Fired worker creates standoff at Verso mill

A 10-hour standoff between police and a former Verso Paper mill worker in Jay ended peacefully yesterday. According to police, the former worker was armed and held the mill manager hostage for several hours before releasing him and finally surrendering.
According to police, Francis Smith of Norridgewock entered the mill around 8:30 yesterday morning with a shotgun and held manager Marc Connor at gunpoint inside his office in the administrative bu ...