Waste Water

•  We would like to remind the residents of Millinocket to please NOT flush wipes, paper towels, grease, plastics, Q-tips or anything other than toilet paper into the sewer system. Even the "flushable" wipes will clog the sewer system. These items are causing extreme plugs to the sewer system and costly maintenance to our pumping stations. We would like to thank the residents for this consideration.
• Two roofs are being shingled at Bates street pump station and on the garage at the treatment plant. 
• We will be replacing two pumps at the Stearns high school pump station.
• The project is estimated to begin the first part of September.  

Jason Ingalls,

Wastewater Treatment Facility Superintendent

Millinocket School Department

• Students and families, please join us for our Open Houses.
• Where: Granite Street School and Stearns Jr/Sr High Schools
• When: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
• Time: 1:30 – 3:00 PM. 
• The first day of school for PreK-12 is Wednesday, August 30!
• Bus schedules are in the Lincoln News, or you may contact your child’s school:
• Granite Street School
• 191 Granite Street, Millinocket, ME 04462
• (207) 723-6425
• Miss Jo-Anna Merry, Principal
• Miss Shawna Boyer, Secretary
• Stearns Jr/Sr High School: 
• 199 State Street, Millinocket, ME 04462
• (207) 723-6430
• Ms. Beth Peavey, Principal
• Mr. Nick Cullen, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
• Mrs. Tammy McLaughlin, Secretary
• Mrs. Sue Buzzell, Guidance

We are looking forward to a great school year!

Dr. Shelley Lane, Superintendent of Schools

East Millinocket Police Department

• EMPD has responded to 6,451 calls for service to date, with over 3,120 of those calls being in the Town of Millinocket
• Officers have arrested and summoned over 375 individuals to date and conducted more than 2040 motor vehicle stops. We will continue to increase our traffic enforcement as our agency receives multiple complaints of speeding and distracted drivers on our roadways.
• Ofc Clayton will travel to New Hampshire on August 24th to pick up K9 Derby. Ofc Clayton and K9 Derby will begin their training process in New Hampshire on September 5th. This is a huge asset to our region and again the cost of starting a K9 program has been grant funded.
• East Millinocket Public Safety secured $45,000 of funding from the Penobscot County Commissioners for a radio infrastructure upgrade. These upgrades will be a benefit to the entire region as it will provide repeated local frequencies for use on emergency scenes and day to day operations.
• Lastly, we want to remind everyone in the upcoming weeks schools will be back in session which will increase vehicle, pedestrian, and bus traffic. Please take caution during arrival and dismissal times so our students can safely get to and from school. We want to wish all our students’ luck for a successful upcoming school year!

Police Chief Cameron McDunnah & Corporal Bradley Fitzgerald

Millinocket Fire/EMS

• Chief Cote attended a training at Maine
• Fire Service & Institute in Brunswick on new training props for Fire Departments.
• Chief Cote & Fulltime Staff participated in the Pool Party at the Town Pool.
• Chief Cote & Fulltime Staff participated in the Back-to-School Event.
• 2 Fulltime staff and 1 paid call staff attended a Basic Pumps Operators Course in Medway instructed by Chief Cote.
• Two new fulltime Firefighters/EMT-Basic started. 

Fire Chief Jon Cote, EMA Director

Code Enforcement

• Working with two developments through the site plan review
• Car Wash on Bragdon Property
• Residential care facility on Oxford St at site of old VFW
• Continual work on first round of identified dangerous buildings, two properties have been served court papers this week.
• Significant time spent attempting to locate absentee owners for several properties that are abandoned and in states of disrepair and or in violation of codes.
• Working with developers and the life safety officer on facility upgrades to several properties in town, including fire alarm systems and instillation of sprinkler systems.
• Continued work with developers of the solar farm on the former Great Northern Paper Mill Site.
• Forward progress on the online permitting system. Still some work to be done, should be online this fall.
• Working jointly with the assessor to train the part time shared resource in our office.
• Working with the electrical inspector to review and streamline the electrical permit process and oversight.
• Developed an updated tracking system for issued permits. Hardcopies of all issued permits are now stored in the property tax card file. This will streamline research down the road.
• Fielded 87 citizen complaints regarding property maintenance & also sign ordinance violations.

