LIMESTONE – The Maine School of Science and Mathematics, a member of the National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology and Maine’s only public residential high school, will hold informational meetings during the week of Jan. 3.

The meetings will feature a short video, a presentation for prospective students and families, information about summer programs and an opportunity to speak with students and parents. Informational meetings will be held in Bangor, Belfast, Brunswick, Houlton, Mexico, Saco, Springvale and Thomaston.

For more information, call the Admissions Office at 800-325-4484. The public is also welcome to visit the school at any time.

Applications are available on the Web at www.mssm.org or by calling 800-325-4484. The priority review date for the 2005-2006 school year is March 1.

Seeking teens

GARDINER – Johnson Hall’s sixth annual Teen-Elementary School Shows program is seeking teens interested in theater and art for creative, paid positions. Teens will help write, direct and produce plays in local schools with elementary students as the actors.

Needed are six theater directors and three art directors who are enthusiastic, skilled with elementary students, committed, reliable and have their own transportation or can arrange it. The program operates from late January to early May in two-week sessions, three days a week.

Interviews will take place from Jan. 4 to 14. Teens can contact Johnson Hall Executive Director Judy Lloyd for an application and interview at 582-7144, [email protected] or go in person to 280 Water St.

Augusta classes

FAIRFIELD – Kennebec Valley Community College will begin offering a dozen classes in Augusta early next year in an effort to expand access to its programs.

The college has rented rooms and office space at the Augusta Armory on Western Avenue for the off-campus courses, and the first classes will start on Jan. 18. An open house where students can register and meet with college staff and instructors will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the Armory.

Acting Academic Dean Karen White said tuition for the courses will be the same as that paid for on-campus courses.

A listing of times and dates for the classes is available online through the Web site at www.kvcc.me.edu or by phone at 453-5119.

Winter swap

NASHUA, N.H. – The New England Antique Radio Club will hold its winter swap meet from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 22, at Saint Stan’s Hall, Pine Hill Road.

Club members from throughout New England, New York and New Jersey will participate with more than 100 tables of antique and collectible radios, TVs, parts, books, magazines, advertising and other related items for sale or trade.

Special events will include three radio contests featuring Trans-Oceanic, tube testers and items bearing Edison’s name or image. The public is invited.

Admission during exhibitor set-up from 7 to 8 a.m. is $15; early admission from 8 to 9 a.m. is $5 and general admission after 9 is $2.

For more information, contact club president Marty Bunis at 603-938-5051 or e-mail [email protected]. Visit the club Web site at www.nearc.net.