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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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Winslow police: Mother, daughter accused in forgery
Police said Kristin Pelotte conspired to take the blame on a motor vehicle charge to keep her mother, Donna Marie Heath-McGrath, from getting into more trouble.
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PublishedMay 13, 2015
Oakland considers 35 percent sewer rate hike
The sewer department has operated at a loss for the past three years, and it needs money to deal with persistent water infiltration into its pipes.
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PublishedMay 12, 2015
Summit’s 2015 buildout to focus on Augusta, Waterville, Fairfield
The gas company recognizes it is ‘under a microscope’ and hopes to overcome problems that have plagued it since construction started in 2013.
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PublishedMay 12, 2015
Fairfield Town Meeting OKs budget with 48 cent tax rate hike
Spending approved by Fairfield voters will mean the town’s first tax increase in five years, and expected increases in county and school budgets may drive it higher.
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PublishedMay 11, 2015
Winslow Council adds school funding into final budget
The school board will use cash reserves to fund textbooks and a school bus purchase in the hope that Legislature approves increased state funding.
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PublishedMay 11, 2015
Benton gets ready for annual alewife festival
The fourth annual event kicks off Friday with Eating with the Alewives and celebrates the annual run of up to 3 million river herring up the Sebasticook River.
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PublishedMay 9, 2015
Fairfield proposes tax increases to cover budget
Personnel costs, particularly health coverage, have caused a budget spike after five years of flat budgets.
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PublishedMay 8, 2015
RSU 18 budget passes first hurdle
Voters at Thursday’s budget meeting approved $34.7 million budget, but the spending plan still faces a May 19 referendum.
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PublishedMay 7, 2015
SAD 49 voters approve elimination of charter school funding
Voters raised concerns about the ‘sustainabilty’ of increased school budgets and rising taxes.
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PublishedMay 7, 2015
Cemetery road issue comes to a head in Unity
Activists have urged selectmen to pave a gravel road to protect headstones in the town’s main graveyard.
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