RUMFORD — Rumford Community Dental held its grand reopening Thursday afternoon, inviting residents, donors and stakeholders to take a tour of the new building and meet the staff. The Rumford branch closed July 2 after high winds from severe thunderstorms ripped off 30 percent of the roofing on the River Valley Technology Center. Karen Rickley, […]
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Threat of flooding closes Kingfield bridge
KINGFIELD — The bridge over Alder Stream on West Kingfield Road at Ed Horn Road is closed Friday morning due to a flood watch. The Maine Department of Transportation is advising motorists to seek an alternate route. A detour is not available.
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National Weather Service issues flood watch
This includes the municipalities of Andover, Roxbury, Upton, Wilsons Mills, Coburn Gore, Rangeley, Kingfield, Bingham, Jackman, Rumford, Norway, Fryeburg, Oxford, Farmington, Wilton, Bridgton, Lewiston-Auburn and Livermore Falls. NWS expects 2 to 4 inches of rain in those areas but more than 5 inches is possible Wednesday and Thursday. This will not be enough to create flash […]
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Hard rain floods roads, basements
LEWISTON — They don’t put out flood warnings for nothing. As promised, hard rain in the early evening Thursday left roads flooded in several cities and towns, and crews were scrambling to keep up. In the Lewiston-Auburn area, the intensity of the rain began to pick up at about 6 p.m. Two hours later, it […]
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Republican Flood throws support to independent Cutler in Maine governor’s race
AUGUSTA – A well-respected Republican state lawmaker said Wednesday he is supporting Eliot Cutler, an independent candidate, in Maine’s 2014 governor’s race. State Sen. Patrick Flood, R-Winthrop, the lead Senate Republican on the Legislature’s powerful budget-writing Appropriations Committee, said Cutler has the “experience, vision, judgment and character” needed to be governor. Cutler is challenging incumbent […]
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Androscoggin River floods Livermore road
LIVERMORE — The lower end of River Road, near Route 108, was shut down Wednesday afternoon because of extreme flooding, interim Administrative Assistant Renda Guild said. The Androscoggin River had gone over the river bank and flooded the road, she said. [email protected]
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Ice breaks from Temple brook, hitting house, moving car
TEMPLE — Darlene Annance said the sound of ice and water rushing down Edes Brook and around her home Tuesday afternoon was so loud, her little dog perked up. She heard the ice chunks hitting the house, which sits below the grade of Intervale Road. “I was petrified. I have never been so scared in […]
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Flood insurance rises for thousands in Maine
PORTLAND (AP) — Thousands of Maine homeowners and businesses could see their rates for flood insurance rise as the federal government attempts to put the troubled National Flood Insurance Program back on sound financial footing. Most of the communities with the largest number of policy holders seeing rate increases are on the coast, but the […]
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Flood risk in Maine likely to increase in coming weeks
BRUNSWICK — With continued low temperatures and above-average precipitation — likely even through April — experts are warning that Maine’s flood season will be delayed and could prove riskier than usual. The annual late-winter meeting of the Maine River Flow Advisory Commission marks the beginning of Maine’s “flood season.” On Thursday, commission members said the […]
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Governor finds money to restore rainy day fund
AUGUSTA — Details of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to restore about $21 million to Maine’s so-called “rainy day fund” trickled out Thursday. Lawmakers used the $21 million to fund revenue-sharing to towns and cities. LePage has said the state must replenish the rainy day account to its prior level of $60 million to avoid […]