GORHAM — Town officials met Monday night with leaders of the White Mountain Paper Company to discuss the paper mill's economic viability and plans for its success.
The Board of Selectmen and Town Manager Peter Gagnon heard a presentation from longtime White Mountain Paper Co. spokeswoman Alex Ritchie, mill manager Matthew O’Day, of Randolph, and former interim manager and now special machine advisor, Randy Rand, of Maine. Seventy-five people are employed at the mill located in the town's Cascade Flats area.
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