New hours

NORWAY — The Stephens Volunteer Services Thrift Shop, Danforth Street, will expand their hours for the fall season and will be open on Saturdays beginning Nov. 7 and continuing through Dec. 12.

The shop is currently open from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. There will be a two-week closure during the last two weeks of December for the holidays. The shop will reopen for regular business hours on Thursday, Jan. 7.
Stephens Volunteer Services is part of Stephens Memorial Hospital which is an affiliate of Western Maine Health and a member of MaineHealth. 

Girl scouts

WEST PARIS — Girl Scouts of Maine will host a parent information and
registration meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Agnes L. Gray Elementary School.

Girl Scouts is for girls between the ages of 5 to 17. For more information, contact Charlene Manson at 674-2283 or Jeanie
Duguay at 364-3639 or 1-888-922-4763, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.girlscoutsofmaine.org.

County Republicans

OXFORD — The Oxford County Republicans will met on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Oxford Advent Christian Church, Route 26. A social hour will be held at 5:30 p.m. followed by a dinner and business meeting at 6:30 p.m.

The dinner will be sponsored by the Hannibal Hamlin Women’s Club and the speaker will be Paul LePage, 2010 gubernatorial candidate. For more information, contact Loretta Mikols, communications director, at 875-2229 or e-mail [email protected].

Knitting club

PARIS — The Paris Public Library will host a knitting club from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays. The knitting club is open to everyone, from beginning to advanced, and all ages are welcome. Some
experienced knitters will be on hand to help teach people interested in
learning how to knit. There is no need to sign up to join the club.

For those learning, the library will have yarn available and some knitting needles for use while at the library. For more information, contact the library at 743-6994 or e-mail [email protected]. 

Bridge play

NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Duplicate Bridge Club met on Oct. 30, in the Fare Share Building, Main Street, when a 3 and 1/2 table Howell movement was enjoyed.

Finishing first in flight A and B were Richard Worthington and Jim Fallon.
Tied for second were flight A, Nancy Farmer and Marta Clements with flight B, Priscilla Rooth and Hazel Glazier.

Another game will be played at 9:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6. All bridge players are invited and a partner is guaranteed. For more
information, call Les Buzzell at 783-4153, 754-9153 or e-mail at
[email protected].

Hunters’ breakfast

BRIDGTON — The Bridgton Community Center will have an all you can eat hunters’ breakfast from 4 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Shawnee Peak. The cost is $9 each person.
Proceeds will benefit
the Bridgton Community Center mini-van fund. For more information, call the Bridgton Community Center at 647-3116.