Holy Week services

WATERFORD – The Rev. George Frobig invites members and friends of the Oxford County United Parish churches in North Waterford and Stoneham to join in services for Holy Week, beginning with a Palm Sunday worship service at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 1, at the North Waterford Congregational Church, located off Routes 35 and 37.

A Maundy Thursday supper will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5, at the North Waterford Church vestry. The simple supper will be followed by a Tenebre service and Holy Communion.

On Easter Sunday a sunrise service will be jointly conducted with Waterford Congregational Church at 5:45 a.m. at Keoka Lake town beach, followed by Easter breakfast at the Wilkins House next to the Waterford Congregational Church on Plummer Hill Road. An Easter Sunday worship service will be held at 10 a.m. at the North Waterford Congregational Church.

Holy Week

PARIS – Holy Week services at First Universalist Church, 36 Pine St., Paris, will begin with Palm Sunday worship on April 1. Dr. Art Judge will lead the 10 a.m. service. Renee Wales will lead the Sunday school. Child care is provided.

Brunch will follow in Good Cheer Hall. Shirley Miller will lead the Maundy Thursday Communion service at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5. Music for the services will be by the choir and Forest Perkins, church organist. All are welcome.

Support group

BRIDGTON – WeightWatchers will meet at Bridgton Hospital at 3:30 p.m. starting Monday, April 2. The public is welcome. For more in formation, contact Kathy Hansen at 892-3004 or 653-1007 or Kathy Christensen at Bridgton Hospital at 647-6131.

Knitters to meet

PARIS – The Western Maine Knitting Guild will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, April 3, at the First Congregational Church, 17 East Main St., Paris. A speaker from a local yarn shop will present the program. Those interested in knitting are welcome to attend.

For more information, call Midge Leighton at 743-7677 or Marvis Maynard at 744-0167. In the event of a storm if the schools are closed, there will be no meeting.

Library event

NORWAY – Norway Memorial Library will host a First Friday Opening of a fiber arts exhibit from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 6, presented in collaboration with Western Maine Art Group.

Lee Barth, Ellen Benner, Amber Brooks, Suzanne Bruno, Connie Schmotzer-Fletcher, Rose Ellen Harmon, Diane Jackman, Joan Moorhead, Doreen Simmons and Barbara Traficonte will display quilts, hooked rugs, crazy quilt soft sculpture, felted bags and knit shawls.

Tally Decato of Western Maine Art Group coordinated the exhibit to be shown in the library’s reference room and glass case display. Items will remain on view through May and may be seen whenever the library is open. For more information, contact the library at 743-5309.

Cuba update

NORWAY – A Cuba update will be given at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at Fare Share Commons, 433 Main St.

On the agenda will be a brief presentation on new directions for the Cuban people and the Cuban government, also a look at continuing challenges and new problems. A film, “Mountain of Light,” the story of Cuban doctors working in foreign countries, will be shown.

Refreshments will be served, and there will be literature and time for questions and discussion. Contributions in support of the summer trips are asked but not required. The program is being sponsored by Let Cuba Live of Maine. For more information, call Tom Whitney at 743-2183.

Registration set

HEBRON – Hebron Station School will hold kindergarten registration for the September classes from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 3. Any child who will be age 5 by Oct. 15 is eligible to register for kindergarten.

Parents should call the school secretary at 966-3323 to schedule a 15-minute appointment for the screening process. They should bring their child, a copy of the birth certificate, immunization record, physical examination record and appropriate legal documents if a guardian.

The child will have a vision/hearing test, a speech screening, height/weight measurements and a brief readiness screening.