ADVERTISER DEMOCRAT • May 8, 2026
Oxford will be the home of Hancock Lumber’s new truss manufacturing facility, which is under construction and projected to open early next year. The company is holding a formal groundbreaking ceremony from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Oxford was chosen due to its central Maine location and access to Interstate 95, which connects Kittery with Houlton and beyond into Canada. Hancock Lumber was established in 1848 when it purchased a 400-acre timber stand in Casco and opened a sawmill. It operates sawmills in Casco, Bethel and Pittsfield; 12 lumberyards in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts; and nine kitchen-design showrooms in Maine and New Hampshire.