PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 10, 2020
A bear was sighted repeatedly Saturday near a residential neighborhood in Gorham, police said. “Stay Alert! We have had a number of calls today of a bear in the Lawn Ave. & Sunset Ave. areas,” the police department said on its Facebook page. Maine’s black bear population is pegged at approximately 36,000 by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, making it the largest among the 48 lower states. Gorham police reminded people not to approach bears and to notify the police when a bear is spotted.