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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PublishedDecember 13, 2015
Winslow attacks issue of collecting back taxes from businesses
Taxes on business assets like equipment and machinery often go uncollected because there is no easy way to force owners to pay, tax collectors across central Maine say.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2015
Oakland fire Saturday leaves family homeless
A house fire Saturday night in an Oak Street left two dogs dead and a couple and their seven children homeless.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2015
Downtown Waterville celebrates the holidays
Downtown Waterville Open House on Saturday featured horse-drawn carriage rides, live reindeer and visits to Santa Claus.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2015
Winslow students will spend time with inaugural poet Blanco
The Bethel resident, who read at Obama’s 2012 inauguration, will also appear at the Waterville Opera House Tuesday.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2015
Winslow proposes rules for medium-sized solar arrays
The new regulations would apply to solar projects that are larger than residential generators, but smaller than utility-scale arrays.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2015
Crisis negotiator says man who sparked Waterville standoff ‘had come to his wits’ end’
Gary Cross, 58, of Troy, sat in his pickup truck with a gun at the police parking lot, and police said they were able to negotiate his surrender after eight hours.
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PublishedDecember 7, 2015
Legal fight looms for Rome summer camp application
The applicant accuses the planning board chairman of bias, while the town attorney cautions about the town’s noise standards.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2015
Oakland middle schoolers raise money for African students
Inspired by one boy in Malawi, Messalonskee Middle School students want to help kids in Malawi get a secondary school education.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2015
Electric contract to solar developers could boost big projects in Maine
Portland-based Dirigo Solar will be awarded a Public Utilities Commission contract to provide up to 75 megawatts of electricity, enough to power at least 10,000 homes.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2015
Firefighters among three people injured in The Forks fire
A wall fell onto two firefighters Friday morning, injuring them while they were fighting a fire in a log cabin owned by the Inn by the River; the cabin’s occupant also was hurt.
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