GRAY — More snow is piling on much of Maine in the wake of a blizzard that dumped two feet on parts of the state. A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray says Gray has 3.1 inches of snow, Paris has 2 inches, Sebago has 4 inches and Caribou has 3.9 inches Snow […]
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Blizzard costs sought from Maine towns, counties for possible federal disaster relief funding
ROXBURY — Efforts are underway by two of three county emergency management agencies to learn how Tuesday’s blizzard affected storm management costs to determine if federal disaster relief should be sought. Emails seeking preliminary estimates of costs associated with sand and salt usage and overtime from drivers was requested from towns in Oxford and Androscoggin […]
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Caution: Big snowbanks creating visibility problems in Twin Cities
Maine vs. snow, Round 2: Lewiston crews gearing up for next storm LEWISTON — Huge snowbanks in the wake of Tuesday’s storm have created visibility problems at downtown intersections, where snow is piled as high as 10 feet on some corners. “It’s like driving around with one eye closed. You’ve lost perception of what’s around […]
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Maine vs. snow, Round 2: Lewiston crews gearing up for next storm
LEWISTON — Road crews Thursday concentrated on getting ready for a new storm due to hit central Maine on Friday morning. Megan Bates, Lewiston’s deputy public works director, said the crews that were on duty Thursday were taking down some snow drifts that blocked traffic sight lines and widening lanes along already plowed roads. Major […]
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Power outage hits thousands of Emera Maine customers
MILO — Thousands of customers are without power in northern Penobscot and Piscataquis counties as utility crews investigate an outage. An Emera Maine spokeswoman says crews are in the Milo area determining what caused the outage, which began at about 7 a.m. Thursday. The utility anticipated power will be restored by late morning on Thursday. […]
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NWS predicts another snowstorm for Friday
GRAY — The National Weather Service almost seems hesitant to talk about it: In the wake of the monster storm that pounded the state this week, what’s a few inches more? “Another system will approach the area by Friday morning,” according to the NWS forecast, “spreading several inches of snow across the region throughout the […]
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Mainers dig out from storm and brace for another
Post by Sun Journal. LEWISTON — Wednesday was mostly calm — very white, but calm — across the region. Driveways were cleared one final time with snowblowers, shovels and plows. Roads were scraped down to the tar and most businesses opened their doors after hunkering down Tuesday as the storm named Juno raged. Students in […]
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SAD 17 schools expect to reopen Thursday
PARIS — When a powerful snowstorm such as this week’s blizzard dumps more than two feet of snow on Oxford County, School Administrative District 17 officials have a lot to consider. Its school buses must cover 4,500 miles of roads to pick up students, some of whom live in remote areas in the district’s eight […]
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Cleanup begins in Maine after massive snowstorm
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine residents are beginning to clean up after a powerful snow storm dropped more than 2 feet of snow in some areas. While the snow has tapered off, forecasters say strong winds on the coast will make for drifting and blowing snow on Wednesday. They say there could be more snow on […]
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Digging out, digging in and digging it — Maine’s snow businesses happy with Juno
But overall the Twin Cities and Maine in general handled Juno with relatively little pain, according to state and local officials. “We’re doing pretty good,” said Joanne Potvin, the director of Androscoggin County’s Emergency Management Agency. Potvin said overnight Tuesday there were no reported incidents, and that agency activities were largely back to normal returning […]