FARMINGTON – A Red Cross blood drive will be held noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Potential blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good health. To schedule an appointment or for more information, people can call Tom at the American Red Cross at 1-800-482-0743.

Board meeting

FARMINGTON – Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, June 30, at the USDA Service Center Conference Room at 107 Park St.

Office closed

FAYETTE – The Town Office will be closed Monday, June 30, for the year-end closing of the books.

Jay office hours

JAY – The Jay Town Office will close at 11 a.m. Monday, June 30, to allow for the closing of the books.

Schedule change

JAY – The recycling facility and transfer station will be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Friday’s trash collection will be on Monday, July 7. Recyclable collection will be postponed until the following Friday.

Market sellers

FARMINGTON – Despite the heat, the first day of the newly expanded Sandy River Farmers Market was deemed a success. Greens, meats, eggs, flowers, crafts and baked goods were available for shoppers during the new hours of 3 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. Those hours are in addition to the Friday hours from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market is still accepting members for this season. For more information, phone Julia Staples at 778-3115. Any locally made or produced agricultural products are eligible farmer’ market goods.

Jazz Camp

FARMINGTON – The Maine Jazz Camp will return to Farmington for three weeks starting July 6. Under the direction of Christine Correa, the camp offers students the opportunity to work with well-known jazz musicians. The faculty takes turns leading jazz performances, which are free and open to the public. Donations are accepted for students’ camp scholarships. The performances are at 8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays in either C131 or in Nordica Auditorium at the University of Maine at Farmington. This year, the musicians include Art Baron, trombone; Dave Ballou on trumpet; Tony Malaby, tenor sax; Andy Rathbun, tenor sax; Matt Shulman on trumpet; Vardan Ovsepian, piano; Pete McCann on guitar; Frank Carlberg, piano; and Correa, voice. After July 8, locations may be determined by phoning 778-7611. For a complete list of the faculty and the concert schedule, people may check online at www.ArtsInstitute.org

Reassessment

LIVERMORE – The town of Livermore has contracted with John E. O’Donnell & Associates of New Gloucester to do a property assessment. For the next year, representatives of the company will visit each property in Livermore. They will carry company identification and a letter of authorization from the Livermore municipal officials. The program will provide Livermore with a computerized assessment record system. Property owners will be able to meet with representatives of O’Donnell Associates before the new assessments are finalized.

SeniorsPlus picnic

WILTON – SeniorsPlus will host an indoor buffet-picnic starting at 11:45 a.m. Thursday, July 3, at the center on Routes 2 and 4. Country western music will be provided after the meal by Nancy and Bing Crosby. The meal includes hamburger or hot dog on the grill, potato and pasta salad, veggie plate, chops and an ice cream sundae. Diners should call ahead for a reservation. The meal is available on a donation basis for seniors 60 and older, their spouses or people with disabilities. Suggested donation is $3.50. All others are welcome for a fee of $5.

July 4th sale

RANGELEY – An open-air art exhibit and sale featuring 30 local artists and artisans will take place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Fourth of July at the former Frost Country Gift Shop across from South Shore Drive on Route 4. The show is organized this year by the Birds of a Feather Gallery, a co-op of four Rangeley artists. For more than 10 years, Joan Frost, Claudia Comstock and Nancy Teel organized and ran this holiday event at the gift gallery. When Frost retired and closed her shop last year, she offered to let the Birds of a Feather group, Sonja Johnson, Heidi Sorensen, Anne Walker and Pam Ellis, take over the show. The four artists’ work will be available at the show as well as woodworking, florals, quilting, wearable art, paintings and other unique items. The Giving Tree of Rangeley, which helps ensure that all local children have gifts at Christmas, will sell food and cold beverages. For more information, people may phone Heidi Sorensen at 864-2078.

Ecologist talk

RANGELEY – The Wilhelm Reich Museum will present a program on Invasive Plant Species in Maine by Toni Bingel, associate ecologist with the Maien Natural Areas Program. The program will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 6, at the museum’s conference center. The program is designed to provide information to home and camp owners who may be unsure which kinds of wildflowers to naturalize and which to avoid. It will include plants that are causing problems in southern New England and are moving northward, since care must be taken to avoid their introduction or spread to Maine. This is the first in the museum’s Natural Science Program’s summer workshop series each Sunday in July and August. All the programs are free and open to the public.