Lawsuit against Bath museum over schooner capsizing heads to negotiations

Maine Maritime Museum's sailing vessel Mary E capsized last summer, leading to suits from passengers claiming the museum was culpable for physical and mental injuries.

Bath hires director of community and economic development

Beth Israel synagogue celebrates 100 years in Bath

The congregation of Beth Israel held a centennial ceremony designed to mirror the celebration that was held when the synagogue opened in 1922, with a few COVID-19 adjustments.

Intimate winter music, comedy performances planned

Chocolate Church Arts Center

BIW union asks for smoking areas in shipyard after ‘increased fires’

Bath Iron Works' current zero-tobacco policy forces employees to leave company property to smoke.

When 3 divas put Maine atop the world stage

Three Maine women born in the middle of the 1800s were counted among the globe's top singers during opera's heyday.

Bath becomes latest Midcoast community to enact public mask mandate

The 60-day mask mandate for indoor public spaces like stores, public transportation and restaurants, goes into effect on Monday, Jan. 24.

Bath to consider citywide mask mandate for indoor public spaces

Bath city councilors will review a proposed mask mandate for public indoor places during a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19.

Last high-tech Zumwalt-class destroyer leaves Bath Iron Works

The departure of the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson on Wednesday marks the end of a tumultuous period that saw just three out of a planned 32 vessels of this class built.

Sen. King touts BIW to Senate appropriations chair during tour

King said he invited Tester to the shipyard to witness what it takes to build an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.