Tom Bell

Portland Press Herald

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Published
July 12, 2011

State voids prison deal

THOMASTON — Gov. Paul LePage suspended sales of state property Monday in response to a finding by Attorney General William Schneider that the sale of three state-owned houses in Thomaston to the warden of the Maine State Prison violated state law.
Published
July 12, 2011

Sale of state property to warden suspended

THOMASTON — Gov. Paul LePage suspended sales of state property Monday in response to a finding by Attorney General William Schneider that the sale of three state-owned houses in Thomaston to the warden of the Maine State Prison violated state law.
Published
July 9, 2011

State review of Thomaston deal in progress

A legislative panel has been asked to investigate the state’s sale of three houses and 5.2 acres in Thomaston to a state official for less than half of the property’s taxable value. No one else had a chance to bid on the property because it wasn’t marketed.
Published
July 9, 2011

Panel to review prison warden’s land buy

A legislative panel has been asked to investigate the state’s sale of three houses and 5.2 acres in Thomaston to a state official for less than half of the property’s taxable value. No one else had a chance to bid on the property because it wasn’t marketed.
Published
April 16, 2011

Violette steers clear

AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.
Published
April 16, 2011

TURNPIKE PROBE: Civic groups didn’t get to use most cards

AUGUSTA — Only a small percentage of the gift cards purchased by the Maine Turnpike Authority for donations to civic groups ever went to the organizations, a state investigator told a bipartisan legislative oversight panel on Friday.
Published
April 15, 2011

Toll collectors feel drivers’ wrath

AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.
Published
April 15, 2011

Former MTA chief traveled in high style on agency’s dime

AUGUSTA — Charges on the credit cards the Maine Turnpike Authority issued to Executive Director Paul Violette show the style in which he traveled as he met with bankers, engineers and toll organizations in North America and Europe.
Published
April 15, 2011

Collecting tolls, and anger, on turnpike

AUGUSTA — Jay Colby, who has worked as a toll collector for the Maine Turnpike Authority for 32 years, said he has never seen motorists so angry.
Published
April 14, 2011

Former turnpike boss globetrotted in posh style

AUGUSTA — Charges on the credit cards the Maine Turnpike Authority issued to Executive Director Paul Violette show the style in which he traveled as he met with bankers, engineers and toll organizations in North America and Europe.