WESTBROOK — The City Council is discussing the upcoming social services budget early this year to avoid repeating last year’s frustration over the process. The council held a workshop Feb. 5 to have a preliminary discussion of the budget process for social services agencies. Councilors didn’t discuss numbers, but some said they don’t want to see […]
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Maine Dems open Westbrook office
WESTBROOK — The Maine Democratic Party is opening a new office in Westbrook on Friday. The new office, located at 90 Bridge St., will open Feb. 9 with a ceremony from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Maine Democratic Party Chairman Phil Bartlett will lead the event. Bartlett will be joined by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), state Rep. Drew Gattine (D-Westbrook), […]
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Buxton Notes
Excelling at USM Several Buxton students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the University of Southern Maine: Victoria Durgin, Abigail Hayes, Emily Boyd, Shawn Houser, Kirsten Thomas, Alex Deering and Albert Dusseault.
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Technical schools teach more than trades
PORTLAND — Based on the premise that the best way to learn is by doing, directors of area technical high schools say they focus on preparing students to be career-ready in a variety of high-skill, high-demand fields. While the majority of high school students still take a traditional path that often includes a four-year college degree, […]
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Westbrook Notes
Joey Blais shows off a 5-pound salmon he recently caught on Long Lake in St. Agatha, a town in northern Aroostook County. Winter events The Kiwanis Glow in the Dark Skate Night is set for 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, at the Cornelia Warren Skate Rink next to the Westbrook Armory on Stroudwater Street. Sled dog […]
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Education is everyone's 'passport to the future'
My mother taught English for 40 years to a cross-section of youth at a junior high school near the U.S. Navy submarine base in Groton, Connecticut. She taught the works of Charles Dickens and Emily Dickinson, the grammatical differences of two, too and to, and how to write poetry and a five-paragraph essay to a […]
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No Hollywood endings
My favorite movie is “Hannah and Her Sisters” by Woody Allen. I love the New York atmosphere, the actors and the characters they portray, the realistic storylines and Woody Allen’s gallows humor. There is something comforting about the way Woody’s Mickey overcomes his existential dread and how auteur Allen wraps things up neatly in the […]
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Outreach helps crime decease in Frenchtown
WESTBROOK — Organizations in and outside of the Frenchtown neighborhood have worked over the past two years to bring the community together, resulting in a decrease in crime and a higher sense of safety. The Frenchtown neighborhood, which has been known over the years for its bad reputation, has been changing its image recently. A […]
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Bad booze news
The shocking discovery that Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy (motto: Now With Even More Allen) is on the verge of being replaced as the best-selling liquor in Maine by Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey (motto: Any Resemblance To Actual Whiskey Is Coincidental) prompted Republican Gov. Paul LePage to take swift action. LePage issued an executive order requiring a […]
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Listening to grandfather
As a kid, I always enjoyed listening to my grandfather talk about life in the 1880s and 1890s when he was growing up on a Penobscot Bay island. As young as I was I still would marvel at stories of how they somehow managed to live without telephones and televisions and central heating and indoor […]