Striking production workers have started voting on a proposed 3-year contract at Bath Iron Works.
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Letter: Balentine ignores minimum wage earners’ reality
RE: Balentine, Aug. 7 (“All that, without a bag of chips”). Your selfishness is nauseating. You’d prefer others to starve so you can have a cheap sandwich? Disgusting. Your flimsy discussion of buying power conveniently ignores the reality of trying to live on minimum wage. Even at $12 an hour, a 40-hour work week amounts […]
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Strike at BIW could end Monday, pending contract vote results
If a majority of Local S6 union members vote this weekend to accept a new contract with Bath Iron Works, the 4,300 union members will return to work on Monday.
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Bath-area schools pivot to hybrid plan for younger students
After approving a full-time, in-person learning plan for pre-K through 5th grade students, RSU 1 approved a hybrid plan for the first three weeks of school to allow students and teachers to adapt to the school’s health and safety requirements.
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Bath, Brunswick to offer absentee ballot drop box for November election
Drop boxes may allay concerns over delivery of absentee ballots as the US Postal Service struggles to keep up amid operations changes and a shortage of funding.
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Striking BIW union halts picketing in advance of contract vote
Union members will vote on the new contract online and via telephone starting Friday and closing at noon Sunday. If union members approve the new contract, the strike will officially end.
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Bath arts center seeks community art book submissions
BATH — In order to raise funds to help compensate for revenue lost this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chocolate Church Arts Center is compiling its 2020 Community Art Book. The 804 Washington St. performance venue seeks submissions of all kinds of artwork that “reflect the creativity and resilience of the region,” according […]
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Midcoast Meetings: Aug. 21-28
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
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Bath Area Y to continue anti-hunger efforts
The Bath Area Family YMCA is convening an anti-hunger task force to explore how it can best work with its partners to continue to prevent and alleviate hunger in the 14 communities it serves. “Our immediate focus is to make sure the needs of children are met as the new school year begins,” said Marty […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center seeks submissions for 2020 community art book
The Chocolate Church Arts Center is accepting submissions of artwork of all sorts for a compilation book that will reflect the creativity and resilience of the region. According to a statement from Chocolate Church, “In a year that has changed everything, the nonprofit arts organization aims to collect work that shows what people have created, […]