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Saco Main Street hosts furry friends for Paws Downtown
9+ hour, 44+ 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…...
Harvesters finding dead clams; widespread algal bloom is likely the cause
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (367+ words) A widespread algal bloom in Casco Bay is likely the cause of some serious shellfish problems in the towns of Harpswell and Brunswick. Harpswell Harbormaster Darcie Couture said she has received reports of dead and dying clams and worms from…...
What a catch! Large shark reeled in at Higgins Beach in Scarborough
3+ day, 16+ 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…...
Rescued seal pups released back into the wild from Maine beach
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (261+ words) Marine Mammals of Maine returned five rehabilitated harbor seal pups to the ocean The nonprofit organization Marine Mammals of Maine said it had a record number of seal pups come through its doors this summer. On Tuesday, a handful of…...
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,…...
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…...
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…...
‘He was my kid’: Family demands answers after police shoot, kill pet donkey during search
1+ week, 4+ 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…...
Whale watching from shore: Humpback whale seen at Maine's Reid State Park
1+ week, 4+ 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…...
Sharks seen near surfers in latest Higgins Beach sighting
2+ week, 5+ 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…...