Seniors’ plan group sing

Group singing will be featured at the Westbrook Senior Citizens’ meeting at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, at the Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St., Westbrook.

The seniors are planning two upcoming trips. They will dine on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant and then see “Into the Woods” at Portland Players. Then, on Tuesday, April 15, the seniors will travel to Mohegan Sun in Connecticut for a buffet and a performance by Debbie Reynolds. For more information about the trips, call 854-2705 or 883-5046.

Historical society to hear writer

Thatcher Freund, a memoir writer and journalist, will give a talk Wednesday. Feb. 5, at 1:30 p.m., at the Westbrook Historical Society, on the importance of stories in our lives and why it matters that we preserve them, not just for our descendants and the people who will live in Westbrook a century from now, but also as record for future historians and other writers. Thatcher has published a book, “Objects of Desire: The Lives of Antiques and Those Who Pursue Them.”

The meeting will be held at the historical societ, located at 426 Bridge St.

For more information, see www.westbrookhistoricalsociety.org.

Clarification

A photo in last week’s paper was incorrectly identified. It was the old log dam on the Presumpscot River alongside Bridge Street.

Woman’s club luncheon

Westbrook Woman’s Club will hold its mid-winter luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St. Club spokeswoman Marian Sturtevant said that after lunch, some members will display their art and discuss how the items were created.

Tasting event teaches students

An American Heart Association menu tasting event next week is designed to help Westbrook students learn about heart-healthy cooking. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Westbrook Technical School Culinary Arts Center, 125 Stroudwater St.

The tasting event is sponsored by Central Maine Power Company, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and MaineHealth.

Chef Charles Limoggio and his students will prepare heart-healthy mini-meals and desserts. Students are learning how healthier ingredient substitutions can be used to create tasty and nutritious dishes.

Students have researched and modified recipes to reduce the unhealthy fat (such as trans fat and saturated fat), salt, cholesterol and/or sugar in their creations. The desserts will be tasted and voted on by American Heart Association volunteers.

The winning choice will be served to 500 guests at the upcoming Go Red For Women luncheon at the Holiday Inn By The Bay in Portland on Tuesday, March 11.

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the top killer of Americans. A healthy diet and lifestyle are the best weapons in the fight against heart disease, the heart association said in a statement.

An excavator sits on a plot of land off of Church Street last week that was previously the site of an abandoned building seen as an eyesore in the area.  After Blais & Hay Funeral Home, located just across the street, purchased the land at auction Nov. 30, the business razed the property and will now turn the parcel into additional parking for the funeral home.