Easter Sunday Services

The First Congregational-Christian Church will be hosting a sunrise service on Sunday, April 20, starting at 5:45 a.m. at Opportunity Farm, which is now called the Wayfinder School, 215 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester. Attendees are encouraged to bring a bell or other tuneful object. Bells will ring when the sun peeks over the horizon or at the end of the service, if the sunrise is obscured. The sanctuary service at the church, located at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, will start at 9:30 a.m.

New Gloucester Bible Church, 218 Lewiston Road, will be hosting a nearby Easter sunrise service on Sunday, April 20, starting at 6:30 a.m., followed by an Easter breakfast at 7:30 a.m. For more information, call 926-3140.

Market Seeking Vendors

The New Gloucester Community Market is now seeking vendors for the 2014 season, opening Sunday, Aug. 3, and running through Sunday, Oct. 26. It is located at Thompson’s Orchard, 276 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester.

The market is seeking any and all forms of vendors selling fruits and vegetables, dairy products, eggs, meats of all kinds, and any other farm products including fibers, preserves, or farm and garden related products. All those interested should email [email protected].

A Dark Knight

“A Dark Knight in Local History” is the title of the next program of the New Gloucester Historical Society to be held on Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m., at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, 389 Intervale Road. Leonard L. Brooks is the speaker, who will tell the chilling true story of the 1857 George Knight murder trial that literally touched many lives in Poland, New Gloucester and Gray, as well as across the nation. Members of the historical society, and of the public, are invited to this free talk.

Commemorative Bricks

Would you like to be part of a special commemoration? The terraced area of the New Gloucester Veterans’ Monument will be made of bricks, and the public is invited to buy bricks that can contain fitting messages of their choosing. The cost is $50 per brick, with a maximum of 45 engraved characters. The sale of the bricks is part of the fundraising for the new monument to be dedicated in November. Details are available at the Town Hall, or at www.newgloucesterveteransmonument.com.

From left, Auburn residents Neveah, Annello, and their mom Ashley Reed, who is holding baby Ashton, are happy to meet the Easter Bunny by the steps of the Welcome Center at Pineland Farms’ annual Easter Egg Hunt, April 12. Rather than using a basket for the Easter Egg Hunt, Caleb Corrow, 3, of Gray, uses a novel approach by retrieving eggs one at a time and then going back for more. At Pineland Farms’ annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 12, Kaileigh Nayock, 4, of Lewiston, celebrates after she successfully rolls a plastic egg along the ground into a can using a stick. She abided by the policy of ‘no hands allowed’ for this game.