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Londonderry Woman Pleads Guilty In Embezzlement Case (The WMUR Channel)
CONCORD, N.H. -- A Londonderry woman, charged in the theft of about $354,000 from the claims management companies where she worked, has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Co-founder of legal firm loved the law
DetNews.com, MI - Jan 8, 2006 in Indianapolis, Mr. Patrick was a graduate of Hanover College and received his law degree from Wayne State University while working as an insurance adjuster.

'Colorado's party bus'
Greeley Tribune, CO - Jan 15, 2006 They figured they'd leave their previous occupations -- she was a cellular phone representative, while he was an insurance adjuster -- after five years in the

Picking up the pieces
Galesburg Register-Mail - Jan 26 10:01 AM
Complete local and regional news, local business directory including restaurants, local classifieds and Central Illinois information.Save to My Web

Tree Explodes Outside Woman's Home In Huntersville
WSOC-TV 9 Charlotte - Jan 13 3:01 PM
A woman in Huntersville says her house still smells like smoke after lightning struck a tree, causing the it to explode and fall on her house.Save to My Web

FEMA reminds residents of Mississippi of deadline.
Picayune Item - Dec 31 11:33 AM
Mississippi residents can still apply for Individual Assistance through the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency until March 11, according to a press release from Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.Save to My Web

Water Main Break Closes Crookston School
WCCO - Jan 18 8:56 PM
(AP) Crookston, Minn. Crookston, Minn. School Superintendent Ralph Christofferson gave students at Highland School the rest of the week off after a water main break flooded the school Saturday.Save to My Web

Officials to probe cause of blaze
Hattiesburg American - Jan 17 8:32 AM
Officials could determine today what started a Saturday night fire that left residents of a Shears Road four-plex homeless. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday delayed the investigation until today.Save to My Web

Homeowners have 2 years to use ICC cash
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 22 12:13 AM
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Answer Spot is an occasional feature that addresses your post-Katrina questions. To submit a question, e-mail it to insurance@timespicayune.comSave to My Web

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips
Insurance Journal - Jan 06 9:22 AM
The Association of California Insurance Companies is offering the following tips for victims of the recent California storms: * Call your insurance agent as soon as possible to report your loss. ISave to My Web

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never

Prosecutors nearly at end of road
Daily Southtown - Former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering and fraud trial is expected to reach a milestone this week when the government rests its case after four months of testimony. Only a few potential witnesses are left an Internal Revenue Service expert on

Family Speaks About Car Crashing Into Their House
WSLS - Richard Brewbaker: She had to be going pretty fast, pretty fast. Too fast to stop in time. The car finally came to a stop- partly in Angie Mitchell and Richard Brewbaker's kitchen. Angie Mitchell: I'm just glad it didn't happen the day before. We


WFTV - COOPER CITY, Fla. -- An

News from around Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer Press - MORRIS, Minn. - The new owners of an ethanol plant here plan to build another one in Stevens County. Diversified Energy Company, or DENCO, was purchased by a Minnesota subsidiary of Brown and Babcock Environmental Investments of Australia. The sale

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never

York Red Cross sets goal for 2006 fundraising
Evening Sun - They must begin again from scratch, but the victims will not take their first steps alone. In 1988, The York County Chapter of the American Red Cross began a fundraising campaign called "Fire Hurts Red Cross Helps." That first year, nearly $5,000

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly
Palm Beach Interactive - An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to

Prosecutors nearly at end of road
Daily Southtown - Former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering and fraud trial is expected to reach a milestone this week when the government rests its case after four months of testimony. Only a few potential witnesses are left an Internal Revenue Service expert on

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly
Palm Beach Interactive - An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to

Ryan faces pivotal decision
Chicago Tribune - The case against former Gov. George Ryan has been called "death by a thousand cuts" in reference to the sweeping charges prosecutors have laid out through more than 70 witnesses in the last four months. This week, with the government expected to rest

City council awfully murky about money
Edmond Sun - A painful event occurred at the City Council meeting Monday. If you were not there or did not see it on TV, then you missed watching the council trying to deal with a moral and ethical problem. The only council member to act appropriately was Wayne

York Red Cross sets goal for 2006 fundraising
Evening Sun - They must begin again from scratch, but the victims will not take their first steps alone. In 1988, The York County Chapter of the American Red Cross began a fundraising campaign called "Fire Hurts Red Cross Helps." That first year, nearly $5,000

AROUND MINNESOTA
Grand Forks Herald - Crookston School Superintendent Ralph Christofferson gave students at Highland School the rest of the week off after a water main break flooded the school Saturday. With cleanup and repairs progressing, Christofferson hopes classes might resume soon

Naples woman escapes injury when pick-up truck crashes into her house
WINK TV - The incident happened Monday night on the 3900 block of 14th Street North in Naples. Joyce Blazier says she was watching television when the truck burst through her living room wall. The suspect was arrested and Blazier is now waiting for the


Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - A 56-year-old

Co-founder of legal firm loved the law
Detroit News - John Corbin Patrick Jr. was a lawyer who lived and breathed the law. Even when his medical condition prevented him from practicing his profession, Mr. Patrick yearned to just sit in an active courtroom to be close to the thing he loved and revered

