AUBURN – State Sen. Lois Snowe-Mello of Poland will host an informational session on the state’s circuit-breaker tax relief program from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Auburn Hall.

State Rep. Pat Flood of Winthrop, a business consultant, will be available to share his expertise on the new eligibility standards and how tax refunds are calculated.

The program is not the same as the state’s homestead tax exemption program; it’s in addition to it. Approximately 50 percent of Maine’s households are eligible for the circuit-breaker program.

If a person’s adjusted individual earnings are less than $74,500 – $99,500 for a family – and the person’s property taxes are more than 4 percent of his or her income, or the rent is more than 20 percent of income, that person probably qualifies for a refund.

For more information, people may call Snowe-Mello at 784-9136.

Auburn Hall is at 60 Court St. Parking is available on the third level of the parking garage directly behind the building. People can take the walkway to the second floor of the building. The informational session will be in Room 204.

Church classroom to be dedicated

GREENE – The congregation of the Universalist Church of Greene will dedicate a new classroom at the church at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28.

The addition to the church, erected in 1836, was needed to accommodate a growing number of students enrolled in the church’s education programs, according to the Rev. Stanley Tanner. The room, built using donations from the congregation, will also serve as meeting space, Tanner said,

Visitors will have an opportunity to tour the building, including the sanctuary, where a large Harry Cochrane painting depicting Jesus as the good shepherd hangs behind the pulpit. The painting, which is one of Cochrane’s lesser-known works, measures 6 by 10 feet. Cochrane, considered a celebrated mural painter throughout New England and New York, also painted the desert scenes at the Kora Temple in Lewiston and was the architect and interior artist of Monmouth’s Cumston Hall.

The church is at 398 Route 202 in Greene. Refreshments will be served after the dedication.

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