CARRABASSETT VALLEY — About 100 people were stranded at Sugarloaf, Police Chief Scott Nichols said early Monday morning. Two bridges that have been washed out on either side of the resort’s access road with Route 27 have left guests and employees with no way to drive away. Nichols had to walk into his offices this […]
Maine
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Rivers expected to crest in Maine today
Rain from Tropical Storm Irene were expected to continue to impact these rivers and others throughout the day, according to the warnings. The Androscoggin River for much of it’s northern and western stretches remained under a flood warning including areas in Coos County, N.H. and Oxford County, Maine, the warning stated. Also on the warning […]
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Boning up on coyote hunting
As just about every Maine sportsman and state wildlife biologist now recognizes, coyotes are a major deer predator that must be controlled if Maine’s already struggling deer population is to ever recover. Maine’s former deer biologist Gerry Lavigne wrote this: “Deer populations in Maine are unacceptably low and in need of restoration. Among several causative […]
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Maine to Play New Hampshire at Fenway Park
BOSTON — The City of Boston, the Boston Red Sox and Hockey East announced on Friday that the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team will play New Hampshire on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at Fenway Park in Boston at 7:30 p.m. The game will follow a showdown between the University of Massachusetts and Vermont. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Irene 4th hurricane-rooted storm to hit Maine in 50 years
LEWISTON — It’s been more than 20 years since a storm that started as a hurricane hit central Maine and that storm, Bob, claimed three lives in the state and caused $21 million in damage here. Before that, Gloria hit Maine in 1985 and 25 years before that was Donna in 1960. Both Gloria and […]
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Gov. LePage declares state of emergency for Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has declared a statewide emergency to allow state, county and local governments to better respond to approaching Hurricane Irene. LePage issued his proclamation Friday afternoon after meeting with senior advisers and officials from the Maine Emergency Management to discuss the impending storm. National Weather Service forecaster John […]
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A campaign promise better left unfulfilled
It’s not news that candidates make foolish promises in the heat of a primary campaign, throwing out ideas to fire up their followers. Politifacts.com lists several dozen promises Barack Obama made on his march to the White House. Remember the one about closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center? Hasn’t happened, even three years after his […]
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Maine should seek waiver for testing standards
We move to abolish the testing provisions of No Child Left Behind. So moved. Seeing no objections, the motion passes. Bang the gavel and move on. If only it were that easy. Everyone — teachers, administrators, governors, plus Republican and Democratic lawmakers — realizes the accountability provisions of the decade-old law are not working. But […]
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Maine, four other states have country’s highest divorce rates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Singles, take note: With marriages at an all-time low, states in the South and West rank among the highest for couples hearing wedding bells. But many of these states also have higher rates of divorce. The first-of-its-kind analysis by the Census Bureau, released Thursday, also finds that people are waiting longer before […]
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Mainers told to prepare for oncoming storm
PORTLAND — The last two hurricanes to threaten Maine spun harmlessly to the east but the state is unlikely to be spared from Hurricane Irene, which will bring either rain, or wind, or both, this weekend with the potential for power outages, widespread flooding and dangerous surf, officials said Thursday. Warning against complacency, the Maine […]