Woman’s club to meet
GFWC Westbrook Woman’s Club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St., with a brown bag lunch at 11:30 a.m. Decorate your lunch bag for Valentine’s Day.
The program will be Big Brothers/Big Sisters. All women in the greater Portland area are welcome to attend.
Snow party
The Westbrook Police Department is hosting the Brown Street Blizzard Bash, a snow party for all ages, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 20 at Hyacinth’s Place, 2 Walker St.
Activities include snowshoeing in the field, snowman making and snow painting. Inside crafts will take place in the Avesta meeting room, and hot cocoa and munchies will be served.
The events is made possible in community partnership with The Book Fairy, Westbrook Community Center, Avesta Housing, Opportunity Alliance, Public Services and Frenchtown Community Policing.
For more information, call Megan at 329-7764.
Book discussion
The Walker Memorial Library Book Club will be discuss “Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of her Century” by Lorene Cary from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20.
The group will meet on the second floor of the library, 800 Main St. Everyone is welcome to join the discussion.
Get ready for Winterfest
Discover Downtown Westbrook will hold its first Winterfest at the Falls Feb. 22 from 2-6 pm. at Saccarappa Park. This free, family-friendly public event will feature a big winter slide, horse-drawn carriage rides, food carts, hot cocoa, music and dancing and outdoor games. And, you can toast marshmallows in a giant burning snowman.
Comments are not available on this story. Read more about why we allow commenting on some stories and not on others.
We believe it's important to offer commenting on certain stories as a benefit to our readers. At its best, our comments sections can be a productive platform for readers to engage with our journalism, offer thoughts on coverage and issues, and drive conversation in a respectful, solutions-based way. It's a form of open discourse that can be useful to our community, public officials, journalists and others.
We do not enable comments on everything — exceptions include most crime stories, and coverage involving personal tragedy or sensitive issues that invite personal attacks instead of thoughtful discussion.
You can read more here about our commenting policy and terms of use. More information is also found on our FAQs.
Show less