By Paul Sylvain

What was expected to be finished in July, then by mid-August, looks more likely headed for a sometime-in-September completion.

For Machias-area motorists, the summer of 2024 will not be remembered as a summer of love but one of almost daily frustrations and delays. It has been a summer where a one-mile trip from the center of town to Hannaford’s could take 40 instead of four minutes.