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Midcoast Meetings: May 8-15
Editor’s note: Due to closures and cancellations prompted by the COVID-19 coronavirus, readers should call ahead to see if meetings listed are still being held.
BIW helps Maine company boost nasal swab production for COVID-19 testing
Bath Iron Works is manufacturing 30 machines designed to boost Puritan Medical Group’s production of testing swabs from 20 million to 40 million per month.
Chocolate Church to present pair of online concerts
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts center brings a pair of folk and Americana performers to the virtual stage this weekend. Folk artist Kat Logan and Americana singer-songwriter Matt Newberg are the latest performers in the “Live from Home” concerts series organized by Chocolate Church Arts. Logan performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Newberg at […]
BIW fails to get $5.5 billion contract to build Navy frigates
BIW was one of four shipyards vying for the contract, alongside Austal USA of Alabama and Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi, but Fincantieri was chosen, which will build its frigate at its Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
BIW calls employees back to work as state begins to reopen
Many Bath Iron Works employees took extended unpaid leave after the coronavirus outbreak started, but now the shipyard says its time to return.
Bath-area school district eyes further budget cuts in light of pandemic impact
The Regional School Unit 1 Board of Directors aims to adopt next year’s spending plan June 8.
‘We’re in it together’: Southern Midcoast students, teachers cope with remote learning amid pandemic
Academia from afar presents an array of challenges and concerns about the long-term effects caused by so much time away from the classroom.
Hometown Heroes: Sidewalk messages from Bath mother, daughter spark hope during pandemic
Melissa Marquis and her 9-year-old daughter Gracie have been writing upbeat messages each time they go out for a walk.
First Bath-built Zumwalt officially finished, handed over to Navy
The Navy assumed ownership in 2016, but the Zumwalt wasn’t yet combat ready.