Maine News

OSHA To Investigate Maine Mill Accident

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate an accident at an Irving Forest Products lumber mill in Dixfield, Maines where a worker lost part of his right hand. J.D. Irving spokeswoman Mary Keith says the 24-year-old man was flown …

Maine’s Hyler Agency is Northeast Bank’s 6th Acquisition Within Year

Maine’s Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lewiston-based Northeast Bank, continues to grow its footprint in Maine, this time in Thomaston, with the purchase of Hyler Agency. The Hyler Agency, family-owned and located in Thomaston, joined Northeast …

‘Most Secure Places to Live’ Are In Ore., Calif. and Wash.

Health, prosperity, safety and security are all desirable aspects when it comes to seeking a place to live, work or raise a family. According to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of …

Mass. Supreme Court Expands Doctors’ Liability to Nonpatients

A Massachusetts physician is responsible to all third parties who might possibly be affected by his failure to warn a patient about the side effects of a medication, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in a 3-3 decision that …

Alabama Senator: English Only Driver Test Will Improve Highway Safety

An Alabama state senator who is vice chairman of a panel studying immigration issues in Alabama said Monday he will introduce legislation to require the state driver’s license exam be given in English only. The legislation from Sen. Scott Beason, …

Maine’s Bath Iron Works Faces Fine

Federal regulators have proposed that Bath Iron Works be fined $441,500 for violating safety standards at its shipyard in Bath, Maine. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said an inspection that began June 4 revealed 59 alleged willful, repeat and …

Maine’s Northeast Bank Finalizes Deal for Spence & Mathews

Spence & Mathews Insurance is the latest insurance agency to join Northeast Bank Insurance Group, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maine-based Northeast Bank. Founded in 1935, Spence & Mathews has 16 employees located in two offices, in Berwick, Maine and …

New Markets

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New Markets

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Business Moves

INAMAR, ACE Recreational Marine ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, announced that INAMAR, its marine marketing and underwriting division, will now be known as ACE Recreational Marine Insurance. This change in brand name …