Police and health officials hope making fentanyl test strips available will reduce the number of drug overdoses caused by the powerful opioid.
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 high school returns to in-person learning after COVID-19 outbreak
RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel credited the school’s recent COVID-19 cases to community transmission rather than in-school transmission.
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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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Patten Free Library reopens after lengthy pandemic closure
The Patten Free Library opened its doors to the public on Monday for the first time since last fall.
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Co-founder of Phippsburg Rescue, lifelong volunteer receives Spirit of America award
Geneva Beals of Phippsburg collected over 2 million bottles and cans throughout her lifetime to raise over $100,000 for the town’s fire and rescue department.
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In photos: Brunswick gives blood to help reported blood shortage
Over 30 people donated blood to the American Red Cross in Brunswick, which has reported blood shortages throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bath takes control of parking lot used by shipyard, with eventual plans to turn it into a park
South End residents want the Castine Avenue parking lot to become a park, but BIW workers say that wouldn’t solve the neighborhood’s traffic problem.
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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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Phippsburg residents donate to erase student meal debt, but experts say school meals should be free after
Although families can apply for a child to receive free or reduced-priced meals based on a family’s income and size, universally free school meals would be academically and financially beneficial.
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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.