Latest Maine Headlines
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Maine’s Clark Insurance Appoints Ellis and Fifield as Senior Account Executives
May 23 2017 // Clark Insurance, a Portland, Maine-based independent insurance agency, has appointed Joshua Ellis and Joshua Fifield as senior account executives in the business insurance department of Clark Insurance. Ellis joined Clark...
MEMIC Names Bourque as President, CEO Following Leonard’s Retirement
May 19 2017 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-based workers’ compensation specialist, has named company veteran Michael P. Bourque as its president and CEO to replace John T. Leonard, who is retiring later this year. Bourque,...
Appeals Court Upholds $250K in Damages Against Pan Am for Injured Maine Employee
Apr 27 2017 // A federal appeals court has upheld $250,000 in damages against Pan Am Railways, saying the company illegally retaliated against a Maine employee. The Portland Press Herald reports conductor Jason Raye told his supervisors...
Authorities Charge 2 with Arson in Maine Storage Building Fire
Apr 10 2017 // State fire officials say two men have been charged with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed a large storage building in Etna, Maine. Officials say several smaller storage buildings for sale at Hill View Mini...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Promotes Schwartz to VP of Underwriting Compliance
Apr 5 2017 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group, based in Portland, Maine, has announced the promotion of Karen Schwartz to the position of vice president of underwriting compliance. She is responsible for leading...
No Joke: Snow Hits Northern New England on April Fools’ Day
Apr 3 2017 // People across northern New England woke up to a foot of heavy, wet snow on parts of the region Saturday and conducted weekend business as more fell throughout the day. The storm caused power outages and numerous highway...
Maine’s MMG Insurance Company Promotes Morgan to Casualty Claims Manager
Mar 14 2017 // MMG Insurance Company, a regional property and casualty insurance company headquartered in Presque Isle, Maine, has promoted Steve Morgan to casualty claims manager, effective March 8, 2017. Morgan joined MMG in 2014 as...
Maine-Headquartered Clark Insurance Promotes Two and Hires One
Feb 27 2017 // Clark Insurance, a Portland, Maine-headquartered independent insurance agency, has promoted two employees and hired one. Tricia Spencer has been promoted to business insurance department coordinator. Spencer initially...
Maine Lawmaker Wants to Block Car Insurance Hikes Based on Age
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...
State Officials Urge Residents to Avoid Driving as Winter Storm Hits Northeast
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...
Maine Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fatal Fire
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...
Fire Causes About $800K in Damage to Condo Buildings at Maine Ski Resort
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...
Legalized Marijuana Takes Hold in Maine
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...
Maine Governor Signs Bill Delaying Parts of Legal Pot Law
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...
MEMIC Group Hires Coy as Senior Director of Information Technology
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...
People – East
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...
Maine Had Fewer Homicides, Fire and Highway Deaths in 2016
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,...
Maine Town to Consider Pot Moratorium After Vote to Legalize
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...
Maine’s BroGue Insurance Under New Ownership
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...
Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case
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,...
