After Great Northern Paper Company shut down in 2008, Maine’s Millinocket lost more than jobs; locals now look to tourism, small businesses and new industry for revival
Once a thriving paper mill town, Millinocket is now looking to tourism and small businesses for its future. Millinocket, Maine, was once a quintessential company town built around the paper industry. For generations, the Great Northern Paper Company provided jobs, stability and a sense of community to thousands of residents. But when the mill shut…