Peter McGuire

Portland Press Herald

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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Published
August 24, 2015

Dale given another month to finish cleanup of Fairfield property

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.
Published
August 21, 2015

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.
Published
August 21, 2015

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.
Published
August 21, 2015

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.
Published
August 20, 2015

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.’
Published
August 20, 2015

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.
Published
August 19, 2015

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.
Published
August 19, 2015

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.
Published
August 18, 2015

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.
Published
August 17, 2015

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.