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Lewiston names public works director

LEWISTON — The city announced Monday that Dale Doughty, a veteran employee of the Maine Department of Transportation, has been named director of the Department of Public Works. Doughty will take over for Dave Jones, who has led the department for the past two decades.  City Administrator Ed Barrett announced the decision Monday, saying Doughty […]

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Snowstorm knocks out power to 24,000 customers, makes roads hazardous

Wet, heavy snow hit Maine hard Tuesday morning. Even where the snowfall is lightest — mostly closer to the coast —  road conditions were hazardous. “The roads are quite slick,” Margaret Curtis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, told the Portland Press Herald. “Even where there is less accumulation, it’s slow going.” […]