The town has been trying for years to get Robert Dale to being the antiques store he owns on Skowhegan Road into compliance with fire and land use codes.
Peter McGuire
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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USDA administrator tours Misty Brook Farm in Albion
The farm, bought by a young family in 2013, suffered heavy damage during a microburst earlier this summer, spurring a disaster relief program by the Maine Farmland Trust.
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Waterville police nab man they call ‘significant’ drug peddler
Brian Danaher was charged with multiple trafficking offenses; and police say they found heroin, cocaine and prescription pills worth $45,000 on Friday in his Sherwin Street apartment.
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Manure truck driver to be charged with civil violations after rollover
Jeremy Bamford, of Fayette, was hauling a full load of chicken manure that tipped over on a turn from Route 3 in South China, spraying the load across the Tobey’s Grocery parking lot.
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Fairfield, Time Warner file competing motions in franchise fee dispute
The town says the company owes it $353,000 in unpaid fees, but Time Warner says the town’s claims are ‘baseless.’
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Summit scales back 2015 Kennebec valley pipeline construction plans
The low price of oil means fewer customers in the Augusta and Waterville area willing to convert to natural gas, the company says.
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Fairfield Town Manager Reny resigns to take job in South Portland
Joshua Reny, town manager for five years, has been hired as the assistant city manager for South Portland.
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Police break up another drinking party in South End apartment
Police said they’ve been called to the Water Street address at least 10 times in the past year and twice in the past 48 hours.
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Winslow police ask drug dealers to turn in the competition
Flier posted on the department Facebook page advertises a “free service” for dealers to get rid of rivals costing them money and customers.
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Waterville police break up underage drinking party Monday morning
Three arrested, including the 30-year-old south end apartment resident, and two summoned after an early morning complaint to police about noise and fighting.