AUGUSTA (AP) — Moose hunting season is kicking off in eastern and northern Maine this week. The season begins Monday. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said there are about 950 hunters who have permits for the hunting season’s first week. The department said more Mainers have moose hunting permits this year than ever […]
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Moose moved out of Augusta neighborhood
AUGUSTA (AP) — Seeing a moose in Maine is not unusual. Seeing a moose lingering on a lawn in a city neighborhood is. A 600-pound, juvenile male moose that had been hanging out for several days in a small patch of woods in an Augusta neighborhood was tranquilized, moved and set free Wednesday by wildlife […]
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Seth Wescott, moose walk away from collision
LANG TOWNSHIP — Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Seth Wescott struck a moose with his Volkswagen Eurovan on Route 16 early Thursday, Franklin County Lt. David Rackliffe said. Wescott, 37, of Carrabassett Valley was not hurt and the moose got up and returned to the woods, the lieutenant said. The collision occurred as Wescott was […]
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Woman escapes serious injury in car, moose collision
FARMINGTON — An Industry woman escaped serious injury when the car she was driving Wednesday hit a moose standing in Route 4 in the Fairbanks section of town. The bull moose was killed, according to a report from Farmington police Sgt. Edward Hastings IV, said secretary Rachel Heseltine on Friday. Olivia Fahn, 24, was driving north […]