Brewer police reported several calls Thursday afternoon stating that ducks in the roadway were causing a hazard to drivers, said Officer Nelson Feero.

A mother duck and eight ducklings marched across North Main Street in Brewer despite the flow of evening traffic.

One woman was forced to slam on her breaks to avoid hitting the determined fowl.

Cpl. Rich Smith of the Brewer police responded to the call and took five minutes to coax the ducks from the side of the road toward the Penobscot River, said Feero.

The ducks did not bring traffic to a standstill, nor did they cause any accidents, but concerned motorists were relieved when they all returned safely to the river.

Three or four 20-packs of bottled Budweiser went missing from the back of a Maine Distributors truck early Thursday morning as the truck was making a delivery at The Corner Store in Bangor, according to Bangor police reports.

The truck driver entered the store to make his delivery, and when he returned his truck was three to four packs of beer lighter, he reported.

A small, red car with a lone male inside was parked in the lot when the driver made the delivery, but it was not there when the driver returned. There is no indication that the vehicle was involved in the incident, reports said.

The $52 worth of merchandise has yet to be recovered.

There were no witnesses or known suspects.

An employee at the Bangor animal shelter called police late Thursday morning after a woman left the shelter with her dog without paying the appropriate fees.

Iolanta Biderman, 36, of Bangor entered the animal shelter to retrieve her dog, which had been picked up by the animal control officer, but insisted that she couldn’t pay the $36 in fees to recover her dog, police reports said.

While the attendant went to consult her supervisor, police reports said, Biderman left with the dog.

The employee called the police, but when they arrived they were unable to locate Biderman and the wanted pooch.

– Compiled by BDN reporter Toni-Lynn Robbins