The Chocolate Church Arts Center and Midcoast Youth Theater have kept audiences engaged through performances and tutorials.
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Black Lives Matter protesters march in Bath
A group of about 50 people, many young people, marched through the city of Bath Monday, stopping at the Sagadahoc County Courthouse, Bath Police Department and City Hall to protest police brutality.
Maine Maritime Museum reopens in Bath with virus restrictions
Some of the museum’s smaller exhibits remain closed because they don’t allow for physical distancing, but new outside demonstrations of traditional shipbuilding practices including blacksmithing, boatbuilding and nautical carving are available.
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust to hold alewife webinar June 4
Dr. Karen Wilson will provide an opportunity to learn more about alewives, its population and migration, and its interactions with other species in the Gulf of Maine at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 4, via Zoom, according to a news release from the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in Bath. To register for the free webinar, visit […]
Vendor at BIW tests positive for COVID-19
Bath Iron Works reports its third case, saying the vendor was wearing personal protective equipment at the shipyard Friday and is now in quarantine, as are two other vendors who were in close proximity to the person who tested positive.
Bath restaurants allowed to open dining rooms, but many are taking it slow
Monday marked the first day since March that restaurants in Sagadahoc County could welcome sit-down diners, but some establishments are choosing to continue with curbside pickup instead.
BIW workforce returns to ‘pre-COVID levels’ on first day back
Employees were required to come back to work Monday, or request unpaid leave of absence.
Forget ‘murder hornets,’ Maine officials warn itch-inducing caterpillars are coming back
Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials are urging the public to take precautions against browntail moth caterpillars, which are covered in toxic hairs that release into the air and can cause a skin reaction like poison ivy and trouble breathing if inhaled.
High cost, busy schedule prevented BIW from winning Navy’s frigate contract, analysts say
With the frigate contract lost to Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, Arleigh Burkes-class destroyers are the only type of ship Bath Iron Works will build for the next decade, save one final Zumwalt class destroyer under construction in Bath.
BIW helps Guilford-based 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.