Jun 7, 2012 | Business Impact, Business News, Maine Senate, Markets, News
EAST MILLINOCKET – Maine Senate President Kevin Raye (R-Perry) and Senator Doug Thomas (R-Ripley) visited the Great Northern Paper mill in East Millinocket on Tuesday, June 5th, where they toured the mill and met with representatives of Cate Street Capital. Raye and...
Apr 25, 2012 | Industry News, News, PLC Members in the News
By Jen Lynds, BDN Staff PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A Bridgewater man was convicted on Friday on a charge connected to a joy ride he took on equipment owned by a logging company. According to a statement Sunday from the Maine Forest Service, Louis Finemore, 27, pleaded...
Mar 19, 2012 | Business Impact, Maine Regulations, News, PLC Members in the News, Truck Weights
PORTLAND, Maine — Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring… …In the northern Maine town of Fort Kent, TNT Road Co. employees are working shifts...
Mar 14, 2012 | Business News, Industry News, News
updated on Wednesday, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:10 am JAY — Police are involved in what appears to be an early morning standoff and hostage situation inside Verso Paper. At 9:50 a.m. officers from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Jay police could be seen...
Dec 21, 2011 | Call to Action, News, Newsletter
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Nov 18, 2011 | Business Impact, Federal Legislation, News, Truck Weights
The U.S. Senate, tonight, approved the Fiscal Year 2012 Transportation funding bill that includes a provision, written by Senator Susan Collins, that will allow the heaviest trucks to travel on federal interstates in Maine for 20 years instead of forcing them off the...