Millinocket News

The town of Millinocket, Maine has a basic understanding of the economy that seems to be lacking in the state and federal government.

Hotel rooms in Moncton are in high demand this weekend as the city hosts three major events: a Bon Jovi concert, the Atlanticade Motorcycle Festival, which began Tuesday, and a Jehovah's Witnesses convention at the Moncton Coliseum.

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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.

One final comment on the request for $20,000. from our revolving loan fund for Michael Brown's Custom Builders.

People in Millinocket could soon have some new job opportunities. A Rockport housing developer is trying to get the money to build a biomass furnace factory in Millinocket.

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New industry may be coming to Millinocket. A company named Re-Gen is is looking to build a factory in town that would produce biomass gasification furnaces.

BETHEL, Maine a ' Wardens have found the body of a 40-year-old Bethel woman who was reported missing three days ago.

William Stanley, 52, of Bangor, owner of Greater Northern Paving Co., uses a roller to even the new asphalt at Ron's Cafe and Bakery in Brewer on Thursday afternoon.

A Rockport housing developer plans to create as many as 150 jobs in five years with a $20 million biomass furnace factory he hopes to build at Huber Industrial Park next year.

PORTLAND a ' A Medway man charged with distributing nearly 600 pounds of marijuana in the Millinocket area for Chad Marquis, 33, of Fort Kent pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland to drug and attempted Social Security fraud charges.

The Millinocket school budget was approved by voters by fifteen votes, according to election officials.

Fraser Papers, which owns three mills in Maine and operates a fourth, is filing for protection from its creditors while it restructures.

More than once in the past few years the word "resort" has been used to describe Millinocket.

I wrote something of this in a forum post in the Katahdin Commons a week or so ago but, knowing that not everyone reads the Katahdin area discussion forum, I decided to expand upon that post in the form of an article in the Magic City Morning Star, which is considerably more widely read.

Rachel Binder-Hathaway of East Millinocket recently took part in the inaugural Maine NEW Leadership program, a University of Maine initiative that aims to educate and empower women to become civic and political leaders.

For only the second time in memory, the Millinocket taxpayers will be allowed to vote on their school budget.

The days are dark, the nights are darker, and the wind is blustery off the water.

Katahdin Valley Health Center hopes to finish a $1.7 million expansion to its Houlton Street clinic in December, officials said Tuesday.