Sunday night’s shark sighting forced park officials to close the beach for swimming.
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Crowd turns out to see Premie the seal return to the ocean
PHIPPSBURG — It’s hard to imagine why about 200 people would gather on a cold beach in the dead of winter. Yet there they were, huddled in a wide semicircle around what appeared to be a dog cage in the middle of the beach. They were there to witness the release of Premie, the last […]
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Phippsburg police rescue kittens after a drunk woman throws them into a pond
PHIPPSBURG (AP) — Police say they rescued two kittens from a pond, and they accused their owner of being inebriated and repeatedly tossing the animals into the water. Phippsburg Police Chief John Skroski says Justine Lovig was charged with operating under the influence, cruelty to animals and violation of probation. He tells the Bangor Daily News that […]
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Sea mammal rescue group wants to call Harpswell home
HARPSWELL — On a sandy beach in Phippsburg last June, Lynda Doughty swaddled a week-old harbor seal pup in a pink towel and guided it into a dog crate. After checking for the tell-tale signs of abandonment — things like gum color, the presence of an umbilical cord and weight — Doughty had determined the […]
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Man injured while rescuing dog that fell off cliff in Phippsburg
PHIPPSBURG — A volunteer rescue worker injured his back after he reportedly fell off a cliff while attempting to rescue a dog Thursday afternoon at the end of Club Road in the Small Point area of Phippsburg. A dispatcher said Phippsburg Fire Chief James Totman would not release any additional information about the incident, but […]
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Police ID driver who died when car struck parked car in Bath
BATH — Police on Thursday identified a 65-year-old Phippsburg man as the driver who died Wednesday evening in a dramatic single-car crash on High Street in Bath. Paul Hurd likely suffered a medical incident that caused his 2012 Toyota Camry to leave the road and crash into a tree in the driveway at 462 High […]
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Teen injured in Phippsburg ATV crash
PHIPPSBURG (AP) — The Maine Warden Service is investigating an ATV crash in Phippsburg that injured a 17-year-old boy. Warden Doug Kulis said wardens, Phippsburg firefighters and Sagadahoc County sheriff’s deputies responded to an area of Devil’s Highway, a series of dirt private dirt roads, shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday. Kulis said the teen was […]