Maine and Mississippi lawmakers asked for funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the type of ship BIW builds, in the president’s budget for next year.
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What roles might Bath-built ships play in Russia-Ukraine crisis?
BIW-built Arleigh Burkes are included in some fleets deployed to Europe.
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Bath land trust to host talk on fish, water temperature
The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust plans to host Kirstin Underwood, a biologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Gulf of Maine Coastal Program, to talk about the relationship between healthy freshwater fish populations and water temperature. The talk is to be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24 via Zoom. Maine’s most iconic fish […]
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Maine lawmakers urge Navy to name Bath-built ship after fallen Mainer
Maine lawmakers and Gov. Janet Mills have asked the Navy to name a destroyer after Master Sgt. Gary Gordon of Lincoln.
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Bath could keep or repeal city’s mask mandate
As of Monday, Mid Coast Hospital was treating four patients for COVID-19, consistent with the recent downward trend of hospitalizations statewide.
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Lawsuit against Bath museum over schooner capsizing heads to negotiations
Maine Maritime Museum’s sailing vessel Mary E capsized last summer, leading to suits from passengers claiming the museum was culpable for physical and mental injuries.
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Bath hires director of community and economic development
Emily Ruger has been hired as Bath’s new director of community and economic development. Ruger, who started Jan. 24, grew up in Camden and attended the University of Southern Maine where she earned her B.S. in Economics. She served as director of development at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in Portland for four […]
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Beth Israel synagogue celebrates 100 years in Bath
The congregation of Beth Israel held a centennial ceremony designed to mirror the celebration that was held when the synagogue opened in 1922, with a few COVID-19 adjustments.
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BIW union asks for smoking areas in shipyard after ‘increased fires’
Bath Iron Works’ current zero-tobacco policy forces employees to leave company property to smoke.