AUGUSTA (AP) — The severe winter has put an end to the turkey hunt in parts of northern Maine. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said the hunt has been suspended in wildlife management districts 1-6. The spring turkey season will remain unchanged in all other areas of the state. Commissioner Chandler Woodcock […]
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Flying wild turkey hits state trooper’s windshield on I-95
PLYMOUTH — A state trooper is OK after a flying turkey flew into the windshield of his cruiser on Interstate 95 Thursday morning. Trooper Tucker Bonnevie was on patrol in the southbound lanes when he saw a flock of turkeys in the highway’s median, Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said. One turkey took flight […]
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Maine farmer’s fresh, organic turkeys ‘had a happy life’
SCARBOROUGH — Turkeys at Frith Farm are counting the days. Since July, Daniel Mays has nurtured 100 feathered friends on his organic farm in Scarborough. From tiny hatches, to bright-eyed birds that “cluck and pop and make all sorts of noises,” when they are happy, his broad-breasted bronze beauties are in demand as Thanksgiving nears. […]
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King visits Syrian refugees in Turkey
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, recently visited Nizip 2 Syrian refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey. The camp, one of 20 built and maintained by the Turkish government, is home to more than 5,000 Syrian refugees who have […]