The snorts of disbelief and indignation could be heard down the hallway.

“Microchipped fish?!”

The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that one condition of a Freeport restaurateur getting his confiscated swimming pets back from state wildlife officials is “that the koi be fitted with microchips.”

The Littles hate needles. They also love stealth.

“Never!” were the burbles from the tank.

To highlight water-quality issues with the Androscoggin River, the Sun Journal plunked five goldfish in a tank of water from the Andy and named them after the candidates for governor – the people with the power to make change. To read about the project, or watch the govfish cam, visit sunjournal.com.