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Bad enough we have to careful about hitting moose out there. AM news said the last bison was brough home this AM...
pressherald.com/2023/02/28/bison-on-the-loose-in-fort-fairfield/
By Dennis Hoey March 1, 2023
Three bison on the run after breaking through fencing on Tuesday in Fort Fairfield. Two have been captured while the other is still at large, according to police. Photo by Lovena West
Three bison broke free from their pen Monday morning, and one of the animals was apparently still at large Tuesday night in northern Maine, according to the Fort Fairfield Police Department.
The animals apparently escaped through several breaks in their fence around 7 a.m. Monday before entering Route 167, Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a Facebook post.
The Maine Warden Service, Maine Forest Service, Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office, Presque Isle Police Department, Fort Fairfield Fire and Rescue Department and a local snowmobiler responded and were able to corral two of the bison, according to Cummings.
“We urge all motorists to use caution as we believe there is still one bison out loose and unaccounted for,” Cummings said. “These types of incidents create a difficult and dangerous situation for all involved as the animals are quite large, unpredictable, cannot be captured or trailered and need to be pushed back to their pen utilizing the roadway.”
The police chief said no one has been injured, but the case remains under investigation and the bisons’ owner could face charges.
It could not be determined Tuesday evening if the third bison had been located and returned to its pen. Messages left with Cummings were not returned.
Three bison escape pen, lead police and others on a chase in Fort Fairfield
pressherald.com/2023/02/28/bison-on-the-loose-in-fort-fairfield/By Dennis Hoey March 1, 2023
Three bison on the run after breaking through fencing on Tuesday in Fort Fairfield. Two have been captured while the other is still at large, according to police. Photo by Lovena West
Three bison broke free from their pen Monday morning, and one of the animals was apparently still at large Tuesday night in northern Maine, according to the Fort Fairfield Police Department.
The animals apparently escaped through several breaks in their fence around 7 a.m. Monday before entering Route 167, Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a Facebook post.
The Maine Warden Service, Maine Forest Service, Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office, Presque Isle Police Department, Fort Fairfield Fire and Rescue Department and a local snowmobiler responded and were able to corral two of the bison, according to Cummings.
“We urge all motorists to use caution as we believe there is still one bison out loose and unaccounted for,” Cummings said. “These types of incidents create a difficult and dangerous situation for all involved as the animals are quite large, unpredictable, cannot be captured or trailered and need to be pushed back to their pen utilizing the roadway.”
The police chief said no one has been injured, but the case remains under investigation and the bisons’ owner could face charges.
It could not be determined Tuesday evening if the third bison had been located and returned to its pen. Messages left with Cummings were not returned.
You didn't read my note, he was apprehended this AM... But still be careful for Moose. Deer collisions take out cars, Moose collisions take out cars and sometimes drivers and passengers!!!
Downeaster riders won’t be able to order alcohol while train is in New Hampshire
pressherald.com/2023/03/06/downeaster-riders-will-have-to-go-dry-while-taking-the-train-in-new-hampshire/By Edward D. Murphy March 6, 2023
Passengers on the Amtrak Downeaster rail service that runs between Brunswick and Boston soon will have to abstain from buying alcoholic drinks in the train’s cafe car during the segment of the trip through New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has forbidden the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which oversees the train service and its vendors, from serving beer, wine and mixed drinks while the train passes through 35 miles of the Granite State. The crackdown goes into effect March 20, and is based on a New Hampshire law that bans serving alcohol that has not been purchased in the state.
The company that provides the train’s food and beverage service, Mansfield, Massachusetts-based NexDine Hospitality, buys its alcoholic drinks for the 145-mile run in Maine.
Liquor Commission officials said on Monday that they only recently discovered the train was violating the state’s liquor laws. The rail authority’s executive director, Patricia Quinn, was told the commission did a routine audit this year to determine who was and wasn’t following the purchasing rule – and that audit turned up the Downeaster, which has been operating since 2001.
Quinn said that she’s asked about a review, waiver or appeal of the ruling, but was told there is none.
“It’s unfortunate,” she said. “It will make for a little inconvenience.”
Christina Roy is a student at Emmanuel College in Boston. She rides the Downeaster from time to time, traveling from her Boston apartment to the Brunswick train station. Roy, who was returning to Maine Monday night for a school break, was met by her family, who live in Manchester, Maine.
Roy said she was unaware of the New Hampshire crackdown on drinking. After having the rule explained to her, Roy, who rarely orders drinks on the train, responded.
“It seems a little excessive to me,” she said. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but if it’s what New Hampshire wants what can we do?”
Quinn said passengers who buy drinks before the train enters New Hampshire will be able to continue imbibing. But they’ll have to hold off ordering refills until the train crosses into Massachusetts or Maine. The Downeaster makes 10 stops between Brunswick and Boston, and three are in New Hampshire: Dover, Durham and Exeter. If the train is running on time, the Downeaster spends less than 40 minutes along the 35-mile stretch of the state.
The train makes five daily round trips, as well as frequent late-night service – for instance, when the Boston Red Sox play or when there’s major concert in the city.
The Downeaster has carried nearly 9 million passengers since its inception and last year boarded 467,000 passengers, an increase of 35% from the 2021 total.
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority doesn’t actually hold the liquor license for the Downeaster, Quinn said, the license is issued to NexDine. Amtrak usually provides food and drink services on its trains, but never has on the Downeaster, the only Amtrak line not connected to the nationwide network of rail service.
In Boston, the Downeaster operates out of North Station, while all other Amtrak trains use South Station. There is no rail link between the two terminals, about a mile apart.
Quinn said her agency “will continue to look into and monitor” the situation with New Hampshire’s liquor laws, although she sees it as a dispute between the Liquor Commission and NexDine. The food service company was contacted but declined to respond to questions about the matter.
Quinn said the rail authority has had “a really great relationship” with NexDine, which took over the food contract for the train in 2021.
“This has gone along fairly seamlessly,” until the New Hampshire Liquor Commission looked into the matter, she said.
A Liquor Commission spokesman did not respond to questions about the crackdown.
There was great consternation that February's high temps would hurt the sugaring season this year, but that has seemed to pass. We have sufficient inventory of the Golden Grade to last us until next year, our preferred syrup choice. It's something one can only buy at a sugar house early in the season...
Golden—delicate flavor and lightest color
This is the lightest color and is usually associated with the first sap flows during the sugaring season. It is golden in color and with a subtle maple flavor, often with hints of vanilla. The delicate flavor often surprises people who expect a strong maple flavor found in other grades.
pressherald.com/2023/03/07/maple-syrup-producers-optimistic-about-seasons-sap-run/
By Tim Cebula March 7, 2023
Despite erratic weather this winter, Maine’s maple syrup producers say the season’s sap run looks promising, and that it might yield above-average quantities for some producers.
