1974 – 2013 BATH — Joel Edward Theriault, 39, died Sunday, Aug. 4, at his residence in Bath. He was formerly of Rumford. Born in Hartford, Conn., on March 11, 1974, he was a son of William and Mary Lou (Vanderhoff) Theriault. He was a graduate of Mountain Valley High School in Rumford with the […]
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A. Ferne Beal Cyr
1932 – 2013 AUBURN — A. Ferne Beal Cyr, 81, of Lewiston, died peacefully in her sleep at the Hospice House in Auburn, Monday August 5, after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. Ferne was born in Augusta on May 13, 1932, to Cedric E. Beal and Ella Rae Richardson Beal. She grew up […]
Bath man found dead at his home Sunday
BATH — Bath police and the state medical examiner’s office continue to investigate the death of a 39-year-old man whose body was found Sunday afternoon in his Lilac Street home. Joel Theriault of Bath was found by his girlfriend at approximately 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Bath police Lt. Robert Savary said Monday. The couple’s 4-year-old child […]
BIW plans to add 51,000-square-foot building to Bath shipyard
BATH — Bath Iron Works has announced preliminary plans to build a new outfitting building — just slightly smaller than the existing Ultra Hall — and make other major improvements at the shipyard pending approval and a new tax break agreement from Bath. In a proposal to city councilors submitted Friday, officials from General Dynamics, […]
Apple tree saplings stolen from Bath park
BATH (AP) — Police in Bath are investigating the theft of 11 apple tree saplings from a public park. The thefts occurred last month at the 10-acre South End Park along the Kennebec River. The trees were planted with help from an $8,000 grant from the state under the Project Canopy urban forestry mission. City […]
Navy awards Bath Iron Works $7.5 million modification for shallow-water warship
BATH — Bath Iron Works has received a $7.5 million modification to a previously existing contract to make changes to the USS Independence, a littoral combat ship, or LCS, built by former BIW partner Austral. The modification is incremental funding already in place with the Navy for the ship, which was commissioned in 2010 in […]
Friends to pay tribute to dead man
BATH — On April 4, 46-year-old Dan Doherty was reported missing after his car and personal items were found abandoned near Veterans Memorial Bridge. A month later, Doherty’s body was found in the Androscoggin River, not far from the bridge. His body was positively identified, but the investigation continues. Meanwhile, Doherty’s friends and family are […]
Bath police say day care center fire was an arson
BATH — A fire Thursday afternoon at the Family Focus day care center has been ruled arson, police said Friday. Firefighters responded at about 4:20 p.m. to 2 Davenport Circle — the former Bath Memorial Hospital building — where smoke was coming from the day care off Winship Street, Bath Police Lt. Robert Savary said. […]