Office hours

The Town Office, at Mallett Hall, is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday 8:30 a.m.-6:30 and closed Friday.

Meetings

The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet Monday, June 1, 15 and 29, at 7 p.m., in Mallett Hall.

The Regional School Unit 5 budget meeting is Wednesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m., at Freeport High School Gym. This meeting is for the public to review and make recommendations to the RSU 5 board on how much the towns would like to spend for the public education budget.

Art on exhibit

The Pownal Elementary School Student Art Show went up May 17 at Edna & Lucy’s, 407 Hallowell Road. The work will be on exhibit at the restaurant for six weeks. The art teacher is Chake Higgison.

Beans, spaghetti on church menu

The North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, will host a public baked bean and spaghetti supper on Saturday, June 6, from 4:30-6 p.m. On the menu are three kinds of beans, spaghetti with meat sauce, potato salad, cole slaw, biscuits and brown bread, pickled beets and assorted homemade pies. Tickets are adults $8, children 4-12 years $3, and 3 and under free. The site is handicapped accessible. For more information, call Kim, 865-3517.

Food pantry on Wednesdays

The North Pownal United Methodist Church food Pantry on 851 Lawrence Road is now open every Wednesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The pantry never knows from week to week what it will be getting. Fellowship, coffee and snacks are served before food distribution. If any farmers or others would like to donate to the pantry, contact the Rev. Ray St. Pierre, 837-0682, or Deb Larrabee, 240-1637. The church office number is 688-4938. The pantry helps those in need and welcomes everyone.

Men’s breakfast at church

The First Parish Church of Pownal hosts a men’s breakfast the first Saturday of each month at 7:30 a.m., open to any men who want to come. The Rev. John Wentworth leads the discussions.

Church services

Prayer, Praise and Worship, with the Rev. Raymond St. Pierre, is held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m., at the North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road. For more information, call St. Pierre at 837-0682 or Lay Leader Deb Larrabee at 240-1637.

North Pownal United Methodist Church worship service is Sunday at 9 a.m. Sunday School for children and adults is at 10:30 a.m.

St. Pierre’s hours are Wednesdays from 8 a.m.-noon, by appointment in the afternoon and Thursdays by appointment. The church phone is 688-4938. The church’s website, www.northpownalumc.org, also has an email link for the pastor.

The First Parish Congregational Church, Route 9, worship service is 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 p.m. For more information, call the Rev. John Wentworth, 688-4846, or email jwent16@hotmail.com.

Boy Scouts Parker Hall, left, and Derek Welch work to clip back bittersweet.Members of Boy Scout Troop 45 from Freeport/Pownal recently helped the Pownal Conservation Commission pull invasive species off plants on the Poland Range Road in Pownal.  Working on the project – with the brush pile in back of them – are, from left, Derek Lovitch, Ruth Hannan, Matt Welch and Rosemary Whitney of the conservation commission, and scouts Parker Hall, Leo Li and Sam Yankee. In front is scout Thomas Mosier. Courtesy photos