Unusually high temperatures this winter led some maple farms to tap early, though the recent cold snap and storm activity has left producers in a holding pattern. Still, the overall outlook for the season is good, according to Maine Maple Producers Association President Lyle Merrifield.
“The season got off to a fairly early start. Some producers in the southern part of the state tapped early, and they made a little bit of syrup,” Merrifield said, noting that fresh-crop syrup should be available throughout much of the state by the end of this week. “I would say we’re very optimistic. We should have a good season.”
“Right now, it’s shaping up to be great,” said Scott Dunn of Dunn Family Maple in Buxton. “The flavor of the syrup we’ve been making has been outstanding. We’re still early in the season, but it’s about to start getting busy.”
Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with the University of Maine cooperative extension in Falmouth, said producers in southern Maine and along the coast have enjoyed a few weeks of early runs. He said reports of sap quality from those runs have been “fairly average.”
Richard Morrill of Nash Valley Farm in Windham said he did two earlier-than-usual boils at the start of February. He said the quality was “OK,” though the sugar content seemed low, which he attributed to the whipsawing weather swings this winter.
“This week looks to be favorable,” Morrill said. “But it’s farming, just like trying to make hay: You don’t know until it’s over with how you did.”
Lilley said the drought conditions the state suffered last summer don’t seem to be impacting the sap right now. “We do not expect to see any differences in sap yield or sugar content that we would be able to correlate with last year’s drought,” he said.
Lilley said because the state has now seen several years of extended droughts, he and his team are working closely with maple producers to monitor sap quality and identify any areas where groups of trees might be showing signs of stress and decline during the growing season.
Maine Maple Producers Vice President Alan Greene said his farm tapped trees two weeks earlier than usual. They also boiled 10 days sooner than normal this year and had their ninth boil underway by Feb. 22, the date of their earliest boil ever until this year.
“Because the long-range forecast (in February) was showing a warming trend, we wanted to catch an early run,” he said. “We’re actually having a great season. Our sugar content is right in the middle where it should be, about 2 percent coming out of the tree, and the flavor has been really good.”
Greene said he’s tapped 900 trees with more still to go, and he’s already produced about 100 gallons of syrup, a full third of Greene Maple Farm’s crop in an average season.
“There’s no reason why I couldn’t be knocking on record numbers this year if all goes well,” Greene said, which would mean a return to more seasonable daily freeze-thaw cycles. He also expects last weekend’s snowstorm will extend the maple season somewhat by helping keep the ground cold, while the forecast of high temperatures in the 40s this week will allow producers to make syrup.
“If we can have a more normal March where the temperatures aren’t spiking with 60-degree days, I think everybody stands to have a good season,” Greene said. “Whether you’re a farmer or not, you have to notice it’s been a very odd winter for weather.”
Greene said the early start this season has put his farm in good shape for the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday weekend, March 25-26. Merrifield and Gov. Janet Mills tapped the Blaine House Maple Tree in Augusta on Monday, an annual tradition that heralds the coming maple event.
Maine is home to 520 licensed syrup producers, and the state harvests more than 575,000 gallons annually, making it the third largest producer of maple syrup in the country, according to figures from Mills’ office.
“With two or three thousand people coming to our sugar house (on Maine Maple Sunday weekend), we need some syrup,” Greene said. “Some years, we haven’t boiled until the week before, and that’s a little nerve-racking. It would be a comforting thought knowing that we’re going in to our biggest weekend well-stocked.”
Golden—delicate flavor and lightest color
This is the lightest color and is usually associated with the first sap flows during the sugaring season. It is golden in color and with a subtle maple flavor, often with hints of vanilla. The delicate flavor often surprises people who expect a strong maple flavor found in other grades.
Maple syrup producers optimistic about season’s sap run
pressherald.com/2023/03/07/maple-syrup-producers-optimistic-about-seasons-sap-run/By Tim Cebula March 7, 2023
Despite erratic weather this winter, Maine’s maple syrup producers say the season’s sap run looks promising, and that it might yield above-average quantities for some producers.
Unusually high temperatures this winter led some maple farms to tap early, though the recent cold snap and storm activity has left producers in a holding pattern. Still, the overall outlook for the season is good, according to Maine Maple Producers Association President Lyle Merrifield.
“The season got off to a fairly early start. Some producers in the southern part of the state tapped early, and they made a little bit of syrup,” Merrifield said, noting that fresh-crop syrup should be available throughout much of the state by the end of this week. “I would say we’re very optimistic. We should have a good season.”
“Right now, it’s shaping up to be great,” said Scott Dunn of Dunn Family Maple in Buxton. “The flavor of the syrup we’ve been making has been outstanding. We’re still early in the season, but it’s about to start getting busy.”
Jason Lilley, a maple industry educator with the University of Maine cooperative extension in Falmouth, said producers in southern Maine and along the coast have enjoyed a few weeks of early runs. He said reports of sap quality from those runs have been “fairly average.”
Richard Morrill of Nash Valley Farm in Windham said he did two earlier-than-usual boils at the start of February. He said the quality was “OK,” though the sugar content seemed low, which he attributed to the whipsawing weather swings this winter.
“This week looks to be favorable,” Morrill said. “But it’s farming, just like trying to make hay: You don’t know until it’s over with how you did.”
Lilley said the drought conditions the state suffered last summer don’t seem to be impacting the sap right now. “We do not expect to see any differences in sap yield or sugar content that we would be able to correlate with last year’s drought,” he said.
Lilley said because the state has now seen several years of extended droughts, he and his team are working closely with maple producers to monitor sap quality and identify any areas where groups of trees might be showing signs of stress and decline during the growing season.
Maine Maple Producers Vice President Alan Greene said his farm tapped trees two weeks earlier than usual. They also boiled 10 days sooner than normal this year and had their ninth boil underway by Feb. 22, the date of their earliest boil ever until this year.
“Because the long-range forecast (in February) was showing a warming trend, we wanted to catch an early run,” he said. “We’re actually having a great season. Our sugar content is right in the middle where it should be, about 2 percent coming out of the tree, and the flavor has been really good.”
Greene said he’s tapped 900 trees with more still to go, and he’s already produced about 100 gallons of syrup, a full third of Greene Maple Farm’s crop in an average season.