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 17 10:08 PM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

Couple fed up with trees falling on cars: They want town to let them clear the deadwood
Patriot Ledger - Jan 23 6:42 AM
MARSHFIELD - The conservation commission has told a Marshfield couple that they cant remove several trees from their yard. One by one, storms are doing it for them.Save to My Web

High winds pull roof from mobile home
WALB News 10 - Jan 17 6:36 PM
Albany- More bad weather in south Georgia Tuesday. The thunderstorms weren't severe, but wind gusts did cause damage. High winds peeled the roof off Melva Quimby's mobile home, but Tuesday night she got some unexpected help.Save to My Web

Storm creates a terrifying night
The Times Record - Jan 25 11:12 AM
BOWDOIN - The wind whipped and howled. Branches rapped against the windows, as if begging to be let into the house. It's the kind of weather that keeps Mainers on edge because we know that under those gusty conditions, something has to give eventually.Save to My Web

Mt. Lemmon gripes spur insurance changes
Tucson Citizen - Dec 30 5:43 AM
Two Allstate Insurance Co. units have agreed to new procedures to evaluate coverage needs of homeowners, a move sought by Arizona regulators after consumers' complaints following the devastating 2003 wildfire on Mount Lemmon.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 2:29 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 2:11 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
Aberdeen American News - Dec 30 10:26 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the U.S. attorney's office said.Save to My Web

Mt. Lemmon gripes spur insurance changes
Tucson Citizen - Dec 30 5:43 AM
Two Allstate Insurance Co. units have agreed to new procedures to evaluate coverage needs of homeowners, a move sought by Arizona regulators after consumers' complaints following the devastating 2003 wildfire on Mount Lemmon.Save to My Web

As water recedes, claims pour in
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Jan 04 3:25 AM
Lana Costantini expects to meet today or Thursday with an insurance adjuster at her home on River Drive near the Hacienda Bridge. They will view the flood damage together, and the adjuster will go back to the office to calculate what her flood insurance owes her.Save to My Web

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly, unavoidable
The Palm Beach Post - Jan 20 5:29 AM
An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to reopen schools as quickly as possible, had little choice in the matter.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 21 10:10 PM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:11 PM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 2:11 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

NPA resumes classes today
Arizona Daily Sun - Jan 24 9:05 AM
Ted Briggs, director of Northland Preparatory Academy, said the charter...Save to My Web

After-fire cleanup can pose many challenges, concerns
Bonner County Daily Bee - One of the most challenging things a family can go through is an after-fire cleanup. After the fire is out and a family enters their home for the first time, it seems hopeless because everything is covered with a deep layer of soot and remaining

Naples woman escapes injury when pick-up truck crashes into her house
WINK TV - The incident happened Monday night on the 3900 block of 14th Street North in Naples. Joyce Blazier says she was watching television when the truck burst through her living room wall. The suspect was arrested and Blazier is now waiting for the


Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - A 56-year-old

Co-founder of legal firm loved the law
Detroit News - John Corbin Patrick Jr. was a lawyer who lived and breathed the law. Even when his medical condition prevented him from practicing his profession, Mr. Patrick yearned to just sit in an active courtroom to be close to the thing he loved and revered

Insufficient detectors?
Exeter News-Letter - NEWMARKET - Four of the first five apartment buildings to be inspected in the wake of a November fire that ousted eight tenants from their Exeter Street home have had deficiencies, according to Fire Chief Rick Malasky. Malasky said Wednesday that

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never


WFTV - COOPER CITY, Fla. -- An

Tree Explodes Outside Woman's Home In Huntersville
WSOC-TV - HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- A woman in Huntersville said lightning struck a tree outside her home. She said the tree exploded, sending parts of it flying and falling on her home. Residents in the Cedarfield neighborhood came by to see the destruction and

News from around Minnesota
Pioneer Press, MN - Jan 18, 2006 classes might resume soon. Christofferson met Tuesday with the insurance adjuster and a boiler inspector. A boiler testing company

Tree Explodes Outside Woman's Home In Huntersville
WSOCtv.com, NC - Jan 13, 2006 their eyes. "The head of the fire department and the insurance adjuster -- all said they have never seen anything like it. They

Dairy Queen owner vows to rebuild after fire
Cape Codder, MA - Jan 20, 2006 An insurance adjuster was scheduled to visit the site Tuesday. Harwich firefighters received the call at 6:14 pm after police noticed the fire.

Local radio talk show host Mike Webb fired
Seattle Times, United States - Dec 28, 2005 however, insisted that he had purchased the online policy more than a month before the accident and during an interview with an insurance adjuster, he produced

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 district's insurance provider on Sunday, Christofferson said, adding that teacher Reid Froiland took photographs of the damage to show the insurance adjuster.

Insurance Adjuster Killed Inspecting Wilma Damage
WJLA, DC - Jan 13, 2006 COOPER CITY, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an insurance adjuster from Maryland was killed in Florida while inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma.

Gaining a Foothold
TheHorse.com, KY - Jan 25, 2006 Don Blackburn, an insurance adjuster with Livestock Claims, Limited, in Citra, Fla., discussed the insurance adjuster's role in your claim on your horse's

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 district's insurance provider on Sunday, Christofferson said, adding that teacher Reid Froiland took photographs of the damage to show the insurance adjuster.

