SABATTUS — The Maine Turnpike Authority is closing the Fisher Farm Road bridge over the turnpike July 9 for up to 21 days for repairs. The $360,000 project will replace worn surfaces, repair joints and the concrete deck and install a 6-foot, chain-link snow fence, according to the MTA. The bridge was built in 1956 […]
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Crash on turnpike backs up traffic for miles between Scarborough and Saco
A crash on the Maine Turnpike in Scarborough caused significant traffic delays Tuesday morning. The multi-vehicle crash was reported before 8 a.m. near Mile 40 northbound, between the Saco and Scarborough exits. Traffic backed up for at least six miles while first responders responded to the crash. The crash scene was cleared by about 9:15 […]
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14-vehicle crash closes northbound Maine Turnpike lanes
A 14-vehicle crash shut down all northbound lanes of the Maine Turnpike for about 45 minutes Thursday night between Exit 32 in Biddeford and Exit 36 in Saco. A tractor-trailer jackknifed on the icy road, causing a chain reaction that damaged another tractor trailer and 11 cars, said Maine State Police Cpl. Duane Doughty. The […]
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How fast is too fast? The speed most likely to get you a ticket in Maine
How fast is too fast? According to the law, anything over the speed limit can get you a ticket, but many drivers think they can push the limit and be just fine. When state police trooper Marvin Hinkley is on Turnpike speed patrol, he’s looking for those drivers going way too fast. “I don’t write […]
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Early morning crash on Maine Turnpike in Lewiston closes southbound traffic for an hour
LEWISTON — Southbound traffic on the Maine Turnpike was closed for an hour early Tuesday morning following a crash near the Lewiston interchange at Mile 80 involving multiple tractor-trailers. The trucks were blocking both southbound lanes of the turnpike just south of the Lewiston exit following the 1 a.m. accident. Southbound traffic was forced to […]
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Woman killed in Auburn crash into tractor-trailer
State Police investigate a deadly crash Tuesday evening at the intersection of Washington Street and Kittyhawk Avenue, just off the Maine Turnpike, in Auburn. UPDATE: Greene woman killed in Auburn collision Tuesday night AUBURN — A woman was killed late Tuesday night when her van slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer on Washington Street, just off […]
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Debra Harrison
LEWISTON — Debra A. (Cyr) Harrison passed away in Lewiston on Monday, Sept. 11, at the age of 58 after a courageous battle with breast cancer and associated treatment complications. Debra was born on Dec. 30, 1958 in Rantoul, Ill. to Geraldine Helena Hammond and Lloyd Rudolph Cyr. Debra will always be remembered by her free […]
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Bridge work starts Aug. 7
AUBURN — A story published on Page B1 of the City edition Friday should have said Hackett Road Bridge, which spans the Maine Turnpike in Auburn, will be closed for about three months for construction, starting Monday, Aug. 7. Incorrect information was provided to the Sun Journal.
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State trooper forces car to stop traveling wrong way on turnpike
State police encountered a northbound car traveling in the southbound lane of Interstate 95 in Sabattus about 10 p.m. Monday. The trooper pulled his cruiser alongside the car and forced it into the median guardrail. A state trooper was slightly injured Monday night when he was forced to drive his cruiser into a car headed […]
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Gov. LePage’s bad idea
Here we go again, with another one of Gov. Paul LePage’s brilliant ideas. He wants to do away with most of the toll booths on the Maine Turnpike. He says it will be good for local Mainers because we won’t have to pay to use the Turnpike. That is all well and good, but if […]