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SUNDAY, APRIL 20

BROWN­ING­TON EASTER COM­MU­NITY BREAK­FAST
In cel­e­bra­tion of Easter, Brown­ing­ton Cen­ter Church will host a com­mu­nity break­fast fol­low­ing an out­door ser­vice on the front lawn. The ser­vice will be­gin at 8:30 a.m. and the break­fast will be served af­ter­ward. Menu in­cludes ham, sausage, home fries, eggs, pan­cakes, and var­i­ous other good­ies. Free. For more info call Pas­tor Neal Perry, 802-754-2396.

EASTER COM­MU­NITY MEAL IN DERBY
There will be a free com­mu­nity Easter meal at the Elks Club #2155 in Derby on Sun., April 20. De­liv­ery, take-out, and dine-in op­tions avail­able. Call 802-673-6674 to re­serve your meal and for times.

MONDAY, APRIL 22

EARTH DAY OPEN HOUSE IN NEW­PORT
Cel­e­brate the of­fi­cial pub­lic launch of the Mem­phrem­a­gog Sci­ence and Ed­u­ca­tion Cen­ter (Mem­SEC) on Mon., April 22, from 4-7 p.m. Ex­plore pan­els and equip­ment, see what’s avail­able for school groups and more. Up­stairs in the Gate­way Cen­ter – New­port Ma­rina at 84 Fyfe Drive, New­port.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25

PLAN­E­TAR­IUM PRE­SEN­TA­TION IN AL­BANY
See “Mag­nif­i­cent Mi­gra­tions” with the VINS Star­lab portable plan­e­tar­ium in the Al­bany Town Hall on Fri., April 25, from 2-3 p.m., ages 5 and up. Seat­ing is lim­ited. Con­tact aplvt­di­rec­tor@gmail.com to make a free reser­va­tion.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

MAC AN­NUAL PO­ETRY READ­ING
April is po­etry month, and MAC Cen­ter for the Arts in New­port is host­ing its an­nual po­etry read­ing on Sat. April 26, from 1-3:30 p.m. Bring orig­i­nal po­etry to read or lis­ten and en­joy the dis­cus­sion. For more info or to reg­is­ter con­tact Di­anne La­plante at la­plante@vtlink.net.

SAT­UR­DAY AN­I­MAL STO­RY­TIME
Join Ash­ley LaRoche and her furry pal on Sat., April 26, at the St. Johns­bury Athenaeum at 11 a.m. for an­i­mal sto­ry­time and to meet and greet with spe­cial guest Lilly the dog.

SATURDAY, APRIL 27

“GATHER” READ­ING AND DIS­CUS­SION
Ken Cad­ow’s book Gather il­lus­trates un­fair and ex­clu­sive as­pects of Ver­mon­t’s hous­ing land­scape. Kahlia Liv­ingston and Jess Hy­man will dis­cuss the book, along with top­ics re­gard­ing af­ford­able hous­ing and hous­ing dis­crim­i­na­tion in Ver­mont at the Al­bany Pub­lic Li­brary, 830 Main St., Al­bany, on Sun., April 27, at 3 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 3

MOTH­ER’S DAY CRAFT FAIR
Over 30 ven­dors and a pho­tog­ra­pher for Moth­er’s Day por­traits will be at the Moth­er’s Day Craft Fair at Bar­ton Graded School on Sat., May 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 9

GAR­DEN­ING PRE­SEN­TA­TION IN HOL­LAND
On Fri., May 9, at 6:30 p.m., Michelle LaRocque-Tip­ton from Fire­fly Farms will pre­sent gar­den­ing tips at the Nul­he­gan Ed­u­ca­tion and Cul­tural Cen­ter (old Hol­land School). Fire­fly Farms sup­ports the Hol­land Food Shelf.

SATURDAY, MAY 10

SHADOW LAKE DAM FUNDRAISER
Shadow Lake Dam fundraiser auc­tion on Sat., May 10, at the Glover Town Hall. Potluck at 5 p.m., auc­tion at 6 p.m. All pro­ceeds go to Shadow Lake Dam fund. Auc­tion items drop-off on Fri., May 9 at Glover Town Hall, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 17

WRIT­ING WORK­SHOP IN NEW­PORT
The MAC Cen­ter for the Arts is host­ing a writ­ing work­shop, “Cre­at­ing Char­ac­ters in Mem­oir” on Sat., May 17, from 1-3 p.m. at the down­stairs gallery at 158 Main Street in New­port. Cost is a $5 do­na­tion to the MAC Schol­ar­ship Fund. Sign up at the gallery or con­tact in­struc­tor Patty Oliver-Smith at pat­tyos@earth­link.net or at 802-755-6772.

SUNDAY, MAY 18

FOR­AGE AND FLOUR­ISH SPRING FES­TI­VAL
Newport Downtown Development’s “Forage and Flourish: a Spring Festival,” takes place Sun., May 18, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Municipal Building gym in Newport. The festival will feature a diverse array of activities and attractions, including crafts, educational presentations, a marketplace of vendors, seeds, and more. For more info, visit discovernewport.org.

SATURDAY, MAY 24

SAT­UR­DAY AN­I­MAL STO­RY­TIME
Join Ash­ley LaRoche and her furry pals at the St. Johns­bury Athenaeum at 11 a.m. for an­i­mal sto­ry­times and to meet and greet with spe­cial guests. Sat., April 26, read with Lilly the dog. Sat., May 24 read with baby goats. Sat., June 14 read with Davey the minia­ture horse.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

PSY­CHIC AND HOLIS­TIC FAIR IN NEW­PORT
Find spir­i­tual fun, mag­i­cal ven­dors, read­ings, mas­sage, reiki, sound heal­ing, and more at the Psy­chic and Holis­tic Fair at Gard­ner Park in New­port on Sat., June 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

SAT­UR­DAY AN­I­MAL STO­RY­TIME
Join Ash­ley LaRoche and her furry pals at the St. Johns­bury Athenaeum at 11 a.m. for an­i­mal sto­ry­times and to meet and greet with spe­cial guests. Sat., April 26, read with Lilly the dog. Sat., May 24 read with baby goats. Sat., June 14 read with Davey the minia­ture horse.

