Nov 8, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, LePage Administration, PLC Members in the News
Governor LePage & Logging Contractors Discuss Prosperous Future for Loggers New Gloucester – The Board of Directors of the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine met with Governor LePage today to discuss concerns they have about the future of Maine’s...
Oct 24, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage heralded the revival of the Main Street paper mill on Monday as its owners announced plans to hire another 220 workers when they start to make torrefied wood, a coal substitute, there and at...
Sep 19, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Economics, Governor LePage, Industry Events, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — Two days of intensive work culminated late Friday with a New Hampshire investor’s purchase of two paper mills that will employ as many as 250 workers by mid-October and ignite a rebirth of a Katahdin region...
Aug 30, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — A New Hampshire-based investor ended months of speculation Tuesday by agreeing to buy the two Katahdin region paper mills, Gov. Paul LePage’s office said. Cate Street Capital, which describes itself as a national leader...
Jul 12, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental, Governor LePage, Maine Legislation
AUGUSTA – A proposal to abolish Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission has been bypassed in favor of a study into the future of the commission, which oversees development in the state’s nearly 10 million acres of unorganized territory. Gov. Paul...