Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Drought in Northeast Could Last Through October
Jul 27 2016 // At Lavoie’s Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven’t broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are stunted. The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast is especially felt at John...
Unchained Love: Maine Lovers Lose Paris-Like Fence to Public Safety
Jul 22 2016 // A landmark in Maine where thousands of people have pledged their everlasting love to another with padlocks has been deemed a public safety risk and will be removed. The Portland Press Herald reported that the city’s...
Cross Insurance Acquires Maine’s Sargent, Tyler & West
Jul 20 2016 // Maine’s Cross Insurance reported it has acquired another leading Maine insurance agency, Sargent, Tyler & West in Bangor, and its Bucksport branch office, Roland Grindle Insurance Agency. Sargent, Tyler &...
Maine’s Clark Insurance Adds 4 Employees
Jul 20 2016 // Maine’s Clark Insurance has added four employees in its Portland office. Nicholas Jobin of Westbook has been hired as an associate Aacount manager in the Business Insurance Services Department. Jobin is a graduate of...
Maine Farm Owner Sued by Family of Hayride Accident Victim
Jul 8 2016 // The family of a 17-year-old Maine girl who was killed in a Halloween-themed hayride accident is suing the owner of the farm where the crash occurred. The lawsuit against Harvest Hill Farms owner Peter Buldoc follows the...
2 Maine Teens Who Stole 8 Cars Caught Breaking Into 9th, Police Say
Jul 1 2016 // State police say two 15-year-old boys stole eight cars and caused $50,000 in damage to some of the vehicles and the Litchfield Fairgrounds. The Kennebec Journal reported that police say the teenagers, of Farmingdale and...
Maine Town Ends Flying of U.S. Flags Due to Insurance Cost
Jun 29 2016 // A lack of adequate liability insurance has put an end to a project honoring military veterans by flying American flags on utility poles in Maine’s smallest town. The Kennebec Journal reports Randolph Fire Association...
Aetna to Offer Individual Plans in Maine’s Health Exchanges
May 18 2016 // Aetna plans to offer individual plans in part of Maine on the Affordable Care Act’s health exchanges, bringing more competition to the market. A filing with the state indicates Aetna will join Community Health...
Maine Insurers Request Double-Digit Rate Hikes Under Health Care Law
May 12 2016 // Insurers are seeking double-digit premium increases in the coming year for tens of thousands of Mainers who receive insurance through President Barack Obama’s health care law. Proposals filed with the Maine Bureau of...
Greater New York Insurance Companies Expands to Maine Market
May 2 2016 // Greater New York Insurance Companies (GNY), a super-regional carrier in commercial property/casualty insurance, announced it will begin issuing policies in Maine beginning May. “Many New England business owners and...
NCCI Sees Stable Trends in New England
May 2 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating...
Climate Change and The Conservative Republican
Apr 28 2016 // If you’re a conservative Republican, there’s a decent chance that you believe in climate change. Compared with two years ago that is. Don’t tell this to Rush Limbaugh or presidential hopeful Donald Trump....
NCCI Sees Stable Trends in New England
Apr 28 2016 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it is seeing generally stable trends in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont — five New England states where NCCI serves as a licensed rating and...
Maine Police Step Up Distracted Driving Enforcement
Apr 21 2016 // The Augusta, Maine, Police Department says officers in the state’s capital city will be more focused on cracking down on distracted driving from now until September. Sgt. Christian Behr says extra patrols dedicated...
Maine Lawmakers Reject Marijuana OUI Bill
Apr 18 2016 // A Maine bill that would allow a blood test to determine whether a driver is impaired from marijuana use is heading to defeat. The Maine House on April 1 voted unanimously to reject the bill, which set a blood level limit...
Maine Lawmakers Reject Marijuana Blood Test Bill for Drivers
Apr 6 2016 // A Maine bill that would allow a blood test to determine whether a driver is impaired from marijuana use is heading to defeat. The Maine House on April 1 voted unanimously to reject the bill, which set a blood level limit...
Maine Bill Seeks Strong Limits on Opioid Prescriptions
Apr 1 2016 // The Maine Legislature is poised to pass a bill sponsored by Gov. Paul LePage that would put the state on the front line of a national movement to monitor and restrict opioid painkillers. The Republican’s bill would...
Cross Insurance Adds 2 New Account Executives in Maine
Mar 29 2016 // Cross Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Bangor, Maine, has hired Abram Treadwell as account executive/Personal Lines and Sean Doyle as account executive/Commercial Lines. Both will be based in Cross...
New Hampshire, Maine Monitoring Struggling Health Insurance Co-Op
Mar 22 2016 // New Hampshire insurance regulators are working with their counterparts in Maine to monitor a financially struggling health insurance cooperative that serves both states. Community Health Options, based in Lewiston, Maine,...
Maine’s Nonprofit Health Insurer Sets Aside $43M to Cover Potential Losses
Mar 14 2016 // The lone health insurance cooperative to make money in 2014 on the Affordable Care Act’s public insurance exchanges saw big losses in 2015 and is now setting aside $43 million to cover possible big losses this...
