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V O L . X X I N O. X X V I N OV E M B E R 1 6 , 2 0 1 5 8 B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S M A I N E B U S I N E S S N E W S F RO M A RO U N D T H E S TAT E and has a total payroll of $1.9 billion, according to a 2013 report of the Maine Forest Products Council. Plum Creek's geographic footprint covers six Maine counties. Pending shareholder and regulatory approval, the deal is expected to close by early second quarter of 2016. Mark Doty, community aff airs manager for Plum Creek's Northern Hardwood Region, which includes Maine, told Mainebiz in a telephone interview that it was too early in the process for him to comment on how the merger might aff ect Plum Creek's operations in Maine, if at all. e company has 40 employees in Maine. N O T E W O R T H Y C E N T R A L & W E S T E R N The city of Auburn announced its Economic Development Director, Roland Miller, will retire after 35 years with the city. The Good Will Home Association in Fairfi eld received a joint contribution of $100,000 from Farm Credit East and CoBank to fund the expansion of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences on the Good Will-Hinckley campus. Agren, an appliance and mattress retailer, renovated its store located at 40 Minot Ave. in Auburn. Drew Barton, a professor of biology at University of Maine at Farmington, re- ceived a $67,000 federal research grant to investigate some of the impacts of high severity fi res on forests in the west. Jackson Lab spinoff raises $5.5M Cyteir erapeutics Inc., a biophar- maceutical startup spun out from e Jackson Laboratory three years ago, has raised $5.5 million in funding for its research to combat cancer. e Cambridge, Mass.-based company said Nov. 5 it will use the proceeds from the Series A fi nancing round to "accelerate its current lead program, enhance and diversify its screening platform and build its pipeline by developing additional new drug can- didates." It raised the fi nancing from a syndicate of private investors and Celgene Corp., a global biopharma- ceutical company based in Summit, N.J. Cyteir erapeutics also obtained One Monument Square | Suite 600 Portland, ME 04101 Tel. 207.774.6001 | Fax 207.775.6407 littler.com Littler offers the full array of legal services related to the employer-employee relationship, and we are prepared to provide clients with counseling and representation on all topics that arise. We don't just specialize in labor and employment law—we specialize within it. Jonathan Shapiro, Mindy Caterine, Eric Uhl, David Strock and Shiloh Theberge Consulting Engineers and Scientists Contact Nick Sabatine at the idea-stage: Contact Nick Sabatine at the idea-stage: nsabatine@ransomenv.com \\ 207-772-2891 \\ www.RansomEnv.com D E V E L O P M E N T \ \ D U E D I L I G E N C E D U E D I L I G E N C E \ \ E N V I R O N M E N TA L H E A LT H & S A F E T Y E N V I R O N M E N TA L H E A LT H & S A F E T Y E N V I R O N M E N TA L H E A LT H & S A F E T Y \ \ M U N I C I P A L \ \ U T I L I T Y, E N E R G Y & M A N U F A C T U R I N G U T I L I T Y, E N E R G Y & M A N U F A C T U R I N G Trust our experts to support your projects Due Diligence Site Planning Permitting We are poised to provide opinions in a clear and concise manner Turnkey Brownfield Services Civil Engineering Environmental Modeling M I D C O A S T & D O W N E A S T

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