Sen. Denise Tepler, D-Topsham, welcomed Aurora Guzzetti, a senior at Morse High School, to the Maine Senate on May 27 to present her with a legislative sentiment for being the named the valedictorian of the graduating Class of 2025. Guzzetti was joined by her mother, Jean Guzzetti, who serves as the Ward 2 city councilor […]
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Bath shipyard partners with University of Maine System for tuition discount
A new partnership between General Dynamics and the University of Maine System will give Bath Iron Works shipbuilders discounted tuition for college courses.
From the Chocolate Church: Bath arts center welcomes Arabic and Colombian music ensembles
Within less then a week apart, the Chocolate Church Arts Center will host two very different musical ensembles from very different parts of the globe and very different (but both awesome) musical styles. The first group, made up of 11 musicians from our very own Midcoast Maine, plays a wide array of Arabic music. The […]
Bath softball fundraiser goes to bat for service and therapy dogs
The Bath American Legion Smith Tobey Post 21 returns to the softball field to raise money for the Oxford-based nonprofit Mission Working Dogs.
Midcoast nonprofits receive John T. Gorman Foundation grants
The John T. Gorman Foundation has awarded 77 grants totaling $1.2 million to support nonprofits providing food, shelter and other essential services to Mainers in need. Distributed through the Foundation’s 2025 Direct Services Grant Program, the funding will reach all 16 counties in the state. Several Midcoast organization will benefit from the grants, including Coastal […]
Celebrating business success and free Midcoast fun options for summer
In these columns, I spend a great deal of time looking ahead at what is to come. To be sure, I do some of that below because keeping you informed is a key role I play for the community. However, there have been a number of events in May, and despite this being one of […]
Bath realtor recognized with Morse High School award
The chairperson of the long-running Blue and White Golf Classic tournament has been recognized for the 2025 Mainsail Award at Morse High School in Bath.
Bath Iron Works lays keel for its newest Navy destroyer
Bath Iron Works has started building its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, laying out the keel for the new ship this week.
The rise and fall of Morse High School’s namesake — Bath’s ‘Ice King’
In mid-October 1907, one of the greatest financial panics in American history sparked when a stock takeover by “one of the most powerful bankers in the nation” failed. That banker was a man from Bath. Charles Wyman Morse was born in Bath on Oct. 21, 1856, to Benjamin W. Morse and Anna E.J. Morse. The […]
From the Chocolate Church: A Cajun zydeco dance party kicks off weekend of fun
Plus, a new spin on the old-timey variety show.