Community Calendar

Join us at the Nature Center for a morning avian photoshoot. Professional photographer L’aura Bradford will provide tips for bird photography, including: lens choice, camera settings, composition, photographing birds in flight, perches, feeder setup, and ethics of backyard bird photography. Throughout the class, we’ll emphasize responsible practices for photographing birds at home and in the field. Please bring whatever camera you have (yes, cell phone cameras too). Group size is limited, pre-registration is required.

Bring your camera, your curiosity, and a love for feathered visitors!

NOTE: These are individual events and you must register for each date you want to attend.

Instructor: L’aura Lee Bradford is a wildlife and landscape photographer. She is also a Registered Maine Guide leading photo tours and workshops that help people connect with nature through the lens – whether capturing morning mist over Acadia or the soulful gaze of a moose at dusk. With over a decade of experience, L’aura brings a deep knowledge of both photography and Maine’s wild places to every outing.

She’s a passionate advocate for ethical photography, always putting the wellbeing of wildlife first. Her tours emphasize fieldcraft and thoughtful composition, taking people to beautiful places while helping them create images that reflect both the place and the experience of being there.

Thomaston Dog Park Annual Tag Sale Fundraiser

The Thomaston Dog Park (TDPA) is hosting its annual tag and bake sale on Saturday, September 20th 8am to 1pm in the Thomaston Academy Auditorium. $5 Early Bird: 7:30am

TDPA volunteers will be on hand to accept donations from Wednesday through Friday, September 17 through 19 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Gleason Street entrance at the rear of the Thomaston Academy building. Special drop-off or retrieval might be scheduled by emailing thomastondogparkmaine@gmail.com. Quality used items are gladly accepted: kitchen, tools, toys, garden, lawn, hobby, craft, fabrics, housewares, pets, sports, furniture. Please no clothes, no shoes, no books.

The annual tag and bake sale is the major fundraiser for the Thomaston Dog Park, providing funds to operate and maintain the dog park for the year. The public is encouraged to participate, to donate, items Wed-Fri, and to attend the sale on Saturday the 20th. To learn more, visit facebook.com/ThomastonDogParkAssociation and thomastondogpark.org.

Enjoy a fascinating bird walk at Pleasant Hill Preserve with SLT Executive Director and expert birder Andrew Mackie.

The 2025 Northeastern Old Growth Conference: Wildlands and Old-Growth Forests, co-hosted by Middlebury College and the University of Vermont, will be held September 17–20, 2025, at Middlebury’s scenic Bread Loaf Campus in Ripton, Vermont. Scientists, conservationists, policymakers, health professionals, writers, and artists will gather to share knowledge and inspire a future with more wildlands and old-growth forests in the Northeast. This year’s themes include The Future of Old Growth, Healthy Forests, Healthy People, and Old Growth Ecology. Keynotes include Jerry Franklin, Tom Spies, Lynda Mapes, and Bob Leverett. Registration is open and spots are limited — visit our website.

LINCOLNVILLE CENTER INDOOR FLEA MARKET will be held from 8 a.m. to noon in the Community Building located at 18 Searsmont Road, Rt. 173 in Lincolnville CENTER. This market offers a wide variety of merchandise from the useful to the unusual including vintage household goods, seasonal decorations, handcrafts, farm products and delectable sweet and savory baked goods. This event is sponsored by the United Christian Church (UCC). Proceeds benefit the church ministries including the upkeep of the Community Building and the 200 year old Meeting House. All welcome. FMI: 763-3800.

Thank you
Mary Schulien, event coordinator
785-3521

Join Maine Youth Leadership for our annual Golf Classic at the beautiful Toddy Brook Golf Course. Participate in our 18-hole scramble and compete in various raffles and contests throughout the day! The day’s winners are celebrated at the awards luncheon where all participants are treated to a BBQ lunch.

$500 entry fee for a team of 4. 25 teams max

Schedule:
7:30-8:30am Check in and registration
8:30am Shotgun start
1:00-3:00 BBQ Lunch & Awards Ceremony

Maine Youth Leadership’s annual Golf Classic is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year, raising over $10,000 to support leadership development for Maine’s young leaders! Thank you to each of our sponsors, donors, and golfers who make this event truly outstanding.

Maine Youth Leadership is a 4-day seminar focused on enhancing leadership skills, volunteerism, and character for high school sophomores in Maine. Since 1980, Maine Youth Leadership (MYL) has worked with Maine youth to seek out, recognize, and develop their leadership skills. Our goal is to motivate Maine’s future leaders and create a network of civic-minded students who will better their communities through volunteering. Our programs encourage and assist students at critical times in their quest for self-identification and development and we provide give-and-take discussions with thought leaders and role models from across Maine society.

The Friends of Feral Felines 22nd annual book sale is coming to Westbrook again this year. There will be hundreds of books, including top titles and great prices. Sales support Friends of Feral Felines mission to reduce the number of abandoned cats in southern Maine through Trap-Neuter-Release, socialization, and forever homes, as well as providing food and medical care.

FMI: www.feralfelines.net

In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Participants choose one of 6 introductory projects. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch.

About the Instructors: Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport. Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at www.stubborncowglass.com

1/2 Marathon, 10K and 5K: The courses are set on the beautifully maintained ACT Multi-Purpose Trail and the Eastern Trails with stunning woodland and stream views.

Runners start at the Arundel Municipal Building at 257 Limerick Road, Arundel, Maine. All races return and finish at the Arundel Municipal Building. The top 3 runners in each race will be awarded a prize. Prizes range from fresh Maine lobsters to local honey!

The first 200 registrants will receive a race day t-shirt. All finishers receive a medal and a free beer with bib and ID. Other drinks and food will be available for purchase - cash/card/Venmo

ALSO: We are excited to announce that the free Kid's Flow Trail Fun Race is back! This will take place alongside our Fall Trail Fest on Saturday, 9/20. You'll want to register early for this popular event! Open to kiddos ages 5-12. This year, the Kid's Fun Ride will kick off at 9:15 AM.

Kids, ages 5 to 12 (5-8, 9-12), can sign up to be timed going around the top half of the Flow Trail. This year we are also adding an "advanced" option for any rider who would like to also be timed going the full Flow Trail. Riders can sign up for both race options if they want.

Once you sign up for the ride, our team will reach back out to you to confirm your rider's time slot in mid-September and any other pertinent event details.

It’s time to put away the “beach reads” and stock up on books to cozy up with. The Friends of Rockport Public Library (FRPL) will hold their third book sale of the year on Friday, Sept. 19, and Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thousands of gently used books, audiobooks, DVDs, CDs, and puzzles will fill the library’s lower level.

Most items in the sale are priced between $.50 and $5, with all proceeds directly benefiting the library. FRPL members are encouraged to bring their red totes for a $10 refill. Only checks and cash can be accepted at the sale.

Volunteers are needed for help with table and book set up, cashiering, and clean up. Please contact the Rockport Library at 207-236-3642 for more information.