LEWISTON — The city has issued a parking ban from 11 p.m. Saturday through noon Sunday. The Department of Public Works wants to keep the streets clean before the temperature drops again Monday. The National Weather Service forecasts 4 to 8 inches of snow Saturday night and Sunday morning for Western Maine, which includes Androscoggin, Franklin […]
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Major storm sweeps through Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Californians got a lot of what they wanted and not too much of what they didn’t from a major storm that finally blew out of the state Friday. After drenching Northern California the previous day, the storm dumped up to 5 inches of desperately needed rain in Southern California. A landslide left […]
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Rumford Community Dental celebrating reopening with Dec. 18 open house
RUMFORD — To celebrate the reopening of its Rumford branch, Community Dental is holding an open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18. The open house will feature door prizes, tours of the newly renovated offices and an opportunity to meet the staff. “It has been quite a journey from the July storm,” said […]
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Storm wipes out Tuesday’s sports slate
A storm bringing rain, freezing rain, sleet and snow to central Maine on Tuesday has forced most schools to close and all schools to cancel their sporting events scheduled for the afternoon and evening. For an updated list of games for the season, visit our sports schedule site, here: https://www.sunjournal.com/sports/hsgames Be sure to follow the sports […]
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Maine skiers revel in ‘White Friday’
NEWRY — While shoppers rushed to stores early Friday to cash in on the first of the holiday-season deals, Maine skiers and snowboarders were flocking to the slopes to enjoy extra-early, extra-good snow conditions, thanks to a storm that walloped the region Wednesday night. “This is the best conditions have been for Thanksgiving Day weekend […]
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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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Funnel cloud spotted in Caribou
CARIBOU — Officials say powerful thunderstorms disrupted Memorial Day activities in northern Maine with heavy rain, hail and gusts topping 40 mph. Meteorologist Joe Hewitt from the National Weather Service in Caribou says one of Monday’s storms produced a confirmed funnel cloud but that it didn’t touch down. He said there also were unconfirmed reports […]
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Wet spring snows hit Rockies, Nebraska
DENVER — Trucks began rolling again across a southern Wyoming artery that had been shuttered for more than 24 hours and officials in Nebraska made plans to move some primary polling locations Monday following a powerful spring storm that brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and spawned thunderstorms and tornadoes in […]
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Tornadoes kill 16 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma
The tornado touched down Sunday about 10 miles west of Little Rock at around 7 p.m., then carved an 80-mile path of destruction as it passed through or near several suburbs north of the state capital, including Vilonia. It grew to be a half-mile wide and remained on the ground for much of that route, […]
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Scientists not ready to confirm 119 mph winds off Maine coast
JONESPORT — A powerful storm produced hurricane-force winds off the Maine coast, but scientists aren’t sure whether a 119 mph reading off Jonesport was accurate. Rich Norton from the National Weather Service said the reading at a buoy off Jonesport could be accurate but that it’s under review because it was out of line with […]