Various other animals have been kept here in the past, including horses, sheep and other farm animals. Veterinary services are available once a year at the Hall, for vaccines and general check ups. A trip to town is necessary for more involved procedures. Wild animals include deer, mice raccoons and occasionally mink and muskrat. None are a real problem, the deer population seems to be fairly stable at 10 - 15 and they do some damage but not nearly as bad as most of the other islands were the populations seem to explode.
Most people here enjoy seeing the deer and are willing to put up with what damage they do.
Yes we have a few. We grow a mean mosquito but there are no Black Flies, there are a few ticks, few enough that they must be imported on summer dogs. The biggest problem for the last couple of years has been the Browntail moths . For a month or so in the summer the microscopic hairs from the caterpillars produce a rash similar to Poison Ivy on people who are allergic. Portland has one daily newspaper, The Portland Press Herald and a weekly, The Casco Bay Weekly .