FREEPORT — How does a spunky Laborador retriever become a force in the emerging and slightly mysterious field of influencer marketing? By burrowing full speed into leaf piles, trying to squeeze herself into children’s furniture, biting trees and bathing in mud whenever possible. At least that’s how Stella is doing it. She gets some help […]
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Posted inPets, sj-web
'Lucy' saves Oregon man from sex conviction
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The discovery of a black Labrador named Lucy led to the unraveling of a criminal case Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence. Joshua Horner, a plumber from the central Oregon town of Redmond, was convicted on April 12, 2017, of sexual abuse of a […]
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Hartford sells machinery
HARTFORD — Selectmen on Thursday night opened bids on the 1978 International Harvester tractor with attachments and awarded the machinery to McNeil Farm Inc. There were seven offers, ranging from $403 to $3,500. David Bowman had the winning bid for the chipper. The Road Committee reported it had looked at Thompson Lane and Farrand Hill […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
With polar bear attack behind him, grateful lawyer back at work
LEWISTON — Five months ago to the day on Christmas Eve, Matt Dyer woke to the shadow of a bear falling on his tent. The polar bear pulled him out by the neck and ran toward the water — and almost certain death for Dyer. “I guess I was just lucky, and lucky in many […]
Posted inLocal & State, sj-web
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 […]