Technology petting zoo

PARIS — The Maine State Library’s Technology Petting Zoo will visit the Paris Public Library on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23.

E-books, readers and tablets are growing in popularity, with a wide variety of different devices available. For the purpose of providing hands-on familiarization and comparison between the varying e-readers and tablets, the Maine State Library created a “Technology Petting Zoo” of devices, including the Nook SimpleTouch (e-reader), Kindle Fire (tablet), Kindle PaperWhite (e-reader), Apple iPad Mini (tablet), Nook HD+ (tablet) and a Google Nexus (tablet).

With electronic devices for reading e-books being popular gifts during the holiday season, the Technology Petting Zoo’s visit will allow people to handle and compare an assortment of gadgets outside of a store and before making a holiday purchase.

At 1 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 23, Jennifer Lewis of the library staff will provide a guided tour of the devices’ different features. Also, the devices will be available at the circulation desk from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and during the morning Saturday for anyone interested in trying them out.

For more information, call the library at 743-6994 or e-mail [email protected].

Church women to hold sale

PARIS — The annual Christmas sale, sponsored by the United Methodists Women, will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Deering memorial United Methodist Church (Stone Church), corner of Main and Church streets.

There will be gift baskets, harvest bake table, cookbooks, cutlery, ornaments and gifts.

Food pantry to be open

OTISFIELD —  The Food Pantry will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at East Otisfield Free Baptist Church, Rayville Road. The pantry is open on the fourth Friday of every month. For more information, call 539-4619.