Some say the worst is over. Others worry more paper mill closings will follow last week’s Bucksport announcement. A look at what the future could hold for Jay and Rumford. When news broke 10 days ago that Bucksport’s paper mill would close, Ron Hemingway took to Facebook. “This could be us and we know that,” […]
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Flagger at Rumford paving project struck by tractor-trailer; trucker cited
RUMFORD — A West Paris man was charged Tuesday with striking a construction flagger at a paving site on Veterans Street, police Chief Stacy Carter said Tuesday afternoon in an email. The flagger, Martin Lore, 28, of Rumford, was taken to Rumford Hospital and released, he said. At 2:29 a.m., a 2015 Mack tractor-trailer truck […]
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Police identify contract worker killed in NewPage mill accident
Rumford police Chief Stacy Carter said Munster worked for Somatex Inc., a crane company in Pittsfield, and was doing repair work on a crane “approximately 28 feet in the air when he struck a roof support and fell,” Carter said. Munster was declared dead at the scene by Med-Care Ambulance Services, who were called to […]
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Contract worker killed in accident at NewPage in Rumford
RUMFORD — A man was killed in an accident at the NewPage mill Monday afternoon, according to mill spokesman Tony Lyons. As of 4:30 p.m., the Rumford Police Department remained on scene, while the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified about the fatality. The man’s identity had not been released. Lyons said the accident […]
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Quarter-mile section all that separates Androscoggin River from improved water-quality standard
LEWISTON — On a recent August afternoon, outdoorswoman and Bates College retiree Judith Marden was on the Androscoggin River, in Gulf Island Pond, learning to paddleboard. “I’m not very good at it,” the 69-year-old said with a laugh. The first time Marden tried “I fell off four times. I didn’t worry about falling into the Androscoggin. […]
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Verso Paper clears hurdle toward completing purchase of NewPage
PORTLAND — Verso Paper’s chief executive said the company is closer to its planned acquisition of NewPage, a proposed merger that would create the largest single paper company in Maine. The $1.4 billion purchase would bring together the companies that employ about one-third, or 2,300, of Maine’s paper mill workers at Verso’s mills in Bucksport […]
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Verso CEO says NewPage acquisition still on track
PORTLAND — Verso Paper’s chief executive said his company’s bid to acquire NewPage, the country’s largest coated paper producer, is on track after taking steps to restructure the company’s debt. Verso owns mills in Jay and Bucksport that employ roughly 1,450 people. NewPage owns a mill in Rumford that employs 850 people. More than half […]
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Verso names leadership team to helm company after it acquires NewPage
RUMFORD — Verso Paper Corp. announced late Thursday afternoon that its senior management team will continue to lead Verso after completing its pending acquisition of NewPage Holdings. In January, Tennessee-based Verso and Ohio-based NewPage entered into a definitive agreement for Verso to acquire NewPage for $1.4 billion. That merger is currently held up by the […]
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Peru man starts plumbing business following NewPage layoff
PERU — A Peru man who worked at NewPage mill has started his own plumbing business after he was laid off in February. Derrick Vaughn, who has run Von Plumbing in Peru since February, said he was first hired by NewPage in August 2012 and worked as a plumber in the groundwood department. “I went […]
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Lawmakers grill embattled workers compensation chief
AUGUSTA — The executive director of the state’s Workers Compensation Board, who has come under fire for reassigning a hearings officer at the behest of a paper mill that didn’t like his decisions, defended himself from criticism during a Labor Committee hearing on Wednesday. Paul Sighinolfi was appointed to the post by Republican Gov. Paul […]