In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be turning the clocks back. The end of the day will rapidly darken long before we reach our cars to drive home from work with headlights on. Until then, I believe Mother Nature is making it her mission to mess with us. A couple of weeks ago on […]
2017
LETTERS
Way to Go BMS! Thursday evening I attended a Harvest Supper at Bath Middle School. The supper was great, but I was most impressed by the cheerful, polite, courteous students. Way to go, Bath Middle School! Charlie Kettell,Durham What Are We Doing In Yemen? Sometimes Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky hits the nail on the […]
Today in History
In 1864, forces led by Union Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri. In 1915, tens of thousands of women paraded up Fifth Avenue in New York City, demanding the right to vote. In 1935, mobster Dutch Schultz, 34, was shot […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Kevin,” and I have been together for five years and have a 4- year-old son we are crazy about. For the past six months, I have been begging Kevin to have another child. Some days he’s all for it, but then he changes his mind and starts asking me to give […]
Ardenne S. Haines
NORTH BATH — Ardenne S. Haines, 90, passed away on Thursday, Oct 19, 2017. He resided in North Bath nearly all his life. Ardenne was born in Bath Maine on April 27, 1927, the son of the late Royden D. and the late Charlotte Greenleaf Haines. He attended Bath schools graduating from Morse High School […]
Madeline Elena Marzen
BATH — Madeline Elena Marzen, beloved daughter to Andrew and Amie Marzen and proudest big sister of Benjamin, passed away suddenly and peacefully in her sleep after an inspirational battle against an aggressive brain tumor. A Bath native, she was born on August 24th, 2013 and passed away on October 19, 2017 at home with […]
States to ask judge to keep health subsidies cut by President Trump
SAN FRANCISCO The top lawyers for 19 states will urge a federal judge today to force President Donald Trump’s administration to pay health care subsidies he abruptly cut off earlier this month. State attorneys general, led by California Democrat Xavier Becerra, argue the monthly payments are required under former President Barack Obama’s health care law, […]