The Bath viaduct on Route 1 will reopen this week by Friday. BATH (AP) — The Bath viaduct is reopening this week ahead of schedule. The viaduct is an elevated span that carries U.S. 1 traffic through Bath’s downtown and by Bath Iron Works shipyard. Traffic has been detoured since October as contractors demolished and […]
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Maine’s oldest fishing schooner, built in 1906, has new home in Bath
BATH (AP) — Maine’s oldest functioning wooden fishing schooner has returned to the state. The Press Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2p7SZiQ) that the Mary E arrived at its new home, the Maine Maritime Museum, on Sunday. The vessel was built on the Kennebec River by Bath native Thomas E. Hagan in 1906. It has been used as […]
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Navy christens BIW-built destroyer named for Medal of Honor aviator
Korean War veteran Thomas Hudner looks on during the christening ceremony for the future USS Thomas Hudner, a U.S. Navy destroyer named in his honor, at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, Saturday, April 1, 2017. Hudner, a naval aviator who crash-landed his plane to try to save a downed pilot in the Korean War […]
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Father Normand E. Carpentier
LEWISTON — Father Normand E. Carpentier, 71, of 142 Broad St., Auburn, died Sunday, March 19, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Born in Quantico, Va., on April 5, 1945, he was the son of Charles E. and Adrienne Lajoie Carpentier. Educated at Holy Cross and St. Louis grammar schools, he attended high school […]
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John Shaughnessy
CHAPIN, S.C. — John Duncan Shaughnessy of Bowdoin passed away Friday, Jan. 27, after a period of declining health at the age of 69. He was born in Lewiston on July 12, 1947, the son of John and Ruth “Tiny” Stover Shaughnessy. John graduated from Lisbon High School in the Class of 1965, attending Husson […]
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New Bath Route 1 viaduct project is ahead of schedule
BATH (AP) — Maine officials say the construction of a new Bath Viaduct is ahead of schedule. The viaduct resembles a bridge and it carries traffic through Bath’s downtown and by Bath Iron Works shipyard. State engineers said last year that the viaduct’s roadway and supporting piers were worn out. The project to replace the […]
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BIW awarded $60 million contract modification
BATH — Bath Iron Works has been awarded a contract modification worth $59,417,202. The funding will be used to provide engineering and technical assistance for new construction DDG 51 class ships, according to a statement issued Wednesday by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine. “This announcement is welcome news for the hardworking men […]
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Bath police confiscate 17.5 pounds of marijuana in home
BATH — Police say they were called to investigate a child custody complaint on Bumpy Hill Road around 3 p.m. While there, police say they could smell an overwhelming odor of marijuana. The residents, Joseph Plummer and Alison Hartill, eventually showed police the marijuana. Police say there was 17.5 lbs. of processed marijuana; some of […]
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Paris has ‘good chance’ of receiving Safe Neighborhood grant
PARIS — The town “has a very good chance” of being awarded an $72,000 Safe Neighborhood grant, which would help with battling the area’s heroin epidemic and put at-risk youth on the path to success, according to Terry Holden of the Maine Office of Community Development. She told attendees during the June 13 public hearing on […]
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BIW-made Zumwalt destroyer now in U.S. Navy
BATH — The stealthy Zumwalt is now property of the U.S. Navy. The Navy assumed ownership of the 610-foot destroyer Friday after signing off on extensive inspections, tests and builder sea trials. Sailors can now move aboard the ship. Rear Adm. Jim Downie, program manager, called it “a significant achievement” both for the Navy and […]