Maine DEP highlights decades-old program for oil cleanup

Maine homeowners and businesses can access Department of Environmental Protection services to mitigate oil spills and systems at risk of leaking, state officials say.

Rumford farmers helped save couple from the Androscoggin River

Two motorists travelling north on Route 232 had driven into the water that had breached the banks of the river.

Storm cleanup continues

Oxford County tallies more than $5.7 million in public infrastructure damage from flood

Franklin and Oxford counties together sustain nearly $9 million in early damage estimates from the Dec. 18 storm that included severe flooding. In Kennebec County, the total is expected to increase when all damage reports are filed for representatives from federal and state emergency management agencies to review.

Wilton departments tally storm damage and cost

"We were very fortunate," Water and Wastewater Superintendent Dalton Plante said on Thursday, Dec. 28, when asked about the cost of damages from the previous week's storm.

Photo: Getting to the root of the problem

Lewiston man saws and pries apart a large root ball from a tree toppled by last month's storm.

Canton special town meeting postponed to Jan. 11

The meeting was postponed because the board was unable to meet to prepare the warrant for the meeting last week because of flooded roads from the Dec. 18 storm.

Decision pending on status of damaged Mexico post office

Street delivery should not be affected. Packages can be picked up at the Dixfield post office at 50 Main St.

Reporting Aside: Weathering a prolonged outage

Losing power the first day of Christmas vacation didn't portend well for what would become a four-day-long outage in Waterville, Amy Calder writes.

Farmington Legionnaires feed linemen restoring power in region

Members and auxiliary of Roderick-Crosby American Legion Post 28 in Farmington provided meals Dec. 21 and 22, to linemen from Canada and New York who were helping to restore power lost due to the rain and wind storm earlier in the week.