REGION — Last weekend, Maine Game Wardens and Marine Patrol Officers conducted concentrated patrols on bodies of water throughout the state for Operation Dry Water. The program is a national outreach and enforcement campaign, coordinated by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. It is held annually to raise awareness of the dangers of […]
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Maine wardens urge safety after multiple ATV crashes
At least 6 people were injured in crashes on the Fourth of July, the Maine Warden Service says.
Search to resume Saturday for kayaker missing in Standish
The New Hampshire man has not been heard from since taking a kayak out on Watchic Lake early Friday morning.
Maine wardens find 2 women stranded on remote logging road
The Millinocket residents were spotted Tuesday by game wardens flying over a rural section of Piscataquis County.
As snowmobile deaths in Maine climb to 7, wardens warn riders to slow down
A Massachusetts man has died from injuries suffered Feb. 22, and a Lee man is killed over the weekend.
Auburn woman suffers broken leg in snowmobile crash
A local woman suffered a broken leg Friday after hitting a snowbank on a snowmobile at nearly 60 mph.
Massachusetts man, 55, critically injured in snowmobile crash
He was riding with a group in Penobscot County when the accident occurred, and the Maine Warden Service says an Auburn woman broke her leg in a crash in Bridgton.
Pregnant woman killed in Greenwood crash
Elizabeth Abelson of Gloucester, Mass., died Saturday after losing control on a trail in Oxford County.
Maine wardens offer reward in search for person who fatally shot a bald eagle
The eagle was spotted Dec. 26 acting abnormally on Papoose Pond in Waterford and later died, the Maine Warden Service says.
Wardens: ‘Ice is doing pretty well’ but check it before heading out
Rob Angelides, of Lewiston, collects a trap while ice fishing Sunday on Cochnewagon Pond in Monmouth. Cool temperatures have drawn anglers to the ice, which game wardens caution is still very thin on many bodies of water. Angelides said he caught a few small trout and cut through 6 inches of ice to put out […]