Insurance adjuster killed inspecting Wilma damage
Gainesville Sun, FL - Jan 13, 2006 n insurance adjuster was killed when he fell inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma, authorities said. Alon Arad, 56, of Bethesda

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips
Insurance Journal - Jan 6, 2006 can be reached. * Take photos. An insurance adjuster will need to see what's been damaged to process the claim. Take photos of any

Ryan faces pivotal decision
Chicago Tribune - The case against former Gov. George Ryan has been called "death by a thousand cuts" in reference to the sweeping charges prosecutors have laid out through more than 70 witnesses in the last four months. This week, with the government expected to rest


Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - A 56-year-old

Police To Step Up Patrols Around House With Virgin Mary Image
WMTW - MEXICO, Maine -- Police in the western Maine town of Mexico said they'll be stepping up patrols around a home where the likeness of the Virgin Mary was found on a fire-blackened kitchen wall after a fire this week. Sgt. Roy Hodsdon said he is

Fort Worth photographer still clicking
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - AUSTIN Decades later, the words still sting a bit: Harry just doesn t have what it takes to be a photographer, the principal at North Side High School had told the boy s father. He didn t have to wait for graduation to prove the

The Full Story
Register-Mail - GALESBURG - The American Red Cross, 143 E. Main St., is open, but the fate of the building on North Prairie Street where It's Scrap'n Time and the former Nyman Jewelers was located, along with six apartments upstairs, is in the hands of the insurance

Prosecutors nearly at end of road
Daily Southtown - Former Gov. George Ryan's racketeering and fraud trial is expected to reach a milestone this week when the government rests its case after four months of testimony. Only a few potential witnesses are left an Internal Revenue Service expert on

Naples woman escapes injury when pick-up truck crashes into her house
WINK TV - The incident happened Monday night on the 3900 block of 14th Street North in Naples. Joyce Blazier says she was watching television when the truck burst through her living room wall. The suspect was arrested and Blazier is now waiting for the

2 council members won't run
Free Lance-Star - Come July, there will be at least two--and possibly as many as four--new faces behind the dais in Fredericksburg's City Council chambers. Four of the seven council seats will be up for election May 2. They are the four ward seats, now held by Tom

News from around Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer Press - MORRIS, Minn. - The new owners of an ethanol plant here plan to build another one in Stevens County. Diversified Energy Company, or DENCO, was purchased by a Minnesota subsidiary of Brown and Babcock Environmental Investments of Australia. The sale

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never

Johnson: Give-and-take over pain of receiving $14,500 ER bill
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Jan 13, 2006 me? I would be totally broke and homeless.". She is 78 now, a sweetheart. For 20 years, she worked as an insurance adjuster. "You

After the fire, hard feelings smolder
Duluth News Tribune, MN - Dec 28, 2005 Players' claims were given to DAHA's insurance adjuster several weeks after the blaze, the association's executive director, Clarke Coole, said.

Insurance adjuster killed inspecting Wilma damage
Bradenton Herald, United States - Jan 13, 2006 COOPER CITY, Fla. - An insurance adjuster was killed when he fell inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma, authorities said.

Picking up the pieces
The Register-Mail, IL - Jan 26, 2006 Her insurance adjuster has looked at the building and is going to have a structural engineer look at it to decide if the building should be repaired or

Insurers: It's best to stay patient
Sacramento Bee, USA - Jan 4, 2006 damage. "Don't throw anything away. There are things you want to keep, so the insurance adjuster can look at it," Lehman said. If

BLOWTORCH CONFIRMED AS CAUSE OF FIRE
Westerly Sun, RI - Dec 30, 2005 Hildreth, who occupied the first floor of the building, was in tears as the insurance adjuster and Burns walked throughout the building.

Ex-Vesta Insurance Adjuster Accused of Fraud in Ala.
Insurance Journal - Jan 2, 2006 A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges alleging that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the US

Tornado rips through Lincoln
Danville Advocate, KY - Jan 3, 2006 a window that was torn out. An insurance adjuster walked the premises, shooting several pictures. Billy Gilbert, of the Walnut Flat

'Colorado's party bus'
Greeley Tribune, CO - Jan 15, 2006 They figured they'd leave their previous occupations -- she was a cellular phone representative, while he was an insurance adjuster -- after five years in the

Insuring Against Backup Losses (InternetNews.com)
An insurance claims adjuster overhauls its backup and recovery process with help from Asigra.

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday (Crookston Daily Times)
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.

Pen-Elayne on the Web
to get to me... hope that insurance adjuster comes 'round to the auto shop soon, I want my car back! Hey, let's all celebrate Google's refusal to

Confined Space
ticle Insurance adjuster killed inspecting Wilma damage COOPER CITY, Fla. - An insurance adjuster was killed when he fell inspecting a roof damaged by

Insurance and Transport (Mondaq)
There has been much judicial and academic debate in recent years on the scope and effect of the common law rule relating to fraudulent insurance claims.

