ADULT RESPITE CARE

RANGELEY — The Adult Respite Care Program, called HARC (HELP ADULT RESPITE CARE), is a service which provides needed relief for caregivers of cognitively challenged seniors. The program has activities designed specifically to enrich the participants’ daily lives based on their capabilities, experience, interests and personality. This service is open Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., and is located at the lower level of Rangeley Family Medicine, 42 Dallas Hill Rd., and includes lunch and a snack. This program is sponsored by HELP (Helping Elders Live in Place), a program of Rangeley Health and Wellness. For more information, contact Laurie Soucy at (207)864-4397 option 6 or  laurie@rangeleyhealthandwellness.com.

CAREER FAIR

SANDY RIVER PLANTATION — Franklin County Adult Ed, together with Voc Rehab and the local Career Center, will host a Career Fair at Saddleback 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Saddleback. Speak with multiple employers, resource providers and career consultants.

DINNERS

PHILLIPS — Madrid community members are sponsoring a spaghetti supper and themed baskets auction in an effort to raise funds for their neighbors, Frank and Jen Militello, who lost their home and all its contents to fire on Sunday, March 2. The benefit is scheduled for, Saturday, April 12 at Phillips Elementary School, 1401 Rangeley Rd, Phillips. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5 – 7 p.m. Auction drawing will be at 6:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for those 12 and older, $5 ages 6-11, and children 5 and under are free. For more information, please call 639-2713. This is not an MSAD 58 sponsored event.

FOOD

RANGELEY — Rangeley Food Bank welcomes all to stop by every Tuesday 10 a.m.-12 noon at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St. We’ve got lots of good food to fill you up.

LIBRARY

RANGELEY — Book discussion groups will meet at Rangeley Public Library.  The Consciousness Book Group will meet Tuesday, April 15 and Tuesday, April 29at 3 p.m. to discuss “The Telepathy Tapes”, a podcast by Ky Dickens. Rangeley Readers will discuss “The Secret Book of Flora Lea” by Patti Callahan Henry on Wednesday, April 16 at 3 p.m. Adventure Book Group will meet on Wednesday, April 30, at 4 p.m. to discuss “Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories” by Simon Winchester.

MAHJONG

RANGELEY — Mahjong on Wednesday afternoons at 1 p.m., at the Townhouse Apartments lunch room, across from the Fire Station. $2 donation. Call Jackie @ 207-557-2503 for questions.

Mahjong at the Barn will held at the Rangeley Congregational Church Barn, 2 High Street,  1st and 3rd  Mondays of the month.  This gathering is for beginners and experienced players as well.  It is the perfect opportunity to learn the game.  Email Ann Franklin at annfranklin214@gmail.com.

MEETINGS

RANGELEY — Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings are held on Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. (Open Discussion), and Saturdays, 7-8 p.m. (Closed Discussion), at the Rangeley Free Baptist Church, 3 Lake St.

NIGHT SKY TOUR

RANGELEY — John Meader, owner of The Northern Stars Planetarium, will lead a virtual night sky tour beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 25.  The free event is being held as part of the International Dark Skies Week celebration. Learn about constellations, galaxies, and much more! The Night Sky Tours are sponsored by Dark Skies Rangeley, a community-led effort to conserve the dark skies over the Rangeley Region. Registration is required but there is no cost to attend. FMI or to register: visit the events page at rlht.org.

STORY HOUR

RANGELEY — Rangeley Public Library, 7 Lake St., offers a weekly story hour for preschool aged children from September until April vacation on Friday mornings at 10 AM. Children are invited to join us, accompanied by an adult, for stories and other early literacy activities. FMI: call 864-5529.

THRIFT SHOPPE

RANGELEY — The Church of the Good Shepherd Thrift Shoppe, 2614 Main Street, is open Friday and Saturday mornings 9 a.m. to noon. It is a place that is shopped by local folks, winter and summer folks, and the Rangeley Friends of the Arts searching for costumes and set decorations. The bargains are amazing and the range of goods diverse. Proceeds from our Shoppe support the operating costs of Good Shepherd and contributes to local, national and international agencies that provide for the poor and needy of the world. The Thrift Shoppe accepts donations of gently worn clothing, jewelry, accessories and household items. (No televisions, large electronics or furniture, please. See full list of items that can not be accepted in the Undercroft) Donations may be dropped off at the Undercroft anytime during the day or evening.