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Snow is piling up in Maine
PORTLAND — The snow is piling up in Maine, surpassing the typical season’s total. Meteorologist Chris Legro from the National Weather Service says Portland had nearly 70 inches — more than 2 feet more than normal — before the latest batch of snow arrived Tuesday with the prospects for up to 9 or 10 inches […]
Snowstorm sweeps through central Maine
Storm of the century? No. But the roughly half a foot of fresh snow that fell across most of the region presented the usual array of problems. The snow had to be shoveled out of yards and plowed from the streets. Driving was treacherous for most of the day and the usual fender benders were […]
Governments close offices early due to winter storm
A round up of how Wednesday’s storm is affecting Maine life. UPDATED 1:31 PM: AUBURN — Auburn Hall will be closing at 2 p.m. today because of the weather. In addition, the School Committee meeting scheduled for tonight has been postponed until 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Auburn Recreation is closing offices at 2 p.m. and has […]
Snow returns to much of the state Wednesday
Snow will blanket the area Wednesday with a daylong storm dropping up to 14 inches at the coast and to the south, the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings were posted throughout much of New Hampshire and into Maine for Lewiston, Rumford, Farmington, Norway and Augusta, as well as the entire coastline. Snow is […]
Winter storm disrupts travel along East Coast
PHILADELPHIA — Another round of winter weather followed a day of unseasonable temperatures in the eastern United States on Monday, with several inches of snow closing schools, disrupting air traffic and snarling travel for people trying to return home from the Super Bowl. Fat, wet flakes were falling Monday afternoon and could total 8 inches […]
Ice slickens roads, tarmac in Northern New England
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Icy conditions made travel treacherous by road and air across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday, closing roads, causing accidents and even sending a flight at Bangor International Airport skidding off a taxiway. But as the weather warmed and road crews across the region cleared ice from highways, up to […]
Busy winter storm responsible for at least nine deaths
The nor’easter was accompanied by plummeting temperatures that on Friday morning reached 8 degrees below zero in Burlington, Vt., with a wind chill of 29 below, and 2 degrees in Boston, with a wind chill of minus 20. It dumped 23 inches of snow in Boxford, Mass., and 18 inches in parts of western New […]
Utilities won’t know price tag of ice damage for several weeks
BANGOR — Officials with Maine’s electric utilities say it likely will be two weeks to a month before they get an accurate estimate of the costs associated with the year-end ice storm. The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of Mainers, and Emera Maine, formerly Bangor Hydro Electric Co., and Central Maine Power, […]