Officials said Monday it will be several days before some roads are reopened and power is restored across the state because of a powerful storm that blew into Maine late Sunday night with winds topping 70 mph. Central Maine Power said the number of outages — more than 400,000 at midday Monday — was more […]
oct 30 storm
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Port-a-potty rescue
Arnold Martin and members of the Rumford Parks Department rescue a port-a-potty before it floats away Monday afternoon on Hosmer Field in Rumford. The floodwaters were from the nearby Swift River. (Bruce Farrin/Rumford Falls Times)
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Flags held high
Veteran Don Simoneau of Fayette sits Monday in the wind and rain in front of Richardson Cemetery on Main Street in Livermore Falls. It was the second-to-last Monday of the Flags Held High program, which runs from the first Monday in May through the Monday before Veterans Day. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal)