You might be thinking this is an old story if you're familiar with the fact that it has been Maine policy for years that electric utilities like CMP cannot turn Maine resident's power off during the winter months
$250,000 is being donated by Norman and Tereasa Elvin, $250,000 is being donated by David and Kaye Flanagan, and another $250,000 from Kennebec Savings Bank.
We've received word that part of North Belfast Avenue (Route 3) has been shut down from the Weeks Mills Road up to Bolton Hill following an apparent early-morning car accident.
Hearing this story takes me back a few years. Specifically, it takes me back to 2018. Remember when, during the summer and fall of 2018, we were constantly losing power thanks to squirrels climbing on the power lines? Here in Augusta, we lost power numerous times between July and late-September.
Well, that...
Every couple of weeks we seem to end up with a news story that perfectly fits the 'only in Maine' category. This particular story seems to be another good fit for our growing list. And the best part? It doesn't appear that there was any harm done to birds or humans...
Though the majority of outages have been restored, there are still thousands in the state that are in the dark.
According to the CMP outage map, there were 3,552 customers without power as of 5:45 AM on 2/28/20. The majority of those outages are in Franklin County and the majority of those outages were in the town of Phillips...