Londonderry woman pleads guilty in embezzlement case (WCAX 3)
CONCORD, N.H. A Londonderry (New Hampshire) woman charged in the theft of about 354-thousand dollars from the claims management companies where she worked has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Sara Cappadona (Boston Herald)
Sara C. (LaGreca) Cappadona of Kingston, formerly of Dorchester, a retired insurance adjuster, died Monday at Radius Healthcare Center in Plymouth. She was 87. Born, raised and educated in Dorchester,...

Audit reveals Citizens' problems (Miami Herald)
The state's audit of Citizens Property Insurance confirmed many of the problems that surfaced last year after the state-run insurer was overwhelmed by the storms of 2004.

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly
Palm Beach Interactive - An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to

The Full Story
Register-Mail - GALESBURG - The American Red Cross, 143 E. Main St., is open, but the fate of the building on North Prairie Street where It's Scrap'n Time and the former Nyman Jewelers was located, along with six apartments upstairs, is in the hands of the insurance


Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - A 56-year-old

Londonderry woman pleads guilty in embezzlement case (WCAX 3)
CONCORD, N.H. A Londonderry (New Hampshire) woman charged in the theft of about 354-thousand dollars from the claims management companies where she worked has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Trailer catches fire, nobody hurt
The Torrington Telegram, WY - Jan 20, 2006 unrepairable. According to Mansoldo, the insurance adjuster contacted Chris Graybill, local recycler, to demolish the trailer. Graybill

Insurance adjuster killed inspecting Wilma damage
Gainesville Sun, FL - Jan 13, 2006 n insurance adjuster was killed when he fell inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma, authorities said. Alon Arad, 56, of Bethesda

McCarty pursues his passion
ESPN - Jan 19, 2006 athletic glory days are long behind them, where Dart worked for Ajax Orlando in business operations and Cynthia is now an insurance adjuster, they still have

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 district's insurance provider on Sunday, Christofferson said, adding that teacher Reid Froiland took photographs of the damage to show the insurance adjuster.

ACIC Offers Post-Flood Tips
Insurance Journal - Jan 6, 2006 can be reached. * Take photos. An insurance adjuster will need to see what's been damaged to process the claim. Take photos of any

AROUND MINNESOTA
Grand Forks Herald - Crookston School Superintendent Ralph Christofferson gave students at Highland School the rest of the week off after a water main break flooded the school Saturday. With cleanup and repairs progressing, Christofferson hopes classes might resume soon

Insufficient detectors?
Exeter News-Letter - NEWMARKET - Four of the first five apartment buildings to be inspected in the wake of a November fire that ousted eight tenants from their Exeter Street home have had deficiencies, according to Fire Chief Rick Malasky. Malasky said Wednesday that

News from around Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer Press - MORRIS, Minn. - The new owners of an ethanol plant here plan to build another one in Stevens County. Diversified Energy Company, or DENCO, was purchased by a Minnesota subsidiary of Brown and Babcock Environmental Investments of Australia. The sale


WFTV - COOPER CITY, Fla. -- An

York Red Cross sets goal for 2006 fundraising
Evening Sun - They must begin again from scratch, but the victims will not take their first steps alone. In 1988, The York County Chapter of the American Red Cross began a fundraising campaign called "Fire Hurts Red Cross Helps." That first year, nearly $5,000

Recovery rap
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 10 11:06 PM
n a cold, ugly morning in December, Juvenile's tour bus idles alongside a Forstall Street sidewalk littered with roofing shingles, discarded shoes and the rotting carcass of a brown dog.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:11 PM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

After the fire, hard feelings smolder
Duluth News Tribune - Dec 28 1:13 AM
FIRE'S AFTERMATH: Broomball players who escaped last year's fire at Peterson Arena haven't received word of a settlement.Save to My Web

Mt. Lemmon gripes spur insurance changes
Tucson Citizen, AZ - Dec 30, 2005 Insurance companies on average offered about $200,000 less than the cost of rebuilding a house in Summerhaven, a public insurance adjuster working for those

After the fire, hard feelings smolder
Duluth News Tribune, MN - Dec 28, 2005 Players' claims were given to DAHA's insurance adjuster several weeks after the blaze, the association's executive director, Clarke Coole, said.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
AL.com, AL - Dec 30, 2005 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than

Job quest frustrations are voiced
MaineToday.com, ME - Jan 3, 2006 Right out of college, Colin Kelley was earning $40,000 a year as a car-insurance adjuster, but he wasn't using his communications degree.

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 district's insurance provider on Sunday, Christofferson said, adding that teacher Reid Froiland took photographs of the damage to show the insurance adjuster.

Condo board to audit hurricane repairs
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Jan 13, 2006 "Our engineer and public (insurance) adjuster and our board and our attorney are going to go over these items piece by piece," said Bill Withington

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 "That's the best-case scenario right now.". Christofferson met this morning at the school with the insurance adjuster and a boiler inspector.

BLOWTORCH CONFIRMED AS CAUSE OF FIRE
Westerly Sun, RI - Dec 30, 2005 Hildreth, who occupied the first floor of the building, was in tears as the insurance adjuster and Burns walked throughout the building.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
AL.com, AL - Dec 30, 2005 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than

PJ Bremier's Fine Living: Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Jan 21, 2006 If a flood or fire occurs years after the remodel is finished, a shrewd insurance adjuster will deny payment if the job wasn't inspected and permitted.".

