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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PublishedJuly 29, 2015
Tuesday microburst damages Albion golf club extensively
The short, powerful storm hit Tuesday evening, took down dozens of trees and damaged buildings in the Bog Road area.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2015
Waterville Rotary gives $150,000 to Kennebec Riverwalk project
The grant is the largest single source of funding for the plan to build a boardwalk along the riverfront at Head of Falls park in downtown Waterville.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2015
Mainers come face-to-face with their farmers in Sunday’s Open Farm Day
Farms across Kennebec, Franklin and Somerset counties opened their doors to visitors to give a behind-the-scenes look at daily life on the state’s working farms.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2015
Belgrade Lakes water quality could dive in a decade
The water quality in the Belgrade Lakes has been declining for 40 years and researchers worry it might take immediate action to reverse the trend.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2015
Thousands turn out to make first OakFest a success
An open-air market drew hundreds of families to downtown Oakland on Saturday afternoon, one of several events planned for the three-day festival.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2015
Oakland Pharmacy moves out of downtown after 10 years of business
The locally owned drugstore opened a new location on Kennedy Memorial Drive this summer.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2015
Snow Pond Center for the Arts moves ahead with plan for charter school in Sidney
If its application is approved, the Sidney-based music and performance art center says it wants to work in collaboration with local school districts to run the school.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2015
Pan Am Railways to pay $152,000 in fines to settle Waterville railyard allegations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleged that the company did not have the right stormwater and oil spill prevention plans in place.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2015
Winslow ordinance could open door for state’s largest solar farm
The $25 million proposal by Yarmouth-based Ranger Solar could be up to 20 times larger than any in the state, but it would require a zoning change.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2015
Winslow family loses home to lightning-sparked fire
The Abbott Road blaze began in the garage during Sunday night’s storm and spread to the house as the family and a dog escaped.
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