FARMINGTON — The damage from whipping wind and torrential rain brought into the state by Tropical Storm Irene Sunday is being felt by farmers, who woke up Monday to find ripening fruit blown to the ground, apple trees snapped off, and fields of hay and vegetables coated with silt left behind by receding flood waters. […]
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Gov. LePage to tour western Maine damage by helicopter
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage will visit areas damaged by Tropical Storm Irene by helicopter Monday morning and was planning stops in Carrabassett Valley and Rumford, according to a release issued by his office. LePage was planning to leave Augusta for an aerial view of the damage at 9 a.m. In the Carrabassett Valley area, […]
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Washed out bridges strand about 100 at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — About 100 people were stranded at Sugarloaf, Police Chief Scott Nichols said early Monday morning. Two bridges that have been washed out on either side of the resort’s access road with Route 27 have left guests and employees with no way to drive away. Nichols had to walk into his offices this […]
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Rivers expected to crest in Maine today
Rain from Tropical Storm Irene were expected to continue to impact these rivers and others throughout the day, according to the warnings. The Androscoggin River for much of it’s northern and western stretches remained under a flood warning including areas in Coos County, N.H. and Oxford County, Maine, the warning stated. Also on the warning […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Boning up on coyote hunting
As just about every Maine sportsman and state wildlife biologist now recognizes, coyotes are a major deer predator that must be controlled if Maine’s already struggling deer population is to ever recover. Maine’s former deer biologist Gerry Lavigne wrote this: “Deer populations in Maine are unacceptably low and in need of restoration. Among several causative […]
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Maine to Play New Hampshire at Fenway Park
BOSTON — The City of Boston, the Boston Red Sox and Hockey East announced on Friday that the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team will play New Hampshire on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at Fenway Park in Boston at 7:30 p.m. The game will follow a showdown between the University of Massachusetts and Vermont. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Irene 4th hurricane-rooted storm to hit Maine in 50 years
LEWISTON — It’s been more than 20 years since a storm that started as a hurricane hit central Maine and that storm, Bob, claimed three lives in the state and caused $21 million in damage here. Before that, Gloria hit Maine in 1985 and 25 years before that was Donna in 1960. Both Gloria and […]
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Gov. LePage declares state of emergency for Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has declared a statewide emergency to allow state, county and local governments to better respond to approaching Hurricane Irene. LePage issued his proclamation Friday afternoon after meeting with senior advisers and officials from the Maine Emergency Management to discuss the impending storm. National Weather Service forecaster John […]
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A campaign promise better left unfulfilled
It’s not news that candidates make foolish promises in the heat of a primary campaign, throwing out ideas to fire up their followers. Politifacts.com lists several dozen promises Barack Obama made on his march to the White House. Remember the one about closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center? Hasn’t happened, even three years after his […]
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Maine should seek waiver for testing standards
We move to abolish the testing provisions of No Child Left Behind. So moved. Seeing no objections, the motion passes. Bang the gavel and move on. If only it were that easy. Everyone — teachers, administrators, governors, plus Republican and Democratic lawmakers — realizes the accountability provisions of the decade-old law are not working. But […]