‘FUNdraiser’ planned to benefit Wendell resident

WENDELL — A “Musical Afternoon FUNdraiser” will be held at Town Hall on Sunday, March 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. Proceeds will help resident Shelley Hines with medical expenses.

Award-winning singer-songwriter Carrie Ferguson will kick off the event with piano songs, followed by the band City of Alanis, which plays the music of Alanis Morissette.

March 28: ‘Tully Mountain Owl Prowl’

ORANGE — The community is invited to participate in a free “Tully Mountain Owl Prowl” on Saturday, March 28, in the fields and forest at the base of the mountain.

Thomas Wansleben, a state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife habitat biologist, will be on site at the Tully Mountain Wildlife Management Area from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Guests will practice owl calls and learn about owl behavior as day turns to night.

There are no indoor facilities at this location, so people are encouraged to dress in layers and sturdy footwear for walking on ungroomed trails and standing in the cold, and possibly the snow. The event is open to all ages.

Send an email to dwyer-huppert@mountgrace.org to RSVP.

Nominations sought for Shirley Page Award

ORANGE — Nominations are being accepted for the Shirley Page Community Pride Award. The award recognizes people who make Orange a better place to live.

Forms can be found at tinyurl.com/CommunityPrideAward. Previous winners include Ginette Richard and the Pioneer Junior Women’s Club.

Wendell author to read from poetry collection

Author Mara Bright, of Wendell, will read from “Finding Home,” her new collection of poetry published by Haley’s of Athol, three times in the following two months.

She will be at the Wendell Free Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 4; the New Salem Public Library at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 9; and the Shutesbury Public Library on Tuesday, May 5, at 6 p.m.

Bright has twice captured second place in the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest organized by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library. Bright is a former high school English teacher and school librarian who has facilitated adult writers’ groups for at least 20 years.

Her early poems appear in “Bone Cages,” an anthology published by Haley’s. She is also the author of “The Constant Heart,” a memoir published by Levellers Press of Amherst.