Open house

AUBURN – The Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society will have an open house from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, to coincide with the Festival FrancoFun. The library is located at the Great Falls School, 140 High St., corner of Academy Street. For more information, call 786-3327.

The library is free and open to the public. Those wishing can bring surnames, so librarians can trace ancestors.

The library has a new supply of the World War II books published in 2000 for sale for $25. It also has charts, CDs, maps and miscellaneous forms for sale.

For more information, phone President Maureen Chicoine at 783-2104.

Teddy bear ride

BRUNSWICK – Friends of David D’Angelo will hold a benefit motorcycle ride Sunday, Aug. 6, to honor D’Angelo’s memory and to collect teddy bears for a Maine State Police victims unit.

David D’Angelo, Bowdoin College’s former director of facilities management, died in a motorcycle accident in 2004. His friends have organized the teddy bear ride as a way of honoring his memory.

Riders will assemble at the Ground Round restaurant, 110 Community Drive, Augusta, beginning at 8:30 a.m. The ride will commence at 10. The group will ride to D’Angelo’s grave in Readfield for a moment of reflection and memory, before making their way to the Kennebec River.

The ride will follow along the river into Brunswick and end at approximately 12:30 p.m. at the David D’Angelo Memorial Bench on the Cleaveland Quadrangle, Bowdoin College. For more information on the ride, contact Hallisey at [email protected].

Deck-building

PORTLAND – When the deck and pergola of Peabody House became rotted and unsafe for use by the center’s residents, the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Maine voted to rebuild it free.

David Pressly, president of the National Association of Home Builders, is coming to Portland on Saturday, Aug. 5, to take part in the project.

Chosen by HBRA of Maine for its commitment to the special housing needs of its residents, Peabody House is the only assisted-living facility from Massachusetts to Maine providing comprehensive programs and 24-hour care to people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

All labor and materials will be provided at no cost. Carl Chretien, president of the Maine association and project manager for the Peabody House rehabilitation, said the project will take roughly three days.

For more information on home builders, visit www.userpages.prexar.com/homebuilders.