All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2020 // A third of the state lost power because of a freak snowstorm and a powerful windstorm as residents were locked down because of the pandemic. Rivers swelled because of heavy rain.Then an explosion ripped through a paper...
Apr 17 2020 // An explosion at a paper mill in Maine shook the ground Wednesday and produced a plume of black smoke that was visible for miles around, but it appeared no one was injured.The blast rocked the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, in...
Apr 8 2020 // Allstate is returning savings resulting from shelter-in-place orders back to consumers.This comes as the company cited an unprecedented decline in driving due to shelter-in-place orders, which translates into fewer...
Apr 3 2020 // Maine Governor Janet Mills requested a federal disaster declaration Wednesday as the state recorded two more COVID-19 deaths, dozens more people tested positive, and the start of a “stay-at-home” order...
Mar 25 2020 // Rios Agency recently joined Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc., an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast. Rios Agency provides all lines of property, casualty, life and health insurance...
Mar 17 2020 // Maine’s governor announced steps Sunday designed to protect businesses and workers as closures mount amid the coronavirus pandemic.Governor Janet Mills said she has submitted emergency legislation to temporarily...
Mar 12 2020 // Maine regulators are going to fine a gas utility $50,000 for failures to meet safety requirements.The company, Maine Natural Gas of Brunswick, is a subsidiary of Avangrid, which also owns Central Maine Power. Maine Natural...
Jan 28 2020 // A former Maine resident is becoming the first woman in the state to join a national effort to force hotel and motel owners to compensate victims of sex trafficking.The woman, identified in court documents by the initials...
Jan 16 2020 // A Maine legislator is calling on the state’s legislative body to push the U.S. Congress to make banking and insurance accessible to legalized cannabis businesses. Republican Rep. John Andrews of Paris, Maine, said he...
Jan 9 2020 // Multiple people were injured in a major pileup involving about 30 vehicles during the Tuesday morning commute on a highway in Maine, state troopers said.There were no fatalities, but several ambulances and a medical...
Dec 4 2019 // Maine police say a city employee was struck and killed by the bucket truck he had been driving while he and another worker were hanging Christmas wreaths.The Portland Press Herald reports the two workers were hanging...
Dec 2 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is imposing additional fines on a roofing contractor in Maine charged in the 2018 death of a worker.The new fines of $278,000 bring the total to more than $2 million in...
Nov 27 2019 // Jason LaCrosse has been appointed a safety management consultant by Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group.LaCrosse began his career in the military, starting off as a flight...
Nov 21 2019 // A hospital in northern Maine has been ordered to pay more than $1.2 million in damages to a woman in a medical negligence lawsuit. A jury in Aroostook County found that Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine, didn’t...
Nov 18 2019 // Walmart has agreed to change its national policy for reassigning disabled workers to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Maine.The settlement requires Walmart to offer disabled...
Oct 17 2019 // Maine’s state fire marshal’s office says the cause of a fire that destroyed a building supply company will remain undetermined. The fire torched McCormack Building Supply in Winslow last week. The fire...
Oct 11 2019 // The Maine Legislature might consider restrictions on vaping, stricter gun controls and new marijuana laws in the coming legislative session.Legislators in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate are hoping to propose some...
Sep 27 2019 // Benjamin Roberts has been appointed as a senior production underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group to support continued growth in the Vermont market. Roberts, a native of Vermont, previously...
Sep 24 2019 // The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office has finished its work at the site of a deadly explosion in Farmington, but isn’t ready to release any conclusions. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said...
Aug 7 2019 // Officials in Maine’s largest city are proposing licensing regulations for recreational and medical marijuana businesses.The Portland Press Herald reports the proposed rules include a cap of 20 recreational marijuana...