While some elements like backpacks, binders and a whiteboard, are familiar, the 15 students enrolled in the Maine Maritime Museum’s alternative learning program are outside whenever possible and studying elements of maritime history and culture alongside their core curriculum.
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Bath-area school board addresses parent concerns over continuing hybrid plan for younger students
School board members reiterated their decision to keep younger students in a mixed in-person and distance learning plan was made to lower the number of students in a classroom and allow them to spread out to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
New Bath high school vandalized
Bath police are asking anyone with information about the crime to call Detective Sgt. Rick Ross at (207) 443-5563.
Defense analysts disagree over whether Collins or Gideon is better for BIW
Some analysts said Sen. Susan Collins hasn’t helped Bath Iron Works win contracts for new types of ships, while others argue that’s out of her control, regardless of her position as a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Strong winds cut power in southern Midcoast, damage Chocolate Church steeple
No CMP customer in Arrowsic, Georgetown or Phippsburg had power restored as of 4 p.m. Wednesday with no estimated restoration time, according to CMP spokeswoman Catherine Hartnett.
Bath teens create song to bind community together amid pandemic
In their song, Morse High School juniors Isabel Strelneck, Isaac Ensel and Thomas Ferolano ask their community to be kind to one another by wearing a mask and staying six feet apart to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Letter: Savage is savvy candidate for U.S. Senate
The first U.S. Senate debate on Sept. 11 was interesting and informative. Independent Lisa Savage, a recently retired school teacher and former union negotiator from Solon, did very well in answering questions and avoiding the trash talk that the other three candidates engaged in. Savage made clear that as the only non-millionaire running for the […]
Bath-area schools to continue hybrid plan for younger students
RSU 1’s roughly 600 pre-kindergarten through 5th graders were supposed to go back to full-time in-person learning on Sept. 28, but the district’s school board voted unanimously to hold them at their hybrid plan Monday.
Midcoast Meetings: Sept. 25-Oct. 2
Bath See cityofbath.com for information on Zoom meetings. Tues. 9/29 4 p.m. Solid Waste Committee Brunswick For information on remote access, televised/streamed meetings see brunswickme.org. Tues. 9/29 6 p.m. Pleasant Street Corridor Study Wed. 9/30 10 a.m. Staff Review Committee Wed. 9/30 6 p.m. Rivers & Coastal Waters Commission Topsham Check topshammaine.com for information on […]
Maine Bicentennial: Bath
In commemoration of Maine’s bicentennial this year, The Forecaster is featuring historical highlights and artifacts from our communities’ past 200 years. This feature can be found in print and online every other week.