Jul 11, 2012 | Business Impact, Business News, Call to Action, Governor LePage
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is encouraging businesses to respond to the 2012 Maine Business Survey, which is available online and pose about 40 questions. Responses received over the next several weeks will help drive future economic policy decisions by the...
Nov 8, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, LePage Administration, PLC Members in the News
Governor LePage & Logging Contractors Discuss Prosperous Future for Loggers New Gloucester – The Board of Directors of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine met with Governor LePage today to discuss concerns they have about the future of Maine’s...
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...
Sep 21, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry Events, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The new owners of the local paper mill toured the facility Wednesday for the first time since buying it last week and announced plans to have it fully operational by Oct. 10, with 215 workers starting to fill a...
Sep 19, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Economics, Governor LePage, Industry Events, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Two days of intensive work culminated late Friday with a New Hampshire investor’s purchase of two paper mills that will employ as many as 250 workers by mid-October and ignite a rebirth of a Katahdin region...
Aug 30, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — A New Hampshire-based investor ended months of speculation Tuesday by agreeing to buy the two Katahdin region paper mills, Gov. Paul LePage’s office said. Cate Street Capital, which describes itself as a national leader...