WELLS, ME (CBS Local) – A friendly dog’s “thank you” to the firefighter who rescued him from a roof has gone viral.

The pup in Wells, Maine got himself into a rough situation over the Memorial Day weekend when he escaped out the second floor window of his owner’s home and was trapped on a small porch roof.

“We received numerous calls but one concerned citizen, Phil Burke, discovered him early on and notified us. Another awesome citizen stood by with the dog until we could arrive on scene!” Wells Police wrote on Facebook.

When a firefighter climbed up to help the dog get back inside, the grateful pup became more interested in showing his appreciation than getting off the roof. Police on the ground recorded the friendly dog circling Fire Department Captain Jeff Nawfel and giving him a bunch of kisses on the face before getting a final nudge back into his home.

The dog’s “thank you” was posted on May 27 and has already been viewed over 16,000 times. “Thank you to all that called and helped save him,” officers wrote on Facebook.

KENDUSKEAG, ME (CBS Local) – A week-old baby moose abandoned by its mother is warming hearts on social media after she “adopted” a new family that stepped in to help.

Shannon Lugdon of Maine first saw the animal on the morning of June 2. While she helped her avoid the road, Lugdon otherwise left “Miss Maggie Moose” alone.

Baby moose abandoned in Maine (Photo Courtesy: Shannon Lugdon)

“The wardens asked us not to go near her for 24 hours, wild animals often leave their babies to eat, drink, and rest. ‘Abandoned’ moose are rarely actually abandoned,” Ludgon explained in a Facebook post.

Miss Maggie was about six-days-old and 27 pounds at the time.

On the following morning, Lugdon’s dog Leo easily found Miss Maggie again and they “became fast friends.”

Baby moose abandoned in Maine (Photo Courtesy: Shannon Lugdon)

Lugdon and her family – who promote outdoor adventures in Northern Maine through local summer camps – fed the moose a grass, clover, a water milkshake and then contacted a vet and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

“She followed us around all day begging for attention. You can’t imagine how affectionate she was,” said Lugdon.

Baby moose abandoned in Maine (Photo Courtesy: Shannon Lugdon)

A few days later, biologists took the moose to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray.

[H/T CBS Boston]

PORTLAND, Maine (CBS Local) – A city in Maine is taking another look at granting non U.S. citizens the right to vote in its local elections.

Portland, which has reportedly failed to pass the idea in three previous tries, is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the controversial plan again on August 13.

The Portland City Council is expected to listen to the proposal being pushed by Mayor Ethan Strimling and Councilman Pious Ali. The potential amendment to the city charter would allow people legally in the country who are not citizens, such as asylum seekers and refugees, the ability to vote in municipal elections.

Non-citizens would be able to vote on referendums like school budgets and races for the City Council. Illegal immigrants would still not be allowed to vote under the mayor’s plan.

When it comes to major U.S. elections, voting rules are much stricter. Anyone under 18 and all non-citizens are not allowed to vote. Rules regarding convicted felons and the mentally incapacitated vary from state to state.

PORTLAND, Maine (CBS Local) – A seafood restaurant in Maine had a very special guest swimming in its fish tank over the weekend that was simply too rare to put on the menu.

Scales Restaurant in Portland posted images of a cotton candy-colored lobster that had been brought to the eatery with their lobster supply. The extraordinary find is said to be a one-in-100 million find among lobsters. Chef Travis and the Scales staff named the colorful sea creature “Betty Blue.”

Scales added on Facebook that Betty Blue spent a few days at the restaurant before Chef Travis released it back into the sea on Aug. 8.

Betty Blue is not the first rare lobster to be found in the area. In November, Canadian fisherman Robinson Russell caught another cotton candy crustacean near Grand Manan Island – about 300 miles north of Portland.

That lobster was named “Lucky” for obvious reasons and donated to the Huntsman Marine Science Center aquarium in New Brunswick, Canada. Marine biologists say the odd coloring is likely caused by a genetic mutation.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine public schools and universities will soon ban the use of mascots and logos depicting Native Americans.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ office says the bill she signed Thursday will become effective 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.

Penobscot Nation Ambassador Maulian Dana says the law is “a huge step toward trust and respect” for indigenous people. Democratic Rep. Benjamin Collings said members of tribal communities are people, not mascots.

Mills’ office says California, Oregon and Wisconsin have similar restrictions, while South Dakota, New York and Michigan have called for the end of the use of mascots.

Republican opponents have argued local boards should decide such issues.

The last Maine high school to use such a mascot, Skowhegan Area High School, voted to stop using the mascot this year.

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LEEDS, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police are treating the death of a former Minnesota man as suspicious.

Investigators say 31-year-old Nadi Hagi-Mohamed recently moved to the Lewiston-Auburn area from Minnesota, where he was arrested in July on cocaine charges.

They say his body was identified by fingerprints and by a family member in Minnesota.

Evidence technicians spent Sunday in Leeds gathering evidence along a woods road where the body was discovered the day before. An autopsy was completed Sunday by the state medical examiner’s office, but the cause of death was not released.

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