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winter

Published
January 11, 2023

Our View: Get used to uneasy times for winter recreation

Snow-starved seasons like this one have serious ramifications for Maine and the rest of the Northeast.
Published
January 7, 2023

Maine Voices: It’s Mother Nature’s world – we’re just living in it

As we reflect on memories of the ice storm of 1998, we watch the current roller-coaster weather leave our immediate surroundings in utter chaos.
Published
December 19, 2022

Worker shortages put Maine plowing operations between a rock and a snowbank

Businesses are having trouble hiring enough drivers to clear lots and driveways, and the Department of Transportation also is understaffed heading into winter.
Published
December 14, 2022

As storm nears, some Maine businesses watch for first snowflakes of winter

The predicted weather over the next few days could be an early Christmas gift for some snow-starved businesses in southern Maine. For others, it's business as usual.
Published
December 7, 2022

Sand for Seniors aims to keep seniors on safe footing as winter approaches

In an effort to prevent senior citizens from slipping and falling during the winter months, local law enforcement will deliver free buckets of sand to seniors in need.

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Published
November 3, 2022

Your Land: A salty song for traction on winter roads
Published
October 12, 2022

The Recycle Bin: Saving oil this winter with energy-efficiency improvements
Published
September 2, 2022

New Augusta emergency overnight homeless shelter moves forward with city approval of funding

The proposed new shelter, to be created at South Parish Congregational Church, will provide a safe, warm place for unhoused people over the winter, advocates say.
Published
May 6, 2022

Our View: 11 tons per mile? Maine has to stop using so much road salt

A new report shows how the state must rethink its winter road maintenance strategy near vulnerable waterways.
Published
April 17, 2022

Book review: In sobering detail, Porter Fox describes the destruction wrought by climate change

Fox's 'The Last Winter' traces wildfires, vanishing snow and our warming planet, with stops in Switzerland, Greenland and elsewhere. The news is grim.