Craft meeting

FARMINGTON – A Franklin County arts and crafts meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the North Dining Hall, Section A, University of Maine at Farmington.

The president, secretary and treasurer will be on hand at 6:30 to meet with prospective new crafts people who should bring samples of their work.

This is the first of three meetings leading up to the UMF Craft Fair held on the first Saturday in December.

VFW dance

JAY – VFW Post 3335, Route 133, will host a dance with a local band, Alibi, playing from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Sept. 27. Munchies will be provided. Tickets are $6 in advance or $7 at the door. For more information, call Paul Chretien at 897-4018 or the post at 897-5112.

Baked bean meal

NEW SHARON – Family baked bean take-out will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4, at the New Sharon Congregational United Church of Christ, Cape Cod Hill Road. The meal will include a quart of baked beans, a pint of coleslaw, yeast rolls or brown bread and family-size homemade pie for $15. To reserve meals, call Mary at 778-2366.