MORE COVERAGE: Snow, cold may hamper power efforts in Maine As of Christmas night, Central Maine Power reported 39,000 households were without power after losing electricity on Monday from a multiple-day ice storm. “Crews will keep working tonight. There’ll be an enormous push tomorrow,” CMP spokesman John Carroll said Wednesday night. “By the end of the […]
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Maine gets a bit more snow
PORTLAND — Maine residents are cleaning up again after the second wintry storm in recent days. The National Weather Service reports that Tuesday’s storm dropped up to nine inches of snow on parts of the state, slowing afternoon and evening travel. State police reduced the speed limit to 45 mph on the Maine Turnpike at […]
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More snow expected Tuesday night
GRAY — The latest storm is expected to hit the Maine coast harder than inland areas tonight. Parts of Maine could see upward of 9 inches by the time the storm pushes off the coast Wednesday afternoon, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Hawley in Gray. The National Weather Service winter weather advisory says […]
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Nature provides white well before Christmas
Wishes for a good coating of white for Christmas were met exuberantly by nature Sunday when about a foot of snow fell across the region. Low temperatures accompanying the precipitation made for a light and fluffy snow. How light and fluffy, however, depended on whether you were cutting through it with a snowblower or lifting […]
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Maine braces for weekend snow storm
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine residents are getting ready for the first big snow storm of the season by stocking up on rock salt and shovels. The National Weather Service says more than six inches of snow could fall in southwest and central Maine starting Sunday and into Sunday. The city of Auburn has declared a […]
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Snow starts falling in Lewiston-Auburn area
GRAY — The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Androscoggin and Oxford counties Monday. That means to expect snow, sleet and or freezing rain to make travel conditions difficult. The snow already has started in Lewiston and Auburn. Snowfall and sleet accumulation could reach as much as 4 inches by 3 […]