HERMON — Months after beginning talks with town officials, FedEx Ground has officially confirmed it will move its regional package distribution center into an $8 million facility being built in Hermon. The 85,000-square-foot building will be located on a 12-acre site on Mack Lane in the Cold Brook Business Park, Hermon Town Manager Roger Raymond […]
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Railway involved in Quebec explosion lays off 79 of 179 workers
HERMON — The railway that owns the runaway train that devastated a small Quebec town almost two weeks ago, killing 50 people, has laid off 79 of its 179 workers because of the disaster, a company official said Wednesday. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway workers learned at the close of business on Monday that they […]
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Protestors want to halt oil shipments in Maine
HERMON — Environmental activists demanded a halt to all Maine oil tanker traffic until state rail safety improves during a protest Monday at a freight hauler that owns the runaway train that destroyed much of a Quebec town. Saying that a surge in tankers on state rails was overwhelming an already stressed railroad infrastructure, the […]