200 pound bear roams Trumansburg streets

The Trumansburg Police Department received many calls about the two-year-old black bear photographed below on Sunday. First calls about this friendly bear came in around 9:00 am. The bear hung around the area of South Street and the Middle School in the Village of Trumansburg while being monitored by police.Officers kept a close eye on the 200 hundred pound bear for several hours and warned residents and pedestrians of the bear’s presence.Police ask residents not to feed the bear, do not follow the bear and do not leave out any garbage that may attract bears.