PORTLAND, Maine - As anticipated, the Maine Turnpike was busy over the four-day Labor Day weekend.
Turnpike spokesperson Rebecca Grover says preliminary numbers show that traffic was up almost 4.5 percent over last year, "and there were approximately 1.2 million transactions between the 4 days from Friday through Monday of Labor Day weekend."
Again this year, turnpike mascots Miles the Moose and Clawdette the Lobster were at the York Toll plaza in southern Maine saying goodbye to tourists and handing out Farmers Almanacs.
Grover says around 7,000 almanacs were given to travelers leaving the state.