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At the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust branch in downtown Randolph, Vermont, the lone suspect in a breaking and entering case Monday had four legs. “It was unbelievable,” recalled Lisa Allard, who took video of a group of deer just after one of those animals smashed through an office window at the back of the bank. “The deer just thrashed…

A bank in central Vermont had a mess to deal with when a wild animal broke through an office window.

Maine’s deer hunt is heading into its last two weeks for archers and hunters who use muzzleloaders.

Police have identified the good Samaritan who was hit and killed by a vehicle overnight on Interstate 495 in Raynham, Massachusetts, while trying to help another driver whose car was disabled after hitting a deer. Luis Contreras, 37, of Taunton, was walking on the highway to offer assistance when he was hit by a 2006 Infiniti G35 driven by a...

A good Samaritan was fatally hit by a car on Interstate 495 in Raynham, Massachusetts while trying to help another driver who hit a deer.

A woman was injured when a deer jumped through the window of a Long Island hair salon and crashed into her, police said.

The deer hunting season has arrived in Maine for hunters who pursue their quarry with bows and arrows.

Some New Hampshire residents are protesting a plan to recruit archers to kill as many as 20 deer on New Castle Island. News outlets are reporting that nearly 2,000 residents have signed a petition opposing the plan proposed by condo managers of Wentworth by the Sea to stop deer from eating private gardens. Residents estimate there are about 24 deer...

A Vermont legislative panel plans to weigh in on pivotal changes to the state’s deer hunting rules. Vermont Public Radio reports the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules will meet Thursday in Montpelier to discuss proposed changes that would increase the number of deer a hunter can kill a year from three to four.

Rhode Island deer hunting licenses are about to go on sale. The state Department of Environmental Management will begin selling permits for the deer hunting season Thursday.

One person was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries Sunday after a car fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike near exit 14, according to Weston, Massachusetts police. Officials say the car fire started after the car collided with a deer. The fire occurred in the high speed lane, and lanes were closed as a result of the crash.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says hunters who submitted a tooth from a deer they killed last year can now see how old that animal was on the department’s website. Hunters were asked to provide a middle incisor tooth from the animal to a reporting station as the state collects biological data on the deer population.

Crews tried to rescue three deer that fell through ice on a Massachusetts reservoir on Wednesday, according to police. Authorities received calls of deer in Cambridge Reservoir in Waltham sometime around 11 a.m.

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding hunters of the state’s restrictions on the importation of deer and elk from states and Canadian provinces that have had chronic wasting disease.

Maine’s annual deer permit lottery is ready to begin, and there are thousands of more permits available this year than in years previous.

It’s September in Maine, and that means the state’s expanded deer hunt is getting started soon.

A Massachusetts State Trooper remains hospitalized after authorities say he crashed his cruiser early Friday morning while trying to avoid a deer on Interstate 91 in Hatfield.

A deer with the grace of an Olympic hurdler trotted through a D.C. Metro station Tuesday morning, startling commuters as they waited for their morning trains.

A New Jersey police officer saved a fawn by performing an emergency C-section after the baby deer’s mother was hit by a car.