NASHVILLE PLANTATION, Maine—Forty-five employees will return to work early next month when the J.D. Irving Forest Products sawmill reopens nearly four months after shutting down.
Company officials announced Friday that its Pinkham lumber mill, located in Nashville Plantation just north of Ashland, will reopen June 3. Two weeks after that, another 25 employees will return to work at the company's planer mill, which finishes the lumber for customers.
When the mill shut its doors in February, company officials blamed poor market demand and depressed lumber prices brought on by the nationwide slump in housing construction.
The company said the sawmill is now able to reopen for a number of reasons, including increased demand for the quality of lumber produced at the mill.
