Drivers should expect lane closures during the project, expected to begin Sunday night and continue through the fall.
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Farmers markets are open. Here are some to visit around central and western Maine.
Here is a partial list of area markets open on designated days.
Man in custody after recklessly firing pistol toward homes in Benton
State troopers detained Joseph Costa, 32, after receiving multiple reports of shots fired recklessly in the area of Unity Road in Benton.
Home Baked in Mercer has dinner ready to go
The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.
As Jared Golden speaks at private Colby event, protesters demand accountability
While U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, spoke at a private Colby College event Wednesday about his desire to engage voters, protesters along upper Main Street in Waterville criticized him and others for failing to hold town hall meetings.
4 charged in Fairfield drug bust
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and Waterville police searched a home on Crane Drive early Wednesday and seized drugs with a street value estimated at $40,000.
Waterville’s Bard’s Birthday Bash among events planned this week
A ‘Born to Run’ concert, Earth Day events in Farmington, a Michael Jackson experience, and the Anah Shrine Circus are also planned in central Maine and beyond.
Lawmakers consider $10M bailout for Fairfield water crisis
A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals from the state’s former agricultural sludge-spreading program.
Fairfield drug bust leads to 6 arrests
Investigators seized more than 53 grams of suspected fentanyl from a Gagnon Road residence, along with other items and drugs, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Ambulance crews face long transports, high costs with Waterville hospital closure
Hospital options for emergency transport services may be limited after the June closure of Waterville’s Northern Light Inland.