Butch Barberi joined Hancock lumber in July as the new Log Procurement Forester for the Pittsfield sawmill. Butch comes to Hancock Lumber with nearly 30 years of experience in the Forest Products industry, primarily in fiber procurement for a hardwood sawmill and large paper mills in Vermont and Maine. He has held positions in forest […]
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Hancock + Maine Sustainable Forestry Initiative Team Up for Make-A-Wish Donation!
Hancock Lumber and the Maine Sustainable Forestry Initiative teamed up to help make a Maine girl’s Make-A-Wish dream come true! Scott Pease, Procurement Forester, at Hancock Lumber sits on the executive committee for the SIC (Maine SFI Implementation Committee) here in Maine and helped orchestrate this donation. The two organizations rallied to get involved and donate […]
Internal Promotions: Congratulations Kara and Evan!
Please join us in celebrating two of our employees and their recent promotions to outside sellers! Kara Brochu has been a member of Team Hancock for over 13 years, starting as a Counter Pro in Bridgton and advancing through the years to Inside Sales Support, Project Pro, and now an Account Manager handling outside sales […]
Hancock Pittsfield Capital Improvement Project Enhances Employee Engagement
BEYOND THE PROFITS AND PAYBACK: HOW HANCOCK PITTSFIELD’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ENHANCES EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Rodney Williams, Sawmill Manager, experiences the upgrade first-hand on line Over the course of each year Hancock Lumber organizes a wish list of capital improvement projects across their entire business – from the retail lumberyard division to sawmill manufacturing, and now […]
Mark Your Calendars for the 84th Annual Casco Days
CASCO DAYS: 7/26, 7/27, 728 – The secret is out, the small lakeside town of Casco, Maine comes to life in a big way at the end of July! You won’t want to miss this classic festival, filled with midway games, concerts, fireworks, parades, homemade burgers, fried dough and lemonade and so much more! Generations […]
Introducing Laura Parks and Two New Kitchen Design Showrooms
Welcome, Laura Parks , Kitchen Inside Sales Support Laura has joined our kitchen and bath team as an inside sales support and will eventually move to our new Yarmouth location when that facility opens. Laura has several years experience working in the kitchen support world, and we look forward to her beginning a career with us […]
Manufacturing in Maine: the log to lumber journey at Hancock Lumber
Click the player box above to take a video tour through Hancock Lumber’s eastern white pine manufacturing operation. Manufacturing in Maine: the log to lumber journey at Hancock Lumber While there’s no substitute for a live tour through our eastern white pine sawmills, Hancock Lumber is excited to share the next best thing–our new video […]
Employee Engagement: What Being a ‘Best Place to Work’ Means to Me
HANCOCK’S CORE VALUES : EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Best Place to Work Celebration! Thanks to over 350 Hancock Lumber employees and family members that joined us for a beautiful night of baseball at the Portland Sea Dogs on June 9th. It was great getting to know each other outside of work and to celebrate our 4th year in […]
Hancock Sponsors Washburn Norlands Strawberry Festival
Hancock Sponsors Washburn Norlands Strawberry Festival Earlier this year Hancock’s Bethel Sawmill generously donated their own v-match eastern white pine boards for the Washburn Norlands new barn doors. A few years ago, Hancock Lumber donated 12,000 board feet of their own eastern white pine for the barn rebuild that was previously destroyed by fire. Because […]
Fryeburg Academy Students Tour Hancock’s Casco Sawmill
Fryeburg Academy Students Tour Hancock’s Casco Sawmill. At the end of May, 15 Fryeburg Academy students had the chance to tour Hancock’s Eastern White Pine operations in Casco. As a part of their three week course, the students visited many locations to gain real life experiences in the local economy. The students travel to ocean […]