Sunday, May 26, 2013
Traffic spikes around the region during the three-day holiday weekend.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has released a list of its accommodations for drivers on one of the heaviest traffic weekends of the year. Here’s what drivers can expect this Memorial Day Weekend, provided by MassDOT: A specific note on where traffic is heaviest, from MassDOT: Traffic is especially heavy at the I-84 interchange at Exit 9 in Sturbridge on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and at Exit 11A, I-495, which handles cars headed south to Cape Cod and north to New Hampshire and Maine. In 2012, the Friday before Memorial Day was the 13thbusiest day on the Turnpike in terms of toll transactions with approximately 350,000 logged between I-95 and the New York Border.
Monday, December 24, 2012
There will be free java served at the state's 18 travel plazas from 10 p.m. on Christmas night to 5 a.m. on Christmas Day.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
One theory about how Santa gets all his work done is: Coffee. Lots of it. Even if you're not St. Nick, if you need to stay alert driving on Christmas night, the state's highway service plazas are here to help. All 18 Department of Transportation service plazas will serve up free java from 10 p.m. on Dec. 25 to 5 a.m. on Dec. 26. The same offer applies on New Year's Eve. That's between 10 p.m. on Dec. 31 and 5 a.m. on Jan. 1. The free coffee is sponsored by McDonalds, Burger King and Gulf. Here is a list of all 18 service plazas in Massachusetts.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Where can you celebrate National Coffee Day in Waltham with a free cup of coffee?
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
If the first words out of your mouth every morning are, “I’ll have a large coffee”—or if you can’t even speak until after you’ve had your java fix—there's a national holiday created especially for you. America will put staunch tea drinkers to shame on National Coffee Day tomorrow, Sept. 29, when coffee fiends can rejoice and celebrate their beloved coffee bean with free brew from several national chains. Many local cafes and businesses are participating in the national celebration. Area Dunkin' Donuts cafes are offering their 1-pound coffee bag for sale at just $5.99 Friday and Saturday. But in addition to deals on coffee to make at home, McDonald's are offering free cups of coffee to customers. McDonald's restaurants all along the East …
