WILTON — The circus is coming to Wilton. The Wilton Parks and Recreation Department will sponsor two showings, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, at Kineowatha Park, Recreation Director Frank Donald said. The show will feature acrobats, aerialists, comedy and lots of animals, according to a release from Walker International Events. Each show […]
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Animals feared lost in North Yarmouth barn fire
NORTH YARMOUTH (AP) — Authorities said a barn housing dozens of sheep and hundreds of chickens has been destroyed in an early morning fire in North Yarmouth. The exact number of animals that died has yet to be determined. The fire in the West Pownal Road barn was reported by the owners just after 2 […]
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Chewonki Foundation brings the wild to Mexico children
MEXICO — The Chewonki Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, brought a little bit of the wild to town Tuesday. Children gathered in the Calvin P. Lyons room at the Town Office to watch a presentation on how animals adapt to different environments. It was part of the Mexico Public Library’s Terrific Tuesday! program. Foundation member […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Animal Tales: Mr. Drew and his animals, too
LEWISTON — Day campers cooed at Widget, the baby bunny. They thrust fistfuls of fresh-pulled grass at Kobe, a tortoise the size of a basketball. They were simultaneously disgusted and entranced by the stick bug as it played, well, a stick. But it was Burnie, a rescued boa constrictor, who caused the 50 fourth-graders at […]