Snow is causing treacherous travel conditions across Maine on Wednesday. A car crash took down some wires in South Portland during a snowstorm on Wednesday morning. The crash happened on Broadway at Lincoln Street. Police say Broadway is closed from Cash Corner to Lincoln St. Wires are down in the roadway.
MAINE, USA — Slick road conditions Wednesday morning led to multiple crashes across the state. One crash on Sabattus Street in Lewiston brought down utility lines, making for a messy situation. The road was closed in the area for multiple hours but has since reopened.
Trains could return to a long-dormant section of the former Maine Central Mountain Subdivision in New Hampshire and Vermont, according to the president of Vermont Rail System. The company operates 56-mile short line New Hampshire Central in the northwest corner of the Granite State.
A NEWS CENTER Maine crew at the scene said workers appeared to be offloading the fuel to another nearby truck.
Police say a vehicle hit a utility pole on Broadway near Lincoln St. around 8:10 a.m. on Wednesday, causing lines to come down and knocking out power in the area. The driver, a 33-year-old woman, was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland with non-life-threatening injuries.
A majority of South Portland City Council members are urging the Maine DEP to either require air emission modeling or seek the voluntary decommission of the city's unused, aging oil tanks.
The restaurant chain confirmed in a statement that the South Portland location struggled to overcome post-pandemic difficulties, among other challenges.
Cracker Barrel, specializing in folksy, Southern-style comfort food, had been at 357 Maine Mall Road for close to 15 years. The Tennessee-based company has more than 650 restaurants around the country, though its South Portland location was the only one in Maine.
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The longtime chain continues to dwindle and Maine is one of the last states in the nation where you can dine at a Friendly's restaurant
Nominees include Taj in South Portland and The Abbey in Brunswick, while 3 cooks are nominated in the Best Chef: Northeast category.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.