classrooms or repurposed for your home or office. Some of these items include: kids desks, kids chairs, teacher desks/chairs, office chairs, step stools/step-ups, filing cabinets, round/rectangular adjustable tables, bookshelves, bookcases, student mailboxes, phones, dry erase board (wall mounted), cork board, American Flags (classroom), MAC Air ports, wall hand sanitizer units, magazine racks, overhead projectors, waste baskets, AV carts, wall shelving, rolling easels, pencil sharpeners, cafeteria tables, toys, stage risers, learn time clocks, fish tanks, and much more. Please inform your local PTO’s as well.

If you have questions regarding the sale, please contact Matt Gilbert at mattg@town.falmouth.me.us.

Falmouth - June 12th Election Information

June 12, 2012 - Primary Election & Municipal Election info for Falmouth


Primary Elections determine each party’s nomination of candidates for US Senate and Representative to Congress, and qualified State and County offices. (The Office of President is not included in Primary Elections in Maine; each party’s nomination of a presidential candidate is done at party conventions held during the Presidential Election year.) Party candidates who are elected at the Primary qualify t o appear on the General Election ballot the following November. In Maine, the Primary Election is held on the second Tuesday in June of each even-numbered year.

Maine currently has three qualified parties: Democratic, Green Independent, and Republican. (Note: although some unenrolled candidates choose to designate themselves as “Independent,” there is no “Independent” party in Maine now).

Offices included in the 2012 Primary Election are United States Senator, Representative to Congress (both districts), all 35 State Senate districts, all 151 State Representative districts, and the following county offices, which vary depending on the county: Judge of Probate, Register of Probate, County Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, District Attorney and County Commissioner.

The Municipal Election is for the prurpose of electing two Falmouth citizens to serve three years on the Falmouth Town Council and to elect two Falmouth citizens to serve a three year term on the Falmouth School Board.
 
Please click here to view sample ballots: http://www.town.falmouth.me.us/Pages/FalmouthME_Clerk/election_by_dates/06122012/index

Public Bean Supper - come for supper and fellowship

Public Bean Supper, Saturday, May 26th from 5 - 6pm at the
West Falmouth Baptist Church, 18 Mountain Rd. Falmouth Maine

 

Cost is $7 adults, $3 for kids 6 - 12, 5 and under free. FMI 797-4066

  

The menu will include: 

• Baked pea beans, kidney beans, yellow-eye beans, baked peas, American Chop Suey, Macaroni & cheese, pasta salad, potato salad & cole slaw.
• Red & All Beef Hot Dogs
• Hot rolls, cornbread & Home-made pies
• Mustard, ketchup, home-made relishes and home-made pickles
• Coffee, fruit punch & tea

Saint Mary’s Garden Club Annual Plant Sale

SAINT MARY’S GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE
Saint Mary’s Garden Club will be holding its Annual Plant Sale on May

19, featuring perennials, annuals, and shrubs dug from member’s gardens; help planting your own containers; and master gardeners ready to answer any of your gardening questions. Come early for the best selection.

Saturday, May 19, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth
Contact: Mary Oliver 207-781-3196

"Shop Falmouth" Event - Save the Date

FALMOUTH ANNUAL EVENT PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES

"Shop Falmouth"!

Mike Skillins, owner of Skillins Greenhouses and Anne Theriault, Falmouth Realtor; both members of the Falmouth Economic Improvement Committee and CoChairs for the Falmouth Annual Event Ad Hoc Committee have announced the date for the event will be December 7, 8 and 9.

The event name is "Shop Falmouth" and will begin Friday night with a "Drop and Shop" for children sponsored by the Falmouth Community Programs Department. The Maine Audubon Society Owls week-end coincides with the date. A lot of excitement is building as plans for event are being developed.

Save the date!

Travelogue Series - Thailand!

Falmouth Community Programs’ Travelogue Series will present a program on Thailand on Wednesday, May 16 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at Hilltop Lodge, OceanView (http://www.oceanviewrc.com/homes/hilltop-lodge/). Guest speaker is Amy Lamontagne. This is a free program, open to the public; pre-registration is not required.
This Travelogue series offers an opportunity to explore the beauty and customs of foreign lands, as presented through the eyes of our guest speakers.

Ocean View
20 Blueberry Lane

Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 781-4460

Falmouth Memorial Library needs volunteers

VOLUNTEERING AT FALMOUTH MEMORIAL LIBRARY

The Falmouth Memorial Library depends on a dedicated group of community volunteers for many day-to-day tasks. For both new and longtime residents of Falmouth, being a volunteer both supports our library and provides an opportunity to interact with the hundreds of people who visit each day. Volunteers are trained for their specific tasks of interest by the library staff.

http://www.falmouthmemoriallibrary.org/support/volutneer

Please call the library for more information - thanks!