“There’s no reason why I couldn’t be knocking on record numbers this year if all goes well,” Greene said, which would mean a return to more seasonable daily freeze-thaw cycles. He also expects last weekend’s snowstorm will extend the maple season somewhat by helping keep the ground cold, while the forecast of high temperatures in the 40s this week will allow producers to make syrup.
“If we can have a more normal March where the temperatures aren’t spiking with 60-degree days, I think everybody stands to have a good season,” Greene said. “Whether you’re a farmer or not, you have to notice it’s been a very odd winter for weather.”
Greene said the early start this season has put his farm in good shape for the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday weekend, March 25-26. Merrifield and Gov. Janet Mills tapped the Blaine House Maple Tree in Augusta on Monday, an annual tradition that heralds the coming maple event.
Maine is home to 520 licensed syrup producers, and the state harvests more than 575,000 gallons annually, making it the third largest producer of maple syrup in the country, according to figures from Mills’ office.
“With two or three thousand people coming to our sugar house (on Maine Maple Sunday weekend), we need some syrup,” Greene said. “Some years, we haven’t boiled until the week before, and that’s a little nerve-racking. It would be a comforting thought knowing that we’re going in to our biggest weekend well-stocked.”
Praise the Lord and pass the sacramental wine, we can drink while we pass through the Granite State!!
pressherald.com/2023/03/08/new-hampshire-reverses-oks-alcohol-sales-on-downeaster-for-now/
By Edward D. MurphyMarch 8, 2023
Riders of The Downeaster will still be able to buy drinks while the train rolls through New Hampshire, Granite State liquor officials said Wednesday.
Officials with the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority said Monday that liquor sales aboard the train in New Hampshire would have to halt on March 20 because the food service vendor on the train was in violation of a rule requiring alcohol served in that state to be purchased in New Hampshire.
But the spokesman for the New Hampshire Liquor Commission said Wednesday that wasn’t the case and he said the commission is seeking to change the law to resolve the matter.
E.J. Powers said the commission renewed the liquor license of NexDine Hospitality, the vendor that operates The Downeaster’s food and beverage service, in late January, even though it appeared to be violating the state law requiring it to buy liquor it serves in New Hampshire within the state.
New Hampshire reverses itself, OK’s alcohol sales on Downeaster, for now
pressherald.com/2023/03/08/new-hampshire-reverses-oks-alcohol-sales-on-downeaster-for-now/By Edward D. MurphyMarch 8, 2023
Riders of The Downeaster will still be able to buy drinks while the train rolls through New Hampshire, Granite State liquor officials said Wednesday.
Officials with the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority said Monday that liquor sales aboard the train in New Hampshire would have to halt on March 20 because the food service vendor on the train was in violation of a rule requiring alcohol served in that state to be purchased in New Hampshire.
But the spokesman for the New Hampshire Liquor Commission said Wednesday that wasn’t the case and he said the commission is seeking to change the law to resolve the matter.
E.J. Powers said the commission renewed the liquor license of NexDine Hospitality, the vendor that operates The Downeaster’s food and beverage service, in late January, even though it appeared to be violating the state law requiring it to buy liquor it serves in New Hampshire within the state.
Might just be me, but I certainly wouldn't want folks to know I love TOFU, especially up in The County during deer season...
pressherald.com/2023/03/09/maine-motorists-appeal-to-keep-naughty-vanity-license-plates/
By DAVID SHARP March 9, 2023
Peter Starostecki and his kids Sadie, center, and Jo Jo, sit behind their car with the vanity license plate that the state of Maine has deemed inappropriate, Wednesday in Poland. The vegan family’s car will soon have a randomly selected plate. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press
AUGUSTA — A Poland vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar license plates.
Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, sparking creativity and personality but causing headaches for state officials who have to decide what’s acceptable.
Maine had for several years allowed people to put just about any combination of letters and numbers on their vehicle plates, including words and phrases that other states would ban. But the state decided to change course and this year recalled 274 plates it deemed inappropriate.
Some people are fighting back.
So far the state has rejected all of the appeals, including one brought by the vegan whose license plate referenced tofu.
The state concluded the license plate “LUVTOFU” could’ve been seen as a reference to sex instead of admiration for bean curd. The motorist insisted there was no mistaking his intent because the back of his car had several tofu-related stickers.
“It’s my protest against eating meat and animal products,” Peter Starostecki, the disappointed motorist, said after a zoom session with a hearing examiner for the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Heather Libby and her best friend grudgingly gave up their matching license plates that contained a word for a female dog.
“People are so sensitive nowadays,” said Libby, of Jonesport, after a hearing examiner rejected her appeal. “I just think it’s foolish.”
When the state effectively ended the review process for so-called vanity license plates in 2015, some residents filled their plates with all manner of profanities, including F-bombs, either spelled out or abbreviated.
Residents in a state known for being laconic and even-tempered soon were sporting uncensored plates pairing the F-word with “snow,” “haters,” and “ALS,” – the incurable neurodegenerative disease.
After license plate freedoms spiraled out of control, the Maine Legislature directed the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to reestablish a system for vetting the state’s roughly 120,000 vanity license plates.
The new rules ban derogatory references to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability. Also banned is language that incites violence, or is considered obscene.
Restored as censors, Maine’s vehicular officials now walk a similar tightrope as their colleagues in other states.
In 2020, a federal judge ruled that California’s ban on plates that are “offensive to good taste and decency” was overly broad, and violated constitutional rights to free speech. Earlier this year, Texas officials rejected a license plate similar to Starostecki’s – “LVTOFU” – leading to rebukes from an animal rights group.
Maine’s rules were narrowly crafted to pass legal muster, officials said.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said motorists have the freedom to express themselves, but she said that they should do it on a bumper sticker, not a state-issued license plate.
“We have a public interest in keeping phrases and words that are profane or may incite violence off the roadways,” she said.
She said she’s happy that most motorists have relinquished their objectionable license plates without a fight. So far, there have been only 13 appeals, but there could be more.
If a motorist loses an appeal to a hearing examiner, then they can sue in Superior Court. So far, no one has taken that step.
As for Starostecki, he was offered another license plate that had become available, V3GAN. But he decided he was done with vanity plates. He’s awaiting a new license plate – a boring one randomly selected by the state.
Libby, who lost her B-word plate, got a custom plate celebrating her dog Zeus, named for the mythical god of thunder. “That could be offensive to someone because it’s a Greek god,” she quipped. “But I hope not.”
Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty vanity license plates
pressherald.com/2023/03/09/maine-motorists-appeal-to-keep-naughty-vanity-license-plates/By DAVID SHARP March 9, 2023
Peter Starostecki and his kids Sadie, center, and Jo Jo, sit behind their car with the vanity license plate that the state of Maine has deemed inappropriate, Wednesday in Poland. The vegan family’s car will soon have a randomly selected plate. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press
AUGUSTA — A Poland vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar license plates.
Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, sparking creativity and personality but causing headaches for state officials who have to decide what’s acceptable.
Maine had for several years allowed people to put just about any combination of letters and numbers on their vehicle plates, including words and phrases that other states would ban. But the state decided to change course and this year recalled 274 plates it deemed inappropriate.
Some people are fighting back.
So far the state has rejected all of the appeals, including one brought by the vegan whose license plate referenced tofu.
The state concluded the license plate “LUVTOFU” could’ve been seen as a reference to sex instead of admiration for bean curd. The motorist insisted there was no mistaking his intent because the back of his car had several tofu-related stickers.
“It’s my protest against eating meat and animal products,” Peter Starostecki, the disappointed motorist, said after a zoom session with a hearing examiner for the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Heather Libby and her best friend grudgingly gave up their matching license plates that contained a word for a female dog.
“People are so sensitive nowadays,” said Libby, of Jonesport, after a hearing examiner rejected her appeal. “I just think it’s foolish.”
When the state effectively ended the review process for so-called vanity license plates in 2015, some residents filled their plates with all manner of profanities, including F-bombs, either spelled out or abbreviated.
Residents in a state known for being laconic and even-tempered soon were sporting uncensored plates pairing the F-word with “snow,” “haters,” and “ALS,” – the incurable neurodegenerative disease.
After license plate freedoms spiraled out of control, the Maine Legislature directed the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to reestablish a system for vetting the state’s roughly 120,000 vanity license plates.
The new rules ban derogatory references to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability. Also banned is language that incites violence, or is considered obscene.
Restored as censors, Maine’s vehicular officials now walk a similar tightrope as their colleagues in other states.
In 2020, a federal judge ruled that California’s ban on plates that are “offensive to good taste and decency” was overly broad, and violated constitutional rights to free speech. Earlier this year, Texas officials rejected a license plate similar to Starostecki’s – “LVTOFU” – leading to rebukes from an animal rights group.
Maine’s rules were narrowly crafted to pass legal muster, officials said.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said motorists have the freedom to express themselves, but she said that they should do it on a bumper sticker, not a state-issued license plate.
“We have a public interest in keeping phrases and words that are profane or may incite violence off the roadways,” she said.
She said she’s happy that most motorists have relinquished their objectionable license plates without a fight. So far, there have been only 13 appeals, but there could be more.
If a motorist loses an appeal to a hearing examiner, then they can sue in Superior Court. So far, no one has taken that step.
As for Starostecki, he was offered another license plate that had become available, V3GAN. But he decided he was done with vanity plates. He’s awaiting a new license plate – a boring one randomly selected by the state.
Libby, who lost her B-word plate, got a custom plate celebrating her dog Zeus, named for the mythical god of thunder. “That could be offensive to someone because it’s a Greek god,” she quipped. “But I hope not.”
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I would expect that in a Taliban state like FL but not in MEMight just be me, but I certainly wouldn't want folks to know I love TOFU, especially up in The County during deer season...
Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty vanity license plates
By DAVID SHARP March 9, 2023
Peter Starostecki and his kids Sadie, center, and Jo Jo, sit behind their car with the vanity license plate that the state of Maine has deemed inappropriate, Wednesday in Poland. The vegan family’s car will soon have a randomly selected plate. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press
AUGUSTA — A Poland vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar license plates.
Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, sparking creativity and personality but causing headaches for state officials who have to decide what’s acceptable.
Maine had for several years allowed people to put just about any combination of letters and numbers on their vehicle plates, including words and phrases that other states would ban. But the state decided to change course and this year recalled 274 plates it deemed inappropriate.
Some people are fighting back.
So far the state has rejected all of the appeals, including one brought by the vegan whose license plate referenced tofu.
The state concluded the license plate “LUVTOFU” could’ve been seen as a reference to sex instead of admiration for bean curd. The motorist insisted there was no mistaking his intent because the back of his car had several tofu-related stickers.
“It’s my protest against eating meat and animal products,” Peter Starostecki, the disappointed motorist, said after a zoom session with a hearing examiner for the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Heather Libby and her best friend grudgingly gave up their matching license plates that contained a word for a female dog.
“People are so sensitive nowadays,” said Libby, of Jonesport, after a hearing examiner rejected her appeal. “I just think it’s foolish.”
When the state effectively ended the review process for so-called vanity license plates in 2015, some residents filled their plates with all manner of profanities, including F-bombs, either spelled out or abbreviated.
Residents in a state known for being laconic and even-tempered soon were sporting uncensored plates pairing the F-word with “snow,” “haters,” and “ALS,” – the incurable neurodegenerative disease.
After license plate freedoms spiraled out of control, the Maine Legislature directed the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to reestablish a system for vetting the state’s roughly 120,000 vanity license plates.
The new rules ban derogatory references to age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability. Also banned is language that incites violence, or is considered obscene.
Restored as censors, Maine’s vehicular officials now walk a similar tightrope as their colleagues in other states.
In 2020, a federal judge ruled that California’s ban on plates that are “offensive to good taste and decency” was overly broad, and violated constitutional rights to free speech. Earlier this year, Texas officials rejected a license plate similar to Starostecki’s – “LVTOFU” – leading to rebukes from an animal rights group.
Maine’s rules were narrowly crafted to pass legal muster, officials said.
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said motorists have the freedom to express themselves, but she said that they should do it on a bumper sticker, not a state-issued license plate.
“We have a public interest in keeping phrases and words that are profane or may incite violence off the roadways,” she said.
She said she’s happy that most motorists have relinquished their objectionable license plates without a fight. So far, there have been only 13 appeals, but there could be more.
If a motorist loses an appeal to a hearing examiner, then they can sue in Superior Court. So far, no one has taken that step.
As for Starostecki, he was offered another license plate that had become available, V3GAN. But he decided he was done with vanity plates. He’s awaiting a new license plate – a boring one randomly selected by the state.
Libby, who lost her B-word plate, got a custom plate celebrating her dog Zeus, named for the mythical god of thunder. “That could be offensive to someone because it’s a Greek god,” she quipped. “But I hope not.”
Regional reference, Maine is a "fractured" State. We only have 2 members of the electoral college, and the vote is allowed to be split. In the last 2 presidential elections, each of the presidential candidates got one electoral college vote from Vacationland...
