Absence makes the heart grow fonder

The downtown of Bath, on the Maine Coast and home of the big Bath Irons Works shipyard.

The downtown of Bath, on the Maine Coast and home of the big Bath Irons Works shipyard.

“All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.’’

— John Baldacci (born 1955), governor of the Pine Tree State in 2003-2011