MAINE, USA — With more than 175,000 in Maine without power as of 7 p.m. Friday due to a nor'easter, some warming centers will remain open through the weekend and possibly longer.
Some of the centers have places where people can charge devices, use restrooms, and get a meal, in addition to having a warm place to stay.
As of 7:06 p.m. Friday, there were 174,965 Central Maine Power customers without power, most in York and Cumberland counties. As of 7:15 p.m., there were 1,469 Versant customers without power, most in Hancock County.
A CMP official said most people should get power back by Sunday and full restoration is expected early next week. Versant said it anticipated fixing most of the outages by 10 p.m. Friday, "with the exception of customers located in remote areas such as camps, camp roads and islands."
The Maine Emergency Management Agency is updating a list of official warming centers. At a warming center in Windham, people said they were glad to be able to charge their phones and take a hot shower. Some have been without power since early Thursday and haven't had running water because their wells have electric pumps.
The following warming centers as of Friday night were set to be open this weekend:
- Freeport Community Center, 100 Main Street. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
- Topsham Town Hall, 100 Main Street. Open Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Charging station, restrooms available. No pets except service animals.
- Windham High School, 406 Gray Road. Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Showers, charging station available.
- Kennebunkport Police Station, 101 Maine Street. Open 24 hours. Charging station available.
- Stow Town Hall, 710 Stow Road. Open 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
- Otisfield Community Hall, 292 State Route 121. Open through noon Saturday. Bathrooms, water, kitchen, wireless internet, and phone charging available. Contact EMA Director Jessie Logan at 207-558-0454 for more information.
- Healthy Acadia in Ellsworth, 24 Church Street. Open 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a week. Meals, snacks, and beverages available. Contact Nicole Sargent at nicole.sargent@healthyacadia.org or Paige Johnston at paige@healthyacadia.org.
- Paris Fire Department, 137 Western Avenue. Charging station, coffee available.