Congratulations, and thank you to Toby Hammond for an outstanding 44-years of service with Hancock Lumber! As the longest tenured HancockLumber employee, it’s hard to begin to summarize all of Toby’s accomplishments and the impact he’s had on the forest products and building materials industries–but, during his last Hancock Lumber Board of Directors meeting on […]
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Celebrating Deb Edwards’ 21-Years of Service!
Today, on her last day of work before her well-deserved retirement, we celebrated Deb Edwards’ outstanding career and 21-years of service at Hancock Lumber. Wendy Scribner spoke and reflected on Deb’s contributions here at Hancock Lumber throughout her two-decades of service. Deb’s unwavering positivity, dedication to her work, and enthusiastic spirit stand out to everyone […]
Hancock Lumber joins the American Tree Farm System
All of Hancock’s privately owned land is open to the public for recreation Hancock Lumber recently announced that their Hancock Land division has rejoined the American Tree Farm System (ATFS). Hancock Land remains one of the largest landowners in Western Maine—with 12,200 acres owned across Bridgton, Naples, Casco, and Poland. Membership into the ATFS is an […]
Kitchen Renovation 101: Words of Advice from Team Hancock
Looking to renovate your kitchen but don’t know where to start? Take a deep breath and let Hancock Lumber’s team of experts help you navigate this complex process. With Hancock Lumber’s Kitchen Design Showroom teams, you can choose to collaborate with one of our 18 designers across our 8 state-of-the-art showrooms. Follow our ‘getting started’ […]
Proud Sponsor of Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival
While this year’s Pumpkin Festival has taken on a different look and feel, Hancock Lumber continues to be a proud sponsor of one of Camp Sunshine’s major fundraising events. Adapting to the pandemic times, the annual Pumpkin Festival will take place over the course of a couple weeks in October with a number of ways […]
A Look Inside Hancock’s Onboarding, Hiring + Training Programs
Take a look inside Hancock’s onboarding, hiring + training programs with two interviews below with both John Muzzy, our Retail Division Training + Onboarding Coordinator and Kevin Raven, our Sawmill Division Training + Development Manager. Q+A WITH JOHN MUZZY, RETAIL TRAINING + ONBOARDING COORDINATOR: TELL ME ABOUT YOUR ROLE AND WHY YOU DECIDED TO […]
Best Places to Work in Maine, 7th Consecutive Year!
Hello, Team Hancock! Today, Hancock Lumber learned it was named a Best Places to Work in Maine for the 7th consecutive year! Congratulations to our entire team of 550 people across our 14 locations–together, we have achieved this amazing accomplishment and get to celebrate another year being a Best Place to Work in Maine. It […]
Hancock Teams up with Habitat for Humanity York County: Pledges to Donate 100% of the Building Materials for a New Home!
Hancock Lumber announced today that they will be donating 100% of the building materials for a Habitat for Humanity York County (HFHYC) upcoming home to be built in Saco! With their newest location opening on August 31st in Saco, the company could not be more excited to be partnering with Habitat’s York County chapter to […]
Hancock Supplying The Ecology School, Maine’s 1st Living Building Challenge Project!
In 2019, The Ecology School broke ground on its new campus at River Bend Farm in Saco, Maine. Upon completion, The Ecology School will become the most sustainable building in the Northeast following “Living Building Challenge” guidelines, the first one of its kind to be constructed here in Maine. Dormitory under construction, made with Made-in-Maine […]
Everybody Leads: Getting through this Together
A letter from Kevin Hancock on Hancock Lumber’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19) March 16th, 2020: To: All Hancock Lumber Customers Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) As trying as these times have suddenly become, I have personally found it very uplifting to see and hear all the stories about our employee, supplier, and customer teams coming together to […]