Ed Gutierrez pushes his granddaughter Sylvia Ashe on the swing at Riverbank Park Tuesday. While he now lives in Portland, Gutierrez said he still prefers to go to Riverbank park as he grew up in Westbrook. Chance Viles / American Journal
Locker Project serves up free food
The Locker Project is offering free food from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, May 20, and, weather permitting, every week through the summer in the First Baptist Church parking lot, 713-715 Main St., Westbrook.
Masks and social distancing are required.
Library book sale
Friends of Walker Memorial Library, 800 Main St., is hosting its annual book sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 5.
Every child up to age 18 can pick out a free book. Volunteers that help with setup, sales and clean up can choose three books for volunteering.
For more information or to sign up to help with the book sale, email friends@walkerlibrary.org or call the library at 854-0630.
Drive-thru shredding
Saco & Biddeford Savings , 2 Hannaford Drive, Westbrook, is sponsoring a drive-thru shredding opportunity from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 22 to help the public avoid identity theft. Two boxes per
household are allowed.
Those participating are asked to remain in their vehicles as team members handle the shredding.
Items to be shredded include bank information and canceled checks, obsolete invoices, outdated bills, letters, envelopes, ledgers, mortgage and loan information, clean paper and medical information.
Items not acceptable for shredding include, but are not limited to, accordion folders, cardboard and cardboard boxes, dark brown colored folders, electronics, magazines, newsprints, plastic and X-rays.
50 years ago
Peter Curran of the Westbrook High School faculty was the guest speaker at a family supper night at the Westbrook United Methodist Church, the American Journal reported on May 19, 1971.
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