John Lavesque stands in front of the former Great Northern Paper mill on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Lavesque retired in 1987 after 40 years of work,...
Penobscot Avenue on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Mny businesses have closed in recent years and Penobscot Avenue's traffic has steadily declined with the...
John Lavesque stands in front of the former Great Northern Paper mill on Wednesday July 16, 2014. Lavesque retired in 1987 after 40 years of work,...
No Trespassing" sign hangs on a fence near a public thoroughfare overlooking the demolished paper mill adjacent to the West Branch of the Penobscot...
Millinocket Town Council meeting is broadcast on a television at a the Katahdin Inn & Suites on Thursday, July 17, 2014. The community of Millinocket...
An ink-jet printed aerial photograph of the former Great Northern Paper Company mill hangs on the wall of Town Manager, Peggy Daigle, on Thursday,...
Bert Smith tends his yard sale on Central Sreet on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Smith moved to Millinocket a decade ago with his wife and daughter in...
Downtown Millinocket on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Millinocket was known as the "Magic City" during its glory days. It received the name because of the...
Central Street in Millinocket on Thursday, July 17, 2014. Millinocket, also referred to as "Magic City", stands surrounding a paper mill that was...
Kiara Beck , Britney Leet, and Maddie Davis, all from Millinocket hang out at a park on Poplar Street on Thursday, July 17, 2014. "I want to be a...
Rubble of the former Great Northern Paper Company mill as seen from the opposite bank of the West Branch of the Penobscot River on Friday, July 18,...
An empty storage facility at the East Millinocket Paper mill on Friday, July 18, 2014. The mill was left and idled in January, only to be followed by...