About 45 triathletes gather in Portland to better prepare themselves for challenges.
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Contract talk stalls with Bonny Eagle teachers
Teachers union has been working without a contract since Sept. 1, 2009, and teachers are wearing buttons in support of their effort to get a new deal. Unable to reach a compromise on a new teachers contract, talks between the School Administrative District 6 School Board and the teachers union have become bogged down and […]
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Jobless claims bump up, tarnish signs of recovery
Unemployment remains a stubborn problem, but economists say initial claims should drop soon.
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School responds to reports of sex charges
WESTBROOK – The mother of a Westbrook Middle School student spoke publicly this week about charges of unlawful sexual contact against a 15-year-old student at the school, forcing school officials to acknowledge a situation they had been dealing with privately. Police Chief Bill Baker said an investigation has been under way since November that led […]
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Court upholds board's ruling on Pike's rights
WESTBROOK – A judge in Maine Business Court has upheld a decision by the city’s Zoning Board that Pike Industries was never permitted to operate a quarry on Spring Street. The decision came down from Chief Justice Thomas Humphrey Monday. “We’re disappointed but not surprised,” said Tony Buxton, an attorney for Pike. The Zoning Board […]
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Health InfoNet to receive federal money
The stimulus money will establish health information technology centers around the country.
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Westbrook fire lieutenant’s demotion overturned, again
WESTBROOK – Westbrook has reinstated a lieutenant in its fire department who was demoted twice during the past two years. Lt. Donald Trafford was scheduled to have a hearing to appeal his latest demotion in front of the state’s Board of Arbitration and Conciliation on Tuesday. However, the city agreed to forgo the hearing, and […]
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Westbrook fire lieutenant’s demotion overturned, again
WESTBROOK – Westbrook has reinstated a lieutenant in its fire department who was demoted twice during the past two years. Lt. Donald Trafford was scheduled to have a hearing to appeal his latest demotion in front of the state’s Board of Arbitration and Conciliation on Tuesday. However, the city agreed to forgo the hearing, and […]
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Bar faces renewed license battle
WESTBROOK – Westbrook Municipal Officers will decide Monday whether to grant liquor and other licenses to the Skybox Bar and Grill. But an attorney for the Brown Street tavern says it will take more than a favorable vote to end the owners’ legal battle with the city. Skybox owners Allen and Lynn Moore sued the […]
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DVD Releases
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” starring Jason Lee and David Cross. CGI rodents apply their moderately ingratiating falsettos to a variety of familiar radio hits in between engaging in agreeable hijinks related to school, the devious antics of their ex-agent Ian (Cross, who provides a good number of laughs […]