CEG - Thu June 15, 2023
United Construction & Forestry Celebrates New Facility
United Construction & Forestry — a relatively new name to Northeast contractors — has expanded its footprint as a John Deere Industrial and Forestry equipment distributor over the past several years through the acquisition of Schmidt Equipment and Nortrax....
John Deere - Mon May 15, 2023
Starting at Mile One: Logger Tony Nadeau's Road to Success
A granite monument in Fort Kent, Maine, commemorates "America's First Mile," the starting point of U.S. Route 1. The highway runs 2,360 mi. all the way to Key West, Fla., which is the southernmost point of the continental United States....
John Deere - Mon March 06, 2023
Emerson and Sons Logging Helps Protect the Land
The first thing that strikes visitors to Vermont is its natural beauty. In the fall, the "Green Mountain State" becomes a patchwork quilt of color. Sugar maples create deep fiery reds and oranges in fall foliage....
United Construction & Forestry - Tue November 01, 2022
United Construction & Forestry Awarded Wirtgen Group Dealer for State of Maine
Effective Nov. 1, 2022, United Construction & Forestry will become the distributor of Wirtgen Group products for the entire state of Maine. This expands United Construction & Forestry's current Wirtgen Group distributorship, which includes the Massachusetts, New Hampshire and the Springfield, Vt., markets....
CEG - Tue June 16, 2020
'Manosh by Gosh' … Vermont Biz Offers Extensive Array of Services
N.A. Manosh Corp. of Vermont's website boasts "When it comes to water, well and construction drilling, wastewater and septic services, geothermal heating and cooling, aggregate materials and related excavation…it's ‘Manosh by Gosh.'"As Nick Manosh, son of the company's founder, tells the story, "In 1958, my dad [Howard Manosh], who had been an equipment operator, sold his 55 Chevy for $1500 for a down payment to buy a John Deere tractor with a Pippin backhoe and started working nights and weekends doing whatever work he could find."In 1965, Howard Manosh identified a growing need for clean accessible water; he purchased the company's first drilling rig and the catch phrase, "Manosh by Gosh" took root....
United Ag & Turf NE - Thu May 26, 2022
Fernandez Holdings Grows to 65 John Deere Agriculture and Turf Locations With Acquisition of Chief Equipment in New York
Fernandez Holdings Inc. , which owns a diverse portfolio of businesses, including John Deere Ag and Turf dealerships in the northeast and south-central United States, has acquired the two Long Island locations of Chief Equipment in Hicksville and Calverton, N.Y....
CEG - Thu September 23, 2021
Through Economic Highs, Lows, Crestview Adapts, Continues to Grow
In 1983, neighbors John Dziengelewski, a dairy farmer with a gravel bank on the farm, and Bernie DeLuc, a union truck driver, got together and started a business selling and hauling gravel. The two combined their resources, procured a loan for a dump truck and a loader, and started what would eventually develop into Crestview Inc....
United Construction & Forestry - Wed September 01, 2021
Company Acquires Nortrax Inc., Schmidt Equipment Inc. to Become United Construction & Forestry
Fernandez Holdings Inc., which owns a diverse portfolio of businesses, including 57 John Deere Ag and Turf dealerships in the northeast and south central United States, has acquired 14 John Deere Construction and Forestry stores, nine locations from Nortrax Inc....
Nortrax - Mon February 22, 2021
Nortrax Supports Mechanized Logging Operations Program
Nortrax announced its continued support of the Mechanized Logging Operations Program, which will resume this summer on June 28, 2021. The program is an educational joint venture of the Maine Community College System and the Professional Logging Contractors of Maine, along with other industry partners....
Nortrax - Thu October 10, 2019
Nortrax Raises $75K for Travis Mills Foundation in Maine
Nortrax raised $75,000 for the Travis Mills Foundation at its annual golf tournament and auction. Nortrax raised $75,000 for the Travis Mills Foundation at its annual golf tournament and auction....
