PERFORMING ARTS (Washington Post)

Joseph Silverstein, the distinguished former concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an experienced conductor, did a nice job of opening the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra`s 15th anniversary season Sunday at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria. The ensemble, drawn...

TUESDAY (The Advocate)

Heath Masonic Breakfast: 8:30 a.m.; Heath Masonic Complex, 875 Irving Wick Drive W, Heath; $5. Vintage Voices Choral Group Practice: 9:30 to 11 a.m.; Centenary United Methodist Church, 102 E. Broadway, Granville; (740) 366-5042.

Forecast Today (North Adams Transcript)

NORTH ADAMS — The North Adams Masonic Association and the New England Ghost Project, together with the Berkshire Paranormal Group, will sponsor Contact II, the second annual Berkshire Paranormal Conference.

History made (Gloucester Advocate)

History was made at the 92nd annual installation ceremony at Gloucester`s Masonic Lodge recently when the grand master of NSW and the ACT Raymond Brooke attended the ceremony.

Mystic Tie #74 sponsors high school essay contest (Augusta Gazette)

The Masonic Grand Lodge of Kansas will again be holding an Essay Contest. This is the 48th consecutive contest for junior and senior class students in the tax-supported public high schools in Kansas. The topic of this year`s contest is entitled, “How is Trade With China Affecting Life in America?”

Masons offering scholarships (The Carrollton Leader)

Members of Carrollton Masonic Lodge 1400 are raising money for scholarships to be provided for eligible seniors who will graduate from any of Carrollton’s four high schools.

AREA HAPPENINGS (Jacksonville Daily News)

SEMPER FIDELIS Masonic Lodge will have an Emergent Communication at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 for work and instruction in the 1st Degree. ONSLOW COUNTY Teen Court at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 21. Sign-in at 5:45 p.m. E-mail onslowteencourt@yahoo.com .