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A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April 2023 freight train ...
A fire destroyed a garage at the Maine Turnpike facility in Litchfield Thursday evening.
The Great Fires of 1947 were a series of forest fires in the State of Maine in the United States that destroyed a total area of 17,188 acres (6,956 ha) of wooded land on Mount Desert Island and 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) statewide. [1] Collectively, the fires killed a total of 16 people. [2]
The two storms hit within days of each other, on Jan. 10 and 13, and caused significant damage along the Maine Seacoast.. Along Marginal Way, the storms eroded bits of pavement, sent rocks of all ...
[6] [7] Ogunquit seceded from Wells in 1980 and incorporated as a town. Ogunquit was named America's Best Coastal Small Town in USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice 2016. [8] Ogunquit is a destination for LGBT tourists, with numerous LGBT-owned and -operated hotels, restaurants, bars, theaters, and other businesses. Most of the LGBT-oriented ...
The building's landlord, Gregory Nisbet, was later convicted of misdemeanor fire code violations and spent 3 months in prison. [1] Located near the Portland campus of the University of Southern Maine , it occurred overnight on November 1, 2014, and was the deadliest fire in Maine since 1984. [ 2 ]
Signature events include the Christmas Parade, bonfire and fireworks at Main Beach.
It is a man-made inlet, created by digging out a channel between what was formerly Flat Pond and the Gulf of Maine. This provided a shelter for the fishermen to anchor their dories. [7] The Marginal Way, a mile-long public footpath along the rocky coastal shoreline, stretches from Perkins Cove to central Ogunquit. [8]