BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 25, 2023
The long-awaited sale and restart of the dormant Hampden trash plant has been delayed again. The Municipal Review Committee secured ownership of the Hampden facility — which has been closed for more than two years — in August and was set to close on a deal to sell the controlling interest in the plant’s operations to a New York-based investment firm on Jan. 25. But that deadline won’t be met, pushing the parties to the end of their exclusivity period and marking the latest setback in getting the multimillion-dollar facility back online.