About
Rep. Rines
Rep. Peter L. Rines, was born and raised in Wiscasset and graduated
from Wiscasset High School in 1981. In 1980, at the age of 18,
he was elected to the town’s budget committee and for the
past 10 years has been serving as a member of the Board of Appeals.
Rep. Rines received a fire science technology associate’s
degree from Southern Maine Technical College and worked for 24
years as a firefighter, earning the rank of captain. He also worked
as an emergency medical technician and served as the director of
the Wiscasset Ambulance Service. He is now the certification program
manager for Maine Fire Training & Education on the Southern
Maine Community College campus.
He is currently serving his fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives.
Rep. Rines’ major areas of policy interests include education
funding, tax reform and electricity policy. He serves on the Utilities
and Energy Committee and is the House chair of Bills in the Second
Reading.
Rep. Rines enjoys woodworking, gardening and his fully restored
1928 Ford Model A.
To view high resolution photos of Rep. Peter Rines click
here.
News
| August 14, 2008 | Consumer protections instill confidence in economy
By Rep. Peter Rines
| | August 6, 2008 | Rep. Rines announces applications available for Property Tax and Rent Refund Program
Applicants from 2006 will automatically receive new applications
| | August 1, 2008 | Reps. Miller, Pieh and Rines encourage seniors to apply for free farm shares
Over 100 shares still available to area low-income seniors
| | August 1, 2008 | Local 17-year-old amateur golfer honored at State House
| | July 29, 2008 | Rep. Rines reminds Maine seniors and veterans to apply for Economic Stimulus Payments
IRS and AARP have discovered that 31,000 have yet to apply, and time is running out
| | July 11, 2008 | Area Legislators announce early applications for heating assistance
Program that buys heating oil for low-income Mainers is accepting applications early this year
| | April 17, 2008 | House restores funding for watchdog agency
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Committees
Rep. Rines serves on the Joint
Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy.
For more information about the schedule of committee hearings or to sign
up for advance notice of public hearings click
here.
Issues
You can learn more about what the House Democrats are doing for
Maine by clicking
here. And I'd like to hear what you think -- please Contact
Me.
Legislation
To do a general bill search, click
here.
Contact Me
Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online
Contact Form to reach
me.
You can also contact me at my home:
334 Bradford Road
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Home tel: (207) 882-9794
When the Legislature is in session, you can leave
a message for me by calling the State House Message
Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line:
(207) 287-4469.
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