Thousands of Mainers were without power Tuesday night as ice-laden limbs and lines snapped in a storm that also flooded roads and slicked highways. The storm dropped up to 3 inches of snow in the mountains, and turned to freezing rain and rain in some areas. “It was mostly ice,” a meteorologist with the National […]
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Overnight storm to make travel tricky and refresh the snowpack
First came the Christmas Day blizzard, then the deep freeze and another blizzard followed by the January thaw. Now it’s time for more snow in Maine. Maine’s next storm system is slated to arrive between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesday. A Winter Storm Advisory has been issued. The snow will be very light overnight. […]
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Norway selectmen meeting rescheduled
NORWAY — Town Manager Dennis Lajoie said the Board of Selectmen meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday has been rescheduled to Jan. 18 due to the nor’easter. Lajoie said the board would meet briefly at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8, to sign warrants, but all other business would be postponed to Jan. 18, the next […]
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Live blog: How Maine is dealing with the storm
Steady snow started about 8 a.m. Tuesday in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Schools in the area have been canceled. Another three to 11 inches of snow are expected to fall Tuesday, adding to the 6 inches in Lewiston, 5 inches in Bethel and 8 inches that fell in Carrabassett Valley on Saturday. Despite the storm, voting for […]
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Lewiston mayoral runoff election to take place despite storm
LEWISTON — City officials announced early Monday afternoon that the runoff election for mayor will take place Tuesday, as scheduled, regardless of the pending storm. All voting citywide will take place at Longley Elementary School, 145 Birch St. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. The school building will be open Tuesday, […]
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Insurance bureau can help with storm damages
AUGUSTA — In the aftermath of recent storms, Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa reminds Maine residents with weather-related property damage that the Bureau of Insurance is a resource for those with questions about homeowners, renters, auto or commercial property policies. Cioppa also reminded those impacted of the following best practices when experiencing storm damage: • […]
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‘It’s a mess’
Officials said Monday it will be several days before some roads are reopened and power is restored across the state because of a powerful storm that blew into Maine late Sunday night with winds topping 70 mph. Central Maine Power said the number of outages — more than 400,000 at midday Monday — was more […]
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Flags held high
Veteran Don Simoneau of Fayette sits Monday in the wind and rain in front of Richardson Cemetery on Main Street in Livermore Falls. It was the second-to-last Monday of the Flags Held High program, which runs from the first Monday in May through the Monday before Veterans Day. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)
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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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Storm blasts through area
Heavy rains, strong winds, thunder and lightning swept through Maine on Saturday, washing out roads, downing trees and power lines, and damaging property. The National Weather Service office in Gray said that as of 8:15 p.m., there were multiple reports of flash flooding that made some roads impassable. Wind gusts of up to 60 mph […]