Bear Island Paper seeks bankruptcy By GREG GLASSNER
Ashland's Bear Island Paper Company and its parent company, White Birch Paper Co., filed last week for bankruptcy protection, the apparent victim of declining newspaper size and circulation, tight capital, some bad guesses on interest rates and the strong Canadian dollar. Based in Greenwich, Conn., White Birch is the second largest newsprint manufacturer in North America. In addition to Bear Island, it operates three larger plants in Canada. Company officials were quick to assert that the bankruptcy proceedings would not interrupt production at Bear Island, which employs 190 people and is one of Hanover County's five biggest taxpayers. Constructed in 1979, Bear....
Ashland's Bear Island Paper Company and its parent company, White Birch Paper Co., filed last week for bankruptcy protection, the apparent victim of declining newspaper size and circulation, tight capital, some bad guesses on interest rates and the strong Canadian dollar. Based...
The Randolph-Macon College men's basketball was a team on a mission when it went to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference basketball tournament in Salem last week. The Yellow Jackets wanted to either win the tournament and receive the ODAC's automatic bid to the NCAA D3 tournament...
Snowfall may have delayed the biennial Hanover Idols competition by a few weeks, but the contestants finally had an opportunity to show off their singing talent last weekend at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center. Two separate shows were held Feb. 21. First, 12 youths...
The proposal for the East Ashland development may be moving in the right direction, according to members of Town Council, but they feel it still needs some more work. Tuesday night, the Ashland Town Council voted 5-0 to continue its public hearing on the matter to its April...
Hanover County Public Schools officials are estimating that the school division's 2010-11 budget will face additional cuts in the range of $4-6 million after the General Assembly finalizes the state budget. At the Feb. 24 Board of Supervisors meeting, Superintendent Dr. Stewart...
2009 saw a slight rise in crime in the Town of Ashland compared to 2008, primarily due to increases in shoplifting and thefts from unlocked vehicles, according to the Ashland Police Department's 2009 Annual Report. APD Chief Doug Goodman provided a summary of the report to...
The proposed East Ashland mixed-use development has passed through the Hanover County Planning Commission with a recommendation for approval. The overall proposal spans land in both Hanover County and the Town of Ashland. The County Planning Commission's Feb. 18 meeting focused...
The impact of the current economic downturn may have been relatively slow to reach Hanover County, but it is here and the effects will be felt for some time to come, according to Joseph P. Casey, Hanover's deputy county administrator for finance and administration. "We are...
Representatives of the Hanover Humane Society went to Pearson's Corner Elementary School recently to conduct a presentation for the children and kick-off a school reading campaign. To kick off the event, the school organized several assemblies where the children met Chip,...
Kathy Eby said that during the 70s it was very hard for a single woman to adopt. "Married couples got first choice when it came to adopting babies," Eby said. "I really wanted to adopt an infant and I knew it would be hard at the age of 46 years old and still single." This...
The Group AAA state indoor track meet was last weekend, and three Hanover County student athletes and one relay team brought back event titles. It was no surprise that Patrick Henry's Lizzie Powell and Lee-Davis' Montasia Golden won events. The biggest surprise of the meet...
Golden, Powell, Lee-Davis girls, Atlee boys capture titles It's becoming old hat in the Richmond area when you go to a girls' track meet that if Montasia Golden and Lizzie Powell are competing, they are going to be center stage. At...
Snowfall may have delayed the biennial Hanover Idols competition by a few weeks, but the contestants finally had an opportunity to show off their singing talent last weekend at the Hanover Arts & Activities Center.
Representatives of the Hanover Humane Society went to Pearson's Corner Elementary School recently to conduct a presentation for the children and kick-off a school reading campaign.
Kathy Eby said that during the 70s it was very hard for a single woman to adopt. 
The Group AAA state indoor track meet was last weekend, and three Hanover County student athletes and one relay team brought back event titles.
Golden, Powell, Lee-Davis girls, Atlee boys capture titles
