Meetings resume

MONMOUTH – Regular meetings of Post 204, American Legion, will resume at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, and continue every third Tuesday through September.

Meetings are held at the Monmouth Fish and Game clubhouse at 347 U.S. Route 202, near the intersection with Blue and Bog roads.

Veterans and active duty members of the military who have served during time of war or national emergency, and who live in the greater Monmouth area, are welcome to join the post.

History talk

NEW GLOUCESTER – Candace Kane of the Maine Memory Network, an online museum of Maine history, will be the featured speaker at the Thursday, March 19, meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society at the New Gloucester Meeting House, Route 231.

All are invited to the 7 p.m. program. Refreshments will be served. A business meeting will follow.

Driver course

LEEDS – An AARP driver safety course for drivers age 50 and older will be presented from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Rural Community Action Ministry, 81 Church Hill Road.

The course will replace the original two-day, eight-hour presentation.

The registration fee is $14 a person and advance registration is required. To register, phone Tom Harvey, volunteer instructor, at 597-2331. Class size is limited to 15 participants and registrations will be accepted as long as space is available.

The AARP class helps drivers learn about defensive driving techniques, new traffic laws, rules of the road, and it helps older drivers learn how to adjust their driving to age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Insurance companies in Maine are now required to give discounts to drivers 55 and older who complete the course. More information may be found at www.home.earthlink.net/~drivesafe-me.

Lunch meeting

LEWISTON – The next brown bag lunch of the Maine Women’s Fund will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at the B-Street Community Center, 57 Birch St.

Megan Williams, executive director of Hardy Girls Healthy Women, will discuss how media messages to girls and women undermine sisterhood, coalition and friendship.

To register, e-mail [email protected] or phone 774-5513.

Bridge play

LEWISTON – The Lewiston-Auburn Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on Monday, March 9 were as follows: first, Pete Cummings and Dick Allen; second/third tie, Roger Labbe and Larry Fortier with Linda Leotsakos and Luke Merry; fourth, Mary Leahey and Rosemarie Goodwin.

Games are played at 9 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays at the Multi-Purpose Center and at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Schooner Estates. A partner is guaranteed. Call Rosemarie at 754-1431 for information about all duplicate bridge games.

Extension meets

LISBON FALLS – The Androscoggin-Sagadahoc Counties Extension Association invites all county residents to its annual meeting on Monday, March 23, at the Extension office, 24 Main St. A potluck supper will begin at 6 p.m., with the meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The agenda includes approval of the annual financial report and counties’ appropriations requests and the elections of Executive Committee members and officers, who volunteer their time and efforts.

For more information, e-mail at [email protected] or call 353-5550 or 800-287-1458.