Each year about this time, the Maine Warden Service urges us to use extreme caution before venturing out onto any ice that may be covering Maine’s waterways. This is timely advice. Two winters ago, three night-time snowsledders perished in one night on Rangeley Lake when they and their machines broke through thin ice. This year, […]
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Festival Plaza rink key feature of Auburn Winter Festival 2016
AUBURN — The city will convert Festival Plaza into a big open-air ice rink for the annual Winter Festival celebration at the end of the month. Jasmine McLoughlin, Auburn’s recreation specialist, said the downtown rink will be one of two key venues for the annual festival, scheduled for Jan. 29-31. “It will cover the whole […]
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Paris woman recounts perilous ride in floodwaters 79 years ago
PARIS — Five-year-old Kathleen Scribner had no idea when she got into the family car the morning of March 24, 1936, that she was in for the ride of her life. The South Paris resident, who will be 84 in June, recalled the events of that fateful day from her Paris Hill Road home recently. Her […]
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Auburn slates ceremony to kick off Ingersoll work
AUBURN — The city will kick off work to reuse Ingersoll Arena as an indoor turf field April 24 with a special ceremony. Auburn Recreation Director Ravi Sharma said installing an artificial turf field should wrap up in October, with the facility ready for games. “We have a lot of positive feedback so far, and […]
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Golf: Maine superintendents cautiously optimistic about melting
Some may think the unusually heavy snowfall covering the state’s golf courses is a concern for golf pros. But after last winter’s acute ice issues, which ravaged several courses and left them with temporary greens for an extended period, the pros see the snow as a positive because it provides protection from other damaging elements. […]
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Ice jams up business on Maine’s waterways
Scott Werner of Portland said this winter has been “a horror show” for lobster fishermen like himself. The ice has prevented him from getting his boat out to fish in recent weeks, and cut into his ability to make money in the already slow winter lobstering season, he said. “I’m not going to risk it. […]
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No threat of flooding yet, but Maine snow depths, water content is high
AUGUSTA — State snow survey results for February released Friday revealed high water content in Maine’s snowpack, especially in northern Franklin and Somerset counties. But it’s still too early to know whether that extra content will cause or contribute to flooding come spring, Robert G. Marvinney, Maine Geological Survey director, said Friday. “There’s no flood […]
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Norway ice rink dedicated to longtime caretaker
NORWAY — Cold, blustery and dark it was, as Debra Partridge put it — the kind of weather Bruce Fox met with a grin for the better part of two decades. Fox, a longtime volunteer worker for the Norway Recreation Park, was honored Friday evening in a ceremony at the ice rink on Cottage Street, where […]
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Cold coming. And wind. And sloppy rain.
GRAY — Advice from the National Weather Service is rather simple this time around — bundle up and prepare to shiver. After the early part of Friday started out warm and sunny, it looked like it might be easy going into the weekend. Not so fast, though. It is January, after all. Forecasters were calling […]