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• Metro to Offer Free Rides on Friday and Saturday

  —Westbrook Diarist

  PPH:
  The METRO and South Portland public bus services
  will be free Friday and Saturday. The METRO, operated by the Greater Portland
  Transit District, provides bus service to Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth and the
  Maine Mall area of South Portland.The schedule for the Westbrook line is here.
  
  - [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 4:32pm EST
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• Fired

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  PPH:
  A Westbrook firefighter was fired last week after a
  disciplinary hearing to address allegations of sexual harassment made by two
  female firefighters who sued the department and the city. Matthew Lamontagne was
  dismissed Friday from the Westbrook Fire and Rescue Department for allegedly
  violating the city's harassment policy, [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:21pm EST
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• TechMaine to Host Annual Technology Conference

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  PPH:
  
  Wind power turbines, iPhone applications and the
  future of news will all be part of the discussion Thursday at the annual
  TechMaine conference. For the 17th year, Maine's technology trade association
  will bring together state officials, entrepreneurs, academics and more to
  discuss the future of the state's' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• Consultant: Fire Department Needs More Training

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  PPH:
  The city's Fire and Rescue Department needs stronger leadership and significant
  training in communication skills, says a consultant hired to address issues of
  gender bias and allegations of sexual harassment raised in a lawsuit by two
  female firefighters. The consultant, the Center for the Prevention of Hate
  Violence, [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:09am EST
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• Consultants: Fire Department Needs More Training

  —Westbrook Diarist

  PPH:
  The city's Fire and Rescue Department needs stronger leadership and significant training in communication skills, says a consultant hired to address issues of gender bias and allegations of sexual harassment raised in a lawsuit by two female firefighters. The consultant, the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence, [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 2:30pm EST
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• Wrasslers Today, Servicemen Tomorrow

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  PPH:
  Andrew Drouin and Harrison Strondak are extremely passionate about wrestling. And both have strong feelings about their country, too. It comes as little surprise to anyone who knows them what their plans are following graduation in June from Westbrook High. Drouin will become a U.S. Marine and Strondak [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 2:15pm EST
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• Wrasslers Today, Servicemen Tomorrow

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  PPH:
  Andrew Drouin and Harrison Strondak are extremely passionate about wrestling.
  And both have strong feelings about their country, too. It comes as little
  surprise to anyone who knows them what their plans are following graduation in
  June from Westbrook High. Drouin will become a U.S. Marine and Strondak [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 2:14pm EST
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• On Maine Christmas Trees

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  PPH:
  Some people grab a tree, twirl it around, and if
  they don't see a massive bald spot, buy it. Others will tap the trunk on the
  ground and if only a few needles fall, they'll buy it. Other folks wait for the
  kids to say something cute like [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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• Westbrook Arts in Spotlight

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  PPH:
  Over the next week, Westbrook will get a chance to
  prove how far it has come in its effort to become a destination for the arts.
  Several arts groups and creative enterprises that are based in the Dana Warp
  Mill will host events and open houses to call [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:00am EST
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• WHS Boys' Basketball Team One to Watch

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  PPH:
  The Blue Blazes have the tallest starting lineup in
  the SMAA and maybe the most talented, as well, with two first-team
  all-conference players in Dominic Borelli at 6-foot-7 and Nich Jobin at 6-6.
  Borelli averaged 16 points per game, while Jobin added 14 per game. Sean Murphy,
  a [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:27pm EST
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• Fundraising Underway for Merrill Graduation

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  PPH:
  The community is rallying to raise money so seniors
  at Westbrook High School can have their graduation ceremony at Portland's
  Merrill Auditorium. The Westbrook School Department cut the estimated $4,000 to
  rent the venue, anticipating the completion of a new performing arts center at
  Westbrook Middle School. But' [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:01am EST
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• Could This Work in Westbrook?

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  PPH:
  It takes a number of inputs to make a large data processing center function
  well, and it might surprise you to know that Maine is especially well
  positioned to host that industry if--and it's a big "if"--we are able to invest
  in some missing infrastructure.- John C.L. Morgan[...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:52pm EST
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• Veggie monstrosities

  —Portland Psst!

  Three Scarborough girls protest Sesame Street's transformation of a cookie-eater into a veggie-eating monster, via PPH.
  
  See also, an NPR interview with the Cookie Monster. [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:49am EST
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• Judge Sides with Pike on Question of Shutdown Order

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  PPH:
  A Cumberland County Superior Court justice
  Wednesday granted Pike Industries' request to stay a "cease and desist" order
  and allow quarrying operations to continue at Pike's Spring Street quarry in
  Westbrook. The decision by Justice Thomas Humphrey allows Pike to crush rock,
  and to excavate and remove previously' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:18am EST
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• Nightmare Scenario

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  In these National Geographic videos, Portland is the victim of a dirty bomb attack:
  
  
  
  
  
  MPBN has information on the making of this show, and the PPH published an op-ed last Friday about how the federal government would respond to such an occurence.
  
  [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:59am EST
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• Planning Board Approves Change in Zoning in Pike Case

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  The city's Planning Board sent a message to Pike Industries on Tuesday night,
  voting 5-1 to support new zoning that would restrict Pike's operations in the
  Five Star Industrial Park and rule out its plan to build an asphalt plant. After
  the vote, Pike officials charged the [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:13am EST
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• Olympia Sports May Vacate Downtown Portland

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  PPH:
  "We suspect they [Olympia Sports] will leave
  as well," said [FFD Trust trustee Marc] Foster. "I would say that it is likely--
  that is why we're marketing it." Bean and Olympia have separate leases, said
  Foster, but Bean is the anchor that Olympia relies on. Olympia's president,
  Richard' [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:43am EST
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• Charles Lawton: 'The Ball is Clearly in the Court of Local Government'

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  PPH:
  The other fact that this most recent election has
  revealed is that the focus of public initiative has changed from state
  government to local government, from Augusta to Town Hall. Whether it is to
  resist change or initiate change, the center of action over the next few years
  [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:00am EST
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• Star Struck

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  PPH, with ample access to Sen. Collins, apparently chooses not to ask her a single penetrating question.
  

  (Or maybe they did, and just decided not to report on it.)

  
  

  [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:01am EST
  

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