Millinocket News

Maj. David Cote hopes to honor the 46 Mainers who have died in the war on terror with engraved rocks atop the state's tallest mountain.

The Board of Selectmen will meet at 4 p.m. Monday to consider the repair of Schenck High School's roof as part of a project with a cost that might increase to $2.1 million, officials said.

This photograph is a capture from a larger photograph taken when Representative Mike Michaud met with Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser, who grew up in East Millinocket.

Yesterday, Representative Mike Michaud met with Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick Fraser, who grew up in East Millinocket, Maine and attended the Maine Maritime Academy.

Donations are need to purchase mulch, plants, and gas for power equipment use in maintaining the flowerbeds along the Mike Michaud Multi-use Trail/Path in Millinocket.

At the 84th Maine Elks Association Convention in South Portland May 5, Dwayne R. Guy of Rockland Lodge of Elks 1008 was installed as the association's state president for 2013-2014. Guy is the secretary of the Rockland lodge and has served as the Rockland lodge president three times since 2000.

A filmmaker has made the Katahdin region come to life on the big screen. Lance Edmands is a Kennebunk native and the director of the film, "Bluebird." The movie was filmed last winter in the Millinocket, East Millinocket, and Lincoln area.

The sophomore students in a math class taught by Karla Rutherford at Stearns Junior-Senior High School in Millinocket said Friday they recognize they shouldn't take Gov.

Superintendent Kenneth Smith criticized a Maine Department of Education attempt to give Stearns High School an F letter grade, saying Thursday that it was particularly unfair to an area as economically depressed as the Katahdin region has been.

Cash flow problems at an East Millinocket paper mill have left the business's owners months behind in some of their payments to vendors, officials said Wednesday.

More than 250 lodge members and guests are expected to convene at the 84th Annual Maine Elks Association Convention at the Merry Manor Inn in South Portland on May 3 - 5. The festivities begin Friday night with the presentation of individual lodge awards for various achievements including their service to youth programs, veterans, the Elks National ... (more)

Selectman Mark Scally wants to explore sending town students to Millinocket for two years to save enough for a $2.1 million repair of Schenck High School that would be a first step toward dramatically reorganizing Katahdin region schools.