If you use Facebook or any social media sites to connect with friends and family, be careful what you post, as well as how much personal information you are sharing, AARP FraudWatch Network cautions. Scammers troll social media sites so they can “profile” their potential victims. For example, if they know the names of your […]
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You now have 6 ways to react to this story on Facebook
NEW YORK — Facebook’s “like” button isn’t going away, but it has some company. Facebook has been testing alternatives to “like” in about a half-dozen countries, including Ireland, Spain and Japan. On Wednesday, it made “haha,” ”angry” and three other responses available in the U.S. and the rest of the world. In changing a core […]
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Weather may delay Spruce Mountain opening
JAY — Despite unusually warm weather so far this year, officials at Spruce Mountain Ski Area were hoping colder temperatures last weekend would allow enough snow to be made for a Dec. 26 opening. It has been a tradition for the ski area to open the day after Christmas. Earlier this year, President Ron Jacques said […]
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Lewiston political Facebook group considers shutting down
LEWISTON — A reputation for online bickering and hurt feelings may convince members of a Facebook group devoted to local politics, Lewiston Rocks the Vote, to shut down and go their separate ways. “It’s not as contentious now as it was during the election,” Heidi Sawyer, the group’s founder, said. “But I want people to […]
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Auburn woman in moose crash still in coma a week later
LEWISTON — An Auburn woman injured last week when the car in which she was riding struck a moose on the Maine Turnpike remained in a coma Wednesday, according to her boyfriend. Doctors had put Taylor Norcross, 27, in an induced coma because of a head injury sustained in the crash. Since then, they have […]
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Litchfield school break-ins investigated
LITCHFIELD — Police and officials at Libby-Tozier School are reassuring parents that their children are safe following two recent nighttime break-ins. “The individual that is breaking in is targeting money and not technology, personal information, or even medication,” according to a post on the school’s Facebook page. “No personal information has been taken or even […]
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Livermore discusses highway issues
LIVERMORE — Several road issues were discussed at the Board of Selectpersons meeting Monday night. Administrative Assistant Carrie Castonguay told the board she received a complaint about the Bowles Road after a mail truck lost its muffler while delivering mail on that road recently. Castonguay said mail delivery may be stopped due to the condition […]
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Animal Tales: Building homes for feral felines
NEW GLOUCESTER — Angela Cheetham builds houses. For cats. They’re not grand — a plastic tote within a plastic tote, filled with straw and insulated with scrap pieces of foam board, a cutout for a door — but for feral cats around Maine, they’re as good as mansions. “It gives them a chance to have […]
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Auburn boy still battling E. coli complications
PORTLAND — A 17-month-old Auburn boy battling hemolytic uremic syndrome remained in stable condition Wednesday night at Maine Medical Center. Myles Herschaft is fighting the same infection that claimed the life of a Poland boy earlier this week, according to the child’s family. Early Wednesday night, the toddler’s father, Victor Herschaft, posted an update on Facebook […]
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Animal Tales: Volunteers help find lost pets
LISBON — When Apples the cat didn’t come home for three days this summer, Lacey Cornell panicked. She was used to the 6-year-old gray cat coming and going, but he’d never been gone for so long. Even though Apples spent much of his time prowling his Lisbon neighborhood, he almost always came home for breakfast. […]