"The County" is Aroostook County, largest county up in the very NW corner of the state. The only way you'd know you weren't deep in the South driving around during the summer is the 4 or 5 Skidoos in front of the mobile home...
Rabid raccoon attacks Bowdoinham woman in her home
pressherald.com/2023/03/16/bowdoinham-woman-attacked-by-rabid-raccoon-inside-her-home/By Maria Skillings March 16, 2023
A Bowdoinham woman was attacked by a rabid raccoon inside her home on Monday, and officials are warning locals to keep an eye out for wildlife showing signs of the virus.
Bowdoinham Animal Control Officer Cliff Daigle said the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was inside her home in the area of Wilderness Lane and Pratt Road when a raccoon wandered through her sunroom door and attacked. The raccoon bit the woman on her leg as she tried to fend it off and keep it away from her household pets.
Game Warden Bob Decker responded, killed the animal and took it away for testing. An animal must be dead in order to test for rabies because the test requires brain tissue. He received confirmation Wednesday that the raccoon was rabid. The woman is now receiving medical treatment, he said.
Daigle said there are at least two other raccoons in the Bowdoinham area he believes could be infected with the rabies virus. He said the most common symptom is aggression, and all three raccoons showed evidence of being in fights with other animals — which is not typical of a raccoon. He said two raccoons, including the one captured, had porcupine quills embedded in their faces, and the third raccoon had been sprayed by a skunk.
Rabies is a virus that spreads primarily through bites from an infected animal. The virus attacks the brain, leading to a fever, convulsions, hallucinations, paralysis and, most notably, abnormal aggression.
Rabies is almost always lethal if not treated before symptoms show up. The rabies vaccine is extremely effective in preventing infection if received before or soon after a bite. As a result, cases of rabies among humans in the U.S. are exceedingly rare, with one or two fatalities per year, usually from people who didn’t receive treatment after a bite.
To prevent further incidents in Bowdoinham, Daigle said the town has alerted local schools, bus drivers and residents of the rabies threat.
Maine has seen a decrease in rabies cases over the past three years, following a partnership between the Maine CDC and the USDA Wildlife Services, which distributed 385,000 oral rabies vaccines in northern parts of the state in July 2020.
In 2020, there were 71 reported rabies cases in 14 of Maine’s 16 counties. The infected animals included bats, raccoons, striped skunks, grey foxes, red foxes and feral cats. That number dropped 14% in 2021 and dropped another 43% in 2022, according to a rabies report from the Maine CDC.
There have only been four documented cases of rabies this year, three in Cumberland County and one in Androscoggin County.
The town of Bowdoinham is asking residents to stay vigilant and to call the Maine Warden Services in Augusta at 1-800-452-4664 if they come across a possibly infected animal.
Maine needs the Onacock Rabid coon squadRabid raccoon attacks Bowdoinham woman in her home
By Maria Skillings March 16, 2023
A Bowdoinham woman was attacked by a rabid raccoon inside her home on Monday, and officials are warning locals to keep an eye out for wildlife showing signs of the virus.
Bowdoinham Animal Control Officer Cliff Daigle said the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, was inside her home in the area of Wilderness Lane and Pratt Road when a raccoon wandered through her sunroom door and attacked. The raccoon bit the woman on her leg as she tried to fend it off and keep it away from her household pets.
Game Warden Bob Decker responded, killed the animal and took it away for testing. An animal must be dead in order to test for rabies because the test requires brain tissue. He received confirmation Wednesday that the raccoon was rabid. The woman is now receiving medical treatment, he said.
Daigle said there are at least two other raccoons in the Bowdoinham area he believes could be infected with the rabies virus. He said the most common symptom is aggression, and all three raccoons showed evidence of being in fights with other animals — which is not typical of a raccoon. He said two raccoons, including the one captured, had porcupine quills embedded in their faces, and the third raccoon had been sprayed by a skunk.
Rabies is a virus that spreads primarily through bites from an infected animal. The virus attacks the brain, leading to a fever, convulsions, hallucinations, paralysis and, most notably, abnormal aggression.
Rabies is almost always lethal if not treated before symptoms show up. The rabies vaccine is extremely effective in preventing infection if received before or soon after a bite. As a result, cases of rabies among humans in the U.S. are exceedingly rare, with one or two fatalities per year, usually from people who didn’t receive treatment after a bite.
To prevent further incidents in Bowdoinham, Daigle said the town has alerted local schools, bus drivers and residents of the rabies threat.
Maine has seen a decrease in rabies cases over the past three years, following a partnership between the Maine CDC and the USDA Wildlife Services, which distributed 385,000 oral rabies vaccines in northern parts of the state in July 2020.
In 2020, there were 71 reported rabies cases in 14 of Maine’s 16 counties. The infected animals included bats, raccoons, striped skunks, grey foxes, red foxes and feral cats. That number dropped 14% in 2021 and dropped another 43% in 2022, according to a rabies report from the Maine CDC.
There have only been four documented cases of rabies this year, three in Cumberland County and one in Androscoggin County.
The town of Bowdoinham is asking residents to stay vigilant and to call the Maine Warden Services in Augusta at 1-800-452-4664 if they come across a possibly infected animal.
I'm not betting we'll ever see this on Hulu, especially since the supposed reality show about the characters of "Cowshit Corner", a real name for a real place in Newcastle, the town next to Damariscotta, never saw any broadcasts.
Have not met the author, but have met his Dad, and when The Admiral needed knee surgery we ran like hell to Portland to have it done. The Admiral was not impressed by "Dad's" surgical results during her stint as a local PT...
pressherald.com/2023/03/18/novel-set-in-damariscotta-could-become-basis-for-hulu-series/
By Ray Routhier March 18, 2023
The picturesque town of Damariscotta is known for its oysters, annual pumpkin festival, and quaint Main Street which boasts two Renys department stores. Soon it may find even more fame as the setting for a Hulu TV show.
Adam White, who grew up in Damariscotta, confirmed this week that his best-selling novel “The Midcoast” is being developed by the Littlefield Company and 20th Television as a possible hourlong series for the popular streaming service. Other recent series the Littlefield Company produced include “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Dopesick” on Hulu and “The Old Man” on FX.
Development is in the early stages, and the show has not yet gotten final approval, White said. Though no cast or filming locations have been announced, producers are working toward making a pilot episode.
“I think it’s really exciting to have little Damariscotta getting all this attention. I really liked the book. I think (White) got it right in the way he portrayed the town,” said Annie Farnsworth, assistant manager at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop on Main Street, who read the book. “It’ll be interesting to see if Hulu gets it right, too.”
