East Millinocket News

Medway businessman James B. Lee has been placed under house arrest for violating bail while awaiting trial for manslaughter.

Medway businessman James B. Lee, who is awaiting trial on a charge of manslaughter, was returned to jail Thursday because the state was unable to complete his bail violation hearing before the close of the court's business day.

Medway businessman James Bryant Lee was returned to jail Wednesday pending a hearing next week on whether he violated his bail conditions while awaiting trial for manslaughter.

The Town Council wants to use regional funding to hire an economic development agent a day a week to promote economic development in the Katahdin region.

The Town Council and Town Manager Eugene Conlogue love the idea of sharing Katahdin Area Television with East Millinocket and Medway.

A bomb threat that forced evacuation of Mattanawcook Academy last week was a hoax that likely will result in criminal charges, interim Police Chief Phil Dawson said Tuesday.

Police are investigating the vandalism of the gravesite of an East Millinocket murder victim.

Joyce McLain was 16 years old when she was murdered. That was 29 years ago. Now, all these years later, both the site in East Millinocket where her body was found and the place where it was laid to rest, her gravesite, have been vandalized.

A Husson University student was summoned by police twice over the weekend, once on Saturday for allegedly stealing a wallet from a fellow student and again on Sunday after he allegedly tried to pick a fight with the student whose wallet he is accused of taking.

Lt. Lamont Ouellette of the East Millinocket Fire Department very seldom misses a weekend Mass in his home parish, Christ the Divine Mercy.

Four additional defendants pleaded guilty this week and two are scheduled to plead guilty today in U.S. District Court to being part of a drug conspiracy that funneled cocaine and other drugs from Costa Rica through Florida to Maine between January 2002 and November 2005.

All four of you should be ashamed of yourselves! You were elected by the people of this town who believed you would look out for their best interests.

Developer Matthew Polstein hasn't had much luck luring investors to his proposed $65 million ecotourism resort, but he is finishing the upgrade to his Twin Pine Camps establishment just outside Millinocket.

Isa Kuivanan, 15, of Millinocket watches as Katie Leavitt, 20, of Millinocket abruptly shoves ice cream into the mouth of her boyfriend, Toby Kidney of Millinocket, in front of Pins - N Cues on Thursday.

The crew of USS Stephen W. Groves celebrated the independence of USA by honoring its namesake.

Despite filing for bankruptcy protection in Canadian and U.S. courts on June 18, the Toronto-based Fraser Papers states that the Madawaska mill will continue operations, as will the affiliated Katahdin Paper mill in East Millinocket.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 9--MEDWAY, Maine -- A lightning strike on June 26 is believed to have caused a fire that did slight damage to an attic at a slaughterhouse on Pattagumpus Road on Wednesday, firefighters said.

The Fire Department has at least temporarily suspended its contract to receive paramedic ambulance service from the Island Falls Fire Department after that department's assistant fire chief was charged last week with theft, officials said Thursday.

If I recall correctly, the sitting council has stated emphatically that it recognizes the town's precarious financial position and intended to make a conscious effort to keep expenses at a minimum.

Fraser seeks bankruptcy in Canada, U.S. Fraser Papers officials said Thursday that the companya s decision to seek bankruptcy protection in Canadian and U.S. courts will not have any immediate impact on operations at the firma s Maine mills or other facilities.