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PublishedSeptember 21, 2022
Worker who lost 2 paper mill jobs encourages those at Jay
Curtis Brooks of Jay remembers the loss, but says there are good-paying jobs out there.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2022
Jay’s tax rate to remain the same as last year
Select Board sets rate at $20.50 per $1,000 of property valuation.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
Owner of Jay mill to enter agreement to sell to another investment firm
Pixelle Specialty Solutions Holding and investment firm Lindsay Goldberg, announced the pending sale of four mills to H.I.G. Capital.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
OSHA declines to issue fine in connection to Jay mill explosion
The administration did not fine Pixelle Specialty Solutions because no OSHA standard applied, but a hazard alert letter was filed.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Jay paper mill owners file lawsuit against Florida company connected to 2020 explosion
Pixelle Specialty Solutions and related companies claim that on April 15, 2020 a digester ruptured at the Androscoggin Mill as a result of failed welds, holding Trico Mechanical Contractors, Inc. responsible.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2021
Why are so few displaced Androscoggin Mill workers utilizing resources?
Less than 40 of Pixelle's 177 laid-off employees have inquired about workforce training and college tuition resources available to them.
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PublishedDecember 10, 2020
Logging organization disappointed Jay pulp mill will not be rebuilt
Members report a 30% to 40% reduction in wood markets this year.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
Jay mill announces it will permanently idle paper machine, not rebuild pulp mill
Pixelle also announced it has established a $1 million fund to support job retraining for former mill employees displaced as a result of the Androscoggin Mill pulp digester explosion in April.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Androscoggin Mill in Jay to lay off 67 more workers
It is the third time since July the workforce has been reduced after April's explosion.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2020
Jay paper mill reduces workforce again, cuts 51 more employees
It is the second reduction since July, when 59 employees were let go following an explosion on April 15 that destroyed a digester used in the pulp process.
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