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...
Nov 11, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulations, Industry News, Truck Weights
Senator Collins convinces House-Senate negotiators to approve plan to allow heavier trucks to use Maine’s federal interstates for at least 20 years WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the top Republican on the Senate Transportation Appropriations...
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 27, 2011 | Industry News
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — One of the last hurdles to Cate Street Capital assuming full ownership of the two Katahdin region paper mills will be crossed Tuesday when the public comment period closes on the transfer of the mills’...
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...
