A tree took down power, cable and phone lines on Black Road in Wilton during high winds Tuesday morning. Trees and lines started falling at about 2:48 a.m., Wilton Deputy Rescue Chief Tom Doak said. A power outage also kept the Jay Town Office from opening Tuesday morning after it was discovered the town’s generator […]
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Strong winds knock out power to more than 60,000 Mainers
High winds toppled tree branches across Maine overnight, landing on power lines and knocking out power to tens of thousands of Mainers. This tree on Conesca Rd. in Raymond has apparently fallen onto power lines and caught fire @WGME pic.twitter.com/tARj8bycMM — Chandler Knowles (@CameraChandler) October 16, 2018 More than 52,000 were without power at 8 […]
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Blame the squirrels: Power outage hits Lewiston. Again.
LEWISTON — Another nice day in Lewiston, another dead squirrel and another power outage. Roughly 4,000 people lost power in the downtown area Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused damage at the Lewiston Lower Substation off Lisbon Street. The squirrel did not survive. For about an hour, Central Maine Power customers in the neighborhoods along […]
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Thousands lose power in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Residents across the city are reporting power outages. Central Maine Power reported more than 4,000 homes without power at 10 a.m. Wednesday. This story will be updated. [media-credit name=”CMP outage map” link=”http://outagemap.cmpco.com/cmp/” align=”aligncenter” width=”823″][/media-credit]
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Power restored at Atlanta airport, but travel chaos remains
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights were canceled and long lines snaked throughout the world’s largest airport Monday as the nation’s air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule after a crippling power outage in Atlanta that struck just days before the Christmas travel rush. A fire in an underground electrical facility brought the main […]
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Storms knock out power and drench Androscoggin, Oxford counties
Lightning seen during a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening in Poland. UPDATE: Maine braces for more storms, possible flash flooding Thunderstorms rolled through Lewiston and Auburn on Tuesday evening causing power outages across the region. If you’re in the dark, or were for a while Tuesday, blame the weather. According to Central Maine Power, more than 3,700 […]
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Gusty winds mean extra cuddles for kids
Monday’s storm dumped more snow as Maine’s intense winter pattern continued. In the Rumford area, it was a winter wonderland around 8 a.m. Monday, with a fluffy 17 inches or so of new snow making it easy for people to shovel or snow-blow. However, only about an hour or so later, the winds began to […]
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Logging accident caused Saturday outage in Washington County
COLUMBIA — A logging accident was responsible for a power outage that left more than 5,000 Emera Maine customers in Washington County without electricity for a couple of hours Saturday, utility officials said Sunday. The power outage was caused when logging activity contacted a power line between Epping and Columbia Falls, near Epping Road, Emera […]
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Out-of-state utility crews helping Maine turn the lights back on
BELFAST — Repair crews from up and down the East Coast converged on Maine in their bucket trucks this week to help fix power lines damaged in the ice storm. At least 350 line crews came to Maine from other New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Brunswick to aid Central […]