New York becomes first state in the nation to ban the declawing of cats.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man charged with burning car in Westbrook
Police say Jonathan Thomas set an SUV on fire last week on Myrtle Street.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Family plans to sue cruise company after toddler’s fatal fall from ship
The mother of an 18-month-old Indiana girl who fell to her death from a cruise ship in Puerto Rico says there are “a million things” the cruise company could have done to prevent her death
Posted inNation & World, News
Titanic survivor’s light-up cane goes for $62,500 at auction
The walking stick, with an electric light the owner used to signal for help from a lifeboat, has sold at an auction of maritime items in Rhode Island.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Commander of newest Bath-built ship is part of a rare class
Fewer than 1 percent of the Navy’s commanding officers are women. Cmdr. DonAnn Gilmore, who will take command of BIW’s USS Daniel Inouye, is one of them.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
L.L. Bean to open first Canadian store
The new retail store is part of a larger expansion into America’s northern neighbor.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Massachusetts lawmakers suspend questioning of agency over crash that killed 7
Massachusetts lawmakers are examining the troubles at the state motor vehicle department exposed by a New Hampshire crash that killed seven motorcyclists
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Uncategorized
Bill would increase fines for robocalls
Robocallers often rely on “spoofing” caller-IDs to mask their true identity and make it appear as though they’re calling from the IRS, FBI or other agencies.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
‘Nobody is perfect’: Felicity Huffman’s co-stars come to her defense in college admissions scandal
LOS ANGELES — Felicity Huffman is waiting to learn whether she’ll be spared or sent to prison after pleading guilty amid the college admissions scandal and admitting she paid $15,000 to fix her daughter’s SAT score — a “transgression,” in her words, that “I will carry for the rest of my life.” Now, her co-stars […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Revolutions deliver surprising results
Bernie Sanders hasn’t changed since 2016, but a lot of other things have.