ADAMSTOWN TOWNSHIP — A New Hampshire motorcyclist was injured Sunday afternoon when he lost control of a motorcycle on Route 16, Rangeley Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin said Monday. Game Warden Harry Wiegman who was at the scene of the accident reported at 6:14 p.m., that the motorcycle had been heading south toward Rangeley when […]
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Wilton man recovering from snowmobile crash
WILTON — A Wilton man is reported in good condition Wednesday at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston after being thrown from a snowmobile Sunday. James Harris, 54, received serious injuries and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital and then on to CMMC, according to a spokesman for the Maine Warden Service. Harris was teaching […]
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Maine Warden Service halts undercover operations
AUGUSTA — The commander of the Maine Warden Service said on Wednesday that he has halted the agency’s undercover operations as a result of a newspaper article and photograph of a warden. Commander Joel Wilkinson spoke during a morning legislative hearing that followed a Maine Sunday Telegram investigation detailing hunters’ accusations that an undercover warden […]
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Legislature to hold hearings on Maine Warden Service
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers who oversee the Maine Warden Service have been given the green light to hold hearings on the agency’s conduct during an undercover operation and raid in northern Maine. The hearings in the next two weeks will focus on questions raised by a Maine Sunday Telegram report that included an agent shooting a […]
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Ice-fishing derby Saturday a go
ROXBURY — With a week of cold temperatures, it’s a go for the 36th annual Larry Mercier Memorial Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 13, at Roxbury Pond. Proceeds will benefit the Mexico Lions Club’s eye care program. The derby features a tagged brook trout worth $2,000 if caught during the derby. Fishing will run […]
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Virginia tourist injured in deer collision with motorcycle on Route 5
ALBANY TOWNSHIP — A tourist from Virginia was injured early Wednesday afternoon on Route 5 when the 2001 Harley Davidson she was riding on collided with a deer, Maine State Police Trooper Brian Hink said late Friday afternoon. Linda Weingarten, 61, possibly suffered a leg fracture, but her husband, Robert Weingarten, 52, was able to […]
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Reward increased to $3,500 for information on female deer poaching
LIVERMORE — Operation Game Thief has increased the reward to $3,500 for anyone who can provide information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for killing four does in Chesterville, Leeds, Livermore and Livermore Falls. The does were fatally shot and left to waste in open fields, wardens said. Thanks to the generosity of […]
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Reward offered as more buckets of dirty diapers found in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Maine Operation Game Thief is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the apprehension or conviction of the person responsible for putting more than 24 buckets of dirty adult diapers in streams in Franklin County, Warden Dan Christianson said. Wardens continue to follow up on tips they are receiving, he said. The […]
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Buckets of dirty diapers found in Farmington, Wilton streams
FARMINGTON — Maine game wardens want to know who has been leaving five-gallon buckets of dirty adult diapers in the streams and woods of Farmington and Wilton. Wardens found 16 buckets over the past two months and a person found four more of them that he told wardens he disposed of himself, Warden Kris MacCabe […]
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Rangeley District game warden Reggie Hammond retires after 25 years
DALLAS PLANTATION — Turning off more than two decades of tenacious back-country detective work protecting Maine’s fish and wildlife resources is going to be tough for Reggie Hammond. The Maine game warden who had an uncanny knack for catching lawbreakers in his nearly 400-square-mile Rangeley District, retired on March 31 after a 25-year career. “Pretty […]