If it becomes a Hulu series, “The Midcoast” will likely draw a large, eager audience of locals, who have bought the book in big numbers. More than 990 copies had been sold at her Sherman’s store as of this week, Farnsworth said. Sherman’s has nine locations around Maine and sold a little more than 2,000 copies at all the stores combined.
“I think that would be really great for our town, it doesn’t happen every day,” Melissa Organ, manager at King Eider’s Pub on Elm Street, said of the possible series. “It would give us more publicity, and recognition, besides the things we’re already known for.”
“The Midcoast” is set in Damariscotta and focuses on Ed Thatch, a lobsterman-turned-drug-runner who has become the richest man in town and is obsessed with giving his wife the opulent lifestyle he thinks she deserves. It’s a crime story, White says, but also a study of family and class dynamics in a small coastal Maine town.
Organ said she doesn’t think the fact the book focuses on sinister doings in town has upset anyone, at least not anyone she’s talked to.
“I think people who read it just thought it was fun. Nobody takes seriously the idea that a lobsterman would do that,” said Organ, who has not read the book. “I don’t think it taints the industry. People just talk about it as a mystery that’s set here.”
But there are others in town, White says, who swear they know the family that the Thatches are based on. But that’s impossible since White made the family up.
White said Thursday he was surprised by how much interest his debut novel sparked among production companies after it went on sale in June. He had spent parts of 11 years writing it, got an agent, and then found one publisher who was really interested in it, Hogarth Books.
So he was taken aback when about a dozen companies and producers sought him out last summer to talk about potential film or TV adaptations.
“I had to take a moment to try to realize what was happening,” said White, 40, who lives in Boston with his wife and son. “All of these people are interested in this thing I wrote? It was a new experience for me.”
Warren Littlefield, the executive producer on the project, praised the book and its screen potential in an email to the Press Herald this week.
” ‘The Midcoast’ is a propulsive crime family saga with a gorgeous backdrop that could only come from an authentic homegrown talent like Adam,” Littlefield wrote. “From first glance, we were drawn into what would clearly be something special … much like the Maine coast. It’s rare to find a piece of material that resonates so strongly and uniformly.”
Brett Johnson, a co-creator of the Showtime series “Escape at Dannemora,” will write and serve as an executive producer, along with four members of the Littlefield Company team. White also is listed as an executive producer but says his role will be mainly as a consultant.
White, who wouldn’t disclose the financial details of the deal, said he accepted Littlefield’s offer for the rights to his book because he felt the production team’s resume showed that they could make quality shows.
“What I admired about ‘Dopesick,’ especially, was that they had real characters in an authentic setting told truthfully,” White said.
White, who teaches English and writing at St. Sebastian’s, a private boys school in Needham, Massachusetts, said the “plan” right now is to keep the setting of the show in Maine. White’s observations of daily life in Damariscotta, from his time, living and working there, help inform the details and feel of his novel, he said.
White came to Damariscotta from Massachusetts at the age of 3. His father, Ed White, an orthopedic surgeon, worked at Miles Memorial Hospital in town and St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor. White went to high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, largely because he wanted to play hockey, and there were no school hockey teams near his home.
But he returned to Damariscotta in the summers and worked at the Rogue River Cafe, owned by his mother, Wendy Hebb. He made sandwiches and scooped ice cream at stores she ran, too. He also worked at a fisherman’s co-op in South Bristol, down the Pemaquid Peninsula from Damariscotta.
White got his undergraduate degree in English literature and creative writing from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in 2005 and his master’s in fiction writing from Columbia University in New York City in 2012. He began writing “The Midcoast” while in grad school.
The book is narrated by a character who has similarities to White. He’s also an English teacher who grew up in Damariscotta and left, but unlike White, came back to live. The character knew Ed Thatch growing up and now has become fixated on him and his family.
The book got rave reviews when it came out.
“Brimming with keen observation, not just of the landscape but of dialect and class distinctions and all the tiny, vital particularities that make a place real in fiction, ‘The Midcoast’ is an absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted dreams of a family trying to transcend it,” wrote Lee Cole in the New York Times.
“The Midcoast” also was one of the Times’ “10 New Books We Recommend” in June.
The book also was a big draw as soon as it hit the shelves of the local Skidompha Public Library in town last year, said Matthew Graff, the executive director. There aren’t too many books coming out these days set in Damariscotta, so people were naturally interested.
As far as a potential TV series, Graff thinks that Damariscotta is a “lovely, wonderful town,” and he’d be happy to “have it shown on the national stage. People here have a lot to be proud of.”
“The Midcoast” will be coming out in paperback on May 23. White will likely be doing more book events this year, which will be listed on his website, theadamwhite.com. On June 22, White will be interviewed by former Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz during an online event for Maine Public’s “All Books Considered Book Club.”
During one visit to Sherman’s last year, White said he signed about 100 books. He said he casually thought to himself, “I’m kind of a big deal.” But store staff told him a lot of people interested in the book were asking if Dr. White’s son had written it. He realized his father, who has “probably operated on half the peninsula,” was the local celebrity in the family.
But if White’s book helps make Damariscotta the setting of a hit TV show, that could change.
Have not met the author, but have met his Dad, and when The Admiral needed knee surgery we ran like hell to Portland to have it done. The Admiral was not impressed by "Dad's" surgical results during her stint as a local PT...
Novel set in Damariscotta could become basis for Hulu series
pressherald.com/2023/03/18/novel-set-in-damariscotta-could-become-basis-for-hulu-series/By Ray Routhier March 18, 2023
The picturesque town of Damariscotta is known for its oysters, annual pumpkin festival, and quaint Main Street which boasts two Renys department stores. Soon it may find even more fame as the setting for a Hulu TV show.
Adam White, who grew up in Damariscotta, confirmed this week that his best-selling novel “The Midcoast” is being developed by the Littlefield Company and 20th Television as a possible hourlong series for the popular streaming service. Other recent series the Littlefield Company produced include “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Dopesick” on Hulu and “The Old Man” on FX.
Development is in the early stages, and the show has not yet gotten final approval, White said. Though no cast or filming locations have been announced, producers are working toward making a pilot episode.
“I think it’s really exciting to have little Damariscotta getting all this attention. I really liked the book. I think (White) got it right in the way he portrayed the town,” said Annie Farnsworth, assistant manager at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop on Main Street, who read the book. “It’ll be interesting to see if Hulu gets it right, too.”
