With demand growing and supplies already volatile, a denial of NGL use of the Rigby Yard could reduce storage capacity and intensify shortages.
Tom Bell
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Portland students bump bus ridership to highest number since 1986
High school students made up about 18 percent of Metro’s total ridership from September through December 2015.
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Agreement with NAACP allows Maine chapters to hold King holiday events
The branches in Portland and Bangor have been operating for more than two years without the approval of the national organization.
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Amtrak’s Downeaster chugs into 2016 in timelier fashion
The rail service was clobbered by delays and disruptions that led to a 30 percent on-time performance in the last fiscal year, but in December, 86 percent of Downeaster trains arrived on time.
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Feature Obituary: Vincent A. DiFillipo, former Portland deputy fire chief, 63
The ‘mentor to many’ also played football at Deering High and refereed high school and college games.
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Tom Brady greets, hugs 8-year-old cancer patient from Maine
The Patriots quarterback invited Hailey Steward of Bethel to visit him at Gillette Stadium after reading about her in the Press Herald.
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New operator of Nova Scotia ferry service still waiting for its ship to come in
Bay Ferries Ltd. is working with the provincial government to get the 2016 season underway, but progress will be slowed until it finds a ferry.
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L.L. Bean and other retailers see sales of winter apparel melt with warm weather
Bean reports sluggish sales, although there’s still a backlog of orders for its iconic boots.
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Video of grumpy Standish goat goes viral
The recording of Stelli’s breakfast demands has more than 1 million looped views on Vine.