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COVID-19 outbreaks reported at Brunswick, Bath schools COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported at Bath Middle School and Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Brunswick. The Maine Center for Disease Control defines an outbreak as three or more cases of COVID-19 within a 14-day period. Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel announced the outbreak status in Bath Monday afternoon. “These cases are not epidemiologically linked,” Manuel wrote in an email to the community. “The CDC has informed us that this uptick in cases is due to community spread outside of school. There i...

COVID-19 cases increasing in southern Midcoast Maine Both Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties' seven-day new case average stayed in the single digits in March and much of April, but started climbing late last month. Share COVID-19 cases are trending up in the southern Midcoast — specifically in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties — as the state’s vaccination efforts press on. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 78 positive and probable new cases of COVID-19 in Lincoln County between April 27 and May 3 — the highest seven-day average of new cases the county has ever see...

Bath-area school district to hold forum on $38.8 million spending plan It's unclear how the proposed budget will impact property taxes. Share Regional School Unit 1 will hold its first public forum Monday on its proposed $38.8 million budget, a 1.6% increase from last year’s budget, though it’s unclear how that increase will impact property taxes. The local contribution for RSU 1’s four communities is estimated at $19.6 million in total, up $556,000 — or 2.9% — from last year. Of this amount, Bath would be assessed $11.2 million (up 2.45%); Arrowsic, roughly $539,000 (up 5.69%); Ph...

Briefs Noble High students named winners in academic competition Four Noble High School students are winners in the Academic World Quest competition by the World Affairs Council. Team members Sofia Dillon, Sage Study, Ryan Menter and team captain Rain Bugado now move on to represent Maine in the national competition in April. The first ever regional, virtual Academic World Quest competition was organized in collaboration with seven sister councils of the World Affairs Council of Maine. Twenty-six teams slogged through 100 questions detailing everything from the future of the U.S. Foreign Serv...

Bath middle school teacher sparks hope, determination with yellow fever lesson After learning about how yellow fever epidemic sparked fear and confusion in 1793 Philadelphia, Bath Middle School eight graders said they felt comforted to learn the U.S. has overcome pandemics before. Share Tanya Pomerleau, an English language arts teacher at Bath Middle School, discusses a reading assignment from “Fever 1793.” Photo courtesy of Lindsey Goudreau BATH — When Tanya Pomerleau, an English language arts teacher at Bath Middle School, picked up a book about the yellow fever epidemic in 1793 Ph...