The company established a headquarters at One City Center in downtown Portland. Connor, publisher of Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with financing from HM Capital Partners and Citizens Bank. Blethen, ancestor of The Seattle Times ' owners, who was born in Knox County and grew up in Waldo County, Maine, before becoming editor in chief and owner of the Seattle Daily Times in 1896.Īfter more than a year on the market, on June 15, 2009, the Blethen papers were sold to MaineToday Media, Inc., headed by Maine native Richard L. The Times set up an 'independent subsidiary' to run its Maine operations, called Blethen Maine Newspapers. Guy Gannett managers said they sold to the Times because of shared values-both companies were fourth-generation family-owned news organizations: 'Of all the companies in the newspaper business, The Seattle Times is one most like our company in the sense of independence, of family ownership, and commitment to the community,' said Guy Gannett spokesman Tim O'Meara. The Seattle Times Company, an independent publisher of three dailies and several weeklies in Washington state, purchased all of Guy Gannett's newspapers for a price reported at $213 million.

It sold its television stations to Sinclair Broadcasting. Gannett, in 1921, and managed by a family trust from 1954 until 1998, when the trust left the media business. The company was founded by its namesake, Guy P. The chemicals don't break down easily in the environment, and have been linked to human health problems in some scientific studies.MaineToday's newspaper properties were, for most of the 20th century, the core of Guy Gannett Communications, a local family-owned business not related to the larger Gannett chain. The lawsuit is a class action lawsuit and is open to residents of Somerset County, Saunders' lawyer said. The department has 'remained focused on providing safe drinking water,” he said.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection does not have enough information at the moment to identify parties that are responsible for elevated PFAS levels, said David Madore, the department's acting deputy commissioner. State officials have found dozens of wells in Fairfield had higher levels of the compounds than the federal limit. The company touted its record of environmental stewardship. Sappi North America told the Morning Sentinel it “strongly disputes” the allegations. An attorney for Saunders, Brian Mahany, told the Sentinel that the damages “will be in the tens of millions of dollars.” He said homeowners have suffered from elevated levels of PFAS in their water. The lawsuit makes the claim that the chemicals in water sources in Somerset County came from biosolids from the mill's wastewater treatment plant, the Morning Sentinel reported. The lawsuit concerns per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, which are also called PFAS and are sometimes referred to as “forever chemicals.” Nathan Saunders of Fairfield filed the lawsuit Friday against Boston-based Sappi North America. FAIRFIELD, Maine - A Maine man is suing a paper mill company that operates in the state about levels of long-lasting chemicals in wells and elsewhere.

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