RICHMOND -- An event to meet the local candidates will be held at Enterprise Grange 48, 15 Alexander Reed Road, at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

All candidates for every local office have been invited to speak. Write-in candidates also are welcome.

Elections are June 10, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at the Richmond High School gym.

Windsor ballotnominees announced

WINDSOR -- Absentee ballots are available at the Windsor Town Office for the primary, the state referendum question and municipal elections.

Voting day is June 10. The annual town meeting is 10 a.m. June 14 at the Windsor Elementary School gymnasium, Town Clerk Sarah Cunningham said.

Running for selectmen are incumbents Thomas Birmingham and Thomas Squiers Jr. Challenging them are Ronald Brann, a former selectman; and Richard H. Gray Jr. The posts are for three years.

Running for Budget Committee are incumbents Ray Bates, Elizabeth Choate, Patricia Nasie, Cheryl Pratt and Mary Ellen Peaslee. There are four more open posts.

Two alternate posts, for three years each, also are available.

The two incumbents are running again for Windsor School Committee are Esther Bolen and Shellie Nichols.

Absentee ballotsavailable in Chelsea

CHELSEA -- Absentee ballots for June 10 primary elections are now available at the Town Office.

Boat, bike swapto benefit lake group

MANCHESTER -- If you're in the market for a boat or bike, you might swing by the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed's 1st Annual Boat & Bike Swap, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

"It's really a yard sale," said Bob Moore, executive director of the group.

Among the highlights Moore expects are a 24-foot sailboat, a bass boat, plus a number of other kayaks, canoes, bicycles and other boat- and bike-related items.

He's had to turn down a couple of things, however, including a turkey smoker.

"It's not boat or bike-related," Moore said, although the would-be donor said he took it along on hunting an camping trips. "We reserve the right to reject items," Moore said.

Owners can sell their own items and donate 10 percent of the price to the Friends group, or the group will sell the item and keep 20 percent of the proceeds. Or individuals can donate items to the Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed.

The group has a large banner outside the swap site at the Oakes & Parkhurst Business Center on U.S. Route 202.

For more information, visit www.watershedfriends.com.

Elks bring $233,449to fight vs. cancer

CARRABASSETT VALLEY -- Members of the Maine Elks Association presented a check for $233,449 to the Maine Children's Cancer Program at their 79th annual State Convention at Sugarloaf/USA, the culmination of Maine Elks fundraising efforts for the 2007-08 fraternal year.

This is the 24th year the two organizations have worked together, with Maine Elks donating nearly $2.5 million dollars to the program during that time.

This year, they set a new record of giving, breaking the old record by $11,226.94, the Elks said.

For more information on the Elks, visit www.maineelks.org.

Compiled from staff reports