Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Powerful Gusts Responsible for Bizarre Injury in Maine
Mar 5 2021 // A woman was critically injured when a tree knocked down by powerful gusts fell on the vehicle, driving a tree limb through the windshield and dashboard and impaling her, officials said. Theresa Roy, 79, was critically...
Judge to Rule on Maine Property Boundary Dispute
Jan 29 2021 // A Maine judge will hear arguments in a property boundary dispute that resulted in a Dover-Foxcroft garage being cut in half last year. Gabriel Brawn removed half of the building that he believed was on his land using a...
Maine Court Says Tourette’s Patient Can Sue for Being Denied Procedure
Jan 20 2021 // A woman who has Tourette’s syndrome may proceed with her lawsuit against a surgeon who declined to repair her injured shoulder because of her disability, the state Supreme Court ruled. The doctor performed surgery on...
Maine Fishing Boat Owner Says It’s Not at Fault for Sinking
Jan 13 2021 // The owner of a Maine boat carrying four fishermen that sank off Cape Cod last fall has asked a court to declare it is not at fault. The owner of the 82-foot Emmy Rose wants a Maine federal court judge to declare that it is...
Maine Salmon Product Company Denies Claims in Lawsuit
Jan 12 2021 // A Maine-based smoked salmon producer is defending itself against claims that its products are not sustainably produced. A New York resident alleged in a lawsuit that Ducktrap River of Maine does not use sustainable...
Maine High Court Finds Aquaculture Worker Covered by State Workers’ Comp
Jan 4 2021 // An aquaculture worker who got hurt tending to salmon raised in offshore pens is covered under state law, but not under the federal law that defines some of the rights for mariners, Maine’s supreme court ruled. The...
Curley Associates Acquires Maine’s Robert L. Haley Agency
Dec 16 2020 // Curley Associates, an insurance agency based in Sanford, Maine, has acquired Robert L. Haley Agency Inc. of Gray, Maine. The acquisition was effective October 16, 2020. According to Curley, the Gray location will remain...
Maine Man Dies in Work Accident When Scissor Lift Tips Over
Nov 20 2020 // Police in Maine said a man died in a workplace accident in which a scissor lift he was using tipped over at a job site. The accident killed James Thompson, 58, of Yarmouth, police said. Thompson was painting the inside of...
Mobile Home Owner Files Lawsuit Stemming from Maine Blast
Nov 19 2020 // The owner of a mobile home park and other residences has filed a lawsuit against companies and a nonprofit group connected to the 2019 fatal propane explosion in Maine. The Farmington explosion killed fire Capt. Michael...
Cross Insurance Hires Moriarity as Chief Information Officer Based in Maine
Nov 13 2020 // Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has hired Timothy Moriarity as chief information officer (CIO). He will be based in Bangor, Maine. In this new...
Five Hospitalized After Factory Store Evacuated in Maine
Oct 27 2020 // Five people were hospitalized after a report of chemical exposure at a factory store in Skowhegan that led to the building’s evacuation on Thursday. The exposure led to the evacuation of the New Balance Factory...
Grocery Chain Slow to Report Tampering at One of Its Maine Stores
Oct 16 2020 // It took two months for a supermarket chain to alert police and customers about the discovery of razor blades in fresh pizza dough sold at one if its stores in Maine, a newspaper reported. Product tampering at a store in...
More Supermarkets Recall Pizza Dough After Tampering Episode
Oct 14 2020 // Another supermarket chain is recalling a brand of fresh pizza dough amid concerns about tampering. Shaw’s and Star Market announced the company is removing Portland Pie Co. pizza dough from the shelves of its...
The MEMIC Group Appoints Nash as Underwriter for Carolinas
Oct 7 2020 // Sealy Nash of Charlotte, N.C. has been appointed as a senior production underwriter at The MEMIC Group, a specialty workers’ compensation insurance company serving the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. She will...
Land Unstable After Landslide Blocks River, Causes Emergency in Maine City
Sep 21 2020 // A state of emergency remained in effect Thursday in the city of Westbrook, Maine, where workers have been assessing landslides that blocked the Presumpscot River. Westbrook Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte said Thursday that the...
Roundup of New England COVID-19 Developments
Aug 31 2020 // Public health officials in Vermont said the state is considering becoming the second state to mandate flu shots as a way to ease the burden of influenza amid the coronavirus pandemic. Vermont Health Commissioner Mark...
Summer Camp Hosted 1,000 Visitors While Successfully Managing Coronavirus
Aug 26 2020 // Four overnight camps in Maine successfully stemmed the spread of the novel coronavirus and conducted sessions with over 1,000 attendees from 41 states and international locations this summer, according to a new report...
Maine Firefighters Get Meters to Prevent Future Explosions
Aug 14 2020 // Twenty fire departments in Maine are getting gas detection meters from the state to help prevent another disaster like the Farmington gas leak explosion. The explosion last September killed Farmington fire Capt. Michael...
BroGue Insurance & Financial Services Hires Wilbur, Kinney in Maine
Jul 22 2020 // BroGue Insurance & Financial Services has added to its team of insurance professionals in Bangor, Maine. Joining its staff are Licensed Sales Producer Amanda Wilbur and Sadie Kinney, Commercial Lines customer service...
Maine Reminds Reopening Businesses to Comply with Insurance Contract Terms
Jun 29 2020 // Maine Superintendent of Insurance Eric Cioppa has reminded business owners of the importance of complying with the terms of their insurance policies as they begin the reopening process. As businesses reopen, Cioppa said...
