Belfast-based company secures $85 million in financing to launch manufacturing operation at Madison mill

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Published
December 30, 2021

Belfast-based company secures $85 million in financing to launch manufacturing operation at Madison mill

GO Lab announced Thursday that Cianbro construction will move forward to install three manufacturing lines at the former Madison Paper Industries complex.
Published
July 7, 2021

Maine’s highest court sides with town of Madison in battle over former paper mill’s valuation

The decision ends a years-long battle that has cost Madison taxpayers nearly $200,000 in legal fees.
Published
March 7, 2021

Fairfield man files class-action lawsuit against Sappi paper mill over ‘forever chemicals’

The lawsuit alleges Sappi's Somerset Mill in Skowhegan is the source of the PFAS found in Somerset County water wells and at other sites.
Published
July 22, 2020

East Millinocket buys former paper mill site

Town plans to redevelop the site of the former Great Northern Paper Company mill for industrial users.
Published
May 14, 2020

Private equity firm involved in failed Maine mill project files for bankruptcy

Cate Street Capital was behind the effort to reopen the East Millinocket paper mill with help from a state tax credit program.
Published
January 19, 2020

Sappi Somerset Mill in Skowhegan receives new food safety certification

The certification means the company meets a Food Safety Management Standard that applies to all products produced at the paper mill after its rebuild of its Paper Machine 1.
Published
September 9, 2019

Skowhegan announces new property tax rate

The town's new tax rate has dropped 12.6% from the previous year because the state reimburses the town for exemptions the mill receives under the Business Equipment Tax Exemption program.
Published
August 24, 2019

Fire damages kiln at newly reopened Old Town pulp mill

Two firefighters suffer minor injuries battling the second blaze reported at the Nine Dragons Paper mill this summer.