1958 – 2015 PORTLAND — David W. “Mossy” Morse, 56, a resident of River Road, Livermore, passed away Thursday, June 18, at Maine Medical Center. He was born on July 25, 1958, in Lewiston, the son of Linwood Morse and Constance “Connie” (Morris) Morse. David graduated from Livermore Falls High School in 1976. David was […]
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Yvette B. Maillett
1925 – 2015 WATERVILLE — Yvette B. Hatch Maillett, 90, a former resident of Livermore, passed away Wednesday, June 17, at her home at Park Residences in Waterville. She was surrounded with love from friends and family. She was born June 12, 1925, in Jay, the daughter of Joseph Therrien and Laura (Guerin) Therrien. Yvette […]
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Bath Iron Works gets $11.3M for new line of Navy ships
BATH — The Department of Defense on Tuesday awarded Bath Iron Works an $11.3 million modification to an existing contract to perform maintenance sustainment for the entire Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship program. Under the original contract, scheduled to end in September, the Bath shipyard supported maintenance sustainment for LCS 2 and LCS 4 variant ships, […]
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Lester Arnold Crockett
1944 – 2015 BUCKFIELD — Lester Arnold Crockett, 70, of Buckfield, passed away Monday, May 18, at his residence. Lester was born in Lewiston, on July 4, 1944, the son of John and Marion (Jack) Crockett. He attended local schools and Buckfield High School. Lester was a welder and self-employed logger for most of his […]
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Colby W. Tripp
1961 – 2015 LEWISTON — Colby W. Tripp passed away on Sunday, May 10. He was born on March 10, 1961, the son of Olive and Wheeler Tripp. He attended Lewiston schools. He married Darlene Tripp on Oct. 28, 1989. Together, they had three children and four grandchildren. They had recently celebrated their 25th wedding […]
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Man who sued Bath Iron Works over discrimination settles
BATH — A former Bath Iron Works employee who sued the shipyard for allegedly allowing an “anti-Muslim culture” to become ingrained at its facilities has settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Husam Abed of Portland claimed in court documents he routinely was harassed, spat at by other employees and subjected to […]
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Earl Russell Tibbetts Jr.
1953 – 2015 LEWISTON — Earl Russell Tibbetts Jr., 61, of Lewiston passed away Thursday, Feb. 26, at Central Maine Medical Center, with his daughters, Michelle and Cheryl, and son-in-law, Steven, by his side. Born on Nov. 21, 1953, he worked for Bath Iron Works for 22 years. Arrangements are with Chad E. Poitras Cremation […]
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Labor unrest deepens at Bath Iron Works
BATH — Efforts to cut shipbuilding costs at Bath Iron Works amid continuing uncertainty about federal defense budget priorities have led to labor-management conflict that the leader of the largest union at the shipyard called the worst since a strike 15 years ago. “People are fed up with the way we’re being treated,” said Jay […]
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Navy, union at odds over delay in construction of ‘stealth’ destroyers at BIW
BATH — Delivery of the first two Zumwalt-class destroyers to the Navy will be delayed by more than a year — a scheduling change that Navy officials attribute to the complexity of the ship’s technology and a lag in electrical work by shipyard workers because of that complexity. But the president of the local union […]
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Muslim who worked at Bath Iron Works files federal lawsuit claiming shipyard employees harassed and spat at him
BRUNSWICK — A former Bath Iron Works employee who says he was harassed, routinely spat at by other employees and subjected to hate speech over a number of years because he is of Palestinian descent and a Muslim has filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming the company violated his civil rights. The suit also […]