Young men and women from across the state competed in the annual SkillsUSA Maine State Conference in March 2025. This event provides the opportunity to gain recognition, build confidence, and show off individual and team skills. SkillsUSA Maine works with over 1200 students from middle schools, community colleges, and technical centers throughout the state and […]
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Tiny Homes of Maine Hosts Policy Leaders Academy Bus Tour at Dyer Brook Manufacturing Facility
In late January, Tiny Homes of Maine welcomed state legislators from all over the state to their Dyer Brook, ME manufacturing facility. These attendees are all part of the Maine Development Foundation’s Policy Leaders Academy, touring various facilities across Northern Maine on a 3-day bus trip. Policy Leaders Academy is a non-partisan educational program of […]
Hancock Lumber Awarded the Sebago Fuller Housing Community Service Award
Earlier this fall Hancock Lumber attended the Sebago Fuller Housing Gala, an event created to recognize the organization’s five anniversary and impact in the community—and, where Team Hancock was awarded their first Community Service Award! The Sebago Lakes Region Fuller Center for Housing works with locals, including veterans, to help bring them more affordable home […]
Hancock Lumber Hosts 2024 Maine Teacher’s Tour
In late July, Hancock Lumber welcomed 30 educators from across Maine to tour our Casco White Pine Mill and Jugtown Forest Conservation Land. Part of the Maine TREE Foundation, the Forests of Maine Teachers’ Tour program has been hosting two four-day Teachers’ Tours annually since 1997. Designed to bring Maine educators to commercial forests, recreation […]
MaineHousing Visits Hancock Lumber for Shared Leadership Workshop with Kevin Hancock
Earlier this October, Hancock Lumber welcomed eight senior leaders from Augusta-based MaineHousing for a day-long shared leadership workshop hosted by Kevin Hancock. Having connected with Kevin Hancock during a Leadership Maine tour at Hancock Lumber several years prior, MaineHousing Director, Dan Brennan, knew he wanted to find time for his leadership team to learn more […]
Hancock Lumber Welcomes MDF’s Leadership Maine Flagstaff Class to Casco
Hancock Lumber welcomed 45 members of the Maine Development Foundation’s Leadership Maine Flagstaff class to their Casco Campus this October. Leaders from across Maine attending the program—hailing from multiple industries + companies—toured the Casco Mill and enjoyed a lunch combined with a Q+A session on leadership with Kevin Hancock (a Leadership Maine graduate himself). Leadership […]
James C. Place Memorial Golf Tournament Celebrates 6th Anniversary
Six years ago, Sawmill Chief Revenue Officer, Matt Duprey, started the James C. Place Memorial Golf Tournament in honor of a close friend and customer after his sudden passing. This tournament helps raise funds to support scholarships and programs for youth golf in the Mid-Coast Maine region. Since its creation, the tournament has raised over […]
Hancock Lumber Welcomes Students from The Maine Environmental Science Academy (MESA)
This fall, Hancock Lumber welcomed 38 students in grades 6-8 and their teachers from The Maine Environmental Science Academy (MESA) to tour part of their operations. Across two days, the group of students and teachers toured both our Bethel Eastern White Pine Sawmill and Jugtown Forest conservation land. At the Bethel Mill students experienced a […]
North Country Outdoor Industry Career Expo Draws 1,150 Students in Attendance
Hancock Lumber’s Karla Allen took to the Lancaster Fair Grounds earlier this month to be one of the vendors at the North Country Outdoor Industry Career Expo. Organized by the UNH Cooperative Extension, White Mountain Regional High School, and NH Division of Forests and Lands, this event brought 1,150 students from grades 7-12 together. Students […]
Free Mechanized Logging Operations & Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program
Do you know someone looking to get into the logging industry ? Take a look at this free logging operations and trucking program today! Created by three Maine Community Colleges in partnership with the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, this free program is available to start a career in logging and forest trucking. An iconic […]