'Colorado's party bus'
Greeley Tribune - It gets 4 miles per gallon. It's got a bar, kids' corner and three flat-screen TVs. It once shuttled tourists around Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Now the 50-foot behemoth -- billed as the world's largest double-decker bus -- rumbles across

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never

York Red Cross sets goal for 2006 fundraising
Evening Sun - They must begin again from scratch, but the victims will not take their first steps alone. In 1988, The York County Chapter of the American Red Cross began a fundraising campaign called "Fire Hurts Red Cross Helps." That first year, nearly $5,000

The Full Story
Register-Mail - GALESBURG - The American Red Cross, 143 E. Main St., is open, but the fate of the building on North Prairie Street where It's Scrap'n Time and the former Nyman Jewelers was located, along with six apartments upstairs, is in the hands of the insurance

Londonderry woman pleads guilty in embezzlement case (WCAX 3)
CONCORD, N.H. A Londonderry (New Hampshire) woman charged in the theft of about 354-thousand dollars from the claims management companies where she worked has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Londonderry Woman Pleads Guilty In Embezzlement Case (The WMUR Channel)
CONCORD, N.H. -- A Londonderry woman, charged in the theft of about $354,000 from the claims management companies where she worked, has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Five months after Hurricane Katrina, the block is still dark, lonely (South Coast Today)
The Associated Press is following the rebuilding of one working-class block in New Orleans. This is the second installment in an occasional series.

Neighborhood's recovery at a crawl after Katrina (The Columbus Dispatch)
NEW ORLEANS Dorothy Poydras is busy making up her football pools, getting ready for the playoffs and the Super Bowl at her Broadway Bar. But the action is likely to be meager.

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday (Crookston Daily Times)
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.

Insuring Against Backup Losses (InternetNews.com)
An insurance claims adjuster overhauls its backup and recovery process with help from Asigra.

Picking up the pieces (Galesburg Register-Mail)
Complete local and regional news, local business directory including restaurants, local classifieds and Central Illinois information.

'Colorado's party bus'
Greeley Tribune, CO - Jan 15, 2006 They figured they'd leave their previous occupations -- she was a cellular phone representative, while he was an insurance adjuster -- after five years in the

Wilma's damage forces East Naples small appliance repair store to
Charlotte Sun-Herald, FL - Dec 24, 2005 start over.". Pottebaum got a call from his insurance adjuster this week, telling him that the business was totaled. Wilma's wind

Londonderry woman pleads guilty in embezzlement case (WCAX 3)
CONCORD, N.H. A Londonderry (New Hampshire) woman charged in the theft of about 354-thousand dollars from the claims management companies where she worked has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud.

Insuring Against Backup Losses (Enterprise Storage Forum)
Crawford Adjusters Canada had a number of reasons to go looking for a new backup and recovery solution. For starters, the company's aging backup process wasn't doing the trick anymore, and more and more clients were requiring proof of a solid disaster recovery plan.

Insurance & Technology : Claims Tool Kit
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U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 1:26 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

High praise for Highland recovery, but concerns remain
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:23 AM
Amid the joy and relief expressed by school district officials over the fact that school was back in session at Highland School Monday - and the expressions of gratitude to those who made the school's reopening possible slightly more than a week after a water main break - damage at the school continues to be assessed.Save to My Web

A TAXING ISSUE
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 09 11:14 PM
Amid the welter of post-hurricane headaches, from living in a travel trailer to grappling with the insurance adjuster, Nadim Masri has not given much thought to the new property tax assessment that arrived in his mailbox the other day.Save to My Web

Courthouse Slowly Recovering From Fire
Shelbyville Daily Union - Dec 29 10:52 AM
Slowly but surely the Shelby County Courthouse is recovering from the fire that occurred on October 20. Sheriff Randy Sims who by statutes is the custodian of the courthouse, said the States Attorney and Circuit Clerks offices are now open on the second floor.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 5:28 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

Homeowners have 2 years to use ICC cash
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 22 12:13 AM
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Answer Spot is an occasional feature that addresses your post-Katrina questions. To submit a question, e-mail it to insurance@timespicayune.comSave to My Web

Rain triggers flood of calls of help
CBC British Columbia - Jan 12 3:31 PM
If the rain continues to fall through Monday, Greater Vancouver will set a new record of 29 straight days of precipitation. The prolonged wet weather has flooded West Coast basements, overloaded drains and plugged sewers keeping insurance adjusters, plumbers and home restoration companies busy.Save to My Web

Thomas McCracken
Hot Springs Village Voice - Dec 30 5:46 AM
Thomas McCracken, a resident of Hot Springs Village since 1985, died Dec. 16, 2005, at St. Josephs Regional Health Center, after a brief illness. He was 83 years old.Save to My Web

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly, unavoidable
The Palm Beach Post - Jan 20 5:29 AM
An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to reopen schools as quickly as possible, had little choice in the matter.Save to My Web

High praise for Highland recovery, but concerns remain
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:08 PM
Amid the joy and relief expressed by school district officials over the fact that school was back in session at Highland School Monday - and the expressions of gratitude to those who made the school's reopening possible slightly more than a week after a water main break - damage at the school continues to be assessed.Save to My Web

News from around Minnesota
Pioneer Press, MN - Jan 18, 2006 classes might resume soon. Christofferson met Tuesday with the insurance adjuster and a boiler inspector. A boiler testing company

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times, MN - Jan 17, 2006 district's insurance provider on Sunday, Christofferson said, adding that teacher Reid Froiland took photographs of the damage to show the insurance adjuster.

