SUN JOURNAL • October 29, 2020
When Raymond Parlin got a call at home Wednesday morning to not show up for his next shift at the Androscoggin Mill in Jay on Friday, it was a shock, he said. He was out of a job. His wife, Raelene, under treatment for cancer for two years, broke down. The call was from a representative of mill owner Pixelle Specialty Solutions of Pennsylvania explaining the loss was due to the digester rupture and resulting destruction at the pulp mill April 15. Parlin is one of 67 workers who lost their jobs this week. Another 110 lost theirs in July and September for the same reason. “ I’m going to turn the page and start a new chapter,” he said.