Millinocket

The Millinocket is a small, shallow, and sandy stream, full of what I took to be lamprey-eels 'or suckers' nests, and lined with musquash cabins, but free from rapids, according to Fowler, excepting at its outlet from the lake.

The Maine Woods 1858

They called Millinocket police who in turn called the Maine State Police bomb squad.

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Olympia Snowe and Governor LePage -- both Republicans who oppose the park -- asked good old Uncle Sam to build a natural gas pipeline and railroad track to the Millinocket area, underscoring the importance of government subsidies needed to keep the timber industry viable.

Cynthia Dill: Uncle Sam Is Maine Woods' B.F.F. Cynthia Dill 2011

No wonder the Katahdin Region Chamber of Commerce, Millinocket Downtown Revitalization Committee, Friends of Baxter State Park, Medway School Board, and the Katahdin Area Rotary Club all support a feasibility study that will determine whether such an audacious and bold vision for their community is realistic.

Cynthia Dill: Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine Cynthia Dill 2011

And Uncle Sam underwrites the last glimmer of hope for hundreds of laid-off timber industry workers forced to rely on unemployment and other government benefits, paying thousands of dollars directly to families in Millinocket last year alone.

Cynthia Dill: Uncle Sam Is Maine Woods' B.F.F. Cynthia Dill 2011

Last year, the government took over a polluted landfill so the buyer of a shuttered paper mill in East Millinocket could close the deal to reopen it.

Cynthia Dill: Uncle Sam Is Maine Woods' B.F.F. Cynthia Dill 2011

No one seriously disputes that Quimby's park plan could boost the Millinocket area's economy, while generously bestowing on the people of this country and the world a precious gift.

Cynthia Dill: Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine Cynthia Dill 2011

Unemployment is hovering around 20% in the Millinocket area of Maine.

Cynthia Dill: Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine Cynthia Dill 2011

The Millinocket region will be the "gateway community" to the park under her plan.

Cynthia Dill: Anti-Government Republicans Against Jobs, the Environment and a National Park in Maine Cynthia Dill 2011

Brookfield Asset Management, the "global asset manager focused on property, renewable power and infrastructure assets with approximately $150 billion of assets under management," is hoping to sell its Maine Katahdin Paper Mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket for $1 to International Grand Investors Corporation, part of a huge Chinese investment company that has been buying up mills in the United States.

Cynthia Dill: Unfair Trade Policy: A Gift That Keeps on Giving Cynthia Dill 2011