2024
Solar farm projects downsize to comply with new Maine law
A 2023 change in Maine law means that two of four Nexamp solar farm projects in Washington County will lose over half of their generating capacity when online.
Business & Development
2023
St. Stephen hotel plans halted, as contractors take legal action
St. Stephen might need a new developer to build a hotel. Local businessman Tom McFarlane announced more than a decade ago that his company, Spur Line Properties Inc., would build a Best Western hotel with restaurant and other amenities on the St. Croix riverbank.
2023
Construction under way of 30 turbines for Downeast Wind
Washington County is closer to seeing 30 wind turbines erected by Apex Clean Energy. The Virginia based company through its subsidiary Downeast Wind began the process in 2015.
2023
Three unions at Woodland Pulp mill go on strike
Eighty workers belonging to three local unions at the Woodland Pulp mill went on strike this week, after rejecting the company's contract offer.
2023
Salmon escape raises concerns about seals, risk to wild fish
The recent escape of 50,000 juvenile salmon from a fish farm off Cutler has again raised concerns about the risks posed to wild Atlantic salmon by net-pen aquaculture.
2023
First commercial operation of heat-treating system conducted
The first commercial-scale operation of a heat-treating system for wood chips for overseas shipment occurred at the Port of Eastport on July 27 and 28. The phytosanitation of 40 tons of southern yellow pine chips was conducted by Phyto-Charter Inc.
2023
After conveyor belt accident port rallies to unload wood chips
The second wood chip shipment imported through the Port of Eastport this year soon ran into a problem with the port's bulk conveyor system, but quick action and support from area contractors led to the unloading operation not taking much longer than had been expected.