Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
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Bath shipyard continues to report COVID-19 cases, encourages employees to get vaccinated
Bath Iron Works is on track to surpass the 37 new cases of COVID-19 that was reported last month.
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Former deputy charged with domestic violence agrees to deal for lesser charge
Matthew Shiers was arrested in June 2019, but the charges could be dismissed if he follows the terms of the agreement for 18 months.
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Bath high school closed through Wednesday after COVID-19 outbreak
Morse High School reported three new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, after the CDC declared an outbreak last week.
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Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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Bath shipyard signs new contract with Local S7 union
The new contract holds “numerous improvements to wages and benefits over the life of the contract” for the union’s roughly 200 members, according to a statement from BIW.
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Drive-thru hiring bolsters BIW employment amid pandemic
Bath Iron Works has hired 444 tradespeople through drive-thru events so far this year, according to Director of Human Resources Services Allyson Coombs.
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Police: Teen reported missing from Bath group home found in New York
Alyssa S. Guyer was located Wednesday afternoon.
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Maine lawmakers ask defense department for bigger shipbuilding budget
Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China’s growing fleet.
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Maine’s bumble bees focus of virtual lecture March 18
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust’s lecturer will be Kalyn Bickerman-Martens.