BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 7, 2021
A town besieged by rats has a new animal problem in its midst: a 300-pound black bear wandering around in a densely populated neighborhood. Pine Street in Milford is an average slice of suburbia with houses neatly lined next to each other and children playing in the yards. But it is also an area where one resident is feeding wildlife in her backyard—including deer, raccoons, fox—and has attracted a large number of rats and other animals, plus a bear estimated to be 300 pounds. The situation is putting public officials on edge.