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When Verso Paper closed its paper mill in Bucksport, the effect was direct and immediate in this area. More than 570 workers, including some from Waldo County, lost their jobs. Last month Verso declared bankruptcy at its Androscoggin Mill in Jay, and while the fate of that mill is not as closely connected to this area, it has already affected local businesses that depend upon pulp mills for a way to sell waste ...