Tom Bell

Portland Press Herald

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Published
July 12, 2013

Is Maine on top of oil-by-rail risks?

It has little authority on safety and a shrinking spill-cleanup fund amid soaring oil shipments.
Published
July 11, 2013

Maine’s capacity to handle oil industry in question following disaster in Quebec

In light of the derailment of a train carrying oil through Quebec that destroyed part of a town and may have killed 60 people, state officials are looking at whether Maine is equipped to handle current oil industry shipping traffic or a disaster like the one in Lac-Megantic.
Published
July 9, 2013

Propane suspected in Canada explosions

Evidence mounts that the runaway train slammed into other railroad cars carrying liquid propane.
Published
July 5, 2013

Three companies bid for Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry

Prospects for a new ferry service starting next summer between Portland and Nova Scotia, Canada got a lot better this week.
Published
July 4, 2013

Amtrak facility foes get Angus King boost

The Brunswick group opposing a proposed layover facility for the Downeaster sees hope in the senator’s letter.
Published
July 2, 2013

Canada optimistic Gulf of Maine ferry service will resume

Eager to re-establish a tourism link to New England, Nova Scotia officials expect fresh proposals by Thursday. Will Portland be their U.S. destination?
Published
July 1, 2013

Michaud gets $300,000 for gubernatorial campaign

The amount of the haul shows Democrats are fired up for his Blaine House run, a USM professor says.
Published
June 29, 2013

Why Gettysburg’s called a ‘Maine battlefield’

For three days in July, 150 years ago, the course of this nation’s history took a dramatic turn in a Pennsylvania town, and Mainers by the hundreds did their part to see the Union preserved.
Published
June 27, 2013

Senate overrides LePage’s energy bill veto

But the unanimous vote for the sweeping bipartisan legislation comes with a price.
Published
June 24, 2013

Two benches, $42,500? Portland sits this one out

A three-year-old plan to install artist-designed benches on the city’s Bayside Trail has been halted because the price ultimately was too high.