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Saco Main Street hosts furry friends for Paws Downtown
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (199+ words) Hundreds of dogs took a break from their normal walks Saturday afternoon and met at Saco's Governor John Fairfield School for Paws Downtown. The event, formerly known as Bark in the Park, was hosted by Saco Main Street as an…...
Sharks seen near surfers in latest Higgins Beach sighting
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (73+ words) WMTW Sharks seen near surfers in latest Higgins Beach sighting The shark was roughly 8 to 10 feet long. Video shows stranded climber being rescued from Georgia cliff face Colorado family wakes to bear having ‘breakfast’ in their kitchen A dog's customized…...
Meet Toot, our Adoptable Pet of the Week
3+ week, 3+ day ago (274+ words) This week's featured adoptable pet from the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland is Toot, a happy-go-lucky dog who has never met a human or dog that wasn't his new best friend. Matt Blanchard of the Animal Refuge League described…...
Sharks are still at Maine beaches, lifeguards may not be, for holiday weekend
1+ week, 1+ day ago (176+ words) There have been numerous shark sightings at beaches in Maine this summer, keeping lifeguards very busy. At about noon on Friday, the Kennebunkport Police Department announced a shark had been spotted off Bumpkin Island, just offshore of Kennebunkport. Police said,…...
What a catch! Large shark reeled in at Higgins Beach in Scarborough
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (127+ words) There has been a lot of shark activity along the Maine coast this summer, and Labor Day weekend was no different. Higgins Beach is also near where a lifeguard was dragged under water by a shark at Scarborough Beach State…...
Mama moose charges woman and her dogs in dramatic home surveillance video
1+ week, 3+ day ago (134+ words) A Montana woman’s Ring camera captured her and her dogs having a backyard encounter with a mama moose and her calf. Shelly Thorburn told CNN she let her three dogs outside at her Big Sky home last week, not realizing…...
Whale watching from shore: Humpback whale seen at Maine's Reid State Park
1+ week, 5+ day ago (221+ words) Humpback whales are common along the Maine coast, and sometimes they come close enough to shore for people to see them without going on a boat. Fred Davis of Auburn visited Reid State Park in Georgetown this week and spotted…...
Meet Nevada, our Adoptable Pet of the Week
1+ week, 3+ day ago (229+ words) This week's featured adoptable pet from the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland is Nevada, a happy and energetic puppy with a stately name. Nevada is 7 months old and is friendly with people and other dogs, according to Matt Blanchard…...
‘He was my kid’: Family demands answers after police shoot, kill pet donkey during search
1+ week, 5+ day ago (333+ words) A Georgia family is mourning the loss of their pet donkey, Hee-Haw, who was shot and killed by a police officer early Sunday morning during a search for a missing child near their farm in Cedartown. It was an unusually…...
Colorado family wakes to bear having ‘breakfast’ in their kitchen
2+ week, 1+ day ago (251+ words) said. It wasn't a plant or a picture, but a live bear sitting in their kitchen doorway. "The...