Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine Reporter Sues Ski Area over Accident
Dec 29 2010 // A newspaper reporter is suing a Maine ski area two years after breaking her back while riding inside a giant ball down a ski trail for a story. Rebekah Metzler, of Brunswick, worked for the Sun Journal of Lewiston in June...
Maine Man Wants Coffee Shop Arson Trial Moved
Nov 29 2010 // A 49-year-old Maine man charged with burning down a topless coffee shop wants his trial moved. Raymond Bellavance claims pretrial publicity will make it too hard to find an unbiased jury in Kennebec County. Bellavance is...
Two Maine Fires Blamed on Smoking Around Oxygen
Nov 14 2010 // Fire investigators are warning of the dangers of smoking around oxygen tanks after two fires in southern Maine. According to the state fire marshal’s office, two separate fires earlier this month in southern Maine...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // AIM, Quincy Mutual A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs...
Business Moves
Nov 14 2010 // Ohio Mutual, Casco Indemnity Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) agreed to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is...
Ohio Mutual Insurance to Acquire New England’s Casco Indemnity
Nov 2 2010 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) has reached an agreement to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is expected to...
Maine Court: Injury en Route to Workers’ Comp Hearing Not Covered
Nov 1 2010 // Maine’s supreme court says a workers’ compensation beneficiary isn’t eligible for additional benefits for a car crash that happened en route to a mediation meeting. Kurt Feiereisen, a NewPage employee,...
Maine Courts Fail to Notify Drivers of Suspensions
Oct 19 2010 // Court officials say nearly 300 people continue to drive on Maine roads with suspended licenses after failing to be notified their licenses were suspended. Court officials told the Morning Sentinel that the drivers in...
Maine Court: Injury en Route to Workers’ Comp Hearing Not Covered
Oct 18 2010 // Maine’s supreme court says a workers’ compensation beneficiary isn’t eligible for additional benefits for a car crash that happened en route to a mediation meeting. Kurt Feiereisen, a NewPage employee,...
Maine City: Golf Cart ‘Taxi’ Must Be Licensed, Carry Insurance
Aug 19 2010 // The City Council in Maine’s largest city has effectively put the kibosh on a young man’s golf cart transportation service on Peaks Island. Nineteen-year-old Matt Rand has offered rides in his golf cart in...
Maine Man Arrested for Arson After Posting Burned Car on Facebook
Jul 14 2010 // Photo Courtesy of Belfast Facebook Page A Belfast, Maine, man is facing charges he set a Mercedes-Benz on fire and then posted photos of the burning vehicle on Facebook. Belfast police say 36-year-old Asgard Tarick Gilbert...
The National Alliance Awards 24 Scholarships
Jun 17 2010 // The National Alliance recently presented 24 scholarships to National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW) members at its 69th Annual Convention held in Arlington, Va. The CIC, CRM, CISR, and CSRM scholarships were awarded...
Maine Court Rules City Immune in Plane Crash Suit
Jun 7 2010 // Maine’s highest court has ruled that the city of Lewiston is immune from a lawsuit in connection with a plane crash in 2006 that killed three Lewiston High School students. A superior court judge last year ruled that...
Man Held in South Carolina over Maine Topless Coffee Shop Fire
May 7 2010 // A man suspected of burning down a Maine coffee shop that featured topless waitresses has been arrested in South Carolina. Prosecutors say Raymond Bellavance Jr. was arrested Wednesday in a rural part of Spartanburg...
Maine Company Seeks Workers’ Comp Board Receiver
Apr 16 2010 // One of Maine’s largest employers is asking Superior Court to appoint a receiver for the state Workers’ Compensation Board, saying it has failed to adopt a legally required medical fee schedule and that its...
Insurers’ Group Comments on End of Sessions in Maine, Maryland
Apr 15 2010 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) says the P/C industry made some positive legislative steps in Maine and Maryland this year, although the trade group says it was disappointed with a Maryland law that will raise the...
Maine Workers’ Comp Board Member Pleads Guilty to Assault
Apr 15 2010 // Maine Gov. John Baldacci has directed his chief legal counsel to look into an assault charge against a member of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Fifty-four-year-old Anthony Monfiletto of Portland pleaded guilty last...
Maine, Vermont Tops for Low Car Insurance
Apr 14 2010 // People who live in northern New England have some of the lowest car insurance rates in the country. A survey by Insure.com says the lowest rates are found in Maine, followed by Vermont. New Hampshire and Massachusetts also...
Warrant Issued for Arson at Topless Coffee Shop in Maine
Apr 7 2010 // Maine fire investigators say a former boyfriend of a waitress at a topless coffee shop is being charged with arson for last year’s fire that destroyed the shop and some adjoining apartments in the small town of...
Maine Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman Reappointed
Apr 5 2010 // Maine Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman has been reappointed by the state Senate. Kofman has served as superintendent since 2008, and was nominated for reappointment by Gov. John E. Baldacci earlier this month. Prior to...
