BATH — Two city councilors announced their candidacies in state House District 52, four days after the resignation of Rep. Jennifer DeChant, D-Bath. Council Chairwoman Mari Eosco and Vice Chairman Sean Paulhus on Monday said they plan to seek the Democratic nomination for the vacant seat. DeChant resigned Feb. 1 after taking a job in […]
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Final report from Bath transportation study due in April
BATH — Following a presentation last week on recommended traffic flow improvements for the city’s South End streets, a consulting firm is due in April to issue its final report. T.Y. Lin has been working with the city, Bath Iron Works and the Maine Department of Transportation on the study. Methods to alleviate traffic congestion […]
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Southern Maine Community College reaccredited through 2028
SOUTH PORTLAND — Southern Maine Community College has been reaccredited for the next 10 years, the college announced. Accreditation by the New England Commission of Higher Education requires that institutions meet “rigorous standards” in areas that include administration, academic programs, faculty, students and facilities, according to a news release. During the accreditation process, SMCC produced a […]
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METRO seeks input on payment methods
PORTLAND — Greater Portland METRO is looking into new options for how riders pay bus fare. It’s offering an online survey to determine if riders would be interested in using smart cards or a mobile ticketing app to make paying for a ride easier and more convenient. The bus service operates fixed routes in Portland, […]
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‘A giant in the city’: Bath mourns longtime city councilor, civic icon Bernie Wyman
BATH — In 2012, when he was running for his seventh term on the City Council, Bernie Wyman described himself as “a councilor 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” When he was re-elected to his ninth term three months ago at the age of 80, Wyman’s tenure as the longest-serving councilor and his […]
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Topsham Police Beat: Feb. 1
Arrests 1/25 at 11:34 p.m. Daniel Deaton, 41, of Litchfield Road, Bowdoin, was arrested on a warrant by Officer Mathew Bowers on Augusta Road. 1/26 at 12:33 a.m. Amber Conrad, 31, of Bull Rock Road, Brunswick, was arrested by Officer Mathew Bowers on Middlesex Road on a charge of domestic violence assault. Summonses 1/25 at […]
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Bath Police Beat: Feb. 1
Arrests 1/22 at 3:33 p.m. Justine Lovig, 51, of Dikes Landing Road, was arrested by Officer Richard Ross on Dikes Landing Road on a charge of violation of condition of release. 1/23 at 7:51 p.m. Zacharia Cox, 20, of South Street, was arrested on a warrant by Officer John Dietlin on South Street. 1/24 at […]
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Brunswick brewery founder promotes working in Maine
BRUNSWICK — Maine native Nate Wildes said that after he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2012, he knew he’d be back to “the way life should be.” He just didn’t know how long it would take. Now he’s not only back to where he once belonged, but Wildes is also helping others find their niche […]
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Brunswick’s Longfellow Days celebrates poet’s ‘literary legacy’
BRUNSWICK — The town has celebrated its favorite literary son for 15 winters. This year, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has company. Longfellow Days is held each February, the month of the famed poet’s 1807 birth. As Longfellow was influenced by those who came before him, there were many poets inspired in turn by him, and this […]
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Main Street Bath hires new director
BATH — For the first time in nearly a year and a half, the Main Street Bath organization has someone permanent in the director’s chair. Amanda Stanley of Topsham started in that role Monday, following four years as a workforce and business services representative with Goodwill Industries of Northern New England. Prior to that, she […]