Maine
Maine communities open warming shelters amid frigid temperatures
Some communities are opening warming shelters due to the cold temperatures and frigid wind chills hitting Maine this weekend.
The coldest air of the season so far arrives this weekend. High temperatures will be in the single digits with lows well into the negatives.
Below is a list of warming shelters:
Augusta
“Location: Augusta Overnight Warming Center, 34 Bridge St
Hours: Friday, January 23 5:00pm – 7:00am, Saturday January 24 4:30pm – 7:30am, Sunday, January 25 4:30pm – 7:30am”
Bangor
“The Sanctuary Warming Center: Together Place- 2 2nd Street, Bangor Maine (207) 941-2897
Warming Center: November 21st, 2025, through April 15th, 2026
Hours: 7pm – 7am, 7 days a week.
Recovery Center Daytime Hours: 8am-4pm Monday through Friday
Can accommodate 40 guests.
No violence, drugs/alcohol on premises. Bag searches.”
Biddeford
“Seeds of Hope Neighborhood Center – 35 South St, Biddeford, ME – (207) 571-9601
Warming Center: November 15, 2025, to April 15, 2026
Hours: 24 / 7 during Warming Center season
Can accommodate 50 guests, adults only
MUST call in advance to check availability”
Brunswick
“Tedford Housing offers a warming center at 1 Tenney Way in Brunswick 7 nights a week from 4 p.m. – 8 a.m.”
Dennysville
“Dennysville Snowmobile and ATV Clubhouse on King Street is open 24/7 as a warming center.”
Ellsworth
“Inspire Recovery Center offers a warming center at 24 Church Street in Ellsworth. Hours are 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. – 7 a.m. overnight through April 30.”
Farmington
“Franklin County Recovery Center offers a warming center at 144 High Street in Farmington on Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.”
Lewiston
“Kaydenz Kitchen offers a warming center at 70 Horton St. in Lewiston. The center will be open from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.”
Lisbon
“The Lisbon Police Department lobby at 300 Lisbon Street is available as a warming/charging center 24/7 as needed.”
Portland
“The emergency overnight warming shelter will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 23, 24, and 25, from 7:30 p.m. – 6:30 a.m. at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway in Portland. A free shuttle service will be available to bring guests to and from the Warming Shelter. Call 207-810-6727 to be picked up at a shuttle stop. Shuttle Hours are 7:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Shuttle Service Locations: St. Vincent de Paul at 307 Congress Street. (Mon-Fri only), Health & Human Services at 39 Forest Avenue, and Spurwink’s Living Room at 62 Elm Street.”
Presque Isle
“Homeless Services of Aroostook offers a warming center at 745 Central Drive in Presque Isle from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. every day until April 30.
Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library offers a warming center at 39 2nd Street in Presque Isle from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Sargent Family Community Center offers a warming center at 24 Chapman Rd. in Presque Isle from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.”
Sanford
“York County Family Warming Center offers a warming center 24 / 7 through April 15. Must call (207) 324-1137 in advance to check availability.”
Waterville
Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services offers a warming center at 19 Colby Street in Waterville 24/7.
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It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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