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BETHEL -- Neil Olson's 36th annual New England Trappers Weekend, Aug. 23-26, at 760 East Bethel Road. Features vendors, a kids' fishing contest, coon dog trials with trophies and demonstrations such as "Nusiance Beaver Trapping," "Cage Traps, Skunk Euthenizing and More," "Inventions and Ideas: The Einstien of the Trapping World" and "The Snare Man." For information, visit bethelmaine.com or call 875-5765.
GRAY -- Meet the stars of Animal Planet's "North Woods Law," 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Maine Wildlife Park, off Route 26. Visitors will have the chance to meet several of the featured game wardens and a couple of their K-9s to learn more about them and their job. Maine Game Wardens Rick LaFlamme, Jonathan Parker, Alan Curtis with K-9 Cruizer, Kris MacCabe with K-9 Morgan, and ...
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid- size range than previously thought. The findings also indicate NASA has found more than 90 percent of the largest near-Earth asteroids, meeting a goal agreed to with Congress in 1998.
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... has been substantially reduced," said Tim Spahr, the director of the Minor Planet Center at the Ha...
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Hunter from Westbrook accused of killing dog
Steve Barrows says he mistook the Siberian husky for a coyote, and the owner says he has apologized.
...Tim Spahr on a charge of shooting a domesticated animal. Gam...
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WINSLOW, Maine -- In the 1980s, while Dan Carroll Jr. was trying to gain entry into the very selective Maine Warden Service, he got some advice that he took to heart.
[The warden service major at the time] told me, 'You have to ride with a game warden to see what they do,'" Carroll said on Wednesday, recounting his exposure to the life he would come to love. "So every day I had off [from my full-time job with the U.S. Coast Guard], I'd be staking out their vehicles [so I could ride along]. Once I got into their vehicles, you couldn't get me out. I'd leave one game warden, he'd go in for the night, and I'd go find another one [to ride with].
...Tim Spahr of Kennebunk, for their role in responding to an a...
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RANGELEY -- A snowmobile rider was injured in a crash in Rangeley at about 7 p.m. Sunday.
Wardens from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are currently investigating the accident that sent one to the hospital.
According to Sgt. Tim Spahr of the Maine Warden Service, as of 9 p.m. there we...
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For 132 years, members of the Maine Warden Service have enforced the fish and game laws -- among myriad other tasks -- in some of the most rugged territory the state has to offer. Much of their time is spent alone, in pickup trucks or boats, on snowmobiles or ATVs.
In most cases, their work goes unnoticed by the general public, who tend to live in places where basic amenities such as paved roads and electrical poles are considered essential, rather than luxuries.
... Chris Simmons, Scott Thrasher and Tim Spahr, and wardens Jonathan Parker, Alan Curtis, Rick La...
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Starting in March, TV viewers will get a closer look at the life of Maine game wardens, as Animal Planet unveils "North Woods Law," a show that focuses on the state's men and women in green as they perform their regular duties. The show was developed by Engel Entertainment of NewYork City, in cooperation with the Maine Warden Service, and will debut at 10 p.m. March 16.
Engel Entertainment crews, headed by co-executive producer Devon Platte, headed into the woods with wardens during moose season last year, and have continued to film since to produce six one-hour episodes that will air on Animal Planet.
... Chris Simmons, Scott Thrasher and Tim Spahr, and wardens Jonathan Parker, Alan Curtis, Rick La...
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Ever since "North Woods Law" made its Animal Planet debut last year, I've been fielding calls and emails from fans of the TV show that focuses on the work done by Maine game wardens.
And since the initial six-show run ended, the top question has been pretty straightforward: When can we expect to see new "North Woods Law" episodes.
...Later, Warden Pete Herring and Sgt. Tim Spahr investigate and uncover traps that illegal marijua...
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By Gillian Graham ggraham@mainetoday.com
...Tim Spahr. Spahr, who was using a kayak to search sand bars ...
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DURHAM, Maine -- An infant was injured while riding on an all- terrain vehicle with her grandmother on Friday afternoon.
Maine Warden Service Cpl. John MacDonald said a 1-year-old girl was riding on an ATV in a car seat on Celestial Farm about 3 p.m. Friday. The vehicle was operated by the girl's grandmother, who owns the farm and was feeding horses.
...Sgt. Tim Spahr and Warden Rick LaFlamme are assisting. "The incid...