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2/10-2/11: Visit our Team at the Maine Home + Remodeling Show!

Visit us at the Maine Home + Remodeling Show this weekend. Our team is gearing up for another great year at the Maine Home + Remodeling Show taking place at the Cross Insurance Arena in downtown Portland this weekend, Saturday + Sunday, 2/10-2/11! Make sure to stop by our booth as we have added completely […]

Embracing Business Tax Transparency

Embracing Business Tax Transparency. Below is a recent op ed article Kevin Hancock wrote for the Press Herald newspaper. Casco, ME – I recently overheard someone asking how much money “the government was sending” their company as a result of corporate tax reform.  That quick encounter followed weeks of watching politicized reporting on the subject using nebulous terms […]

Hancock Lumber Welcomes Mainely Trusses to the Team

Hancock Lumber Welcomes Mainely Trusses to the Team! Hancock blazes new trail, acquires roof and floor truss manufacturing facility. Hancock Lumber is proud to announce their acquisition of Mainely Trusses, a market-leading roof and floor truss manufacturing facility based in Fairfield, Maine. Two successful Maine businesses are joining forces with this acquisition, adding a unique […]

Hancock Lumber Casco: Meet Scott Moore, new General Manager!

Hancock Lumber Casco | Over the past few years, our team has been working to convert the Hancock Lumber Casco location from the original discount bargain barn to more of a traditional builder lumberyard, stocked with core lumber and building material products to help serve our customers in Western Maine. Our Route 11 location still has its own […]

Join Team Hancock: Culture Makes the Difference!

Join Team Hancock: Culture Makes the Difference! In Rick Schumacher’s January 2018 LBM Journal’s editor’s note, he offers three pieces of advice to dealers across the country to kick off the new year: 1) focus on company culture, 2) seek fresh opportunities and 3) connect, learn and grow. In his note, Rick wrote, “1. FOCUS ON COMPANY […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! From all of us at Hancock Lumber, we want to wish you a relaxing and merry holiday season—enjoy this special time of year with your family and friends. Thank you for being such an important part of who we are. Please take a few minutes to watch our new […]

SHARP Safety Certification: Hancock Sawmill Trifecta!

SHARP Safety Certification: Hancock Sawmill Trifecta! All three of Hancock Lumber’s Eastern White Pine manufacturing facilities have earned certification into the United States Department of Labor’s (USDOL) Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP), with their Pittsfield mill most recently becoming SHARP certified . The USDOL recognizes small business employers who have used OSHA’s consultation program […]

Recycling Energy and Creating Power at Hancock’s Bethel Sawmill!

Recycling Energy and Creating Power at Hancock’s Bethel Sawmill! Bethel, Maine— Over the past 10 years, Hancock Lumber has worked hard to successfully reduce its consumption of electricity by installing energy efficient LED lighting and high efficiency electrical motors. We are making more lumber than ever—however, we are using much less electricity to do it. As […]

Hancock Happenings: Builder Summit with Travis Mills, Sawmill Tours, Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival, and the Arctic Circle Conference in Iceland!

Hancock Happenings: Builder Summit with Travis Mills, Sawmill Tours,Camp Sunshine’s Pumpkin Festival, and the Arctic Circle Conference in Iceland! 2017 Hancock Builder Summit. With a room full of over 150 builder customers and employees, Hancock Lumber hosted its first-ever ‘Builder Summit’ event, featuring SSG Travis Mills and Kevin Hancock as keynote speakers.  The team kicked off the […]