Swampscott Senior Center To Host First 'Repair Cafe'

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Swampscott is the latest community on the North Shore to offer a "Repair Cafe" aimed at helping residents fix broken items for reuse rather than throwing them out and buying new models.

The town's first Repair Cafe will be at the Senior Center on Essex Street behind Swampscott High School on Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. until noon.

Repair volunteers will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, tinker with and rewire small appliances and tools, repair stringed instruments, and help diagnose electronic devices.

Those interested in having items repairs are asked to register by Oct. 23 here.

Repairers will not have parts, so if a repair requires a part, the resident will need to bring it.

Those with questions can email alix.smullin@gmail.com.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)