BIW strike continues into third week with no resolution

While the strike marches on, BIW announced it is hiring more temporary subcontractors to compensate for 4,300 machinists out of work.

State pulls plug on music festival at Brunswick campground

Promoters hoped to win state approval for Summer Jam Camp Out 2020 by promising to spread people out among campsites to minimize large gatherings. The state rejected that idea.

Shipyard hiring temporary workers; mediation next week

Shipbuilders went on strike June 22 after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract in dispute that's primarily centered on subcontractors, work rules and seniority.

Report: No animals trapped in Bath anti-rabies program had rabies

The $26,600 trapping effort also failed to catch any foxes, the species responsible for 18 rabies-related attacks on people and pets in the past year.

BIW loses out on $936 million destroyer contract

A contract for a third Arleigh-Burke class destroyer for the current fiscal year was awarded to Huntington Ingalls Inc. in Mississippi, BIW's main competitor and the only other shipyard that builds that type of destroyer.

Brunswick High graduate requests investigation, more education surrounding sexual assault after allegations against former teacher

The letter, which includes signatures from 150 community members, many of whom are Brunswick High School graduates, states the school department must determine the scope and the breadth of sexual violence within the schools, while also conducting “extensive training on appropriate relationships with students so that this line to sexual assault and grooming could never be crossed.”

Striking BIW workers will lose health insurance in midst of pandemic

Workers continue picketing and gathering after the shipyard announced Monday Two more workers have tested positive for coronavirus.

Two men arrested in Woolwich medical pot store burglary

Holistic Alternatives, a medical marijuana store on Route 1 in Woolwich, was burglarized on June 15, for the second time in two weeks.

Police: Bad weather to blame for I-295 crash

Freeport moving forward with weekend Main Street closure

Main Street will close to vehicles from Howard Place by The Lobster Cooker and Pub, to Bow Street, by Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen, from 8 a.m. on Saturdays to 8 p.m. on Sundays, and a detour will be in place from West Street to Depot Street and then to Bow Street.