NEWRY — Red Bull’s caffeine-infused Frozen Rush took to the slopes of Sunday River on Friday in a first-of-its-kind truck race. Resort officials said an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 spectators turned out for the event, which featured a bracketed, single-elimination format. The eight drivers, mostly desert-truck racers, matched times as they sped around a mile-long […]
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Red Bull brings Frozen Rush to Sunday River
NEWRY — Off-road trucks with half-inch spikes in their tires will take to the ski slopes at Sunday River on Friday in a unique competition called Frozen Rush. Eight pro-tour drivers will go head-to-head in pairs as they race their 900-horsepower trucks through giant slalom gates on South Ridge. The event, free and open to […]
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Almanac editor, meteorologists agree — snow will stick around
GRAY — Aside from a few early snowfalls that quickly melted away, winter weather in recent years generally settled into a six- to eight-week period between January and March. This year, the state has had standing snow in many places since early December. Does that mean Mainers can expect their six- to eight-week winter penance […]
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Maine tries to cope with frigid cold, slippery roads
Though the light, dry snow the storm produced didn’t create much of a threat to power lines, officials had feared high winds would. By Friday, outages were minimal, with only 200 powerless in Maine, where an ice storm last week affected 160,000 customers in the state.
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Busy winter storm responsible for at least nine deaths
The nor’easter was accompanied by plummeting temperatures that on Friday morning reached 8 degrees below zero in Burlington, Vt., with a wind chill of 29 below, and 2 degrees in Boston, with a wind chill of minus 20. It dumped 23 inches of snow in Boxford, Mass., and 18 inches in parts of western New […]
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Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]
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National Weather Service warns it’s going to get even colder
PORTLAND — The coldest blast of weather since 2011 in Maine is coming along with snow, high winds and near-blizzard conditions. The National Weather Service forecast for the next 24 hours calls for a nasty winter storm. Meteorologist John Cannon says Friday night has the possibility of temperatures plummeting to minus-35 in the mountains. It’s […]
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First snowstorm of 2014 descends on northeast U.S.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A winter storm was bearing down on the Northeast on Thursday, promising heavy snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures that will make commutes hazardous for the first work day of the new year. Snow began falling overnight in parts of New England and New York, but the real brunt of the […]
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NWS expects it to stay frigid cold as more snow heads for Maine
Frigid temperatures are expected to close out 2013 on a cold note, according to the National Weather Service. Arctic air is expected to drop temperatures below zero Tuesday night and into Wednesday, according to the weather service, while high temperatures aren’t expected to get out of the single digits across much of the state. Despite […]