Maine homeowners and businesses can access Department of Environmental Protection services to mitigate oil spills and systems at risk of leaking, state officials say.
December 2023 storm
Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Storm cleanup continues
BETHEL — All was quiet Dec. 31, at the 12 homes on Jonathan Clark Road off West Bethel Road. Bethel Firefighters rescued nine people from the mobile home park during the storm that started Dec. 18. The road runs alongside a narrow tributary that flows into the Androscoggin River. It had overflowed displacing families. Scott […]
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Posted inThe Bethel Citizen
Rumford farmers rescue couple from the Androscoggin River
Two motorists travelling north on Route 232 had driven into the water that had breached the banks of the river.
Posted inFranklin, Local & State, Oxford Hills
Oxford County tallies more than $5.7 million in public infrastructure damage from flood
Franklin and Oxford counties together sustain nearly $9 million in early damage estimates from the Dec. 18 storm that included severe flooding.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Wilton departments tally storm damage and cost
“We were very fortunate,” Water and Wastewater Superintendent Dalton Plante said on Thursday, Dec. 28, when asked about the cost of damages from the previous week’s storm.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Photo: Getting to the root of the problem
Lewiston man saws and pries apart a large root ball from a tree toppled by last month’s storm.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Canton special town meeting postponed to Jan. 11
The meeting was postponed because the board was unable to meet to prepare the warrant for the meeting last week because of flooded roads from the Dec. 18 storm.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Decision pending on status of damaged Mexico post office
Street delivery should not be affected. Packages can be picked up at the Dixfield post office at 50 Main St.
Posted inColumns, Local & State
Reporting Aside: Weathering a prolonged outage
Losing power the first day of Christmas vacation didn’t portend well for what would become a four-day-long outage in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Farmington Legionnaires feed linemen restoring power in region
Members and auxiliary of Roderick-Crosby American Legion Post 28 in Farmington provided meals Dec. 21 and 22, to linemen from Canada and New York who were helping to restore power lost due to the rain and wind storm earlier in the week.