BUCKSPORT – An unidentified truck driver was hospitalized with injuries believed to be non-life threatening after his tanker carrying several thousand gallons of clay slurry collided with a freight train at the Verso paper mill on Saturday, a company spokesman said. The train was moving at a slow speed away from the mill when the […]
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16-year-old Bucksport girl faces charges in crash that claimed life of 15-year-old friend
BUCKSPORT (AP) — A 16-year-old Bucksport girl is facing charges in connection with a crash six months ago that took the life of her 15-year-old passenger. Prosecutors say the girl has been summoned to juvenile court to face charges of manslaughter and aggravated driving to endanger. She is expected to appear in court in May. […]
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Bucksport woman pleads guilty to stealing $3M
BANGOR (AP) — A Bucksport woman has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $3 million from the bank where she worked for eight years. Federal prosecutors said 62-year-old Lynn Bowden pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to embezzlement and tax charges. Prosecutors say while working as a wealth management officer for Merrill Merchants […]
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Bucksport trailer damaged in Friday morning fire
BUCKSPORT — More than 30 firefighters fought a fire at Sherwood Forest Mobile Home Park on Friday morning, officials said. Bucksport and Orland crews were dispatched to the scene shortly before 9 a.m., according to Bucksport firefighter Jared Bowden. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke inside the double-wide trailer, Bowden said, but no fire was […]
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Verso to shut down Bucksport Mill for 2 weeks; Jay not affected
Verso Paper Corp. will temporarily shut down its Bucksport Paper Mill for two weeks beginning Thursday due to the high cost of natural gas and not enough paper orders, Bucksport Mill spokesman William Cohen said Monday. There are no plans to idle Verso Paper’s Androscoggin Mill in Jay, spokeswoman for that mill, Cherilee Budrick, said […]
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Sale of NewPage gives hope to workers, industry
The announcement of the sale of NewPage Holdings Inc. to Verso Paper on Monday has given people in the industry and associated parties hope that a stronger paper company will emerge. Verso Paper plans to buy NewPage’s seven mills in the United States, including the Rumford mill, for $1.4 billion. The deal, subject to regulatory […]
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Families sponsor Christmas for others in the Ellsworth area
ELLSWORTH — Each December, when stores along High Street and across the country fill with holiday shoppers, the basement of the Emmaus House, a homeless shelter that sits in a nondescript brick building in the heart of downtown Ellsworth, fills with toys. Barbies, transformer action figures, art supplies, coloring books, board games, hats and gloves […]
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Fire in Bucksport likely caused by battery charger malfunction
BUCKSPORT — A fire on Bucks Mills Road left a house with several thousand dollars in damage, though no one was injured, according to a Bucksport dispatcher. Fire departments from Bucksport and Orland responded to a 911 call just after midnight Friday. They had the fire out within minutes, but stayed on the scene until […]
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Western Class D Football Championship: Bucks had no answers for Flaherty, Washburn
PORTLAND — There was no backfield-by-committee on Saturday for Oak Hill. No hemming, hawing and breaking into a cold sweat on this most January of November days about what plays to run, either. The Raiders entered Fitzpatrick Stadium and the Class D football championship with not even the hint of an identity crisis. Oak Hill […]
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Police still investigating Bucksport car crash that killed 15-year-old girl
BUCKSPORT — Police say they still are investigating a car accident that killed 15-year-old Taylor Darveau on Thursday evening. The Ellsworth Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office are working with the Bucksport Police Department to determine the cause of the accident using electronic mapping techniques, photographs of the scene and interviews with witnesses. […]