BANGOR (AP) — Survivors of more than 30 people killed when an oil train derailed in Quebec in July are seeking a role in the U.S. bankruptcy case of the company whose train caused the disaster. The motions filed last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court ask for the creation of committee to represent wrongful-death and […]
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Libraries raise funds to help build Lac-Megantic library
FARMINGTON — When the downtown area of Lac-Megantic was destroyed in the deadly July 6 oil train derailment, the Quebec town also lost its library, the Bibliotheque de Lac-Megantic. Libraries across the state are joining to raise funds to help rebuild the library. Donation cans are available for the next few weeks at the circulation […]
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U.S. officials dispute claims that aging rail line is hazardous
Federal and state rail safety officials said Friday that Maine, Montreal and Atlantic’s operations in the United States are safe. This contrasts with a Canadian railway’s published claims that MMA’s operations made the line too risky for shipping oil. The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. refused for several days to […]
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Federal Railroad Administration warns railway to stop using one-man crews in the U.S.
The nation’s top rail safety inspector warned the railway company whose train destroyed the center of a Quebec town last month to cease using one-man crews on its trains, officials said Thursday. Federal Railroad Administration administrator Joseph Szabo challenged but did not order Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway owner Ed Burkhardt to start using two-man […]
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Prayer service for Lac-Megantic planned in Rangeley
RANGELEY — Lac-Megantic has been in the thoughts and prayers of many since the train derailment July 6 that killed dozens of residents and devastated the Quebec town, area clergy members said this week. Five churches will hold an interfaith service at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Church of the Good Shepherd to […]
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Quebec tragedy brings hardship to Maine rail town
BROWNVILLE (AP) — A central Maine town that’s a hub for a railroad whose runaway oil train derailment killed 47 people in a small Quebec town is feeling the fallout from the accident. Brownville’s normally a noisy place with workers shifting railroad cars around a network of tracks in town. But the accident that brought […]
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Quebec police end search for bodies of train crash victims
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — The search is ending for five bodies that remain missing after an oil train derailed and exploded in a Quebec town, killing 47 people last month. Quebec provincial police Lt. Guy Lapointe said Thursday that they have done everything possible to find the remaining bodies. The coroner’s office says it has identified […]
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LePage to visit town damaged by train derailment
AUGUSTA— Maine Gov. Paul LePage will visit the small Quebec town just across the border where a runaway train killed dozens of people and leveled much of the downtown, his office said Wednesday. LePage will attend a memorial Mass for the victims Saturday in Lac-Megantic. Before the ceremony, he will meet with Lac-Megantic Mayor Colette […]
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Jay Fire Department’s ladder truck to be repaired
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to have the diamond plate on the Fire Department’s 1997 E-1 ladder truck refurbished and to have some rust repaired and painted, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. Larry White Sr., public safety director, had requested quotes from two Jay businesses, she said. One could not do it, she said. […]
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Norway gets anonymous gift to cover donation to Lac-Megantic
NORWAY — An anonymous donor has given the town $200 to cover the costs of a donation to the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, relief fund made last week by the Board of Selectmen on behalf the town. On July 18, the board voted unanimously to join a statewide effort to raise funds for the rebuilding of Lac-Megantic […]