AUGUSTA — A new report adds fuel to a growing worry that out-of-state cash has an outsize influence on what happens when voters head to the polls to decide ballot questions. The conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center weighed in on the initiative and referendum process Wednesday with a study of the spending deployed during the […]
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Golf: Top seeds Anderson, Powell to meet for Match Play title
FALMOUTH — Two players that were at the front of the field after the first round in July’s Maine Amateur Championship will be the last two players standing in the Match Play Invitational at Falmouth Country Club. Cole Anderson and Drew Powell made it out of Wednesday’s quarterfinal and semifinal rounds and will square off […]
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Farmington police are looking down on distracted drivers — literally
FARMINGTON — Police are using a new tactic to try and make motor vehicle drivers and the public aware of the dangers of distracted driving. Drivers whose vehicles were driving by or stopped at the traffic lights at the intersection of Main Street, Farmington Falls Road and the Park and Ride on Tuesday morning probably […]
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How to hide from Google
Turning off the location tracking on your phone isn’t enough to stop Google from receiving any information about where you are, an Associated Press investigation revealed this week. Even if someone goes into their Google account settings to turn off a feature that logs their location, the AP reported, the tech giant still receives a […]
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How to hide from Google
Turning off the location tracking on your phone isn’t enough to stop Google from receiving any information about where you are, an Associated Press investigation revealed this week. Even if someone goes into their Google account settings to turn off a feature that logs their location, the AP reported, the tech giant still receives a […]
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FBI wanted Google data to help solve Portland-area robberies
The investigation to solve a recent string of armed robberies in the Portland area involved a sweeping demand for Google user location data by the FBI, according to court documents. The court-approved demand, first reported on by Forbes magazine, would have included data on every Google location services user in the area of two or more […]
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Lawsuit accuses CMP of fraud
A trio of law firms filed a lawsuit Wednesday, taking aim at Central Maine Power and its treatment of customers following a historic power outage last fall. Saying the suit has the potential to include 300,000 plaintiffs, representatives of the law firms filed their complaint alleging fraud for the way CMP treated its customers, thousands of whom […]
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First Auburn Seniors meet Wednesday
AUBURN — The First Auburn Seniors will hold its annual Tot Lot Barbeque on Wednesday at the Auburn Senior Community Center, Pettengill Park Road, next to the Hasty Community building. Members usually arrive around 10 a.m. to purchase tickets, talk to their friends and neighbors, play cards and learn what the group is doing next. […]
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Maine increasing number of deer permits available by 28 percent
AUGUSTA (AP) — The deadline to participate in the lottery for one of Maine’s growing number of deer permits is fast approaching. Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday. There are thousands more permits available this year in part because deer had a strong year for survival over the winter. The state’s giving out […]
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Rehab facilities at capacity as unusual die-off of seals continues
Several more dead seals washed ashore Tuesday in York County, adding to an unusual die-off that has local and federal experts searching for an explanation. The discovery of at least 35 dead harbor seals on southern Maine beaches in the past three days, including 11 found Monday in Saco, comes amid an unexplained surge in […]