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From the Chamber: Workforce development requires accepting change
I had the great fortune to be asked to speak last week at the Maine ELO Conference. For those unfamiliar with that term, Extended Learning Opportunity coordinators are school administrators who help with career pathways and exploration. When I was in school, guidance counselors used to inhabit this role, but the guidance counselor role has […]
Forum: Affirmative action unnecessary only if states followed the law
Since the Supreme Court ruling overturned affirmative action, many people have written their opinions on this ruling. All of them are right, a little bit, but none of them quite address the mastodon in the outhouse. It is true that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution guarantees all citizens “equal protection under the law,” but […]
People and Business: Aug. 23
Hires, promotions, appointments Alina Dubois was promoted at KeyBank in Portland to business banking relationship manager for Southern Maine. Dubois joined KeyBank in 2015 as a teller, was promoted to personal banker, became a branch manager in 2017 and promoted to area retail leader in 2021. Giving back Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick was […]
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust employees donate over $22,000 to nonprofits
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick is one of four Maine nonprofit organizations to benefit from the bank’s second-quarter donations.
Bath Iron Works union approves new contract, averting repeat strike
Machinists Union Local S6 and BIW owner General Dynamics had their first contract negotiations since a 2020 strike.
Bath property owners to learn tax fallout of revaluation
Bath homeowners will take on more of the city’s property tax burden amid the red-hot residential real estate market.
Bath Iron Works offers union its biggest raises in history, but will that be enough to win contract vote?
Members of Machinists Union Local S6 this weekend will vote on the proposal, which includes pay raises that would be partially offset by health insurance premium increases.
Bath seeks public comment on updated comprehensive plan
The redevelopment of the old Morse High School and upgrading waterfront parks are among the priorities listed in Bath’s first comprehensive plan update since 2009.
Bath native, AI entrepreneur accused of swindling investors
Michael Brackett was arrested Tuesday on wire and securities fraud charges after he allegedly lied to investors about the financial health of his tech startup, Centricity Inc.