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Bath reviews solutions to Richardson Street traffic
Traffic calming could help reduce speed on side streets between Route 1 and High Street.
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Under pressure: Mental health needs challenge southern Maine schools
First of three stories. In the weeks since the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the need for better mental health resources has become part of America’s discussion about gun control. In southern Maine schools, administrators from New Gloucester to South Portland say efforts to integrate social-emotional, behavioral and mental-health support […]
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Schools say they’ll stick with proficiency diploma, even if law is repealed
AUGUSTA — Faced with the possible repeal of a 6-year-old law that requires schools to move to a proficiency-based diploma for all students, superintendents at area schools said they’ll stay the course and continue implementing a proficiency-based curriculum no matter what the Legislature decides. This week the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee is set to take […]
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Letter to the editor: A few issues with Brunswick’s 2018-19 school budget
There are a few issues Brunswick residents should know about the new 2018-19 proposed school budget. There are 441 employees in it, and I will compare the contract teacher salaries from last year with the projected for the coming year. Keep in mind that these figures do not include the step, stipend, sick or annual […]
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Letter to the editor: Legislative limbo for LD 11
Our representatives and senators are busy these days dealing with all kinds of bills that their supporters would like to become law. You can almost hear the wheels churning in Augusta; sometimes progress is made, sometimes the wheels get stuck, hub-deep in mud, in a kind of legislative limbo. A case in point is a […]
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Bath reveals design of new reusable bags
“Bath Bags” will be available from the city in advance of the ordinance that bans disposable shopping bags.
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Maine man, 2 women from New York accused of dealing crack in Midcoast
The suspects had been under investigation for the past several weeks, the MDEA says.
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VIA PRESS HERALD: Flat sales for 2017 mean L.L. Bean will cut close to 100 jobs, and workers won’t get bonuses
The Freeport-based retailer will reduce its workforce by about 10% overall, with the eliminated positions and early retirements.
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Bath Police Beat: March 16
Arrests 3/5 at 11:28 p.m. Caitlyn Peaslee, 31, of Ancona Avenue, was arrested by Cpl. Jason Aucoin on Butler Head Road on a charge of operating under the influence. 3/6 at 4 a.m. Stephen Kramer, 20, of Bath, was arrested by Cpl. Garrett Olson on Plant Street on a charge of violation of conditions of […]