Latest Maine Headlines
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Maine Plane Crash Victims Worked for Luxury Travel Startup Led by Texas Lawyer
Feb 5 2026 // The six people killed in a fiery plane crash in Maine were flying to France’s Champagne region to scope out the next travel destination for high-net-worth clients when their small jet flipped on the runway during...
Lawyer for Prominent Texas Law Firm Among Victims ID’d in Maine Plane Crash
Feb 5 2026 // Six people aboard a private business jet registered to the same address as a prominent Houston law firm were killed on Jan. 25 when the jet crashed on takeoff in Bangor, Maine. Local officials on Tuesday named four...
Investigation Into Maine Plane Crash That Killed 6 Held Back by Weather
Jan 30 2026 // The federal investigation into the crash of a private jet that killed six people at Bangor International Airport has been hampered by extreme weather, the airport’s director said Wednesday, including deep snow that...
Updated: 6 Killed in Private Plane Crash at Maine Airport
Jan 27 2026 // Six people were killed in a single plane crash Sunday night at Bangor International Airport in Maine, according to local officials, correcting what appears to have been a report from the federal government that seven...
How Maine Is Spending Its Share of Opioid Settlement Money
Jan 2 2026 // Over the past five years, the attorney general’s office, with Aaron Frey at the helm, has secured for Maine more than $260 million in settlements with major pharmaceutical companies accused of...
Fire Damages Portland, Maine’s Historic Waterfront
Dec 29 2025 // A fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, the day after Christmas, damaging aging buildings and several boats. Flames and smoke spread easily through structures along the Custom House Wharf,...
Why Maine Opposes New Limits on Truck Driver’s Licenses for Legal Immigrants
Dec 3 2025 // The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has joined the opposition to a federal rule that limits which legal immigrants can obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) or permit. The state says that if the new...
Maine to Launch Dashboard Tracking Local Opioid Settlement Spending
Dec 2 2025 // Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic, with nearly $54 million more expected over the next...
People Moves: Plymouth Rock Agency Marketing Adds Foxx; Fast Joins Alliant in Maine
Oct 16 2025 // Plymouth Rock Names Foxx Chief of Agency Marketing for Mass. and NH Plymouth Rock Assurance, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, appointed James Foxx as chief of agency marketing for Massachusetts and New Hampshire...
MEMIC Group to Pay $19 Million Dividend to Its Maine Policyholders
Oct 9 2025 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group announced a $19 million dividend for more than 17,000 Maine policyholders. This annual dividend is based on the insurer’s financial performance, claims...
First Radar Images From NASA Satellite Showcase Maine Coast, North Dakota Farmland
Sep 29 2025 // NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail. The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from...
Without Clear Rules on Use, Maine Towns Experimenting With AI
Sep 16 2025 // After reading through a pile of resumes, Town Manager Anthony Wilson mentally ranked the people trying to become Winthrop’s general assistance administrator. Seeking a second opinion, he turned to ChatGPT. He fed the...
E-Verify Has Been Used for Years but ICE Arrest of Maine Officer Raises Questions
Sep 10 2025 // The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called “E-Verify” has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure...
Rotten Wood, Poor inspections Led to Deadly Maine Schooner Mast Collapse
Aug 5 2025 // Rotten wood and poor inspections appear to have played roles in the collapse of the mast of a historic Maine schooner in an accident that killed one person and injured several others, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report...
Camper Explosion Takes Lives of Two Women in Maine
Jul 29 2025 // The Maine Fire Marshal reports it continues to investigate a fatal explosion over the weekend at the Powder Horn Campground in Old Orchard Beach. On July 26, 2025, a camper explosion was reported at the campground. Old...
World Insurance Acquires Healey & Associates of Maine
Jul 15 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC reported that it acquired the business of Healey & Associates of Portland, Maine on May 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healey has been offering employee benefits...
World Insurance Acquires Maine’s Healey Associates
Jun 27 2025 // Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Healey & Associates of Portland, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healey has been offering employee benefits to...
AI-Focused COVU Acquires Maine’s 100-Year Old Ford Agency
Jun 24 2025 // San Francisco-based COVU, Inc. announced it has acquired Ford Insurance Agency, a 100+ year-old, family-owned business based in Eliot, Maine. Operated by the Lonsinger family, Ford Insurance Agency provides commercial and...
Maine to Require Landowners to Report Enrollment in Forest Carbon Programs
Jun 5 2025 // A law signed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills last week requires landowners who are participating in the forest carbon credit market to report basic data — including a landowner’s name, contact information, date of...
Maine Lawmakers Thwart Move to Allow Mennonites to Self-Insure
May 19 2025 // Maine lawmakers last week rejected a measure that would have permitted followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance. The Senate vote was 20-14 to detour the bill on May 13, while the House...
