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Edward French

2022

Additional funding awarded for restoring St. Croix alewife run

Efforts to restore the alewife run on the St. Croix River, through a partnership involving federal, state, tribal, provincial and private entities, have been boosted by two large funding awards in a month, with a third award anticipated.

2022

Woodland mill union planning to go on strike

More than 130 workers at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville could be facing a bleak holiday season, after the mill's United Steelworkers (USW) union voted to go on strike, which could happen the week before Christmas.

2022

Union at Woodland mill seeks higher wages, threatens strike

The rising cost of living caused by inflation has led one of the unions at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville to consider calling a strike by the end of this month, if a new contract with higher wages is not agreed to by the company.

2022

Stored Solar bankruptcy filing stirs questions

The bankruptcy filing by the company that owns an idle Jonesboro biomass plant and received millions in state subsidies, while not paying logging contractors, has some hoping that the development could lead to a restarting of the plant.

2022

Fish lift to help restore alewife run on St. Croix River

Efforts to restore the alewife runs on the St. Croix River, which once supported one of the largest runs of alewives in the northeastern U.S.

2022

Vietnam veteran relates wartime experiences to honor soldiers

Two recently published books by a Vietnam veteran who is a part-time Whiting resident relate not only his experiences but those of other veterans during the war.

2022

Private schools’ public funding raises concerns

The lack of financial accountability for so-called "private" high schools in Maine that actually receive most of their monies through public funding is troubling to some public education leaders and legislators, who point to financial abuses at private schools that have ranged from thousands of...