A squirrel sits in the notch of a tree in Farmington on Tuesday afternoon. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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Street Talk: Lights out in Lewiston
Call me crazy, but every time the power goes out, I get excited. Not just excited – exhilarated. Enthralled. Energized by a new sense of adventure and an absolute certainty that this is it. This is The Big One. The end of the world has come ’round at last and I’ve got to get my […]
Pet squirrel that foiled Idaho home burglary returns to wild
In this August 2016 photo, Adam Pearl’s pet squirrel Joey is fed in Meridian, Idaho. Pearl says Joey was so young he still had his eyes closed when friends found him on the ground late in the summer of 2016 after he fell out of his nest. Pearl says Joey climbed onto his shoulder for […]
Auburn teen takes selfie; squirrel takes offense
AUBURN — At least it wasn’t an alligator. An Auburn teen is flustered but unharmed after a photo op with a squirrel went awry in Florida. Brian Genest, 17, said Wednesday he saw what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on a handrail as he was walking through John Chestnut Park near Tampa. He was on a […]
State to hear woman’s appeal to keep neutered squirrel, flightless bird
HARPSWELL, Maine — The fate of a crippled blue jay and neutered gray squirrel could hang in the balance as a 66-year-old Cundy’s Harbor woman appears before Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife officials Tuesday to argue that she should be allowed to keep the two animals. In March, a team of 10 game […]