Millinocket

Housing

$1.5M federal grant funneled to Maine’s affordable housing crisis

The funds will be distributed to towns and cities that have seen economic impacts on affordable housing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Economic development

With Millinocket proposal, salmon farming would head north

A proposal for a aquaculture operation at the former Great Northern Paper mill site has gotten backing from state and local officials, but must still go through the permitting process.
Agriculture

Millinocket nonprofit touts modular homes as a possible win-win for Maine economy

With an estimated 20,000 housing units needed, Our Katahdin says modular housing could help ease housing crunch while helping Maine's forest-products industry.
Real Estate & Construction

Millinocket-to-Searsport rail connection proposed to boost distribution of wood pellets

The goal is to export Maine-manufactured wood pellets around the world, create good jobs and bolster the forest products supply chain across rural Maine.
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Energy & Utilities

NY clean energy developer to invest $21M in Millinocket community solar project

The 7.5-megawatt array will cover about 20 acres and is expected to serve a subscriber base of 1,100 customers, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Government & Politics

Improved access to Katahdin Woods and Waters monument sought by King, Collins

The region is seeing increasing foot traffic, in part due to the national monument. A southern boundary expansion is expected to improve access.
Economic development

Millinocket has a new G1 broadband provider

Outer Reach Broadband of Hallowell said its Tarana-based fixed wireless access technology is now available to 1,800 homes in the Penobscot County town.
Energy & Utilities

Portland renewable energy firm to install power system at other end of the world

ORPC will install its first power system in South America next year. The generating system harnesses the energy of river currents to reduce the need for fossil-fuel devices.
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Banking & Finance

Racist office sign in Millinocket provokes sharp rebuke on social media

The sign, taped inside the window of an insurance agency, disparaged the observance of Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Black people.
Energy & Utilities

Firm in Millinocket to make turbine shafts for ORPC underwater power systems

The plan is to create a testing center to support design and development of the next-generation Modular RivGen, which harnesses energy from free-flowing rivers and tidal currents.
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