kennebec river

The last 24 hours have produced a nearly perfect recipe to cause localized flooding here in Central Maine. The region has seen torrential rains, high wind gusts and temperatures that have produced rapid snow melt. When all of these things are combined, the Kennebec River tends to show her wrath...

Many of us, especially if we have children, have seen the Pixar movie Up.  That's the movie where the old man, accompanied by a young stowaway, us helium balloons to fly the man's house to South America.
Seemingly inspired by that movie, magician / illusionist David Blaine recently&nbs…

The 70 year old Georgetown man was last seen on Saturday afternoon

Melting snow from last week's storm, and today's heavy rains, is making flood potentially possible

Two teenagers were out for a walk near Carey Lane along the Kennebec River on Friday. One of the teens decided to walk out on to the river to test the ice

Yes, I said losers. Even though we don't know who did this, officials seem pretty confident that this was indeed an act of senseless vandalism.

According to the Augusta PD Facebook page, the Kennebec River crested earlier today (April 21st).
While the water level has fallen a little, it's still crazy high.
Check out this video:

The incident happened last night in Bath

Due to today's heavy rain forecast the Coast Guard has asked that all ice fishing shacks be removed from the river so they can begin breaking up the ice to avoid any major flooding.

Live or work on the Kennebec? You're going to want to read this.

The Augusta Downtown Alliance is going to be showing FREE, family friendly movies at Augusta's Waterfront Park

A Kennebec River kayaker is safe thanks, in part, to a bystander

Check out this video of USCG cutters breaking the ice on the Kennebec River

Have you ever seen an icecutter at work? This is what it looks like when the Coast Guard uses boats to break up river ice here in Maine.

This video does a great job of showing the true extent of the Kennebec Flooding.

Take a look at these pictures of Augusta's Front Street under water