Besides the financial and data privacy risks, ‘your kids are playing a game and (hackers) can listen to what they are doing,’ a vulnerability expert says.
2019
Mutual fund pioneer John C. Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group, dies at 89
His company provided low-cost investing with the first index fund for individuals, rather than institutional clients.
Bowers grows into vital post presence for Cony boys basketball team
Senior power forward brings toughness and one of KVAC’s best inside games to 8-3 Rams.
Sears lives to fight another day, with chairman’s rescue plan clearing key hurdle
A panel approves Eddie Lampert’s $5 billion plan for the struggling retailer, but a judge must still sign off.
Class D basketball teams face problems larger schools never consider
Schedule uncertainty, travel just a snippet of problems for small schools.
SWAT team deployed for drug investigation in South Portland
An armored personnel carrier was deployed to Ferry Village, where the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency requested help from the regional SWAT team.
Debate brews over splitting Maine’s agriculture, conservation department
Some interest groups who represent farmers and conservationists want to break up the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, but Gov. Janet Mills has reservations.
Group cancels annual firefighter ski race for charity at Shawnee Peak
The Bridgton resort says it doesn’t have enough space or resources to host the Mary’s Firemen for a Cure event, which raises money for breast cancer research.
Hannaford to open second Brunswick store
The planned location at Cooks Corner Shopping Mall would employ roughly 150 workers.
24-year-old man killed in Buckfield collision on Route 117
BUCKFIELD — A 24-year-old man died Wednesday night when his Volkswagen Beetle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a Ford F-150 hauling a trailer on Route 117, police said. A 55-year-old woman driving the truck was taken to the hospital as a precaution for injuries that were not life-threatening, Maine Department of Public Safety […]