A crosswalk warning sign is bent and covered with snow Wednesday morning as pedestrians cross High Street near Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) After a reported 16 inches of wet snow fell overnight, Brian Morency, left, hammers loose the packed snow Wednesday morning on the driveway at his apartment on Winter […]
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Blizzard shrieks across region
Happy New Year. Now get out there and shovel. A blizzard roared through Maine on Thursday, dumping more than a foot of snow that was then blown into great heaps by winds gusting to 50 mph. The storm began Thursday morning, dropping 13 inches on Lewiston throughout the day. By 8 p.m., 15 inches had […]
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The latest: Blizzard hits Maine bringing snow and wind
And here is the latest expected snowfall totals across our area. pic.twitter.com/35LA384VNx — NWS Gray (@NWSGray) February 12, 2017 (function(d, s, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) return; var fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; var js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = ‘https://embed.samdesk.io/js/2/embed.js’; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘sam-embed-js’)); STATEWIDE — The anticipated winter storm has crossed into Maine, […]
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'Snow where' to hide from this blizzard
A couple of snowmobilers gassed up their sleds at Danny’s Variety in Lewiston on Saturday afternoon – the deep snow has many snowmobile enthusiasts taking advantage of the stormy conditions.Gerry D’Amour looks over the dwindling supply of shovels, snow rakes and snow pushers at Steven’s Hardware in Sabattus. The store had a run on winter […]
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Counties, towns urged to submit snow cleanup costs to state
The governor has until Friday, Feb. 27, to make a formal request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for reimbursement for costs Maine towns, schools and hospitals incurred during the Jan. 27 blizzard. On Wednesday, Gov. Paul LePage issued a statement urging towns to get their estimates to their county emergency management agencies quickly so […]
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Local restaurants keep Valentine’s plans; hope diners do, too
LEWISTON — Despite the impending blizzard, love, dining and “Fifty Shades of Grey”-themed cocktails will go on. Local restaurateurs said Friday that they planned to stay open for Valentine’s Day revelers on Saturday, even in the face of a snow-laden forecast. The ingredients have been prepped, the staff’s been scheduled and the feeling was that […]
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‘Snowhere’ to put it all: It’s affecting all of us
LEWISTON — Public works directors in the Twin Cities said Monday that crews plowing their third major stormstorm in a week will begin snow removal operations Tuesday, a move one business owner said can’t come soon enough. Director of Lewiston Public Works David Jones said his crews are doing their best, but three major storms […]
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Barrage of snowstorms a boon for Andover snowmobile club
ANDOVER — The last week of snowfall has left the snowmobile trails of the Andover Snow Valley Sno-Goers club in good condition for its upcoming annual wind farm ride, President Richard Merrill said Friday morning. The ride to Record Hill Wind Farm in Roxbury will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 15. The storms have […]
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S. Ackerly and C. Werner: Kudos to all the road crews
The blizzard Tuesday, Jan. 27, brought a different kind of excitement for one family in Mechanic Falls — the birth of their first baby. As naturopathic midwives, we are called to births in all kinds of weather, but when we received the call to come to that birth in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, […]