EAST MILLINOCKET — Tom St. John, a Katahdin region businessman who favors a proposed north woods national park, had several minutes of convivial talk Thursday with former Millinocket Town Councilor John Raymond, a park opponent. Unremarkable by itself, the low-key conversation underlined a goal of the informational session hosted at Schenck High School: To get […]
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National park proponents ramping up campaign in East Millinocket and beyond
EAST MILLINOCKET — The increasingly active campaign to convince Mainers that a proposed north woods national park and recreation area should become a reality will hold another informational session next week. Organizers have scheduled the event at Schenck High School at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16. It is part of plans to “begin a greater […]
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Millinocket leaders outline conditions needed to support national park plan
MILLINOCKET — Town leaders have drafted a letter to Maine’s congressional delegation detailing conditions they would require in order to support a North Woods national park in a move that could jump-start negotiations with park proponents. The council would back a proposed park and recreation area if it were no larger than 150,000 acres, included […]
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Family Dollar on track to build new store in Millinocket this spring
MILLINOCKET — Family Dollar will be expanding its presence with a new store the discount retailer hopes to build in Millinocket this spring, officials said Saturday. Set to be located on Central Street, also known as Route 11, between Subway and Gateway Insurance Co., the new building will closely resemble the Family Dollar store that […]
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Popular trail up Mount Katahdin will be moved by autumn 2015
MILLINOCKET — One of the most popular routes up Mountain Katahdin will be relocated as the state deals with the ramifications of a 2013 rock slide. The Portland Press Herald reports the new trail to Katahdin’s summit should be finished by fall of 2015. The rock slide sent car-sized boulders down Abol Trail, leaving the […]
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Fire that destroyed Millinocket apartment building began in tenant’s kitchen
MILLINOCKET — A woman frying hush puppies accidentally started a Labor Day fire that destroyed an eight-unit apartment building, leaving 14 people homeless, officials said Tuesday. Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Malcolm came away from the wreckage of the 2½-story building on Tuesday and said that the fire started in the kitchen of a resident who […]
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‘The mill is gone, but we’re not’: Katahdin region, state reflect on Labor Day
EAST MILLINOCKET — In the gloomy days that immediately followed the February shutdown of the local paper mill, mill workers would gather in town neighborhoods and walk every morning, sometimes for miles, Greg Libby says. They’d be in groups of three or four. They would discuss the weather, sports, their families, but the purpose of […]
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‘Go out and really adventure’: Blind, deaf Winthrop native completes Appalachian Trail hike
MILLINOCKET — Roger Poulin, who is deaf and blind, ascended the summit of Mount Katahdin on Tuesday to likely become the first person with both disabilities to finish the entire 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail. He hiked the rugged footpath, which spans from Georgia to Maine, with the support of Roni Lepore, a support service provider who […]
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Popular trail to Mount Katahdin is closed because of rock slide
MILLINOCKET — Baxter State Park has closed a popular trail that leads to the top of Mount Katahdin. Park Director Jensen Bissell said a rock slide this spring “obliterated” much of the Abol (AYE’-bahl) Trail. He said the area remains unstable, with the potential for more rocks tumbling down. The Abol Trail is the shortest […]
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Millinocket files tax lien on GNP property, including paper machine up for auction
MILLINOCKET — The town has filed a lien against the company that owns a local paper mill seeking $2.24 million in delinquent property taxes, a move that could affect the company’s plan to auction off the shuttered facility’s only remaining paper machine, an official said Tuesday. The Uniform Commercial Code lien, filed with the Maine […]