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 […]
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W. Hanger: A pleasant surprise
Wow! Something that works well. We were driving down to Boston recently to take a flight and forgot that our E-ZPass was in our other car. Consequently, we drove through two toll booths, assuming that all was well, only to determine as we departed the second booth that we had not paid. Since it was […]
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R. Reed: Turnpike convenient, safe
After reading Stavros Mendros’ letter (May 3), “Putting aside the rhetoric,” I found I had more questions than answers. I must disclose, I have been a satisfied customer of the Maine Turnpike for almost 30 years. Yes, residents between Portland and Brunswick have a free, four-lane highway, but to go farther north or south they […]
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S. Mendros: Putting aside the rhetoric
I thank Maine Turnpike Executive Director Peter Mills for his eloquent words opposing toll relief for Lewiston-Auburn (letter, April 23). I could explain round trips from L-A to Portland cost $5.50, $2 from Biddeford and nothing from Brunswick, yet all three communities are roughly equidistant. I could explain that of the 10 largest cities in […]
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Peter Mills: Turnpike represents safety and value
The Sun Journal article of Jan. 18 about car crashes on Route 202 should cause motorists to drive that road with greater care. The article may save lives and provide a valuable public service. The story appropriately mentioned that the Maine Turnpike is, by far, a safer alternative to Route 202 for those who travel […]
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R.I. woman en route to Rangeley summer home dies in turnpike crash
KITTERY (AP) — Police say a woman from Rhode Island on the way to her summer home in Maine died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor-trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her SUV head on. Police told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1r6rlO7 ) that 59-year-old Christine […]
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Tractor trailer crosses I-95 median, kills woman in SUV
KITTERY — Police say a woman died in a collision on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery when a tractor trailer crashed through guardrails, crossed a median and hit her vehicle head on. Authorities did not release the identities of the victim or the driver of the tractor trailer. Police say they are questioning the driver […]
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Speed limit going up to 70 along Maine Turnpike
AUGUSTA (AP) — Drivers can travel a little bit faster on the Maine Turnpike. Starting Monday, the speed limit on much of the Interstate 95 toll highway is will go up to 70 mph. The previous limit was 65 mph. The Maine Turnpike Authority said it will begin replacing the roughly 100 signs starting 5 […]