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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Poland students release brook trout
Fifth-graders from Poland Community School on Wednesday release trout above Waterhouse Brook Dam in a project coordinated with Poland Spring Water Co., the state and The Ecology School in Saco. The students grew the fish in tanks in the classroom, did a hands-on study at the dam, named their fish and released them into the […]
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Bald eagle that fell ill in Bangor released in Brewer
BREWER — The female bald eagle that ingested an unknown toxin and fell ill in Bangor three weeks ago emerged from a large dog crate, flapped its wings, and returned to the wild on Tuesday afternoon. The eagle, dubbed “Bangor Mom” by biologists, flew across a pond at the Penobscot County Conservation Association and landed […]
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Escaped Florida prisoners captured
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two convicted killers who were freed from prison by phony documents were captured together without incident Saturday night at a motel here, authorities said. Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were not armed when they were taken into custody at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in a touristy […]