Oct 24, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage heralded the revival of the Main Street paper mill on Monday as its owners announced plans to hire another 220 workers when they start to make torrefied wood, a coal substitute, there and at...
Oct 21, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Legislation, Truck Weights
By Jonathan Riskind jriskind@mainetoday.com WASHINGTON – The Senate is on the verge of passing legislation that would allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to exit Maine’s side roads and use all Maine interstate highways. The truck weight measure has been long...
Oct 20, 2011 | Business News, Call to Action, LePage Administration, News
By Kevin Miller, BDN Staff HOLDEN, Maine — Maine’s conservation commissioner said Wednesday that he believes state government and the diverse groups invested in the future of Maine’s vast natural resources can do a better job balancing preservation and economic...
Oct 18, 2011 | Business News, Environmental, General
By Beth Quimby BRUNSWICK – A group of Japanese logging professionals is looking to Maine as a model for sustainable forestry methods. The group from Miyazaki Prefecture, on the southern island of Kyushu, is developing a program that certifies its practices as safe and...
Oct 11, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Markets
MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE: VRS) today announced that it will permanently reduce its annual production capacity by 193,000 tons. This will be accomplished by the permanent shutdown of the No. 2 coated groundwood paper machine...
Sep 26, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Regulations, Truck Weights
Full Senate Appropriations Committee agrees to include provision in funding bill that would allow heavier trucks to use Maine’s federal interstates. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The full Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a provision, authored by Senator Susan...