Help greyhounds

AUGUSTA – The Maine Greyhound Placement Service will have a fall open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16 and 17, rain or shine.

There will be center tours, raffles, silent auction, pet photographer, doggie spa, games, contests, food and shopping. Greyhound adoption information will be available. Admission is $5 for adults; free, children under 14.

All proceeds will benefit greyhound adoption efforts. The center is located at 249 Old Belgrade Road across from the Maine Veterans’ Cemetery. For directions or more information, visit www.greyhoundplacement.com.

College fair

GORHAM – The University of Southern Maine’s Costello Sports Complex will be filled with high school students and their families as the students search for colleges at the annual New England Association of College Admission Officers College Fair from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24.

The free event, intended for students interested in attending college, their families and guidance/college counselors, offers the opportunity to speak with admissions officers from more than 200 institutions.

To see a list of participating institutions, visit http://neacac.org/cf_fall.cfm and click on “University of Southern Maine.” For more information, contact USM’s Office of Undergraduate Admission at 780-5670 or call NEACAC at 603-659-9897.

Encampment

AUGUSTA – Old Fort Western, the National Landmark fort, store and house historic site on the riverfront in downtown Augusta, will conduct an encampment and program to recall Benedict Arnold’s 1775 attempt to capture Quebec during the early days of the American Revolution on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 22, 23 and 24.

Arnold’s forces stopped at Fort Western while on route to Canada.

The program will get under way at 7 p.m. Friday with a talk by James L. Nelson, author of “Benedict Arnold’s Navy: The Ragtag Fleet that Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution.” Nelson will speak in the Fort’s learning gallery at city hall.

The scene will then shift to Fort Western on Saturday and Sunday, when members of White’s Co., a Revolutionary War-era re-enactment unit, will encamp to interpret and demonstrate events and activities associated with Arnold’s march and his stay in the local area.

The fort will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission each day will be $5 for adults, $3 for children between the ages of 6 and 16; free, under 6 and all Augusta residents. Call 626-2385 for more information.