Bath Iron Works was chosen to build all three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the last of which is still under construction at the Bath shipyard.
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With expanded vaccine eligibility, Midcoast schools set up clinics before summer
Brunswick School Department, Regional School Unit 1 and Regional School Unit 5 each announced plans to host school-based vaccine clinics next week, following a larger statewide trend.
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Bath youth support nonprofit asks council to reconsider 90% funding cut
The Midcoast Youth Center relies on the city’s $30,000 to cover operating costs including rent, electricity and internet. The city council this year is allocating only $3,000.
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Letter: American Rescue Plan: Reader’s definition of disgusting differs
Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn used the word “disgusting” to describe features of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The plan would offer two years of free community college to those who want it, provide financial child care assistance for working parents who need it, increase child tax credits for all working parents, lower health insurance premiums […]
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Letter: Rabies article contains misleading information
It is very frustrating to see another article about fox attacks that is filled with so much misleading information (“State watching rabies attacks, new strain potential issue,” April 30). Specifically, the statement that “Bath’s $26,611 program to bait and euthanize foxes failed.” First, the program was never about euthanizing foxes. It was about euthanizing vector […]
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Midcoast Meetings: May 14-21
Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Tues. 5/18 2 p.m. Climate Action Commission Tues. 5/18 6 p.m. Recreation Commission Wed. 5/19 11 a.m. Community Development Committee Wed. 5/19 4 p.m. Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee Wed. 5/19 6 p.m. City Budget Public Hearing Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Mon. […]
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Navy chief says BIW is on track for increased ship production
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.
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Navy’s top officer to tour Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is scheduled to tour the shipyard with Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King Monday afternoon.
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Bath High School’s oldest living alumna tours new school building
Virginia Kingsbury, Morse High School class of 1938, was given a tour of the new school building, fulfilling a wish she expressed at the last in-person alumni association banquet two years ago.
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BIW allowing close contacts of COVID-infected co-workers to remain on the job – with precautions
With more workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, the shipyard is reversing a policy that previously required employees to quarantine at home until they tested negative for the disease.