NORTH ANSON (AP) — A Maryland family’s dog that went missing on a holiday trip to Maine has been found after surviving more than a week of sub-zero temperatures and severe winter storms. Dempsey, a 1-year-old boxer that belongs to Jamie Cyrway’s family in Severn, Md., was found Monday morning in an abandoned warehouse in […]
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For survivor, fire just one blow in depressing year
LEWISTON — From apartment fires to a broken foot to biting dogs, it was too much for Adriana Garcia. “I just want my life back,” she said. “And I’m trying, but I don’t know how. It’s hard.” Garcia had returned to her 172 Bates St. apartment April 29 from a doctor’s appointment. She’d broken her […]
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Auburn crews rescue dog from hole in ice on Taylor Pond
AUBURN — A dog rescued from a hole in the ice on Taylor Pond early Tuesday morning was resuscitated by firefighters, one of whom also fell through the ice. The large dog that resembled a Rottweiler had wandered onto the pond shortly after 2 a.m., fire Chief Frank Roma said. The dog fell through a […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Dog boarding kennel proposed to Planning Board
PARIS — A planned dog boarding kennel on Paris Hill Road is drawing fire from neighbors worried about the noise, waste and environmental impact of the proposal. Carl and Sharon Nightingale submitted a site plan for the small kennel on their property at 234 Paris Hill Road to the Planning Board last month. At its […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Police investigate bomb threat at Oxford Walmart
OXFORD — Police are investigating a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of the Oxford Walmart late Saturday night. According to Oxford police Lt. Michael Ward, approximately 50 shoppers and employees were evacuated from the building after the threat was called in near 11:30 p.m. The store, located on Route 26, is open from 6 […]
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Shotgun slug hits Old Orchard Beach home; wardens explore charges against hunters
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Maine game wardens are investigating a gunshot that allegedly hit an Old Orchard Beach residence Wednesday morning, and say charges against two local hunters may be forthcoming. Doug Rafferty, spokesman for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, told the Bangor Daily News on Wednesday afternoon a stray shotgun slug […]
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Dog saved after getting caught in coyote trap in Topsham
TOPSHAM — A dog was able to walk home with its owner after being freed Sunday morning from a coyote trap that had been set along the Central Maine Power right-of-way in Topsham, according to police. The silver labrador had been on a walk with its owner near Route 201 at about 11 a.m. when […]
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Dog owner cited in cat deaths
PHILLIPS — A local woman was issued a summons on a civil violation of having a dog at large that killed several cats, Colt Sleaster, a Franklin County sheriff’s deputy, said Friday. A woman from the Reed’s Mill Road area in Phillips reported a dog killed her cats on Thursday. Sleaster investigated and tracked down […]
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Bid to overturn new dog leash law on Scarborough beaches fails
SCARBOROUGH (AP) — The battle over whether unleashed dogs should be allowed on Scarborough’s town-run beaches is not over. The town council earlier this month approved an ordinance that requires dogs to be leashed year-round on all town property after an unleashed dog killed a protected piping plover chick on Pine Point Beach in July. […]