Nine Dragons Paper Ltd. plans to restart pulp-making operations, which are expected to create or retain roughly 130 direct and 635 indirect jobs related to the business.
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New Hampshire man fatally shot by Old Town police officer
Police say officer Joseph Decoteau was not injured during the armed confrontation following a traffic stop early Thursday, but they released no other details.
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Maine’s paper industry ‘positioned to have a revitalization’
There’s no question papermakers have struggled, but insiders are sanguine as mills adapt to specialty products and the demand for pulp exports soars.
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ND Paper adds to its Maine holdings, buying Old Town mill for undisclosed sum
The U.S. subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings says it hopes to restart the mill early in 2019, creating 100 jobs in the Penobscot County community.
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Two registered sex offenders in Old Town plead guilty to possessing, distributing child porn
One of the men also pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation for posing as a teenager online and persuading two different minors to send sexually explicit videos.
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A Maine man appears on Putin’s list of Americans he’d like Trump to let Russia interrogate
Kyle Parker, who grew up in Old Town, was central to the drafting of the Magnitsky Act, which sanctions Russian human rights abusers.
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New UMaine energy proposal calls for biomass, solar
Honeywell’s plan to provide green power to the Orono campus relies on building a new woodchip-fueled power plant and erecting a solar array.
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Head of UMaine System has financial stake in firm seeking multimillion-dollar contract for Orono campus
The system’s audit committee recommends James Page recuse himself if company linked to James W. Sewall wins the contract to provide energy to UMaine.
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Secret recordings point to improper influence by top UMaine official in lucrative power contract
A university official was said to be coaching ConEdison, the winning bidder for a multimillion-dollar energy deal involving the Orono campus and an abandoned Old Town paper mill.
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Shuttered Old Town mill sold, to be redeveloped for forest-products tenants
The former pulp mill has been the site of a string of failures, but its assets and potential continue to attract entrepreneurs.