Yard sale at Wilkins House

WATERFORD — An Indoor Yard Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Wilkins House, on Plummer Hill, next to the Waterford Congregational Church. All proceeds benefit the church improvement fund as well as the Wilkins House.

There will be a good selection of books to read on rainy days, plenty of children and adult games and a great selection of dishes, utensils, pots and pans at low prices for teens setting up for college dorms.

French Club yard sale Aug. 25

NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School French Club will have a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, across from the Guy E. Rowe School, Main Street.

Items will include household items, clothing for women and teens, and other items. All proceeds will go toward the club’s trip to France in April.

For more information, call Lynda Atchinson at 595-0894.

Harvest Fest seeks foodies

BETHEL — Growers, educators, producers and local foodies who would like to be a vendor or have an informational table at the Bethel Harvest Fest on Sept. 15 should contact the Bethel Chamber ASAP at 824-2282.

To encourage folks involved in local foods in the community to participate in the celebration of the harvest, the Chamber is waiving the vendor fee for growers, producers and educators; participants are asked instead to make a donation at the end of the festival.

Contact the Local Food Connection for more information: Amy Scott, 665-2800 or aefscott@gmail.com.

Medicare experts to meet

BRIDGTON — Three of Maine’s top Medicare experts will meet for a forum on Medicare from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Bridgton Community Center.

The panel consists of Stan Cohen, a well-known Medicare advocate and volunteer with Southern Maine Agency on Aging; Anne Smith, Medicare Rights Advocate of Legal Services for the Elderly; and Gordon Smith, executive vice president of Maine Medical Association.

Lisa Villa, who assembled the panel, said, “The purpose of the forum is to inform seniors of the new Medicare preventative benefits, the Wellness Visit, Medicare provisions in the Affordable Care Act and to carefully explain how the ACA will impact them.”

The forum will be taped by Lake Region TV and it will be distributed to community television stations throughout the state. For more information contact Lisa Villa at 776-3118.

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