WESTBROOK – The Westbrook School Committee is holding a public hearing this week to get the last comments before finalizing its 2011-2012 budget, after a last-minute gain in federal funding helped prevent some planned layoffs. Interim School Superintendent Marc Gousse told the School Committee at a meeting April 13 that he managed to secure more […]
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Funding on its way for River Road reconstruction
WINDHAM – After years of battling the notoriously rough River Road, Lakes Region commuters will be getting some needed relief as the road connecting North Windham and Westbrook is finally set for reconstruction. According to state Sen. Bill Diamond, D-Windham, the River Road project has been listed on the Maine Department of Transportation 2012-2013 capital […]
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Surprise federal funds save jobs in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – In a surprise announcement at a meeting of the Westbrook School Committee Wednesday, interim Superintendent Marc Gousse said he has managed to secure more than half a million dollars in federal money to help protect 17 jobs from being eliminated in the 2012 budget. Gousse announced that the district would receive $588,443 from […]
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Surprise federal funds save jobs in Westbrook
WESTBROOK – In a surprise announcement at a meeting of the Westbrook School Committee Wednesday, interim Superintendent Marc Gousse said he has managed to secure more than half a million dollars in federal money to help protect 17 jobs from being eliminated in the 2012 budget. Gousse announced that the district would receive $588,443 from […]
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Longtime Westbrook pool manager laid off
WESTBROOK – A longtime manager of the Davan Pool at the Fred C. Wescott Building has lost her position as part of budget cuts. Lisa Wohl has been the aquatic director for the city for more than 25 years, said City Administrator Jerre Bryant, first for the school district, and then as a city position […]
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Westbrook school jobs saved for now
WESTBROOK – The $33 million 2011-2012 budget for the Westbrook School Department is now in the School Committee’s hands, but not before the finance committee last week recommended saving some positions and programs from elimination. If the finance committee’s recommendations hold, the district would manage to rescue all of its nurses, most of its guidance […]
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Gorham Founders festival coming together
GORHAM – The four-day schedule for Gorham Founders Festival next month is shaping up, organizers say. The festival observes the 275th anniversary of the town. Settlers began arriving in Gorham, then a land grant known as Narragansett No. 7, in May1736. “We’ve made great progress with the founders festival,” Town Councilor Phil Gagnon, event chairman, […]
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Westbrook parents, teachers worry about Title I
WESTBROOK – At least three Title I teachers could lose their jobs before the Westbrook School Department closes a $3.7 million budget gap this year. School officials have stressed that nothing is certain yet, but they also have said layoffs of some kind will happen, and that’s enough to frighten Tamara Coxe. Coxe said she […]
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BAIL SYSTEM, PART 4: Changes slow in coming
Gov. Paul LePage’s proposed budget restores to the state judicial system a position that in the past has helped to improve the hiring and training of the state bail commissioners. According to Leigh Saufley, the chief justice of the state, the governor has agreed to fund a criminal process manager, a position left vacant by […]
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Some spending restored to Westbrook school budget
WESTBROOK – Responding to outcries from parents, staff members and students at a public hearing Wednesday night, the Westbrook’s school finance committee is recommending that more than $700,000 be restored in the 2011-2012 budget proposal. If the recommendations hold, the district would manage to rescue all of its nurses, most of its guidance counselors, and […]