PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Central Maine Power said Saturday afternoon that all but 469 customers have their electricity back in the aftermath of the Thanksgiving storm that at some point left more than 157,000 homes and businesses in the dark. The utility says most of the customers that are still without power are located in […]
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Storm dumps 15 inches; ‘lucky’ driver walks away from train collision
They slipped, slid and skied. After an ugly storm brought 15 inches of snow to Lewiston-Auburn and parts of Western Maine overnight Wednesday into Thursday, police responded to a myriad of accidents, including a truck-train collision. A tractor-trailer driver in South Paris walked away after he ran flashing red lights, got stuck on train tracks […]
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Emergency utility crews given special access to vote by fax
Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday signed an emergency proclamation to allow 200 linemen and other Central Maine Power workers pressed into duty by an early November snowstorm to vote by fax machine. A company spokesman said supervisors were reaching out to crews busy restoring power to 38,000 customers still in the dark. Those who couldn’t […]
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Power outages could impact voting sites throughout state
AUGUSTA — A snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow on much of the state and knocked out power to thousands of people could also impact Tuesday’s election. The Secretary of State’s office is working in conjunction with Central Maine Power and Emera Maine to assess if any polling sites have been affected […]
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Lewiston super gets unhappy tweets after not calling snow day
LEWISTON — The tweets started Sunday. “Bill Webster I will shovel your driveway if you call a snow day tomorrow,” tweeted Ty, who, from his profile, appears to be a Lewiston soccer player. “Hey, do my fellow peers and I a favor and cancel school tomorrow,” tweeted another student. One warned against false hopes. “There […]