Bucksport welcomes step to close troubled landfill but contamination worries linger

Bucksport welcomes step to close troubled landfill but contamination worries linger

A contractor has been chosen to permanently close a troubled Bucksport landfill that once took waste from a local paper mill, almost three years after the state ordered the scrap metal company that owns it to shut it down. That’s a big step toward closing the site permanently and is an indicator that continued attempts to reopen it have come to an end. It’s not clear yet when a formal contract will be signed or work will begin, but the selection…