BATH — Maria Morris will soon be taking the cultural gap-bridging work she’s been doing at Morse High School to another country. The West Bath woman, Morse High School’s Jobs for Maine’s Graduates specialist since 2008, is one of 76 applicants from a pool of 430 to be accepted to the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms program. […]
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Senate candidate Sweet pledges support for BIW but questions warships’ role, targets Collins in Topsham
TOPSHAM — Betsy Sweet, a progressive running for the Democratic nomination to face veteran Maine Sen. Susan Collins, said she will work to keep jobs at Bath Iron Works, but questioned what role ships will have in the future of warfare. “As long as we’re building warships, Bath is the best place to do it,” Sweet, […]
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Bath Y offers ‘try-it-free’ program
BATH — From Sept. 23-29, the Bath Area Family YMCA or Landing YMCA in Brunswick can be tried for free. This includes all group fitness, mindfulness, and water fitness classes, open swim, use of the walking track and strength center. For more information, go to bathymca.org or call (207) 443-4112.
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Woolwich voters to determine if town should continue support of CMP corridor
WOOLWICH — Woolwich residents will vote to decide whether the town should continue to support a proposed 145-mile Central Maine Power corridor that would cut across Maine to send hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts Residents Dani Friend and Sherri Harvey collected enough petition signatures to prompt a November referendum to oppose the project. This comes two […]
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Woolwich taxes increasing 1%
Woolwich’s tax rate is increasing slightly. The select board has voted to increase the town’s 2019 property tax from $15 to $15.15 per $1,000 of valuation. Under the 15–cent, or 1%, increase from last year a property assessed at $200,000 will now have a tax bill of $3,030, up from $3,000 in 2018. Chairman David King Sr. said he […]
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Portland man pleads guilty to manslaughter in shooting
A Portland man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a fatal Bayside shooting last summer. Tyrese Collins, now 20, was initially charged with murder in the death of Jack Wilson. Police said Collins shot Wilson, 45, during a June 2018 argument at an intersection near the Oxford Street Shelter in Portland. The incident was one of […]
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Buxton man arrested after high-speed chase through two towns
BUXTON — A Buxton man was arrested Monday after allegedly leading police on a high-speed police chase a day earlier. Nathaniel Bean, 25, was charged with eluding a police officer and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a motor vehicle. Bail was set at $2,500 for each charge. A Buxton police officer attempted to stop the driver […]
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Portland man charged with murder in neighbor’s beating death
A Portland man is facing a murder charge following the death of a 63-year-old man he is accused of assaulting in August. Rodney Cleveland died at Maine Medical Center on Sunday from injuries he sustained Aug. 3, Portland police said. Cleveland never left the hospital after he was assaulted. An autopsy by the Medical Examiner’s […]
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‘I hope that they’re not forgotten in all of this’: In Farmington explosion’s aftermath, 30 people seek new housing
FARMINGTON — A family living at the mobile home park behind a building that exploded Monday morning made it out seconds before the side of its house collapsed. Scott MacLean, one of 30 people who lost homes in the blast, started his day playing video games in the living room with his younger brother, Jacob, […]
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Investigators still trying to determine the cause of explosion in Farmington
FARMINGTON — State and federal investigators Tuesday had not pinpointed the cause of an explosion Monday morning at the LEAP building that killed fire Capt. Michael Bell and injured six firefighters and a maintenance supervisor. Bell, a 30-year member of the Farmington Fire Rescue Department, and other firefighters responded to a report of an odor […]