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Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain, and high winds to the Northeast, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, and contributed to at least two deaths.
Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast.
GORHAM â An unextinguished campfire is blamed for a forest fire Sunday on Mount Surprise that has proven difficult to extinguish. Firefighters from Gorham, Randolph, Shelburne, Milan and the National Forest Service were called out to fight the fire. The smoke from the fire could be seen clearly from Libby Pool in Gorham and it was reported through 911. Fire crews accessed the fire from the Carter Moriah trailhead at the end of Bangor Street, where a staging area was set up. The fire was about 2,500 feet up Mount Surprise and about 500 feet from the Carter Moriah trail. Originally it cove...
GORHAM â The Gorham Fire Department will receive a $29,866 grant to buy lifesaving extrication equipment, often called the âJaws of Life,â from the nonprofit Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. Fire Chief Phil Cloutier, who wrote the application, learned it is one of only 96 grants awarded in this latest nationwide funding round. The equipment is designed to safely and efficiently remove drivers and passengers trapped in motor vehicles at serious accident sites, fulfilling a critical need within the department. When town manager Denise Vallee announced the award at the Jan...