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Sunrise Herald is the early morning news update feature on pressherald.com. It is updated at 6, 7, 8 and 9 on weekdays.
At 9 a.m., it was 40 degrees in downtown Portland. Still raining here and will be for the rest of the day...except in the mountains, where it is snowing. In fact, a heavy snow warning is ongoing for the the mountains of northern New Hampshire and western Maine. And a regular snow advisory remains for the foothills of western Maine and north central New Hampshire (see map below). Furthermore, the heavy rains of yesterday filled the rivers of central Maine to the point where a flood warning is ongoing for Waldo, eastern Kennebec and southern Somerset counties. Stay dry.
FOR MARINERS:
Don't go out there unless you have to! A gale warning lingers on with gusts up to 35 knots. The seas roll in between three and five feet. Visibility is also pretty sketchy. High tide in Portland at 2:58 p.m. Low tides at 8:45 a.m. and 9:26 p.m.
FOR TRAVELERS:
• This weekend begins the official season of holiday travel. Airport officials are expecting the flocks (nearly 5,000 of people through the airport each day) to begin arriving this weekend. The airport is requesting that travelers plan on being at their ticket counters at least 90 minutes in advance. Want to make it easy on yourself? Do everything the TSA recommends (click here for list). And just a bit of personal advice: Wear slip-on shoes. Now go out there and be merry. Good luck.
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• AUBURN
Fire crews have put out a blazing fire at Troy and Hampshire Streets, which gutted a two-story vacant warehouse. However, firefighters are still working to clean up and douse hot spots. The initial call of fire came in around 5:15 a.m. and a second alarm went out at 7:40 a.m. The structure was fully involved.
There are no initial reports of injury, although some neighbors were evacuated due to heavy smoke.
• AUGUSTA A man from Portland was injured a single-vehicle crash last night on Interstate 95 near Exit 112.
According to the Maine State Police, Donald Cartonio, 62, of Portland was driving north on the highway around 9 p.m. when he fell asleep or became distracted.
His 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup drifted right and Cartonio over-corrected to the left. The vehicle began to skid, rolled over when it hit the median and struck a highway sign, Beach said.
• ALFRED The York County Shelter Program Food Pantry is going to get a huge delivery of food today, and it couldn't come from a more unusual source.
Sondik Supply, with a warehouse and showroom in South Portland, delivers heating, air conditioning and plumbing supplies all over the country. But today, they will bring a tractor trailer full of food to the shelter in Alfred as well as the Portland Food Pantry and the Preble Street Resource Center.
Sondik began a food drive at the beginning of the month, telling its customers it would match $1 per pound up to the first 500 pounds of food donated. The total collected: 3,000 pounds.
The souped-up truck leaves the warehouse at 12:30 p.m. and should arrive at the shelter around 1:30 p.m.
• WATERVILLE Students and others are planning a protest today at 2 p.m. on the grounds of Colby College in the wake of two recent attacks on students at the college.
The students protesting today said in a prepared statement that the college is not doing all it can to make students feel safe. "The most frustrating part about this whole ordeal is that the administration seems to be only reacting to situations, rather than taking preemptive measures," said senior Lindsay Tolle.
The protest takes place at the Colby Maine Quad, in front of the Eustis Building. They will give the administration a list of steps that can be taken that would make the students feel safer.
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