The Harvest Hills Animal Shelter staff never gave up and their patience paid off Author: Peggy Keyser (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:10 PM EDT April 13, 2021 Updated: 2:14 PM EDT July 16, 2021
FRYEBURG, Maine It s easy to understand how the adorable puppies and the fluffy kittens are the first ones to be adopted at most animal shelters. Animals that are harder to place often stick around longer until the right forever family comes along.
Harvest Hills Animal Shelter in Fryeburg receives close to 400 strays a year. Brooke, a pit bull mix, was one of them and the staff guessed she was about a year old. Like a lot of dogs who show up at shelters across the state, Brooke arrived with an animal control officer – and not much information.
The Fryeburg Police Department has six full-time officers but has been down two officers since the spring.
Chief Aaron Mick said officer Krista Lee stepped down from a full-time position in April, and Sgt. Heidi Johnston stepped down from her position at the end of June.
Mick said both Lee and Johnston will be reserve officers, which means they can be called on to fill shifts, but the chief will not have as much control over their schedules.
Selectman Kimberly Clarke made a successful motion to approve the police departmentâs request for incentive and retention pay as outlined in a July 8 memo.
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