By Allison T. Williams, atwilliams@dailypress.com | 247-4535
ISLE OF WIGHT – The exodus of International Paper Corp. employees ends today, when the final wave of 100 workers leaves the shuttered paper mill for the last time.
“It will be pretty quiet there after today,” said company spokeswoman Donna Wadsworth. A skeleton crew of 30 will stay on indefinitely to handle facility upkeep and records management, she said.
Approximately 1,100 workers have lost their jobs since the first round of layoffs began Dec. 31, weeks after the company’s November announcement that it would close its southern Isle of Wight facility.
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