Bath Iron Works is one of four shipyards vying for the contract, along with Austal USA of Alabama, Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi and Fincantieri Marinette Marine of Wisconsin.
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Richmond voters opt to extend TIF district, explore school district withdrawal
A steady stream of voters turned out at the Public Works garage on High Street to vote on two local issues as well as the state referendum on the vaccine law and the presidential primary.
Richmond man sentenced on sexual touching, other charges in West Bath
Jeffrey Tilton will serve six months in jail on assault and unlawful sexual touching charges and will receive probation on witness tampering charge.
Richmond voters head to polls Tuesday on local issues
Town officials scheduled votes on whether to extend the Pipeline TIF district and whether to explore leaving Regional School District 2 for the same election as the people’s veto on the state’s vaccination law and the Democratic presidential primary.
3 charged with trafficking meth in Topsham
Maine drug agents seized 4 pounds of methamphetamine and a pound of cocaine worth $60,000 in the vehicle they stopped in the Topsham Fair Mall.
Maine Audubon aims to stop turtles from getting squished
According to Sarah Haggerty, a conservation biologist at Maine Audubon, habitat loss and vehicles are the biggest threats to Maine’s turtle population.
Midcoast schools see climbing school lunch debt
With local school lunch debts as high as $15,000, taxpayers may have to make up the difference.
Brunswick police, railway officials continue to investigate train-SUV crash
“I’m lucky to be alive,” Coretta Harrison, 61, of Brunswick said.
Brunswick, Harpswell hoping to increase local quahog populations
Both towns received grants from the Maine Shellfish Restoration and Resilience Project through the University of Maine to help restore shellfish beds and increase quahog bed productivity in the wake of declining soft-shell clam populations.
Brunswick’s The Daniel is for sale for $3 million
The hotel has faced financial and operational struggles in recent months and still owes the town nearly $80,000 in back taxes. The sale is “part of a strategic decision” by the hotel’s management company, which has faced similar problems at an out-of-state property.