2022
Woodland mill strike averted with new vote
Over 130 union workers at the Woodland Pulp mill will not be going on strike after all, following a vote to accept a new offer made by the company.
Business & Development
2022
Jonesboro biomass plant set to restart operations
The idle Jonesboro biomass plant is expected to restart in February or March of the coming year, following the sale of the plant, along with six other biomass plants in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, under an agreement approved by a bankruptcy court judge on November 23.
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
Lobstermen struggle with low price, high costs
Downeast lobstermen have been feeling the pinch of a significant price drop from last year and haven't been able to fish some days, as dealers weren't buying lobsters.
2022
Pembroke possible site for mine tailings facility
Pembroke land owned or under option by the mining company Wolfden Resources Corporation is listed in a rezoning petition as a possible site for a tailings management facility (TMF).