Bath NewsLocal news for Bath, NH continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Bath hopes new fire truck will improve coverage- December 19, 2007 BATH-On Dec. 10, the Bath Fire Department took delivery of a 1979 Ford F700 pumper fire truck, rounding off their assemblage of one engine and two tankers. They paid just $2,500 for the vehicle which has a mere 5,000 miles on it.It all began when friends Dennis MacKay, Bath's Fire Chief, and Peter Gemelli, retired Fire Chief from Wayland, MA, who was visiting at the time, were chatting and Mackay said he was looking for a pumper. MacKay said Gemelli told him that he would see what he could do..http://www.topix.net/city/bath-nh/2007/12/bath-hopes-new-fire-truck-will-improve-coverage?... FairPoint purchase lesser of two evils- December 14, 2007 BACKGROUND: The Maine Public Utilities Commission today will deliberate - and possibly vote - on the proposed acquisition of Verizon's landline business by FairPoint Inc. via Nashua Telegraphhttp://www.topix.net/city/bath-nh/2007/12/fairpoint-purchase-lesser-of-two-evils?fromrss=1 As temperature plunges, heating bills soar- December 6, 2007 "People who didn't need assistance before need it now" WOODSVILLE-Winter is an expensive time of year and not just because of holiday shopping frenzies. Unaffordable fuel and electric bills have residents keeping their thermostats low because heating bills are high. "Things are getting harder," said Tri-County Community Action Program (Tri-County CAP) manager Dan McGregor in an interview from Woodsville. "Your income may change or stay the same but the cost of everything else like...http://www.topix.net/city/bath-nh/2007/12/as-temperature-plunges-heating-bills-soar?fromrs... |