Electronics Recycling Collection Day

Electronics Recycling Collection Day 9AM-2PM Saturday, May 12, 2012

Falmouth Rotary Club sponsors an electronics recycling collection day.
Falmouth Town residency not required!
ITEMS ACCEPTED: Household electronics including TV's, computers, monitors (including keyboard and mouse), printers, scanners, DVD players, VCRs, radios, stereos, microwave ovens, batteries, cell phones, game consoles, cords, circuit boards, digital picture frames, etc.

NO APPLIANCES: ovens, washer/dryers, stoves, refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. NO fluorescent bulbs, thermometers, thermostats

CASH OR CHECK DONATIONS REQUESTED TO FAMOUTH ROTARY CLUB FalmouthRotary.org.

Falmouth Shopping Center, US Route 1 Falmouth Maine

Phone: 781-2501

On the Waterfront: Heritage, Re-use, and Economic Development in Portland

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 7 PM, On the Waterfront: Heritage, Re-use, and Economic Development


Moderator, Michael Brennan, Mayor, City of Portland, with Anne Pringle, Community Leader

Development and use of the waterfront is an ongoing policy balancing act, and has significant implications for Portland’s economic development, harborside landscape, and the city’s identity and heritage. Please join us to learn about the issues that the city, developers, business and property owners, fishermen and lobstermen, preservationists, and city residents face and think about when they consider development along the waterfront.

Panel Discussions Explore Greater Portland’s Landscape

Greater Portland Landmarks and Maine Historical Society will co-sponsor a public program series in spring 2012 that will explore the landscapes of greater Portland.

The series will provide an immersion in historic and contemporary issues related to the greater Portland landscape through case studies and rigorous discussion of specific sites and current infrastructure and development projects: new initiatives at Fort Williams Park, replacement of the Veterans and Martin’s Point bridges, reconsideration of Franklin and Spring Street corridors, and development along Portland’s waterfront.

Each program will include a moderator plus three speakers representing a variety of perspectives related to the topic followed by discussion with the audience. All programs take place at the Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street.

Author of "Fingerprints: A Mystery Suspense Novel" & a potluck lunch

LunchBox Friends' Annual Meeting with Marcia Leonard


Noon Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Meet author of "Fingerprints: A Mystery Suspense Novel" & share a potluck lunch at the Falmouth Memorial Library, Lunt Road Falmouth Maine

Phone: 781-2351
 
Short book description

Fingerprints is a murder/suspense novel with a love story—and a Multiple Personality Disorder thrown in. It’s horrifying when the police come and arrest Julie’s son Jeffrey for the murder of the doctor whose body she and Jeff found. But it’s also dismaying when tough, independent Julie realizes she’s falling for the lawyer she hired to defend Jeff.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/150435

Falmouth Contra Dance

Greater Portland Community Dance Series Contra Dance


lessons at 7:15 p.m., dance at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2012

Under 21: $7, Children 5-12: $5, Children under 5: free.

Live music and caller Maggie Robinson

Where: Falmouth Congregational Church, 269 Falmouth Road Falmouth, Maine

Phone: 358-9354

Falmouth Family & Pet Walk for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland

Falmouth Family & Pet Walk for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Portland


8:00am Saturday, May 12, 2012

Take a step towards making a better future for Maine children and families. Register online at www.firstgiving/habitatme Distance: 4 Miles Contact: Sandy Panenka-207-781-5880.

Where: Foreside Community Church, 340 Foreside Road (Route 88) Falmouth

Info session: Learn about Vitamin D

FREE info session: Are you at risk for diabetes, cancer or depression? Learn about Vitamin D.


7-8pm Monday, May 7, 2012

Here in Maine, your lack of Vitamin D from exposure to overhead sunlight affects your overall health. Vitamin D is a marker for the risk of osteoporosis, diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune diseases, obesity, cancer, and depression. Hear Bethany Hays, MD share how testing Vitamin D levels can help you determine if taking Vitamin D may be beneficial to you and how you can prevent vitamin D overdose. Bring your questions!

SIEZE THE DAY: If you wish to get tested right then and there, we’ll have our Medical Assistant on hand after the session. You’ll receive appropriate forms and pricing information when you register for the info session.

Bethany Hays, MD, FACOG, trained as an Ob/Gyn in Houston Texas and moved to Maine in 1992. After practicing obstetrics for 30 years she transitioned to office practice of women’s health and Functional Medicine and joined a group of creative practitioners who formed True North, Maine’s Center for Functional Medicine and the Healing Arts, and integrative center in Falmouth Maine.

To Register: Call 207.781.4488 or email education@truenorthhealthcenter.org.

This event is part of True North's "Empower ME for Health" monthly Monday educational series. You can register for an individual session or for the full series.

FMI visit www.truenorthhealthcenter.org/empowermeforhealth.asp

Bethany Hays, MD
True North Health Center, 202 Rte. 1 Falmouth, ME
207.781.4488