WILTON — The Wilton Fish & Game Association will hold the first annual Michael J. Rowe Memorial Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 14, on Wilson Lake. Tickets are now available at Shelly’s Hometown Market in East Wilton and Mosher’s Seafood and Meat in Farmington, member Sharon Borthwick said. For the past few years, the […]
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Bristol lobsterman catches salmon on Wilson Pond in Wilton
WILTON — Salmon and brook trout were taking bait fish on ice-fishing trap lines Friday morning on the eastern end of Wilson Pond, while most anglers waited out the wind inside their vehicles parked onshore. Wind chills were near zero with the air temperature 26 in and out of snow squalls coating the ice with […]
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Farmington man, president of realty company, drowns in Wilton lake
WILTON — A Farmington man drowned Tuesday afternoon after he dove into Wilson Lake from his pontoon boat and surfaced struggling, according to a news release by the Maine Warden Service on Wednesday. Jeffrey “Jeff” Mitchell, 63, was pulled from the water by witnesses prior to the arrival of Maine Warden Service personnel. Wilton firefighters […]
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Loon tangled in fishing line rescued in Wilton
WILTON — A loon with fishing line wrapped around its beak and neck is recovering after being rescued from Wilson Lake on Sunday. “The loon’s mouth was pretty cut up from the fishing line,” Diane Winn of Avian Haven, a wild bird rehabilitation center in Freedom, said Tuesday. “The first day it could only eat […]
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Friends of Wilson Lake celebrates 25 years of accomplishments
WILTON — About 50 Friends of Wilson Lake gathered Sunday for an annual meeting at Kineowatha Park. This year is the 25th anniversary of the organization. Its 250 members take an active interest in the water quality and future of Wilson Lake, President Wynn Muller said. In the summer of 1989, the water level dropped […]
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Jay man injured in snowmobile accident on Wilton lake
WILTON — A Jay man was injured Monday when his snowmobile rear-ended one driven by his grandson on Wilson Lake. David Jones, 68, of Jay was following his grandson across the lake as they headed toward town, Sgt. Scott Thrasher of the Maine Warden Service said. The grandson, Dalton Ellis, 17, of Wilton had a […]