Meeting Aug. 28 in Gorham

Meeting Aug. 28 in Gorham to discuss the status of the paper mill at Cascades and the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District’s landfill gas-to-energy proposal are (from left, front row) White Mountain Paper Co. mill manager Matt O’Day and special machine consultant Randy Rand, of Maine, and company spokesman Alex Ritchie. Standing in back row, from left, selectmen chairman Mike Waddell, selectman Judy LeBlanc, selectman Yves Zornio and Town Manager Peter Gagnon. (EDITH TUCKER PHOTO)

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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