Bath News

A 15-year-old boy who allegedly brought a pocket knife to Morse High School on May 20 returned to the school, broke in and vandalized it sometime last night, police said today.

With city, school and county costs tallied, the city could see a tax increase of nearly 5 percent next year.

Featuring 32 local art studios and artists, the ArtWalk takes place on the third Friday of every month from 5 to 8 p.m. during the summer.

Bath Middle School student Noa Sreden is pictured here with the portable XBox 360 Kinect Kiosk she and fellow classmate Ann Tolan won for their school during a nation-wide Fuel Up to Play 60 "Casting Call" Challenge in which the girls each submitted entries describing how the program has inspired fitness and better nutrition in their school.

The center, one of the midcoast's premier performing and visual arts facilities, announced Bowers' resignation Wednesday, a day after she advised the board.

A group of digital education experts is recommending that Maine create an online directory to help school districts and teachers find, choose and write reviews of digital learning resources.

Morgan Callan Rogers, a Bath native, wrote her debut novel, "Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea," because a voice in her head would not leave her alone.

By Dominik Lobkowicz An accident that claimed the life of one man and injured two others in the early morning of May 11 is still under investigation, according to Wiscasset Police Chief Troy Cline.

The Bath City Council, in response to efforts by a Bangor-based business owner to open a strip club at the location of the current Riverside Pub, has voted 6 to 2 to support a 180-day moratorium ordinance on adult entertainment in the city.

BATH, Maine - Handing slices of pizza from the kitchen to waiting customers at The Cabin restaurant Wednesday, first lady Ann LePage said, "This is the place to come, from what I hear." "It was always a joke that one thing I've never done is be a waitress," LePage said before the lunchtime crowd arrived.

After her morning tour at BIW Wednesday, Mrs. LePage will be serving pizza slices to local patrons at The Cabin Restaurant, which is celebrating 40 years in business on June 3. Mrs.

Firefighters contain damage in Dresden DRESDEN - Firefighters from several communities were able to save a Middle Road home Tuesday after fire broke out in the basement.

A two-vehicle crash that sent two people to the hospital may have been caused by a driver operating under the influence.

The Navy has told Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine that it intends to issue a contract for 10 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers by June 4, with work to be completed over five years from fiscal 2013 through 2017.

BATH, Maine - A proposal to open a strip club in the city prompted the City Council on Wednesday to support a moratorium that temporarily prohibits licenses and permits for so-called "adult-use establishments." The council voted 6-2 for the six-month ban, which requires a second vote later this month before it can go into effect.

A coalition of women legislators and abortion rights activists will hold a press conference Thursday to condemn the bills as anti-choice. The first bill bolsters Maine's law requiring informed consent about information, the second allows a wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child, and the final proposal strengthens the ... (more)

Bath police Sgt. Dan Couture and Patrolman Ted Raedel pulled over a car driven by 31-year-old David Loewen in the Amato's parking lot on Centre Street and arrested him on charges of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, namely heroin, according to a press release from Bath police Lt.

It's a sure sign of spring: bicycle riders, from kids wobbling on their first two-wheelers to Spandex-clad athletes on high-tech racing machines, once again occupy city streets.

A political activist from Bath was arrested on Sunday during a protest against what they say is the illegal use of drones in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.

A Bath woman has reasonable grounds to claim that she was subject to a hostile environment in public accommodations when her therapist allegedly subjected her to sexual comments and unwelcome touching, according to an investigator with the Maine Human Rights Commission.