Fourth-grade students from Carrie Ricker Elementary School visited Smithfield Plantation nature preserve in Litchfield on Friday.
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Posted inThe Penobscot Times
Report: State has shortage of loggers, log truckers
The shortage of loggers and log truckers will grow and could hinder the growth of the $8.5 billion forest products industry in the state if wage growth does not occur,
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Posted inObituaries, sj-web
James S. Johnston
PORTLAND — James S. Johnston, 66, of Bryant Pond, passed away Sunday, June 24, at Maine Medical Center in Portland. He was born Aug. 3, 1951, in Lynn, Mass., a son of, William J. and Grace A. (Cameron) Johnston. He attended Lynn, Mass., schools, graduating from Classical High School. Before moving to Maine and settling in […]
Posted inBusiness, New England, sj-web
New England lumberjacks becoming an endangered species
GREENSBORO, Vt. — In the snowy woods of northern New England and other forested parts of the country, the lumberjack is an endangered species. As markets for forest products change and high-tech machinery replaces chain saws, which themselves replaced the ax, a generations-old way of life is disappearing, one that historically saw fathers pass on […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Eating with the last of the logging camp cooks
OFF THE GOLDEN ROAD, Maine — One can read the history of Maine’s North Woods in a pot of beans. Lumber barons have come and gone, their vast tracts of land bought, sold and sold again. Actual horse power has been replaced by motors, and handsaws have bowed to chain saws, skidders and mechanized harvesters […]
Posted inRiver Valley, sj-web
Logging crew will repair Roxbury ATV trail damage
ROXBURY — Officials with a logging operation accused Tuesday night of destroying a local all-terrain vehicle trail that underwent a lot of maintenance, told a selectman they would fix the damage. Selectman Michael Worthley said early Thursday morning via Facebook that he spoke with Wagner Forest Management since Tuesday night’s selectmen meeting and learned that […]
Posted inOxford Hills, sj-web
Woodsmen chop through the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — David Clement and Don Winslow leaned forward slightly in their chairs from the announcers’ box in the grandstand, overlooking the woodsmen about to burst into action upon their countdown. It’s a view they shared together at the annual Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day — a host of chopping, sawing and ax-throwing competitions, showcasing the […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Woodsmen chop through the Fryeburg Fair
FRYEBURG — David Clement and Don Winslow leaned forward slightly in their chairs from the announcers’ box in the grandstand, overlooking the woodsmen about to burst into action upon their countdown. It’s a view they shared together at the annual Saco Valley Woodsmen’s Field Day — a host of chopping, sawing and ax-throwing competitions, showcasing the […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Logging accident caused Saturday outage in Washington County
COLUMBIA — A logging accident was responsible for a power outage that left more than 5,000 Emera Maine customers in Washington County without electricity for a couple of hours Saturday, utility officials said Sunday. The power outage was caused when logging activity contacted a power line between Epping and Columbia Falls, near Epping Road, Emera […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Benefit dinner/dance planned for injured logger
RUMFORD — A benefit dinner and dance will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Rumford Eagles Club to raise money for resident Lloyd Billings, who was injured in a logging accident in May. Jim Peterson, a friend of Billings and responsible for helping organize the benefit, said Billings was injured while […]