The next concert at All Souls Church will be at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 25, 2016. Gifted young artists from Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill will be playing a variety of chamber works for strings. The concert is free; a reception will follow the program. The event is being sponsored by the Arlan A. Baillie Steinway Performance Series at All Souls Church; by Congregation Beth Israel; and by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. More information about Kneisel Hall and its activities can be

“Wow, this kinda restores my faith in humanity,” said the smiling young father of 3 children under 4 years of age as he looked at the four cords of wood just stacked by members of the Assist-JC Eastport 2016 team. It was Saturday, our last day of work. A chance encounter with the man’s wife as we looked for someone who owned chickens to whom we could take our vegetable scraps led to the “Random Act of Kindness.” (We have found that there are never random acts…only providentia