Needed ............
Volunteers
Volunteers needed for various projects at the
Eastern Maine Labor Temple
Need electrical work upgrades in
building
Volunteers needed for various projects at the Hall.
This Hall belongs to all members, there is a lot of work to make this Hall our
show piece and we could use help from our Brothers & Sisters. It doesn't cost to
volunteer and the pride knowing you made a difference in your Hall will last
forever. Feel free to stop in anytime and lend a hand, the door is always open!
There is a lot of work going on at the Hall stop in and lend a hand if you have
some spare time.
A great friend and Brother once commented;
"Paying your dues does not by itself make you a “Union Member.” Attend
meetings, ask questions, get involved … that’s what a true union member does.
Projects
RTI
Facility.........................Bangor
EMMC Cancercare Facility .....Brewer
Penobscot County Court House...... Bangor
Work is on going at SAPPI, Bucksport mills
Work at Togus VA Hospital
Sub Station work
on going....w/BHE & CMP
Calais Border Crossing........Calais
UMO .......Aubert
Hall
Other projects on going and bidding in the state
LNG Updates
07/18/09
Calais LNG
Calais LNG is proposing to construct and
operate a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) receiving
terminal and storage facility on the outskirts
of Calais, Maine. Our 330-acre site is located
approximately seven miles south of downtown
Calais and features 2,800 feet of shoreline
along the deepwater banks of the St. Croix River
and Passamaquoddy Bay
This artist’s rendering of the
Calais LNG receiving terminal is viewed from the
southeast side of the St. Croix River.
Quoddy Bay LNG
06/16/09
Downeast LNG
FERC
held a public meeting on the draft environmental
impact statement Tuesday, June 16, at the local
elementary school, which is located on Route 1.
Support for LNG plan high at meeting
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/108585.html
Canaport LNG
Receiving first shipment of LNG 06/20/09
http://www.canaportlng.com/index.php
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Raye Wins Senate Fight
For Port Of Eastport
$150 million bond issue includes
funds important to Washington
County
AUGUSTA, ME – Senate Republican
Leader Kevin L. Raye led a
successful fight on the floor of
the Senate on behalf of the Port
of Eastport during the last
moments of the legislative
session early Saturday morning.
A battle erupted when Sen. Peter
Mills (R-Skowhegan) introduced
an amendment to the $150 million
bond package. Mills’s amendment
sought to unravel the vote of
the Appropriations Committee to
include $5.75 million in bond
funding for the Ports of
Eastport and Searsport.
The Mills amendment would have
required that $4.5 million of
the funds be dedicated solely to
the Port of Searsport, leaving
just $1.25 million for Eastport.
Sen. Mills’s effort came
literally during the final
moments before the Senate
adjourned for the year at 2:16
a.m. Saturday. Raye worked to
ensure that the Port funding was
included in the bond package,
and received assurances from
Governor Baldacci that $4.5
million will be dedicated to the
Port of Eastport’s effort to
fund a bulk cargo handling
system that will expand the
Port’s capacity and attract new
business.
A floor debate occurred between
Mills and Raye, with
Appropriations Committee
Chairman Sen. Bill Diamond
(D-Windham) and Ranking Member
Sen. Richard Rosen (R-Bucksport)
joining Raye in speaking in
opposition to the Mills
amendment. Mills argued
unsuccessfully that Searsport
was more important than Eastport
and that the federal funds it
would leverage made it a better
investment. Raye pointed to past
inequities in port funding that
had favored Searsport and
Portland and called for fairness
for a county that has long
suffered the highest rates of
poverty and unemployment in
Maine, and whose port is
jeopardized by the uncertain
future of the Domtar pulp mill.
Raye then won a pivotal vote,
with the Senate voting 18-14 to
support Raye’s motion to kill
the Mills amendment. As a
result, the Port of Eastport
will remain eligible for the
money needed to fund the bulk
cargo handling system in the
bond issue. The bond package
then was approved by a vote of
32-0 in the Senate, and 127-13
in the House of Representatives.
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