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Maine's shipyards, notably Bath Iron Works, are in the midst of uncertain times and juggling a lot of mixed messages.
There was a glimmer of good news earlier this month when President Donald Trump announced during a joint address to Congress that he planned to start a White House office aimed at boosting U.S. shipbuilding. Such an office could serve as a boon for Maine's shipyards.
At the same time, other actions by the Trump Administration have jostled those very same shipyards. Funding freezes and department downsizing across many levels of government prompted some shipyards to cancel hiring events and freeze hiring. A handful of layoffs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard followed, but were reversed just a few days later.
Find more news, events and information online.
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In other news, well water testing at a golf course about a mile and a half from the site of Brunswick's toxic firefighting foam spill has revealed high levels of PFAS contamination. The state thinks this contamination may be a result of the Navy’s past activities at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, not last summer's spill.
Still, the results reveal just how far-reaching such contamination can be and has raised a lot of concern in the community.
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Several volunteers attend the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik fieldwork session. Courtesy of Ella McDonald
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It's sheep-shearing season on our little farm in North Yarmouth. Here Red is getting manhandled to get that winter wool off. My partner Nyssa spins the wool from our small herd to do some knitting. Have a photo you'd like to contribute to Midcoast Now? Send it to editor@timesrecord.com. |
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THE WAY IT WAS IN THE MIDCOAST |
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March 19, 1973: In a sign of the season, here's a story from 1973 about local businesses gearing up for maple syrup season. Lots has changed in the past 50 years, but this story makes clear that maple syrup has stayed pretty much the same.
Click here to read more on this story from 1973 from our archives on Newspapers.com. |
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Nick McCrea is editor of The Times Record. Prior to his move to the Midcoast, Nick worked for a decade as a reporter at the Bangor Daily News, including a stint covering the northern portion of the Midcoast based in Belfast. He's a graduate of the University of Maine and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. In his "free time" he and his partner, Nyssa, run a doggy daycare and try to keep track of their own two dogs, two cats and five sheep. |
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