BATH — Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said Bath Iron Works has won two Navy contracts totaling more than $57 million for fleet maintenance and engineering projects. Pingree said Tuesday that half the money is for design and engineering work on the Littoral Combat Ship. The ship is designed for coastal operations such as transporting equipment […]
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New warship bears name of Zumwalt, Navy reformer who fought racism and sexism
BATH (AP) — Bud Zumwalt took what he learned during the tumultuous 1960s with him when he became the nation’s youngest chief of naval operations, earning a reputation as a reformer who fought racism and sexism and worked to improve the lives of sailors. After retiring, the admiral dedicated his life to ensuring that veterans […]
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Capt. Kirk says to focus on Zumwalt ‘legacy’ at destroyer christening in Bath
BATH — When he served on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Capt. James A. Kirk was assigned the call sign “Tiberius,” in a nod to the starship captain of the USS Enterprise who shared the same first and last name on the TV show “Star Trek.” The fictional captain’s middle name was Tiberius, which […]
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Scouts to conduct food drive
LEWISTON — The Pine Tree Council Boy Scouts of America will participate in the annual scouting for food event. The scouts in the Abnaki district will distribute door hangers with the information about the food drive on Saturday, March 22, and Sunday, March 23. They will return to the homes they left the door hangers […]
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Bath Web firm finds early success with anti-hacking app
BATH — Sam Hotchkiss and his team of programmers battle robots for a living, but they’re not the kind you see in sci-fi dramas. The robots – bots, for short – are the kind that manifest from computer viruses. After a virus gains control of a computer, a master server then orders the infected machines to hack […]
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BIW, union come to agreement on hiring electricians
BATH — A proposal by new Bath Iron Works President Frederick Harris to bring aboard electricians from another shipyard until BIW can train enough new hires has drawn the ire of union officials, who have negotiated an alternate plan. According to Jay Wadleigh, president of Local S6 of the Machinists union, the largest union at […]
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N.H. man sentenced for attempted kidnapping in Bowdoinham lot
BATH (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been sentenced to just over five years in prison for trying to kidnap a 2-year-old boy at a Maine park-and-ride lot. Foster’s Daily Democrat reported (http://bit.ly/1hHy2Au) that 30-year-old James Graham of Newmarket, N.H., was convicted in Bath Superior Court of attempted kidnapping and assault and sentenced to […]
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Hyde School student hospitalized for suspected heroin overdose
BATH — An 18-year-old Hyde School student was taken to Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick on Friday night for what police suspect was a heroin overdose. On Friday, Hyde School officials reported that several juvenile students were missing from the school, according to Bath Police Lt. Robert Savary. Later, at 10:45 p.m., police responded a […]
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Margaret A. Bertocci
1919 – 2014 BRUNSWICK — Margaret A. Bertocci, 94, of Brunswick, died Sunday, Jan. 26, at her home at Sunnybrook Village, in the loving care of family and friends. Margaret was born on July 11, 1919, in Lewiston, to Eleanor Margaret True and Charles Edward Allen, both of Freeport. Raised in Auburn, Margaret graduated from […]
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BIW receives $100 million toward fifth DDG-51 destroyer
BATH – The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Sunday approved $100 million in funding to allow Bath Iron Works to begin building a fifth DDG-51 destroyer. The funding was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed in December, but the appropriations committee still had to appropriate the funding. In […]