Workers say management has not been bargaining in good faith and filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Posted inSports
Tough guy Dick Butkus stood apart in the City of Big Shoulders
The Chicago native was a human sledgehammer as a Hall of Fame linebacker with the Bears in the 1960s and ’70s.
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Posted inEvents
Register here for Waterville’s Mayoral Debate happening Oct. 19
On Thursday, Oct. 19, 6-7 p.m., the two candidates running for mayor of Waterville will participate in a debate at Thomas College.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Company planning to purchase Jay paper mill hopes to close deal by Dec. 31
JGT2 Redevelopment plans to restart the cogeneration plant and sell power while redeveloping the mill site.
Posted inMaine
Contaminated farm in Unity to become PFAS research site
Songbird Farm is one of a growing number of farms found to be contaminated with so-called forever chemicals from sludge fertilizer spread on fields, once a common, state-sanctioned practice.
Posted inMaine
In photos: Looking back as summer draws to a close
Some people call it ‘local summer,’ the period after many summer tourists have gone but before foliage tourists arrive. The sun sets earlier and school has started, but the days are still warm – and often glorious. Portland Press Herald photographers capture its essence in this photo gallery.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
N.Y. commercial fisherman convicted of exceeding fish quotas by 200,000 pounds
He was accused of falsifying records to sell illegal fluke and black sea bass worth nearly $900,000 between 2014 and 2017.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Edgecomb man charged with murder in toddler’s Christmas morning death
Tyler Witham-Jordan, 29, was charged Friday with killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, Makinzlee Handrahan, more than nine months after authorities ruled her death a homicide.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trump’s lawyers seek to halt civil fraud trial, block ruling dissolving his real estate empire
The judge’s ruling last week calls for dissolving companies that control some of the former president’s most prized assets, including Trump Tower.
Posted inFood, Outdoors
Before hitting the 100-Mile Wilderness, Appalachian Trail hikers tell tales of hunger
Shaw’s Hiker Hostel in Monson serves a bountiful breakfast that’s legendary among hikers.