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PublishedMarch 22, 2024
About 100 employees affected as Rumford paper mill makes ‘key operational changes’
ND Paper issues 'temporary layoffs' to some workers as a papermaking machine is shutdown due to 'market-related downtime.'
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PublishedNovember 27, 2023
Innovation in food packaging boosts Maine’s struggling forest industries
Tanbark Molded Fiber Products in Saco is making clamshell containers for Luke's Lobster shacks with pulp from Maine trees, the latest reinvention of the state's legacy industry.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2023
Baileyville mill workers intend to strike
Workers say management has not been bargaining in good faith and filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2023
Fifth annual papermakers heritage celebration set for Aug. 26
On the last Saturday of August, Maine's Paper and Heritage Museum will bring together loggers, papermakers and more to celebrate the rich history of paper in Livermore Falls.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
Maine’s Paper & Heritage Museum grant in jeopardy without matching funds
Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum will lose a $25,000 grant to repair the building's foundation if it doesn't raise the required $25,000 match by end of November.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2023
Paper mill in Jay is no longer making any paper
A town that relied on paper mills faces a future without them for the first time in more than 130 years.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2021
Maine’s Paper and Heritage Museum to hold community celebration
The museum will honor Livermore Falls' heritage with a day of paper making and presentations by descendants of the region's first papermaker.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2021
Trail of ‘forever chemicals’ leads to Maine paper mills
The manufacturing industry, which has used PFAS for decades, faces a reckoning as the state grapples with soil and water contamination.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Upgrading the Androscoggin River under a new bill sparks debate, pushback from businesses
The bill would upgrade some sections of the Androscoggin River to a Class B, adding additional water protections for what was once one of the most polluted rivers in America. Environmentalists and recreationalists support the idea. Businesses that use it as a way to get rid of waste do not.
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PublishedMay 4, 2021
Mills unveils plan for COVID-19 recovery and use of more than $1 billion in federal aid
The governor says her plan is focused on immediate economic recovery from the pandemic, long-term economic growth and infrastructure revitalization.
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