2006
Governor offers heritage museum, Boat School hope
Governor John Baldacci came to Washington County on April 22 in his role as cheerleader-in-chief for Maine business.
Business & Development
2006
Challenge to eliminate ISA issued at fish health workshop
At the recent Northeast Farmed Fish Health Management Workshop, Glenn Cooke, CEO of Cooke Aquaculture, laid down a challenge for the salmon farming industry, fish health researchers and government, stating, "We cannot manage ISA; it can and must be eliminated."
2006
Perry ponders yea or nay
Liquefied natural gas agreements between developers and municipalities vary from project to project. The incentives offered range from financial deals to planting trees, establishing parks to building a recycling plant for sediments.
2006
Creative Apparel calls workers back at Eastport facility
Because of recent contract awards and expected awards, Creative Apparel will be bringing back laid-off stitching personnel at all of its plants in Maine, including the company's Eastport facility.
2006
Cooke lays off 90 employees at salmon processing plants
Cooke Aquaculture laid off 90 workers at its Blacks Harbour and Beaver Harbour salmon processing plants on January 27. The company took the action because production has been down in recent years and as part of its consolidation following the acquisition of Marine Harvest's east coast operations.
2006
Cooke to net former Stolt salmon farms
After more than eight months of negotiations, Cooke Aquaculture Inc. of St. George acquired the former Stolt Sea Farm's east coast farming and processing assets during the last week of December.
2005
Quoddy Bay LNG proposal filed with FERC
Quoddy Bay LLC on December 16 filed its pre-application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a $500-million liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Split Rock, Pleasant Point, and a storage facility in Perry.