Kathleen O'Brien

Times Record

Kathleen was born and raised in Portland. She studied at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, before moving back to Maine to begin her journalism career at The Times Record in June 2019. She covers Bath & Bath Iron Works, along with Arrowsic, Georgetown, Harpswell, Phippsburg, West Bath, Wiscasset and Woolwich. In her free time, Kathleen likes to read, listen to live music, and spend time with family and friends.

Latest

Published
May 27, 2021

Nearly 900 Bath shipbuilders vaccinated through on-site clinics

Bath Iron Works employees have received the COVID-19 through on-site vaccination clinics offered by the Maine National Guard.
Published
May 23, 2021

Brunswick whale biologist returns from 16 months on island untouched by pandemic

Nan Hauser, a whale biologist from Brunswick, recently returned to Maine after spending 16 months studying whales in the Cook Islands, which hadn’t seen a single COVID-19 case.
Published
May 17, 2021

Police: Father charged after 2-year-old son shoots sleeping parents

Ian Carr, 25, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a Class D crime.
Published
May 17, 2021

Body of Durham man found in New Hampshire

The body of Barry Valcourt, 43, was found by someone walking their dog in the Northwood woods last week.
Published
May 13, 2021

Bath-built ships will be first in Navy’s fleet armed with new hypersonic missiles

Bath Iron Works was chosen to build all three Zumwalt-class destroyers, the last of which is still under construction at the Bath shipyard.
Published
May 12, 2021

Police: 2-year-old boy injures parents, self in West Bath shooting

According to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office, the boy discharged a handgun that was left loaded on a nightstand.
Published
May 11, 2021

Wiscasset jail offers vaccines to inmates, staff amid COVID-19 outbreak

This is the first time Two Bridges has offered vaccines to inmates.
Published
May 10, 2021

Navy chief says BIW on track for increased ship production

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.
Published
May 6, 2021

BIW allowing close contacts of COVID-infected co-workers to remain on the job – with precautions

With more workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, the shipyard is reversing a policy that previously required employees to quarantine at home until they tested negative for the disease.
Published
May 5, 2021

Wiscasset police ask for public’s help in finding missing man

Michael Pekich, 44, was last seen driving a black 2011 Jeep Patriot with Maine Lobster Registration 139-ABR headed to the Downeast region and was expected to return in a few days.