Some residents are concerned about traffic and crime.
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Bowdoin College prepares for spring semester reopening
The plan is a change from the fall semester, where primarily first-year students were on campus and most sophomores, juniors and seniors studied remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Casco Bay shellfish group building database to help local industry adapt
The Casco Bay Regional Shellfish Working Group wants to know what kind of information shellfish communities would like to see in a public database, aiming to supply those in the industry with one comprehensive resource.
Hospitals cancel COVID-19 vaccination clinics as winter storm approaches Maine
Meanwhile, the Maine CDC reported 219 new COVID-19 cases and 5 additional deaths Monday, continuing the downward trend in new infections.
Injured BIW worker’s condition improves, hospital says
Local S6, BIW’s largest union, raised over $57,000 for Garrett Bailey, a BIW rigger injured on the job, who was reported to be in “fair condition” Friday, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Woman charged after driving car into Wiscasset sheriff’s office
Police say the driver, 35-year-old Kristin Crowley of Wiscasset, was out on bail after her arrest for her alleged role in the November armed burglary of Maxwell’s Market and Deli in Wiscasset.
Richmond officials sell property at center of junkyard dispute
The sale of the property at 640 Alexander Reed Road leaves David Smith looking for a place to live and shifts the requirement to clean up the property onto its new owner.
BIW rigger still in critical condition after injury involving crane
Local S6, the shipyard’s largest union, continues the fundraising push to help the injured worker and his family.
Little ice on Kennebec River system delays smelt season
Warmer than average temperatures and heavy rains so far this winter have slowed ice formation on the Kennebec River and its tributaries, and it’s not clear that enough ice will form for smelt fishing this year.
BIW wants workers vaccinated sooner, but won’t make vaccinations mandatory
Bath Iron Works argued its workers should be included with the over 200,000 Mainers in the 1B and 1C vaccination groups.