HALLOWELL — Bruce Mayo worried that there might be flooding on Front Street in Hallowell this past weekend after warmer weather and rainfall broke up the ice along the Kennebec River. Mayo, who owns the Easy Street Lounge, a cocktail bar in the basement of a property that touches low-lying Front Street, even spoke with […]
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Cold and snow mean increased risk to pedestrians in Maine
AUGUSTA — These days, getting around isn’t simple for Paul Allen. He can’t afford a car, so to get to his job at the McDonald’s restaurant on Bangor Street, he must throw on his high-tops and camouflage jacket, then walk more than a mile from his apartment on Chapel Street. Allen, 29, uses the sidewalk […]
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Bryant Pond family says their dog survived 5 days buried in snow
BRYANT POND (AP) — A Labrador retriever has survived being buried alive in the snow for five days. The family of 13-year-old Sophie said the dog went missing on Thursday, Jan. 4, and they were unable to find her despite pleas made on social media. Albert Silver told WCSH-TV that he and his family searched everywhere. Sophie […]
Posted inNation / World
Climate analysts say the cold snap was a freak of nature
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn’t global warming but a freak of nature. Frigid weather like the two-week cold spell that began around Christmas is 15 times rarer than it was a century ago, according to a team […]
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A snowy roof may not be illegal but still hazardous
The impact looked like a cannon blast. Rob Condon had just dropped off his son at an Augusta-area day care when a chunk of ice the size of a ripe melon came flying at him from the other side of the road and crashed through his windshield. The frozen projectile came off the side of […]
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Liveaboards ride out the arctic blasts in sailboat homes
SOUTH PORTLAND — Adam Prokosch leaned over to add another block of wood to the small stove in his living room. The glow cast a warm light on the bookshelf behind Prokosch’s seat. Nearby, a black-and-white cat prowled. The scene would be ordinary in many households, except that Prokosch’s house is actually a 40-foot-long Gulfstar […]
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Maine looking at a brief warming trend this week
After Monday’s snow, parts of New England are looking at some balmy weather, relatively speaking, this week. Forecasts have parts of the state getting 1 to 3 inches. But the extreme cold has begun loosening its grip and some parts of Maine and New Hampshire are expected to see the temperature rise above freezing for […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Animal Tales: Coming in from the cold
Dr. Jeff Mayerson plays with his 8-year-old Lab-shepherd mix Crikey as his yellow Lab Fidget, 5, chews on a shoe while playing in the basement of their Lewiston home on a recent cold afternoon. Over the past couple of weeks, Mayerson has instituted what he calls “nope” mornings for Fidget and Crikey, as in “Nope, you’re […]
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'Crazy' cold in Auburn
Alyson Thompson cautiously walks down an icy driveway on Monroe Street in Auburn on Saturday afternoon while delivering mail. “It’s brutal,” she said. “I have five layers on. This is crazy.” (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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Snow nearly covers Auburn Nativity scene
The Nativity scene behind Rolly’s Diner in Auburn is nearly covered with blowing snow. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)