Two separate snowstorms will hit much of Maine from Wednesday night till Friday morning.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Photo: Headed home with groceries
A Lewiston woman balances a box of groceries on her head as she heads home in Friday’s drizzle.
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Posted inMaine
Thursday’s warmth set records for Portland, Augusta
But it won’t last, as more seasonable temperatures return and a cold snap arrives late next week.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
Pipes burst in Wales, Litchfield schools
Oak Hill High School suffered significant water damage, as did a prekindergarten classroom at Libby Tozier Primary School.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Photo: Axing snow and ice in Oxford
An Oxford firefighter uses the ladder truck to remove ice and snow from roof Monday morning.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
‘This is brutal’: Shelters fill up fast as cold arrives
“Everyone is coming together,” one shelter volunteer said. “This is the time when community is supposed to come together and that’s exactly what’s been happening.”
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Photo: No business for cold crossing guard Friday
Auburn crossing guard patiently waits in frigid temperatures for students who never came.
Posted inMaine
Maine braces for icy temperatures last seen 5 decades ago
The National Weather Service says wind gusts combined with plummeting temperatures will make it feel like 43 degrees below zero in Portland on Friday night.
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Warming centers set up across the region
With deadly cold coming in on Friday, shelters have been set up in various areas through the weekend.
Posted inMaine
No one to be refused overnight shelter in Augusta during arctic blast, director of warming center says
Life-threatening cold temperatures expected Friday and Saturday will put unhoused people at risk. Members of the South Parish Congregational Church are scrambling to ensure an overflow space is available for the overnight warming center if needed.