FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) – Two Irving-owned mills in New Brunswick will reopen early next month and most of the 110 employees affected by shutdowns this month will go back to their old jobs, but a northern Maine mill remains closed indefinitely.

Mayor Charles Stewart said Tuesday about 25 percent of the workforce at the mills in Doaktown, New Brunswick, may not return.

Earlier this month, the J.D. Irving white pine sawmill and the planer mill value-added center closed temporarily pending a turnaround in market conditions.

Mary Keith, a spokeswoman for Irving, said both mills will reopen March 2 and use 1½ shifts rather than the usual two shifts per day.

Keith said circumstances haven’t changed for the workers at the Pinkham mill in Aroostook County, Maine.

“That mill is down indefinitely,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Napadogan veneer mill that closed last year is preparing to reopen May 1.