LEWISTON — For the most part, Lewiston and Auburn’s first significant snowfall played out well for most people. “Very happy,” Alex Garry of Auburn said of the season’s first “snow day.” Garry is a mental health counselor for Spurwink. “Three-day weekend,” she said. What’s not to love? Instead of going to work, Garry spent the […]
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Snowstorm makes messy morning commute for Maine
Androscoggin County Durham 6.1 inches Turner 4.0 inches Auburn 4.0 inches Lewiston 4.0 inches Lisbon Falls 3.5 inches Auburn 3.5 inches Poland 3.0 inches Greene 3.0 inches W. Winthrop 1.5 inches Franklin County New Sharon 3.0 inches Temple 2.7 inches Oxford County Andover 5.0 inches Bethel 5.0 inches Bethel 4.8 inches Otisfield 4.0 inches Source: […]
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Snow falls in Maine’s mountain areas
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Friday’s storm is bringing snow to areas north of Route 2. Some mountain spots could see several inches. It started snowing around 4 a.m. at Sugarloaf. So far they have about an inch, Sugarloaf and many areas in the higher elevations are expected to get 3 to 6 inches of wet snow […]
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More than 5 inches of snow – yes snow – falls on northern Maine
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The leaves are coming out on trees, daffodils are starting to bloom and snow was falling in parts of Northern New England, a month before the official start of summer. The National Weather Service says 3.4 inches was recorded in the northern Maine town of Caribou early Monday, setting a record for […]
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Say it ain’t snow! Rare storm covers area
Snowfall, in inches, by 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: * Lewiston: 2.8 • Bridgton: 4.4 • Gray: 4.0 • New Gloucester: 2.7 • North Conway, N.H.: 3 • Otisfield: 2.0 • Yarmouth: 2.3 Yes, it snowed on April 26. It was also a little history in the making. Since the National Weather Service started keeping track in […]
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Less snow + Less plowing = More cash for transportation projects
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Scarce snow this winter required fewer hours of snowplowing and less use of sand and salt leaving northern New England communities with extra money for road maintenance and other transportation projects this summer. The Maine Department of Transportation said it’s looking at a savings of millions of dollars. But the head of […]