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Teens charged with theft, assault of 83-year-old Lewiston shop owner

LEWISTON — A teenager was charged with assault and another teen with theft Wednesday in connection with an incident at Speaker’s Variety that left the store owner with a broken wrist. The boys, both 16, were charged after police consulted with the Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office about the Nov. 3 assault at the Spruce […]

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State pushes to loosen teen work rules, but labor advocates have concerns

Morgan Jackson started earning a paycheck when she was 12, picking strawberries on a neighbor’s farm in Scarborough.  These days she scoops at Beal’s Ice Cream on Veranda Street in Portland, in between studying for three advance-placement classes at Scarborough High School and training as a kickboxer — she also has a black belt in […]