SOUTH THOMASTON — On Thursday, July 20, the Wessaweskeag Historical Society will hold its monthly evening gathering featuring good food and great speakers. Following the potluck supper at 6 p.m., the speaker will begin the program at 7 p.m., in the Society’s meeting room, which is located behind the Village Schoolhouse Museum at the corner of Rt. 73 and Dublin Road in South Thomaston. The public is invited to join for both the program and for the potluck.

This evening’s speaker is Don Reimer – a lifelong birder and photographer who resides in Warren. He is a Board Member of the Mid Coast Audubon Society and has led field excursions for local environmental organizations and the American Birding Association National Convention. He is also a Board Member of the Friends of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Rockland.

Reimer has participated in multiple citizen science projects including The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Maine (1978-83), the Maine Owl Survey, and the International Shorebird Survey. He currently serves as a regional coordinator for the 2018-22 Maine Bird Atlas project. “Birding with Don Reimer”  is a bi-monthly column that has appeared in the Free Press since 2007. Don Reimer is the author of Seen Anything Good? - a book published by Maine Authors Publishing that is about everyday people and the birds that inhabit and share the natural environment with them.

The Wessaweskeag Historical Society was founded three decades ago and is a nonprofit charitable organization anchored in South Thomaston. It maintains an archives and museum, and hosts monthly potluck suppers and heritage programming that is available to the public. The Society also hosts the annual Heritage Day, sponsors local historic preservation and cooperates with kindred community organizations. Higher education for local youth is supported through the Society’s scholarship program.