Responding to a pair of storms this month, the utility had to feed and find rooms for hundreds of workers – a bigger challenge during the pandemic.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
‘Utter chaos:’ Dispatchers, fire crews in the teeth of a rampaging storm
Dispatchers and firefighters working together in a rampaging beast of a springtime storm.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
PHOTO: Storm cleanup in Greene
State workers clear debris from the side of Route 202.
Posted inMaine, News
Crews restore power to majority of customers in Maine
Crews take advantage of calmer conditions to reduce the outages from 36,000 in the morning to roughly 6,600 by Tuesday night, with most of the remaining outages in northern and Down East areas of the state.
Posted inMaine, News
Gusts, rain complicate work as crews try to restore power outages from last storm
State officials were also concerned about flash flooding along several rivers swollen by heavy rain and snowmelt.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Maine experienced third warmest winter on record
The average temperature through Feb. 29 was 30.2 degrees.
Posted inBethel, Franklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Storm spreads farther than expected over Maine
The storm was predicted to affect mostly northern Maine. Instead, heavy, wet snow blanketed much of the state, causing power outages through the region.
Posted inMaine
Heavy, wet snow is expected; CMP prepares for possible power outages in Maine
Central Maine Power is advising customers to prepare for potential outages caused by a late-season storm that could bring rain and high winds along the coast and snow in the north.
Posted inMaine
Tonight’s supermoon, biggest and brightest of year, won’t be in quarantine
A supermoon rises in the sky this week, looking to be the biggest and brightest of the year
Posted inNation / World
Warm, humid weather could slow coronavirus, new research finds
Several studies suggest the coronavirus pandemic could ease as summer sets in, but there are also reasons for skepticism.