Karin Tilberg’s ‘Loving the North Woods’ gives a detailed history of the region’s recent conservation, but misses a few key points.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Tariffs on Canadian goods have increased to 35%. How will Maine be affected?
A pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico exempts the vast majority of imports from the new tax. But the changes will still hurt Maine’s people and businesses, according to the state chamber of commerce.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, River Valley
Rumford paper mill among dirtiest in the country, new study finds
As other mills move away from burning tires as fuel, Maine plants have increased the practice, according to the Environmental Integrity Project, which also says emissions are being underreported. The plants dispute that.
Posted inBusiness, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
About 100 employees affected as Rumford paper mill makes ‘key operational changes’
ND Paper issues ‘temporary layoffs’ to some workers as a papermaking machine is shutdown due to ‘market-related downtime.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Innovation in food packaging boosts Maine’s struggling forest industries
Tanbark Molded Fiber Products in Saco is making clamshell containers for Luke’s Lobster shacks with pulp from Maine trees, the latest reinvention of the state’s legacy industry.
Posted inBusiness
Baileyville mill workers intend to strike
Workers say management has not been bargaining in good faith and filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Fifth annual papermakers heritage celebration set for Aug. 26
On the last Saturday of August, Maine’s Paper and Heritage Museum will bring together loggers, papermakers and more to celebrate the rich history of paper in Livermore Falls.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Maine’s Paper & Heritage Museum grant in jeopardy without matching funds
Maine’s Paper & Heritage Museum will lose a $25,000 grant to repair the building’s foundation if it doesn’t raise the required $25,000 match by end of November.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Maine
Paper mill in Jay is no longer making any paper
A town that relied on paper mills faces a future without them for the first time in more than 130 years.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
Maine’s Paper and Heritage Museum to hold community celebration
The museum will honor Livermore Falls’ heritage with a day of paper making and presentations by descendants of the region’s first papermaker.