The charges for the nine protesters against the war in Gaza were changed from criminal trespassing to failure to use a crosswalk, while one protester, awaiting a court date, is still being charged with criminal mischief.
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BIW celebrates keel plate signing with Medal of Honor recipient
Navy Capt. Thomas Kelley participated Friday in the signing of the keel of the ship that will bear his name at Bath Iron Works.
Bath Iron Works lays keel for future USS William Charette
The keel laying marks the beginning of construction of the USS William Charette, named for a Medal of Honor recipient.
Bath Iron Works starts work on latest warship
The Bath shipyard marked the beginning of fabrication for the future USS Richard G. Lugar on Wednesday.
Bath Iron Works withdraws bid to rezone South End neighborhood after residents push back
BIW was seeking to rezone properties at 10 Bath St., four plots along Middle Street and two on Washington Street but withdrew its application after residents raised concerns.
Former employee sues Bath Iron Works alleging ADA violations, racial discrimination
James Breaux, a Black resident of Morgan City, Louisiana, says that BIW violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and terminated him because of his race after creating a ‘racially hostile work environment.’
Family of fallen Marine helps christen USS Patrick Gallagher at Bath Iron Works
Lance Cpl. Patrick Gallagher served as a Marine in the Vietnam War.
Bath Iron Works prepares to christen newest warship
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is named after Irish citizen Patrick Gallagher, who served as a lance corporal during the Vietnam War.
Stories from Maine: Remembering an icon of labor
Today, labor unions are well established in the Midcoast. But it was not so long ago that one man helped lead the fight to bring organized labor to Bath. Although John William Brown was born at Somersworth, Prince Edward Island, in 1870 he was — like his Massachusetts-born father — a true American. By 1903, […]
BIW officials’ Yarmouth homes target of arms protests
The protesters demand that a Bath Iron Works vice president and a former vice president “stop arming genocide’ in Palestine.