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COMMUNITY MEALS & FOOD SHELVES

AL­BANY FOOD SHARE
The Al­bany Food Share is open every Sat­ur­day from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the en­trance to the Al­bany Town Hall, Route 14.  If the in­crease in the cost of al­most every­thing is af­fect­ing your abil­ity to feed your fam­ily healthy foods, please know that the Al­bany Food Share is open to all.  Reg­is­tra­tion is not re­quired.  If you live in Al­bany or Iras­burg and are phys­i­cally un­able to pick up a Food Share, de­liv­ery can be arranged by call­ing Na­dine at 802-755-6703, or Han­nah at 802-793-4642. The Al­bany Food Share is part of the Hard­wick Food Pantry and the Ver­mont Food Bank.

COM­MU­NITY MEALS AT THE BAR­TON HUB
Free meals served Tues­days and Thurs­days from 12-1 p.m. at the Bar­ton Memo­r­ial Hall. Giv­ing closet open Tues­days and Thurs­days 12-3 p.m. For more info call Ally How­ell (802) 673-8379. NEKO has fund­ing un­til 3/​1 to pay for rides to the Bar­ton com­mu­nity meals. Call Rural Com­mu­nity Trans­port at (802) 748-8170 to sched­ule a free ride 48 hours in ad­vance. Free rides avail­able to any­one liv­ing in Al­bany, Bar­ton, Brown­ing­ton, Coven­try, Glover, Iras­burg, Or­leans, Sut­ton, and West­more. Ask for a ride to the Bar­ton Memo­r­ial Hall.

GLOVER SE­NIOR MEALS
Meals served Wednes­days at noon, bingo at 1 p.m. For info about the meals and se­nior cen­ter call (802) 525-1000. For info about bingo call Maryann Royer 802-525-0084

GREEN MOUN­TAIN BIBLE CHURCH OF IS­LAND POND
567 Route 105, West Charleston Rd. www.gm­biblechurch.org. 802-723-6143. Free com­mu­nity din­ner served every sec­ond Mon­day at 4 p.m. Food dis­tri­b­u­tion every sec­ond Mon­day at 4:30 pm.

HOL­LAND FOOD SHELF
26 School Rd, Derby Line, 05830. Sched­ule for April: Wed., April 16, 9 a.m.-Noon; Wed., April 30, 4-7 p.m. Sched­ule for May: Wed., May 7, 4-7 p.m.; Sat., May 17, 9 a.m.-noon; Mon., May 19, truck ar­rival, vol­un­teers wel­comed; Wed., May 21, 9 a.m.-noon; Wed., May 28, 4-7 p.m.

IS­LAND POND CON­GRE­GATE MEAL-SITE
Lunch is served Mon­day, Tues­day and Fri­day at noon. Is­land Pond Com­mu­nity Ser­vice is lo­cated at Sun­rise Manor, 94 Main Street in Is­land Pond. For info, call 802-723-6130. Sug­gested do­na­tion is $5 per meal, but only pay what you can. All are wel­come.  Also pro­vided are Meals-on-wheels for the fol­low­ing ar­eas: Is­land Pond, East Charleston, West Charleston, Mor­gan, Nor­ton, Canaan and Bloom­field. If any­one know needs Meals-on Wheels, call 800-642-5119 to sign up.

OR­LEANS FED­ER­ATED CHURCH
The Or­leans Com­mu­nity Food Shelf con­tin­ues to op­er­ate Mon­day morn­ings from 8:30-9:30 a.m. with a pre-packed bag dis­tri­b­u­tion. No sign up needed.

ST. MARK’S FREE LUNCH & FOOD SHELF
St. Mark’s Food Shelf, in the Parish House, is open every Mon. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. It makes no dif­fer­ence where one lives, or fi­nan­cial stand­ing. Each will re­ceive a bag of gro­ceries with ad­di­tional food of­fer­ings if avail­able.  Free Lunch on the 2nd Tues­day of every month from noon-1 p.m. in the Par­rish House. 44 Sec­ond St. New­port. 802-334-7365.

TROY AREA LI­ONS CLUB COM­MU­NITY/​SE­NIOR MEAL­SITE
All are wel­come to en­joy the weekly meal at the West­field Com­mu­nity Cen­ter, 59 North Hill Road (at School Street). The meal is served at noon each Thurs­day. A $4 do­na­tion is sug­gested. To-go meals are avail­able for pickup around 12:15. For pickup or­ders call 802-744-5466 af­ter 10 a.m. on Thurs­day.

THE GENNY MEAL PRO­GRAM
Un­der the Feed it For­ward Fund and Genny Meal pro­gram, 20 free meals will be avail­able to pa­trons of the Gen­ny’s two lo­ca­tions in Al­bany and Crafts­bury. Do­na­tions to the Feed it For­ward Fund, in the form of a check, can be made out and mailed to Crafts­bury Gen­eral Store, 118 South Crafts­bury Road, Crafts­bury, VT 05826, with Feed it For­ward in the memo line.

VT FOOD­BANK VEG­GIE VAN GO MO­BILE FOOD PANTRY
Pick up at the East­side Restau­rant in New­port the fourth Tues­day of every month from 9:30-11 a.m. No need to reg­is­ter.

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FARMERS MARKET

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SUMMER CAMPS/PROGRAMS

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ONGOING

AL-ANON – ST. MARK’S, NEW­PORT
Trou­bled by some­one else’s drink­ing or drug use? At­tend an Al-Anon meet­ing. Per­sonal anonymity, as well as con­fi­den­tial­ity of mem­bers shar­ing in the pro­gram, cre­ates a safe place to get help. Vir­tual and in-per­son meet­ing dates and times are listed at www.ver­mon­ta­lanon­ala­teen.org. The in-per­son weekly meet­ing is St. Mark’s Epis­co­pal Church (in the Parish Hall be­hind church) on Tues. from 7-8 p.m. at 44 Sec­ond St., New­port.

AL­CO­HOLICS ANONY­MOUS
For any­one who thinks they have a prob­lem and would like help, vir­tual meet­ing dates and times are listed at https://​aavt.org. Click on blue vir­tual meet­ing links or call the NEK area con­fi­den­tial hot­line at 802-334-1213.

ALZHEIMER’S CARE­GIVERS SUP­PORT GROUP
New­port (VT) Alzheimer’s Care­givers Sup­port Group pro­vides sup­port and in­for­ma­tive ex­change with those car­ing for some­one with de­men­tia. Monthly, in-per­son, every 4th Tues., 3:30-5 p.m. at the Goodrich Memo­r­ial Li­brary, Main St., New­port, 2nd floor. In­for­mal and con­fi­den­tial. El­e­va­tor ac­cess and hand­i­cap park­ing in rear of build­ing. Ques­tions? Con­tact Suzi, 802-673-9499 or suzi.dix01@gmail.com.

