Meanwhile, the company is hiring more temporary subcontractors to compensate for 4,300 machinists out of work.
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Our View: Look for ways to celebrate safely in Maine on the Fourth
Even though many traditional events won’t happen this year, there are still ways to enjoy our national birthday.
Report: No animals trapped in Bath anti-rabies program had rabies
The $26,600 trapping effort also failed to catch any foxes, the species responsible for 18 rabies-related attacks on people and pets in the past year.
BIW loses out on $936 million destroyer contract
A contract for a third Arleigh-Burke class destroyer for the current fiscal year was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Inc. in Mississippi, BIW’s main competitor and the only other shipyard that builds that type of destroyer.
Bath man cited for driving truck into protesters at crosswalk
Bath police ticketed 83-year-old William Angell for failure to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk after he allegedly drove his truck into protesters crossing Centre Street in a crosswalk on June 11.
Striking BIW workers will lose health insurance in midst of pandemic
Workers continue picketing and gathering after the shipyard announced Monday Two more workers have tested positive for coronavirus.
Southern Midcoast residents to vote on school budgets, legislative primaries July 14
In all but one case, July 14 marks the only time residents get to vote on their fiscal year 2021 school budgets.
Midcoast Meetings: July 3-10
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
Striking BIW workers brace for economic hardship
As the strike enters its second week, some union members are prepared to find a second job to make ends meet, while other BIW veterans have considered early retirement.
Two more BIW workers test positive for COVID-19
The company tied these employees to a worker who tested positive last week.