Hancock Lumber is excited to announce its plans to acquire Johnson Lumber, a single-location lumberyard located in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The transaction is expected to close on May 31, 2025, with the location officially beginning operations as Hancock Lumber on Monday, June 2—marking Team Hancock’s twelfth lumberyard and its first in Massachusetts. Founded in 1963 and […]
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A Day in the Life with Team Hancock
We are excited to launch our new video series “A Day in the Life with Team Hancock”! What does a day as a kitchen designer or log buyer look like? Join us as we travel to different Hancock Lumber locations and chat with fellow members of Team Hancock. We go behind the scenes and hear […]
Cleary Wholesale Hosts Team Hancock Employees + Customers for Facility Tour
On Thursday, March 27th, Cleary Wholesale welcomed a group of Hancock Lumber sellers and customers for an insightful tour of their facility. The visit took place just before the team attended the JLC Show in Rhode Island. In total, 37 people joined the tour, including 20 customers and 17 representatives from Hancock Lumber. Hancock Lumber’s […]
Hancock Lumber Attends the 2025 ABC Maine Craft Championships
In early April, members of Team Hancock attended the Associated Builders and Contractors of Maine 2025 Craft Championship where John Muzzy, Anna Russo, and Dominic Moore setup a booth, spoke to hundreds of students, and handed out fun giveaway items! Over 1,475 students and instructors from over 30 high schools and CTEs across Maine attended […]
Team Hancock Supports SkillsUSA Maine State Conference
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 […]
Coastal Forest Products Hosts Engineered Wood Products Training at Hancock Lumber
In mid-February, Hancock Lumber welcomed Eric Howard from Costal Forest Products to host a two-session training on Engineered Wood Products for members of Team Hancock. Thirty-five Hancock Lumber employees split into two sessions for the day to learn more about design properties, mass timber, economics, fire code compliance, Coastal Forest Products’ structural design solutions, and […]
Congratulations 2024 Hancock Lumber Safety PRO Sites
Please join us in congratulating the top performers in 2024 for earning Safety PRO status: Bridgton, Casco Retail, Damariscotta, Kennebunk, Mainely Trusses, North Conway, Saco, Windham, Wolfeboro, and Yarmouth. Each site maintained a .75 or better Safety Pro metric for the year to earn the certification. “Congratulations to the 10 locations on earning the Safety Pro status for […]
Kevin Hancock Joins the Board of Directors at The Mitchell Institute
The Business of Shared Leadership and Kevin Hancock are proud to announce that Kevin has officially joined the Board of Directors, along with three other Maine based leaders, at The Mitchell Institute. Kevin had this to say about his recent election to the board: I’m happy to have joined the BOD of the Mitchell Institute. The mission […]
Hancock Lumber Augusta Awarded 2024 Large Business of the Year by Kennebec Valley Chamber
Our Hancock Lumber Augusta location was recently awarded the 2024 Large Business of the Year by the Kennebec Valley Chamber! The Augusta team accepted the award in January at the Chamber’s largest event of the year—The Kenney Awards—in front of over 900 members of the community. We are honored to be recognized as the Kennebec […]
Internal Advancements Create Landscape for Promotions and Career Growth
As part of our company realignment in late 2024, Mike Shane earned a promotion from Casco Mill GM—a role he held for 24 years—to the newly created position of Regional General Manager of White Pine Manufacturing. In this new role, Mike oversees all eastern white pine operations across our Bethel, Casco, and Pittsfield mills with each […]