Union River dredging completed
Bangor Daily News, ME - Jan 6, 2006 Rockland facility. Knauer said the firm plans to reuse the vessel but is waiting for information from its insurance adjuster. On

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Orlando Sentinel - Dec 28 5:49 AM
Flooded autos may arrive rebuilt on used-car lots across nation As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S. Save to My Web

Officials to probe cause of blaze
Hattiesburg American - Jan 17 8:32 AM
Officials could determine today what started a Saturday night fire that left residents of a Shears Road four-plex homeless. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday delayed the investigation until today.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 28 10:43 PM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

When the river rises, residents get out of way
The Mail Tribune - Jan 01 11:33 AM
ROGUE RIVER Steve Pirie sloshed through a layer of silt surrounding his vacation home on Fielder Lane near the Jackson-Josephine county line early Saturday afternoon.Save to My Web

Local radio talk show host Mike Webb fired
Seattle Times - Dec 28 1:06 PM
Liberal radio talk-show host Mike Webb has been fired from his job at KIRO radio after he was charged earlier this month with making a fraudulent insurance claim.Save to My Web

Taking it one day at a time
CentralOhio.com - Dec 29 7:15 AM
COSHOCTON - Henry and Cathy Nichols are living day by day. Their home on Ohio 83 North caught fire Dec. 13 and again Dec. 14. They also recently found out firefighters returned a third time to completely snuff out the fire.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:12 PM
A water main break at Highland School Saturday triggered significant flooding in the building, and it's not yet known when it will be ready to reopen.Save to My Web

Once feds rest, will Ryan take the stand?
Chicago Tribune - Jan 23 5:04 AM
After being tarred by prosecution for months, ex-governor faces pivotal decision The case against former Gov. George Ryan has been called "death by a thousand cuts" in reference to the sweeping charges prosecutors have laid out through more than 70 witnesses in the last four months. Save to My Web

Hopland School damage estimate $2 million to $3 million
Ukiah Daily Journal - Jan 14 3:11 PM
It's only an estimate, but based on the opinion of an insurance adjuster, Hopland Elementary School sustained $2 million to $3 million in damage during the recent flood, Ukiah Unified School District Superintendent Ray Chadwick said.Save to My Web

Hillcrest Building fate still unknown: Contractors to check on whether structure can be repaired (Vincennes Sun-Commercial)
The Knox County Commissioners are still trying to figure out what to do about the Hillcrest Building, which sustained structural damages estimated at $600,000 in a Jan. 8 fire.

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Windstorm Conference Speaker Bailey Predicts Wind vs. Flood Suits Won't Succeed (Insurance Journal)
The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage and what could happen in the market place and to the industry if Mississippi Attorney General James Hood and attorney Richard 'Dickie' Scr

Lonely N.O. block reflects obstacle to recovery (2theadvocate.com)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Dorothy Poydras was busy making up her football pools, getting ready for the playoffs and the Super Bowl at her Broadway Bar. But the action is likely to be meager.

La Vergne family feared worst for pets when home burned (Daily News Journal)
LA VERGNE Lance and Kim Edwards were watching their 13-year-old son play basketball Saturday afternoon at school when a neighbor drove to the gym to tell them their house was on fire.

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Insuring Against Backup Losses (Enterprise Storage Forum)
Crawford Adjusters Canada had a number of reasons to go looking for a new backup and recovery solution. For starters, the company's aging backup process wasn't doing the trick anymore, and more and more clients were requiring proof of a solid disaster recovery plan.

Insurance and Transport (Mondaq)
There has been much judicial and academic debate in recent years on the scope and effect of the common law rule relating to fraudulent insurance claims.

A TAXING ISSUE
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 09 11:14 PM
Amid the welter of post-hurricane headaches, from living in a travel trailer to grappling with the insurance adjuster, Nadim Masri has not given much thought to the new property tax assessment that arrived in his mailbox the other day.Save to My Web

Courthouse Slowly Recovering From Fire
Shelbyville Daily Union - Dec 29 3:52 PM
Slowly but surely the Shelby County Courthouse is recovering from the fire that occurred on October 20. Sheriff Randy Sims who by statutes is the custodian of the courthouse, said the States Attorney and Circuit Clerks offices are now open on the second floor.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 29 2:11 AM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market
Los Angeles Times - Dec 30 12:20 AM
Police and insurance officials are trying to keep thousands of vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina from being resold.Save to My Web

Weather for all seasons: Region hit by swirl of rain, snow, sunshine, clouds, damaging winds
Standard Speaker - Jan 19 7:52 AM
It was spring, summer, fall and winter in a rare collision Wednesday. For starters, most of Wednesday morning was a washout, with warm temperatures and consistent heavy rain from early morning until just before noon.Save to My Web

