City cleans up Saturday
Westbrook churches are planning a community litter cleanup 8:45 a.m.-noon on Saturday, rain or shine, at Riverbank Park.
The cleanup is part of Join Hands Day, a national day of volunteering. This is the second annual cleanup in Westbrook. Last year, more than 100 people participated. Groups participating in the cleanup include Prides Corner Congregational Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Vineyard Christian Fellowship church, Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church and Westbrook High School Key Club. Tom Eldridge, director of public services, and his staff support this effort.
Proceeds from redeemable bottles and cans picked up during the cleanup will benefit the Westbrook Food Pantry.
Art Walk May 23
A group of Westbrook artists and the mayor’s Arts and Culture Committee have planned Fourth Friday Westbrook Art Walks, what is being called “a movable feast.”
The first Fourth Friday will be May 23, from 5-8 p.m. A dozen artists’ studios will be open in the Dana Warp Mill at 90 Bridge St., as well as a downtown gallery and several artist studios in and near the downtown.
Learning city history
On April 28 and 29 the Westbrook Historical Society was host to more than 100 third-graders from Congin School in conjunction with their study of Westbrook history. The students learned about the equipment that grandmother used in the kitchen when she had to cook “from scratch” and bake on the wood stove. Milk was delivered to the door in glass bottles and clothes were washed in the large, wooden wash basin.
Grandfather also worked hard making nails by hand and cutting boards with small handsaws, all of which were on display and demonstrated by society volunteers. School practices (such as sharing books and using slates) and strict schoolroom discipline were demonstrated. The children got to play with old-time toys like Jacob ‘s ladder and tin soldiers. Each student left with a bag containing a homemade molasses cookie, a pencil and a pamphlet telling some history of Westbrook.
Supper benefits 2 charities
Trinity Lutheran Church of Westbrook will sponsor a bean supper on Saturday from 4:30-6 p.m., at the North Scarborough Grange, located on Outer Congress Street. The proceeds will be split between two local community programs – the Longcreek Youth Development Chaplaincy Fund and Project Katrina,” a volunteer program providing workers from area Lutheran churches to help with rebuilding efforts in the Gulf coast area.
There will be matching funds of up to $1,000 with the Care in Communities program from the Maine chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
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