HEBRON – Hebron will have new extended transfer station hours year round beginning Tuesday, April 15: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.

Seat check

AUBURN – A free safety seat inspection will be offered on Monday, April 14, at the Auburn Police Station, Minot Avenue. Call 782-5437 to make an appointment. Free booster seats will be available to those who qualify.

Litter drive

LEWISTON – In celebration of Earth Day and to reaffirm U.S. Cellular’s commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates, the company will launch the Seeking Action and Volunteerism for the Environment program and conduct a litter removal campaign.

Lewiston’s Earth Day celebration will take place at noon Tuesday, April 22, at Kennedy Park. Visit the Web site at www.uscellular.com for more information.

Mother-Son Social

AUBURN – A Mother-Son Social, sponsored by the Woman’s Literary Union of Auburn, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Foss Mansion, 19 Elm St.

In keeping with the theme, “Heroes Around Us,” the event will feature a fireman and a police officer, along with a fire truck and police cruiser. They will talk to the children about their jobs and answer questions, as well as read a story during story time. A snack will be served and each child will receive a goody bag.

The event is appropriate for ages 2 to 10. Tickets are $6 for a mother and one son; each additional son is $1. For more information, or to purchase tickets, call Debbie at 784-6492.

Food for pantries

LEWISTON – Ron and Grace Morrill, owners of Curves for Women in Lewiston, Auburn and South Paris, report that their clubs took part in Curves International’s national Food for Friends food drive during March.

The Lewiston Curves collected 1,368 pounds of food, which was donated to the food pantry at the Dominican Sisters in Sabattus. The Auburn Curves collected 870 pounds, donated to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Minot Avenue, Auburn. The South Paris Curves collected 775 1/2 pounds of food, which was donated to the Oxford Hills Food Pantry.

Bridge winners

LEWISTON — The Lewiston-Auburn Bridge Club winners at the Multi-Purpose Center on April 8 were: N/S, first, Lue Bilodeau and Roger Briggs; second, Martine Begert and Jeanine Kivus; third, Anna Vitiello and Ed Oldham; second in B, Patricia and Mike Quinn; E/W: first, Alberta Turner and Connie Simpson; second, Patricia Garcia and David Lock; third, Marta Clements and Nancy Farmer; second in B, Amy McGuinness and Helen Little.

The winners at the Clover Manor on April 9 were: first, Martine Begert and Patricia Garcia; tie second/third, Patricia Quinn and Rosemarie Goodwin with Anna Vitiello and Mike Quinn.

Games are played at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Goodwin at 783-1734 for more information.

Attend conclave

WALES — Thomas J. Ustach, and Edmund Zuis from Oak Hill High School attended the National Science Teachers Association’s 51st National Convention on March 27 to 30 in Philadelphia. Thousands of teachers, science supervisors, principals, scientists and other science education leaders from across the country attended the convention to exchange ideas about effective ways to better prepare students for academic excellence in science education.

Take tour

BETHEL – Gould Academy recently hosted Maine educational technology directors, administrators and librarians, including Ashley Hayes, Lisa Cooper and Randy Swift of SAD 52 in Turner, for a daylong tour and demonstration of the school’s Linux-based academic network.

“Linux is a free operating system that is quickly gaining in popularity among school districts as the matters of software licensing costs, network manageability and security grow in importance,” said Derek Dresser, Gould’s technology director. The Linux system has been the operating system of the Gould Academy network for nearly two years. Dresser discussed Linux, then built a Linux terminal server from scratch. Participants were then taken on a tour of Gould’s network facilities and labs and later were able to use the Linux software.