Stratton Lumber News Today

KINGFIELD – More than 2 dozen people were in attendance Thursday evening for an informational meeting hosted by Western Maine Mountain Housing. The purpose of the meeting was to inform the public on a proposed workforce housing project that requires approval from the town due to contract zoning. It was the final scheduled meeting held

The employee fell 13 feet in the Stratton Lumber chipper room, suffering a skull fracture and brain bruising.

Stratton Lumber is cited for a lack of safety equipment, which it has since purchased, and ordered to pay more than $71,000.

Weekly Report from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for the week of August 26 - September 1, 2023. All persons charged are innocent until proven guilty. 08/26/2023 1007hrs, Deputy Couture and Sgt. Sholan responded to a report of an unattended death at a camp off from Arnold Trail in Eustis, the cause of death appeared

FRANKLIN COUNTY - In recognition of a housing crisis impacting the communities along the Route 27 corridor in northern Franklin County, a grassroots group of volunteers met together to find solutions. The Western Maine Mountain Housing Coalition was formed of community members and volunteers from Kingfield, Carrabassett Valley, Wyman Township, Coplin Plantation, and Stratton-Eustis. The

SALEM – Mt. Abram is hosting a JMG (Jobs for Maine Graduates)-sponsored STEM Interactive Career Fair on Thursday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Please note: this event, originally set for March 15, was rescheduled to March 16 due to the incoming Nor’easter.) There will be 20 to 30 different businesses highlighted. Each

Carrabassett Valley Town Manager Dave Cota addresses County Commissioners for the regional Workforce Housing Coalition—Western Maine Mountains request for ARPA funding. Behind him from left, Brent West, High Peaks Alliance; Tim Flight and Lloyd Cuttler, Carrabassett; Fen Fowler, Farmington; Sue Pratt, the County’s ARPA administrator; Keegan Cartwright and Barbara Larson, Carrabassett. Also in attendance, but

Kingfield, MAINE – During a tour of the Maine Department of Transportation’s (MaineDOT) Maine Western Gateways Project in Kingfield today, Governor Janet Mills highlighted the importance of infrastructure investments in strengthening Maine’s rural economy.