Story Archives of 'Pulp and Paper of America'

Thanks to an Executive Council decision yesterday, New Hampshire is the new owner of about 150 acres of contaminated Androscoggin riverbed near the North Country paper mill complex. And many state officials say that ownership of dirty land means good things for the Granite State. NHPR?s Dan Gorenstein reports.

Barbara Tetreault of the Berlin Daily Sun provides NHPR's John Walters with the latest news about the Mill's possible new owner.

Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson was in Concord yesterday to thank New Hampshire for all the help the state has given his town. After the city was hit by the closure of its main employer Pulp And Paper Of America, unemployment in Berlin has skyrocketed.

Yesterday, the people of Berlin received a major gift and Mayor Danderson joined us in the studio to tell us about it.

The owners of a mill complex in Berlin and Gorham have announced the mills are shutting down for good. Employees who had been on a temporary layoff since late summer are now being laid off permanently. Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson says the mill?s parent company is due to present a reorganization plan to a bankruptcy court on October 26th. Many Berlin residents hope the mills will eventually be sold. Danderson told NHPR?s Trish Anderton the permanent layoffs may help some millworkers get more assistance from the federal government.

North Country officials are reacting to news today that the parent company of two mills in Berlin and Gorham has declared bankruptcy. American tissue filed for Chapter Eleven bankruptcy in Delaware. The two mills have stood idle for nearly a month, and the company owes several million dollars in back taxes. NHPR?s Trish Anderton spoke with Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson.