Jul 14, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Regulations, Industry News, Markets, PLC Members in the News
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — It’s tough enough for American sawmills to compete when the lumber industry is depressed by the economy; it’s still tougher when foreign competition has the competitive edge because of government subsidies. The United States and Canada signed a...
Jul 7, 2011 | Business News, PLC Members in the News
By Matt Wickenheiser Bangor-based Cross Insurance has acquired another Massachusetts firm, the Thomas Gregory Associates Insurance Agency, the Maine company announced Thursday. In March, Cross acquired Mazonson Insurance in Wakefield, Mass. to form Cross Insurance...
Jun 27, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Industry News, LePage Administration, Maine House, News, PLC Members in the News
MILLINOCKET, Maine — A lack of wood is one of several logjams preventing a Chinese investor from buying both Katahdin region paper mills for $1, one of the area’s state representatives says, though industry insiders say the wood’s affordability might be the real...
May 11, 2011 | Industry News, PLC Members in the News
Verso Paper released it’s 2010 Sustainability Report. Click the link below to view the report which features a photo of TCNEF and Northeast Masterlogger Certification Executive Director Beth Postlewaite (page 16 & 17 of the PDF) and Verso’s $100,000...
Feb 10, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration, PLC Members in the News
AUGUSTA, Maine—Gov. Paul LePage has made his nominations for commissioners to head the state’s wildlife and labor departments. The governor said Wednesday that 52-year-old Cheryl Russell of Chester is his choice to head the Department of Labor, while 61-year-old...
Feb 9, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Economics, Maine Legislation, Maine Regulations, PLC Members in the News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Two Aroostook County legislators [Representative John Martin (D-Eagle Lake) and Senator Troy Jackson (D-Allagash)] are criticizing a decision to postpone proceedings against logging contractors accused of violating foreign labor laws until after the...