Westbrook schools
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PublishedApril 19, 2023
Pared-back Westbrook school budget raises tax rate 82 cents
The School Committee unanimously approved the $46.8 million budget, which is up 7.5% over this year's school budget.
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PublishedApril 3, 2023
Letter: Cut city budget to manage taxes, not school spending
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Proposed school budget raises Westbrook property taxes 16.4%
The $47.7 million spending plan, up $4.2 million from this year's school budget, is now under review by the school board's Finance Committee.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
New year could bring evictions for many renters in Westbrook
More than 200 Westbrook households and hundreds of asylum seekers will be impacted when federal rent assistance ends.
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PublishedNovember 9, 2022
Poitras returning to Westbrook School Committee for fourth term
Noreen Poitras handily defeated her challenger, Flynn Ross, 751-532.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Poitras, Ross vie for Westbrook Ward 3 school board seat
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PublishedJune 6, 2022
Youth descended on Westbrook police station Saturday where Black juvenile taken
A crowd also confronted police officers at Together Days at Riverbank Park where the juvenile was suspected of fighting.
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PublishedMay 18, 2022
Stricter cellphone policy for Westbrook Middle School starts in fall
The School Committee votes 6-1 on the changes that will impact seventh graders next year and eighth graders the year after that.
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PublishedMay 12, 2022
Westbrook council gives preliminary approval to city, school budgets
After a final vote, the school budget will still need to be approved by voters June 14.
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PublishedMay 4, 2022
Cell phone ban considered for all grade levels at Westbrook Middle School
The Westbrook School Committee will discuss the potential crackdown on May 9.