The disease has driven prices up and supplies down, affecting Maine farms, stores, restaurants and egg lovers in different ways.
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Why did the chicken cross the Olive Garden parking lot? To evade police pursuit
AUGUSTA — Chicken, chicken, who’s got the chicken? After some strategic chicken wrangling Sunday afternoon, the Augusta Police do. City police were called to the parking lot of the Olive Garden in Augusta early Sunday afternoon on a call of a fowl running afoul of the law. The department, in a tongue-and-cheek post on its Facebook […]
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Poultry in motion: Bill targets owners of trespassing fowl
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Why did the chicken cross the road? In New Hampshire, another question may be: Did it have permission? The Legislature is considering a bill that would make trespassing fowl a violation, not for the chicken but for its owners. Under the proposal, anyone who knowingly, recklessly or negligently allows fowl to […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Amazing Acro-Cats have impurrfect start in circus
Fifteen circus cats were stuck on a bus — and they had a performance in two hours. “Jax is like, ‘I’ve got this.’ No you don’t, Jax,” said circus owner Samantha Martin, fending off Jax’s paws as she fed keys through a tiny bus window to a human also trapped inside. Even on a good night, […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Dogs kill, injure animals in Peru
PERU — Two German shepherds were quarantined Thursday after they killed a guineafowl, injured two other birds and attacked two goats, Animal Control Officer Sue Milligan said. According to investigators, neighbor John Gallant’s dogs went onto the property of Steve Fuller and Nathalie Anctil on Stage Coach Road, where the attacks took place Thursday morning. […]
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Eats: Clay Hill Farm’s chicken and beef
Despite years of tradition, sometimes a big turkey is just not your desire on Thanksgiving. Maybe you’ve got a smaller crowd to feed, or you’re interested in trying something new. If so, Clay Hill Farm in Peru may have what you’re looking for. Your options? Check out the pudgy poultry and brawny beef raised by […]
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Company responds to chemical weapon allegation
In the Bangor Daily News article the Sun Journal published on Sept 9, 2013 titled “Report says Winslow company sold Syria vaccines that were stockpiled as chemical weapon precursor” you state that “a Winslow company’s illegal sale of vaccines used on birds in the early 1990’s has been linked by the New York Times to […]