LEWISTON — Many area residents celebrated the first day of spring with a snow shovel. According to the National Weather Service, about half an inch of wet, sloppy snow fell on Lewiston and Auburn. It turned to rain as the sun rose. Areas farther north and east were hit harder. Residents in Jay and Hebron […]
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Lewiston approves minimum thermostat level increase to 68 degrees
LEWISTON — A plan to require landlords to turn up the heat by two degrees won City Council approval Tuesday. Councilors voted 7-0 to make some housekeeping changes to the city’s building maintenance code to match state rules on minimum heat. State building ordinances require landlords to heat their buildings to 68 degrees year round. […]
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HS Hockey: Inaugural showcase for an all-star cause
GORHAM — Clay Rowland was a defenseman playing in a hockey all-star game. As assignments go, it’s up there with being asked to clean the lion’s cage just before the end of his nap. Still, the Leavitt Area High School senior felt like he ended his career with a roar Saturday night at University of […]
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Storm aftermath leaves Mainers shoveling, shivering
The beat goes on. Mainers on Thursday woke up to weather that looked a lot like the same old thing. As most people slept Wednesday night, temperatures dropped, rain turned to snow and March continued to pour it on. Children and teachers just about everywhere got one final gift from Mother Nature: Classes were canceled […]
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Winter whoas! Dixfield sees 20 inches from snowstorm
Just before noon Thursday in Dixfield, the snow was at 20 inches and still falling. “It’s wet and heavy,” said treasurer Angela Varnum at the Dixfield town office. “I could barely get out of my driveway.” Dixfield had the highest snow tally of the morning at the National Weather Service in Gray after an overnight […]
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Winter won’t relent
March showed its “out like a lamb” side a bit early Tuesday, with sunshine and temperatures throughout much of central Maine reaching the mid 40s. For a moment, jackets came off, ice-encrusted sidewalks became passable and scruffy remnants of last year’s grass poked through sand-laden sod. That was when the easily ignored winter storm watch […]
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How to get ready for Wednesday’s storm
The National Weather Service expects a winter storm to arrive Wednesday morning in Maine and continue through Thursday morning. What this means to you depends on where you are. If you live in central, western Maine… The NWS has issued a winter storm watch from Wednesday morning through Thursday morning for central Maine. A watch […]
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G. Ferguson: A harsh winter
It amazes me how the Farmers’ Almanac predicts winters so accurately. Old Man Winter has cost people dearly, financially and socially. For retired people on fixed incomes, the necessities of food (prices have skyrocketed), medicine(s) and heat have drained their savings (if they had any). Mortgages or rent, car payments, gasoline prices and property taxes […]
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Readers capture Maine’s winter of 2014
Edited by Amber Waterman, Staff Photographer Being in the final grip of winter (we think), we asked our readers to submit their favorite photos from the season. We picked some of our favorites for today’s print edition, and put a bunch more of the best on sunjournal.com. (Sorry, but the volume of responses prevented us […]
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Got cool photos?
The Sun Journal would like to see your best photos for possible use in an occasional bSection photo display in the Sun Journal. Our theme this time is cold weather. Send us your favorites so far from this winter. Our photographers will choose the best and we’ll feature them in an upcoming edition. Send your […]