The sun is out and it’s warming up after an unseasonably cold morning in northern New England. The National Weather Service says the temperature dipped to 22 early Thursday in Portland, breaking the old record of 24 set in 2003. In Montpelier, Vt., it was even colder at 14 degrees, breaking old record of 17, […]
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Towns sign on to change FEMA guidelines to include ice storms
A resolution urging changes in federal disaster assistance regulations is circulating among Maine towns and cities hit hard by severe ice storms in late December and early January. The initiative comes on the heels of news that a request by Gov. Paul LePage to declare the storms a natural disaster was denied by the Federal Emergency […]
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Flood watch for all of Maine
A flood watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for the entire state until Wednesday evening, with significant rain forecast on top of rapidly melting snow and ice. The NWS said Monday that rain will spread across the state early Tuesday morning with the first rains arriving in central Maine after midnight and […]
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Much of state under flood watch as temperatures, waters rise
FORT KENT, Maine — Most of Maine is under a flood watch Monday as mild temperatures coupled with a rainy forecast produce significant snow melt, raising the river levels and creating the potential for ice jams. According to reports from the National Weather Service offices in Gray and Caribou released Monday, the watches are in […]
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Golf: Local courses playing catch-up
Members of Springbrook Golf Club who happened to drive past the course on Route 202 in Leeds a little more than a week ago probably hoped it was an April Fools’ joke. Alas, the prank already had been played. Neither Mother Nature nor the golf gods held up their end of the bargain with the […]
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Rain to the south, snow to the north in Maine
GRAY — A storm that’s moved through Maine has washed away some of the snow to the south, while adding to the snowpack to the north. The National Weather Service says Down East Maine saw 2 to 2.5 inches of rain but it was a different story to the north. Meteorologist Corey Bogel says there […]
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Experts say cold winter likely won’t kill Maine ticks
On the cusp of spring, temperatures are still dipping below zero and snow covers the state of Maine. This long, drawn-out winter is taking its toll on many Maine residents — in the form of Vitamin D deficiencies, cabin fever and seasonal depression — but it doesn’t affect everyone. The recent below-average temperatures aren’t likely […]
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Phillips loses plow truck to fire
PHILLIPS — A fast-moving fire reduced the town’s 2010 International plow truck to charred rubble Wednesday. The driver was not injured. Public Works employee Matt Stevens was plowing the remote East Madrid Road when he saw the flames shooting from the hood of the double-axle wheeler, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Stevens, also an experienced […]
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Washington, Hancock counties hit by strongest storm in decades
ELLSWORTH — A winter storm expected to dump more than a foot of snow on Washington and Hancock counties churned its way up the coast throughout the morning Wednesday. The National Weather Service’s Caribou office is projecting 10-18 inches of snow in Washington and Hancock counties, where blizzard warnings will be in effect throughout the […]