Tom Bell

Portland Press Herald

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Published
May 18, 2015

GPS will let Portland area transit riders use smartphone to track ferry, buses

The service will add convenience for Greater Portland transit users, and more improvements are coming.
Published
May 10, 2015

Douglas Haig, artist and veteran

‘I am going to be in debt for the rest of my life’
Published
May 10, 2015

Scott Berry, facility director

‘… unless you have a piece of paper …’
Published
May 10, 2015

Hardest hit: College students who never finish school

So-called ‘stranded learners’ rack up mountains of debt but none of the financial promise that a degree might afford them. And in Maine, tens of thousands of them have strayed from their educational paths.
Published
May 10, 2015

Steve Train, lobsterman

‘I’m fortunate my industry is OK’
Published
May 7, 2015

Icelandic journalists seek support in Maine for Web-based magazine

The publication is aimed at the North Atlantic community and will focus on business, culture, current affairs and tourism.
Published
May 5, 2015

Portland in the running to host Arctic conference

The international meeting would be the first-ever such forum in the United States outside of Alaska.
Published
April 30, 2015

Maine groundfishermen hurt by quota cuts to receive $640,000 in disaster relief

About 40 crews will be paid the money over the next 18 months to help make up for financial losses from slashed limits in 2013.
Published
April 30, 2015

Second-year outlook brightens for Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry service

The operator says early bookings are ‘way up’ and it has a new cash subsidy, after a costly first season with weak passenger numbers.
Published
April 29, 2015

LePage to lead trade mission to Japan and China in October

The Maine delegation will visit the cities of Tokyo and Shanghai.