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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 11:32 AM Dec 2014

Closing of Maine papermaker ends a way of life Mill for generations held jobs for Bucksport

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/12/20/bucksport-paper-mill-there-tomorrow/6gfQpGSy5qbV3a1LIIp1GL/story.html?rss_id=Top-GNP&google_editors_picks=true

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BUCKSPORT, Maine — Dan Wentworth left behind more than a job when he finished the final shift on the final day at the Verso paper mill Wednesday afternoon.

Wentworth left behind a way of life.
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