AUBURN — City Manager Howard Kroll said Monday that he met the City Council’s budget preference with a $39.2 million spending plan, but there will be costs. “All departments were tasked with presenting an overall city budget that shows 0.7 percent or less,” Kroll said a special council workshop Monday night. “I can honestly say […]
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Paper mill’s temporary layoffs set to begin
MADISON — A paper mill is set to begin a temporary layoff of many of its employees as it cuts production. Company officials say Madison Paper Industries will close from Saturday until about Feb. 9. The company employs about 220 people and company representatives have declined to say exactly how many will be out of […]
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University of Southern Maine president reverses layoff of a dozen faculty members
PORTLAND (AP) — The president of Maine’s second-largest university is backing off 12 faculty layoffs that prompted weeks of protests. University of Southern Maine President Theodora Kalikow said Friday that she is open to alternative ways to find $14 million in cuts. The university’s faculty senate is due to present Kalikow with a 27-item list […]
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Lincoln paper mill layoffs due to contract lost to Indonesian firm
LINCOLN — Lincoln Paper & Tissue has revealed in a federal document that it was more than a boiler explosion that led to the recent decision to lay off 200 millworkers — the loss of a major customer also influenced the decision. The company on Dec. 16 filed a petition with the U.S. Department of […]
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BIW to lay off 118 workers
BATH (AP) — More than 100 Bath Iron Works employees are expected to be laid off this week. Dan Dowling, president of Local S6, told the Times Record newspaper that 50 preservation technicians, 27 pipefitters and 41 shipfitters will lose their jobs by Dec. 20. BIW’s communications director Jim DeMartini says the company will work […]
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Bath Iron Works to lay off 39
BATH – Thirty-nine pipefitters at Bath Iron Works are scheduled to be laid off effective Nov. 18, company and union officials confirmed Friday. Dan Dowling, president of Local S6 of the Machinists union, which has approximately 3,400 members, said he was notified Friday of the layoffs, The layoffs are the result of “the cyclical nature […]
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DeLorme lays off 10 as focus shifts from mapping to GPS products
YARMOUTH — DeLorme, the company well-known for its trusty Gazetteer and other traditional mapping products, has laid off 10 people as it continues a transition to selling high-tech GPS products, according to a company spokeswoman. The layoffs are not a sign of trouble at the Yarmouth-based company, according to Kim Stiver, DeLorme’s vice president of […]
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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 […]