SUN JOURNAL • December 29, 2024
The mill that has been proposed for the former Androscoggin Mill site in Jay is moving closer to reality, with the hopes of going online in late 2026 or possibly early 2027 if the equipment arrives in a timely fashion. Pixelle Specialty Solutions stopped making paper products at the mill as of March 9, 2023. Godfrey Forest Products of Marblehead, Massachusetts, plans to produce the wood panel product known as oriented strand board on 14.2 of 67 acres at the former paper mill site. Godfrey plans to hire 135 employees to work at the facility. That does not count any trucking, logging, security or supply personnel who will be contracted out or delivering wood to the mill.