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Milo sawmill will close this month due to rising costs, owner says
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (460+ words) By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Lumbra Hardwoods in Milo is closing this month after 74 years in business. The sawmill can't sustain rising electric and machinery costs, forcing the family business to close, co-owner Stephen Lumbra told the Bangor…...
How tariffs are helping this Maine sawmill but creating uncertainty for others
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1579+ words) By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor Forklifts drove across the frozen campus of Pleasant River Lumber's sawmill in Enfield on a bitter January morning with ease, preparing neatly wrapped stacks of softwood lumber for customers from Boston to Baltimore. Business…...