“I urge all of you to drive safely as you commute to your destination. Stopping on snow or ice without skidding requires extra time and distance,” LePage wrote in a news statment. “Drive slowly so you can adjust to changing road conditions. Please remember to keep a safe distance behind other vehicles and give plow […]
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Southern Maine gets most of the snow from latest storm
GRAY — A snowstorm that clipped southern Maine didn’t amount to much in most places. But don’t tell that to the folks in Saco. The National Weather Service says Saco received 6 inches of snow in the storm that began late Sunday and ended Monday morning. Meteorologist Margaret Curtis says there was a narrow band […]
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Weekend snow storm to miss Maine
GRAY (AP) — The National Weather Service says folks should enjoy the snow they got this week, because there won’t be a follow-up storm this weekend. Meteorologist Mike Kistner said a storm that’s been hyped for Sunday night will head out to sea, missing Maine. He said the coast will get 1 to 2 inches […]
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Governments close offices early due to winter storm
A round up of how Wednesday’s storm is affecting Maine life. UPDATED 1:31 PM: AUBURN — Auburn Hall will be closing at 2 p.m. today because of the weather. In addition, the School Committee meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Auburn Recreation is closing offices at 2 p.m. and has […]
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Winter storm disrupts travel along East Coast
PHILADELPHIA — Another round of winter weather followed a day of unseasonable temperatures in the eastern United States on Monday, with several inches of snow closing schools, disrupting air traffic and snarling travel for people trying to return home from the Super Bowl. Fat, wet flakes were falling Monday afternoon and could total 8 inches […]
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Mount Blue State Park’s Winter Family Fun Day delights hundreds
WELD — More than 500 people of all ages and volunteers from across Maine enjoyed a blue-sky day at Mount Blue State Park’s sixth annual Winter Family Fun Day on Saturday. The low-cost, cabin-fever-reliever gave families the opportunity to try several sports, including Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, sliding down Center Hill and ice skating. Skis, boots […]
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Massive pileup on I-94 kills 3; more than 20 hurt
More than 20 people were injured in the crush of semitrailers and mangled passenger vehicles Thursday afternoon on the eastbound stretch of Interstate 94 connecting Chicago with Detroit. Conditions very quickly changed from clear to near-whiteout at the time of the crash. State police Lt. Jerry Williams said there was a sudden burst of heavy […]
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Otisfield is another town to see sand and salt pile depletion
OTISFIELD — For many towns in Maine, sand has been in short supply with all of this year’s treacherous weather. Otisfield has felt the same freezing sting of sand quickly running out during a winter that feels like it will never end. Sand and salt is made available for the people of Otisfield, and residents […]