A crosswalk warning sign is bent and covered with snow Wednesday morning as pedestrians cross High Street near Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) After a reported 16 inches of wet snow fell overnight, Brian Morency, left, hammers loose the packed snow Wednesday morning on the driveway at his apartment on Winter […]
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Delays in delivering Wednesday’s newspaper
To our Subscribers, The severity of today’s weather will likely cause delays in delivering Wednesday’s Sun Journal. The heavy snowfall, icy conditions and long duration of the storm poses a risk to the safety of our carriers and employees. Your newspaper may be delivered later than usual on Wednesday or even along with Thursday’s newspaper. Should […]
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Skylar on target for heavy snowfall in central Maine
Wilfred Spaulding runs errands in downtown Lewiston during Tuesday’s snowstorm. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) A group of runners brave the snowstorm and go for a run on Lincoln Street in Lewiston on Tuesday afternoon. (Andree Kehn /Sun Journal)Danny Rogers and his dog Maize head back indoors to work at Bourgeois Guitars in Lewiston during the height […]
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Storm forecast: ‘It’s going to be pretty nasty’
[media-credit name=”NWS map” align=”aligncenter” width=”850″][/media-credit] A blizzard warning was issued early Tuesday as the second nor’easter in a week surges into Maine. Snow began falling before dawn in York County and will overtake southern Maine during the morning commute. Snow will reach midcoast and central Maine by mid-morning and continue to fall well into Wednesday. […]
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Cancellations and closings for Tuesday's storm
LEWISTON — City officials have announced that Lewiston municipal government will close at noon Tuesday due to the approaching storm. Uniformed emergency personnel will still be available. Auburn City Hall also plans to close at noon Tuesday. State offices are closing at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. More cancellations and closings: Auburn Schools Lewiston Schools St. Dominic […]
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Lewiston says it has plowed over 89 inches of snow
[media-credit name=”Lewiston Public Works” align=”aligncenter” width=”1012″][/media-credit] The Lewiston Public Works Department keeps its own records on annual snowfall and “plowable” snowstorms. Here’s what they’ve recorded so far for 2017-18: Storm Date Inches 1 Dec. 9-10 6.0 2 Dec. 12 3.0 3 Dec. 18-19 2.5 4 Dec. 22-23 6.0 5 Dec. 25 12.0 6 Jan. 4-5 […]
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More snow arrives, but ice is unsafe
LEWISTON — At Lewiston Public Works, the equipment is still wet from the last storm, but the staff is bracing for another nor’easter. Just five days after Winter Storm Quinn dropped a foot of snow or more onto most of Maine, forecasters are predicting another 12 to 18 inches Tuesday into Wednesday. “Basically, we’re still […]
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Running late, storm blows into Maine
At about 3 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported that heavy, consistent snow had just moved into New Hampshire. To the north, Mainers braced themselves for what was being billed as possibly one of the biggest storms of the winter. Five hours later, they were still waiting. Although significant snow was still predicted, the […]
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Storm-battered coastal towns assess damage to homes, businesses, roads
Cities and towns in coastal York County were cleaning up and assessing damage Monday as remnants of a relentless nor’easter pounded the Maine coast for a fourth day. Through the weekend, surging high tides and wind-driven waves tore through rock sea walls, washed away dunes and roads, and damaged dozens of homes and businesses. In […]
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Ice, rain cause outages, flooding
Thousands of Mainers were without power Tuesday night as ice-laden limbs and lines snapped in a storm that also flooded roads and slicked highways. The storm dropped up to 3 inches of snow in the mountains, and turned to freezing rain and rain in some areas. “It was mostly ice,” a meteorologist with the National […]