AMER­I­CAN LE­GION POST #7 HARD­WICK
51 North Main St., Hard­wick. On­go­ing bingo every Mon. night. Doors open at 6 p.m., bingo starts at 7 p.m. Kitchen serv­ing small menu un­til 8 p.m.

AMER­I­CAN LE­GION POST #21 NEW­PORT
Lo­cated at 5 Vet­er­ans Ave. in New­port (next to the high school). Bingo every Fri. at 6:30 p.m. and Sun. at 12:30 p.m. Live mu­sic from 6-9 p.m. Thurs.

BE­REAVE­MENT SUP­PORT GROUP
Or­leans Es­sex VNA & Hos­pice First Year’s Firsts pro­vides a monthly sup­port group for peo­ple who have ex­pe­ri­enced the loss of a loved one over the past year. Fa­cil­i­tated by the OEVNA Chap­lain “Mickey” Richards and OEVNA So­cial Worker Donna Lau­rin. Meets the first Tues. of the month from 3-4 p.m., at OEVNA, 46 Lake­mont Road in New­port. For more info, call OEVNA at 802-334-5213. No pre-reg­is­tra­tion needed.

BILIN­GUAL (SPAN­ISH-ENG­LISH) PLAY­GROUP
Sun., 2-3 p.m.  at the John Woodruff Simp­son Memo­r­ial Li­brary for chil­dren ages 4-9, ac­com­pa­nied by an adult. Free. 1972 East Crafts­bury Road, East Crafts­bury.

BOR­DER BOARD GAMES IN DERBY LINE
Play mod­ern board games like Wingspan or Ticket to Ride the third Sat. of each month at the Derby Line Vil­lage Hall from 5-11 p.m. No ex­pe­ri­ence nec­es­sary. Games are taught. Bring your own games or just show up. For more info, con­tact Bethany at my­ers­bethany@hot­mail.com or text 802-624-0862 or visit www.face­book.com/​groups/​bor­der­boardgames. Email for Dis­cord in­vite link. Bor­der Board Games will not be hosted in Sept. 2025.

BRIDGE CLUB – ARTHUR AIKEN DU­PLI­CATE
The Arthur Aiken Du­pli­cate Bridge Club meets Mon­days at 12:30 p.m. at 160 Rail­road St. in North Troy. For more info, con­tact Eric Mc­Cann at 802-988-4773 or Denny Lyster at 802-744-6839.

CRAFT­ING IN DERBY LINE
Craft the sec­ond Sat. of each month at the Derby Line Vil­lage Hall from noon-4 p.m. Con­ver­sa­tion, paint­ing, needle­work, vis­it­ing, etc. Con­tact Ken at kwetherb@com­cast.net or 802-334-8033.

COM­MU­NITY SEED EX­CHANGE
CSE is a ser­vice of the Bar­ton Pub­lic Li­brary. Pro­vid­ing free seeds to all res­i­dents of the North­east King­dom with a wide as­sort­ment of veg­etable, herb, and flower seeds. There are en­velopes avail­able for pickup to do­nate seeds col­lected from your gar­den or the wild. Vi­a­bil­ity charts avail­able via email. Now open, when­ever the li­brary is open. For more info, email nek­seeds@gmail.com.

COM­MUNI-TEA CRAFT­ING IN NEW­PORT
A four-week “com­muni-tea craft­ing” pro­gram be­gins Thurs., Mar. 20 and runs every Thurs. through April 10 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Green Moun­tain Nat­ural Foods Café at 194 Main Street in New­port. No pre-reg­is­tra­tion or fee re­quired. Bring your knit­ting, cro­chet, or other pro­ject and en­joy a free cup of tea or cof­fee with fel­low crafters.

COM­PAS­SION­ATE FRIENDS
The North­east Chap­ter of Com­pas­sion­ate Friends meets every third Tues. of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Or­leans Fed­er­ated Church, School St. in Or­leans. Los­ing a child is the worst loss any par­ent can en­dure. Join in shar­ing, bring a photo, maybe a poem, you need not walk alone. Call if at­tend­ing or for ques­tions con­tact Fran Smith at 802-673-9910 or Bev Gage at 802-673-9027.

OLD-TIME MU­SIC JAM
On the first and third Wednes­day of each month, start­ing on Mar. 19, from 6-8 p.m., there will be an old-time jam ses­sion with acoustic mu­si­cians of all ages and abil­i­ties at the Simp­son Memo­r­ial Li­brary in East Crafts­bury.

OR­LEANS AN­NUAL PLANT SALE
The Or­leans County Nat­ural Re­sources Con­ser­va­tion Dis­trict is host­ing its an­nual plant sale on­line. Na­tive plants and shrubs, wet-lov­ing trees and flow­er­ing plants, fruit and nut trees, wil­low stakes, bee houses and wild­flower starts by FFA stu­dents are avail­able. Or­ders due by April 7, or­der on­line at: or­leanscoun­tyn­rcd.org.

DEATH CAFE IN AL­BANY
An in­for­mal con­ver­sa­tion about death, fa­cil­i­tated by Kelsey Cre­lin, the 6 p.m. on the sec­ond Wed. of each month at the Al­bany Pub­lic Li­brary. Re­fresh­ments pro­vided.

DANCES OF UNI­VER­SAL PEACE IN DERBY LINE
Sec­ond Sun. of each month at the Derby Line Vil­lage Hall from 2-4 p.m. Gen­tle, spir­i­tual cir­cle dances. No ex­pe­ri­ence nec­es­sary. In­door shoes. Phone ahead. For more info, con­tact Heather at 802-895-4341.

FOLK MU­SIC JAM
1st and 3rd Sat. at 10 a.m. Pope Li­brary (Com­mu­nity Cen­ter) in Danville. “Back porch style.”  Lis­ten­ers wel­come. For more info, call 802-684-2256 or Vicki at 802-535-6069.

GRIEF­SHARE SUP­PORT GROUP
Those griev­ing the loss of some­one close can find com­fort and sup­port at Grief­Share, a faith-based sup­port group start­ing Thurs. Mar. 27-Thurs. June 26 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the East Crafts­bury Pres­by­ter­ian Church, 1773 East Crafts­bury Rd., Crafts­bury. For more de­tails and to reg­is­ter, visit www.grief­share.org/​groups/​261354, or con­tact Vicki Strong at 802-754-2790.

