Construction

The Maine Department of Transportation will start blasting in the median of Interstate 295 just south of the Gardiner exit ramp, officials said today.

The Friday morning commute from western Augusta, Manchester and Winthrop is not expected to be as congested as motorists found it to be Thursday.

I don't often focus my reporting on Presque Isle. It's a bit removed from the Augusta and Waterville core markets for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.