After 57 years, the Androscoggin paper mill will close in 2023. The mill was built by International Paper in 1965, but the town of Jay has been making paper in several mills since 1888. Here’s a brief history of the mill over the last five decades. 1965 International Paper, then the largest paper company in […]
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Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Maine
Jay paper mill to close in early 2023
Gov. Janet Mills issued a statement saying the state offered its support to try to keep the mill open, but company leaders said there was nothing they could do.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Summit Natural Gas request for higher rates has some Mainers fuming, questioning
A decade since the company came to the state, enthusiasm for the energy provider has been dampened by high costs and slow service expansion.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Rinck earns four Golden Arrow awards from Maine Public Relations Council
LEWISTON — Rinck Advertising recently won four Golden Arrow awards from the Maine Public Relations Council. The annual awards recognize the best work of communications, public relations, and marketing professionals, in addition to student practitioners, based in Maine. Entries were scored by the Public Relations Society of America chapter in Phoenix, Arizona. Rinck earned a gold […]
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Auburn council postpones residential rezoning until November
The city will use the time to schedule more informational sessions on how the new zoning type will impact neighborhoods surrounding the Court Street area.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Lobstering group appeals decision in lawsuit over whale-protection rules
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says the new regulations are based on faulty science, and is now attempting to take that argument to a higher court.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
More Mainers have health insurance, census finds
The uninsured rate declined from 8% to 5.7% from 2019-21 after Maine expanded Medicaid, and is now about half what it was a decade ago.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year against everything from the British pound across the Atlantic to the South Korean won across the Pacific.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Denny’s restaurant in Portland permanently closes
A spokesperson for the restaurant chain told News Center Maine the building at 1091 Congress St. has been sold.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Immigrants may hold a key to solving Maine’s labor shortage
As more people leave the state’s workforce than enter it, new Mainers may play a vital role in filling the gaps.