The Maine CDC is investigating whether five cases at Calvary Baptist Church are connected to a Millinocket wedding reception outbreak.
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Timothy A. Gulliver
JAY — Timothy A. Gulliver, also known as “Fudgie,” 59, of Jay, formerly of Millinocket, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, after a long illness, surrounded by loved ones. Tim was born July 18, 1959, in Millinocket to Carroll “Gully” and Martha Gulliver. Tim is survived by his loving wife, Beth Michaud Gulliver; his daughter, Nichole Gulliver, and […]
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New Baxter director balancing demands and ideals
MILLINOCKET — While growing up in Bangor, Eben Sypitkowski would make trips with his father to Baxter State Park. He recalls being 8 or 9 and hiding from his father on his way up The Owl, one of the park’s many mountains. Sypitkowski returned to Baxter to fly-fish in wild trout ponds while a graduate […]
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Paul LePage to allow road signs pointing out Katahdin national monument
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is relenting on his ban on road signs directing motorists to a national monument that he opposes. A LePage spokeswoman says the Maine Department of Transportation will allow signs now that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended keeping the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and a renewed […]
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Investors look to bring new technology, jobs to closed Millinocket mill
MILLINOCKET (AP) — A group from North Carolina says it will bring more than 100 jobs to Maine by developing part of a shuttered mill into the state’s first manufacturer of a type of composite wood. LignaCLT Maine LLC announced plans on Tuesday to open a facility at the former site of Great Northern Paper’s […]
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North Carolina man arrested in connection with fatal shooting in Millinocket
A North Carolina man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a home invasion in Millinocket that left one of the homeowners dead. A team of Maine State Police troopers, which drove to North Carolina earlier this week, arrested 38-year-old Christopher Murray and will remain there at least through Friday and possibly longer while authorities search […]
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Mark Zuckerberg and wife visit Millinocket residents
MILLINOCKET — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have spent a day hiking around Mount Katahdin in Maine and talking with local residents on their anniversary weekend. Zuckerberg said they met Saturday with former mill workers, teachers, small business owners, a librarian and a trucker in the town of Millinocket. He said […]
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Three women snowmobilers rescued after night in Maine woods
MILLINOCKET (AP) — Maine game wardens say three women are safe after they became separated while snowmobiling near Millinocket. Wardens say 62-year-old Dorothy Gould, of Glenburn, Maine, Alice Meadow of Texas and Valerie Morrow, of Garland Maine, both of whom are in their 50s, were staying together at a camp on Smith Pond west of […]
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Ruel ‘Rudy’ Leavitt
1936 – 2015 MILLINOCKET — Ruel “Rudy” Leavitt, 78, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, with his family by his side. He was born Sept. 4, 1936, in Phillips, the son of Phyllis and Maurice Leavitt. He graduated from Phillips High School in 1954 and was a member of the starting five of the 1953 […]
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Medway, Millinocket to have nonbinding votes on proposed national park
MEDWAY — Two Maine towns will soon host nonbinding referendums about a controversial proposal to create a national park east of Baxter State Park. Medway’s vote is scheduled for Tuesday and East Millinocket’s is slated for Monday, June 29. The park would be made up of 75,000 acres owned by Roxanne Quimby, founder of Burt’s […]