Halee Cummings, 18, a college student who loved horses and barrel racing, will be buried on her family’s dairy farm.
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.
Belgrade Lakes Conservation Alliance vigilant against milfoil
The invasive aquatic plant grows quickly and can choke shorelines.
Oakland home gutted in fire Monday afternoon
The fire was reported early Monday afternoon and destroyed the two-story home on Swan Hill Road and killed three dogs.
Solarize Mid Maine aims for bulk discount on solar electric systems
The group will hold an information session Wednesday evening at Colby College in Waterville.
Bicycle desks motivate China Middle School students
A teacher finds that the two FitDesks help kids work off energy and stay focused.
Maine police fight to keep nude photos of underage girls off Facebook
A page showing Maine girls is taken down but reappears several times, as people worry about the impact on those seen in the images.
Explicit photos of girls reappear repeatedly on Facebook pages
Police say the use of the social media site for this purpose, which in this instance includes at least some girls from Maine, is rare and has magnified the problem.
Oakland police alert Facebook after nude photo threat
Officials work to shut down a page that says it will post pictures of Messalonskee High students.
What’s not to like? Maine animal shelter makes Facebook its pet project
They use posts to find new homes for animals, connect lost animals with their owners, raise donations and stay in touch with their communities.
Federal official tours Albion farm to tout help for young farmers
‘I like to say that we’re in the American dream business,’ says Val Dolcini of the Farm Service Agency.