This city never ceases to amaze, and to entertain, and to inspire. Every New Year’s Eve day at noon, community members surround City Hall to sing “Auld Lang Syne of Bath” and ring its historic Paul Revere Bell — one of only four in Maine believed to have been cast personally by Paul Revere prior […]

In the midst of one of the busiest times at the Bath Iron Works shipyard, a crew of BIW volunteers still spends hours, even on weekends, working on building Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine’s latest home in Richmond. Recently, a BIW crew framed the house and got trusses in place to enclose the house for […]

Errors in processing town payroll have prompted selectmen to schedule an emergency meeting with the Budget Committee at 5 p.m. today. Administrators said the town will be assessed penalties and interest on improperly withheld employment taxes. At today’s meeting, selectmen will consider scheduling a special town meeting to get residents’ approval for a new appropriation […]

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe shocked the political world when she announced in February that she would not run for re-election, citing gridlock and an increasingly polarized climate in Washington. Her decision shined a national spotlight on the corrosive partisanship in Congress and opened the door for former Gov. Angus King to run as an independent […]

The Times Record reserves this space to correct errors appearing in our news columns. We ask readers who are aware of factual errors to telephone Managing Editor Bob Mentzinger at 504-8209. Ron Wills was incorrectly identified as the companion of Rosalie Presby in a photo on Page A1 of the Dec. 19 edition of The […]

Two people received minor injuries and a Flying Point Road home sustained an estimated $10,000 in damage after an electrical candle short-circuited and ignited a secondstory blaze Dec. 22. Passers-by saw the blaze at 4:44 p.m., called the fire department and then went into the house and tried to douse the flames with water. The […]

A quick-hitting snow squall caused several accidents and backed up traffic Tuesday morning, mostly on Interstate 295 south near the Brunswick-Freeport line, police said. State police handled most of the calls. A state police dispatcher in Gray said none of the accidents involved serious injuries. Freeport Police Chief Gerald Schofield said he happened to be […]

Arrests Alex Turner, 20, of 8 Country Club Road, Boothbay, Dec. 6, 2:21 p.m., charged with criminal trespass and violation of conditions of release, on Middle Street in Bath. Amanda Penatzer, 19, of Birch Point Road, West Bath, Dec. 4, 1:31 p.m., charged with domestic violence assault, on Birch Point Road in West Bath. Phillip […]