A Bath Iron Works employee calls police while on the phone with someone claiming to have kidnapped the man’s daughter, who was actually safe at home.
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State repairs Bath viaduct guardrails in response to post-crash scrutiny
The work comes less than a month after an SUV went through part of the barrier and plunged to the road below, and the Press Herald then found dozens of bolts broken, missing or damaged.
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Driver whose SUV plunged off Bath bridge released from hospital
The Windham woman was treated for a facial gash, broken ribs and other injuries, and her son suffered fractures when the vehicle landed in a truck’s bed 30 feet below.
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Police say SUV fell from Bath viaduct after driver lost control and over-corrected
Melissa Medina and her 12-year-old son, Matthew, are still recovering at Maine Medical Center, three days after the crash.
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His truck bed is crushed, but Bath man glad it cushioned fall of SUV
Melissa Medina of Windham and her 12-year-old son survived a 30-foot plunge from the Bath viaduct when her SUV fell into the bed of Roy Ordway’s pickup truck.
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Windham woman, son survive SUV’s plunge from Bath bridge
Melissa Medina’s vehicle crashes through a guardrail on the Route 1 viaduct and falls onto the bed of a pickup truck, whose driver escapes injury.
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Bath planners OK South End Park improvements
BATH — The Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a site plan amendment for South End Park. The approval, which came without comment from the public, follows up on a straw vote of support by the City Council in May for improvements to the Washington Street riverside park, which previously belonged to nearby Bath Iron […]
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Kindness Day returns to downtown Bath
BATH — The city’s second annual Random Acts of Kindness Day happens downtown Saturday, Aug. 15. Comedian John Ater starts things off at City Hall at 10 a.m., and live music follows, while more than 15 “Kindness Stations” will be set up on Front Street. Child artists will paint portraits, and Plant Home residents will […]
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Arts Calendar: Aug. 5-18
Greater Portland Film “Gemma Bovery,” Friday, Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 8-9, 2 p.m., $8, students $6, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, pmamovies.org. Friday 8/7 “Toxic Hot Seat,” sponsored by the Environmental Health Strategy Center, 6 p.m., free, Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road, Scarborough, 883-4723, scarboroughlibrary.org. […]
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Community Calendar: Aug. 5-18
Greater Portland Benefits Saturday 8/8 National Eating Disorders Association Walk, to benefit support for people with eating disorders, 10 a.m., Baxter Boulevard/Back Cove Trail, Portland, nedawalk.org. Bulletin Board Cumberland Arts & Crafts Show, sponsored by United Maine Craftsmen, Thursday to Sunday, Aug. 6-9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Cumberland Fairgrounds, 197 Blanchard Road, Cumberland, 869-4020, […]