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FREEPORT : 4TH OF JULY IN FREEPORT! See the string of Mini Coopers in all their glory and colors and options in the 4th of July parade in Freeport.

CAMDEN : Hartstone Inn Five-Course Dinner Menu for Saturday - July 4, 2009 - Happy Independence Day - Maine Lobster and Asparagus "Lasagna" with Mascarpone Cheese - Cucumber Salad with Baby Greens, Feta Cheese and a Raspberry Dressing - Maine Blueberry Sorbet - Pan Seared Duck Breast with a Cranberry and Pear Compote and Wild Rice $45 per person.

ROCKLAND : Get out of the rain and warm up at Trackside Station, located inside the historic Rockland Train Station, 4 Union St.

The rumble of machinery was coming from the pulp mill early Wednesday morning as boiler stacks billowed and workers, some smiling, headed into the plant after a layoff of more than eight weeks.

Fresh Maine shrimp sauteed with Monterey cheese and served with salsa and sour cream.

ROCKPORT : Girls in fifth through eighth grade interested in reading new books and meeting new friends this summer are invited to participate in A Girla s Point of View Book Club at the Rockport Public Library on Thursdays from 10 to 11 a.m. The first meeting of the book club will be held Thursday, July 9. The club provides girls with an ...

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Every week the federal government hesitates to offer aid to help the bottom lines of companies that own pulp mills, "more Canadian jobs are put at risk," says the national industry association's head.

There was good news in Baileyville today as it was announced that Domtar will be reopening the Woodland pulp mill.

As we reported earlier in the Business Recap , Baileyvillea s Domtar Woodland Facility has plans to reopen on June 22.

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci today said he was pleased with the announcement from Domtar that the Woodland pulp mill in Baileyville will resume production the week of June 22, 2009, with plans to gradually call back all employees who had been laid off.

Canadian papermaker Domtar announced Wednesday that it will restart its idled pulp mill in Baileyville.

MONTREAL - Domtar Corp. will reopen its Woodland pulp mill in Baileyville, Maine, the company announced today.

More than a thousand Mainers who have been laid off from 21 companies from South Portland to Baileyville to Ashland because of unfair trade practices are poised to receive expanded benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Supporters and opponents both see hope from a decision this month on liquefied natural gas in Passamaquoddy Bay.

In the May 16 editorial "Energy Access Worries," the Bangor Daily News got it right when it wrote "second place is as good as last in these sorts of considerations." Those of us who are part of the Maine Jobs First coalition couldn't agree more, especially during these troubling economic times when some of our state's policy leaders are actually ...

Some mill town residents said Monday they would like to have it all - 24-hour police coverage and an active recreation program for their children - but they don't want their property taxes to go up.

Projected rate hikes of more than 84 percent had water users thunderstruck this week as they tried to figure out how they would pay their bills now that the town's biggest employer has shut its doors.

A spokesman for Gov. John Baldacci said Wednesday that the governor was working with the Domtar company and potential investors, but left open the question as to whether the Domtar pulp mill in Baileyville is in the process of being sold.

The governor met with Domtar Corp. officials Thursday to talk about the future of the pulp mill in Baileyville.