PLYMOUTH — A state trooper is OK after a flying turkey flew into the windshield of his cruiser on Interstate 95 Thursday morning. Trooper Tucker Bonnevie was on patrol in the southbound lanes when he saw a flock of turkeys in the highway’s median, Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said. One turkey took flight […]
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Maine farmer’s fresh, organic turkeys ‘had a happy life’
SCARBOROUGH — Turkeys at Frith Farm are counting the days. Since July, Daniel Mays has nurtured 100 feathered friends on his organic farm in Scarborough. From tiny hatches, to bright-eyed birds that “cluck and pop and make all sorts of noises,” when they are happy, his broad-breasted bronze beauties are in demand as Thanksgiving nears. […]
King visits Syrian refugees in Turkey
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, recently visited Nizip 2 Syrian refugee camp near Gaziantep, Turkey. The camp, one of 20 built and maintained by the Turkish government, is home to more than 5,000 Syrian refugees who have […]