“I’ve done many bird rescues, but as someone who loves birds and is a police officer, this couldn’t have been a better call,” said Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski. “I made my first bird feeder in Boy Scouts in third grade and from then I was hooked.”
Kathleen O'Brien
Kathleen was born and raised in Portland. She studied at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, before moving back to Maine to begin her journalism career at The Times Record in June 2019. She covers Bath & Bath Iron Works, along with Arrowsic, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, West Bath, Wiscasset and Woolwich. In her free time, Kathleen likes to read, listen to live music, and spend time with family and friends.
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BIW COVID-19 count continues to climb
As of Wednesday, BIW reported 63 new cases so far this month, according to the company’s website.
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Cat reunited with owner in Phippsburg after 5 years missing
Desiree Roberts, director of shelter operations at Midcoast Humane in Brunswick, said it’s rare that an animal brought in as a stray is reunited with its owner.
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West Bath woman hikes to raise money for Good Shepherd Food Bank amid pandemic
“What if the pain and fear that came out of 2020 motivated us to start taking care of our bodies?” said Rita Losee, 78. “We have control over how we treat our bodies. I want people to look at me and think ‘Well if that old broad can do it, so can I.”
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Maine CDC identifies COVID-19 outbreaks at two Bath schools
Fisher-Mitchell School in Bath not resume full in-person instruction for the first time since March as initially planned after the Maine CDC listed the school as an outbreak status, alongside Morse High School, according to a letter from RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel.
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Bath middle school teacher sparks hope, determination with yellow fever lesson
After learning about how yellow fever epidemic sparked fear and confusion in 1793 Philadelphia, Bath Middle School eight graders said they felt comforted to learn the U.S. has overcome pandemics before.
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BIW gets another destroyer project after Congress overrides Trump’s defense bill veto
Bath Iron Works will add another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to its schedule after the Senate and House voted override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Override vote on Trump’s defense bill veto stymied by unrelated relief check debate
The House voted to override Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, which would grant a shipbuilding project to Bath Iron Works, pushing it along to the Senate, but a debate on COVID-19 relief checks has taken priority in the Senate.
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Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill with possible BIW perks
The appropriations package funds financial relief for individuals and small businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as defense infrastructure companies like Bath Iron Works make for the Navy.
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Trump capsizes 2 bills with BIW perks
President Trump rejected two major bills that authorize COVID-19 relief and defense funding, before leaving to spend the holiday weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.