MILLINOCKET — A local teenager held a man at gunpoint for allegedly trying to break into a vehicle at 4 a.m. Sunday until police arrived, Deputy Police Chief Janet Theriault said Thursday. Officer Martin Legassey was already handling a burglary complaint on Ohio Street that morning when he received a report from Penobscot Regional Communication […]
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Rescued hunter recounts two nights in the woods of northern Maine
MILLINOCKET — Even the most experienced woodsmen can run into trouble, a lesson that 33-year-old Travis Hafford of Millinocket learned firsthand last weekend. Hafford and his buddy, Ryan Stevens, also 33 and a Millinocket native now living in the Ellsworth area, left Hafford’s home early Friday morning for what was supposed to be a day […]
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Loan guarantee approved to launch specialized wood pellet plant in Millinocket
MILLINOCKET (AP) — The Finance Authority of Maine has approved a $25 million loan guarantee for a company planning to launch a northern Maine operation to produce biomass-based, coal-like wood pellets. Officials said Thursday that with the loan guarantee, Thermogen Industries is one step closer to investing in a shuttered Millinocket paper mill to manufacture […]
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East Millinocket residents vote to accept Powerball winner’s $1.8 million gift to repair school roof
EAST MILLINOCKET — In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, more than 60 residents voted in favor of accepting a $1.8 million gift from a former resident who offered to repair Schenck High School’s leaky roof. The vote was made during a special town meeting in the high school auditorium that lasted all of five minutes, […]
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Police say brake failure on dump truck may have led to collision with train in Hampden
HAMPDEN — Brake failure on a 23-year-old dump truck may have led to a collision with a train at a railroad crossing in Hampden on Thursday, according to police. Maine State Police Sgt. Jason Sattler said Friday evening that an initial investigation found that six of the dump truck’s eight brakes were not functioning properly […]
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Pediatric bed manufacturer growing his business in Millinocket and beyond
MILLINOCKET — Patrick Cyr is experiencing a ticklish dilemma that few business owners face, though many would like to. Cyr’s company, Courtney Bed Inc., sold about 50 of his handcrafted pediatric beds for special-needs children last year, the most ever in the nearly 10-year history of the business. And Cyr noted that he’s well on […]
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Cate Street promises to square outstanding property taxes with towns
The Katahdin region’s largest taxpayer has agreed to pay $1.25 million in overdue property taxes to East Millinocket and Millinocket by mid-August, officials said Friday. Cate Street Capital leaders committed to paying the $900,000 in property taxes the company owes for the 2012-13 fiscal year during a meeting on Monday, Millinocket Town Manager Peggy Daigle said. “We […]
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Bad-check scam fleeces Millinocket man out of $5,000
MILLINOCKET — Police are investigating the theft of $5,000 from a local man apparently caught in a bad-check scam of some complexity, officials said Monday. The 64-year-old man reported on April 18 that he had tried to cash a check on Feb. 18 for $30,000 sent to him by the scammers and sent $5,000 to […]