If it becomes a Hulu series, “The Midcoast” will likely draw a large, eager audience of locals, who have bought the book in big numbers. More than 990 copies had been sold at her Sherman’s store as of this week, Farnsworth said. Sherman’s has nine locations around Maine and sold a little more than 2,000 copies at all the stores combined.
“I think that would be really great for our town, it doesn’t happen every day,” Melissa Organ, manager at King Eider’s Pub on Elm Street, said of the possible series. “It would give us more publicity, and recognition, besides the things we’re already known for.”
“The Midcoast” is set in Damariscotta and focuses on Ed Thatch, a lobsterman-turned-drug-runner who has become the richest man in town and is obsessed with giving his wife the opulent lifestyle he thinks she deserves. It’s a crime story, White says, but also a study of family and class dynamics in a small coastal Maine town.
Organ said she doesn’t think the fact the book focuses on sinister doings in town has upset anyone, at least not anyone she’s talked to.
“I think people who read it just thought it was fun. Nobody takes seriously the idea that a lobsterman would do that,” said Organ, who has not read the book. “I don’t think it taints the industry. People just talk about it as a mystery that’s set here.”
But there are others in town, White says, who swear they know the family that the Thatches are based on. But that’s impossible since White made the family up.
White said Thursday he was surprised by how much interest his debut novel sparked among production companies after it went on sale in June. He had spent parts of 11 years writing it, got an agent, and then found one publisher who was really interested in it, Hogarth Books.
So he was taken aback when about a dozen companies and producers sought him out last summer to talk about potential film or TV adaptations.
“I had to take a moment to try to realize what was happening,” said White, 40, who lives in Boston with his wife and son. “All of these people are interested in this thing I wrote? It was a new experience for me.”
Warren Littlefield, the executive producer on the project, praised the book and its screen potential in an email to the Press Herald this week.
” ‘The Midcoast’ is a propulsive crime family saga with a gorgeous backdrop that could only come from an authentic homegrown talent like Adam,” Littlefield wrote. “From first glance, we were drawn into what would clearly be something special … much like the Maine coast. It’s rare to find a piece of material that resonates so strongly and uniformly.”
Brett Johnson, a co-creator of the Showtime series “Escape at Dannemora,” will write and serve as an executive producer, along with four members of the Littlefield Company team. White also is listed as an executive producer but says his role will be mainly as a consultant.
White, who wouldn’t disclose the financial details of the deal, said he accepted Littlefield’s offer for the rights to his book because he felt the production team’s resume showed that they could make quality shows.
“What I admired about ‘Dopesick,’ especially, was that they had real characters in an authentic setting told truthfully,” White said.
White, who teaches English and writing at St. Sebastian’s, a private boys school in Needham, Massachusetts, said the “plan” right now is to keep the setting of the show in Maine. White’s observations of daily life in Damariscotta, from his time, living and working there, help inform the details and feel of his novel, he said.
White came to Damariscotta from Massachusetts at the age of 3. His father, Ed White, an orthopedic surgeon, worked at Miles Memorial Hospital in town and St. Andrews Hospital in Boothbay Harbor. White went to high school at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, largely because he wanted to play hockey, and there were no school hockey teams near his home.
But he returned to Damariscotta in the summers and worked at the Rogue River Cafe, owned by his mother, Wendy Hebb. He made sandwiches and scooped ice cream at stores she ran, too. He also worked at a fisherman’s co-op in South Bristol, down the Pemaquid Peninsula from Damariscotta.
White got his undergraduate degree in English literature and creative writing from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in 2005 and his master’s in fiction writing from Columbia University in New York City in 2012. He began writing “The Midcoast” while in grad school.
The book is narrated by a character who has similarities to White. He’s also an English teacher who grew up in Damariscotta and left, but unlike White, came back to live. The character knew Ed Thatch growing up and now has become fixated on him and his family.
The book got rave reviews when it came out.
“Brimming with keen observation, not just of the landscape but of dialect and class distinctions and all the tiny, vital particularities that make a place real in fiction, ‘The Midcoast’ is an absorbing look at small-town Maine and the thwarted dreams of a family trying to transcend it,” wrote Lee Cole in the New York Times.
“The Midcoast” also was one of the Times’ “10 New Books We Recommend” in June.
The book also was a big draw as soon as it hit the shelves of the local Skidompha Public Library in town last year, said Matthew Graff, the executive director. There aren’t too many books coming out these days set in Damariscotta, so people were naturally interested.
As far as a potential TV series, Graff thinks that Damariscotta is a “lovely, wonderful town,” and he’d be happy to “have it shown on the national stage. People here have a lot to be proud of.”
“The Midcoast” will be coming out in paperback on May 23. White will likely be doing more book events this year, which will be listed on his website, theadamwhite.com. On June 22, White will be interviewed by former Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz during an online event for Maine Public’s “All Books Considered Book Club.”
During one visit to Sherman’s last year, White said he signed about 100 books. He said he casually thought to himself, “I’m kind of a big deal.” But store staff told him a lot of people interested in the book were asking if Dr. White’s son had written it. He realized his father, who has “probably operated on half the peninsula,” was the local celebrity in the family.
But if White’s book helps make Damariscotta the setting of a hit TV show, that could change.
Yeah, notice the brand of car this Vegetarian drives?? Guess he automatically placed out of the "special" driving course the dealer puts their customers through...
Looks like Rocket Raccoon has some relatives up in Bowdoinham!!
pressherald.com/2023/03/20/two-more-raccoons-attack-bowdoinham-resident-stray-cat-pet-dog/
By Maria Skillings March 20, 2023
Two suspected rabid raccoons attacked a man, a stray cat and a pet dog in separate incidents on Post Road in Bowdoinham on Saturday, according to the town’s animal control officer.
One raccoon was shot and killed and taken to Augusta for rabies testing, while the other remains on the lam.
Passersby saw one raccoon attacking a stray cat in the neighborhood on Saturday, according to Bowdoinham Animal Control Officer Cliff Daigle. The raccoon later wandered a few houses down and attacked a man who was in his driveway retrieving his newspaper. The man was able to escape without being bitten.
The raccoon then returned to pursue the stray cat again. A driver visiting friends in the area noticed this, pulled over and shot the raccoon, according to Daigle. Shooting a rabid animal in a “responsible manner” for personal safety is appropriate, according to Mark Latti, communications director at Maine Game Warden Services. Latti said the other immediate response after an encounter should be to call 911.
The raccoon’s body was taken to Augusta so its brain could be tested for the rabies virus. Results of that test were expected Monday but had not been released as of Monday evening.
