AUBURN — If students were hoping for an extra-short school week, they’re out of luck. Winter weather is continuing to cause scheduling headaches for school administrators in Auburn, and this time, a teacher workshop day scheduled for Friday, March 17, has been turned into a regular school day. The School Department announced the […]
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Gov. Paul LePage postpones Gorham town hall
Gov. Paul LePage’s office says it has to postpone Wednesday night’s town hall in Gorham. The town has a parking ban expected to last until Thursday morning, according to a statement from LePage’s press secretary, Adrienne Bennett. It will be rescheduled.
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Maine digs out from more than a foot of snow
Portland, Maine, firefighters Andrew Johnston, left, Lt. Don Brown, center, and David Young dig out one of the city’s 1,500 fire hydrants, Wednesday, March 15, in Portland. Mariah Cunningham-Kanaus looks back at a parking lot after digging her car out, Wednesday, March 15, in Portland.A woman digs her car out the morning after a powerful […]
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March storm howls across region
In less than a week, it will be spring. Technically, anyway. On Tuesday, it looked like just more winter as a late-season storm blew into the area, dumping more than a foot of fresh snow across the region. It started late morning and by noon in the Lewiston-Auburn area, there was already enough to shovel. […]
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Live Blog: Storm shuts down Maine with blizzard conditions
Full coverage: March storm howls across region (function(d, s, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) return; let fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; let js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = ‘https://embed.samdesk.io/js/2/embed.js’; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, ‘script’, ‘sam-embed-js’)); Cherie Burke contends with blowing snow during a blustery storm, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Portland. A late-season storm is hitting the Northeast, […]
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Sens. Collins, King oppose budget cuts for national weather agency
Both of Maine’s senators are worried about proposed “dangerous cuts” to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget that they fear would harm coastal states in particular. The federal Office of Management and Budget notified a U.S. Senate committee that President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would slice the agency funding by as much as 17 […]
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Nor'easter to bring heavy snow, strong winds to Maine
WICKED WEATHER: Here’s @CharlieWGME‘s latest snow map for tomorrow’s storm. pic.twitter.com/lBPjXjyR8x — CBS 13 News (@WGME) March 13, 2017 NEW YORK — A powerful nor’easter could bring blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow to some parts of the Northeast, proving that winter is not done yet. The National Weather Service issued a […]
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More wind coming and it's going to be cold — very cold
PORTLAND — Northern New England is preparing for another round of wind. And it’s going to be much colder this time. The National Weather Service says 30 mph gusts projected for Saturday in Maine and New Hampshire won’t be as strong as the 50 mph-plus gusts recorded Thursday. But the wind will be accompanied by […]
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Wind blows, trees fall, temperature drops
The weather took a wintry turn Thursday as temperatures plummeted and gusting winds took down power lines across the region. Gusts of up to 50 mph were measured in Portland early in the day, while Lewiston-Auburn and the surrounding area saw gusts of around 35 mph. At about 1:30 p.m., Central Maine Power reported at […]