Your Weather
The Auburn Citizen - Dec 27 6:53 AM
We never thought this would happen...' PORT BYRON - The remnants of a Christmas tree lie limp in a pool of brown water, its gold ornaments still attached. Surrounding it are mounds of muddy debris; dangling pieces of plaster hang precariously above.Save to My Web

Once feds rest, will Ryan take the stand?
Chicago Tribune - Jan 23 5:04 AM
After being tarred by prosecution for months, ex-governor faces pivotal decision The case against former Gov. George Ryan has been called "death by a thousand cuts" in reference to the sweeping charges prosecutors have laid out through more than 70 witnesses in the last four months. Save to My Web

KIRO radio host is let go after felony charge filed
Seattle Times - Dec 29 12:07 AM
Radio talk-show host Mike Webb has been fired from his job at KIRO radio after he was charged earlier this month with making a fraudulent...Save to My Web

Council to bid out improvement project
Mount Vernon News - Jan 24 8:05 AM
MOUNT VERNON City Council passed legislation allowing the city to advertise for bids for the East Chestnut Street Improvement Project, and also heard familiar complaints about noise at North American Segment Company and the Delgouffre sewer backup were aired at Mondays meeting.Save to My Web

Storm creates a terrifying night
The Times Record - Jan 25 11:12 AM
BOWDOIN - The wind whipped and howled. Branches rapped against the windows, as if begging to be let into the house. It's the kind of weather that keeps Mainers on edge because we know that under those gusty conditions, something has to give eventually.Save to My Web

Recovery rap
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 10 11:29 PM
n a cold, ugly morning in December, Juvenile's tour bus idles alongside a Forstall Street sidewalk littered with roofing shingles, discarded shoes and the rotting carcass of a brown dog.Save to My Web

Car fire spreads
Town Online - Jan 05 6:25 AM
Acar fire that began in the garage of a Wayland home last Friday night quickly grew into a three-alarm fire that attracted at least a half dozen fire trucks from Lincoln and Wayland.Save to My Web

Council to bid out improvement project
Mount Vernon News - MOUNT VERNON City Council passed legislation allowing the city to advertise for bids for the East Chestnut Street Improvement Project, and also heard familiar complaints about noise at North American Segment Company and the Delgouffre sewer

After-fire cleanup can pose many challenges, concerns
Bonner County Daily Bee - One of the most challenging things a family can go through is an after-fire cleanup. After the fire is out and a family enters their home for the first time, it seems hopeless because everything is covered with a deep layer of soot and remaining

Tree Explodes Outside Woman's Home In Huntersville
WSOC-TV - HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- A woman in Huntersville said lightning struck a tree outside her home. She said the tree exploded, sending parts of it flying and falling on her home. Residents in the Cedarfield neighborhood came by to see the destruction and

Review finds St. Lucie schools' post-storms cleanup costly
Palm Beach Interactive - An independent review of the St. Lucie County School District's $83 million project to get rid of mold and other hurricane-related damage in schools concluded that the project was not "readily cost-effective" but that the district, under pressure to

Naples woman escapes injury when pick-up truck crashes into her house
WINK TV - The incident happened Monday night on the 3900 block of 14th Street North in Naples. Joyce Blazier says she was watching television when the truck burst through her living room wall. The suspect was arrested and Blazier is now waiting for the

Police To Step Up Patrols Around House With Virgin Mary Image
WMTW - MEXICO, Maine -- Police in the western Maine town of Mexico said they'll be stepping up patrols around a home where the likeness of the Virgin Mary was found on a fire-blackened kitchen wall after a fire this week. Sgt. Roy Hodsdon said he is

Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent Journal - PJ Bremier Have you heard this one? A homeowner is happily enjoying breakfast and admiring his newly remodeled kitchen only to learn that there's a lien on his home and he has to pay the subcontractors twice. Or he pays the contractor only to never

Fire damages restaurant business expected to re-open
Lockhaven Express - CARROLL Members of the Sugar Valley Volunteer Fire Co. took all day to cook up a feast, then found themselves at the Pit Stop restaurant just a half hour before dinner was ready. Nobody was hurt Saturday when the restaurant caught fire at about 3

News from around Minnesota
St. Paul Pioneer Press - MORRIS, Minn. - The new owners of an ethanol plant here plan to build another one in Stevens County. Diversified Energy Company, or DENCO, was purchased by a Minnesota subsidiary of Brown and Babcock Environmental Investments of Australia. The sale

Insufficient detectors?
Exeter News-Letter - NEWMARKET - Four of the first five apartment buildings to be inspected in the wake of a November fire that ousted eight tenants from their Exeter Street home have had deficiencies, according to Fire Chief Rick Malasky. Malasky said Wednesday that

Insurance and Transport (Mondaq)
There has been much judicial and academic debate in recent years on the scope and effect of the common law rule relating to fraudulent insurance claims.

Hillcrest Building fate still unknown: Contractors to check on whether structure can be repaired (Vincennes Sun-Commercial)
The Knox County Commissioners are still trying to figure out what to do about the Hillcrest Building, which sustained structural damages estimated at $600,000 in a Jan. 8 fire.

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday (Crookston Daily Times)
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.

Storm creates a terrifying night (The Times Record)
BOWDOIN - The wind whipped and howled. Branches rapped against the windows, as if begging to be let into the house. It's the kind of weather that keeps Mainers on edge because we know that under those gusty conditions, something has to give eventually.

