I was skeptical about making the effort to view the total solar eclipse on April 8. After several months of wet, stormy, very cloudy weather, I expected another gray, bad-weather day. About a week in advance of the eclipse, meteorologists with the local television stations began predicting a fabulous, warm, sunny day. After an Easter […]
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Posted inScarborough Leader, Southern Maine Weeklies
Soaking up the eclipse in Scarborough
Memorial Park was a popular spot to marvel at Monday’s solar eclipse.
Posted inNation & World, News
OK, the eclipse was cool. Now what do you do with those glasses?
You won’t need them again in most of the U.S. for a couple of decades, and some glasses are good only for about 3 years.
Posted inTimes Record
How to keep those eclipse glasses out of the landfill
A sustainable product refill shop will donate undamaged eclipse glasses to nationwide recycling campaigns.
Posted inLocal & State, News
U.S. Route 201 corridor in Somerset County had some of the heaviest eclipse traffic in Maine, officials say
The Maine Department of Transportation estimated Tuesday that 15,000 vehicles came into Maine from out of state over the weekend.
Posted inLocal & State
Eclipse watchers become traffic watchers on clogged Maine roads
More than 10 times the normal traffic levels turned many rural Maine roads into bumper-to-bumper congestion
Posted inLakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
A great day for a solar eclipse in New Gloucester
Eclipse viewers gathered at Pineland Farms to witness the scientific event.
Posted inLocal & State
In photos: Look back on the total solar eclipse in Maine
The chances of pristine weather during the rainy April season were slim. But locals, tourists and chasers of celestial events who took a risk on Maine enjoyed the payoff.
Here’s some of the best work from our photographers across the state and the path of totality.