Nan Hauser, a whale biologist from Brunswick, recently returned to Maine after spending 16 months studying whales in the Cook Islands, which hadn’t seen a single COVID-19 case.
Kathleen O'Brien
Kathleen was born and raised in Portland. She studied at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, before moving back to Maine to begin her journalism career at The Times Record in June 2019. She covers Bath & Bath Iron Works, along with Arrowsic, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, West Bath, Wiscasset and Woolwich. In her free time, Kathleen likes to read, listen to live music, and spend time with family and friends.
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Amid heightened concern over police use of force, law enforcement trains to talk
Out of 720 hours of basic training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, only 23 are dedicated to communication training, such as interviewing techniques and crisis conflict management.
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Police: Father charged after 2-year-old son shoots sleeping parents
Ian Carr, 25, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class D crime.
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Body of Durham man found in New Hampshire
The body of Barry Valcourt, 43, was found by someone walking their dog in the Northwood woods last week.
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Bath-built ships will be first in Navy’s fleet armed with new hypersonic missiles
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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Police: 2-year-old boy injures parents, self in West Bath shooting
According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, the boy discharged a handgun that was left loaded on a nightstand.
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Wiscasset jail offers vaccines to inmates, staff amid COVID-19 outbreak
This is the first time Two Bridges has offered vaccines to inmates.
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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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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.
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Missing Wiscasset man found safe
Wiscasset Police Chief Lawrence Hesseltine said Michael Pekich, 44, reached out to authorities early Thursday morning.