The Down East Mushers Bowl Races were called off, but participants traversed the course at Five Fields Farm anyway.
Beth Quimby
Beth Quimby reports on Maine on the weekends, when most Mainers are off the job and anything can happen. She worked for newspapers since she was in high school when she started out on her father’s New Hampshire newspaper. She is a graduate of Colby College and a recipient of national, regional and state journalism awards. When she is not working, she tries hard to follow her bliss.
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U.S. policies in Mideast will be criticized from all sides, Mitchell says
The former U.S. senator talks about global issues at a Red Sox trophy celebration in Portland.
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Maine mom gives birth in driveway
Abigail Cain of Gray delivered her baby early Friday in the frigid cold.
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Flood watch issued for entire state
The weather should be warm and bright for several days following Saturday’s icy rainstorm.
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Mainer killed during random act of road rage, police say
Officials appeal for help in finding a pickup driver who pursued a young Poland man and shot him in Pennsylvania.
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Penobscot Narrows Bridge closed until at least Monday afternoon
Maine Department of Transportation officials closed down the bridge in anticipation of melting as temperatures moderated for the first time in days.
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Ice fishing season weeks early on Sebago Lake
The ice has thickened earlier than in recent years, giving fishermen a jump on the season.
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Outages rise exponentially with arrival of heavy snow in Maine
Meanwhile, temperatures are expected to plunge to minus-10 degrees by Thursday night.
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Greenpeace captain relieved to be back home in Islesboro
Peter Willcox, captain of the Arctic Sunrise, had been imprisoned in Russia since September.
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Traffic moving again on Route 201 in Moscow
A tree and downed power lines had blocked traffic both ways for almost three hours on the only route to and from Jackman and the Canadian border crossing.