JOUR­NEY TO RE­COV­ERY SUP­PORT GROUPS
212 Prouty Drive, New­port. 802-624-4156. https://​jtr-cc.org/. Par­ents in Re­cov­ery Group (M, W, F: noon-1 p.m.). Nar­cotics Anony­mous (Tues. at 6 p.m.). Seek­ing Safety (Thurs­days at 2 p.m.). All Re­cov­ery Group (Fri­days at 1 p.m.) Al­co­holics Anony­mous (Sun at 9 a.m. at North Coun­try Hos­pi­tal). All groups are ac­ces­si­ble over Zoom. Links on web­site.

JUG­GLING CLUB IN AL­BANY
Jug­gling club will be run­ning through the win­ter months on Sat­ur­days from 1-3 p.m. in the Al­bany Town Hall. Loaner gear is avail­able, and be­gin­ners are wel­come.

KNIGHTS OF COLUM­BUS – TROY
All-you-can-eat break­fast every third Sun. 8-11 a.m. to ben­e­fit fam­i­lies in need. $10. Free for kids un­der five. St. An­dre Bes­sette Parish, Troy Church Hall, 130 South Pleas­ant St. in Troy. For more info, con­tact 802-673-7510 or 802-323-2470.

MU­SIC JAM SES­SION IN DERBY LINE
Mu­sic jams will be held on the 4th Sun­day of the month from 1-4 p.m. at Derby Line Vil­lage Hall. All mu­sic play­ers wel­come. For more info, call Donna 802-673-9101.

NEK RAIN­BOW COALI­TION
LGBTQIA+ group meets every fourth Thurs. at 6:30 p.m. at 44 Sec­ond St. in New­port (be­hind St. Mark’s Epis­co­pal Church) for board games, peer sup­port, movie nights, dis­cus­sions, and Pride event plan­ning. Queer com­mu­nity mem­bers and al­lies wel­come. See nekrc.com for more de­tails.

NEW­PORT ELKS LODGE #2155
3736 US Route 5, Derby. Wed. – Pool tour­na­ments 6:30 p.m. $5 buy in. Thurs­days – Dart tour­na­ments 6:30 p.m. -$5 buy in. Bingo 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Fri­days – Pub night 5 to 7:30 p.m. Corn­hole at 6:30 p.m. bags fly at 7 p.m. $7 per per­son. Shuf­fle­board at 6:30 p.m. $6 buy in. All ac­tiv­i­ties open to the pub­lic. All-You-Can-Eat Break­fast 8-11 a.m. the first Sun­day of every month – adults $12, chil­dren 12 and un­der $6.

NORTH COUN­TRY QUIL­TERS GUILD
Meet­ings held on the first Tues. of the month at The Church of God in New­port at 6:30 p.m. The next meet­ing is April 1. New mem­bers wel­come re­gard­less of skill level. Con­tact Kathy Nolan at kathy.nolan@gmail.com or Noreen Hin­ton at noreen.hin­ton@com­cast.net to be in­cluded on the email list. For more info, visit www.north­coun­tryquil­tersvt.com.

OLD-TIME JAM SES­SION IN CRAFTS­BURY
On the first and third Wed. of each month from 6-8 p.m. there will be an old-time jam ses­sion at the John Woodruff Simp­son Memo­r­ial Li­brary, 1972 East Crafts­bury Road in Crafts­bury. All ages and abil­i­ties are en­cour­aged to at­tend.

OVEREATERS ANONY­MOUS
Overeaters Anony­mous of­fers re­cov­ery from com­pul­sive eat­ing and com­pul­sive food be­hav­iors. In-per­son meet­ings Sat. 9-10 a.m. at North­east­ern Ver­mont Re­gional Hos­pi­tal, 1315 Hos­pi­tal Drive, St. Johns­bury, Conf. Rm. 126; also ac­ces­si­ble by phone. For de­tails, more OA meet­ings, and pro­gram info, go to www.OAVer­mont.org or www.OA.org, or call 802-863-2655.

OR­LEANS RAIN BAR­REL RAF­FLE
The Or­leans County Nat­ural Re­sources Con­ser­va­tion Dis­trict is host­ing a raf­fle for a hand-painted rain bar­rel, all pro­ceeds to ben­e­fit North­east King­dom Or­ga­niz­ing (NEKO). The rain bar­rel was painted by lo­cal artist Tat Ariel Goreau. Tick­ets can be pur­chased on­line at www.or­leanscoun­tyn­rcd-plantsale.org/​shop. It will be on dis­play over the next month at Green Moun­tain Nat­ural Foods in New­port and Parker Pie in West Glover.

SPAN­ISH/​ENG­LISH BILIN­GUAL PLAY­GROUP
Span­ish/​Eng­lish bilin­gual play­group for chil­dren ages 4-9 on Sun., 3-4 p.m. at the J.W. Simp­son Li­brary in East Crafts­bury.

SPAN­ISH CON­VER­SA­TION CLASS
Join a six-week Span­ish Con­ver­sa­tion Class at the Simp­son li­brary in East Crafts­bury, de­signed for be­gin­ners to early in­ter­me­di­ate learn­ers, but open to all lev­els. All ages wel­come, you can come to one or all six classes. Please email jwsimp­son­memo­r­ial@gmail.com to reg­is­ter, and note in your email what dates you plan to at­tend.

STAMP CLUB IN NEW­PORT
Meets on the first and third Wed. of every month at CAL­LICO, 326 Bluff Road in New­port from 7-9 p.m. Call De­nis for de­tails at 802-334-6001.

VFW POST #798 AUX­IL­IARY
141 Cen­tral St., New­port. New­port. Reg­u­lar monthly meet­ing the sec­ond Sun. of the month at 6:05 p.m. Visit Face­book-VFW POST 798 Aux­il­iary to view the menu.

WEST­FIELD PLAY­GROUP
A play­group in part­ner­ship with NEKCA Par­ent Child Cen­ter for ages 0-6 will be held at the Hitch­cock Memo­r­ial Mu­seum & Li­brary, every Tues., from 10:30-11:30 a.m. For more info, call 802-624-0997 or email sguyette@nek­cavt.org.

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CHURCH NOTIFICATIONS

ALBANY & EAST ALBANY        

AL­BANY CHURCH – 906 Main Street, Al­bany. 802-755-6252. Pas­tor Tuan Tran. Sun­days, at 10 a.m. Nurs­ery – teen Sun­day School.

