The first U.S. Senate debate on Sept. 11 was interesting and informative. Independent Lisa Savage, a recently retired school teacher and former union negotiator from Solon, did very well in answering questions and avoiding the trash talk that the other three candidates engaged in. Savage made clear that as the only non-millionaire running for the […]
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Bath-area schools to continue hybrid plan for younger students
RSU 1’s roughly 600 pre-kindergarten through 5th graders were supposed to go back to full-time in-person learning on Sept. 28, but the district’s school board voted unanimously to hold them at their hybrid plan Monday.
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Midcoast Meetings: Sept. 25-Oct. 2
Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Tues. 9/29 4 p.m. Solid Waste Committee Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Tues. 9/29 6 p.m. Pleasant Street Corridor Study Wed. 9/30 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Wed. 9/30 6 p.m. Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission Topsham Check topshammaine.com for information on […]
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Maine Bicentennial: Bath
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.
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Maine Maritime Museum director out after 14 years
Amy Lent, former museum executive director, said she was fired via text message after sharing her plans to retire in 18 months.
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Bath organization helping kids on days they are not in school
Before the coronavirus pandemic, 70 to 90 students ages 6 to 24 would stream through the doors of the Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skate Park. Now, 35 RSU 1 students come to the teen center to do their remote learning school work.
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Mid Coast–Parkview Health announces drive-thru flu shot clinics
Free clinics offered every weekend in October, first weekend in November
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Bath high school works to restart non-athletic extracurriculars
Clubs that involve singing or playing woodwind and brass instruments, including jazz band and treble choir, had to be put on hold this year, but clubs like debate team, green club and theater club have been given the green light, with a few modifications, according to Morse High School Principal Eric Varney.
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United Way caravan rolls out $1.65M campaign
United Way of Mid Coast Maine launched its fall campaign Tuesday with the Kick-off Caravan of supporters and partners in decorated vehicles traveling from Topsham, through Brunswick, West Bath, Bath, Woolwich, Wiscasset and ending in Damariscotta. “This turned out to be a really fun, if unusual, way of kicking off our campaign in a very […]
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10th worker at BIW tests positive for coronavirus
In total, seven BIW employees and three vendors have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to BIW spokesman David Hench.