When the Boothbay Harbor police chief met the Aroostook County inventor of body armor backpacks, he knew the gear might help kids feel safer in school. Chief Doug Snyder, who often works with schools to improve safety, listened to teachers about student fears of...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Boothbay’s elementary and high schools will soon be among the first in Maine with bullet-resistant body shields in every classroom. The town’s police department on Wednesday handed out 105 bulletproof backpacks to teachers at the town’s regional...

HOULTON, Maine — A Maine man who has worked as a bodyguard for Rihanna, Jay-Z and other globally famous celebrities is now trying to grow another business that sells his own self-invented body armor backpacks.READ MORE

A combat veteran and personal protection expert in Aroostook County has created an unusual line of products: backpacks and laptop bags that, he says, are assault-proof. Jeffrey Maguire launched his startup company, Mundbora, and is handcrafting the bags in northern...

Jeffrey Maguire has protected the likes of Jay-Z, and picked Houlton, Maine, to be his home. It's a pretty interesting story about how Jeffrey Maguire came to live in Houlton by choice. He's got a pretty cool job being a bodyguard for super-powerful and...

Houlton, Maine (WAGM) - A Houlton man has designed backpacks but with a twist.. the backpacks can be bullet or stab proof. NewsSource 8 Adriana Sanchez sat down with him and has the story.Read More