All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 23 2017 // A Maine state senator is looking to protect senior citizens in the state from having car insurance rates go up because of their ages.Sen. Bill Diamond, a Windham Democrat, says his bill follows up on insurance giant...
Feb 15 2017 // Plow trucks and shovelers in the Northeast attacked the region’s newest winter storm as fresh powder piled on top of ever-growing piles and whiteout conditions made roads unsafe, immobilizing millions of...
Feb 10 2017 // A Biddeford, Maine, man has pleaded guilty to setting a fire that claimed two lives there when he was 18 years old.Dylan Collins pleaded guilty Tuesday in Superior Court in Alfred, Maine, to one count of arson and to two...
Feb 10 2017 // Maine fire officials say two condominium buildings were destroyed by fire at Saddleback Mountain. Rangeley Fire Rescue Chief Tim Pellerin says two others were saved, and no injuries were reported during the Tuesday evening...
Feb 1 2017 // The first tangible results of state voters’ decision to legalize marijuana are being felt as possession and home growth of marijuana becomes legal in Maine. Voters narrowly passed the ballot question in November, and...
Jan 31 2017 // Maine Governor Paul LePage has signed a bill to delay portions of Maine’s legal marijuana law. LePage signed the bill on Friday night. It still became legal to possess and grow marijuana in the state on Monday. But...
Jan 12 2017 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, has announced the appointment of Matthew Coy to the position of senior director of information technology.In this role, he is...
Jan 9 2017 // Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Jeffrey Updyke as regional manager for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the company’s commercial...
Jan 5 2017 // The Maine Department of Public Safety says 2016 was relatively safe when it came to homicides, fire fatalities and highways deaths in the state. Spokesman Steve McCausland says the state ended the year with 16 homicides,...
Dec 30 2016 // Officials in Richmond held a public hearing this week on a proposed temporary ban on marijuana retailers and social clubs in the Maine town.The Kennebec Journal reports the Planning Board’s hearing was set for 7 p.m....
Dec 20 2016 // The current owners of several insurance agencies, Patrick Maguire and Paul Tracy, acquired ownership of BroGue Insurance & Financial Services in Bangor, Maine, on November 1, 2016.Established in Bangor in 1983, BroGue...
Dec 16 2016 // A former gunpowder plant owner imprisoned over a deadly 2010 explosion in New Hampshire has agreed to surrender some money to the federal government in a separate wire fraud case in Maine.Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone,...
Dec 15 2016 // The MEMIC Group, the Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation insurer, has announced the retirement of its founding President and CEO, John T. Leonard, effective September of 2017.Leonard serves as the...
Dec 15 2016 // Cross Insurance, a Bangor, Maine, based subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and one of the largest independent insurance providers in New England, has further expanded its presence in western Massachusetts, New York and...
Dec 14 2016 // Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace.For now, many employers appear to be sticking with their drug testing and personal conduct policies, even in states where...
Dec 13 2016 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, headquartered in Portland, Maine, has promoted Deb Sabatino to the position of director of human resources.In this role, she is responsible for planning and managing...
Dec 8 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine, headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has promoted Chris Abboud to senior underwriter and has also promoted Eileen Moran Fongemie to vice president of finance and...
Dec 5 2016 // Henderson Brothers Inc., a Pittsburgh, Penn., based independent broker, has hired Braden Brodsky as a senior financial analyst in the employee benefits department.In this role, Brodsky will use his three years of industry...
Nov 14 2016 // Opponents of a vote to legalize marijuana in Maine have taken the first step toward a potential recount request.Voters in the state chose to legalize recreational marijuana via a referendum vote this week. The referendum...
Nov 2 2016 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Portland, Maine, has appointed Randy Morehouse as a safety management consultant in New York. Morehouse will join safety management consultants...