Municipal meetings

Pownal selectmen will meet Mondays, April 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., at Mallett Hall.

The Solid Waste Committee meets Monday, April 8, at 6 p.m., Mallett Hall.

The Planning Board meets Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. The board will also hold ordinance review workshops Tuesdays, April 9 and 23, at 8 a.m., at Mallett Hall.

The Regional School Unit 5 budget review will be held Wednesday, April 10, at the Pownal school cafeteria. A light meal is at 5:30 p.m., followed by public comment at 6:30.

Breakfast, dinner

at First Parish Church

The Men’s Breakfast at the First Parish Congregational Church of Pownal, 422 Hallowell Road, is held the first Saturday of each month (April 6) at 7:30 a.m. at the church. It is open to any men who want to come. They do not have to be affiliated with the church. The Rev. John Wentworth leads the discussions.

The church is also hosting its annual Missions Potluck Dinner, Saturday April 6, at 5 p.m. After-dinner speakers are Dan and Heather Litchfield, who train leaders in the Campus Crusades for Christ outdoor programs that take place at colleges throughout the United States. The church provides them with financial support. The Litchfields will also speak the next morning at service.

Beans and spaghetti

The North Pownal United Methodist Church will be holding a public baked bean and spaghetti supper on Saturday, April 6, from 4:30-6 p.m. Tickets are adults $6, children 4-12 years $3, and free for 3 and under.

Heaven’s Blend

sets concerts

The band Heaven’s Blend will perform Saturday, April 6, at 7 p.m., at St. Matthew Church, Route 196, Lisbon Falls. Donations of food and money are welcome.

Proceeds will benefit the Lisbon Area Christian Outreach Food Pantry.

The band will also perform Saturday, April 13, at 6:30 p.m., at the North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Hallowell Road, Pownal. The concert will be presented in a coffee house format with light refreshments. Admission is free and there will be a free will offering.

Pre-K information

night April 4

Pownal Elementary School’s Pre-Kindergarten Parent Information Night is Thursday, April 4, from 6:30-7 p.m. Pownal Elementary School has a two-year pre-kindergarten and kindergarten experience. The informational night is for parents with incoming 4-year-olds. For more information, call 688-4832.

Recycling reminders

The Pownal Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Committee reminds residents that acceptable items to recycle at curbside include: items clean cardboard and paperboard, newspapers, magazines, mail and catalogs, paper bags, phone books, hardcover books, milk and juice cartons, drink boxes and aseptic containers, and shredded paper (put in clear bags); plastic milk jugs, empty water bottles, detergent bottles, all rigid containers marked No.1 through 7 (except Styrofoam), plastic grocery and large shopping bags marked No. 2 and 4; and empty glass bottles and jars of any color.

Pownal’s single-sort recyclables go to ecomaine in Portland where they are sorted and processed both by machine and by hand. It is important not to include certain items in curbside recycling, including garden hoses, rope, ribbon, wire, newspaper bags or long and narrow items. These items get wrapped around the automated recycling equipment. Other items are excluded for reasons of safety to ecomaine employees, for sanitation purposes, for lack of markets for certain materials, and for inability of equipment to handle them.

For more details, go to www.ecomaine.org/recycling, or call 773-1738. Pownal perennially has one of the highest recycling rates among Cumberland County communities.

Tuesdays

for food pantry

The North Pownal United Methodist Church food Pantry on Lawrence Road is open every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m.-noon. All are welcome.

12 Steps

Durham 12 Step meetings are Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., at the First Parish Congregational Church, 422 Hallowell Road. For more information call Linda G. at 207-650-4536.

Church services

North Pownal Methodist Church worship is Sunday at 9 a.m. Sunday School 10:30-11:30. For more information, call 837-0682 or email chaplainraymond@gmail.com.

The First Parish Congregational Church, Route 9, holds worship service on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages is 11 a.m.-noon. Bible Study meets at the church on Tuesday at 7 a.m. For more information, call 688-4846 or email jwent16@hotmail.com.