Shawn Mitchell, Code Enforcement Officer



Public Works, Transfer Station and Cemetery

• The DEP required summer flushing of the Town sewers has begun. This gives us a chance to inspect the condition of the sewers. This is also a good time to remind everyone that wipes, cooking grease and other foreign objects cause problems in the sewer.
• B and B Paving has begun summer paving. This may be a two-trip process for them as we will have some sewer covers to adjust and repair after they mill the existing road surfaces.
• We are continuing to trim brush and limbs that are causing line of sight obstructions and growing into the right-of-ways around town.
• Summer maintenance of the plow equipment is underway in preparation for winter.
• The new Arial Lift truck is being built at the dealership and is expected to be ready in mid-September.
• This is a reminder that the Millinocket Transfer Station is for waste generated within the Town of Millinocket, and those approved unorganized Territories only.
• The brush/compost area is left open during times the transfer site is closed as a convenience to the public. Please do not abuse it.
• Everyone should have their transfer site usage stickers by now, if not, they need to be purchased ASAP.
• Recycling is being accepted and we are looking for all the cardboard, plastic jugs, and tin cans. Please utilize the recycling facility to help the Town generate revenue.  
• The cemetery has rules on what decorations are allowed around headstones. The rules can be viewed on the Town’s website. 
• They are in place for the safety and convenience of the maintenance crew as well as the public.

Bryan Duprey, Public Works Director

What services are provided by the Town Clerk and Tax Collection Office?

Great question! Check out below to learn all about what our AWESOME Clerks do.

• Provides customer service to the public.
• Answers phones, assists caller and or directs the line to the proper staff.
• Provide service with birth, death, & marriage records.
• Vital Record $15 1^st/$6 ea. Additional
• Marriage License $40
• Tax payments, licensing, motor vehicle registrations, dog registrations, Transfer site permit, Inland Fisheries & Wildlife registrations and licenses and all other transaction types to Town of Millinocket residents and its surrounding County Townships
• Notary Public Services $5.00/signature, photocopying .50/ea.pg. and fax services $2 for the 1^st and $1 ea. additional.
• Process required record keeping, filing, and other related tasks for all vital records, dog registrations, business licenses, maintenance of Victualer and Entertainment licenses for the Town of Millinocket.
• Provide administrative support and assistance to other Department Heads as needed.
• Daily cash deposit recording, & weekly and monthly State audit reconciliations & cash reporting
• Registrar of Voters, Central Voter Registration maintenance, Absentee Ballot processing, & all State and Local Election oversight.
• Tax Collections, Tax Billing, Abatement/Supplemental, Tax Payments, Tax Liens, Discharges, & Foreclosures
• Wastewater Collections, Wastewater Billing, Abatement/Supplemental, Wastewater Payments, Wastewater Liens, Discharges, & Foreclosures
• Preparation of Town Council meetings, Agendas and corresponding meeting packets, distribution of meeting materials, prepares and retains minutes and recordings, Public Notice, and advertising.
• Records maintenance; Cemetery deeds, Cemetery files, disposition permits (hard copy and electronic)

Monthly Updates from the Town Clerk's Office:

• July 2023 - 3^rd Quarter Sewer Billing:
• Bill Date 7/27/23; Due Date 8/27/23; Interest Date 8/28/23
• Fulfilling requests of tax information, providing normal daily requests of motor vehicle and wastewater and tax account balances via e-mail, fax and phone calls.
• Processing daily mail, online, phone, and drop box payments.
• Election: 
• November 7, 2023 State Referendum and Municipal Election process has begun: Multiple state forms and ballot coding submitted by their designated deadlines; Nomination Papers: were available on Friday, July 28^th, 2023, and are due back in the Clerk’s office by 4:00 pm on Friday, September 8^th, 2023; the following municipal seats up in November 2023 and nominations taken out to date:   
• Town Council - Three 3-year Terms: Jane Danforth, Louis R. Pelletier, Gail A. Mackin-Returned, Jennifer McKinney, & Gilda G. Stratton.
• School Board – Two 3-Year Terms: Donald E. Raymond.
• Applications for Absentee Ballot Request – Only- available electronically through the State ABR site (Absentee Ballot Request) and manually at the Clerk’s Office August 7^th, 2023.
• Reminder: Dogs must be vaccinated and licensed in their residing towns to utilize the Town Dog Park.
• Fees: $6 spayed/neutered; $11 intact.
• Boards/Committees:
• Personnel Appeals Board: (1) Full seat available.
• 2023 Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Licenses and registrations are available.

Diana M. Lakeman Town Clerk/Deputy Tax Collector

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Sharon A. Cyr Tax Collector/Deputy Clerk