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BIW COVID-19 count continues to climb As of Wednesday, BIW reported 63 new cases so far this month, according to the company’s website. Share BATH — Cases of COVID-19 continues to climb among workers at Bath Iron Works, but a company spokesman said closing any of its facilities due to COVID-19 “is not an option.” BIW, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, has reported new cases nearly every day for the past seven weeks. As of Wednesday, BIW reported 63 new cases so far this month, according to the company’s website. The company reported 56 employees tested positive for COVID-19 in Dece...

Trump vetoes defense bill that has BIW benefits, setting up possible override vote The president has called for the bill to include limits on social media companies he claims are biased against him – and to strip out language that allows for the renaming of military bases that honor Confederate leaders. By Times Record staff and wire reports Share The USS Daniel Inouye coasted down the Kennebec River this month on its way to at-sea trials. The defense policy bill vetoed by President Trump on Wednesday approves two new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, one of which will be built at Bath Iron...

Number of COVID-19 cases have jumped at Bath shipyard The company has announced new COVID-19 cases nearly every day since Monday, Nov. 16. Since then, 66 workers have tested positive for COVID-19. Share BATH — COVID-19 cases at Bath Iron Works, one of the state’s largest employers, have jumped this month as the shipyard works to recover from crippling delays worsened by a strike and the pandemic. According to the company’s website, 84 workers have tested positive for COVID-19 since March. Of those, 59 cases have come from the main shipyard in Bath. BIW, a subsidiary of aerospace and de...

The company has announced new COVID-19 cases nearly every day since Monday, Nov. 16. Since then, 66 workers have tested positive for COVID-19.