Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Landlord in Maine Fire That Killed Six Begins Jail Sentence
Aug 28 2018 // The owner of a Maine apartment where six people died in a fire has begun serving his jail sentence for a safety code violation. Fifty-two-year-old Gregory Nisbet reported to Cumberland County Jail Wednesday. He was...
Another Use for Drones: Investigating Car Wrecks
Aug 13 2018 // When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois, last month, they looked to the sky for help. Like a growing number of police agencies...
Hub Acquires Assets of Maine’s Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Kilbride & Harris Insurance Services LLC. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in South Portland, Maine, Kilbride...
Maine to Get More Than $1M in FEMA Aid for Severe Fall Storm
Aug 2 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has obligated more than $1 million in assistance to Maine stemming from a severe storm and flooding last fall. The agency says the storm impacted 13 of the state’s 16...
NTSB Says Plane Reported Loss of Power Before Rural Maine Crash
Aug 2 2018 // The National Transportation Safety Board says a twin-engine propeller aircraft reported a loss of power right before a crash that killed three people. A spokesman for the NTSB said the plane, called an Aerostar AEST, was...
Fire at Historic Maine Fairground Blamed on Electrical Malfunction
Jul 16 2018 // The Maine Fire Marshal’s office says the blaze that destroyed two buildings and damaged several others at a historic fairground was accidental. Fire investigators said that the fire at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds was...
The MEMIC Group Promotes Pitts to Associate Underwriter in New Hampshire
Jul 13 2018 // To support continued growth within the New Hampshire market, Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Douglass Pitts to associate underwriter. Before joining The...
Maine, EPA, Tribes Spar Over Water Quality Rules
Jul 10 2018 // The state of Maine is locked in a legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a pair of American Indian tribes about the way clean water standards apply in and around tribal lands. Maine is arguing in...
Maine Governor Vetoes Bills, Calls for Minimum Wage Slowdown
Jul 6 2018 // Maine’s Republican governor has vetoed bills ranging from insurance coverage for hearing aids to help for homeless opioid users. Gov. Paul LePage vetoed 13 bills Tuesday. Lawmakers are set to return Monday facing...
Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
Jul 2 2018 // The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use of medical marijuana under the Maine workers’ compensation system because federal law preempts state...
Declarations
Jul 2 2018 // Medical Marijuana “Prosecuted or not, the fact remains that Twin Rivers would be forced to commit a federal crime if it complied with the directive of the Workers’ Compensation Board.” — Maine...
Missouri Brewing Company Wins Trademark Lawsuit Brought by Maine Brewer
Jun 28 2018 // A judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri-based brewery in a lawsuit alleging the company copied the name and can design of a Maine-based brewery’s signature export ale. U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey ruled in...
Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use
Jun 19 2018 // The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use of medical marijuana under the Maine workers’ compensation system because federal law preempts state...
More Employers Adopting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy for Marijuana Use
Jun 18 2018 // FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are...
Maine Individual Insurers Seek Nine Percent Rate Hike
Jun 11 2018 // Two insurers on Maine’s individual health insurance market are requesting lower-than-expected rate increases for 2019. Portland Press Herald reports the insurers are requesting average rate increases of over 9...
People
May 21 2018 // Woodruff Sawyer has expanded its New England office’s leadership structure due to growth it has seen in the past two years. As part of this initiative, it has positioned its three leaders in roles that designed to...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Hires Heal, Promotes Flaherty and Wintle
May 15 2018 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-based workers’ compensation specialist, has appointed Lara Heal to director of Managed Care Services as well as promoted Karen Flaherty to director of Financial Operations and...
Landlord in Fatal Maine Apartment Fire to Pay $300K Settlement
May 14 2018 // A landlord who was sentenced to prison following a fire that killed six people in Maine has agreed to pay close to $300,000 in settlements to the victims’ families. The Bangor Daily News reports Gregory Nisbet will...
Maine’s MEMIC Appoints Parks as Safety Management Consultant
May 8 2018 // MEMIC, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation specialist, has appointed Barrett Parks to the position of safety management consultant. Parks has worked as a logger, equipment operator, technical high...
Maine’s The MEMIC Group Promotes Carmody to Northeast Claims Director
Mar 16 2018 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group has promoted Michael Carmody to claims director of the northeast region, which includes MEMIC’s New Hampshire, Connecticut and New York offices. Carmody began...
