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Business & Development

2007

Tribe seeking housing firm for Gates plant

The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point is negotiating to bring a manufacturing firm to produce a modular building system to the plant that formerly housed Gates Formed Fibre Products in Quoddy Village.

2007

Former Mearl plant, longtime Eastport employer, to close

The last commercial natural pearl essence plant in the world will be closing in a few months.

2006

Quoddy Bay, Downeast LNG file with FERC

Two companies seeking to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals on Passamaquoddy Bay filed their formal applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) within a week of each other.

2006

Creative Apparel layoff now permanent; workers hit hard

The layoff of approximately 30 full-time and part-time sewers at the Creative Apparel plant in Eastport is now permanent and is hitting workers hard. "Washington County is the poorest county, but no politician is changing that..."

2006

Port authority eyes cruise ship trade in purchase of land

The Eastport Port Authority will become the new owner of a former apartment building and adjoining land in downtown Eastport.

2006

Cooke vows to reopen Maine salmon plant

Cooke Aquaculture Inc. is committed to reopening a processing plant in Maine, either in Machiasport or Eastport, by December 2007, according to Glenn Cooke, CEO of the company.

2006

Creative Apparel workers face uncertainty with layoff decision

Workers at the Creative Apparel plant in Eastport were informed during the week of July 31 that they will be laid off, at least temporarily, because of a drop in orders...