EAST AL­BANY CHURCH – 2881 Creek Road, Iras­burg. 802-323-7667.

BARTON AREA

LAKE RE­GION PARISH – BAR­TON UNITED CHURCH, GLOVER COM­MU­NITY CHURCH & WEST GLOVER CON­GRE­GA­TIONAL CHURCH – 802-525-3607.  Jan­u­ary Sun­day ser­vices will be held at the West Glover Con­gre­ga­tional Church at 10 a.m. Sun­day school avail­able.

MOST HOLY TRIN­ITY PARISH – Bar­ton, Or­leans, and Iras­burg. Mass times: Sat­ur­day at 4 p.m. at St. There­sa’s in Or­leans; Sun­day at 8:15 a.m. at St. John Vian­ney in Iras­burg, 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s in Bar­ton; Wednes­day at 6:15 p.m. at St. There­sa’s in Or­leans; Thurs­day and Fri­day at 8:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s in Bar­ton. Check the bul­letin or call the rec­tory at 802-525-3711 to con­firm week­day Mass times.

NORTH­EAST KING­DOM QUAK­ERS – Sun­day Meet­ing for Wor­ship at 10 a.m. in the lower-level com­mu­nity room of the Bar­ton li­brary. Shar­ing of joys, con­cern and af­ter­thoughts. Zoom avail­able. Vee at 802-754-2029 or email Linda at nekquak­ers@gmail.com.

BROWNINGTON           

BROWN­ING­TON CON­GRE­GA­TIONAL CHURCH – Hin­man Set­tler Road, Brown­ing­ton Vil­lage. Reg­u­lar Sun­day ser­vice at 11 a.m.

BROWN­ING­TON CEN­TER CHURCH – 9 Spirit Road, Brown­ing­ton. Pas­tor Neal Perry. 802-754-2396.

CHARLESTON, EAST & WEST CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON GRACE MOVE­MENT – Rightly di­vid­ing the word of truth. 2 Tim­o­thy 2:15. For Bible study time and lo­ca­tion, call 802-723-4831.

PLY­MOUTH CON­GRE­GA­TIONAL CHURCH – 7068 VT-105, East Charleston. 802-723-5873. The church is hand­i­cap ac­ces­si­ble.

WEST CHARLESTON BAP­TIST CHURCH – 1028 VT Route 105, West Charleston. 802-895-4509. Sun­day ser­vice at 9 a.m. So­cial time fol­low­ing. Bible study Wednes­day at 6 p.m. In­terim Pas­tor, Glenn Pe­ter­son.

COVEN­TRY

GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH – 3 VT Route 14, Coven­try. 802-754-2363. Pas­tor Scott Libby. Wor­ship ser­vice Sun­days at 10 a.m. Hand­i­capped ac­ces­si­ble. Nurs­ery pro­vided and chil­dren’s church dur­ing ser­mon. Bible stud­ies in homes. Call for de­tails.

CRAFTS­BURY & EAST CRAFTS­BURY

EAST CRAFTS­BURY PRES­BY­TER­IAN CHURCH – 1773 Ketchum Hill Road, Crafts­bury. Sun­day Bible study 10 a.m. Sun­day wor­ship 11 a.m. YouTube at 11 a.m.

OUR LADY OF FA­TIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH – 21 Creek Rd., Crafts­bury. For Mass sched­ules, go to www.mqasvt.org.

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CRAFTS­BURY – 7 Church Lane, Crafts­bury Com­mon. 802-586-8028. unit­ed­churchcrafts­bury@gmail.com. Sun­day ser­vice is 10 a.m. Past ser­vices are avail­able at www.unit­ed­chur­chofcrafts­bury.com.

DERBY & DERBY LINE

CHURCH OF GOD IN DERBY – 295 Craw­ford Road in Derby. www.new­portcog.com. On Face­book @New­port-VT-Church-of-God.

FIRST UNI­VER­SAL­IST PARISH OF DERBY LINE – 112 Main St., Derby Line. 802-873-3563. 1u­ud­er­by­line@gmail.com. Visit www.der­by­lineuu.org for ser­vice sched­ule. Reg­u­lar Sun­day ser­vice at 10:30 a.m. in per­son and on Zoom. Fol­lowed by Pot luck.

ST. ED­WARD THE CON­FES­SOR – 59 Elm St., Derby Line. 802-334-5066. Masses: Sun­day 8:30 a.m., Mon­day & Fri­day 5:30 p.m.

GREENS­BORO & GREENS­BORO BEND

GREENS­BORO UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST – Join livestream wor­ship ser­vices Sun­day at 10 a.m. www.guc­cvt.org.

ST. MICHAEL CHURCH – 270 The Bend Road, Greens­boro Bend. Reg­u­lar Sun­day Masses 10:30 a.m. For parish info, go to www.mqasvt.org.

HARD­WICK & EAST HARD­WICK

HARD­WICK BIBLE BAP­TIST CHURCH – 296 South Main Street, Hard­wick. 802-472-5294.

ST. JOHN THE BAP­TIST EPIS­CO­PAL CHURCH – 39 West Church Street, Hard­wick. Church of­fice 802-472-5979. Tues­day evenings at 5 p.m., a brief prayer ser­vice is held on Zoom. Most ser­vices fea­ture or­gan mu­sic by mu­sic Di­rec­tor Rip Keller.

ST. NOR­BERT CHURCH – 193 Main St., Hard­wick. Reg­u­lar week­end Masses: Sat­ur­day, 4 p.m. and Sun­day 8:30 a.m. For info, go to www.mqasvt.org.

HOL­LAND

HOL­LAND COM­MU­NITY CHURCH – 3088 Val­ley Road, Hol­land. Rev. Robert Mar­tin, In­terim Pas­tor. Sun­day ser­vices and chil­dren’s church at 10 a.m. On­line Wor­ship on Face­book @Hol­land­Com­mu­ni­ty­Church. Con­tact through Face­book Mes­sen­ger. Bible study Wednes­day at 6:30 p.m. Hand­i­capped ac­ces­si­ble.

IRAS­BURG

IRAS­BURG UNITED CHURCH – Pas­tor Rev­erend Avril Cochran. Sun­day 9:30 a.m. Com­mu­nion first Sun­day of every month. Steeple lights for De­cem­ber are lit in lov­ing mem­ory of Tom Stel­ter from his wife &  fam­ily; and for Mom, Dad and Linda Re­ick from the LaMarche fam­ily.

