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From the week of March 20:

Westbrook firefighter will fight his demotion caused by allegations of sexual harassment.

Westbrook High music teacher organizes an event celebrating the male voice.

Pike Industries increases public profile in lead up to Zoning Board Appeals meeting.

Crossing guards for students at Congin School and Wescott Junior High may be on the budgetary chopping block.

Skybox Bar and Grill is set to re-open within the next two weeks.

- John C.L. Morgan

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An unspecified number of the Westbrook firefighters have been suspended or demoted as a result of co-workers' complaints.

Stroudwater Place on the City Council's agenda for Monday.

Westbrook-based weekly shopper The Wise Guide published its last issue this week to culminate a 35-year run.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Gloria Noyes, a fifth-grade teacher at Congin School, was named the 2009 Maine Teacher of the Year.

Agreement between the City of Westbrook and Casella Waste Systems would bring a solid waste transfer station to County Road and a curbside recycling program to Westbrook residents.

City of Westbrook and its employees agree to a labor contract.

- John C.L. Morgan

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City Council gave preliminary approval to a temporary ordinance amendment that would allow taxi companies based in other cities and towns to drive clients from one Westbrook location to another.

Phil Csoros of Gorham will challenge State Senator Phil Bartlett to represent part of Westbrook in the State Senate.

Pat Gallant-Charette talks about swimming the English Channel.

Referendum concerning a City Charter commission will not be on the November ballot.

Municipal officers rejected an application for a liquor license for Brown Street bar.

City Clerk is a rock star.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Sappi is in a competitive market for engineering interns.

Westbrook High School graduate (Class of 1942) talks about his new mystery novel.

Committee of the Whole voted 4-2 to (Cramer, Foley, Joyce, and Rielly supported; Gattine and O'Hara opposed) to refer the issue of donating a lot of land to the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club to the City Council.

Westbrook-based opponents of a scrap metal yard in Portland still have time to influence project.

Two taxi drivers are dueling for approval to start a taxi business in Westbrook.

New owner attempts to re-open Skybox Bar and Grill.

Planning Board approved Stroudwater Place's request to amend Westbrook's Comprehensive Plan, 6-1 (Blake, Daniel, Emery, Fleming, Isherwood, Herrick, and Reidman supported; Wrobel opposed).

- John C.L. Morgan

(Editor's Note: I mistakenly identified Planning Board member Dennis Isherwood as a 'yes' vote. In fact, Isherwood did not attend the meeting, and an approving vote was issued by board alternate Scott Herrick. I regret the error.)

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Westbrook residents concerned about new scrap metal yard in Portland.

AmeriCorps volunteer talks about rehabilitating a "lawn on drugs."

Stroudwater Place's request for an amendment to Westbrook's Comprehensive Plan is the focus of a public hearing on Tuesday.

Three municipal hearings were postponed because no one was manning the television cameras.

Collision involving a bicyclist and a pickup truck is the latest accident on William Clarke Drive.

Pike's latest plans for Spring Street have not quelled critics' complaints about the company's proposed expansion.

- John C.L. Morgan

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City officials are re-examining the regulation of taxis following the suspension of Westbrook Taxi's license for intercity fares.

Amos Libby of Okbari, a Middle Eastern-inspired band, doesn't know how they got a gig at Warren Memorial Library.

Department of Environmental Protection may fine the Westbrook School Department for the contamination of a brook.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Portland police officer who is a resident of Westbrook pleaded not guilty for two Class C crimes and three Class D crimes.

'Cat Girl' talks about, well, cats.

Westbrook man arrested for having a loaded gun in his car for the second time this year.

Westbrook-based 133rd Engineering Combat Battalion could be deployed to Iraq in 2010.

Sex offender sues City of Westbrook.

Westbrook Housing to ban smoking in all its units.

Westbrook folk enjoy Westbrook Together Days.

Congin School cut the ribbon for new green space at the school.

Westbrook Housing petititions Ellen DeGeneres to help with fundraiser.

- John C.L. Morgan

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School budget will go to Westbrook voters for an up or down vote for first time.

Gravity-defying WHS student talks about the juicy topic that is SAT preparation.

Preview of Westbrook Together Days.

City reduced the cost of a pushcart vendor's license to $125 from $250.

WHS Class of 2008, which included the principal's son and 151 other students, graduated from high school.

City Council defeated Mayor Chuluda's veto of "an amendment to the policy on city employee severance packages that would require City Council approval for any such agreement that exceeded $3,000."

- John C.L. Morgan

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Westbrook Regional Vocational Center having difficulty to find land for student-built houses.

The other Mr. Westbrook figures he'd be a knife if he were a kitchen appliance.

Teachers, community members, and students express what the new middle school will mean to them.

Lady of Perpetual Pink tells all about being Grand Marshal of Westbrook Together Days parade.

Westbrook Together Days will feature an old-fashioned revival for the first time.

Westbrook Together Days event is explored from its birth to today.

Westbrook Together Days auction is only the best thing ever.

Officer David Finnochietti is basically the biggest star in CSI: Westbrook.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Westbrook gears up for its very own art walk.

Joyce Perrey talks about the city's clean-up and stars in the AJ's multimedia version of the story.

Portland police officer (and Westbrook resident) was indicted.

Pike Industries will present a sketch plan of its expansion plans to the Planning Board on Tuesday.

Finance Committee unanimously approved the city budget and sent it to the City Council.

- John C.L. Morgan

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City Council gave preliminary approval to an amendment that requires severence payments to city workers of more than $3,000 to be approved by the Council.

Pike Industries has been awarded part of the contract to renovate an 18-mile stretch I-295.

Planning Board recommends the City Council continue to allow people build houses on 5,000 square foot lots.

Portland police officer (and Westbrook resident) remembered as "a wonderful neighbor."

Planning Board to quicken vetting process for Stroudwater Place.

Westbrook Little League opens 2008 season.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Westbrook Police warn residents to lock their cars.

Stroudwater Place is on the agenda for the upcoming Planning Board meeting.

Prospective resident caught amid regulations for substandard lots.

High gas prices are negatively affecting consumers and businesses.

- John C.L. Morgan

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Westbrook funnyman, Bo McMichael, wants to Portland's Funniest Professional--and a blender.

Westbrook Police union accepts higher health care payments and eight-hour shifts in exchange for fewer years before eligibility for retirement (20 years instead of 25).

Portland cop arrested in Westbrook for alleged domestic abuse wants to avoid prosecution.

Westbrook friends and co-workers of Laureen Rugen, a 49-year-old Westbrook woman who confessed to the murder of her husband, say that Rugen's husband abused her.

Asbestos was removed from the the site of the new middle school.

Moran: New taxes on soda syrup, bottled soft drinks, beer, and wine should not have been approved as a way to prop up the failed Dirigo Health program.

- John C.L. Morgan