Census Bureau, which reports a decline of 97,052 cords of pulpwood consumed in 1995 to 72,321 in 2010. and abroad, and stricter environmental regulations.Д¬onsumption of pulpwood and paper production are down in the U.S., according to the U.S. Industry executives say the paper industry faces many challenges вЂ“ including increased energy costs, increasing competition in the U.S. Meanwhile, parent company Sappi has placed more emphasis in recent years on production of wood pulp to be used in the textile market. The company recently announced cutbacks of 5 percent of its workforce nationwide because of the challenging market and a need to reduce costs. In Skowhegan, residents recently approved appropriating $300,000 for appraisal costs and legal fees if the town cannot come to an agreement with Sappi Fine Paper, the townвЂ™s largest property taxpayer, on a new valuation. The potential changes also have several communities worried about the state of the paper industry вЂ“ raising fears that the depreciating value of the mill buildings, property and equipment may signal the declining value of the product the mills produce and the uncertain future of the jobs they provide. Mill towns across Maine are facing the possibility that property tax shifts could occur, leaving residents with more to pay in the wake of lower valuations for industry. The Morning Sentinel prices are: $1.30 daily, $2.30 Saturday/Sunday вЂњWeekend EditionвЂќ.Madison homeowners are not alone in looking at a potential tax increase depending on whether the next tax assessment, which is usually finished by early August, means lower taxes for their local paper mill. In December 2009, the newspaper was criticized for firing one of its journalists who had made negative remarks about the gay-rights group Human Rights Campaign.

Frank Blethen, a descendant of Seattle Times founder Albert Blethen, a Maine native, later called the purchase 'the largest and riskiest investment in our history' but a necessary move to keep the newspapers from becoming part of a corporate chain. Gannett and his heirs-no relation to the Virginia-based chain called Gannett Company-held the three Maine dailies until 1998, when they sold them to The Seattle Times Company, which rechristened the chain ' Blethen Maine Newspapers'. Gannett's ownership also saw the paper become less politically biased. His holdings included the Portland Press Herald and, after 1929, the Sentinel's in-county competitor, the Kennebec Journal. In 1911, a financially ailing Davis sold the paper to bond holders ten years later, it was bought by Guy Gannett, who was in the process of building a newspaper, radio and television empire in Maine. Murphy-the Waterville Morning Sentinel, within a year, grew from a three-desk operation to requiring its own building, on Silver Street. Eugene Thayer, leavened by newspaper veteran Thomas F. Senator Charles Fletcher Johnson and future mayor L. Founded in 1904 by officials of the Waterville Democratic Party-Waterville mayor Cyrus Davis future U.S.

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