According to Running Tide’s website, the company is growing kelp that floats on the water’s surface to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a pilot project.
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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Bath shipyard christens new warship named for late Michigan senator
The ship is named for former Sen. Carl Levin, a 36-year lawmaker, who served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and was known as a champion of the military and pushed for defense funding.
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Enrollment rises at Midcoast vocational schools as stigma about trade work diminishes
Student enrollment at Bath Tech, a career and technical education center within Morse High School, has risen from 154 students in 2018 to 273 students this year.
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Bath wants voters to OK change to spending cap in attempt to curb budget cuts
If the rule isn’t changed by the time a BIW tax agreement ends, the city could face $900,000 in cuts.
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Woolwich tax rate remaining unchanged
Woolwich residents will keep the same property tax rate of $15.40 per $1,000 of value.
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Bath shipyard to christen ship named for late Michigan senator
Former Michigan Democratic Sen. Carl Levin, a 36-year lawmaker, served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee and was known as a champion of the military and pushed for defense funding.
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Wiscasset jail approaches end of second COVID-19 outbreak
About 42 people within Two Bridges Regional Jail tested positive for COVID-19 in August and September.
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House passes defense bill with potential work for Bath shipyard
The House’s version of the defense bill approves three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the main type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to be constructed in fiscal year 2022.
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Bath celebrates new high school 9 months after completion
Students began classes at the new Morse High School in February 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed any pomp and circumstance.
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Gun control backers want legislation, education after 2nd West Bath shooting by a child
Though a law was passed in July that changes Maine’s child endangerment law, gun regulation advocates argue there’s more to be done to protect children.