EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Great Northern Paper Co. issued federally-mandated layoff notices to workers at its idled local mill Friday, informing them they will now qualify for government-sponsored retraining. The federal Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification to workers 60 calendar days in advance […]
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East Millinocket official hopes GNP auction in neighboring town may spur mill restart
EAST MILLINOCKET — A town leader expressed hope Friday that the auction at Great Northern Paper Co. LLC will pay the company’s tax debt to Millinocket and would help restart GNP’s local paper mill. “I think it will tie up some of the loose ends in Millinocket. I am hoping that it gets our mill […]
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Restart of East Millinocket mill delayed as firms clash on electricity agreement
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Negotiations between two companies over electricity sales that would help restart a local paper mill have devolved into finger-pointing and delayed indefinitely the mill’s resumption of production, officials said Wednesday. Brookfield Asset Management’s attorney said that Great Northern Paper Co. LLC officials have refused to divulge financial information critical to the […]
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LePage signs bill aimed at helping East Millinocket paper mill
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill that aims to restore more than 200 jobs lost at a paper mill in East Millinocket. The bill signed by the Republican governor this week aims to allow the owner of the Great Northern Paper mill to receive revenue from the sale of energy […]
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East Millinocket lays off 4 in response to mill’s nonpayment of tax debt
EAST MILLINOCKET — Town leaders have laid off four town workers and rewritten a job description for a fifth due to Great Northern Paper Co. LLC’s nonpayment of its $657,900 property tax bill, officials said Thursday. Two full-time Police Department positions, a part-time fill-in and a full-time “floater” in the Public Works Department were cut. […]
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Great Northern Paper to lay off 212 workers in East Millinocket
EAST MILLINOCKET — Great Northern Paper Co. LLC will lay off 212 of its 256 workers at its already idled Main Street facility as the company continues efforts to improve its efficiency, a company spokesman said Thursday. “We understand this temporary work stoppage will be difficult for employees. This is a different course than expected […]
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Powerball winner’s family doesn’t want Schenck High School renamed for them
EAST MILLINOCKET — The Mackenzies don’t want Schenck High School named after their family. The idea to change the school’s name was put forward by resident Paul Baker, a retired millworker, in a Jan. 3 letter to the school committee. But in a brief statement to the Bangor Daily News by a Facebook instant message, […]
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East Millinocket mill to halt production for up to 16 weeks
EAST MILLINOCKET — High production costs and plummeting market prices have forced Great Northern Paper Co. LLC to halt production at its Main Street mill for as many as 16 weeks as the company creates a new business plan. The temporary shutdown commenced when the afternoon shift finished Thursday, GNP spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne said. The […]
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Feds, state offered tax breaks and loan guarantee to reopen East Millinocket paper mill
Cate Street Capital had never before run a paper mill, and arguably the company’s biggest reason for coming to Maine is to try a commercial untested technology without contractually guaranteed customers or suppliers. But the New Hampshire investment group, its subsidiaries and its investors have received at least $142 million in tax breaks and a […]
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Inspired by death of Joyce McLain, Medway lawmaker to submit ‘cold case’ bill to address unsolved homicides
EAST MILLINOCKET — Spurred by a 33-year-old unsolved homicide, Rep. Steve Stanley, D-Medway, plans to submit a bill authorizing Maine’s attorney general to reassign cold cases from originating law enforcement agencies to others who might solve them, he said. The bill’s language hasn’t been written yet, but a title for it — a statement of […]