BATH In an effort to support its job growth, Bath Iron Works has its eye on more training. The manufacturing giant officially opened its new Trades Learning Center on Wednesday that brought Gov. Paul LePage to town. The center will provide training space and equipment for newly hired pipefitters, welders, tinsmiths, electricians and other tradesmen […]
May 2014
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Topsham voters approve $8.5 million budget
TOPSHAM Topsham voters — the 1 percent who attended the annual town meeting Wednesday night — adopted the board of selectmen and finance committee’s proposed $8.5 million municipal budget for 2014-15. The 86 voters who gathered in the Commons of Mt. Ararat High School not only approved the $8,542,720 budget, but also authorized selectmen to […]
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THU/15 PERFORMANCES DAPONTE STRING QUARTET WINTER SERIES IV: VIENNA, VIENNA, 7:30p.m., St John’s Episcopal Church, Thomaston. Featuring works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. Tickets available at the door. MISCELLANEOUS CRYSTAL SPRING FARM FIELD TRIP, 7:30-11a.m., 277 Pleasant Hill Road, Brunswick. Join Merrymeeting Audubon and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust on this free walk through Crystal […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I speak English as our native language. I also speak other languages fluently, although my wife does not. When we travel to a country where I speak the language, she insists I speak only English. She says everybody in the world now speaks English and accuses me of showing off […]
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, May 15, the 135th day of 2014. There are 230 days left in the year. On May 15, 1918, the first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington D.C., with a stop at Philadelphia.
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Gov. LePage: Nursing home funding need is ‘critical’
PORTLAND Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that the state’s nursing homes are at risk because of the Legislature’s failure to fully fund them and pledged to find the money to ensure that they won’t be forced to close their doors. Lawmakers adjourned earlier this month, but the debate over the nursing home funding goes on, […]