LAUGH loud SMILE big owner Vicki Murray will be teaching a lesson in edible art for families during an upcoming  Saturday Morning Family Art Class, Saturday, March 21, at 10:30 a.m., at Rockport Public Library. Murray's floral cookies will serve as the canvas.

For the 35th year, Adas Yoshuron Synagogue will sponsor an Easter Day Community Dinner, April 5, from 12:30-2:30 p.m., at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 11 White Street, Rockland.

The meal is a sit-down ham dinner with all the fixings, dessert and drinks, according to a news release.

"The April 5 dinner is provided by the many people and businesses in our community," said the release.

For information contact Adas Yoshuron Synagogue at 207-594-4523.

"A woodcock's sky dance is one of the most exciting signs of spring in Maine," said Georges River Land Trust, in a news release. "Just after dusk, these incredible, chunky birds perform a mating ritual you won't want to miss."

Join GRLT on Wednesday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m., at Trolley Marsh Preserve, in Warren, to watch, learn, and share in the excitement of the changing seasons.

Gail Presley, avid birder and board member of Midcoast Audubon, will provide interpretation about the American woodcock, why they dance, where they live, and what makes them so special.

Get ready for a fairy tale with a twist of an ending, when Lincolnville Central School’s students present their production of Between the Lines JR., March 19, 20, and 21, at 6:30 p.m. each night.

Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Maine Health’s Community Health program for a Happy Wanderers Hike, Thursday, March 5, at 10 a.m., at Head of Tide Preserve in Belfast. All are welcome.

"Spring has nearly sprung, which means it’s time to kick off the Rockport Public Library’s Spring Horticulture Talks, in partnership with Merryspring Nature Center," said the library, in a news release.

The first presentation entitled, “My Favorite Vegetables: Growing Gourmet,” will take place Wednesday, March 11, at 1 p.m., in the library’s lower level. All programs in this series, held monthly from March through June, are free and open to the public.

Hillary Peterson will lead an online presentation via Teams called, Garden Detectives: Identifying Beneficials, on Tuesday, March 3, at 12 p.m., hosted by Merryspring Nature Center.

The Safe Routes to South School Community Workshop has been postponed. Initially scheduled for Thursday, February 26, the workshop has been rescheduled to March 26.

Initial press release:

On Thursday, February 26, the City of Rockland will host a Safe Routes to South School Community Workshop. The workshop will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in the Gymnasium at the South Elementary School, 30 Broadway in Rockland.

ROCKPORT — Cushing Community School’s Friends & Family group is holding a fundraiser on March 31, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Flatbread Pizza in Rockport. The mission of the Friends & Family group is to support students and enhance their educational experience at CCS.

STEAM Team Youth Community Science Explorers Group is a monthly program focused on exploration of climate change. For youth ages 7-12, March’s meeting will cover Maine maple sugaring and will include a tasting! After registering, join us on Thursday, March 5th from 3:30-5 pm. Be sure to register, this offering is by registration only!

Authors of the Novel of the Year and Non-Fiction Book of the Year in 2025's Irish Book Awards are among the March guests of Finding Our Voices, talking online about the domestic abuse in their books.

The events are free and open to everyone through the Finding Our Voices Book Club. The public is also welcome to join livestreaming events of the talks at the public libraries in Bath, Damariscotta, Camden, Belfast, and Ellsworth. 

The next program in the Rockport Public Library’s “Let’s Feel Better in 2026” series will be held Wednesday, March 4, at 1 p.m. Nancy Albertson, certified Plant-Based Coach with Food Revolution Network, will give an interactive presentation for those who are curious about how and why to incorporate more plant-based foods into their diet.

Join Georges River Land Trust (GRLT) and Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT) for an animal tracking walk at Weskeag Headlands Preserve in South Thomaston on Saturday, March 14, at 9:30 a.m.

Kirk Gentalen, naturalist and Regional Stewardship for MCHT, will provide tips for identifying animal tracks, and give insight into what animals are busy doing in the woods this time of year.

This walk is free and open to everyone. Please visit georgesriver.org/events to register.

If you, your parents, grandparents or ancestors attended school in St. George, at any time since 1936, they likely had classes at the
Grace Institute, according to St. George school board member Jennifer Garrett, in a news release. Funded by the family of Lillius Grace, it provided classes for students in high school for years and later to students in middle school.

CAMDEN — Six first responders were in the ambulance with the patient and her husband, using shears to remove heavy clothing, performing chest compressions, ventilating her lungs with a bag valve mask, setting up a Lucas automatic chest compression device, and eventually activating cardiac shocks. It had been a witnessed event, but even with those, the return of heart beat only occurs, on average, seven to 10 percent of the time. 

CHULA VISTA, California — Youth educational non-profit Sailing Ships Maine, based in Portland, has won two major national awards, according to Tall Ships America and the American Sail Training Association, in a news release.

At Tall Ships America’s annual conference, Sailing Ships Maine Senior Captain Anna Maria Hansen was selected as US Young Sail Trainer of the Year, and Sailing Ships Maine, the program she leads, was named US Sea Education Program of the Year.

Belfast Area High School announces Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2025-26 academic year.

Grade 9

HIGH HONORS: Soyoon Ahn, Elizabeth Bahner, Zackery Bailey, Morgan Bonin, Ella Chase, Pierson Dietz, Sophia Dong, Eliot Fowler, Lydia Hamm, Charlotte Martinelli, Alexandra Massey, Lillian McCue Hafford, June Noyes, Adelle Robbins, Shelby Traves, Kamynn Wadsworth, Rose White, Jessica Zhu.

WALDO — A $1,500 scholarship for Waldo County residents entering their first or second year of post-secondary education is available through the Waldo County Extension Association, in cooperation with the Maine 4-H Foundation.