BANGOR DAILY NEWS • April 14, 2026
Lumbra Hardwoods in Milo is closing this month after 74 years in business. The sawmill can’t sustain rising electric and machinery costs, forcing the family business to close, co-owner Stephen Lumbra said. “The company can’t continue like this..” Lumbra Hardwoods is the second Milo business to close within the last two years due to rising utility prices. Costs of incentives for building solar arrays and using solar power have been pushed onto companies that can’t afford their now higher bills, Lumbra said, forcing them to close. Employees will work at the mill until the end of April when the last logs are sold, Lumbra said. The company has 20 employees.