IS­LAND POND

CAL­VARY BAP­TIST CHURCH IN IS­LAND POND – 0 Par­adis Moun­tain Rd., Is­land Pond. 802-723-1159. Pas­tor Dusty Pa­radee. Sun­day ser­vice at 6 p.m.

GREEN MOUN­TAIN BIBLE CHURCH OF IS­LAND POND – 567 Route 105, West Charleston Rd. www.gm­biblechurch.org. 802-723-6143. Sun­day Ser­vices at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednes­day Night Adult Bible Study at 6 p.m. Fri­day Fam­ily Fun Night at 6 p.m. Free com­mu­nity din­ner served every sec­ond Mon­day at 4 p.m. Food dis­tri­b­u­tion every sec­ond Mon­day at 4:30 p.m. Com­mu­nity Closet open Tues­day and Thurs­day 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

ST. JAMES THE GREATER – 146 Mid­dle St., Is­land Pond. Masses: Fri­day 11 a.m., Sun­day 10:30 a.m.

MOR­GAN

MOR­GAN UNITED CHURCH  – Mead Hill, Mor­gan. 802-895-4526. Sun­day ser­vices at 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m.  Nurs­ery and Sun­day School.  Rev Michael S. De­Sena.

NEWARK

NEWARK STREET UNION MEET­ING­HOUSE – Newark. For more info, Colleen Ged­dis at nsumh­secy@gmail.com.

NEW­PORT

FAITH LIGHT­HOUSE CHURCH—As­sem­bly of God – 51 Alder­brook Road, New­port. Sun­day adult Bible study at 9 a.m., wor­ship ser­vice at 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible study Wednes­day evenings at 6 p.m.

LIFE IN CHRIST FEL­LOW­SHIP – 81 Weaver St., New­port. www.lifeinchristvt.org and on Face­book. Sun­day ser­vice 10 a.m.

SEV­ENTH-DAY AD­VEN­TIST CHURCH – 37 Con­cord Av­enue, New­port. 207-812-8088; 802-334-3096. Sat­ur­day Sab­bath School at 9:30 a.m. Sat­ur­day Wor­ship Ser­vice at 11 a.m. Pas­tor Josias Baez-Ro­man.

THE CHURCH OF JE­SUS CHRIST OF LAT­TER-DAY SAINTS  – 3417 Dar­ling Hill Road, New­port. 802-334-5700. Sun­day – Sacra­ment meet­ing at 10 a.m. Sun­day School at 11:10 a.m. Pri­mary pro­gram for chil­dren 18 months and up dur­ing 2nd meet­ing.

ST. MARK’S EPIS­CO­PAL CHURCH – 44 Sec­ond Street, New­port 802-334-7365. www.stmark­snew­port.org. Ser­vices in per­son every Sun­day 9:30-10:30 a.m. with cof­fee hour fol­low­ing. Ser­vices also on Zoom. See Face­book for Zoom link or email info.saint­mark­snew­port@gmail.com. Food shelf open to all every Mon­day from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ST. MARY STAR OF THE SEA – 191 Cler­mont Ter­race, New­port. 802-487-9881. Masses: Sun­day Vigil 4 p.m. Sat­ur­day, Sun­day, 9:30 & 11 a.m. Mon­day-Sat­ur­day 9 a.m. & 4 p.m.

THE UNITED CHURCH OF NEW­PORT – Sun­day ser­vice at 9:30 a.m. Ser­vices broad­cast on NEKTV and on YouTube. Bags of food are avail­able at the church from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

OR­LEANS

OR­LEANS FED­ER­ATED CHURCH – 24 School Street, Or­leans. 802-754-6486. Or­leans­fed­er­ated@gmail.com. Sun­day wor­ship at 9 a.m. A Zoom link is avail­able. Email for Zoom in­vi­ta­tion.

SHEFFIELD

SHEFFIELD FED­ER­ATED CHURCH – Berry Hill Road, Sheffield. Sun­day ser­vice at 10:30 a.m. with Pas­tor Rob Perkins.

SUT­TON

SUT­TON BAP­TIST CHURCH – 802-525-4214. Pas­tor Mark Hein­richs. Sun­day ser­vices at 10:15 a.m. and on YouTube.com at Ver­mont Coun­try Pas­tor.

TROY

ST. AN­DRE BES­SETTE PARISH – For­merly Sa­cred Heart of Je­sus, 130 S. Pleas­ant St., North Troy. Mass 4 p.m. Sat­ur­day and 9 a.m. Sun­day morn­ing. Daily Mass every week­day at 9 a.m. ex­cept Mon­day when an hour of Ado­ra­tion takes place.

WEST­MORE

WEST­MORE COM­MU­NITY CHURCH – 27 Hin­ton Hill Rd., West­more. west­morecom­mu­ni­ty­church.com or on Face­book. The church will be closed the re­main­der of the win­ter and will re-open on Palm Sun­day, April 13.

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HOLY WEEK/​EASTER SER­VICES

NEWARK STREET UNION MEET­ING HOUSE
An­nual Easter sun­rise ser­vice, Sun., April 20, at 6:30 a.m. 1325 Newark St., West Burke.

ST. JOHN THE BAP­TIST EPIS­CO­PAL CHURCH IN HARD­WICK
Sun., Mar. 23, Third Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., March 30, Fourth Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., April 6, Fifth Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., April 13, Palm Sun­day, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Fri., April 18, Good Fri­day, noon; Sat., April 19, Holy Sat­ur­day, Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Sun., April 20, Easter Sun­day Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun. April 27, Sec­ond Sun­day of Easter, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.

ST. NOR­BERT CHURCH IN HARD­WICK AND ST. MICHAEL CHURCH IN GREENS­BORO BEND
Sat., April 12, Palm Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 4 p.m. Mass; Sun., April 13, Palm Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 8:30 a.m. Mass, St. Michael, 10:30 a.m. Mass; Thurs., April 17, Holy Thurs­day, St. Nor­bert, 6:30 p.m. Mass; Fri., April 18, Good Fri­day, St. Nor­bert, 3 p.m. Pas­sion of the Lord; Sat., April 19, Holy Sat­ur­day, St. Nor­bert, 8 p.m., Easter Vigil Mass; Sun., April 20, Easter Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 8:30 a.m. Mass, St. Michael, 10:30 a.m. Mass.

