This Saturday, August 22 Oak Stone Farms Disc Golf course of Burlington, Maine, will be hosting the Maine Players Tournament.  This is a big event where players from all over the state of Maine participate.  Disc Golf has been an actively growing sport and Oak Stone Farms has been honored to have many players call […]

The Lincoln Lakes Region Ladies Pickleball League concluded its season with an exciting playoff tournament.

KATAHDIN AND LINCOLN LAKES REGIONS—Area high school teams opened practices earlier this week in preparation for the 2026 fall sports season beginning in the coming weeks. Monday marked the first day of preseason practices as allowed by the Maine Principals’ Association for football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, golf and volleyball with most teams representing Lee […]

MILLINOCKET — For one dollar, visitors to downtown Millinocket can now pull the knob on a vintage-style vending machine and walk away with an original piece of art. “Tiny Art. Big Impact.”, a partnership between the Katahdin Collaborative and Moose Prints Gallery and Gifts – recently debuted at the gallery’s 102 Penobscot Avenue storefront.

MILLINOCKET—Town leaders took action to declare a town-owned property in the Little Italy neighborhood of the community as a dangerous building and approved the demolition of the structure.

MILLINOCKET—Interest continues to grow among prospective candidates for Millinocket Town Council with now four seats to be decided during the Nov. 3 municipal election.

MILLINOCKET—With the end of summer inching closer and the start of the new school year drawing near, the Town of Millinocket will once again be holding a back-to-school supply giveaway to help area youngsters and families prepare to return to classrooms.

MILLINOCKET—Millinocket School Board voted last week to move the start time of its regular monthly meetings back by 30 minutes beginning in September.

MILLINOCKET—Two Millinocket School Department administrators received contract extensions last week in separate votes following an executive session of Millinocket School Board. The board voted 4-0 to extend the contracts of Superintendent Dr. Shelley Lane and Business Manager Rhonda Casey. Each contract extension was for a third year through June 30, 2029 with salary for Lane and […]

MILLINOCKET – Millinocket’s Age Friendly Committee is looking for you.  Building on its mission to help area citizens “from birth to the end of their lives with services,” the committee has announced a new “Handy Helper” program. However, volunteers are essential to its success, it provides a chance for Katahdin region neighbors to literally help neighbors […]

TI R8 WELS — Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument (KWW) just celebrated its tenth anniversary in style: with supporters coming together on the shores of Millinocket Lake at the New England Outdoor Center (NEOC) with food, drink, live entertainment and a starry night.

MILLINOCKET—The chairperson of Millinocket Town Council resigned his seat at the close of Thursday evening’s meeting setting up a scenario where four of the council’s seven spots will now be up for election in November.

MILLINOCKET—Millinocket municipal leaders acted last week to approve an intermunicipal fire and EMS administrative services agreement with East Millinocket paving the way for a shared fire chief between the two communities.

LINCOLN — The Regional School Unit 67 Board of Directors approved hiring an assistant principal at Mattanawcook Jr. High School at a meeting Aug. 5.  Under the communications ,portion of the agenda, Superintendent Michael Harvey reported that the district received grants from the state of $3,400 for each of the district’s three schools, to install […]

HOWLAND  — The Howland Board of Selectperson received a presentation on a consumer-owned electricity co-op at its Aug. 16 meeting. The board was audience to a presentation by Winn resident Sam Smith about the proposed formation of a Great Northern Power District, an electricity cooperative that, if approved to form, could assume management of the delivery […]

LINCOLN — The new superintendent at Regional School Unit 67 has been reaching out to members of the community and familiarizing himself with local school operations, since starting his new job July 1. Superintendent Michael Harvey said RSU 67 is the third district where he has served as a superintendent and he has 15 years experience […]

WINN — The comprehensive plan and local all-terrain vehicle club were topics of discussion at the Aug. 12 meeting of the Winn Board of Selectmen.

LEE — At their weekly meeting, selectmen adopted the town’s Emergency Medical Services Transportation Plan and made a plan to draft a construction and bulky waste disposal fee policy aimed at curbing rising transfer station costs.

LOWELL — A dozen residents attended a Lowell Board of Selectmen meeting Aug. 11 to express concerns about the town’s maintenance of Escutarsis Road.

LINCOLN – At a modest building supported by seven local churches, a bustling network of volunteers is quietly serving hundreds of families with dignity, choice and care. What began five decades ago as a few shelves of groceries in a parishioner’s basement has grown into a community anchor that now serves roughly 300–350 households on […]

HOWLAND — The Central Maine Highlands Fire and EMS District No. 1 Board of Directors was audience to a presentation on the process and costs of building a new fire station, at the board’s monthly Aug. 13 meeting.

LINCOLN — The Lincoln Water District Board of Trustees met Aug. 11 and discussed water main replacements, Poland Spring’s well construction and Iranian hackers.