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PublishedAugust 8, 2019
Maine paper industry gets a boost, with Jay mill in line for investment of millions
Verso Corp. plans to add products and increase production at its Androscoggin Mill in Jay, where about 500 people work.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2019
State rules Madison doesn’t have to pay $1 million tax abatement to former mill
Madison Paper Industries has 30 days to appeal the decision, but its lawyer, Jonathan A. Block, has not received indication of the company's plans to do so as of Monday afternoon.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2019
Old Town mill hires workers, plans to reopen in August
The mill has hired 130 workers out of more than 1,000 applicants as it gears up to begin producing pulp next month.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2019
Major upgrade of 75 miles of rail will serve Maine’s resurgent paper industry
Pan Am Railways is matching a $17.5 million federal grant in the $35.5 million project to upgrade its main line in southern and central Maine.
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PublishedJune 23, 2019
Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses
The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
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PublishedMay 23, 2019
Finland’s ‘bioeconomy’ could provide roadmap for Maine
Finland's top forestry official paints a picture of her country's push to develop a sustainable advanced economy with a natural resource mix that mirrors Maine's own.
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PublishedApril 10, 2019
Belfast company plans to buy former Madison paper mill for insulation production, employing 110
GO Lab Inc. plans to employ more than 100 people at the former Madison Paper Industries mill, which shuttered three years ago.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Wood product companies get $1.5 million in state funding
Two companies each get a $750,000 grant to develop new technologies in former paper mill towns.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2019
Climate bills call for Maine to reduce emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
Seven hours of testimony provide a glimpse into the scope and impact of proposals to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and motor vehicles.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2018
Next step for Mike Michaud after Congress: His local select board
Never one to stop serving, the former Maine representative with deep ties to East Millinocket looks to help rebulid the mill town.
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