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Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
Christmas is in jeopardy for some New Englanders after storms and flooding
knocked out power
By PATRICK WHITTLE, LISA
RATHKE and MICHAEL CASEY
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —
Megan Michaud and her
family of five lost power for
three days after a powerful
storm throttled her home
state of Maine, and a new
challenge is creeping up
on her - it’s almost time for
Christmas. “This morning, my
second grader told me, ‘It’s
five days until Christmas’ and
I told myself that can’t be
right,” said Michaud, 42, of
Kennebunkport. “But it turns
out the calendar keeps mov-
ing even when you’re in the
middle of something.”
Michaud has had to toss
all of the family’s food. She
has not wrapped a single
gift and hasn’t been able
to start prepping Christmas
dinner because of the chaos
the storm has unleashed in
Maine. She spent three days
heating her home with a gas
fireplace, shuffling back and
forth from her parents’ house
and waiting patiently for
power before it was finally
restored Wednesday after-
noon. A sign is seen in the parking lot behind the Quarry Tap Room, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Hallowell, Maine.
Associated Press
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