The stray cat appeared to be unhurt, according to Daigle, but residents of the neighborhood are asked to keep an eye on the cat and report if it starts to behave strangely.
Daigle made rounds in the area to see if anyone else had seen anything unusual and spoke with a resident who said a raccoon and her offspring had moved in under her porch.
An hour later, Daigle said the same raccoon tried to attack a German shepherd who was in a kennel next door. A sheriff’s deputy in the area couldn’t shoot the raccoon without risk of hitting the dog but chased the raccoon into a woodpile. Because the wood was frozen together, they couldn’t get to the animal.
Daigle said there’s a chance the raccoon might not have attacked the dog because of rabies, but because it was trying to protect its young. He asked residents in the area to keep an eye out for the raccoon in the event it shows further concerning behavior.
These attacks were reported just days after a Bowdoinham woman was bitten last Monday by a rabid raccoon inside her home in the area of Wilderness Lane and Pratt Road last Monday. The woman is now undergoing an aggressive series of shots and antibiotics to combat the rabies virus.
A person being attacked by rabid wildlife in their home is extremely rare, according to Regional Wildlife Biologist Keel Kemper. He said in his 32 years as a biologist, he has never heard of such an occurrence in Maine.
“This is absolutely an anomaly,” he said.
Two more raccoons attack Bowdoinham resident, stray cat and pet dog
pressherald.com/2023/03/20/two-more-raccoons-attack-bowdoinham-resident-stray-cat-pet-dog/By Maria Skillings March 20, 2023
Two suspected rabid raccoons attacked a man, a stray cat and a pet dog in separate incidents on Post Road in Bowdoinham on Saturday, according to the town’s animal control officer.
One raccoon was shot and killed and taken to Augusta for rabies testing, while the other remains on the lam.
Passersby saw one raccoon attacking a stray cat in the neighborhood on Saturday, according to Bowdoinham Animal Control Officer Cliff Daigle. The raccoon later wandered a few houses down and attacked a man who was in his driveway retrieving his newspaper. The man was able to escape without being bitten.
The raccoon then returned to pursue the stray cat again. A driver visiting friends in the area noticed this, pulled over and shot the raccoon, according to Daigle. Shooting a rabid animal in a “responsible manner” for personal safety is appropriate, according to Mark Latti, communications director at Maine Game Warden Services. Latti said the other immediate response after an encounter should be to call 911.
The raccoon’s body was taken to Augusta so its brain could be tested for the rabies virus. Results of that test were expected Monday but had not been released as of Monday evening.
The stray cat appeared to be unhurt, according to Daigle, but residents of the neighborhood are asked to keep an eye on the cat and report if it starts to behave strangely.
Daigle made rounds in the area to see if anyone else had seen anything unusual and spoke with a resident who said a raccoon and her offspring had moved in under her porch.
An hour later, Daigle said the same raccoon tried to attack a German shepherd who was in a kennel next door. A sheriff’s deputy in the area couldn’t shoot the raccoon without risk of hitting the dog but chased the raccoon into a woodpile. Because the wood was frozen together, they couldn’t get to the animal.
Daigle said there’s a chance the raccoon might not have attacked the dog because of rabies, but because it was trying to protect its young. He asked residents in the area to keep an eye out for the raccoon in the event it shows further concerning behavior.
These attacks were reported just days after a Bowdoinham woman was bitten last Monday by a rabid raccoon inside her home in the area of Wilderness Lane and Pratt Road last Monday. The woman is now undergoing an aggressive series of shots and antibiotics to combat the rabies virus.
A person being attacked by rabid wildlife in their home is extremely rare, according to Regional Wildlife Biologist Keel Kemper. He said in his 32 years as a biologist, he has never heard of such an occurrence in Maine.
“This is absolutely an anomaly,” he said.
Rut-roh!!
pressherald.com/2023/04/12/maine-fisherman-nets-five-foot-long-military-rocket/
By Dennis Hoey April 13, 2023
A lobsterman hauled in an unusual and potentially dangerous catch Monday while fishing off the Maine coast.
This 5-foot-long rocket was found about 20 miles offshore. Maine State Police photo
The lobsterman contacted authorities Tuesday morning to tell them he had pulled in a 5-foot-long rocket while fishing about 20 miles off the coast the day before.
News Center Maine identified the lobsterman as Cameron Pease, who fishes out of Cushing, a small fishing community near Thomaston.
Maine State Police sent members of their bomb squad to Cushing to analyze the rocket, which was identified as an MK29 Mod-0. The bomb squad, using X-ray imaging, was unable to determine if the rocket contained explosive material because of its deteriorated condition.
The rocket was detonated in a remote field under the guidance of the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 12.
Maine fisherman nets 5-foot-long military rocket
pressherald.com/2023/04/12/maine-fisherman-nets-five-foot-long-military-rocket/By Dennis Hoey April 13, 2023
A lobsterman hauled in an unusual and potentially dangerous catch Monday while fishing off the Maine coast.
This 5-foot-long rocket was found about 20 miles offshore. Maine State Police photo
The lobsterman contacted authorities Tuesday morning to tell them he had pulled in a 5-foot-long rocket while fishing about 20 miles off the coast the day before.
News Center Maine identified the lobsterman as Cameron Pease, who fishes out of Cushing, a small fishing community near Thomaston.
Maine State Police sent members of their bomb squad to Cushing to analyze the rocket, which was identified as an MK29 Mod-0. The bomb squad, using X-ray imaging, was unable to determine if the rocket contained explosive material because of its deteriorated condition.
The rocket was detonated in a remote field under the guidance of the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 12.
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I think the bomb squad got this one wrong. The MK 29 Mod 0 was a torpedo. And a lot longer than that.Rut-roh!!
Maine fisherman nets 5-foot-long military rocket
By Dennis Hoey April 13, 2023
A lobsterman hauled in an unusual and potentially dangerous catch Monday while fishing off the Maine coast.
This 5-foot-long rocket was found about 20 miles offshore. Maine State Police photo
The lobsterman contacted authorities Tuesday morning to tell them he had pulled in a 5-foot-long rocket while fishing about 20 miles off the coast the day before.
News Center Maine identified the lobsterman as Cameron Pease, who fishes out of Cushing, a small fishing community near Thomaston.
Maine State Police sent members of their bomb squad to Cushing to analyze the rocket, which was identified as an MK29 Mod-0. The bomb squad, using X-ray imaging, was unable to determine if the rocket contained explosive material because of its deteriorated condition.
The rocket was detonated in a remote field under the guidance of the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 12.
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