BRUNSWICK — A Brunswick woman was charged with child endangerment after a car crash that left a 5-year-old girl with head injuries, and teenager faces charged for pushing or “shouldering” one of the officers responding to the crash. The girl’s injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening. She wasn’t secured in a booster seat or car […]
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Actress and director Penny Marshall dies at age 75
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Penny Marshall, who starred in “Laverne & Shirley” before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, has died. She was 75. Mashall’s publicist, Michelle Bega, said Marshall passed away in her Hollywood Hills, Calif., home on Monday due to complications from diabetes. Marshall starred alongside Cindy Williams in the […]
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All hail the naked mole-rat queen who is revealed at the National Zoo
She is small and many would not find her particularly attractive or intelligent. But among her breed, she has just been confirmed as a queen. On Monday, a petite and unprepossessing member of an exotic mammalian species was at last hailed at the National Zoo as the true queen of Washington’s naked mole rats. […]
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White House says it wants to keep government open, find alternate funding for wall
WASHINGTON — The White House wants to avoid a partial government shutdown and has found other ways to get the border wall President Donald Trump is demanding, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Tuesday. Sanders’ comments come four days before large portions of the federal government will begin shutting down unless Congress and Trump reach a funding […]
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Michael Flynn’s ex-business partner charged with illegally lobbying for Turkey
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former business partner of Michael Flynn is being charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for attempting to get Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen extradited from the United States. Bijan Kian made his first appearance in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court Monday morning. According to the indictment, Kian […]
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Facebook says new bug allowed apps to access private photos of millions of users
Facebook on Friday revealed that a major software bug may have allowed third-party apps to wrongly access the photos of up to 6.8 million users, including images that people began uploading to the site but didn’t post publicly. The mishap, which occurred over a 12-day period in September, adds to Facebook’s mounting privacy headaches after […]
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Former Bath bus driver indicted on 2 counts of taking explicit photos of students
WEST BATH — A former Bath Bus Services driver who Bath police say posted inappropriate photos of students online was indicted Tuesday by a Sagadahoc County grand jury on two counts. 51-year-old Timothy McGowan was charged in May with violation of privacy, a Class D crime, for allegedly taking “upskirt” photos of Regional School Unit 1 and […]
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Tree Street Youth adding 2,900 square feet to facility
Tree Street Youth has pulled a permit for a $1 million project at 144 Howe St., building a 2,900-square-foot addition, demolishing some of the building and renovating 1,400 square feet, according to city records. Hebert Construction is the contractor. Executive Director Julie Sleeper-Whiting said the project is phase two of an improvement plan for the […]
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From cutting hair to trimming cannabis, Small Batch takes over Bernard’s
The new Small Batch store at 711 Lisbon St. is for “artisanal crafted cannabis,” according to a news release for its grand opening Saturday. The new business is at the former Mr. Bernard’s School of Hair Fashion, which closed in 2015. Paul Clark, an extractionist working there, said the 8,000-square-foot space is set up with […]
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FMG Enterprises expands, moves into Lewiston office
First up: FMG Enterprises of New England has expanded from a home office in Auburn to Pleasant Street in Lewiston, into the former home of Black Bear Ladder. The eight-year-old family-owned company specializes in maintenance and repair for retail box stores in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and into Rhode Island, according to Operations Manager Brandon […]