Verso Corporation announced this morning (Wednesday, July 19) it plans to permanently shut down paper machine #3 at its mill in Jay. The machine has been idle for most of the year.
Bath Iron Works will lay off 30 employees. However, the company says the cuts are not related to the recent loss of a $10.5 billion contract with the Coast Guard.
I have been working since I was a teenager. I was briefly a paperboy and probably the worst paperboy ever! If I remember correctly, my paper route was around 60 to 70 homes, more often than not my Dad would drive me around to drop off the newspapers. The worst part was trying to collect the weekly fees. Tough job!
What is the highest paid profession in Maine? Well, if you guessed something in the medical field, you would be correct. As a matter of fact, you have to go all the way down to number 7 on the list in the Top 10 'Highest Paid Jobs in Maine" to find a job not related to medicine.