A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy
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Music legend Nick Knowlton dies
An album cover with Nick Knowlton, second from left, when he was part of the rock group Katahdin Click on this link to listen to Nick and his group Katfish, cover the Beatles song “Dear Prudence.” LEWISTON — Perhaps the most distinctive voice ever to serenade the Lewiston-Auburn community has been silenced. Friends and […]
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Maine man climbing Mount Katahdin plunges to death
MILLINOCKET (AP) — Officials say a man slid more than 1,000 feet and died while climbing on Mount Katahdin over the weekend. Officials with Baxter State Park in Millinocket say the 68-year-old Holden man had been camping with a large group and was trying to climb the Abol Trail with a companion Saturday when he […]
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Warning: Climbing Maine’s Katahdin not for sissies
My husband and I started our hike up Mount Katahdin on a nice August day last summer around 8:30 a.m. We soon met people coming down the mountain, and wondered how they’d reached the peak so early in the day. Turns out they hadn’t gone far. They turned around when they realized how tough the […]
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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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‘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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RSU 9 sixth-graders to have own block of Mt. Blue Middle School
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 sixth-graders from three elementary schools will attend the Mt. Blue Middle School for the first time when school opens Sept. 2. RSU 9 directors approved restructuring five elementary schools in the 10-town district in February, voting to send the sixth-graders to middle school in 2014-15. The students will not loop with […]
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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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Veterans ‘Walk off the War,’ finish AT hike on Mt. Katahdin
MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — After six months, four U.S. military veterans have completed their hike of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, ending with a celebration at the summit of Mount Katahdin. The 2,185-mile Warrior Hike, called “Walk Off The War,” gives veterans a chance to process their wartime experiences while hiking with others […]