After customers handed a Midcoast waiter religious pamphlets targeting them for their sexual orientation, Meredith Steele decided to use the opportunity to raise money for LGBTQ rights.
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King: Breaching contract to reduce number of BIW-built warships a ‘terrible precedent’
In Senate hearings, Angus King said a reduction from the previously planned two to only one Arleigh Burke ‘sent a shudder through the industrial base.’
Bath shipyard awarded $55 million contract extension
The federal contract modification will allow the shipyard to perform planning and design work on new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers through June 2022.
Shipyard subcommittee chair, Maine delegates call for reversal of federal ship budget cut
The chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces said his subcommittee is working to restore the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer cut in President Biden’s defense budget request.
Nearly 900 Bath shipbuilders vaccinated through on-site clinics
Bath Iron Works employees have received the COVID-19 through on-site vaccination clinics offered by the Maine National Guard.
Report: Administration to cut number of destroyers next year, may impact BIW
The Defense Department may reduce its request for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers from two to one next year.
West Bath man killed in Auburn motorcycle crash
Roger Chessey, 72, of West Bath was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bath-built ships will be first in Navy’s fleet armed with new hypersonic missiles
Bath Iron Works was chosen to build all three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the last of which is still under construction at the Bath shipyard.
Navy chief says BIW on track for increased ship production
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.
Navy’s top officer to tour Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King
U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday is scheduled to tour the shipyard with Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King Monday afternoon.