For the third year in a row, the Patten Free Library in Bath has celebrated April’s National Poetry Month with a poetry installation in Library Park. What began as a social distancing program in 2021 has become an annual tradition looked forward to by the community and staff alike. “Each year, we install about 20 […]
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Rural Bath residents seek grant for high-speed internet buildout
A group of about 500 Bath residents left out of the city’s new fiber-optic network plan hope to raise money for a fiber network of their own.
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Food trucks can now set up in downtown Bath
Bath will allow three food trucks to set up shop along the waterfront downtown for the first time.
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Take tea with a Civil War nurse
Tea with Sarah Sampson, a reenactment of an historic interview with Bath’s legendary Civil War nurse, will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St., in Bath. Sampson was the first director of the Bath Military and Naval Orphan Asylum, which later became the State Children’s Home, […]
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From the Chocolate Church: Staging a tribute to Johnny Cash
Scott Moreau remembers the first time he stood on the stage at the Chocolate Church, a nervous 17-year-old, with a handheld microphone, hearing his voice for the first time in a place with “amazing acoustics.” Giving kids their first theater and musical experience has been in the forefront of the Chocolate Church since the late […]
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Coastal Journal Meetings: March 31-April 7
Bath Mon. 4/3 1 p.m. Development Corporation City Hall Tue. 4/4 6 p.m. Planning Board City Hall Wed. 4/5 10 a.m. Housing Subcommittee City Hall Wed. 4/5 6 p.m. City Council City Hall Fri. 4/7 11 a.m. Climate Action Commission City Hall Brunswick Mon. 4/3 6:30 p.m. Town Council Zoom, Council Chambers Wed. 4/5 10 […]
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Letter: Maine teachers do so much, yet earn so little
People don’t become teachers because they want to get rich. People become teachers because they are passionate about their content and they enjoy seeing children expand their education. However, this passion wanes when teachers realize just how much their salaries are falling behind the cost of living. Maine ranks 48 out of the 50 states […]
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Bath hosting Our STEM City event to inspire students
STEM jobs are expected to grow 11% in the next decade, compared to 4.9% for all other jobs.
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Bath school officials appeal to state for support replacing elementary school destroyed in arson
Bath school officials want to combine the Dike Newell Elementary School and Fisher Mitchell Elementary School into a new school.
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Learn about the frogs and toads of Maine with KELT
Join the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust, of Bath, for a free Zoom lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 30, to learn about the nine types of frogs and toads that call Maine their home. KELT is excited to host Maine Master Naturalist Bryce Hach for this program. Participants will have a chance to learn how […]