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Plein Air Painting Group partners with Fiddlehead Center for the Arts

New Gloucester - Fiddlehead Center for the Arts partners with local artist Brad Betts.

Come paint the panoramic views of New Gloucester and the surrounding area along with Maine artist Brad Betts and other local artists. This is a great opportunity for artists of all skill levels to get together and experience the challenges and fun of painting outdoors. Monthly outings will begin on Sunday, April 17th from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. The group will meet at the Fiddlehead Center for the Arts location on the Pineland Campus in New Gloucester and disperse from there. For more information on dates and painting locations please visit www.downeastgallery.com or www.fiddleheadcenter.org or call 207-926-4364.

19th Hole Golf League Annual Meeting

April 12 at Eagles Club in NG 7:00 p.m. If you like to play golf then please come and check us out. Contact Steve Scotia @ 926-3390

Organic Gardening Course Offered

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will be offering an organic vegetable gardening course at the Windham Public Library on 5 consecutive Monday evenings starting Monday, April 25, 2005. The course titled "Successful Organic Vegetable Gardening" is designed for home gardeners and small market gardeners. Session topics include principles of organic gardening, soil and fertilizers, insect management, controlling weeds organically, and managing diseases. The cost of the course is $95.00 per person or couple.

To register please call the Cooperative Extension office in Cumberland County at 1-800-287-1471 or visit Extension's web Extension's web site www.umext.maine edu. Click the "Maine Gardening Series" button. Space is limited to 20 parties.

New Gloucester Historical Society To Meet on April 21st

The regular monthly meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be held on Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, next to the Town Hall.

The April meeting will be a business meeting-there will be no program. All members are urged to attend for a discussion about pending by-law changes and other matters.

NOTE: The May meeting will be held on May 12th at 7:30 pm at the Congo Vestry-please note the change in venue. The program will be a prevention by the Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Computer Club who have been working for weeks.

Pineland News

New Tenants on the New Gloucester Busienss Campus - Welcome!
Hillcrest Associates, New Gloucester Hall
Hillcrest Associates is a real estate appraisal company dealing in both residential and commercial properties.

Northern New England Center for Financial Training, Lisbon Hall
Northern New England Center for Financial Training provides education, training and informational courses and seminars for the financial services industry throughout northern New England.

Seacoast Leadership Group, Auburn Hall
Seacoast Leadership Group supports leaders in delivering results.

Maine Conservation School receives grant from Davis Conservation
Foundation to help promote youth conservation projects.

Bryant Pond, ME- The Maine Conservation School at Bryant Pond, has received grant money from the Davis Conservation Foundation in part to run the second season of their "Take Action for Wildlife" neighborhood conservation project contest for young people. This contest, originally funded in 2003 by a Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund grant, has MCS campers taking action for wildlife at home. These young people take the skills and concepts learned at the School and apply them to their local neighborhoods, then submit a report on their project. FMI, see website online at: http://www.meconservationschool.org or contact: mcsops@megalink.net. Phone: 207-665-2068

Benefit supper

Pasta Supper to be held Acknowledging Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week

"Making the Connection," a gourmet pasta supper with decadent dessert buffet will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2005 at 6 p.m. at the Peoples Plus Center, 6 Noble Street in Brunswick. The event acknowledges Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week which begins this year on April 17th and will benefit the Coastal Humane Society. Steve Edmondson, a Domestic Violence Investigator for Sagadahoc County will speak as will Betsy Cantrell, a representative from the Elder Abuse Task Force.
The event will feature an Italian theme and a special door prize will be imported from Italy for the occasion. Call 725-5051 FMI.

Native American Cultural Center News

On April 10th from 1 to 4:30pm The Native American Cultural Center in North Conway, NH at the Mountain Valley Mall, will have Michele Ama-Wehali. Michelle will be talking about indigenous prophecy and ceremonial healing, gathered from many teachings. A lot of her education is from the Mohawk and Mayan connected teacher Ohkey Simine Forest with whom she has studied for over 10 years. The event is free and open to the public, and there will also be a Pot Luck Lunch. FMI - You can e-mail us at wfeather@localnet.com or visit the web page http://luchs32.tripod.com/wmslc.html

Volunteers sought

Flying Changes Center for Therapeutic Riding seeks volunteers who would like to help with the organization of 'Pony Day Family Festival' to be held on Sunday, May 22nd at the Center on Rtoute 201 in Topsham.

The event is designed to involve children and parents in a 'Pony Day' of delightful activities for all in an effort to raise funds to support programs. The non-profit organization provides services to 80 low income special needs children and adults each week, many of whom reside in the Bath/Brunswick/Topsham area.

The Center needs volunteers to help with distributing posters, soliciting prize donations, gathering crafts materials as well as people to help coordinate activites on the day of the event. For information, please call Director Barbara Doughty at 729-0168.

Junior Friends needed at Maine Wildlife Park this spring

The Maine Wildlife Park is starting a new program called the Junior Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park. Nate Barnes, the Park's Americorps volunteer, will supervise this group. The Maine Wildlife Park has a large and active corps of close to 80 active adult volunteers; but with the implemenation of this new program, there is an opportunity for High School students in the surrounding area to volunteer on a variety of projects at the Park.

Although volunteers are not able to work directly with our wild animals, we do need youth who are interested in wildlife, animal enrichment, web design, photography, conservation education, zoo and business management, landscaping, trail construction and general maintenance.

By beginning to volunteer at the wildlife park in this capacity, it may open the door to future summer seasonal employment opportunities at the park.
Any interested high school students and their parents are invited to a free orientation and tour of the Maine Wildlife Park on Saturday, April 2nd, from 10 a.m. to noon. If you are interested, please register by e-mail with the number of people planning to attend, to natebarnes@maine.rr.com. If you need additional information, please contact the park at 657-4977 ext 1 and ask for Nate Barnes, or visit the park website at
www.mainewildlifepark.com