WEST­MORE COM­MU­NITY CHURCH
Sun., April 13, Palm Sun­day, 9 a.m.; Fri., April 18, Good Fri­day Tene­brae, prayers and can­dle­light, 7 p.m.; Sun., April 20, Easter Sun­rise at 7 a.m. at North Beach, fol­lowed by cof­fee, Easter Sun­day Wor­ship at 9 a.m.

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

CATA­MOUNT ARTS
15 East­ern Ave., St. Johns­bury. 802-748-2600. Free early child­hood ed­u­ca­tor work­shops, reg­is­tra­tion re­quired: Tues. nights on Zoom start­ing April 22. Ad­di­tional work­shops tak­ing place in-per­son May 9 and 10, and May 30 and 31. To reg­is­ter or learn more visit www.cata­moun­tarts.org.

CHARLES M. AND HANNA H. GRAY GALLERY
Lo­cated at North­east­ern Ver­mont Re­gional Hos­pi­tal (NVRH) on the hos­pi­tal’s main floor.  Art Gallery Cu­ra­tor Jen­nifer Layn, j.layn@nvrh.org. (802) 748-7313 All ex­hib­ited art is for sale and a por­tion of the pro­ceeds ben­e­fit the NVRH ARTs pro­gram.

CHARLESTON HIS­TOR­I­CAL SO­CI­ETY AND MU­SEUM
Mu­seum Drive, West Charleston. 802-723-6024. Open Weds. 2-4 p.m. June-Sept. or by ap­point­ment.

CRYS­TAL LAKE FALLS HIS­TOR­I­CAL AS­SO­CI­A­TION
The mu­seum is open by ap­point­ment. 802-525-3084. The Brick King­dom Park open dur­ing day­light hours.

DERBY HIS­TOR­I­CAL SO­CI­ETY AND MU­SEUM
37 Ju­nior High Drive, Derby. 802-766-8080. Open Sun­days 2-4 p.m. or by ap­point­ment.

FAIR­BANKS MU­SEUM
1302 Main Street, St. Johns­bury. 802-748-2372. www.fair­banksmu­seum.org.

GLOVER HIS­TOR­I­CAL SO­CI­ETY MU­SEUM
51 Bean Hill, above Town Clerk’s Of­fice and Glover Pub­lic Li­brary. Open most Mon­day af­ter­noons, 1-5 p.m., or by ap­point­ment. Call Betsy at 802-525-4051 or Joan at 802-525-6212.

GREENS­BORO HIS­TOR­I­CAL SO­CI­ETY MU­SEUM
29 Breezy Av­enue, Greens­boro.

GREATER BAR­TON ARTS
396 Main Street, Bar­ton. 802-525-3740. Closed for the sea­son. Open Stu­dio Mon­days 9:30-11 through Oct. 28 then mov­ing to the Bar­ton Pub­lic Li­brary ‘til spring.

HIGH­LAND CEN­TER FOR THE ARTS
2875 Hard­wick Street, Greens­boro. 802-533-2000. www.high­landartsvt.org. Open Wednes­day – Sun­day 11 a.m.-4 p.m. by reser­va­tion only.

MAC CEN­TER FOR THE ARTS
158 Main St., New­port. 802-334-1966. www.mac­cen­ter­fort­hearts.com. Open Tues. – Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Sun. and Mon. “MAC says, HELLO SPRING?” fine art ex­hibit opens April 11 and runs through Sat., June 7 in the down­stairs gallery at the MAC. The art open­ing takes place on April 11 at 5 p.m., free of charge.

MEM­PHREM­A­GOG HIS­TOR­I­CAL SO­CI­ETY
Emory Hebard State Of­fice Build­ing, 100 Main Street, New­port. 802-334-6195. Open to the pub­lic, Mon­day to Fri­day 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The ex­hibits is a per­ma­nent dis­play of pan­els: Cross­roads Be­fore & Be­yond Abenakis Cul­ture and Time­line, Re­mem­ber­ing the City of New­port’s Van­ish­ing His­tory of Leg­ends, and Cel­e­brat­ing Con­flu­ence.

MU­SEUM OF EVERY­DAY LIFE
3482 Dry Pond Road (Rt. 16), Glover. www.mu­se­u­mofevery­daylife.org. 802-626-4409. Open every day from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

NORTH­EAST KING­DOM AR­TI­SANS’ GUILD
Back Room Gallery at 430 Rail­road St., St. Johns­bury. 802-748-0158. www.nekar­ti­sans­guild.com. Open Tues­day – Sat­ur­day 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The Art of Hol­land Sweeney Deiringer show­ing through May 30.

OLD STONE HOUSE MU­SEUM & HIS­TORIC VIL­LAGE
109 Old Stone House Road, Brown­ing­ton. 802-754-2022. info@old­stone­house­mu­seum.org. www.Old­Stone­House­Mu­seum.org. Closed for the sea­son. Open mid-May to mid-Oc­to­ber. Grounds open year-round for self-guided tours.

THE PAINTERS LIGHT GALLERY
438 Main St., Derby. www.alyssade­labruere.com. Open Sat. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

PARKER PIE GALLERY
161 County Road, West Glover. 802-525-3366. Liz Chad­wick pre­sents: Up­hill: acrylic paint­ings on cheese­boards, through May 6. Open Tues.-
Sun. at 11 a.m.

THE SATEL­LITE GALLERY
71 De­pot St., Lyn­donville. 802-229-8317. Face­book.com/​the­satel­litevt. Open Wed., Fri., and Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by ap­point­ment. Claire Van Vli­et’s ex­hibit “Sky and Earth” will be on dis­play from April 2-May 31. Open­ing party Fri., April 11 from 4-7 p.m.

WHITE WA­TER GALLERY
5 River Street, East Hard­wick Vil­lage. 802-563-2037. white­wa­ter­gallery.blogspot.com Open Sun­day 11 a.m.-3 p.m. or by ap­point­ment.

WOOD­SHED GALLERY AT BREAD & PUP­PET THE­ATER
753 Heights Rd. in Glover at Bread and Pup­pet.

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LIBRARIES

AL­BANY PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
830 Main St., Al­bany. 802-755-6107. al­bany­pub­li­cli­braryvt@gmail.com. www.al­bany­pub­li­cli­braryvt.org. Open Mon. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Wed. and Fri. 3-6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Lego club on Fri­days from 3-4:30 p.m. Minecraft club Sat. from 1-3 p.m. Snacks pro­vided.

