The Department of Transportation wants to gauge the lifespan of the 20-year-old drawbridge’s mechanical and electrical systems, which have malfunctioned recently.
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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Downeaster exceeds annual targets for revenue, ridership
The rail service carried more than 511,000 passengers in 2016-17, the most since it set records in 2014.
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Secluded ‘island kingdom’ in Casco Bay up for sale at $7.95 million
Hope Island, an 86-acre paradise just minutes from Portland, has a mansion, 11,050 feet of shoreline and nine habitable buildings, including housing for livestock.
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Investors make major purchase of former Navy housing in Brunswick, Topsham
More than 400 housing units are bought by a group that may build as many as 200 additional homes.
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Maine Marine Patrol officer charged with OUI after crash
Brandon Bezio, 26, of Tenants Harbor was taken into custody after a head-on collision in Damariscotta.
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‘Historic’ travel numbers expected for July 4th weekend in Maine
The number of drivers on the Maine Turnpike on Friday and Saturday will likely be at record-breaking levels.
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Elite Airways postpones first Portland-to-Halifax flight
A last-minute systems problem forces the airline to delay the start of its first international passenger service.
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State wants to replace, not fix, creaky Brunswick-Topsham bridge
But a preservationist group, Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge, says it may challenge the project in court.
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Maine tops 30 states in first-quarter growth of personal incomes
They grew 1.1 percent for the period, a slightly better rate than the nation as a whole, according to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Metro may close Falmouth and Yarmouth Breez stops
The poorly performing stops may be closed as the regional bus service fine-tunes its routes.