The bear was sighted in the area of Robin Lane on Tuesday morning, and residents were warned to take in trash cans and bird feeders that might attract it.
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Midcoast Humane to hold Shelter-bration
Midcoast Humane Society will hold its first annual Shelter-bration from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. This 11-month-old Lab mix, Bear, is looking for a home and is available at Midcoast Humane’s Brunswick Campus at 30 Range Road. For tickets to Shelter-bration and/or to learn more about […]
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Firefighters use Jaws of Life to free bear from milk can
ROSEAU, Minn. (AP) — Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to help free a black bear whose head was stuck in a milk can in northern Minnesota. Conservation officer Eric Benjamin with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was called Friday about a young male bear with its head stuck in an old […]
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Video: Black bear climbs Augusta porch railing to try to snag bird feeder
? AUGUSTA — A black bear scaled a porch railing and post early Tuesday morning to try to reach a bird feeder at home on the east side of Augusta. The bear feat, captured on an outdoor camera, is seen on a short video clip taken by the homeowner. Robert Doyon said Tuesday that this […]
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Bear surprises Kennebunk homeowner
Melanie Wadleigh was sitting inside her parents’ home in Kennebunk on Wednesday morning, their basset hound puppy napping nearby, when her mother saw something out the window moving near the neighbor’s house on Mousam Ridge Road. “At first she thought it might be a big dog, but then I looked out and said ‘Oh, my […]
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Peter E. Schlax Sr.
AUBURN — Peter Edmund Schlax Sr., 79, of Lewiston, died peacefully Feb. 14 at Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn, surrounded by his family. Pete was born Jan. 26, 1939, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Edmund Schlax and Julie Riordan. He grew up on the rough streets of the South Side of Chicago. He graduated from […]
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Arlene Marston bags a bear
Arlene Marston of Harrison with her bear she shot while hunting with her husband Bob Marston. Arlene Marston, 82 of Harrison bagged her first black bear on opening day of Maine’s 2017 bear hunting season. While hunting from a 15 foot high tree stand with her husband Bob Marston, Arlene fired her 308 bolt action rifle […]
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Piano-playing bear strikes a chord in Colorado apartment
Post by 97.1 QMG. VAIL, Colo. (AP) — Police say it wasn’t a burglary — just a black bear that stomped, briefly, on piano keys while rummaging through an apartment in Colorado. The revelation came after Katie Hawley reported her Vail apartment had been disturbed while she was away on May 31. She later checked […]
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250 pound black bear killed crossing road in Wells
The bear was crossing Sanford Road near Highpine Loop Road when it was struck by a vehicle, according to police. WELLS — Wells Police are reminding Mainers to bring in your bird feeders and secure your trash because bears are out and looking for food. Police say they received many inquiries about an accident involving […]