BAR­TON PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
100 Church St., Bar­ton. 802-525-6524. https://​bar­ton­pub­li­cli­brary.org. Open Mon­day 2-6 p.m., Tues­day 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Wednes­day 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri­day 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat­ur­day 10 a.m.-noon. Mon­day story time 4-5 p.m. Wednes­day story time 10:30 a.m.-noon.

COBLEIGH PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
14 De­pot Street, Lyn­donville. 802-626-5475. www.cobleigh­li­brary.org. Open Mon­day noon-5 p.m., Tues­day and Thurs­day noon-7 p.m., Wednes­day and Fri­day 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sat­ur­day from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

CRAFTS­BURY PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
149 Com­mon Loop, Crafts­bury Com­mon. 802-586-9683. di­rec­tor@crafts­bury­pub­li­cli­brary.com. www.crafts­bury­pub­li­cli­brary.org. Open Mon. 2-6 p.m., Tues. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wed. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thurs. 2-6 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Preschool story time: Tues­days and Fri­days at 10 a.m.

DAI­LEY MEMO­R­IAL LI­BRARY
101 Ju­nior High Drive, Derby Cen­ter. 802-766-5063. www.dai­leymemo­ri­al­li­brary.org. Open Tues­day and Fri­day 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Wednes­day and Thurs­day 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sat­ur­days 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

GLOVER PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
51 Bean Hill Rd, Glover. 802-525-4365. https://​glover­li­brary.org. Open Mon­day 9 a.m.-noon, Tues­day 2-5 p.m., Wednes­day and Thurs­day noon-5 p.m., and Sat­ur­day 10 a.m.-noon.

GOODRICH MEMO­R­IAL LI­BRARY
202 Main St., New­port. 802-334-7902. www.goodrich­li­brary.org. re­serve@goodrich­li­brary.org. Open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Story time: 10:30 a.m. every Thurs. geared for 2-4 year-olds. Book Club: 1 p.m. every third Thurs. Board Meet­ing: 12:15 p.m. every third Fri.

GREENS­BORO FREE LI­BRARY
53 Wil­son St., Greens­boro. 802-533-2531. greens­bo­rofree@gmail.com. www.greens­bo­rofreel­i­brary.org. Open Tues. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sun. 12 p.m.-2 p.m. Closed Mon. and Wed. Story time: 10:30 a.m. on Thurs­days

HASKELL FREE LI­BRARY AND OPERA HOUSE
93 Caswell Av­enue, Derby Line. 888-626-2060. info@haskel­lop­er­a­house.org. www.haskel­lop­er­a­house.org. Open to mem­bers Tues. to Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tours avail­able by reser­va­tion.

HITCH­COCK MU­SEUM AND LI­BRARY
1252 VT Route 100, West­field. 802-744-8258. www.west­field.vt.gov/​hitch­cock-li­brary. Open Tues. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Thurs. 1 p.m.-6 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

HOL­LAND FREE LI­BRARY
28 School Road, Hol­land. Open every Wednes­day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come take as many books as you’d like, there is no re­turn pol­icy. Watch for up­com­ing kids’ story time and other ac­tiv­i­ties hosted by the Hol­land Free Li­brary.

IS­LAND POND PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
49 Mill St, Is­land Pond. 802-723-6134. www.is­land­pond­pub­li­cli­brary.com

JOHN WOODRUFF SIMP­SON MEMO­R­IAL LI­BRARY
1972 East Crafts­bury Road, Crafts­bury. 802-586-9692. Open Wednes­day and Sat­ur­day from 9 a.m.-noon, Thurs­day from 9 a.m.-noon and 2-6 p.m., Sun­day noon-1 p.m.

JONES MEMO­R­IAL LI­BRARY
1 Wa­ter St., Or­leans. 802-754-6660. jones­memo­r­ial@com­cast.net. www.jones­memo­ri­al­li­brary.org. Open Mon. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Wed. 1-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

LEACH PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
130 Park Ave., Iras­burg. www.leach­pub­li­cli­brary.org. 802-754-2526. leach­pub­li­cli­brary­di­rec­tor@gmail.com. Open Mon., Wed., and Thurs. 3-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Story hour Fri. 10 a.m. Check Face­book and web­site for up­dates.

LOW­ELL COM­MU­NITY LI­BRARY
2270 Route 100, Low­ell. 802-744-2317. li­brary@low­ell­town.org. Open Tues­day 3-6 p.m. and Sat­ur­day 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

RAND MEMO­R­IAL LI­BRARY
160 Rail­road Street, North Troy. 802-988-4741. rand­memo­r­ial@gmail.com.  www.rand­memo­r­ial.com. Open Mon­day and Tues­day 3-7 p.m., Wednes­day 1-5 p.m., Thurs­day and Fri­day 8 a.m.-noon. Sto­ry­time Fri­days at 10 a.m.

JOHNS­BURY ATHENAEUM ART GALLERY & PUB­LIC LI­BRARY
1171 Main St., St. Johns­bury. 802-748-8291. www.st­ja­thenaeum.org. Open Mon. to Fri.: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m

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HOLY WEEK/EASTER SERVICES

ST. JOHN THE BAP­TIST EPIS­CO­PAL CHURCH IN HARD­WICK
Sun., Mar. 23, Third Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., March 30, Fourth Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., April 6, Fifth Sun­day of Lent, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun., April 13, Palm Sun­day, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Fri., April 18, Good Fri­day, noon; Sat., April 19, Holy Sat­ur­day, Easter Vigil, 7 p.m.; Sun., April 20, Easter Sun­day Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.; Sun. April 27, Sec­ond Sun­day of Easter, Holy Com­mu­nion, 10 a.m.

ST. NOR­BERT CHURCH IN HARD­WICK AND ST. MICHAEL CHURCH IN GREENS­BORO BEND
Sat., April 12, Palm Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 4 p.m. Mass; Sun., April 13, Palm Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 8:30 a.m. Mass, St. Michael, 10:30 a.m. Mass; Thurs., April 17, Holy Thurs­day, St. Nor­bert, 6:30 p.m. Mass; Fri., April 18, Good Fri­day, St. Nor­bert, 3 p.m. Pas­sion of the Lord; Sat., April 19, Holy Sat­ur­day, St. Nor­bert, 8 p.m., Easter Vigil Mass; Sun., April 20, Easter Sun­day, St. Nor­bert, 8:30 a.m. Mass, St. Michael, 10:30 a.m. Mass.