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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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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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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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.
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Navy’s stealthy Zumwalt slips unannounced into Portland Harbor
The distinctive-looking destroyer draws double-takes as it glides ghostlike into the harbor.
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Nova Star gone for good, leaving dashed hopes in its wake
The beleaguered ferry sails away from the International Marine Terminal after two disappointing seasons of shuttling passengers between Portland and Nova Scotia.
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Sen. Angus King pursues funding to add icebreakers in Arctic
He says Maine’s ports and the U.S. would benefit as global warming starts to unlock more ship passages there.
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Public disclosure of oil shipments via rail ended in October
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is considering compliance changes in light of a new law.
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For Portland jetport, holiday travel looking up
The momentum from the record-breaking summer of passengers is expected to continue in the new year, too.