Peter McGuire is a business reporter covering Maine trade, transportation and tourism. A proud native of the western Maine mountains, there is a good chance he’d rather be playing outside. Peter has covered local news for Maine newspapers in Oxford County, Brunswick, Waterville and Portland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from Boston University. He lives in Biddeford with his wife Stephanie and brown rescue dog named Emmy Lou.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2016
LePage: ‘I would inject traffickers with their own medicine’
The governor spoke about the state’s heroin crisis Thursday to business leaders at Thomas College in Waterville after addressing his racially charged comment last week about drug dealers.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2016
Rome board approves controversial Long Pond summer camp
The Rome Planning Board voted Monday to approve the construction of Camp Caruso on Long Pond after months of delays and widespread opposition from local property owners.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2016
Crowley-Smilek family settles lawsuit against Farmington officer
The parents of Justin Crowley-Smilek, who was fatally shot in a confrontation with Farmington officer Ryan Rosie in 2011, have settled the suit, according to a notice filed in U.S. District Court.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016
Wilton family displaced by smoky fire on Sunday
The basement fire in a family home on Magrath Road Sunday afternoon filled the building with smoke, an official said.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2016
Federal appeals court backs dismissal of Rome cell tower suit
The US First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that companies trying to build a cell tower on The Mountain hadn’t exhausted the local appeals process.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2016
Winslow hopes to grow interest in public ice skating rink
The Parks and Recreation Department intends to organize events at the public rink, including an all-ages ice hockey tournament.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2016
Temple to hold meeting on possible wind farm
A global renewable energy company is considering a wind farm in the town, which has an ordinance that prohibits industrial-scale wind developments.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2016
Summit Natural Gas of Maine to cut 21 jobs
The gas utility is cutting 13 Augusta sales positions and eight from its gas conversion affiliate as it ‘adjusts’ to building a pipleline in the Kennebec valley.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2016
Oakland council hires Winthrop firm to manage police station construction
The council unanimously picked JF Scott Construction to oversee the $1.05 million project.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2016
Time Warner breach exposes email passwords for up to 320,000 US customers
The state’s largest cable provider will not say whether any Maine customers’ passwords were stolen by what may have been a malware attack or virus from a third party.
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