Board members needed

LEWISTON — SeniorsPlus is seeking volunteer members for the board of directors and various committees that help support and direct the mission of the agency.

SeniorsPlus provides services to older adults and adults with disabilities in the Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford county areas.

The board is looking for someone with a background in business, marketing, law, or accounting, and an interest in its mission.

Board meetings are held the last Monday of the month at 9 a.m. in Lewiston. For more information, contact Betsy Sawyer-Manter, executive director, at 795-4010 or email [email protected].

Radio pledge drive a success

LEWISTON – Building on the success of previous Super Thursday One-Day Radio Pledge drives, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network launched another single day fund-raising effort on Nov. 7. The goal was to raise $250,000 and gain 500 new members.

The pledge drive outperformed expectations over only 18 hours of fundraising. In total, 556 new members joined MPBN’s membership base and $258,364 in pledges was secured.

The “Super Thursday” format taps into MPBN’s listeners’ enthusiasm to keep the programs interruption-free as much as possible over a single day of pledge. Volunteers and MPBN employees manned pledge hotlines in the Portland studio and MPBN.NET received a high volume of pledges throughout the day.

Alumni drum, bugle corps started

LEWISTON — A Maine Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps Project has been initiated.

The group is for any former drum corps member who might be interested in belonging to an Alumni Corps in Maine.

Check on Facebook at “Maine Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps Project,” contact Dick Henward at Facebook.com/Dick.Henward or email [email protected] for more information.

Library to host probate workshop

AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library will host a “Probate Basics” workshop from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, in the Reading Room. Judge Susan W. Longley of the Waldo County Probate Court will give an overview of estate planning, wills and powers of attorney. The program is free and open to the public.

Longley will help attendees become familiar with the various provisions in Maine’s three primary documents of estate planning: advance directives for health care decision-making and financial decision-making and wills. There will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Lithgow Library is located at 45 Winthrop St. For more information, call 626-2415 or visit the library’s website at www.lithgow.lib.me.us.

Extension to host Maine Food Summit

ORONO  — Registration is under way for the 2013 Maine Food Summit, a daylong conference Friday, Dec. 6, at the University of Maine. The event, sponsored by University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Wells Conference Center on the Orono campus.

Tim Griffin, associate professor and director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University, and Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, are keynote presenters. In addition, there will be panel discussions and workshops.

Cost is $30 ($20 students) for those who register by Friday, Nov. 22, and $40 ($30 students) for those who register from Nov. 23 until the Nov. 27 deadline. Lunch is included. To register, or to request a disability accommodation, call Meghan Dill at 581-3878. For more information, contact John Jemison at 581-3241 or visit http://umaine.edu/agriculture/maine-food-summit/.