Ethan Allen lays off 260 in Beecher Falls & 60 in Andover, ME

Ethan Allen Interiors will lay off 238 workers at a plant near the CN border, but will keep a sawmill & dimension mill operating at the site where VT, NH & Quebec meet. The layoffs in Beecher Falls are a huge blow to the region that for generations made its living from the vast stretches of forest in VT & NH. There are few other immediate employment opps for Ethan Allen's VT & NH workers who will lose their jobs at the end of August. "The plant workers as well as area residents were on pins & needles knowing furniture industry has been in a real slump," said state Sen. Illuzzi, who reps Beecher Falls, section of the town of Canaan. VT Labor Commissioner Pat Powden said 93 will keep their jobs in Beecher Falls. It said the layoffs at Beecher Falls would be about 260, but she said the figure