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Locals struggle with record-breaking cold temperatures
In New Gloucester, fire officials say a man trying to thaw frozen pipes caused a fire that destroyed a camp on Sabbathday Lake on Friday. In Woodstock, officials said a problem with a wood stove is the likely cause of a blaze that tore through a mobile home on Curtis Hill Road. Trees toppled in […]
Lewiston-Auburn bundles up, braces for ‘powerful arctic cold fronts’
Feeling the sting of cold while trotting from your warm car to the warm office? Suck it up, Buttercup. In spite of gusting winds and brutally cold temperatures, business went on as usual Thursday and plenty of folks were outside working in arctic conditions. “Oh, man. It’s frigid,” said Luke Coburn of Auburn. Luke is […]
Sunday River says it hopes to open for ski season Oct. 19
NEWRY — The Sunday River Ski Resort announced Wednesday that it would attempt to take advantage of an expected cold snap and intends to open for the season at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19. The resort expects to open the upper T2 trail, accessible via the Locke Mountain Triple lift in the Barker Basin area, […]
This February in the running for coldest ever in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — There’s a good chance this February could end up being one of the coldest in the state of Maine. The National Weather Service says since observers started keeping records in Portland in 1941, it’s been the coldest February so far, with temperatures averaging 11.6 degrees below normal. But there’s still over a […]
Rescuers brave 108 mph winds, but hiker found dead in extreme N.H. cold
LANCASTER, N.H. (AP) — A hiker who activated an emergency personal locator beacon in New Hampshire’s White Mountains amid brutal weather conditions has been found dead. The state’s Fish and Game Department says New York City resident Kate Matrosova’s body was found Monday afternoon between Mount Madison and Mount Adams near Star Lake. Matrosova activated […]
Cold coming. And wind. And sloppy rain.
GRAY — Advice from the National Weather Service is rather simple this time around — bundle up and prepare to shiver. After the early part of Friday started out warm and sunny, it looked like it might be easy going into the weekend. Not so fast, though. It is January, after all. Forecasters were calling […]
Maine had coldest temp in U.S. Thursday
Maine had the lowest temperature in the nation Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. It was minus 38 at Estcourt Station, which is in Aroostook County on the Canadian border. It is at the top of maps of Maine. The warmest place in the nation Thursday? Fillmore, Calif., which had a high of 87 […]