LIVERMORE — More than 1,500 homes were without power Saturday night after a car went over a bridge and down an embankment along Route 4 next to the Androscoggin River. Dispatchers said that before going over the bridge, the car hit a telephone pole and blew a transformer, causing the power outages. No one was […]
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Street Talk: Lights out in Lewiston
Call me crazy, but every time the power goes out, I get excited. Not just excited – exhilarated. Enthralled. Energized by a new sense of adventure and an absolute certainty that this is it. This is The Big One. The end of the world has come ’round at last and I’ve got to get my […]
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Lewiston loses power after squirrel gets into substation
Central Maine Power reported that a squirrel got into a substation shortly before noon. The squirrel “got into some energized equipment and he became part of the path to ground,” according to CMP. They were able to restore power at about 1:45 p.m. At one point, CMP reported more than 6,300 customers were without power. […]
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More than 2,900 Mainers still without power
MACHIAS — Emera Maine was busy Monday trying to restore power to a few thousand customers Down East, but the progress was slow because damage from tropical storm Arthur over the holiday weekend was more extensive than first thought. As the day drew to a close, Monday’s efforts restored power to about 650 customers, leaving […]
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Woman arrested after crash knocks out power to parts of Rockland
ROCKLAND — A Waldoboro woman escaped serious injuries but was arrested Friday night after her pickup truck knocked down a utility pole and cut power to a swath of Rockland for three hours. Aleisa DeMichael, 38, was arrested and charged for operating under the influence of drugs, operating without a license, and three counts of […]