Madawaska News Archives

ROCKLAND : There were no emergency sirens blaring or lights flashing but the organizers of a rally in support of health care reform were in Rockland last week to state that change is urgently needed.

An informal public information session is being held to inform residents, businesses and communities in the Upper Saint John River Valley that a feasibility study will be conducted to evaluate the need for a new commercial border crossing.

A third commercial border crossing between northwest New Brunswick and Maine is under study.

Fraser Papers Inc. says union workers at its Edmundston, New Brunswick, mill have ratified a three-year contract.

The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway announced Thursday that it is taking steps to sell or abandon its tracks between Millinocket and Madawaska because they are no longer profitable to maintain.

Whether Fraser Papers Inc. shuts down its Edmundston, New Brunswick, sulfite pulp operation, Fraser plans to continue running its paper mill across the border in Madawaska, Bill Peterson, the company's human resources director, said Friday.

Whether Fraser Papers Inc. shuts down its Edmundston, New Brunswick, sulfite pulp operation, Fraser plans to continue running its paper mill across the border in Madawaska, Bill Peterson, the company's human resources director, said Friday.

Members of a legislative committee failed to reach consensus Tuesday on how to address Maine's deteriorating road network, opting instead to revisit the issue again early next year.

Contract Fraser Papers' Edmundston employees to meet Monday as company plans to officially announce mill won't reopen C1 John Pollack Telegraph-Journal Unionized workers at Fraser Papers Inc.'s Edmundston mill may try next week to change their fate.

Whether Fraser Papers Inc. shuts down its Edmundston, New Brunswick, sulfite pulp operation, Fraser plans to continue running its paper mill across the border in Madawaska, Bill Peterson, the company's human resources director, said Friday.

The rib truck is a mobile smoker that parks in the towns of northernmost Aroostook County in Maine and sells ribs, pulled pork, chicken and beans on a strictly carry-away basis.