Registration is still open for the “A Day in the Woods” forestry event at Hidden Valley Nature Center on Saturday, Oct. 14. Live music, hands-on learning opportunities, an all-day kids activity tent, and guided walks are just some of the options during this full day of forestry-related learning and fun. Registration is only $5 per person or $15 per family.

The South Bristol Historical Society will hold its final 2017 program on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at the UCC Parish Hall on Rutherford Island. The program will celebrate the South Bristol Ladies Aid Society, highlighting a cookbook it produced in 1930. Reprinted copies of the cookbook are available for $10 each and refreshments that night will feature recipes from the cookbook.

The Wiscasset Beta Rho Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will sell raffle tickets for a beautiful quilt for $2 each or six for $10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 at Ames True Value Hardware & Supply, 447 Bath Road, Wiscasset. Proceeds from the raffle will go to benefit the American Cancer Society. Cash and checks will be accepted.

The sights and sounds of fall include many things like crisp mornings, apple picking, and cider season, and the leaves changing color. Most of all, perhaps, autumn makes people think “pumpkins.”

Samoset Fish & Game Club fall turkey shoot competitions will take place as follows at the Samoset Fish & Game Club rifle range, Transfer Station Road, Bristol:

Sunday, Oct. 15: Shotgun shoot at 9 a.m., ammunition provided; archery competition at noon, bring own arrows (field tips only)

The Somerville Fire Department will hold a turkey dinner with all the fixings on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

The Wells-Hussey American Legion Post No. 42 Auxiliary will host a public pumpkin breakfast in conjunction with Damariscotta Pumpkinfest at the American Legion Hall on upper Main Street in Damariscotta. The breakfast will be held on Sunday, Oct. 8 from 7:30-10:30 a.m.

Pie by the slice will be on sale over Damariscotta Pumpkinfest weekend, Oct. 8-10, thanks to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church on Glidden Street, next to the river in Newcastle. The church will use its Main Street parking lot for its “Heavenly Pies” stand, selling pumpkin, apple, and pecan pies baked by skilled parishioners, along with cider and coffee.

Veterans from all branches of the U.S. military are invited to attend an informal get-together on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 9:30-10-30 a.m. at Chase Point Assisted Living, 51 Schooner St., Damariscotta. The group meets the first Wednesday of each month at Chase Point.