Tom Bell

Portland Press Herald

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Published
June 11, 2012

‘It’s easy for people in Maine to forget what a big deal this is’

The Great Works Dam project starting this morning is the largest-ever river restoration in eastern North America, and could be a model for the rest of the world.
Published
June 10, 2012

Penobscot project ready to go

After 13 years of legal, political and engineering work, the largest-ever river restoration project in eastern North America begins Monday morning when a 40-ton excavator aims its percussion hammer at the defunct concrete fishway of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River.
Published
June 10, 2012

Huge Penobscot River restoration project starts Monday

After 13 years of legal, political and engineering work, the largest river restoration project in eastern North America begins Monday morning when a 40-ton excavator aims its percussion hammer at the defunct concrete fishway of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot River.
Published
June 1, 2012

Hinck’s Greenpeace experience started his path to US Senate campaign

Jon Hinck was 24 and out of work in Seattle when a newspaper help-wanted ad caught his attention: “Sell advertising for a good cause.”
Published
June 1, 2012

Hinck’s Greenpeace job inspired work in changing public policies

Jon Hinck was 24 and out of work in Seattle when a newspaper help-wanted ad caught his attention: “Sell advertising for a good cause.”
Published
May 26, 2012

LePage blasts teacher union for backing gay marriage

Maine’s largest teachers union is playing a “political game” by endorsing a proposal on November’s ballot to legalize same-sex marriage, Gov. Paul LePage said Friday.
Published
May 26, 2012

LePage blasts teachers union

Maine’s largest teachers union is playing a “political game” by endorsing a proposal on November’s ballot to legalize same-sex marriage, Gov. Paul LePage said Friday.
Published
May 25, 2012

LePage: Teachers union playing ‘political game’

Gov. Paul LePage criticizes the state’s largest teachers union for endorsing the same-sex marriage proposal.
Published
May 20, 2012

Immigrant teens from Portland share stories through film

PORTLAND — The inner lives of teenagers can be hard to penetrate. With the added barriers of language and cultural differences, teenage immigrants can appear to be living in a world that is shut tight to everyone around them.
Published
May 16, 2012

Authorities: Lobster boat sabotage not motivated by fishing dispute

Whoever sabotaged two lobster boats last week in Friendship apparently was motivated by something other than a territorial fishing dispute, authorities said Monday.