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Dry conditions and carelessness with fire has fueled a spate of wildfires this spring...

4 of 4 Auburn plow truck driver Justin Bureau attaches chains on a plow truck inside the highway garage on Gracelawn Avenue in Auburn on Monday morning. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Expect this season’s first nor’easter to continue into Tuesday, piling up perhaps as much as 18 inches in the mountains. The National Weather Service office in Gray expects up to half a foot of snow to be on the ground in the Lewiston-Auburn area by Tuesday morning with periods of freezing drizzle possible. “Fu...

Read Article Dash Padham is covered in wind-blown snow Tuesday morning as he clears his driveway on Nichols Street in Lewiston. He has four properties on the street and said he decided to invest in a good snowblower. “It even has heated handlebars. Actually, it’s kinda therapeutic being out here,” he said. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Christine August trudges Tuesday morning down Union Street in Lewiston. “I’m just out taking a brisk walk after getting off work. I’m from Kansas an...

A blast of warm air from just north of the Bahamas is on its way to Maine for Christmas. “So the wind potential is concerning, especially along the coast,” says Derek Schroeter with National Weather Service in Gray. Schroeter says coastal areas could see 50-60 mph wind gusts Friday. Additionally the state is expected to receive heavy rain and fog and temperatures in the 50s, with up to two inches falling on Christmas Day. But Shroeter warns that a cold front will be coming right behind all ...

Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press A blast of warm air from just north of the Bahamas is on its way to Maine for Christmas. “So the wind potential is concerning, especially along the coast,” says Derek Schroeter with National Weather Service in Gray. Schroeter says coastal areas could see 50-60 mph wind gusts Friday. Additionally the state is expected to receive heavy rain and fog and temperatures in the 50s, with up to two inches falling on Christmas Day. But Shroeter warns that a co...

Meteorologists warn increasing cloud cover Monday night could impact viewing of the “Christmas Star” in New Hampshire, while a surge in temperatures later in the week are lowering the odds for a white Christmas in parts of the Granite State. A “Christmas Star” will be visible in the sky Monday between about 4:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., when the planets Jupiter and Saturn appear to meet and form a radiant point of light dubbed a Christmas Star, or Star of Bethlehem. According to ...

Tail end of East Coast snowstorm spreads light snow over central Maine The Augusta, Waterville and Skowhegan areas appeared to have missed the brunt of the storm as only a few inches of snow fell and no serious accidents were reported by mid-afternoon. 6 of 6 Crews clear the walkways at Colby College in Waterville on Thursday. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel file Central Maine escaped the brunt of a nor’easter that blew through New England on Thursday and went out to sea south of Nantuck...