La Vergne family feared worst for pets when home burned (Daily News Journal)
LA VERGNE Lance and Kim Edwards were watching their 13-year-old son play basketball Saturday afternoon at school when a neighbor drove to the gym to tell them their house was on fire.

Pen-Elayne on the Web
to get to me... hope that insurance adjuster comes 'round to the auto shop soon, I want my car back! Hey, let's all celebrate Google's refusal to

Windstorm Conference Speaker Bailey Predicts Wind vs. Flood Suits Won't Succeed (Insurance Journal)
The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage and what could happen in the market place and to the industry if Mississippi Attorney General James Hood and attorney Richard 'Dickie' Scr

Water main break swamps Highland School (Crookston Daily Times)
A water main break at Highland School Saturday triggered significant flooding in the building, and it's not yet known when it will be ready to reopen.

A red light that doesn't mean stop
Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Jan 13, 2006 was fired up last fall, one observer predicted that the constantly changing messages would be so distracting to drivers that an insurance adjuster ought to set

Clinton Carpenter, a Music Lover Who Completed Mahler's Tenth
PlaybillArts, NY - Dec 29, 2005 Clinton A. Carpenter, an insurance adjuster who wrote an ending for Mahler's unfinished Symphony No. 10 in his spare time, died

Four charged in thefts of statues, desecration
Suburban - Sayreville, NJ - Jan 5, 2006 community of Sayreville. . Murphy said an insurance adjuster will estimate the cost of damage at the cemetery. He expects that

Insurance Adjuster Killed Inspecting Wilma Damage
WJLA, DC - Jan 13, 2006 COOPER CITY, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an insurance adjuster from Maryland was killed in Florida while inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma.

PJ Bremier's Fine Living: Advice on avoiding remodeling nightmares
Marin Independent-Journal, CA - Jan 21, 2006 If a flood or fire occurs years after the remodel is finished, a shrewd insurance adjuster will deny payment if the job wasn't inspected and permitted.".

Trial witness tells of lavish Ryan trips
Belleville News-Democrat, IL - Jan 11, 2006 In other testimony, former insurance adjuster Michael T. Lanham testified that when Ryan's Chicago apartment suffered serious water damage in December 1996

Area consumer protection experts say be wary after home disaster
The Journal News.com, NY - Dec 26, 2005 Broadway habitable. The Calixtos' unhappiness with their insurance adjuster, Executive Adjustment Bureau of 333 Fifth Ave. in Pelham

After-fire cleanup can pose many challenges, concerns
Bonner County Daily Bee, ID - Jan 11, 2006 The property owner, cleaning team supervisor and insurance adjuster should survey the property and its contents to determine what needs to be cleaned.

Ex-Vesta adjuster accused of fraud
Times Daily, AL - Dec 30, 2005 A former Vesta Insurance adjuster has been indicted on forgery and mail fraud charges that she made fictitious claims for more than $220,000, the US attorney's

Gift of joy: Canine bundle of love brings happiness, blessings to
Henderson Gleaner, KY - Dec 24, 2005 errands. "She's a lot of company," the insurance adjuster said, although "I can't get much done with her around, I know that.". Debby

Recovery rap
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Jan 10 11:29 PM
n a cold, ugly morning in December, Juvenile's tour bus idles alongside a Forstall Street sidewalk littered with roofing shingles, discarded shoes and the rotting carcass of a brown dog.Save to My Web

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams
Sun-Sentinel - Dec 28 11:43 PM
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. -- As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law-enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the U.S.Save to My Web

Fire damages Wayland home: Nobody is injured as car ignites garage, starting a three-alarm blaze
The MetroWest Daily News - Dec 30 9:30 PM
WAYLAND -- A car fire that began in the garage of a Wayland home last night quickly grew into a three-alarm fire that attracted at least a half dozen fire trucks from Lincoln and Wayland.Save to My Web

Water main break swamps Highland School
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 19 10:10 PM
A water main break at Highland School Saturday triggered significant flooding in the building, and it's not yet known when it will be ready to reopen.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:11 PM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

Christofferson says best-case scenario would have Highland open by Friday
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 2:41 AM
Superintendent Ralph Christofferson acknowledged late this morning that the approximately 500 third-through-seventh graders at Highland School will likely have the rest of the week off in the wake of flooding Saturday triggered by a water main break.Save to My Web

Insurance adjuster killed inspecting Wilma damage
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Jan 14 12:09 AM
COOPER CITY -- An insurance adjuster was killed when he fell inspecting a roof damaged by Hurricane Wilma, authorities said.Save to My Web

Union River dredging completed
Bangor Daily News - Jan 06 5:46 AM
ELLSWORTH - After a host of delays, a switch in dredging firms and, most recently, a sunken tugboat, efforts to remove sediment from Ellsworth's harbor are finally over.Save to My Web

High praise for Highland recovery, but concerns remain
Crookston Daily Times - Jan 24 10:23 AM
Amid the joy and relief expressed by school district officials over the fact that school was back in session at Highland School Monday - and the expressions of gratitude to those who made the school's reopening possible slightly more than a week after a water main break - damage at the school continues to be assessed.Save to My Web